Today the spring breeze is gentle, the sun is bright, white clouds are floating in the sky, the weeping willows by the river are swaying freely, and all the eyes are filled with various flowers and plants. It is exactly "the spring breeze is so prosperous that the horse's hooves are light, and all the flowers in Chang'an can be seen in one day."
In such nice weather, the chicken farm in Wangjia Village is very busy.
Qian Shulan was standing in the front assigning tasks to everyone, and below was the team of new chicks hatching.
"It takes more than 20 days to hatch chicks, but we can't sit around doing nothing for these 20 days. Your next task is to arrange a hen to hatch chicks every day. These two months are the best time to hatch chicks. I will calculate the work points according to the number of chicks you hatch. One work point for each chick hatched. Three cents for breaking an egg. Everyone should do what they can. Don't take more hens just to earn more work points. It's not easy to take care of dozens of hens at the same time. Everyone needs to control the number and take care of a maximum of ten hens. No more than that.
Everyone below started discussing it. One work point for one chicken was considered very high.
When the noise was going on, someone suddenly squeezed in from outside and said, "Aunt San, a jeep drove into the village."
Jeep? This thing actually drove to their place. Qian Shulan frowned and waved her hand to let everyone go to choose hens. After everyone was busy, Qian Shulan started to walk out. Before she walked out of the door, she saw Wang Shouquan leading a group of people towards this side.
The man in the middle of the group was her nephew. He was tall and stood out from the crowd. He exuded a military temperament.
Qian Shulan hurried forward to shake hands, "County Magistrate Jiang, why are you here?"
Wang Shouquan was stunned, obviously not expecting that his third aunt would know County Magistrate Jiang.
County Magistrate Jiang laughed and shook her hand. "To be honest, I came here today to ask for your help."
Qian Shulan thought it was a little chicken thing, so she readily agreed, "Okay!"
County Magistrate Jiang narrowed his eyes and smiled. "I knew my aunt-in-law would help me. I want all the brigade leaders and brigade secretaries in our county to come and visit your chicken farm. Is that okay?"
Visit a chicken farm? Qian Shulan frowned slightly, "Did you fail to promote the chicken farming policy?"
County Magistrate Guo nodded. "Last year, the chicken plague incident in several nearby production teams was widely reported, and many cadres in the production teams were unwilling to take the risk. I want everyone to see it with their own eyes."
Although County Magistrate Guo is a county leader, he is not the most powerful one. This kind of policy without documents can only be encouraged and guided by subordinates. It cannot be enforced.
Qian Shulan could understand these people. They had finally lived a good life for a few years after the famine, but a chicken plague brought them back to the days before liberation. It was very painful. She wanted everyone to get rich together. "Okay, just bring someone to see it. You can also call more people, such as an accountant, and I can show them the account books."
It's not that she is not optimistic, but visiting the chicken farm may not have any effect. It's because a few years ago, wasn't that the incident caused by the leader's visit to Dafengshou? Maybe these chickens were also caught from the members' homes and gathered together. Whether they can lay so many eggs and raise earthworms, no one may believe it.
"That's a good idea!"
"Let them stay for a few more days!" Qian Shulan turned her head to look at Wang Shouquan, "Arrange for them to stay here for a few days, in the homes of the advanced people. Is that okay?"
"As long as they pay for their meals, that's fine." Wang Shouquan nodded in agreement.
County Magistrate Guo shook his hand and said, "Thank you very much for the support of Comrade Wang Shouquan this time."
Wang Shouquan suddenly felt flattered.
County Magistrate Guo took a careful look at the chicken farm and asked many questions about raising chickens. He heard that raising earthworms only required fertilizer and no food at all, which was equivalent to a no-cost business. It was so profitable, so he must promote it vigorously.
After he left, Qian Shulan began to arrange people to clean up the chicken farm inside and out.
"There are a lot of people coming here, so everyone must check the fence carefully and make sure it doesn't fall down. Otherwise, the chickens will run out and it will be difficult to find them." Qian Shulan still reminded them worriedly.
Everyone started to check the area they were responsible for, and only came to sign after confirming that everything was correct.
Qian Shulan would then arrange for the team leader to check, and if any problems were found, work points would be deducted.
Two days later, Qian Shulan placed the blue eggs under the shed. In order to hatch more chicks, their chicken farm temporarily stopped supplying other places except the department store in the county.
They can understand that if we hatch more chicks, we can sell more eggs to them in the second half of the year.
When County Magistrate Guo came with his people, Fang Yonglin's car arrived first, mainly to make everyone believe that they really made money. Qian Shulan specially chose today, and Fang Yonglin was naturally happy to cooperate with her.
The onlookers were collectively dumbfounded when they saw so many eggs, and then they swallowed their saliva violently.
"How much does this cost?"
"There are tens of thousands of eggs here, right? That's several thousand dollars!"
“Who knows if it’s fake?!”
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When Fang Yonglin took out the money, the stacks of bills made everyone's eyes red.
It was not until Fang Yonglin left that everyone seemed to believe this was true. Qian Shulan instructed Sun Daqin to register the accounts, and then put the money into the bag she carried with her. Everyone stared at the bag.
"My goodness! She just puts so much money on her body, it's bulging, and she doesn't think it's heavy."
"What's the point of recalculating? Isn't she afraid of losing it?"
Sun Daqin looked up and sneered, "It's just a few thousand yuan, what's the big deal! Besides, this is public money, who dares to steal it? Aren't you afraid of being sent to a labor camp?"
Everyone who heard this felt a little uncomfortable. Just a few thousand yuan? Their entire production team didn't have that much money, okay
How can this person speak so confidently? He is not afraid of slipping his tongue.
Qian Shulan led these people on a tour, and then let everyone stay in the homes of the members while they were allowed to inquire about the situation.
You can tell whether life is good or not just by looking at everyone's complexion. These participants are all general workers. The food in their production team is already very good, but Wangjia Village is not as good as it is. Everyone here has a healthy wheat color and rosy cheeks. They are very healthy at first glance, and there are even fat people in their village. This is too strange.
So everyone asked others.
The people of Wangjia Village are relatively low-key, otherwise the news of their village's prosperity would not have spread only to a few nearby production teams, and would not have been heard of far away. But I can't help but be praised by these people.
These rural people are basically simple-minded. If someone flatters them, those who are not careful with their words will tell others about it.
Not to mention someone like Sun Daqin who would just blurt out everything without being asked.
She just seldom leaves the village. If there were no militiamen blocking her on the road, she would probably make a scene so loud that people within a hundred miles would know about it.
Seeing that everyone was asking her questions, Sun Daqin naturally answered every question.
According to Qian Shulan, Sun Daqin has only one good thing. She never exaggerates when spreading gossip. She tells the truth about whatever she hears and sees, and never adds fuel to the fire.
Someone asked her, "Can you really get so much money?"
"I'll give you candy if I lie to you." Seeing that she didn't believe him, Sun Daqin was a little annoyed. "Believe it or not. Who asked you to believe it? If my mother hadn't said that she would lead everyone to live a good life, I wouldn't tell you such a good secret of raising chickens. There is no benefit at all. Only my mother can do such a thankless job."
Qian Shulan came over and asked, "What are you framing me for?"
Sun Daqin stood up from her seat and smiled at Qian Shulan with a shameless face, "Mom, I'm not talking about you. I'm saying that they don't know what's good for them. They don't even want the recipe for raising earthworms that they got for free. Aren't these people stupid?"
Everyone else's faces turned green, but in their hearts they began to believe that she was not lying.
Qian Shulan smiled and said, "You can't say that! They are very strict. Raising chickens is not that easy."
Sun Daqin pursed her lips and said nothing.
The other people looked much better, and they all asked Qian Shulan about the chicks. "There are two advantages to buying chicks from our production team: first, they won't get chicken plague, and second, you can get the secret of raising earthworms for free."
"How much is the price?"
Qian Shulan smiled and said, "Two cents each."
Everyone gasped and exclaimed, "So expensive?"
Qian Shulan laughed. Is it expensive? She bought all of these with gold coins. Actually, it is already cheap. After all, the profit that a chicken can create is very large.
Each chicken can lay more than 200 eggs every year, each costing three cents. If you raise them for three years and sell them, you will get 18 yuan. Plus the chicken itself can also be sold for 40 cents per pound, which weighs about 4 pounds, so you will get 1.6 yuan.
The total cost is 19.60 yuan, and the cost is only 20 cents, which is super cost-effective.
Everyone was very moved by her well-reasoned calculations.
"Let's order some too. We can't raise so many, so we can start with 500."
"I also think we can order some first. Director, our production team wants to order 500."
Some cadres who were interested spoke up immediately.
Qian Shulan pointed at Sun Daqin and said, "You can just ask her to register. She's the accountant."
So everyone gathered around Sun Daqin to register and pay.
At this moment, someone outside shouted, "Director Qian, I'm here to pull the chicks."
It was Lin Wenlin's voice. Qian Shulan watched as a man squeezed into the crowd, carrying a pile of baskets on his head. Following behind him were several strong young men from their production team, each holding a pile of baskets in his hands.
When he got to Qian Shulan, he put the wicker basket at his feet and asked anxiously, "Have all the 15,000 chicks we want been hatched?"
The year before last, Linjia Village wanted 5,000 chickens, last year it wanted 10,000 chickens, and this year it ordered 15,000 chickens. Except for the roosters that were sold, the hens were kept to lay eggs.
Qian Shulan rolled her eyes. "It won't be that fast. There are only 4,000 of them now. Come with me."
The people who were registering were stunned when they heard the conversation between the two. It took them a long time to come to their senses and ask, "Fifteen thousand chicks?"
Sun Daqin, who was registering, stopped what she was doing when she heard her words, turned to the previous page, and pointed to them, "Look, there are 30,000 more."
It is impossible for a cadre to be illiterate, otherwise how could he read out the documents sent down from above
Seeing that there were so many, others didn’t bother to register and rushed to see if they were real.
The newly hatched chicks had to be fed with Qian Shulan's medicine before they could be sold. But she couldn't stay here all day and night to feed them medicine, so she had to wait at least three days.
The group arrived at a fence at the corner. Inside were many large wooden barrels, and inside the barrels were small yellow chicks. Cornmeal was sprinkled inside the barrels. The chicks would peck at them from time to time.
Qian Shulan opened the gate of the fence and said, "There are 100 in each barrel. Put them in the rattan baskets."
Lin Wenlin was so happy that his face beamed with joy, and he immediately asked his subordinates to pack the chicks.
Four thousand chicks, each costing twenty cents, which is eight hundred yuan.
Everyone saw Qian Shulan put the eight hundred coins directly into her bag and then gave a receipt to Lin Wenlin.
Lin Wenlin directed everyone to quickly move the wicker baskets onto the cart, but when he tried to pull the cart away, he was surrounded by everyone.
Lin Wenlin thought they were going to steal the chicks, so he looked at them warily, "What do you mean?"
The middle-aged man stepped forward, licking his face and smiling, "We just want to ask you a few questions."
Hearing that they were just asking questions, Lin Wenlin heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Go ahead and ask."
"Does your production team raise a lot of chickens?" a middle-aged man stopped Lin Wenlin and asked.
Lin Wenlin had heard yesterday that many cadres from the production team came to visit the Wangjia Village chicken farm.
He was worried that these people would order too many chicks, and that his 15,000 chicks would be wasted, so he gathered the people and came over before he even finished lunch.
Although Lin Wenlin was a bit cunning, he was not a cunning person. He still had the simple and honest side of a country boy. When he heard the other party's question, he didn't hide anything and told the truth, "Yes."
The man asked again, "Can I go to your production team to take a look? Don't worry, we will never steal anything."
Lin Wenlin was a little confused, with a puzzled look on his face, "Our production team doesn't have as many chickens as they do. We only have 15,000. The scale is too small."
The man didn't care about that. Although the production team said they were rich and could get hundreds of yuan at the end of the year, he still didn't believe it. He wanted to see the surroundings. If they were not doing badly, he would believe it. So he waved his hand and said, "It's okay. We don't mind."
Lin Wenlin nodded and said, "Okay!"
Then several cadres from the production teams went to Linjia Village to investigate, and they found that the village was also developing very well.
In the countryside, people like to follow the trend. If the Wangjia Village production team is really rich, they should lead other production teams. After all, they have to have some connections. It's not good not to help.
If Linjia Village was not rich at all, they would think that Wangjia Village was created by the leaders to fool everyone. But who would have thought that Linjia Village was also developing very well.
This was not a lie. So they really believed what County Magistrate Jiang said, that the chicken was really a good thing.
So when others ordered 500, they ordered 10,000.
The participants stayed in Wangjia Village for a total of seven days, and basically learned how to raise earthworms.
They were the last batch to order chicks, and according to the order, it was naturally impossible for them to be given first.
So they have to wait at least a month before it is their turn.
But everyone was still very happy. After all, they still had to go back to set up the chicken farm, buy materials, and build a net like the one in Wangjia Village Production Team.
Only after all these people had left did Qian Shulan begin to look through the order book recorded by Sun Daqin.
A total of 32 production teams came. The lowest production team ordered 100, probably to give face to County Magistrate Jiang.
The highest production team ordered 10,000, which seemed to indicate that they believed their production team could make money.
The total number is 62,700 chicks, and the income from this is 12,540 yuan.
In addition, several nearby production teams had already ordered 100,000 chicks, so the income from this item was 20,000 yuan.
The total amount is 32,540 yuan. It is also an open source project of their chicken farm.
The author has something to say: I just realized while driving that so many people were skipping through the film. Woo woo ...