1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 171 Are you angry? Then I will go back and reward you
Su Wenchen listened to the conversation of the people behind him, shook his head and lifted the straw curtain outside the greenhouse.

The moment you enter.

A wave of heat blew in my face, forming a sharp contrast with the howling wind outside.

As it was approaching night, a thick straw curtain had been put up on the roof.

So even though it wasn't dark outside, it was a bit dim inside.

However, above the greenhouse, there were light bulbs emitting a pale yellow light.

Although it is not as bright as the high-powered bulbs in their chicken coop, it is more than enough for lighting.

At this time, the area near the entrance has been cleared.

Except for the leeks, which can be harvested for the second time, the vines of the others have all been cleared away.

Su Wenchen walked in along the road.

Watching Jiang Li leading people to clean up the remaining vine leaves after picking during the day.

"I'm still busy. It's almost dark outside. Let's wait until tomorrow!"

Jiang Li looked at Su Wenchen walking in with his sleeves tucked in, and she took off her gloves and walked over and said.

"Ah Chen, why are you here?"

Su Wenchen walked over and held Jiang Li's small hand, and found that it was not cold. It seemed that it was warmer than his own hand because of the work she had just done.

"I'm off work now, and seeing that you guys haven't left yet, I came to see what's going on!"

Feeling Su Wenchen's actions, although she was very happy in her heart, she was still quite reserved in public.

She glared at Su Wenchen with her pretty eyes.

"He just started to pull and tug, and he's not afraid of being laughed at by others."

Su Wenchen raised his head and said directly.

"Who would laugh at a joke? We are all our own people here. Are you a fool?"

Hearing Su Wenchen's words, Ma Shuanzhu, who was in charge of managing this greenhouse, also spoke very perceptively.

"Don't worry, Secretary. I didn't see anything."

"The greenhouse here is almost ready, you can go back with Director Su."

"Besides, we can just do this kind of rough work in the future. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid it would only be sold for thirty cents."

When Jiang Li heard this, she first glanced outside and then spoke directly.

"Shuanzhu, it's getting late. You guys should go back too! We can clean up the rest tomorrow."

Then he glanced at Su Wenchen.

With her lover beside her, Jiang Li really didn't want to continue working here.

"Okay, Secretary. I'll finish the work and go back."

on the way back.

Su Wenchen looked at Jiang Li, who was wearing a thick gray cotton coat. It formed a sharp contrast with the bright-looking Jiang Li who was wearing a white shirt when he first met her at the morning market.

Now this girl really looks like a country girl who grew up in their local area.

She seemed to feel Su Wenchen's unfriendly gaze.

Jiang Li said, grinning.

"What's that look in your eyes? Why do I see offense in your eyes?"

Su Wenchen: “.”

But he kept shaking his head.

"No, I just think your outfit is a little too down-to-earth, and you don't look like our team leader."

Jiang Li rolled her eyes.

"You're sick. What's the matter? The team leader has to wear a woolen coat to work! Have you ever seen anyone wearing such expensive clothes to work?"

Su Wenchen said immediately after hearing this.

"That's true, but you don't have to do the greenhouse work yourself!"

"There are so many people like that. If nothing else, you are not as good as them in farm work."

When Jiang Li heard this, she turned around and glanced at the shed where the lights could still be vaguely seen.

"We are about to leave, let's experience it!"

"After all, I have worked hard here for more than half a year. I am really reluctant to leave suddenly."

Su Wenchen said with some surprise.

"Did the commune issue a notice? When are you told to go to work?"

Jiang Li nodded.

"I've been notified. I'll hand over my work before the end of the year and report to the commune on the third day of the Lunar New Year. I'll mainly be responsible for the placement of educated youth who went to the countryside and the development of sideline businesses for the commune."

"Some time ago, the daily newspaper quoted an article saying that the educated youth in the city could no longer delay and would have to come down after the New Year."

Su Wenchen knew about this situation.

"Then I'm afraid your job is not easy. I just came here just in time for spring plowing. Our team is lucky now that we have tractors, so we can basically turn the soil by machine."

"In the past, when our brigade was ploughing in the spring, sometimes the thaw had not completely melted during the period before the spring plowing. It was a pain to use a hoe to turn the soil. Every time the hoe was used, a small mark would be left on the ground."

Jiang Li also knew that it was difficult to arrange for this group of people. After all, she herself had tried to do farm work during this period.

"So Secretary He assigned me the task of developing sideline businesses, hoping that I could explore as many sideline businesses as possible for our commune through these educated youth from big cities."

"Didn't your chicken farm recruit a group of educated youth who were preparing to go to the countryside as workers in Lan City? I heard that a few of them worked together to renovate a large bathhouse just for taking a bath."

"When Auntie Lan and I went to get our hair done, we thought it was pretty good, but it would be better if it was a little cheaper."

Su Wenchen rolled his eyes.

"You think our coal is free! Do you believe that if I say it's free, there will be people in the county willing to spend several hours walking to come and wash it?"

"By then, I'm afraid there won't be enough room to stand in the bathhouse."

Su Wenchen was well aware of the lack of resources in the countryside in this era.

If you dare to do it for free, you'd better be prepared to be ripped off.

Jiang Li also knew that what Su Wenchen said made sense.

"That's true. By the way, do you think it's feasible to open a chicken farm in another brigade?"

Su Wenchen was stunned when he heard this and said in surprise.

"You're not planning on asking other brigades to raise chickens too!"

Jiang Li nodded.

"Do you think it's okay? Because after some research, I found that it's very difficult to develop other side businesses."

"As for the industrial ones, I have no idea at all. In fact, I was targeting earthworms at the beginning."

"I asked your second brother and found out that earthworms need to be mixed with fermented manure to grow so fast and fat."

"Your second brother said that if you only feed the earthworms with soil, not only will they grow slowly, but they will also be prone to various problems due to malnutrition."

"Other brigades in the commune don't have as many industries as our brigade."

"I thought about it for a long time but couldn't come up with any other solution. I finally decided that they could only learn from our brigade. Ah Chen, am I unqualified as the deputy director of the commune?"

Su Wenchen looked at Jiang Li, who seemed a little discouraged.

He put the other person's cold little hand directly into his pocket and then comforted him.

"What are you talking about! Everyone takes their time, and as a leader, you mainly have to choose opinions. As for giving opinions, there are people who can do it. Our country has never lacked smart people with ideas."

"What you need to do is to determine whether the information they provide is true or false, and how feasible their specific opinions are."

“But if you plan to develop the chicken farming industry, I don’t really recommend it.”

"For one thing, our chicken farm is right next to us, so the high price of one dollar for eggs will probably only last for a few days at the end of the year."

"When our chicken farm's production increases next year, the price is expected to drop significantly, even if it is cut in half."

"Because fifty or sixty cents was the normal price in previous years."

"Also, many production teams are not doing well in their sideline businesses, and they are still trying to pocket the work points for themselves. I heard that many production teams have chosen to calculate the work points independently."

Jiang Li sighed.

"Yes, when I went to the meeting, Secretary He told me that except for our Ping Village, the Shuanggou Brigade next to it, and the Hulin Brigade, all other brigades in our commune have transformed into independent accounting based on each production team."

Su Wenchen nodded.

"This method has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that each production team has only a few dozen households, so the members basically know how much work they have to do and how many work points they have."

"The brigade leaders basically have no way to manipulate the situation, and the disadvantages are obvious. After the division, the team is naturally not as united as it was at the beginning."

"This way, when negotiating with outsiders, our voice will be reduced accordingly."

"For example, if you go to the city to sell vegetables a few days ago, and today there are several people carrying poles to sell vegetables, what price do you think the other party can give you?"

"I guess he's kind enough to give you two cents."

Hearing this, Jiang Li covered her mouth and laughed. "Who said that? They offered us thirty cents at the beginning!"

Su Wenchen rolled his eyes.

"You guys went there with us, so you took advantage of us!"

"Otherwise, how could the city supply and marketing cooperative be so easy to talk to and only make 10 cents per pound? Even if they make half the profit, it's a blessing to you."

"So, the bigger the scale of your commune-brigades, the greater your bargaining power. In fact, it's the same even for our state-owned units."

Jiang Li also knew that what Su Wenchen said made sense.

"What should we do? If we don't use the brigade as the unit, we can't build a chicken farm!"

"If each production team builds a separate one, there won't be enough food to feed the chickens, especially if the price of eggs really drops next year. It's not worth taking such a big risk."

Su Wenchen nodded.

"So I don't recommend you to work hard in this area. Besides, you don't have the appeal of our team in other teams. If they take the risk of raising chickens with grain and their eggs can't be sold at such a high price this year, it will not be good for you."

"If you promote it as a commune, I think you can consider rabbits."

Hearing this, Jiang Li was stunned at first, and then said with some confusion.

"Rabbits? Although they reproduce quickly, they are not expensive! I remember seeing a member of the cooperative selling wild rabbits at the morning market. They were only 50 cents per pound, much cheaper than pork and chicken."

"A rabbit weighing three to five kilograms usually costs only one or two yuan."

Su Wenchen rolled his eyes.

"Who told you to raise meat rabbits! I was talking about leather rabbits and wool rabbits."

Jiang Li was a little confused.

"Fur rabbits and wool rabbits? What are those? Why haven't I heard of them?"

Su Wenchen smiled proudly.

"Of course. This thing is relatively niche now, and not many people know about it. I only found out about it when I was chatting with the deputy director of the Shanghai market."

"Some places in the south now raise a kind of Angora rabbit, and the price for shearing wool is about 15 yuan per pound."

In fact, let alone Jiang Li, even Su Wenchen himself didn't know at first that rabbits can be divided into several types.

After all, if you are not in the relevant industry, who would pay attention to this kind of information?

This was in later times when information was well developed.

Not to mention that in this era when information is relatively blocked and you need a letter of introduction even to go out.

Most people are not aware of many things other than what they see every day.

Jiang Li was shocked by the price.

"Fifteen dollars a pound? Wouldn't that make me rich?"

Su Wenchen rolled his eyes.

"What are you thinking? Do you think you can be like a sheep and produce 10 or 20 kilograms of wool a year?"

"That thing can only shear about one kilogram of rabbit hair a year, but this kind of rabbit is generally more suitable for breeding in the south because it can be sheared all year round."

"If we raise them here, it's better to raise fur rabbits, especially in the cold winter, because they can grow better quality fur and the quality will be better."

"According to what Brother Qianjin said at the time, the recycling prices of some leather factories in Shanghai are generally three to five yuan for ordinary wild rabbit and farmed rabbit fur, depending on the quality. This kind of high-quality Rex rabbit fur can be priced at five to ten yuan."

"But after all, it is now the country's light industrial center, so the prices there must be the highest. I heard that the Shanghai Cotton Mill and the Woolen Mill are ranked as branches of more than 20 factories!"

"Our prices here probably won't be that high, but the lowest price will be one or two dollars cheaper. If the price is really too low, we can just send someone to Shanghai to find a market!"

"Are you afraid that the things will rot in your hands?"

"Also, we have Rex rabbits reared in the back of our commune. Once it reaches a certain scale, you can also use our own leather factory to tan leather. The price of tanned leather will increase by at least one third."

"If we try to connect with the city's textile industry and make finished fur coats or hats, scarves, gloves and other finished clothing, you know the price without me telling you."

"As for rabbit meat, we can also process it further and make it into canned rabbit meat. Although the price may not be as high as canned pork, it can still increase a lot of income and create a lot of jobs for our commune."

"Besides, it's meat after all, so it's not that cheap. Even if it's a rabbit head, we can't let it go. We can find some chefs to develop special rabbit head dishes."

"Don't tell me, it would be really nice to eat a spicy rabbit head in this weather!"

As he spoke, Su Wenchen smacked his lips. He remembered the spicy rabbit head he had eaten in Chuan City before. It was braised, spicy and fragrant. Eating one in this weather made him sweat all over.

But after thinking about it, Su Wenchen felt that this dish was most likely not available at this time.

On the other side, listening to Su Wenchen's story, Jiang Li looked at her beloved with eyes full of affection.

The body also trembled and shook slightly unconsciously.

But I wasn’t cold, I was excited!
She didn't expect that Su Wenchen would give her such a big gift for what was originally just a casual discussion.

After all, from seed selection to pricing, sales, future development directions and various processing steps, it can be said that she only needs to steadily complete this blueprint.

There is no need to worry about the future at all.

If we can really connect with the city's textile industry and promote the establishment of a fur clothing factory, then let alone the commune.

I'm afraid I'll have to go to the county and get an important position.

Su Wenchen seemed to feel it as well.

"What's wrong with you? Is it too cold? Come closer."

Hearing Su Wenchen's words of comfort, Jiang Li hugged him.

"Su Wenchen, you are so nice."

"But I'm not cold. Not only am I not cold, I'm feeling very warm inside right now. What you said makes me want to have a good fuck!"

"I was a little overwhelmed about going to the commune, but now I am full of energy."

Su Wenchen was a little surprised by the sudden attack.

After all, what he said would be much better than what any expert in establishing a government picked out from later generations would have said.

However, most people of this era are still focused on the land. Coupled with the lack of information, many people still want to do something.

However, I have never left this land since I was born, so naturally I don’t know where to start. This is not as good now as it will be in the future.

However, every era has its own problems, and obtaining information has become easier in the future.

However, since there is too much and too diverse information, how to filter out the information that is useful to you has become a difficult problem that everyone has to face.

Looking at Jiang Li's appearance, Su Wenchen patted her on the back.

"Okay, why are you still acting like a spoiled child? You are my wife, if I don't treat you well, who else can I treat well?"

Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Jiang Li felt sweet in her heart.

But she still said it shyly.

"Don't shout like that. We're not even married yet. If someone sees you, they'll think you're a hooligan!"

Su Wenchen pursed his lips.

"Someone just threw himself into my arms, and now you're accusing him of being a hooligan. It's totally unjust."

When Jiang Li heard Su Wenchen mention it, she was so excited that she took the initiative to do excessive behavior.

He immediately said in shame and anger.

"I told you to talk nonsense! I told you to talk nonsense! How can I stay in the village if someone sees me?"

Su Wenchen hugged the other person and shook his head.

"It's okay. Who in the village has nothing to do and would go out for a stroll in this lousy weather?"

"Besides, aren't you going to be the deputy director of the commune soon? If anyone dares to mess with you, I will make things difficult for him."

Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Jiang Li pouted.

"Humph, when the time comes I will be the first one to make things difficult for you, and I will have to make you wear embroidered shoes."

Su Wenchen chuckled.

"Then you have to work hard. We will merge with Shiquan soon, and I will be promoted to the next level by then."

"Oops, some people just thought they had caught up, but ended up falling behind again."

"Comrade Jiang Li still needs to work harder!"

Jiang Li hadn't expected this either. She had originally thought that the gap between the two had narrowed. After all, she had taken office after the New Year and was also the deputy director of the commune at the 18th administrative level.

Although his power may not be as high as Su Wenchen's, the administrative level is the same.

Unexpectedly, not only was I working hard, but the other party was moving faster. After all, the higher you go, the slower the improvement.

But she will not give up. After all, she has a direction and she just needs to work hard to develop it.

Su Wenchen looked at Jiang Li and said nothing. He immediately walked over and whispered in Jiang Li's ear.

"What? Are you angry? Then I'll go back and reward you."

“Let’s do this tonight.”

"You rascal, are you rewarding me? I think you are rewarding yourself."

(End of this chapter)