Chapter 877 Chicken and Duck Ledger

   "Yes, this servant will bring it here." Sumei quickly entered the kitchen.

   Ye Muyu cooperated and cleaned his teeth carefully, making sure that there was no trace of alcohol in his mouth anymore.

   "Ma'am, Zong Fu is here."

  Ye Muyu hurriedly called for someone to come in.

  In the lobby room, two braziers were lit, and the gate was opened twice. It was not too cold and did not cover people.

  Zong Fu came in wearing a thick cotton coat, and bowed first.

   "Sit down and talk slowly." Ye Muyu saw that his hands were trembling and flushed from the cold, so he called for someone to bring over a stove alone.

   Zong Fu hurriedly thanked him, and became more loyal to his master in his heart.

   "Ma'am, the little one came here today to deliver the account book, please take a look." He took out the account book from his cuff, and Mrs. Hu stepped up, took it, and then presented it to Ye Muyu.

  Ye Muyu asked someone to pour tea for him, she slowly looked up.

  The ledger shows that starting from September, more than 1,000 eggs can be produced every month, and duck eggs are less but more than 500, with an average of more than a dozen per day.

   There are about a hundred chickens, and more than half of them cannot lay eggs.

  Ducks can only be raised in a pond, and there are only about 30 ducks.

  Eggs can be sold for 2,000 copper coins per month, but daily food costs 100 copper coins.

  Eggs are not enough in silver to sell fodder.

  Ye Muyu continued to look down, in addition to selling eggs every month, he could also raise about 20 chicks.

  The colder the weather, the chicken coop needs to burn charcoal to control the temperature. Starting from October, the expenditure on firewood and charcoal is about three to four hundred yuan per month.

  The chicks produced will start to lay eggs after four months. However, compared with the cost of buying a chick, the cost of raising it yourself is much lower.

Generally, a hen has been around for a year and a half, and it can't lay eggs at all, so it can be sold. A chicken costs 20 cents a catty. Offset at least ten days of rations.

  However, the chickens in Chaishan are now only laying hens, and it will be a year before they start selling chickens.

   Sure enough, in the end, it was all a loss, about two taels of silver per month, and the monthly money that needs to be given to the servants was not deducted. Counting the monthly money, the monthly loss was about seven or eight taels of silver.

  However, Ye Muyu didn't think it was strange. Raising chickens and ducks started to get on the right track after the chickens and ducks could be sold.

  The subsequent profits can make up for the losses in about two years. Although it is a small-profit business, it is also very stable, and it is very suitable for slow operation in the village.

   Ye Muyu raised chickens and ducks just to fertilize the fruit trees.

  Fruit trees are profitable by the way, the price of fruit, with caravans around, the price is not low, naturally it is also a profit.

   After reading the ledger, Ye Muyu could also see that Zongfu and the others took good care of the chickens and ducks on Chaishan Mountain. Zhang Shu would usually go back to the village, and Chu Zhiwen and Chu Liu would usually go to see it.

  Zong Fu and others are really hardworking.

She put away the account book and returned it to him: "I'm optimistic about it, it's not bad, just develop slowly according to your habits, by the way, pay attention to hygiene at all times, don't get any disease, but if a chicken is unhealthy, go See the doctor."

"Madam, the little one usually takes them to clean up the chicken coop. The duck coop is also separated from the chicken coop. There is no illness. It's just that last time a duck caught cold and vomited some food. Later, the little one I went to see the doctor."

  (end of this chapter)