Rabbit meat was edible.
Rabbit fur could be sold.
And they only needed to be fed grass.
It was even easier than raising pigs.
"Here, don’t take it away, Laosan’s Wife mailed it back."
Breeding Encyclopedia.
Zhao Tianxiang also came over to take a look.
Daya was attending junior high at the town’s middle school, living on campus, and even took food supplies to school.
Sanya also went to school, and Xiao Mao wasn’t so little anymore. In two years, he too would need to go to school; the children’s education required money.
Some of the money for the house was repaid last year, but there was still some left unpaid.
He planned to repay all the debts once he sold a batch of rice.
After that, he would seriously support the children’s education at home.
The harvest this year was good, thanks to Mother Nature.
Indeed, farming truly depended on Mother Nature.
If the weather was good, the harvest was good.
If the weather was bad, then the harvest was bad.
"Nowadays, every household raises chickens and ducks, but no one really raises rabbits."
Zhao Tianhai corrected him, "Brother, because this type of rabbit isn’t available, of course, it can’t be raised. However, I’ve read this breeding book, and it might be worth a try. Rabbit breeding doesn’t require too meticulous management, and they grow up in just three months. Most importantly, these rabbits can breed several times a year, producing five or six kits each time."
He himself started to feel quite eager.
Just wasn’t sure if the rabbit meat would be easy to sell when the time came?
"Laoer, if you can find breeding rabbits, you can act as a middleman later to sell them. Sign a contract with the village so you’ll purchase all the rabbits raised in the village. How they are sold is not my concern."
That, of course, was no problem.
The village still had a tractor, and it could be used to pitch to some factories in town; rabbit meat was even more tender and smooth than chicken.
It could even be sold to some restaurants.
"Dad, I’m certainly willing, but I don’t have that much capital?"
He wanted to make a profit from nothing, but that too required some capital.
"After you sell them, then distribute the money. I don’t think anyone would refuse."
Even though land had been distributed per household now, Captain Zhao wasn’t as responsible as before, but he still hoped the villagers would become wealthy.
He let someone in the Capital City look for herb seeds and books, even advancing the money for the herb seeds.
"Dad, did you pay for the herb seeds Laosan mailed back?"
Captain Zhao coughed lightly, "They haven’t been distributed yet, the team headquarters temporarily doesn’t have the money to give."
The herb seeds required quite a bit of money.
His father was the team leader, but he didn’t provide any conveniences for his family, not even giving a job as a teacher or a scorekeeper to Laosan’s Wife, which was why Laosan let his wife stay at home instead of going out to work the fields.
"If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can write to Laosan to ask about the situation. Now that you’re all fathers, you should think about your children, and not dwell on the childhood fights. Laosan, now in the Capital City, has a broader vision and considers things more comprehensively."
Zhao Tianhai wanted to say, Laosan was particularly vengeful.
However, in the past few years, since Laosan’s family moved to the Capital City to study, it was surprising they still mailed items back home during the festivals, even if inadvertently.
"Dad, we understand."
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, although there was still wheat to be planted in the fields, it was so little that a wife alone could handle it.
Zhao Tianhai planned to look for breeding rabbits. After getting an introduction letter, he ran outside.
Da Shu’s mother didn’t stop him, as she was all too eager for her husband to earn more money.