1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 54: Doubling it won’t work, he wants to increase it tenfold!
Group Headquarters.

Accountant Li Xiangdong looked at Su Wenchen in front of him and asked worriedly.

"Ah Chen, you're taking a big step! How come you bought over 500 chickens right away? What if?"

Huamei finished speaking, but he was really afraid that Su Wenchen might not handle it properly and the chickens would get sick, and then all the money would be lost.

Su Wenchen waved his hand.

"Uncle Dong, it's already been done. There's no point in saying so much. Have you forgotten how daring people are and how productive the land is?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiangdong immediately rolled his eyes.

"Get lost, no matter how fertile the land is, you want to scare me to death, don't you?"

Hearing this, past events came to Li Xiangdong's mind.

The leaders of their brigade were all forced to take on the positions because the previous brigade team had falsely reported too much per-acre yield. In order to quell public anger, all of them were replaced. However, after paying the public grain tax, the entire brigade was basically empty.

Then there was famine. Li Xiangdong thought that those days were really hard to endure. Even a sweet potato had to be divided into three parts and eaten slowly.

Fortunately, the hard times are finally over. Now the grain production is increasing year by year, and the team has gradually evolved from a pig farm at the beginning to a chicken farm.

Life is getting better and better. Their brigade has had bumper harvests every year in the past few years. Although they have not yet reached the stage of eating fine grains, every household has no problem filling their stomachs.

Maybe in the future it will really be like what Chen Xiaozi said, and the members of their team can eat an egg every day.

Take back your thoughts.

Li Xiangdong took the bill from Su Wenchen and looked at it carefully.

After a moment, an exclamation was uttered.

"Three dollars for an adult hen? So cheap?"

Li Xiangdong knew the price of laying hens because he had helped Su Wenchen a few days ago and went to his wife's hometown to ask about it.

It doesn’t matter if no one is willing to sell them. Even if they have been sold, they are only four or five yuan each.

After hearing this, Su Wenchen said with a smile.

"This price is really thanks to Director Jiang. Otherwise, even if I could get this batch of chickens, the price wouldn't be too cheap."

Jiang Li shook her head repeatedly after hearing this.

"Accountant Li, this is all thanks to Su Wenchen. I didn't do anything when I went there. I just provided one person."

At this moment, she really felt that this was all thanks to Su Wenchen.

Because from the information he inquired about, to contacting the chicken farm after going to Shiquan County, and then understanding the specific inside story, he formulated a plan to take advantage of the situation, all of these were promoted by Su Wenchen alone.

She really just acted as a tool to take advantage of the situation.

Su Wenchen directly retorted.

"Manager Jiang, don't be so modest. Just standing there is a credit to you. Otherwise, the people at the chicken farm wouldn't be so easy to talk to."

Li Xiangdong looked at the two people in front of him speechlessly.

Interrupted directly.

"Okay, it's useless for you to brag in front of me. Save your energy to brag in front of Secretary He! However, Ah Chen, you are really far-sighted. You asked Secretary He to sign the document in advance. Now you don't have to hand over the profits for two years."

"Secretary He didn't expect that we would spend 500 chickens at once. If he knew, he would regret it."

"In the past two years, the scale of our chicken farm must have doubled!"

Su Wenchen smiled when he heard this.

Doubling it is not enough, he wants to increase it tenfold. However, this needs to be planned slowly, because it is very difficult for their team to raise 5,000 chickens alone.

As an experienced accountant, Li Xiangdong is not slow in recording accounts.

After a while, all the receipts were sorted out. "I bought a total of 118 adult laying hens from Shiquan Chicken Farm, each costing three dollars, a total of three hundred and fifty-four dollars."

"Four hundred and twenty-five chicks, thirty cents each, a total of one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents."

"I bought ten panes of glass from the county department store for twenty-three dollars."

"Add it all up, the total is five hundred and five dimes, do you think that's right?"

As he spoke, Li Xiangdong handed the listed accounts to Su Wenchen.

Su Wenchen thought about it.

"And the room thermometer I bought at the county hospital for fifty cents, and the thirty cents fare for the glass!"

"By the way, I still have $1.50 for the pork bones I bought at the county scrap yard."

Su Wenchen simply counted all the things that could be counted.

Li Xiangdong said unhappily after hearing this.

"Thermometers and glass trucks are fine, but pig bones are not. We agreed that the eggs produced in the first month belong to you, so you have to pay for the feed yourself. The brigade will not cover the money for the pig bones in the first month."

"And you have to account for not only the pork bones, but also the coarse cornmeal and coarse sorghum flour you took from the brigade warehouse. Otherwise, you won't be able to explain to the members."

"But the thermometer and the window fare, the total is five hundred and five dollars and eighty cents."

"See if you have any other questions."

Li Xiangdong had no intention of showing favoritism when it came to the brigade's accounts.

This is his bottom line: public is public, private is private, and they must not be mixed up, otherwise problems may arise.

Su Wenchen took a close look at the general ledger and nodded.

"Uncle Dong, you are indeed an experienced accountant. I have no problem!"

Li Xiangdong waved his hand.

"Okay, stop flattering me. I'm going to submit this account to the commune. If you forget something, tell me now. When I submit it, I won't be able to change it by then."

Su Wenchen waved his hand, "No need, I'll just consider it my contribution to our team if I suffer a little loss."

Li Xiangdong looked at Su Wenchen with a shameless look.

"You are smarter than a monkey when you get involved with Mao, and you are still at a disadvantage. If you have no problem, get out of here! I also want to hand over the accounts to Secretary He for review!"

"Okay, Uncle Dong, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go back to the chicken farm first." After saying that, Su Wenchen prepared to leave.

Jiang Li said at the right time, "Then Su Wenchen, you go ahead and do your work. Accountant Li and I are going to the commune to report to Secretary He on the construction of the educated youth site."

"Okay, then Uncle Dong, I'll leave the person to you. If there is any problem, I will come to you directly."

Hearing Su Wenchen's words.

A blush crept up Jiang Li's cheeks. What could go wrong with her, a living person? But he is concerned about me, right?
Even Jiang Li herself didn't notice it.

After spending these few days together, Su Wenchen has unknowingly occupied a certain place in her heart.

Li Xiangdong naturally saw it as well.

Secretary Jiang must have a good impression of this brat, otherwise he wouldn't have followed this brat around when he had nothing to do.

Otherwise, why isn't Secretary Jiang around? When he has nothing to do, he always follows Li Xiangdong around.

He, Li Xiangdong, was once a famous handsome young man in the area. Back then, many young ladies came to his house in droves to propose marriage.

Thinking of this, Li Xiangdong touched his forehead, where his hairline had begun to recede significantly.

It’s true that time is unforgiving.

(End of this chapter)