Farm Girl's Manor-Chapter 302: The Hu Family’s Schemes and the Mo Wu Family’s Appeals (4)_1

Stroking the pitiful scars on its body, Mo Yan whispered, "From now on, this is your home, whether you can work or not, you won’t be sold again."

Perhaps grains of sand got in its eyes, as Da HongZao, while eating, shed two tears. It was already dark, and Mo Yan did not see them.

Not long after, Da HongZao started to have diarrhea. Mo Yan stood in the cold wind in the courtyard for a long time, waiting until it began to eat grass again before returning to the room, reassured.

After dinner, Mo Yan and Lizhong went over the accounts and found they had earned more than two extra taels of silver than the previous day. Especially the eggs, which they sold over a thousand of. Many customers from the day before had found the eggs exceptionally tasty and, taking advantage of the low price, came back to buy more, bringing friends and neighbors with them.

"Yan girl, if we keep selling eggs like this, can you keep up with the demand from other sources?" Lizhong asked with some concern.

In order not to worry him further, traces of concern also appeared on Mo Yan’s face, "Grandfather Li, I don’t know about that. If it really doesn’t work out, we can start a chicken farm in the orchard next spring. The chickens can eat the pests off the fruit trees and their droppings can fertilize the trees—a double benefit."

"A chicken farm?" Lizhong frowned. "Yan girl, there’s a saying ’wealth with feathers is not counted’. It’s fine to raise a few dozen chickens, but having too many can lead to disease. Once it spreads, the whole chicken farm will be gone."

This was indeed a problem. Once chicken plague breaks out, not just the chickens, but even people with poor immunity could be infected.

But for Mo Yan, this was not a problem at all. How could the chickens and eggs from Space compare to ordinary ones?

"Grandfather Li, we’ll let the chickens roam free then. The orchard is spacious and open-air, and as long as we pay attention to feeding and cleaning, raising more than a thousand chickens shouldn’t be a problem. Even if something does happen, we can simply not raise them anymore!"

"This is... too risky!" Lizhong still disapproved.

There had been someone with broad connections who had started a chicken farm, earning a fair amount every day just from selling eggs. However, due to a single case of chicken plague that wasn’t handled in time, within three days, half of the chickens were infected, and in just half a month, they all died. The farm owner was left bankrupt.

Even though the Mo Family’s finances wouldn’t be wrecked by a chicken farm, it was still too risky. It was good enough to collect eggs from the countryside. Even if they didn’t have enough to sell, it wasn’t a big issue; at least they wouldn’t be at a loss.

Mo Yan smiled, "Grandfather Li, I have a plan for this. No matter what, we need to start this chicken farm." The fenced area in Space was bursting at the seams. If she didn’t let the chickens out soon, they would become an overrun disaster.

Seeing Mo Yan was set on raising the chickens, and knowing her decisions had never been wrong, Lizhong could only agree with a worried heart.

Watching his helpless expression, Mo Yan felt helpless too. There were many things she couldn’t explain, and it was fortunate she was in charge at home. Otherwise, not to mention the chicken farm, even the orchard could not have been established.

As for the origin of the eggs sold in the shop, Mo Yan said they were collected from a village with many chickens, where the villagers fed their chickens earthworms and insects, which was why the eggs tasted particularly good.

The explanation for the grains was similar, stating she had made agreements with several villages that grew fragrant rice. The surplus grains from those villages would all be sold to her shop. The grains and eggs were delivered in bulk, and she just needed to keep track of the counts in the warehouse.

This explanation, without close scrutiny, seemed plausible. Due to their trust in Mo Yan and without thinking of Space, Lizhong did not doubt her explanation. Plus, being conscientious in nature, even if he had doubts, he wouldn’t pry too deeply.