The summer sun was scorching, and the continuous chirping of cicadas filled the air.
"Grandma, look, my award certificate!"
Li Wu excitedly rushed into the house holding his award certificate. Yang Yufen was holding a big watermelon she had brought back from the orchard.
"Slow down, slow down."
Yang Yufen put the watermelon into a basin filled with water, wiped her wet hands on the hem of her clothes, and took the award certificate from Li Wu.
"Good, good, good. What reward do you want?"
Yang Yufen happily stroked Li Wu's head. The two kids were over seven years old, and they were growing up so fast.
Li Wen and Wang Xing walked into the house unhurriedly behind and also took out their award certificates.
"Grandma, I want to eat smoked chicken!"
Li Wu immediately said.
"No problem. Later, grandma will take you all to buy it. We won't eat at home today. We'll go to the noodle shop."
Yang Yufen happily agreed right away.
"Grandma, there's another piece of good news. Brother and I passed the skip - grade exam."
Li Wen said.
"My good grandchildren, you are so amazing. We have to celebrate. Besides smoked chicken, what else do you want to eat? Grandma will cook it for you."
"Grandma Wang, we're on vacation!"
Wang Xing also said happily.
"On vacation. It's good to be on vacation."
Yang Yufen didn't expect the kids to have their vacation so early. Time really flew by.
"Yufen."
Professor Wen walked in from outside.
"Oh, why did you come here?"
Yang Yufen quickly greeted Professor Wen.
"The kids are all on vacation, and I also know the news that they passed the exam. That's why I'm here to talk to you about the arrangement for the kids' vacation."
"What have these kids discussed with you again? Making you come here in person to talk about it."
Yang Yufen could tell there was something going on just by looking at the kids' little actions.
"No, no. Hu Jun and Xianjun are both busy. No one will take them to the military camp for training this year. I was thinking of taking the kids and you to the orchard to spend this summer vacation. Little Zhou is also busy. This time, we'll take Little Baby with us."
Professor Wen quickly waved his hand.
"That's great!"
Yang Yufen was extremely happy when she heard that.
Aunt Wang also came over hearing the commotion.
"Then let's take all the kids to the orchard. Anyway, there's room in the dormitory, and the kids can have a good time."
"Okay. Then we have to tidy up the house. Otherwise, all these vegetables will go to waste."
Yang Yufen had no objections and had already started thinking about how to arrange things.
"God - mother, I'm still at home. Don't worry about the vegetable field."
Fang Fen said. Her daughter studied well. Yaoyao could take care of Miaomiao, so she didn't have to worry about them. But she was a teacher, and there were too many kids in the class that needed her attention. Even during the vacation, she was still busy.
"Well, then. How about going to the noodle shop for dinner tonight? The kids did well in the exams, and it's hot. We can save the trouble of cooking at home."
"Okay."
Everyone had no objections. It was really hot, and no one really wanted to cook.
A group of kids happily huddled together talking and followed the adults out of the family compound.
"Grandma Gui Xiang, we're here to eat noodles!"
Li Wu shouted excitedly.
"Come on, come on. Oh, you've grown taller again. Qingqing and Jiabao are here too."
Gui Xiang happily greeted them and let the kids into the yard.
"Sister Qingqing!"
Li Wu's loud voice always came before he did. Qingqing was teaching Jiabao to do homework. Hearing the noise, she quickly looked up.
Jiabao also looked up. She was very curious to see a group of kids about the same age as her.
"Hello, sister."
"Sister Qingqing."
"Brother Li Wu, Li Wen, Brother Zhengran, Brother Zhenghao, Wang Xing, Yaoyao, Miaomiao."
Qingqing quickly greeted them and moved stools for them to sit on.
"I'm Qian Jiabao, Qingqing's elder sister. Hello."
Qian Jiabao quickly put away her homework. This younger sister was good in every way, but she just liked to teach her to do homework too much.
Qian Jiabao took the initiative to say hello.
"Hello."
Hu Zhenghao led the response, and the younger kids also shouted along.
The smoked chicken was quickly served. Lianxiang was really brave. She went to the vegetable market to sell the smoked chicken. At first, she could only sell one or two chickens a day. Now, she could sell thirty chickens every day, and she even supplied the noodle shop. The noodle shop needed at least fifty chickens every day.
At first, she sold whole chickens. Lianxiang found that there weren't many people willing to buy a whole chicken. Most people just wanted to have a taste but were afraid they couldn't finish it, so they didn't buy.
She was so worried that she couldn't sleep well for several days. As her husband, how could Boss Qian ignore her?
"What's wrong? Is the business not going well? You can tell me, and I'll see if I can help."
Boss Qian asked. Lianxiang was really under a lot of pressure, but she didn't want to trouble her aunt Gui Xiang anymore. After being asked like this, she still slowly told him.
"This isn't actually a big problem. If people don't want a whole chicken, you can sell half a chicken or a quarter of a chicken."
"I've tried that, but people prefer chicken legs. So, there are always the same parts left."
"In that case, price the whole chickens and half - chickens the same. For the rest, separate them before cooking. Charge a higher price for the chicken legs and wings, and a lower price for the less popular parts. Balance the prices, and you can still sell them."
Lianxiang didn't understand Boss Qian's words at first.
"Then won't everyone just want to buy chicken legs?"
Lianxiang blurted out subconsciously.
"Actually, that's not the case. Chicken legs are delicious, but if the price is raised, people will hesitate. After all, there are only two legs on a chicken, but the chicken breast and the chicken frame are the main parts. Although the price is only a little lower, if it's for a family meal, what would you choose?"
Boss Qian asked rhetorically. Lianxiang fell into deep thought.
If it were her, the chicken breast was also meat, and there was more of it. For a family meal, of course, she would choose the cheaper one. The taste was the same. She just took it for granted because everyone liked chicken legs.
With Boss Qian's suggestion, the next day, Lianxiang tried to separate a whole chicken into parts and set different prices for them. Although the taste was the same, the different parts had different textures, and everyone had different preferences.
The individual chicken wings and legs were more expensive, but people didn't have to buy a whole chicken, so there were many more people willing to buy. After that, the sales volume got better and better.
Lianxiang needed more chickens. It was too troublesome to kill them by herself. So, Old Zhou, the chef, and his men took on the job of killing chickens. The chicken blood, chicken giblets, and chicken fat were left for the canteen to cook. The killed and plucked chickens were packed up and sent to the noodle shop by Little Zhang on his bike.
Those white - feather chickens really grew fast. After ten days, you could see the growth with your own eyes, and their food intake became terrifying.
Aunt Wang and Yang Yufen had seen it with their own eyes and were glad they didn't raise too many. Professor Wen helped to make a connection, and they supplied some chickens to the research institute's canteen. Old Zhou also helped to make a connection, and they supplied another unit's canteen.
With Old Zhou's connection, Yang Yufen thought of the factory run by Fan Juan and Qin Nian. There was also a canteen there, which could just consume the chickens.
After selling all the first batch of chickens, Yang Yufen and Aunt Wang discussed and decided to raise the chickens in batches. They would have one thousand and two hundred chicken chicks delivered at a time, and the next batch would be delivered seven days later.
