Chapter 303: Sending Birds to Daliang

The shopkeeper heard this and laughed even more happily.

"Hey, you wait a moment, I'll pack the birds for you right away."

Bai Wei took the opportunity to ask, "Will you give me the birdcages?"

The shopkeeper paused, his face bitter as he gave a dry laugh.

"Miss, we're a small business; the cages cost several dozen each, I really can't afford to give them away."

"Then give them to me at the wholesale price," Bai Wei smiled. "I've bought so many birds, I might buy more in the future."

The shopkeeper gritted his teeth, "Fine, I'll give them to you at the wholesale price of fifteen!"

"Is fifteen really the wholesale price?"

"Heaven and earth are my witness." The shopkeeper patted his chest. "I only make money on selling the birds; if I make even a penny off the cages, I'll take your surname."

Seeing the shopkeeper was so reasonable, Bai Wei didn't say anything more.

She bought more than half of the birds in the shop, then followed the shopkeeper to the breeding farm.

According to the shopkeeper, this breeding farm was opened by his nephew to raise carrier pigeons.

But later, after losing money, his nephew simply started raising meat pigeons to sell at the vegetable market and various large restaurants.

Nowadays, people in the city don't lack food or clothing, so they have started to focus on health, and his nephew's meat pigeon business was actually doing quite well.

The breeding farm was in a village outside the city.

Bai Wei followed the shopkeeper into the breeding farm and was met with several rows of spacious, flat-roofed houses; these were the breeding rooms.

Inside the breeding rooms, there were many gray pigeons.

Bai Wei looked up and discovered there was also a type of large bird with gray-black feathers.

Her eyes lit up, "You actually raise wild geese too?"

Just then, a young man ran out while wiping his hands.

The shopkeeper immediately greeted him, "Nephew, this young lady wants to buy pigeons, so I brought her over to take a look."

"Buying pigeons, no problem." The young man walked over, "How many do you want to buy?"

Bai Wei asked in return, "How many do you have?"

The young man scratched his head, "I have about nine hundred adult pigeons in this breeding farm; the rest are squabs, which are still small, but if you want to buy them, that's fine too."

"Forget the squabs." Bai Wei shook her head.

The locusts in Daliang are large, and squabs are too small; they wouldn't be able to eat them at all.

Moreover, the environment in Daliang isn't very good, and if the squabs were sent over, the survival rate wouldn't be high.

She glanced at the breeding room and tilted her head.

"I see you have wild geese here too; are the wild geese for sale?"

"You want to buy wild geese?" The young man was stunned for a moment. "I bought these wild geese after seeing a TV commercial. Don't look at their size; their meat doesn't taste good, and it's quite tough."

After finishing, he paused, "I'm only telling you this because you bought so many pigeons; if it were anyone else, I would have just sold them."

"I didn't expect you to be so honest." Bai Wei smiled. "However, I happen to need to buy wild geese. If you're selling, I'll buy all the wild geese you have here."

The young man's eyes lit up instantly.

"You really want to buy them? I have over three hundred wild geese here, all raised last year, and I've been worrying that no one wanted them!"

Seeing Bai Wei was so generous, the young man hurriedly started promoting more.

"Do you want to buy any other poultry?"

"I also have wild ducks here; I collected the wild duck eggs from the river ditches myself and raised them. They're the kind that can fly."

"Wild duck meat is tougher than domestic duck, but people in the city love to eat it, saying it's a nourishing game meat that makes a particularly fragrant soup when stewed."

Bai Wei felt a surge of joy.

There were even wild ducks.

These wild ducks are experts at exterminating insects, and they have a large appetite for a single meal.

She didn't hesitate, "I'll buy them. How many do you have? I want them all."

The young man was beaming with joy and hurriedly said.

"Fine, you're a big buyer, I'll give you a discounted price."

The pet shop owner was also very happy and quickly said, "Nephew, this young lady is a big boss at my shop, try to give her a cheaper price."

Although Bai Wei knew the shopkeeper was just saying polite things, she was still very happy inside.

She took a rough look and saw there were quite a lot of birds raised in this breeding farm.

Over nine hundred pigeons, over three hundred wild geese, and adding the roughly two hundred wild ducks, sending them to Yannan in Daliang would be able to wipe out quite a few locusts.

Furthermore, she had also bought a batch of insect-eating birds from the flower and bird market, which she would send to Xiao Moting together.

Even if the locusts breed quickly, they would still be dealt with when they encounter their natural enemies, the birds.

Once the birds are released, they will feed every day and will also hatch little birds.

When there are more birds, besides eating locusts, they will also eat other insects.

In this way, a sustainable, long-term ecological chain will be formed, and no matter how strong the locusts' reproductive ability is, they will be kept firmly in check.

The young man called his family over, and they caught all the pigeons, wild geese, and wild ducks, loading them into large bamboo cages.

The huge bamboo cages were placed on the ground, with each one holding over twenty pigeons.

Seeing his nephew's family busy running around, the shopkeeper also ran over to help.

Bai Wei also wanted to help catch the birds, but was stopped by the young man.

"Boss, be careful not to dirty your clothes; let us do this work."

Bai Wei said, "Then I'll make a call and have a few trucks come to transport the birds."

Two hours later.

Hundreds of cages were laid out in a large area on the ground.

The various birds kept in the cages were all chirping incessantly, their sounds merging into a single din.

Coo-coo-coo...

Quack-quack-quack...

Chirp-chirp-chirp...

With over a thousand birds gathered together, the noise was simply deafening.

Outside the breeding farm, four Military Trucks had already pulled up, all of which Bai Wei had just called for.

The boss and the young man worked together to help load the birdcages onto the trucks.

Bai Wei took out her phone to settle the bill.

Adult pigeons were forty yuan each; for over nine hundred adult pigeons, it came to a total of over thirty-six thousand yuan.

Live wild geese were one hundred and fifty yuan each; for over three hundred wild geese, it cost over forty-five thousand yuan.

The remaining two hundred or so wild ducks were slightly more expensive at one hundred and seventy yuan each, totaling over thirty-four thousand yuan.

While resting, Bai Wei had checked the prices of these types of poultry on her phone and knew the young man had not overcharged her.

Therefore, she transferred the money readily.

The young man was beaming with joy; he and the bird and flower shop owner walked her to the entrance and even stuffed a business card into her hand.

"Boss, next time you want to buy pigeons, give me a call."

Bai Wei took it with a smile, turned around, and got into the Military Truck.

The hundred-plus thousand spent today was a large sum for them, but for her now, it was just a small amount of money.

There were still several hundred million lying in her account.

Soon, the four Military Trucks drove to Qingshan Village and stopped at the back door of the Farm.

It was already dark, and there were few people on the village road.

Bai Wei had chosen the time specifically to have the trucks return to the village at night.

Otherwise, if so many birds attracted the villagers, she would inevitably be caught and questioned about this and that.

Bai Wei had the drivers and workers move the birdcages from the trucks into the Farm.

On the way, she had already called Chen Ming and told him and the security guards to take the day off.