The Life of a Son-in-Law in a Courtyard House

Section Chief Hou didn't know why Yang Dalin suddenly changed the subject. He said, "The fermentation tanks, we just finished drying them, and they were bought by a nearby brigade that was short of grain."

"What's wrong, Comrade Yang? You know the situation right now. Forget about distiller's grains, people are eating corn on the cob."

This stuff is okay for men who like to drink alcohol to eat in moderation, but it's best for children to avoid it, and many women may not be able to tolerate it.

However, if you're extremely hungry, that's a different story.

Yang Dalin then asked, "I know about these things, but I'm wondering why your factory still has so much left over?"

"Hasn't it been bought?"

Section Chief Hou shook his head and said, "Comrade Yang, you only know one side of the story, not the other."

Our county was originally under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, then it was changed into a district of Sijiu City, and less than two years later it was reassigned to a county of Sijiu City.

We have a lot of lees, and there are many wineries nearby, so many villagers in the area can buy some.

However, for large orders, a letter of introduction is required. Without a letter of introduction, they can't buy much, and besides, they don't have much money to keep buying.

We can't just take it and sell it.

Some large organizations are hesitant to purchase these for their workers.

Villagers from Hebei Province, which is far away, want to buy it, but they can't come over.

So, there's still quite a bit left in the factory, and we don't dare waste it, so we just have the workers rummage through it from time to time to prevent it from spoiling.

Yang Dalin understood. This place was now under the jurisdiction of Sijiu City. Although Sijiu City also lacked food, the shortage was not as large as that.

It's nowhere near as good as Hebei Province, but Hebei Province has no jurisdiction over this area.

The distillery has no intention of giving it away for free.

The procurement process would be quite troublesome.

The local villagers have limited capacity to absorb the food.

I can't buy too many.

Large companies, like steel mills, may have money, but they wouldn't dare buy this stuff for their workers to eat.

What if something goes wrong?

Small distilleries are alright; they have less lees, which is easier to handle.

This is the largest winery; the production volume is too large.

It can't be handled.

This resulted in the distillery having a lot of leftover lees.

Yang Dalin said with a smile, "I have a good idea to create greater value from the wine lees and exchange them for meat. I wonder if Section Chief Hou could report this to your superiors for me? If it's feasible, could Section Chief Hou ask your superiors to sell me more five-year-old wine?"

Upon hearing this, Section Chief Hou became interested and immediately stood up, saying, "Really?"

Comrade Yang, if it's really feasible, I think the leadership will definitely agree.

Our workplace is also facing a severe meat shortage.

The management is also troubled by so many issues related to the distiller's grains.

Actually, Yang Dalin didn't know that there was another problem: if nearby villagers wanted to buy distiller's grains, they needed a letter of introduction from the relevant department.

You can't just come and buy it whenever you want.

Besides, what can you do if you want to buy but don't have the money?

The distillery can't possibly sell the edible grains very cheaply.

In addition, this distillery brewed a lot of wine during the bumper harvest a few years ago, and has a lot of fermentation tanks.

Last year, many places boasted about a bumper harvest, with yields of tens of thousands of kilograms per mu.

The distillery received a lot of grain at once, but this year it hasn't received many production orders.

Distillery workers may not lack grains, but they definitely lack meat.

Yang Dalin's method is feasible, and everyone at the distillery should definitely thank him.

Yang Dalin and Section Chief Hou went to a deputy factory director's office together.

Yang Dalin didn't offer his idea first, otherwise what if the distillery's leaders got his idea for free?

Lieutenant Lan also went to see the deputy factory director.

When Yang Dalin heard the deputy factory director's personal agreement, he said that if Yang Dalin's idea was good and he could really get the meat, he would decide to sell Yang Dalin 5,000 catties of wine, and sell him more.

Since the other party had agreed, Yang Dalin thought he should buy as much wine as possible, as this was a rare opportunity, so he directly told them his idea.

It involves re-fermenting the distiller's grains and then using them to feed pigs.

When the other party heard about the idea of ​​using distiller's grains to raise pigs, they knew about it before, but their main business was brewing wine, and they had never dared to experiment with pig farming.

Adding to the sudden natural disaster, they dared not waste these life-saving lees on pig farming, for fear of causing trouble for everyone involved.

This is a common problem in some state-owned factories; they dare not change easily, otherwise they might lose their official positions.

Using fermented grains to feed pigs has been a practice since ancient times, but it's not a good idea.

The deputy factory director knew about it, but didn't dare to try.

Then the deputy factory director said, "Comrade Yang, we had an experienced worker mention this idea before, but we dare not try it lightly now. If it succeeds, that's fine, but if it fails and the higher-ups investigate, it will be very troublesome."

Moreover, pig farming takes a long time, and you can't see profits in a short period of time, so this idea doesn't seem very feasible.

Well, this deputy factory director is a cowardly and timid person.

Yang Dalin's eyes lit up and he said, "Comrade Deputy Factory Director, we can try a different approach. We can cooperate directly with some state-owned farms."

Can we send them some distiller's grains as feed in exchange for a few well-raised pigs?

We don't need to raise them from a young age ourselves.

At this time, the farm must also be short of pig feed.

In this way, the farm has feed, and you get pigs directly.

Then find out how effective their methods are. If there are no risks for them, you can build your own farm, learn from their mature experience, and raise them yourselves.

This way, all the risk is passed on to others, and you bear no risk at all. Isn't that great? You can also directly obtain a batch of pork.

The deputy factory director slammed his hand on the table: "Yes, that's how it can be done. Good, good, thank you, Comrade Yang. You young comrades are quick-witted. I'll approve the wine. I'll have Section Chief Hou take you to load it."

Yang Dalin's idea wasn't complicated; it was actually quite simple: some people at the distillery might be drinking every day, which had made them stupid and unable to think straight.

I wonder how much lees have been wasted in the process.

This is unbelievable. No wonder so many state-owned factories will go bankrupt in the future.

Being too rigid in one's thinking means being inflexible.

Yang Dalin was satisfied with achieving his goal and didn't bother to argue any further.

Lieutenant Lan returned to the vehicles, started one car, and drove the other car to the entrance of the wine cellar.

There are specialized workers to help with loading the truck.

The wine is stored in large vats, each containing 200 jin (100 kg). To produce 5,000 jin (2,500 kg), 25 vats are needed.

If it weren't for the wine vats, one car would actually be enough.

But now we're not buying liquor in cases of bottles.

So, twenty-five large tanks still take up quite a bit of space, and we didn't dare stack them together.

One truck had thirteen cylinders, and the other had twelve cylinders; they were just enough to fill the truck.

Section Chief Hou even took the liberty of sending an extra small jar of three-year-old wine.

Then I went to the finance office to pay the money.

The ex-factory price of ordinary one-year-old liquor is 0.89 yuan per jin, while that of five-year-old liquor is 1.3 yuan per jin.

Five thousand catties of wine would cost six thousand five hundred yuan.

Uncle Wang helped out with 1,000 yuan, so I can just take another 5,500 yuan.

Section Chief Hou of the wine vat said there was no need to calculate the cost; it was a way for the deputy factory director to thank them.

I just need to ask Lieutenant Lan to keep it a secret for me later, otherwise Uncle Wang might investigate me if he finds out that I bought so much wine and spent so much money.

However, Yang Dalin had also come up with a plan. He had previously told Uncle Wang that the wolf was killed by his colleagues.

If Uncle Wang asks, then the money for these drinks was pooled together by everyone.

If you don't want to ask, then forget it.