1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 99: Is this a date forest?

After chatting with He Feihuai.

After the public grain entered the commune grain warehouse little by little, the warehouse staff signed for their brigade.

Their Pingcun Brigade has completely completed the main work of this year's summer harvest.

But this does not mean that their team can sit idle forever.

After a few days of rest at most, it was time to start harvesting the supplementary crops that the team planted on small plots of land, usually soybeans, sweet potatoes, potatoes and the like.

After harvesting this type of crops, it is almost time to start preparing for the autumn harvest, and then harvest corn and peanuts.

It can be said that before winter completely arrives.

There is basically no time to rest in rural areas, as there is a lot of work waiting for you.

Even many places.

As winter approaches, a series of work has been arranged, including clearing rivers, repairing bridges and roads.

All in all, one month of rest a year is considered a lot.

However, this also depends on the place. Generally, the further north you go, the longer the winter is and the longer you can rest.

When their brigade turned around to harvest potatoes, Su Wenchen drove his tractor straight to the Shuanggou brigade next door.

Because in his opinion, digging potatoes was not an easy job.

Plus I had promised someone else before.

He also wanted to raise chickens in someone else's forest.

Su Wenchen drove his tractor in a hurry and arrived at Shuanggou Brigade, where he received a very warm welcome.

Cigarettes with filters, green bean soup with a special sweet taste, and fish added specially for him during meals. It can be said that the other party really did everything they could to entertain him.

This also made Su Wenchen feel deeply moved.

No wonder most of the young people in the brigade want to be tractor drivers, even the older ones want to be one too. For ordinary members, this is not just working.

This is to come out and enjoy life.

"Nephew, we've finished eating. When do you think we should start?"

Su Wenchen looked directly at the other person.

"Uncle, since I'm here, I don't mind taking a little longer. Why don't you take me to the jujube forest first? Then I'll have a better idea of what to do."

Because although he knew that many jujube trees had been transplanted here, he had never been there.

If you are not from the same brigade but often hang around there and plant cash crops grown by other brigades, once you are caught by the militia, a beating on the spot will be the least of your punishment, because it will be obvious that you are not here to do good things.

So Su Wenchen had only heard of it and had never seen it in person.

Now that he is accompanied by the other team leader, he also wants to see how big the other party’s date forest is and how many chickens are suitable to raise.

But after the other party heard what Su Wenchen said.

An embarrassment suddenly appeared on his face.

"That nephew, why don't you go and see him at night!"

Because he was really afraid that after Su Wenchen went to see it, he would immediately change his mind and drive away on the tractor.

At that time, didn’t they smoke the cigarettes and eat the fish in vain?

At least let this kid help them do work for a day.

At that time, even if this kid quits on the spot, they will not lose anything!
Su Wenchen looked confused and had no idea what the other party meant.

"Uncle, what's going on? Is there something wrong with your jujube forest? Don't worry, I'll go check it out. Are you afraid that I'll dig up the trees?"

Su Wenchen was a little puzzled, so he looked at the expression on the other person's face in the forest. Could it be that the date forest was fake?

But that doesn't make sense.

Because every year, the young wives from their brigade who marry here basically bring a bag of big red dates when they return to their parents' home.

This is a very good gift at this time.

Because things like brown sugar require sugar coupons, and unless there is a happy event at home in rural areas, few people are willing to buy sugar directly.

Most of them rely on red dates, a sweet substitute for the transition.

It was obvious that the other party also saw Su Wenchen's confusion.

He also knew that the more he tried to stop him, the more suspicious the other party might become, so he sighed.

"We have agreed in advance that you can't run away after seeing this. At least you have to help us today!"

Su Wenchen became even more confused when he heard this.

what's going on.

It seems that there is really a problem with the other party’s date forest.

But he nodded and agreed.

"Okay, uncle, no matter what, I will definitely help you today."

soon.

Under the guidance of the other party.

Su Wenchen came to the date forest of Shuanggou Brigade.

At this time, he also knew why the other party didn't want him to come and see it in advance.

Is this a date forest?

There are one tree here and three trees there.

Scattered across the fields, can this be called a forest?
In his impression, the date forest should be like a well-maintained orchard, well-arranged, lush and green, with more than ten acres of land connected together.

This is basically the case with all the apple orchards and date orchards in later generations.

So what Su Wenchen brought in directly were also of this type.

But actually.

The date groves in Shuanggou Brigade are very scattered, dotted along the roadsides and in the fields.

The transplanted plants are all scattered in twos and threes.

The entire date forest was indeed long enough that Su Wenchen couldn’t even see the end at a glance.

But it's too damn long, not only long but also loose.

Only by gathering together can we raise chickens.

How to raise this?
We really need to circle them together and let the chickens run a marathon, right?
Running from one end to the other would probably make you exhausted.

As for whether they can be raised, the answer is yes, as long as they are all kept together.

But that would also include people's crops-growing land and roads.

If they were divided into separate circles, it would be even more troublesome. They would be divided into small pieces and it would be impossible to guard them all.

This is also raising chicken feathers.

Take a deep breath.

Su Wenchen looked at the captain of Shuanggou Brigade with resentment.

"Uncle, when I mentioned raising chickens, you didn't say your Zaolin is like this!"

If he had known earlier that the jujube trees were scattered like this on the roadside, he would definitely not have agreed so readily.

The other party felt a little embarrassed when Su Wenchen looked at him.

"Haha, nephew, there's nothing I can do about it. Besides, why can't we raise them? They're just a little scattered!"

"Just make a few more circles!"

Su Wenchen waved his hand. "It's too troublesome and too scattered. If I have the time, I might as well foster them in other members' homes. That way I would have less to worry about!"

Thinking of this, Su Wenchen suddenly thought of it.

Yes, the breeding density in the homes of the members of their brigade has basically reached the limit.

But the Shuanggou Brigade has not reached its limit.

Their brigade is bigger than theirs, and there are more people in their brigade than they do.

If a household invests five.

It's about the same here, we can foster about a thousand of them.

Moreover, in this way, the risk seems to be even lower, because it is dispersed among each family, making it less likely to get sick.

So Su Wenchen looked directly at the captain of Shuanggou Brigade.

"Uncle, how about this? Your team can do the same as ours and adopt five chickens from our chicken farm for free!"

"We have entrusted them to your place for foster care. Just follow the normal way our members raise chickens. Let them find their own food during the day, and throw in a handful of bran and soybean meal or something like that at night!"

"We castrate all the roosters. Usually, when they are three to four months old and weigh about two kilograms, our farm will buy them back at one yuan per kilogram."

"Captain, do you think this will work?"

The reason why Su Wenchen, like the other members of their team, recycled goods at the same price was because the two teams were very close. Once the two prices were determined, both sides would probably know about it within a few days.

In this case, there may not be any problem during the summer harvest.

After the summer harvest is over, the members of the other brigade will definitely feel that it is unfair.

This is very easy and will cause many twists and turns out of nowhere.

In addition, the price of the broiler chickens he raised was already very high.

However, the profits brought to their team are still limited.

Even if no profit is shared among the members, one can only make four dollars from each chicken.

You can only make 4,000 yuan from selling 1,000 chickens.

Compared with a hen that lays eggs vigorously, there is a world of difference. If you want to make money, you still have to raise hens.

The reason why Su Wenchen increased the number of roosters raised.

It is mostly used to maintain relations with the city, that is, with those state-owned factories.

Moreover, the price of this precious thing is such that even if those big factories are rich, they can't afford to buy it for ordinary employees to eat, and purchasing in large quantities is not realistic.

Therefore, if we add another thousand roosters, it should be enough to supply the small kitchens of most factories in the city.

However, after hearing these words, the captain of Shuanggou Brigade was a little bit unbelievable.

"What good thing is this?"

"Nephew, you are so idle that you can't wait to make fun of me, an old man!"

"I'm telling you I'm serious!"

Su Wenchen smiled and nodded.

"That must be taken seriously!"

"But let me be frank with you. We will give away the chicks for free, and we won't even compensate you if they die. But even if a chick dies, you have to return the body of the chick to us."

"I won't accept being eaten by weasels and having my body torn to pieces. If I don't return the dead chicken's body, I'll have to pay you one dollar for each chick!"

"If a member's family has no money, your brigade will have to pay for him."

After all, this is not their brigade, so his words here are definitely not as authoritative as those in Pingcun Brigade.

So Su Wenchen must be punished.

Otherwise, the chicks would probably die easily, and their bodies would not be intact.

For Su Wenchen, he was not actually afraid that these members would kill the chickens, because the roosters were still very fierce even after being castrated.

The dogs in the village usually avoid each other when they see each other.

So the five grown-up roosters may not be afraid of the weasels.

What he was afraid of was that the other party would deliberately steal the chicks from him to eat.

If Su Wenchen didn't deliberately avoid it, this kind of thing could really happen.

After hearing Su Wenchen's compensation price, the other party had some doubts.

"My dear nephew, your chicks are too expensive! How can you buy chicks for just one dollar?"

Su Wenchen waved his hand.

"This is the price of our Blue Water Rooster chicks for sale."

"However, as long as the dead chickens are returned to us, we will give you a live chick for free. Uncle Xu, I'm also worried that you members will eat the chicks directly and then come back to tell me that they were stolen by weasels. Wouldn't that be unfair to me?"

When the other party heard this, he immediately shook his head.

Shout loudly.

"How is that possible? Who is crazy about eating chicks? How much meat does a chick have?"

Su Wenchen said in a deep voice.

"If they paid for it, no one would eat it, but if it's free, that's not necessarily the case. Some people might think it's a waste not to eat it!"

As soon as Su Wenchen said this.

The other party immediately didn't dare to make any guarantees, because he really couldn't guarantee 100% that the situation Su Wenchen described would not occur.

So he nodded.

"You have a point. If there really is no price at all, there might be people who are shortsighted and just want to take advantage of this little advantage."

“If there are chickens that really die without a complete body, even if they refuse to pay you compensation, I will give it to you directly from the brigade, and then have the scorekeeper deduct it from their work points!”

Su Wenchen finally felt relieved after hearing this.

At this time, he did not forget to look into the future for the other party.

After all, drawing some achievable pies appropriately will make things easier to advance.

"If not, it has to be you, uncle, and you can also talk to the members of your brigade!"

"According to the current situation of our team members fostering, a crop is harvested every three months or so, and they can be slaughtered when they weigh more than two kilograms. It will take a longer time to grow them after that."

"In this way, you can earn about two dollars per chicken, and you members can earn ten dollars for five chickens."

"At least 40 bucks a year, if nothing else, it's enough to buy new clothes for my wife and kids!"

"And you don't have to worry about it at ordinary times. When you have time, you can let your kids dig some earthworms and catch some small insects to feed them more. Maybe you can earn more!"

The captain of the Shuanggou Brigade over there heard Su Wenchen's rough calculation.

His eyes suddenly widened into copper bells.

He patted his chest and made a promise.

"Don't worry, nephew. If you have any questions in the future, just tell us directly. We in Shuanggou Brigade will never be ambiguous."

"Everyone in our team will definitely remember your kindness!"

This amount of money may not be so shocking to the current Pingcun Brigade.

But for the Shuanggou Brigade now, each household can earn an additional 40 yuan a year, which is a great thing that their brigade cannot even imagine!
At this time, they could even ask them to worship Su Wenchen.

　Woohoo!
　　Dear readers, I am sorry.

　　I slept too late last night and woke up at around ten in the morning.

　　I have only written one chapter so far, the remaining two chapters will be finished later!

　　
　
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