Back to 1984: I built a chicken farm on a barren mountain.

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Zheng Erli ate with a lot of speechlessness (not because the food was bad, of course).

Chen Youwei ate with great relish (of course, because it was so delicious).

Everyone enjoyed the meal. Old Sun ordered more rabbit meat at one point, but they eventually couldn't eat anymore. The sumptuous lunch ended with one and a half rabbits left.

Chen Xiaohei lay under the table, and everyone fed it. Now it was full and sleeping with its belly up.

Chen Youwei loosened his belt, let out a burp, and said:

"Wenfeng, let's go inside. Erli wants to talk to you about something."

Zheng Erli: How did you even remember that...?

It's said that no one visits a temple without a reason, so Chen Youwei must have something important to discuss with Zheng Erli on this snowy day. However, Chen Wenfeng didn't rush to ask. He knew that this matter was important but not urgent, and it would be better to talk about it after everyone had eaten and drunk their fill.

Chen Wenfeng took out a pack of cigarettes, handed one to each of Chen Youwei and Zheng Erli, then took out matches, lit them for them, and said:

"Uncle Youwei, Uncle Erli, you braved the snow to come here this time, is it about the feed mill we talked about last time?"

"Yes, yes, yes," Chen Youwei quickly replied. "Your memory is really good, kid." Then he turned to Zheng Erli and said:

"Erli, you should discuss the details with Wenfeng."

Zheng Erli responded and said:

"Wenfeng, I think it's a great idea that you brought up the idea of ​​setting up a feed mill before, so I came here today specifically to discuss it with you in more detail."

Niu Er came in and brought three bowls of tea, then went out.

Chen Wenfeng gestured, then picked up a bowl, took a large gulp, and said:

"Uncle Zheng, as I mentioned last time, there are many people raising chickens, but there are no feed mills in Zunxi County or even Tang City. Since you've come all this way, let's get straight to the point. We'll be discussing these few things: investment, production, sales, and management."

"Who invests, how much they invest, who's responsible for production, who's responsible for sales, who manages..."

Zheng Erli also picked up the bowl in front of him, took a sip, and found the tea very fragrant. He took another sip to cleanse himself of the greasiness of lunch. Come to think of it, this meal had way too much meat. After listening to Chen Wenfeng finish speaking, he replied:

"We can work on production and management together, but I have limited time, so you'll have to put in more effort."

"and then?"

"If it's an investment, we'll each make half."

"Anything else?"

"You're also quite good at sales..."

Chen Wenfeng smiled, but his originally well-behaved and kind eyes turned sharp, which startled Zheng Erli.

"Uncle Zheng, if you're going to say I'll pay half the money and mainly do the work, what's in it for me?"

"You disagree?"

"If I agree to become the Qing Dynasty, this clause is a humiliation and a loss of national sovereignty."

"..."

"..."

Chen Youwei, who was almost asleep, couldn't help but laugh when he heard Chen Wenfeng say that: "That's right, cooperation requires sincerity. If you're not sincere, why bother coming all this way?"

"Uncle Zheng, you think I have a good memory? Let me be blunt, your memory is terrible. I told you last time that my main funds are in the chicken farm. I don't want to invest in this feed mill anymore. I can take care of it, and you can give me a share of the profits."

"I don't invest money, I manage, and I receive a salary and dividends."

After listening to Chen Wenfeng's earnest explanation, Zheng Erli suddenly smiled and said:

"agree!"

Ah ah ah ah ah ah!

Chen Wenfeng was a little confused. Had he asked for less?

Since you agreed so readily, it means you really need me. I need to test you further, so I said:

"Okay, since Uncle Zheng has agreed, how much will I get? What percentage will it be?"

Hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss!

This time, it was Zheng Erli's turn to be confused. He was so focused on agreeing that he forgot about the proportions. He completely forgot about something so important. It's true that being too busy and idle can easily lead to problems.

After babbling incoherently for a while, Zheng Erli said:

"After all, you didn't invest any money, so how about giving you 10%?"

"Twenty percent?"

"Thirty percent?"

"30% plus a monthly salary of 800 yuan!"

Chen Wenfeng spoke calmly and with a smile.

"make a deal!"

Damn, it's going to be less again.

Chen Wenfeng rubbed his dizzy head, regretting that he should have eaten less. The dizziness was worse than being drunk.

And so, a collaboration under the reform and opening-up policy, a promising feed mill, was decided in a daze by two people whose brains were controlled by their stomachs, after just one meal.

Thank you to the lovely bunnies who have dedicated themselves to economic development!

Chen Youwei had already fallen asleep, lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) snoring.

Zheng Erli was also listless, huddled at the end of the kang (a heated brick bed) and swaying as if about to fall asleep.

After half a day of physical and mental exertion, the two recharged in the warm room.

Chen Wenfeng patted his head, went back to another room, lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) fully clothed, and fell asleep.

An hour later, Chen Wenfeng got up and felt that his stomach was still full and he wasn't hungry at all.

Seeing that Chen Youwei and Zheng Erli were still asleep, he left the house without waking them.

The weather outside had completely cleared up, and the snow was melting rapidly under the sunlight.

Old Sun and Niu Da and Niu Er rested in the west room for a while, and then came out to clean up.

The temperature inside the chicken coop wasn't too low, but because the weather was damp and cold, we had to light the earthen stove there for a while every night for the past few days.

Chen Wenfeng greeted Niu Da and Niu Er:

"If the village chief isn't leaving today, which of you two can take Zheng Erli down the mountain and go home too? It's snowing, so go home and get ready."

"Let my brother go back."

"Okay, I'm going back."

As they were talking, Zheng Erli came out of the house. He seemed to have slept very well. Although the air outside was cold, the sunshine had a neutralizing effect. He stretched and greeted Chen Wenfeng.

"Uncle Zheng, did you sleep well?"

"It's great. Your house is much warmer. No other family in town would burn so much fuel."

"We live off the land; we have plenty of firewood here!"

"That's right, that's right. I just got up and asked the village chief, but he's too lazy to get up and plans to go back tomorrow. He even asked me to keep him company, but I have to go back to town early tomorrow morning. It's getting dark late now, and it'll be a bit tiring to get up the mountain, so I'd better go back to the village."

Chen Wenfeng noticed Zheng Erli's panic as he descended the mountain alone and said:

"I'll have Niu Da accompany you down the mountain, so you can keep an eye on each other along the way."

"Ahhh, that's great!"

Zheng Erli listened to Chen Wenfeng's arrangement and praised:

"Wenfeng, you are very thoughtful and considerate."

"Absolutely! You'll have to pay me a salary and share the profits from now on!" Chen Wenfeng laughed.

"Thank you for the compliment. It's nothing we should do. By the way, we have some wild mushrooms and wild Sichuan peppercorns here, all picked from the mountains. Let me bring you some!"

Zheng Erli was extremely averse to this kind of bribery, so he hesitated. At this moment, Chen Wenfeng said again:

"I'll pack the rabbit for the village chief tomorrow. One of the rabbits from lunch was still untouched, but whole. Pack it up for you too, so Uncle Dali and the others can have a taste."

Goose, goose, goose! The village chief is taking some too? Then I'll take some too! And there's stewed rabbit, it smells so good!

"Okay, Wenfeng, I'll do whatever you say!"