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Chapter 297 Considering Opening Another Store

Liu Hao could have avoided entering the county town and instead went around the village via the pipeline outside the county town. Their two towns happened to be one in the north and one in the south of the county town, so it was actually closer to go through the county town, but one had to pay an entry fee to enter the county town.

But the one-cent entrance fee to the city is not a big deal. Plus, the rabbit I bought before also needs to be brought back to the village, and there are some things I have to tell Liu Caixia, and there are also three little kids I have to bring back to the village.

Liu Hao paid the city entrance fee and drove his ox cart full of chicks and rabbits around the street. Some people even asked him if he wanted to sell his chicks.

Some ordinary families in the county town also raise a few chickens. Hens can lay eggs, roosters can be eaten for meat, and the rotten vegetable leaves at home can still be used to feed a few chickens.

This made Liu Hao laugh and cry, and he had to tell people over and over again that he would not sell it.

When Liu Hao drove the ox cart to the Malatang shop, it was still early and the shop in front had not yet opened. He could only vaguely feel that there were people in the house.

After knocking on the back door, Liu Caixia saw Liu Hao and asked in surprise: "Why are you back so early?"

"We settled it yesterday. I don't have to go to every household to collect them. They will deliver them together in the morning. I will pack them up and leave."

Liu Caixia nodded: "It's fine as long as we agree on it. Why are there rabbits? I thought you bought those rabbits to kill and eat."

"Uncle Renyi said that we should try to take other small animals back. If we raise them well, we can always find a market. Rabbits can be eaten for meat, and their skins can also be sold for money. Raising them should also be relatively convenient."

"Okay, have you had breakfast yet?"

"I've eaten. Sister Xia, please go and do your work. I'm going to come over and talk to you before I go back to the village. Where's the third brother of Ke Yu?"

Liu Hao picked up the cage that contained the rabbit yesterday, and placed both the cage and the rabbit on the ox cart. He tied it up with a rope to prevent it from falling off due to the bumps on the road.

Arrange the previous cage and leave some space in the front. Lin Keyu will sit with him, and the other two girls will sit on the side.

"Brother Hao..." Lin Keyu came out from the shop in front, and Liu Xiaolu and Fang Chenxi came out from the kitchen.

"Pack up, let's go back."

"it is good……"

Liu Caixia bought some rice, flour, grain and oil for her family. With so many people in the village, the consumption must be quite a lot. Although they had to adapt to the local customs and could not eat pure white rice, they had to make sure everyone had enough to eat, so they could not save on these things.

So, every once in a while, Liu Caixia would buy some for Liu Hao to take back: "Haozi, I bought some daily necessities, but the ox cart can't hold them anymore. You have to come again tomorrow."

"alright."

Liu Caixia had thought about letting Liu Xiaolu take the space back, but then she thought about the other people at home and the villagers who were watching. If they didn't buy these things back, it might arouse people's suspicion.

Liu Xiaolu didn't have much stuff either. This time when she came to the city, Liu Caixia put a lot of things in the space she got, all in case of emergency, as anything could happen.

Lin Weizhong also had money now, so he prepared some for Lin Keyu. They had not stored much food before and had suffered a lot along the way.

Every night, Lin Weizhong and Liu Caixia would count the accounts, not only for the shop here, but also for the braised pork and pickled vegetables shop. Now the income is relatively stable. After deducting the cost of purchasing raw materials and the wages of the servants bought here, there is still a net income of fifteen to twenty taels a day.

For now, it is a relatively stable source of income. Liu Caixia has thought about expanding the scale. With their current popularity in the county, opening two more stores should be enough. It’s just that Liu Caixia is afraid that the goal is too big.

They have touched the cakes of too many people in the city, and someone might want to mess with them.

Although they are not afraid, they always don't want to get into trouble.

Lin Weizhong's idea is to wait until the farm in the village is on track and Liu Hao trains some people to expand the business. By then, the farm will also be able to ship goods.

In addition, Luo Hong, Wei Songbai and Li Yao are going to take the imperial examinations. When the results come out, if one of them passes the examination and becomes a scholar, their family will have someone with honor.

The fact that a scholar was on the government list was enough for this county town, just to make people feel a little scared. They didn't want to do anything big.

What's more, although they have income every day, their expenses are even greater, and everything in the village depends on their expenses.

I don’t have enough money to open a store, and I don’t want to spend all the money in the family. Now there are things left that haven’t been sold, and I really don’t want to sell them.

After listening to Liu Caixia's instructions, Liu Hao drove the ox cart back.

It was already noon when the ox cart arrived home. There was no one outside the yard, but there were voices talking in the house, probably people were having lunch. Liu Hao drove the ox cart to the barn and settled it there.

Liu Xiaolu and the other two had already entered the house. As expected, they were having lunch. Liu's mother was sitting in a position where she could see people entering the house. Their door was generally not locked during the day when there were people at home, and it would open just by pushing from the outside.

"Xiao Lu, why are you back at this time? You haven't had lunch yet. Come and eat."

"Mrs. Zhao, bring some more bowls and chopsticks."

"Grandma, you eat, we can do it ourselves."

Liu Hao also walked in at this time. There were two tables of people eating in the room, one for men and one for women. Two large round tables had been prepared when the room was cleaned up.

Liu Hao walked directly to the man's table and sat down. Father Liu asked, "Why are you back so early?"

"Uncle, eat quickly, and then go and clean up the chickens and rabbits I brought back. I put the cages over there in the shed."

"Okay, I thought you didn't bring back many chicks since you came back so early. I didn't expect you would bring back rabbits."

"Well, I was lucky. I happened to meet someone who knows about this. Everyone in their village relies on this to make a living."

Liu Hao picked up a bowl of mixed grain rice and started to eat it. He was indeed hungry. Fortunately, his family cooked a lot at home, so it didn't matter if there were more people. The leftovers could be mixed with fresh food in the evening.

"Yes, I have signed an agreement with him. He will send me 100 to 150 chicks every month, and he will also send me rabbits. As for the piglets, we can only take our chances. Their village will send a lot of them out before, and when the time comes, all the extra ones will be given to us.

We will raise sows and breed them ourselves in the future. There won’t be many piglets, so I will visit other villages later. But I don’t think there will be many this time, because they usually only let sows give birth once, not several times a year. I have made an agreement with the village that they can sell me any piglets they have in the future. Several families are willing to take on this job. I will have to take my time to raise pigs.”

"Okay, okay, eat first and we'll talk after you finish eating."

"Uh-huh……"