1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 12 Son, this money is too much!
After taking leave.

Su Wenchen returned to his room and began to prepare his first business plan in this era.

Although Su's father has a certain amount of authority in the brigade, the establishment of a new industry requires the consent of the people in the brigade team.

If Su Wenchen wants to convince everyone, he must let everyone see how much income it can bring to the entire team after it is established.

Otherwise, others don’t know how much benefit you can bring, so why would they support you?

Su Wenchen, who came from later generations, knew very well that nothing was more convincing than real and detailed data.

So for the next few days, Su Wenchen was busy around the chicken coop.

Starting from the time and number of eggs laid by the hens, as well as the amount of feed fed every day and the number of eggs laid every day, all of these were organized into a table by him.

Three days later, Su's father looked suspiciously at the stack of papers that Su Wenchen handed over.

"what?"

Su Wenchen ate the steamed bread that he had never even looked at before in big mouthfuls, and there was a plate of scrambled eggs in front of him.

"I made a spreadsheet these days to show how much money a chicken farm needs to invest and how much money it produces. I listed all the detailed data, including how many eggs our five chickens have laid in the past three days!"

Father Su unfolded the paper in his hand.

A form of table that he had never seen before appeared before his eyes.

Although he had never seen it before, this form allowed Father Su to easily understand the general content.

When he saw that Su Wenchen had used a total of 6.9 jin of feed in the past three days, Su's father immediately cursed him, "This prodigal son! Who would feed chickens with coarse grains?"

If chicken farms only feed coarse grains in the future, they will suffer huge losses!
It seems that although the eldest son wants to do something, he is still too young and needs more training.

When he saw that there was only half cornmeal in the feed, Father Su felt a little better.

Well, I only fed it nearly two kilograms of coarse grains, so it seems that the loss is not much.

Mr. Su did not look at the details further and simply skipped to the summary at the bottom of the table.

He wanted to see how much food his eldest son had lost in the past three days.

But after seeing the final income and expenditure figures.

Father Su was stunned. The hand that was stroking his chin tightened subconsciously and pulled out a small tuft of his beard.

But he didn't have time to care about so many things and asked Su Wenchen directly.

"Are the income and expenditure figures you mentioned at the back true? Don't fill them out randomly to trick an old man like me!"

Su Wenchen said unhappily, "Dad, can't you calculate it yourself? Write down in detail how much feed was put in and how many eggs were laid."

"Besides, you know the prices of whole grains and eggs. Can't you just calculate it yourself?"

After hearing what Su Wenchen said.

Father Su began to secretly calculate according to the numbers on the table. After all, the final number was a bit too incredible.

If six pounds and nine ounces of feed are fed together within three days, and half of it is coarse grains, that is three pounds, five ounces and five cents of coarse grains.

If the normal market price is eight cents per pound, then it would be twenty-eight cents.

No, that's not right.

If it is a brigade industry, coarse grain can be directly sold from the brigade grain depot, because the grain left after the brigade pays the public grain is not sold to the county grain depot at the market price outside. They sell it at six cents per pound, which means it can be cheaper.

As for eggs, these five chickens laid a total of 35 eggs in three days. Each chicken produced an average of 2.3 eggs per day, and 35 eggs weighed a total of 4.2 kilograms.

According to the current price of 60 cents per pound at the supply and marketing cooperative.

"hiss--!"

Father Su subconsciously took a breath of cold air!
In other words, excluding 28 cents worth of coarse grains, the youngest brother earned two yuan and 24 cents in three days!

That’s twenty-two dollars a month!
Father Su said to Su Wenchen with a trembling voice, "Youngest, I calculated it and it's the same number you wrote above, but isn't it too much? Is there something wrong?"

Su Wenchen was speechless and said, "Dad, what's the problem? It's not like our family hasn't raised chickens before. Which of the data I gave above is unfounded? Is it made up?"

"Even the eggs were found by you and Shitou every morning!"

Father Su touched the back of his head. He found it a little hard to believe because everything written there was fine.

Father Su muttered to himself in confusion, "If raising chickens is so profitable, why didn't I build a chicken farm before?"

Su Wenchen rolled his eyes, "Dad, have you forgotten something? The chickens used to lay only one egg. They only lay two eggs a day after eating my feed!"

"This is the most important!"

"Although the previous method can make money, but with the cost of buying chicks and the risk of the chickens dying, the income is naturally not as good as raising pigs!"

After hearing what Su Wenchen said, Su's father nodded.

So this was the problem. He said that if he had known that raising chickens was so profitable, he would have set up a chicken farm in the brigade long ago.

"By the way, youngest brother, if you want to start a chicken farm, don't forget that chickens are prone to disease when there are too many of them. Are you sure you can handle it?"

Su Wenchen said confidently.

"Dad, don't worry. I can tell what this chicken is thinking right now with just one look."

For Su Wenchen, the reason he dared to run a chicken farm was that his biggest capital was not actually the cultivation of feed.

But it is the panel that can see the various abilities of the chicken at a glance.

This is very important for chicken farming, because chickens are prone to disease when there are too many of them. This is also the reason why chicken farms are difficult to expand in this era.

For Su Wenchen, there is no need to worry about these things at all, because he can tell at a glance that there is something wrong with the chickens, and he can immediately prescribe the right remedy and solve the problem as soon as it arises!
Although Father Su didn't know where his son's confidence came from.

However, since his son was able to produce feed that allowed chickens to lay two eggs, Su's father believed that he might really have some skills in raising chickens.

Father Su asked directly, "How many chickens do you plan to raise at the beginning?"

Su Wenchen thought about it.

"Let's start with 50 chickens. Just buy old hens that lay eggs from others. With the income from these 50 chickens, we can build a chick pen. Then we can raise chicks from young ourselves!"

Father Su thought about it.

Fifty old laying hens are not cheap, because normally a chicken weighing more than one pound only costs one dollar.

But egg-laying chickens are different, they are several times more expensive!
Generally, it costs between three and five yuan, and there are not many people selling them. Most importantly, they are hard to find! Because no one would sell their own old hens if they are not in urgent need of money!
But if it really works, the monthly income of 220 yuan will be enough to make back the investment in the first month.

Thinking about it this way, Father Su felt that the input-output ratio was worth it!

It’s impossible that all the old hens would get sick and die in less than a month!
(End of this chapter)