73: Chapter 73 Pondering Exhaustively 73: Chapter 73 Pondering Exhaustively “I understand what you guys mean, but right now, we really don’t need that many people on the chicken farm.
If the farm expands in the future, I’ll definitely look to you all for help!”
His cousins naturally felt a bit displeased hearing this, but Wu Xiaoyu was stating a fact.
With so few chickens, how could they possibly need this many people?
Seeing that his cousins neither spoke nor showed any intention of leaving, just standing there awkwardly, Wu Xiaoyu felt the situation become a bit uncomfortable.
Just then, another cousin stepped forward and said:
After all, we are family, from the same ancestors!
You’re a high school graduate with tons of ideas and ways to make money.
You can’t just watch your brothers stay poor, can you?
You could point us to a way to make money too!”
The others chimed in one after another: “Yeah…
just point us to a way to get rich too!”
Easier said than done!
Where am I supposed to find a way for you guys to get rich?
This outrageous request left Wu Xiaoyu a bit stupefied, but he had no choice but to promise, “Don’t worry.
If I find any way to get rich, I won’t forget about you guys!”
“Besides, if the chicken farm does well in the future, I’ll still need your help!
Just wait a bit longer…
These words were already quite considerate, but money-madness often blinds people, and discontent tends to come with pettiness.
Just as they were about to cheer for Wu Xiaoyu’s promise, an extremely discordant voice piped up, “Even if you find a way to make money, you’d probably think of that Lee girl first.
To you, we aren’t even as important as an outsider!”
Everyone turned to look.
The speaker was a younger cousin of Wu Xiaoyu.
What do you mean by that?
How have I, your older brother, offended you?
What do I owe you?” Wu Xiaoyu asked, a bit annoyed.
The eldest cousin, Wu Daqing, worried that a quarrel between these two would make the whole village laugh at them, hurried forward to mediate, “Xiaoyu, don’t take him seriously!
He’s just a kid and doesn’t understand things.
Treat his words as nonsense!”
But the newly adult Wu Dayan felt wronged and retorted, “Why don’t I understand things?
They say he found mushrooms on the mountain, but why didn’t he think of his own brothers first?
Instead, he let that Lee Yujia pick them?”
Hearing this, the others couldn’t help but laugh.
So, this is what it’s about!
How do we explain this to him?
Wu Xiaoyu was momentarily speechless.
After laughing for a while, Wu Daqing finally spoke, “You little rascal, what do you know?
That Lee Yujia is Xiaoyu’s sister-in-law.
What’s wrong with considering her?”
Seeing everyone laugh and hearing this, Wu Dayan was even more confused.
What’s the situation?
It seemed like he was the only one in the dark!
He glanced sideways at his cousin Wu Xiaoyu and saw him pursing his lips in silence.
His anger dissipated, and he began to piece things together.
Is Li Yuqi paired with my cousin?
But isn’t she a college student?
Could she really fancy my cousin?
If there’s any good opportunity in the future, I’ll think of you first!” Wu Xiaoyu patted his shoulder and then said to his other cousins, “You guys can go back now!”
Even though Wu Xiaoyu said this, the cousins couldn’t just walk away, so they stayed on the mountain to help Wu Dushan feed the chickens before going down.
After his cousins left, Wu Xiaoyu saw that the work on the mountain was almost done, so he urged Wu Dushan to go home for a meal, while he stayed to ponder the wonders of the Spiritual Spring.
The water from the Spiritual Spring within the Jade Token could accelerate the growth of livestock and enhance the quality of the meat.
But after he drank it, his body didn’t change.
Recently, he also discovered that the Spiritual Spring could promote rapid growth in mushrooms.
Yet such an extraordinary thing was only briefly mentioned in the Xuanyuan Great Book, with no detailed explanation.
Perplexed for a long time, Wu Xiaoyu gave up thinking.
As long as it could make him rich, why bother digging too deep?
Sometimes overanalyzing isn’t beneficial.
Realizing this, Wu Xiaoyu felt a bit relieved.
He walked to the thatched hut intending to meditate but noticed the mushrooms he had picked a few days ago were now completely rotten and smelly.
What a waste of natural resources.
Although mushrooms aren’t expensive in the market, wild mushrooms fetch a much higher price.
Now, all these mushrooms were wasted!
After all the spraying and picking, he only enjoyed one meal of chicken stew with mushrooms, and the rest just went to waste?
The slight pain of loss he felt was quickly replaced by thoughts of making money.
Chicken stew with mushrooms?
Didn’t Zhou Dong want to open a restaurant in Longhe Town?
A new restaurant needs some exclusive signature dishes to attract diners.
Zhou Dong’s restaurant could rely on the chickens he raised.
If he grew some mushrooms as well, they could offer dishes like chicken stew with mushrooms, which would surely be popular.
More importantly, if he planted medicinal herbs in the future, the restaurant could become a sales channel for medicated diets.
If the medicated diets proved effective, they could not only attract a lot of diners but also boost herb sales.
Then, using herbs in medicated diets would consume herbs, and diners could also buy prepared herbal supplements when they left the restaurant.
This way, it would be hard not to get rich!
To set up such a sales channel, the restaurant would need to be a chain.
Zhou Dong’s father planned to establish a chain restaurant, which fit perfectly with this idea.
But if he wanted to get involved with Zhou Yong’s family, there would be a huge potential conflict over profit distribution.
As a mere supplier, his profits would be lower than those of the sellers.
Yet his livestock and herbs would be the key to the seller’s success.
From a business perspective, conflicts over profit distribution with Zhou Dong or his father would be inevitable, which he didn’t want to see.
Knowing nothing about the food industry, going it alone would likely lead to failure.
Moreover, it would mean competing directly with Zhou Dong.
The best solution would be to invest in Zhou Dong’s restaurant.
But considering their restaurant in the county earns hundreds of thousands each year, why would they accept his investment?
Wu Xiaoyu was troubled by this when his phone rang.
It was Zhou Dong calling.
Should he bring it up with him?