Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

He chuckled again and stood in front of Su Wanqing, "Little Su, Little Su, don't rush back! Old Shen isn't going back either, he has things to do."

I'll treat you to lunch. Tell us about that chicken, what's going on? Can it really lay two eggs a day?

You're not talking about individual differences, are you? Like, some chickens can lay two eggs?

Furthermore, chickens in our current market take at least a year to grow to four or five pounds; they don't mature in six months. Are you suggesting they can grow to three pounds in just a few months?

Chen Jianhua wasn't angry after being slapped by his father. Instead, upon hearing Su Wanqing's words, he looked over with great concern.

What does the Academy of Agricultural Sciences manage? Doesn't it just manage these "miscellaneous" things that ordinary people do?

In those days, the Academy of Agricultural Sciences had a Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute, which specialized in the breeding, raising, and disease prevention of poultry and livestock.

The high-yielding laying hens that Su Wanqing mentioned fall exactly into the scope of the animal husbandry institute.

Even though the Bincheng Academy of Agricultural Sciences does not have an independent animal husbandry institute, it does have a corresponding animal husbandry research laboratory and technology extension station, which is responsible for guiding rural animal husbandry.

As the director, Chen Jianhua naturally paid close attention to good varieties that could increase the production of meat and eggs for ordinary people.

Old Shen wasn't really shocked, because back then, Uncle Ding had been complaining to him every day, saying that other chickens only needed to be fed twice a day, but this chicken was eating way too much every day, and it was also pooping a lot.

He shook his head at the time, after all, these chickens were not yet grown up and he did not know that they could lay two eggs a day. He never expected that it would actually happen.

Su Wanqing nodded: "It's been several months. I found ten eggs in the wild and they hatched into chickens. These chicks eat and poop more than other chickens from a young age, and they were able to lay eggs in just a few months. Each one weighs five or six pounds. Now they have bred on their own and produced the next generation. The second generation of chicks has perfectly inherited these characteristics, and their genes are very stable."

How could this nonsense be unstable? All of these are products from our space, guaranteed to be of the highest quality.

Grandpa Chen and Chen Jianhua both became serious, and even Grandpa Shen became serious—Grandpa Shen didn't know before that he could lay two eggs every day, but now he knew and understood what it meant.

Chen Jianhua said earnestly, "Director Su, do you know that the normal egg-laying rate of a hen is one egg per day or every other day? To lay two eggs a day is a milestone leap in the history of poultry breeding!"

If that's the case, we can stabilize this breed of chicken, expand the chick population, and then, let's say we breed tens of thousands more, that would mean tens of thousands more eggs every day. Eggs are currently a valuable commodity, and many people can't afford them.

If every household raises these chickens in the future, and everyone can eat an egg every day, it will be of great significance in improving national nutrition, saving food, and raising people's living standards!

It's really significant. For Su Wanqing, this chicken can make her rich. If this chicken can really be promoted, she plans to invest money, let Chen Xiuer contribute her business acumen, and have the Academy of Agricultural Sciences purchase feed so that the group can start a chicken farm together.

Just think about it, if you have 100,000 chickens a day, you can sell 200,000 eggs, and they'll be ready to sell chicken meat in three or four months...

We're rich! We're rich!

Of course, what's the biggest fear when raising chickens?

There's an old saying that goes, "Even with a fortune, things with fur don't count."

This means that raising chickens, no matter how many you raise, will never make you rich, because the risks are high. If an epidemic comes, they will all die, and you will lose everything.

But Su Wanqing wasn't afraid.

These chickens are produced in the space, making them less susceptible to disease. Secondly, they have access to a spiritual spring (the space can convert the amount of water in West Lake at any time), further reducing their susceptibility to illness. Therefore, they offer low risk, low investment, and high returns. Where else can you find such a good deal?

After thinking it over, Su Wanqing nodded: "Of course I know. Therefore, now that I'm here as the director, I'm naturally willing to share good things with the country and the people so that everyone can benefit."

She, Su Wanqing, is selfless! Quickly bring the chickens over and promote them; she'll seize the opportunity to open a factory!

This was the first time Chen Jianhua had taken a serious look at Su Wanqing.

He never expected that the person he had initially thought was just an honorary director sent down from above would be so selfless.

He wronged Director Su so much before, he deserves to die.

He immediately stepped forward earnestly: "Director Su, please take me to your home!"

"Slap!" Old Master Chen slapped him across the face.

"Go away, go away my ass! What are you going to do at their house? Just to see chickens? It's too presumptuous of you to go like this. Of course, it would be better to take us with you."

Then, smiling, he looked at Su Wanqing and said, "Don't you think so, Xiao Su?"

Su Wanqing: "..."

Old Shen: "..."

He looked at his old classmate—the one who used to talk about his son all the time, even in telegrams—and never expected him to lecture his son like this.

Su Wanqing thought about how lively it would be if a group of people saw that she was raising many red-bellied pheasants, so she quickly refused: "When I come tomorrow, I will bring a few of them and a few chicks to put here."

And so the matter was settled.

Su Wanqing and Shen Lao wandered around the Academy of Agricultural Sciences for a while. He learned that he was going to give a lecture on shiitake mushrooms and white fungus the next day. He asked Su Wanqing if she wanted to go, and said that most of the data in the lecture was learned from the planting workshop of the 65th Regiment.

Su Wanqing shook her head—Old Shen was truly talented, but what he said was too profound for her to understand.

She was able to grow shiitake mushrooms and white fungus only because of the fungus provided by the space and the spiritual spring water she painstakingly used to irrigate them.

Anyway, Mr. Shen will stay for a few more days, because there might still be fungus in the wood ear mushrooms in a few days, so Mr. Shen plans to stay here for a while longer.

Su Wanqing went home early.

Su Wanqing didn't plan to cook lunch either.

While everyone was still out, Uncle Ding was busy building a frame in the yard, while Su Wanqing took out the ingredients she had in her spatial storage—all of which were things that Aunt Wang had bought that morning.

After lunch, Su Wanqing went with Chen Xiuer and Guo Mingyuan to see the house he had been looking for over the past few days. Uncle Ding and Aunt Wang also came along. Since they had just finished eating, they went for a walk to digest their food.

The first house is closest to the military hospital; it's just one street away.

Guo Mingyuan led everyone inside, and when they arrived at the place, it was an old house facing the street.

Guo Mingyuan explained, "The advantage of this place is that it's in a bustling area, close to the hospital, and also close to Dr. Su's house—it's just a few minutes' walk away. The only downside is that the house is a bit run-down, but it has a small yard. I asked the landlord, and they said it could be converted into an indoor toilet or something."

Su Wanqing followed her in, opened the small courtyard gate, and found herself surrounded by an old courtyard with decades-old houses. Inside were several small rooms.