"Xiao Lu, Xiao Zhuang, you've both worked really hard for the farm these past few days. Once things calm down in a few days, the troupe will give you two a couple of days off so you can have a good rest."

After saying that, Gao Dajiang looked around.

Nowadays, farms are doing well, but there are fewer people.

"The farm only has two people right now, which is still a bit too few. Xiao Lu, why don't you hire another person? The salary will be the same as an apprentice's, and then it will be increased after they become a full-time employee. With someone else, your job will be easier."

"We'll hire more quails once we've raised more."

Lu Fangfang scratched her head. She had originally planned to wait until the quails hatched before hiring people.

However, she didn't want to refuse the leader's kindness, so she agreed.

"Commander, what kind of people should we recruit?"

"You're the farm manager, you're in charge."

Gao Dajiang waved his hand, not caring about that, as long as he could raise the quails well.

In the crowd, Wang Haibing's eyes lit up as he suddenly thought of his wife.

"Xiao Lu, what's that round, spinning thing on top of the greenhouse?"

Xiao Aiguo pointed to the roof of the breeding farm and looked at it very strangely.

"Political Commissar, those are for changing balloons, used for ventilation."

Lu Fangfang then offered an explanation.

Based on what she had seen in later generations about changing balloons, she had the soldiers make these things to ventilate the breeding sheds. Both sheds were equipped with these things.

"Change the balloons?"

Xiao Aiguo stared at it for a while, feeling quite amazed.

Shaking his head, he and Gao Dajiang led the group into the No. 1 breeding shed.

The shed was made of adobe bricks and was very simple inside.

Lu Fangfang prioritized practicality and cost-effectiveness in everything she did. She simply smoothed the walls with clay and did nothing else. If you touched it, you were guaranteed to get your hands covered in dirt.

She didn't mind; after all, it was for raising quails, so as long as it worked, that was fine.

Walking from the storage room into the greenhouse, you can see several rows of long bamboo cages.

The bamboo cages were quite tall. Gao Dajiang counted them and found there were four layers in total, meaning that this one bamboo cage could raise four layers of quails.

In front of each layer of bamboo cages hangs a long wooden feeding trough, with a semi-circular bamboo stalk next to it, clearly for feeding water.

Gao Dajiang looked at it carefully and couldn't help but laugh, "Xiao Lu, you're really something. We haven't even moved into an apartment building yet, and you've already let the quail live there."

The people behind him laughed when they heard this. And you know what, it really does look like a building.

Director Zhao, who was in charge of logistics, took a closer look at the greenhouse and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

At first, he thought the quails would be raised in a greenhouse, but he didn't expect them to be raised in four-layer bamboo cages.

In this way, this greenhouse can raise at least two or three times more quails than others, which can really save a lot of costs.

This way, feeding is easier, and even if you raise a whole bunch of quails, one or two people can take care of them.

If the pigs in the group were...

Hmm, pigs can't go upstairs.

"Comrade Lu, how many quails can you raise in this greenhouse at most?"

Lu Fangfang pondered for a moment, and seeing that everyone was looking over, she uttered a number, "At most, we can raise eight thousand."

"Eight...eight thousand?"

"Eight thousand quails? How many eggs would that lay?"

Everyone was somewhat shocked when they heard this.

One shed holds 8,000 birds, so two sheds would hold 16,000 birds.

According to Xiao Lu, when a female quail reaches its breeding season, it can lay one egg a day, so these 16,000 quails are...

No one dared to think any further. With so many quail eggs, it would take a whole day just to collect them all.

"Xiao Lu, what's that board in front of the bamboo cage for?"

Xiao Aiguo noticed that the inside of the bamboo cage was uneven and slightly tilted, with a tray-shaped wooden board placed on the outermost edge.

"This is an egg catcher that I had the soldiers make. After the quails lay their eggs, they will roll from the cage onto this egg catcher, making it convenient for us to collect them."

Lu Fangfang took two quail eggs out of her pocket and put them in the bamboo cage.

Under the curious gazes of the crowd, the quail eggs slowly rolled onto the egg catcher.

This tilt angle was determined through repeated testing using her own quail eggs, ensuring it was scientifically sound.

"ah……"

"Amazing, amazing."

"Comrade Xiao Lu, your idea is brilliant."

Everyone gasped in amazement.

They could already imagine the scene of collecting quail eggs in the future, simply taking them directly from the egg collector, which would be extremely convenient.

Even the egg-catching device is so ingenious; it's clear that Comrade Lu put a lot of thought into it.

Among the crowd, Xiao Aiguo looked up and noticed that the breeding shed was not stuffy at all, which showed that Xiao Lu's suggestion to change the balloons was indeed effective.

The group slowly began to observe the animals inside the breeding shed.

Lu Fangfang stood to the side, and when she saw that they had any questions or doubts, she would speak up to explain.

"This is a brooder box, and inside is a light bulb. The baby quails need to receive light after they hatch, which is good for their future growth."

"There's such a thing?"

"I can vouch for this. The quails in my family have been exposed to sunlight since they were young. I've raised them for so long and none of them have died. They lay eggs very frequently."

...

Zhuang Mingcheng stood at the back of the crowd, silently watching his lover explain to everyone, feeling proud of her.

His wife is not illiterate, nor is she a vagrant!

...

Following Gao Dajiang, everyone looked around the breeding shed and couldn't help but look at Lu Fangfang with new respect.

The group leader's choice of her as the head of the farm seems to have been truly wise.

However, we haven't started raising quails yet, so whether these ingenious things are practical or not remains to be seen.

"Comrade Xiao Lu, if we keep the quail locked up and prevent it from moving, won't the quail be unhealthy and its eggs not taste good?"

The battalion commander of the regiment looked around and frowned slightly.

He had never seen livestock raised like this before.

It's like... like a factory, using them as machines to process eggs. Even he, a grown man, felt a little sorry for them.

Before Lu Fangfang could explain, Gao Dajiang spoke up first.

He waved his hand and said, "Never mind whether it tastes good or not, we're lucky to have anything to eat. We don't have the right to be picky!"