16: Mystery Recipe
"Dad, you said, if our Xiaolizhuang organized villagers to raise chickens and rely on the eggs in your hands, would you say you could make a fortune?"
Before Secretary Li could speak, the third uncle next to him was so excited that he sighed.
"Yes, it must be possible. A chicken lays an egg every day. If it is so big, each egg can be sold for at least one cent! Each family raises ten or eight chickens, that's amazing!"
Generally, the weight of breeding eggs is about 50 grams per catty and about ten pounds per catty. Nowadays, rural native eggs are generally 30 to 40 grams. The eggs laid by hens who eat super chicken feed are at least 80 grams, which is as big as duck eggs. Some even look larger than duck eggs, with a whopping 100 grams. This is simply a super egg.
Now the price of eggs is 831 pounds, and the black market sells 960 cents, and now the price of pork is only 860 cents. It can be said that eggs and pork are the same price. In this era, although eggs are cheap, they are really expensive compared to later generations.
Qin He remembered that decades later, one year, the price of eggs was only more than three yuan per catty, but it was thirty years later. In thirty years, the price of eggs only increased by three or four times, while pork increased by more than ten times, and some things even increased by thousands of times, such as Moutai.
Secretary Li finally woke up from his excitement. He had a wide range of knowledge and quickly found the key points and asked quickly.
"Baili, is this feed cost high?"
Qin He was also happy when he heard that his father-in-law finally asked about the feed and said quickly.
"The cost is not cheap, but relative to the return, the cost is acceptable. In this case, corn is the main ingredient, as well as rice, soybeans, dried fish meal, and the most important thing is another secret recipe!"
Qin He deliberately kept it a secret. Seeing this, Secretary Li immediately understood and quickly spoke.
"Last brother, you have to keep this matter confidential. This feed secret recipe is the most important secret of our Xiaolizhuang and cannot be circulated outside the box!"
Uncle San always obeyed his elder brother, and Qin He could call him, so he naturally knew this. The brothers of Secretary Li's family had the best relationship with Uncle San's family, which was also the reason why Qin He called Uncle San.
"I know, Baili, don't worry, this secret recipe must not be leaked. This is our little Lizhuang treasure!"
Qin He smiled. He called Secretary Li and Uncle San today, so he deliberately exposed himself the secret recipe, which also made Secretary Li know. In this way, under the leadership of Secretary Li, he organized villagers to raise chickens.
Seeing that everyone was focusing their eyes on him, Qin He smiled and took out a bag from the room, opened it, and a large bag of white powder appeared inside. Qin He pointed at it and said.
"Dad, this is my secret recipe for feed!"
Secretary Li stepped forward with some confusion, grabbed a handful, rubbed it on his hands, and smelled it again. He almost tasted it. Qin He quickly stopped it and said.
"Dad, this is the powder made from the stones in our back mountain. It took me half a day to grind it. Corn, rice, soybeans, fish meal, and a certain proportion of this powder, add water, mix it, and let it ferment for a day, and it will become this chicken feed."
Secretary Li looked at Qin He with suspicion. Of course, Qin He knew what Secretary Li suspected. Not to mention Secretary Li, even normal people would not believe that this thing could make chicken feed.
Qin He wanted this effect. He personally took out the prepared corn, rice, soybeans, and a small piece of fish meal from the kitchen. He pretended to divide the proportions, then found a small clay pot, mixed it according to the proportions, grabbed a handful of stone powder, and finally poured it with water and mixed it evenly.
All of this was done under the noses of several people. Qin He packed the mixed feed and handed it to his father-in-law and said.
"It will be ready to use this thing after fermenting for about a day. Dad, you can use this feed tomorrow and ask your mom to feed the hen, and it will be effective the day after tomorrow!"
Secretary Li took the jar with some doubts, about two or three pounds. This time, Qin He had not much raw materials, so he could only make this for the time being.
However, this is just a demonstration. Qin He asked his father-in-law to take it back for an experiment, and it was also to make his father-in-law believe that he could make feed.
And it was done in front of him, and my father-in-law would definitely believe it.
The biggest secret recipe here is also deliberately let the father-in-law know that it is the powder ground from the stones all over the mountains in the back mountain.
In fact, those powders naturally have no use at all. What Qin He wants is to create a mysterious secret recipe. This mysterious recipe is to make Secretary Li believe that the stone mountains behind Xiao Lizhuang are not ordinary stone mountains, but a treasure house.
Although Secretary Li was still half-believing, the eggs in front of him would not lie. Qin He wanted to make his father-in-law more convinced.
He took them to a chicken shed built in the backyard. When Secretary Li saw eight fat little hens in a chicken shed, he had already believed it. He took these eight chickens by himself. In less than a month, the chicken has grown so big. There must be a secret in it!
And the secret in front of him was revealed one by one in front of him.
Uncle San and Shunzi also witnessed this magical scene, and their various excitement in their hearts could not be concealed.
Seeing that the situation was almost done, Qin He quickly pulled a few people back to the dining table, took out the can of Wuliangye, and poured it for his father-in-law. The dishes brought by Shuying were almost cold, but everyone was in a state of great enthusiasm at this moment.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, my father-in-law began to ask Qin He how to discover the effect of the stone powder in the back mountain. Qin He began to talk nonsense because he accidentally discovered that after several months of research, it was only recently successful in development.
Secretary Li was also born in his heart at this time, and he was also excited. Xiao Lizhuang was poor for generations, and half of the reason was that the stone mountains around him were blocked. He never expected that Xiao Lizhuang had guarded several treasure mountains for generations, but he had not discovered it!
Qin He began to talk nonsense about his own guesses. According to his guesses, the stones on the Stone Mountain in Xiaolizhuang may contain some mineral or magical substances. This substance can produce special substances under special effects, and it is precisely this special substance that can promote the growth and development of chicks.
Qin He made a big push, which made several people nod. After all, Qin He also graduated from junior high school and is considered the most educated group of people in Xiaolizhuang.
Qin He began to give advice to his father-in-law. First of all, the secret of stone powder must be kept and cannot be let other villagers know. There are many people and eyes. Once too many people know this secret, Xiao Lizhuang will definitely not get any benefits.
Uncle San and Shunzi nodded frequently. They wanted only a few of their own people to know about this, but Qin He knew Secretary Li's thoughts. Secretary Li was not the kind of selfish person. Secretary Li was the soul and leader of Xiao Lizhuang. Perhaps Secretary Li never thought of making Xiao Lizhuang rich, but letting the villagers of Xiao Lizhuang live a good life is Secretary Li's greatest wish.
Qin He also thought about whether Secretary Li would impulse to hand over the secret to the country. However, after these days of understanding, Qin He found that his father-in-law was a person with a story. He was irritable and lost his temper from time to time. From time to time, he blurted out his words and could clearly detect his dissatisfaction with the commune and some people above.
Sure enough, after Qin He told his father-in-law about this secret, he never mentioned handing over to the country. Instead, Qin He proposed how to make the villagers of Xiaolizhuang become rich, and Secretary Li nodded from time to time.
It seems that this is right!
Chapter completed!