1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 30 Doesn’t this chicken live in a better place than humans?

Ping Village.

The members of the brigade have already started to work busily.

Su Wenchen was sent by his father to the second team to inform them that they needed to make more adobe bricks.

Because it will also be needed when the educated youth centers are established.

On the second team's side, there were ten strong men in total who were responsible for making adobe bricks. Each of them carried two large baskets of loess on a shoulder pole.

It was the Grain Rain season, and although these people were only wearing a thin layer of clothing, they were sweating profusely.

Su Wenchen walked over.

"Uncle Guodong, I'm back from the commune. My father asked me to tell you the news I just got from the commune."

After hearing this, Li Guodong put down the carrying pole on his shoulders and turned to the crowd behind him.

"Everyone, take a break!"

After saying that, he sat down on the basket full of yellow earth.

He slowly took out a stack of small white notes that were about the size of a miniature notebook from his pocket.

stab.

After tearing off a piece, he took out a small bag of shredded dry tobacco, grabbed a small handful, and rolled it to make a cigarette of his own.

"call--!"

After taking a puff of welding smoke, Li Guodong suddenly felt that all the fatigue in his body was swept away.

"Chen boy, you just mentioned the news from the commune? Why didn't Jichang Commune approve it?"

A strong smell of dry tobacco came over.

"Cough cough!"

Su Wenchen moved his feet. This kind of dry tobacco leaves grown in the countryside had a strong smell and was quite strong. Most people couldn't stand it when they smoked it for the first time.

However, this kind of dry tobacco is very popular in the rural market. There is no way for farmers to obtain cigarette tickets at all. In this era, not many farmers have the financial strength to smoke economic cigarettes. Economic cigarettes are generally prepared for urban workers.

Li Guodong looked at Su Wenchen's actions and smiled.

"Boy Chen, how can a man not know how to smoke?" He said as he handed over the cigarette-rolling tool in his hand.

"Here, roll one yourself!"

Su Wenchen shook his head repeatedly.

"Uncle Guodong, I can't smoke this thing, it's too strong, it might get me drunk!"

"Forget it. I can't bear to give it to you. What did you say the commune announced?"

Su Wenchen nodded.

"Well, my father asked me to tell you that the commune wants to build a youth settlement for the educated youth, and asked us to make more adobe bricks so that we can use them when the time comes."

Captain Li Guodong here hasn't spoken yet.

The other one sitting next to him couldn't help but speak first.

"Why should we contribute to building houses for the educated youth?"

"That's right, Captain, what's wrong with you? How can you agree to this?"

Su Wenchen pressed his hand, "Why are you in such a hurry? I haven't even finished what I'm saying."

"This time we are not working in vain. The commune will pay for the youth to build houses. So although we will have to help them build the youth settlement, the adobe bricks and beams here are the collective property of the brigade. The commune paid for every adobe brick."

"In addition, the commune will provide meals while we help build the educated youth camp!"

Su Wenchen's voice had just fallen.

The impatient man just now scratched the back of his head and said.

"Boy Chen, it's all your fault for not speaking in full. It's like you're breathing heavily, causing me to misunderstand the captain."

Su Wenchen shrugged and said, "Just blame me."

Li Guodong finished a cigarette and said, "Brothers, since adobe bricks can be sold for money, then we should work harder. This opportunity to sell adobe bricks is not common."

Then he turned to Su Wenchen and said.

"Just go and take a look at where you plan to build your chicken farm. Your small body can't handle the work of carrying soil." Su Wenchen also knew that the other party meant well.

"Then captain, don't worry, I will not let you down. I will make sure the chicken farm is open and running smoothly, and let the members of our team live a prosperous life in the future!"

"Hey, I didn't expect that you are different after a few years of education, you are already using fancy words!"

"Haha, that kid Chen will be the field manager in the future, and he will be a member of the team just like the captain."

Su Wenchen left the place where the second team was digging loess and began to search around the village.

However, after starting to look for a place to build a chicken farm, Su Wenchen began to worry about something.

Because the chicken farm has a strong smell, Su Wenchen planned to build it outside the village, but building it outside the village solved the smell problem.

However, a very fatal security problem will arise, especially in the early development stage. If someone really steals the chicken, it will be a real trouble.

There is also the issue of sanitation and cleaning. The chicken manure must be piled up somewhere. If it is too close to the village, the smell will be very strong, but if it is too far away, there is a fear that the manure will be stolen.

After all, in this day and age, manure is a precious thing. Fertilizers are currently entirely imported in China and are extremely precious.

Without connections, it would be difficult to grab a share of the fertilizer market.

The reason why their team was able to grab some fertilizer every year was because of the connection that Su's father had asked his old leader in Shanghai to make.

So in this case, the place where chicken manure compost is fermented cannot be too far from the village, but if it is too close, the smell will be too strong.

After walking around the village for a long time, Su Wenchen finally stopped in front of a wooden house built with wooden boards.

This kind of wooden house is extremely rare in their brigade.

This is where the brigade's militia usually come to rest when they patrol at night.

Thinking of this, Su Wenchen's eyes lit up. This place seemed quite good.

In this era, the brigade would usually send militiamen with red armbands to patrol at night.

Generally speaking, one is to prevent thieves, and the other is to catch speculators! This is also required by the higher authorities.

Occasionally, even the red armband officers from the commune would come down for random inspections, which is why public security was better in the 1960s and 1970s than in the 1980s.

So Su Wenchen planned to build the chicken farm directly next to where the patrolling militia rested at night.

As the chicken farm is a collective industry, these militiamen will consciously protect the safety of the chicken farm.

Because before the profits are handed over to the commune, except for the funds needed for the development of the chicken farm, the rest of the funds will go into the brigade's collective account. In this case, the value of the work points of each member of the brigade will increase a lot.

This is also the reason why there is a huge gap in farmers' income between different brigades.

According to Su Wenchen, at this stage, the richest brigades in the country could earn between 70 cents and one dollar per work point.

In some poor production teams, one work point might only earn a few cents, and after a year of hard work, they might not even be able to guarantee enough food and clothing.

The gap can be dozens of times!
Therefore, for collective industries such as chicken farms that can increase the value of work points, members will definitely take the initiative to protect them.

After choosing a place.

Su Wenchen went to the fields again and found Li Ergan, a carpenter in the brigade, to specially make a few windows for fixing glass.

The people nearby heard Su Wenchen's request.

Someone said in surprise, "What the hell? To raise chickens, you actually need to use glass windows like those in a department store. My goodness, aren't chickens living better than humans?"

"That's not true. I heard that only the tube-shaped buildings in the city can afford this kind of transparent glass. It is said that it not only makes the house brighter, but also very warm!"

"Is it really that good? This thing is not cheap!"

"It's not cheap, but it seems you need an industrial ticket to buy it!"

"Hiss! After the chicken farm is built, can we move in and live there?"

"What the hell are you living in? Can you lay eggs?"

"Why can't I lay eggs? I don't lay the eggs of my cows and sheep!"

"Haha, Wang Guihua, you can indeed lay eggs. What I want is a chicken that can lay chickens. Ask me if I want you!"

"Aunts, stop joking. A chicken farm is for chickens to live in. People are definitely not allowed to live in there." After saying that, Su Wenchen immediately covered his face and left the field.

These old ladies drive too fast. He can’t handle it at his age.

(End of this chapter)