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

Su Wanqing sighed once again, "It's so much easier to get things done if you know someone."

The person in charge, surnamed Sun, was in his forties, with a round face and a smiling face; he looked shrewd.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with the other party, Old Master Chen handed over the conversation to Chen Xiuer and Guo Mingyuan.

Upon hearing that large quantities of oyster mushrooms could be purchased here, Director Sun immediately signed a contract, chuckling as he said, "Old Chen, you're personally pushing the Agricultural Academy's business out to outsiders. Don't regret it later. Don't let these individual vendors steal your jobs."

Mr. Chen said with a smile, "Our supply cycle is long, and we can't deliver to your door. Most importantly, our production capacity can't keep up right now."

The market gap is huge; ensuring that people can eat fresh vegetables is the right thing to do. Right now, oyster mushrooms are scarce and expensive, but once they're widely available, the price will definitely stabilize. Then you won't need to limit your orders or worry about them running out if you come late.

I'd prefer that. Besides, even if our production breaks through, it will take at least six months. If no one buys them by then, we can still sell the technology and oyster mushrooms to other places, so more people can enjoy oyster mushrooms.”

Director Sun laughed heartily: "Indeed, oyster mushrooms aren't cheap these days, almost as expensive as meat. It's good to grow more, then it's settled."

Nowadays, restaurants no longer offer unlimited servings of braised pork, whereas in the past there was a daily limit, or only fifty servings.

After the reform and opening up, there was an increase in private slaughtering and pig selling, so these things were no longer in short supply. However, oyster mushrooms were still precious, and in one urban area, only the Academy of Agricultural Sciences sold them. Now that there is another place to sell them, it is a very good thing.

After we finished talking about these things, it was getting dark.

Su Wanqing and Grandpa Chen agreed to go to the military hospital tomorrow, so she wouldn't go to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

Tomorrow, Xiuer and Guo Mingyuan will split up and discuss the specific arrangements at home.

Tonight, Su Wanqing and the others need to have a good discussion about the next cooperation model and money-making plan.

Carrying her baby girl on her back, Aunt Wang felt like she was in a dream. It seemed unreal that Dr. Su had spent tens of thousands of yuan in just one day. Now she even felt that the apartment she rented in her new home was too cheap.

The group parted ways at the intersection; Old Master Chen went home, and Director Wang also went home.

Su Wanqing then returned to the military compound with everyone else. They were heading towards the back gate—actually, the military compound also had a front gate, but the military dependents' area here was just too big.

As soon as Su Wanqing and her group arrived at the courtyard gate, they heard a commotion, a scene of chaos, with crowds gathering in circles.

The group quickened their pace.

"What happened? What big thing has happened again?" Su Wanqing sighed. It's true what they say, you can't sit at home and trouble comes out of nowhere.

From a great distance, she could hear Aunt Xie's voice.

"What's wrong with people raising chickens? What's wrong with people raising pigs? What business is it of yours? You don't care about anything else, but you always meddle in what other people raise! They raise them in their own yards, not on your kang (heated brick bed), so who are you bothering?"

"With all this free time, you might as well go back and clean up the pile of junk in front of your own houses! Besides, now that we're reforming and opening up, the higher-ups are encouraging individual businesses. What's wrong with someone raising a few chickens? Are they eating your rice or drinking your water? You all, if you're so capable, go ahead and report them, and see if the higher-ups even care!"

When Su Wanqing, Chen Xiuer, Guo Mingyuan and the others squeezed in, they saw that Aunt Xie was fighting seven or eight people with one words and was not at a disadvantage, while everyone around was watching the show.

Wang Lili, pulling Chen Yuchun along, also pointed at Aunt Xie and yelled, "Aunt Xie, don't talk nonsense! These are people from the logistics department! Is this about raising chickens and pigs? We'll talk about that later. What we're talking about now is this family illegally occupying public land and building some kind of livestock farm here!"

As she spoke, Wang Lili looked aggrieved and went to ask the elderly women next to her one by one:

"Ma'am, please be the judge! This whole open space behind here used to be a road, and the military hospital is right across the street. It's so convenient for us to go to the hospital, isn't it? Now, this selfish family has built a fence here to raise chickens, blocking our way. Is this outrageous?"

Wang Lili was so angry she almost vomited blood.

She had been busy with other things these past few days and hadn't paid attention to the house. She only remembered it when her father asked about it, and immediately brought Chen Yuchun along.

The two were dumbfounded—yesterday it was a perfectly good open space, but today there was a fence, and machines were roaring, enclosing the entire area, and something was being built.

She was so angry she stomped her feet, and Chen Yuchun was furious too. This was a spot the two families had long wanted, and now someone else had beaten them to it and built a chicken farm? This wouldn't do!

So Chen Yuchun directly summoned the head of the logistics department, and Wang Lili called over all the gossipy old ladies from the surrounding residential compounds.

Wang Lili said some really harsh things at the time: "A regimental commander dares to live in the division commander's quarters, I don't know what connections he had. His wife is from the countryside, she doesn't even have a quota to move to the city, she just insisted on coming with him."

Now it's even more outrageous! They've fenced off that entire open space behind the house to raise chickens! Oh my god, you guys have no idea what it smells like to raise chickens! From now on, when we open our windows, all we'll smell is chicken poop. How are we supposed to live like this?

Tell me, is this outrageous? A regimental commander acts more arrogantly than a division commander, and occupies more land than a corps commander. Does this military region have no rules left?

The women around were either holding bowls, knitting sweaters, applauding, or watching the play.

"Indeed, if everyone opened up a plot of land behind their house to raise chickens, what would this military family compound look like?"

"If they don't care about this, then I'll just fence off a piece of land behind our tenement building. Actually, I've wanted to raise chickens for a long time. How much does a chicken cost outside? Right now, you can catch ten chicks for only a few dollars. We can raise them until next year's Lunar New Year and then slaughter them. It's such a good deal."

"You know what, that's a good idea. There's no rule against raising chickens now, so I think this family's idea is pretty good. They raise their own chickens, and when guests come, they just slaughter one, saving them the trouble of buying them."

"I think so too. Why don't we go and catch a few? If everyone raises chickens, the higher-ups won't say anything. That patch of land behind us is usually wasted, so we might as well use it to raise chickens."

However, the topic veered off course, with many older women feeling that much of the residential compound was wasted and that raising chickens would be a better option.

Wang Lili stomped her foot angrily: "This isn't about your chicken farming! We're talking about how this regimental commander dares to live here and now he's even clearing out such a large area to raise chickens. Is that reasonable?"

"Lili, I see this whole lot of land is just sitting there empty. Why don't you do us something for ourselves and let us all raise chickens here?"