Chapter 51: Green Shell Egg

  During the period when the small building was converted into a villa, two batches of vegetables were harvested. Just like before, all the vegetables sold very well. As long as Xiao Ping made a few phone calls, customers would come to pick up their goods themselves, including the provincial government's cafeteria. However, Liu Yunting wouldn't personally come to pick up the goods every time; this time he had the cafeteria driver come alone in his car.

  Anyone who can mix in the government is not a fool, knowing that Liu Yunting has been to the farm himself, the driver was extremely polite to Xiao Ping. No matter what Xiao Ping said, his response was always "good good good", "okay okay", "no problem", which made Xiao Ping feel somewhat embarrassed.

  In the next few days, Xiao Ping ran to the city several times, buying furniture, electrical appliances, bedding, kitchen utensils and all sorts of small gadgets that are useful in daily life, basically replacing everything in the house with new ones.

  Such a large expense is also very big, and it's impossible to come up with tens of millions. Fortunately, the farm has recently started making money, and Xiao Ping can barely afford this cost, but the savings in the bank are also rapidly decreasing, not even reaching six figures.

  Xiao Ping went into the city again, to buy some small things he had forgotten to buy before. He walked around the shopping mall in the city center and bought everything he needed. Since it was still early, Xiao Ping thought of going to the agricultural market in the western district to take a look. Now that he has started his farm, he must do one thing well, always grasp the market trend, and pay attention to projects that can make money. There are still several hectares of mountain land idle, if used well, it can also be a way to make more money.

  Although Su City is not as prosperous as the provincial capital, it is also a city with a population of over 10 million. The agricultural market in the western district bears the bulk of the city's non-staple food wholesale supply, and its scale is naturally self-evident. Xiao Ping spent half a day wandering around the market, seeing countless kinds of agricultural products, but those that truly met his requirements were hard to find.

  Xiao Ping was slightly disappointed in his heart, when he suddenly heard two people whispering next to him: "Hurry up! A new batch of Xishan green shell eggs has just arrived, if you're late, they'll be sold out!"

  "Are the green shell eggs here? What are you waiting for? Let's go!"

  The two men's voices were very low, and it was hard to notice in the noisy market. But after Xiao Ping took the spiritual liquid, his senses became more sensitive, and he could hear the conversation between the two clearly. Their words also sparked Xiao Ping's interest, and it seemed that the green-shelled eggs from Xishan were extremely popular, to the point where they were in short supply. This coincided with Xiao Ping's idea of taking a high-end route, so he quietly followed the two men, wanting to see why these so-called green-shelled eggs were so popular.

  Xiao Ping followed the two men and soon saw a stall selling green-shelled eggs. More than 20 stalls were lined up in a row, each with boxes specifically for holding eggs, some with over a hundred boxes and others with several dozen. Seeing that the new batch of green-shelled eggs was not only plentiful but also in short supply, Xiao Ping's interest in this type of egg grew even stronger.

  There were already many vendors buying in front of the stall, and Xiao Ping also squeezed to a stall and asked: "How much are these eggs?"

  The stall owner was a stout middle-aged woman who didn't even look at Xiao Ping and said, "One box of 24 pieces, 200 yuan, minimum purchase of ten boxes!"

  The price shocked Xiao Ping a bit, 200 yuan for 24 eggs, each one costing more than 8 yuan. This was still the wholesale price at the farmer's market, retail would be at least 10 yuan per egg, much more expensive than regular eggs.

  Xiao Ping looked a bit dazed, and the stall owner said impatiently: "Do you want it or not? If not, let go, don't hinder my business!"

  "Bring ten boxes." Xiao Ping was also straightforward, counting out two thousand yuan and handing it over to the other party.

  Xiao Ping took out the money and the stall owner's face looked a bit better. With quick hands and feet, he helped Xiao Ping tie up ten boxes of eggs. Xiao Ping took this opportunity to ask: "Are these eggs all from Xishan?"

  "Of course, only the local breed of chicken in Xishan can lay green-shelled eggs!" The stall owner said proudly: "These are purely natural green eggs, all the chickens eat only green vegetables and grains, without any feed. They retail for 12 yuan each on the market, and they're in short supply!"

  Xiao Ping asked tentatively: "According to you, this egg is really good... um... do you know where I can buy chickens that lay such eggs?"

  "What's the point of asking that?" The stall owner looked at Xiao Ping with vigilance and said, "These eggs are so good to sell, who would sell laying hens? Do you think we people from Xishan are all foolish?"

  Xiao Ping could not get any information from this stall owner, so he had to take the eggs and try his luck elsewhere. However, other stall owners' attitudes towards Xiao Ping were similar - buying eggs was no problem, but wanting to buy breeding chickens or even chicks was out of the question. Some stall owners just gave Xiao Ping a cold reception, while a few even rushed out to fight him as soon as they heard he wanted to buy breeding chickens. Xiao Ping was not afraid of fighting, but there was no need to argue with these egg sellers, so he could only leave this long row of stalls selling green-shelled eggs in embarrassment.

  In fact, the reaction of these stall owners was also within Xiao Ping's expectations. Each egg could be sold for more than eight yuan, and this income is absolutely not small. Why would they want to sell chickens that lay golden eggs? If the chickens were bred on a large scale, the price of eggs would inevitably drop, no wonder the stall owners didn't give Xiao Ping a good face to look at.

  However, Xiao Ping indeed thought highly of the green-shelled eggs. Although he couldn't get any useful information immediately, he didn't give up. Thinking that there must be a way to obtain some parent chickens, even if it was just over ten, and believing that with the help of spiritual liquid feeding, they could quickly breed out a large group.

  Just as Xiao Ping was thinking deeply, a middle-aged man wearing tattered clothes and with a vegetable-like complexion approached him furtively and said: "Comrade, do you want to buy a breed of chicken that can lay green-shelled eggs?"

  Xiao Ping was overjoyed and said: "You have?"

  "Shh!" The middle-aged man was startled by Xiao Ping's reaction, and quickly pulled him to a secluded spot before whispering: "To be honest with you, I'm from out of town, and I'm currently raising green egg-laying chickens on the west mountain. However, something urgent came up at home and I need money, so I'm thinking of selling the chicken farm. That's why I approached you when I saw you asking around about buying chickens."

  For Xiao Ping, this was just a nap. Someone sent a pillow, but he couldn't help feeling some worry amidst the joy - wouldn't this guy be trying to swindle him out of money by taking advantage of his eagerness to buy green egg chickens?

  Seeing Xiao Ping's hesitant expression, the middle-aged man also knew what he was worried about and hurriedly whispered: "If you don't believe me, follow me to take a look, then you'll know I'm not deceiving you."

  Since the middle-aged man said so, Xiao Ping decided to follow him to take a look. He followed the middle-aged man out of the farmer's market and walked several streets away before finally arriving at the place the other man had mentioned. Once they arrived, Xiao Ping immediately knew that the middle-aged man hadn't cheated him, and his plan to raise chickens was already a success in sight.

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