1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 166 Oh my god, am I dazzled? Where can I get fresh vegetables in this winter?

As time goes by, the sun is already high in the sky.

The people at the front of the line were getting a little impatient waiting.

Because this group of people got up very early, many of them were used to it and had to wait in long queues when buying New Year's goods.

However, this kind of motionless team still makes people feel very impatient.

After all, even when scrambling to stockpile winter vegetables, there were more people than this, and the longest queue could be from seven or eight in the morning until three or four in the afternoon.

But from time to time, a family would come out happily, pushing a small cart of cabbages.

Let everyone know that there are plenty of things inside.

But now people are queuing up but haven’t seen anything real. Everyone is unsure. Although their time is not that precious, they don’t want to just come out and blow the cold wind!
If you have that much time, you might as well go back and paste two more matchboxes.

"What time is it? If you don't come, it will be noon soon. Your supply and marketing cooperative is not going to cheat us again!"

"That's right, didn't things always arrive the day before?"

Hearing what was said around him, Director Du of the supply and marketing cooperative felt helpless.

He took a subtle look at Luo Yan who was waiting anxiously.

He also felt a little resentful in his heart.

After all, if Director Luo hadn't come, things wouldn't have come to this point.

He himself would not show up, he would just let his subordinates send those people away.

Even if the matter gets out of hand by then, he can then step in to deal with the people below and calm their anger a little by saying that this was a private decision made by the people below, but the items have been sold and the matter is over, and at most they will just curse the salesperson at their supply and marketing cooperative.

Anyway, this has happened more than once or twice. Do these people still dare to rebel?

Now, both of them have been framed.

If the chicken farm doesn't give them face, I'm afraid both of them will be in trouble. It's hard to find a scapegoat. He has already shown his face, and no one will believe what he says!
However, he had other ideas in his mind. If the matter really got out of hand, the worst that could happen was that he could just put the blame on Director Luo.

After all, the street office was notified by the Planning Commission, and the supply and marketing cooperative was not aware of it, which led to this kind of thing happening.

If the chicken farm delivers the goods in time and the problem is resolved safely, then as long as Luo Yan lets go, the incident can be treated as nothing happened.

Luo Yan had no idea what Du Wencheng was thinking. From time to time he would walk to the door and look up at the sun.

From time to time, he looked into the distance and saw people clearing snow from the road.

I was muttering to myself.

"That kid has to come! That would be very costly."

For Luo Yan, if there are problems at the chicken farm, he can only find solutions elsewhere.

However, he holds the power to coordinate and plan a large part of the city's materials. Even if there is a problem with the eggs, he can find a way to temporarily requisition a batch of pork from other meat processing factories.

Of course, there is nothing in the world that does not require a price.

After so many years of development, the relationships within the city’s meat processing plant are hundreds of times more complicated than those at the chicken farm.

Luo Yan would not seek help from the meat processing plant unless it was absolutely necessary, because the price he would have to pay later would be much higher.

Thinking of this, he hurried to the supply and marketing cooperative's phone and spoke to the silent salesperson beside him.

"Call the Blue Water Chicken Farm again and ask what's going on. Has the truck from the city transportation station arrived? When will it be here?"

Hearing Luo Yan's words.

The salesperson immediately picked up the phone swiftly.

Obviously, from the atmosphere this morning, everyone knew that something serious was going to happen.

At this time, no matter how strong the salesperson's connections are, they all act like quails.

After the call is connected.

After understanding the situation, the salesperson breathed a sigh of relief and said to Luo Yan.

"Director Luo, the chicken farm said that their truck had already left, and the truck from the city transportation station just came over to load the truck. However, they said that the driver from the city transportation station said that it snowed heavily last night, and the roads outside the city were difficult to travel, so they should be slower to arrive."

When Luo Yan heard this, he immediately nodded.

"Just get going. It's okay to go slowly."

Just then, there was a cry of surprise outside.

"What's that tractor pulling behind it? Why do the things in the frame look so much like tomatoes to me?"

"What are you talking about in your sleep? Where can you get tomatoes in the middle of winter? Are you crazy because of the cold?"

"Then what do you think that is? It's what's covered under the oilcloth and straw mat."

When many people heard this, they stretched their heads to look at the gap in the buckets of the two tractors behind.

Through the thick straw mats and oilcloths, one can see a hint of pink tomatoes and emerald green leeks and cucumbers and other out-of-season vegetables.

"Mom, I saw cucumbers. Am I dazzled? Where can I get fresh vegetables in the middle of winter?"

"Mother Shunzi, you are not mistaken. I saw it too. There are leeks over there. If I can make some leek and egg dumplings this year, they will be so delicious!"

"I don't like leek and eggs, I just like meat. It would be nice if it could be wrapped with leek and meat. Oh, and look at that purple thing, is it an eggplant? Why does it look like it was just picked?"

"It looks like that to me too. Otherwise, no matter how you clean it, it won't stay so fresh! The cabbages I bought a few days ago are already a little wilted on the outermost layer after just a few days."

"Where do you think this vegetable came from? It can't be sold, right? If that's the case, I'll have to ask my kid to run back and get the vegetable ticket. If we miss this village, we'll probably never see this restaurant again."

"That's right. I only brought back egg coupons. Ask your Shunzi to go to my house and tell him to send my vegetable coupons over. Bring more money too. These juicy vegetables don't look cheap to me."

"What you said makes sense. I don't know if it was given to the supply and marketing cooperative. It can't be divided privately like eggs!"

"No way! Aren't their leaders coming out?"

There was the sound of cars braking as they arrived, and the lively discussions of a large group of residents.

Luo Yan naturally also received the news and ran out of the supply and marketing cooperative.

The moment he saw Luo Yan, Su Wenchen in the car put on his hat, opened the door and jumped out.

After all, he didn't get off the car because he didn't know who to hand over to, and favors are only useful if they are done to the people who need them.

Now that he has seen the real culprit, Su Wenchen will naturally come forward.

He also notified the greenhouse team. Since they also built a greenhouse of more than two acres at that time, they also sent a tractor there.

I plan to take this opportunity to bring it over and take a look at how accepting city residents are of off-season vegetables.

After all, the brigade is different from their chicken farm.

Su Wenchen had no intention of selling the few acres of their chicken farm.

Their chicken farm is not short of that little money. Besides, they can’t put the money from the sales into their own pockets, so they might as well use this money to maintain favors.

After all, the connections you make are all yours.

Why did many public servants later go into business and have a higher chance of success than ordinary people? This definitely has a lot to do with the connections they made before.

But it was different in their Pingcun Brigade. Everyone could get a share of the money after selling things. Although the money for the two acres of land was only divided among the entire brigade, basically each household could not get much.

But for them, there is no reason to despise even a penny.

Su Wenchen jumped out of the car and looked at Luo Yan who was walking hurriedly over. He immediately went up to him and said with a smile.

"Haha, Director Luo, I'm so sorry that I'm late! It was mainly because it snowed last night and the roads were difficult to walk on, otherwise I should have arrived a long time ago. I hope I didn't delay your business!"

Luo Yan shook his head repeatedly.

"It's not too late, it's not too late. I'm sorry. I have to trouble you to come and escort the car in person after this happened."

"The road was not easy to travel this morning. We are thankful that we can come here. Are those two tractors behind us also not easy to travel on?"

Su Wenchen shook his head.

"The damage rate of the eggs transported by that truck was too high. They were all loaded with out-of-season vegetables. One of the trucks was grown in our farm. We distributed some to various brother units in the city so that everyone can have a taste of what it's like to eat summer vegetables in winter."

"The other truckload was grown by our brigade. We stopped by to talk to the supply and marketing cooperative to see how the city's residents accept off-season vegetables."

Su Wenchen's voice had just fallen.

Some people who were listening with their ears perked up immediately had their eyes lit up.

Especially those families who had several people queuing together, they immediately asked people to go back and get the food tickets.

After all, if you listen, you will know that there is not much of these off-season vegetables.

Moreover, one of the cars was given to various public institutions. Since there is only one car, the quantity must be limited!
On the other side, Director Du, who was following behind Luo Yan, had a bitter look on his face.

How did things turn out like this?

He had heard about this out-of-season vegetable when it was planted a few months ago.

But like most people in the city, he didn't believe in off-season vegetables. After all, he had been living like this for many years and had never heard of the concept of off-season vegetables before.

But when he saw the patches of emerald green in the tractor's bucket in the distance, especially against the white snow around it, even he swallowed subconsciously.

So he immediately reached out to Su Wenchen.

"Hello, Director Su. I am Du Wencheng, the director of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative! Thank you so much, otherwise I don't know how I would end today."

Su Wenchen raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He didn't know whether the other party did it intentionally or unintentionally.

But he still took off his gloves and shook hands with the other person.

"Hello Director Du, thank you for everything. We are all here to serve the people. It's mainly Director Luo who made the right arrangements!"

For Su Wenchen, helping others solve their problems is all about favors. If you are still smug in front of others after helping them, it would be better for you not to come in the first place.

Isn't this intentional to make people hate you?
In an instant, Su Wenchen's impression of Director Du from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative suddenly became bad.

In his opinion, this person is either a bad person or a stupid person.

However, Su Wenchen was more inclined to believe that this was a bad idea, because a fool would most likely not be able to reach his position.

Du Wencheng on this side was also stunned when he heard Su Wenchen's words. He never expected that Su Wenchen, who was so young and came here to save the situation, could actually say such words.

Not only did he not show any smug look, he also attributed the credit to Luo Yan.

He was now numb and realized that he had miscalculated. He was afraid that he had offended both of them.

For Du Wencheng, the crisis at the supply and marketing cooperative was temporarily resolved after the other party delivered the first batch of eggs.

At this time, what he had to consider was to calm Luo Yan's anger. At this time, Su Wenchen on the scene was the best choice. If he could praise the other party, it would be best if he could make the other party become complacent. It would be even better if he could say some complacent words.

This way, Luo Yan's attention will be diverted away from him.

When the time comes, he will go to Luo Yan again and repeatedly mention how proud and arrogant the other party was at that time. Invisibly, the two of them are in the same camp and both are beneficiaries of favors.

This will make things much easier later on. After all, sometimes with good guidance, kindness can turn into hatred.

Especially now that the incident has passed and no major incident has occurred, Du Wencheng knows clearly that it now depends on what Luo Yan is going to do about this matter.

If Luo Yan were to relent and send out a salesperson, this matter could be resolved.

Otherwise, if the other party reports this to the city, he will basically be finished.

So this anger must not be directed at himself, but Du Wencheng is embarrassed now because Su Wenchen didn't even leave him a spark.

How can he exaggerate the matter when the time comes?

There is no spark, so no matter how much oil he adds, it won't catch fire!
Moreover, in this situation, he didn't dare to light the fire himself, for fear of burning himself.

Luo Yan on the other side naturally understood it. After all, no one is stupid. Maybe when it comes to themselves, they will choose to ignore some things because they are in the situation.

But before that, no one knew who.

So he spoke directly to Du Wencheng.

"Okay, Director Du, now that the items have been delivered, you should quickly arrange for them to be put into storage and counted so that they can be put on the shelves as soon as possible."

"I hope what happened this morning won't happen again."

Du Wencheng also knew that if there was no chance at the beginning, it would be difficult later on, so he could only find a solution from other places.

So he nodded.

"Okay, Director Luo, I'll arrange for them to be stored right away. By the way, Director Su, how are you going to sell the off-season vegetables in your brigade?"

Su Wenchen shook his head.

"We at the chicken farm don't care about this matter, you should talk to the people from the brigade!"

As he spoke, Su Wenchen waved in the direction of the tractor behind him.

Jiang Li, Su Wenzhang, Li Guodong and several other people from Pingcun Brigade immediately ran over.

Su Wenchen turned around and introduced Du Wencheng.

"This is the secretary of the Pingcun Brigade and the militia captain. What's your price and when can we pick the fruits and send them over? Let's talk about it ourselves!"

After saying that, he looked at Jiang Li who was rubbing her hands due to the cold.

Somewhat distressed.

"Look how cold you are. I told you to go to my car but you didn't go."

Jiang Li pouted.

"Our brigade will not take advantage of your chicken farm. All right, go and do your business! We can talk to the supply and marketing cooperative."

"I can't count on you for everything!"

Su Wenchen also nodded.

"Okay, you guys figure it out!"

For Su Wenchen, such matters should indeed be handled by their own team in the future.

In the future, the most he could do was to help the team come up with some ideas.

Then Su Wenchen looked at Luo Yan.

"Director Luo, I have completed my mission. I will leave the rest to you. I still have to deliver something to the agency."

After hearing this, Luo Yan turned to Du Wencheng and said.

"Director Du, you can go about your business. I have to go to work too."

(End of this chapter)