1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 149: Can we still grow vegetables in winter? I can’t even think about this day!
Watching the discussion below become more and more lively.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Father Su slapped the table.

"The Party Secretary hasn't said anything yet, and everyone is so anxious to express their opinions, right?"

"When the time comes for you to speak, you all become mute."

"Shut up, everyone. Let the secretary speak first."

Seeing Father Su getting angry, the others immediately shrank their heads.

Only Jiang Li smiled and waved her hand.

"It's okay, Captain. It's ok for everyone to express their opinions first. We still need to listen to everyone's opinions."

"But now that everyone has finished speaking, I'll also share my thoughts."

"Regarding the off-season vegetables that the captain just mentioned, I have heard of them before when I was in Beijing, but the production volume was very small."

"It is rarely seen on the market, but sometimes some government agencies occasionally get supplies from surrounding farms."

"I've heard from others a few times that the price of internal supply is generally three to five times that of normal vegetables."

"As for how much money is supplied to the market, I don't know because I don't buy vegetables very often."

Hearing Jiang Li's words, everyone around widened their eyes.

"Oh my god, five times the price? Now the vegetables we sell to the supply and marketing cooperative are only four cents a pound. Five times the price would be more than twenty cents a pound, right?"

"If that's the case, growing vegetables in the winter seems to be quite profitable!"

Jiang Li shook her head.

"It's not the way you calculate it. These off-season vegetables are sent to big cities. I don't think many people in our county can afford them."

"We have to calculate according to the prices in Lan City. Except when the vegetables are on the market in large quantities, the prices there can be reduced to 7 cents. Otherwise, the prices are basically maintained at around 10 cents."

"Besides, off-season vegetables are rare in Beijing, not to mention Lan City. If we can grow them and send them directly to factories in the city like eggs, I believe we can get them for 50 cents per pound!"

"Fifty cents a pound?" When these words came out, many people couldn't help but exclaim.

Because they had never seen such expensive vegetables in their lives.

Then they all looked at Su's father.

"Captain, tell me what we should do! I've never seen vegetables at 20 cents a pound, let alone 50 cents a pound!"

"Yes, and there is nothing to do in the fields in winter. If we can still grow vegetables in the shed, I can't even think about living like this this year! The work points must be worth a lot of money!"

"Yes, yes, yes. I've calculated that if one work point is worth three cents this year, our family can get nearly a thousand. When the task pig I raise at home completes half of its task, I won't sell the rest and will keep it all for myself."

"If we can really get that much money, my family won't sell the pigs after we complete the task, and we will eat as much meat as we want during the New Year."

Jiang Li watched as the atmosphere among the members gradually became more enthusiastic.

I had to pour a basin of cold water on them in advance.

"Don't be so anxious, this greenhouse is not that easy to build, because vegetables need a lot of light, and it needs something made of chemical materials to be built."

"This is also the reason why Beijing City has not been able to promote it. This kind of chemical material is produced in very small quantities and is basically supplied to large farms around. Captain, can we buy the materials for construction?"

After saying this, he looked directly at Father Su.

Father Su was a little confused.

"The youngest didn't tell me anything about chemistry! He just said that Wu Niu should take an old man from the chicken farm, and our brigade should also send a smart person who knows how to farm to Shanghai to learn about greenhouse farming."

When Jiang Li heard this, she realized that Su Wenchen must have negotiated with the farm in Shanghai.

Here we teach others how to raise chickens, and over there we teach them how to grow crops in greenhouses.

And it looks like we've found the main materials for construction.

I definitely can't hold him back, so I said it directly.

"Since Comrade Su Wenchen has already thought it through for our team, we can't hold them back."

"Tomorrow, our team will select two people who are good at farming and go to Shanghai with the chicken farming team."

"What do you think?"

After hearing Jiang Li's words, everyone looked at Su's father and found that he did not express any opinion.

He immediately nodded in agreement.

"I think it's no problem. If we really build a greenhouse, we will have work to do in the winter, and we can earn more work points."

"Yeah, I just don't know if it's too late to learn it."

"Of course it's in time! Don't they say we can only plant them in winter? And you've never planted vegetables before, don't most vegetables take two or three months to harvest?"

"That's right. If we plant them in November, we can harvest them in time for the New Year."

the next day.

After the decision was made at Pingcun Brigade.

After a day of selection, the state-owned chicken farm also selected two employees who had experience in farming.

In fact, there are not many people who know how to farm in the state-owned chicken farm, because most of those who can pass the exam have good academic performance.

These people are usually from the local brigade, and most of them come from well-off families.

Of course, there are definitely some exceptions, and those who were selected this time to farm are basically these exceptions.

Because the selection process at the state-owned chicken farm is very simple, there is no exam or anything like that. Since it is the autumn harvest season now.

Those who signed up to participate were directly taken to the cornfield.

Each person was given a sickle.

It is very easy to tell who has done farm work and who has not. Even if many people are dissatisfied, under the watchful eyes of the public, you just don't do as much work as others, so no matter how much you say, it will be useless.

Besides, farm work is not something you can master by just secretly learning it in one day.

Especially those who have just been recruited by the city and come from the city, they are also the most looking forward to going to Shanghai.

Unfortunately, when it comes to farm work, they are no match for those who often work in the brigade.

The two people finally selected were from surrounding teams.

The two of them felt the envious and jealous looks of the employees around them, so they held their heads high and puffed out their chests.

Because it’s an honor!
And this is a trip to a big city like Shanghai. After coming back, I will have a lot of topics to share during the New Year.

After Su Wenchen left, Han Yang, as the acting director, naturally arranged a lot of work.

Before departure.

Looking at Miao Yuan's smiling face, he arranged the people and their belongings into the truck at the scene.

He said with some dissatisfaction.

"Lao Miao, this time you're in luck! I've already sent the approximate arrival time of the ticket to the station manager."

"You have to take good care of people on the train. If they get lost, it will be all your responsibility."

When Miao Yuan heard this, he nodded.

"Don't worry, I will definitely bring the person to Shanghai safely."

In fact, Su Wenchen didn't plan to let Miao Yuan come at first, but he thought that it was not safe on the train now.

Besides, it is naturally impossible for them to buy tickets for the more private soft sleeper compartments like himself.

Besides, none of the others have ever traveled far.

So Su Wenchen finally asked Miao Yuan, who had experience in business trips, to lead the team personally.

Moreover, although there is no explicit regulation at the train station, most section-level officials cannot buy soft sleeper tickets, unless someone like him has a work permit in the city and is the head of a unit or a section-level cadre working in some important unit, then the train station will sell them.

Otherwise, you have to ask an insider to buy it.

If you buy it yourself, you will only get three words.

Sold out.

So even Miao Yuan could only go to the hard sleeper car with everyone else.

But this also makes it convenient for everyone to take care of each other.

Shanghai Railway Station.

After two days of wandering, Miao Yuan and his group finally reunited with Su Wenchen.

After Su Wenchen picked up the people, he looked at the group of sickly people.

"Thank you for your hard work, Lao Miao! But what's wrong with you? You all look like eggplants hit by frost."

"The money was stolen?"

Miao Yuan waved his hand.

"No, I can't sleep well in the car at all. It's all because of these two chickens!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the woven bags held by the two people behind him.

"Manager, you may not know that most chickens and ducks don't crow much after being brought on the train, but these two started crowing early in the morning."

"And once it calls, the chickens, ducks and geese that other people brought with them all start to howl along with it."

"Our carriage was turned into a cattle carriage. The worst thing was that one of them brought a half-grown pig."

"I don't know if that guy is hungry or something, but he's barking even louder."

"The sound was like slaughtering a pig. The train attendants were attracted and told us that we cannot slaughter pigs on a train!"

"I've been so depressed all this way."

When Su Wenchen heard this, he was a little amused.

He knew that in those days, the regulations on living things on trains were not strict. Basically, as long as a person could lift something, even if it was a living thing, they could be brought on the train.

This is also the reason why he bought a soft sleeper, because the other carriages are filled with people carrying all kinds of things.

There were all kinds of smells of livestock, sauerkraut, sweat, feet, and even the smells of different foods that people brought with them at mealtime, all mixed together.

I could hear the voices of various people and the sounds of livestock.

Su Wenchen felt sour just thinking about that scene.

Patted Miao Yuan on the shoulder.

"Lao Miao, thank you for your hard work. Let's go to Qianjin Farm first."

With that, Su Wenchen led his men away from the train station.

(End of this chapter)