Chapter 99: Not tolerant of flowers

An Zhixia smiled and nodded, handing over her work from last night. "Actually, I don't know much. I'm just interested in this ancient method of growing rice and raising fish, so I memorized some of it. As for the specific operation, I believe you uncles have more experience than me. You are old hands in the field!"

"That's different. You have learned a lot, so maybe you can see the essential problem. There's another saying, 'Those involved are often confused, while those who are not involved can see clearly.'" The village chief took over the three pages of densely written paper and solemnly read them word by word with the village party secretary.

"Our brigade has decided to hire you as a fish farming expert. If this plan is successful, we are willing to give you the first three years of fish for free as our expert fee!"

An Zhixia raised her eyebrows, thought for a moment and said with a smile: "How about this, I will provide the fish fry for the first year, and I will take 50% of the profit as expert fee after the harvest. From the second year onwards, the factory will officially purchase rice field fish." She is familiar with human nature. When she works hard, people will remember her well, but once her value has been used up, everyone will selectively forget her, and even attack her together when public opinion is one-sided.

In that case, she might as well get the actual profit from the beginning, act like a businessman, and do a one-time deal. No matter how good a reputation is, it is not as comfortable and just as satisfying as getting real money.

"Okay," the village chief thought for a moment and said, "If, if the rice field fish is successful, then when there are quotas for workers, peasants and soldiers in the village, we will give priority to you brothers and sisters! We will also count your full work points every year, and give you food, money and meat!"

An Zhixia pursed her lips and smiled. Workers, peasants and soldiers are good. In the past few years when there was no news about the resumption of the college entrance examination, I am afraid that many people have fought hard for this quota. However, when the college entrance examination is resumed, workers, peasants and soldiers will not be as competitive as full-time students who have been admitted to universities. She and her brother are not too old. In 1977, she was only 23 years old. She can wait.

Work points are just a bonus, the more important thing is to make everyone remember her contribution every year.

As soon as the matter was finalized, the village chief and his team began to call together the experienced old masters and smart and educated young people in the village to hold a meeting. An Zhixia was also invited to attend as an observer, as well as several educated youth from the educated youth site.

Led by the village head and the village party secretary, we learned in detail how to raise fish in rice fields, and made some improvements based on the current situation of Hetang Village. Everyone actively participated in it, and it took a whole day to finally complete every detail of the whole rice field fish farming.

As it was still light, they called on the guys who had rested for the day to work. Some dug fish ditches and fish pits at appropriate locations, while others went to the fields to build farmland, raising, widening and reinforcing the ridges around the fish-raising rice fields with the hard soil from the fish ditches.

Because there is no rice planting, they are not subject to many restrictions.

Everyone knew that they could raise fish in rice fields to increase rice production, and that there would also be fat rice fish to eat, so they were very motivated to work, and they put their full strength into every hit with the shovel and hoe.

An Zhixia was planning to go to the commune to see if there was any place selling fish fry, but just as he got on his bike, he was grabbed by someone.

"Brother Yuan?" She turned her head and looked at the person who came in surprise.

Fang Yuan was wearing a half-worn light grey shirt, which was mostly wet from sweating from working, revealing his muscular and beautiful skin. The sweat on his short hair reflected the setting sun. His facial features were deep and resolute, and he looked like a tough guy, which was the type that An Zhixia could not resist the most.

After just one glance at him, An Zhixia's eyes were no longer focused.

"Is it almost time for the commune to get off work?" Fang Yuan let go of his hand, took off the towel on his shoulders, and wiped his face and head carelessly. "Are you going to contact Yu Miao?"

An Zhixia was delighted, "Brother Yuan knows a way?"

"I know a few people when I sell game, and I can help you find out," Fang Yuan nodded. "What kind of fish do you want? If it's rice field fish, grass carp is best, but the type of fish can't be too single, how about some carp or crucian carp?"

An Zhixia counted on her fingers and said, "Actually, raising fish in rice fields is just a general term. Shrimp, crab, and loach can also be raised. But fish is still the mainstream. Shrimp and crab farming is laborious and have many natural enemies, so I want to raise some loaches while raising fish. The specification is 200 to 240 per kilogram, and the stocking quantity is about 20,000 per mu. As for fish, grass carp accounts for 70%, carp and crucian carp account for 20%, and silver carp and bighead carp account for 10%, with 1,500 per mu."

Fang Yuan memorized it silently in his heart, and then repeated it again in full after she finished speaking.

"Yes, Brother Yuan, please help me find out how much it costs. I will take them with me to see if the fish fry and loach fry are good."

"Okay, I'll give you news the day after tomorrow," he said, then went to say a few words to the village chief and went back to the cowshed to take a shower and change clothes.

An Zhixia went home and wrote down the precautions and methods of raising loaches in rice fields and sent it to the village chief.

Because raising fish in rice fields is also a project related to the factory, An Zhixia wore a straw hat, rolled up his trouser legs, held a paper and a pen in his hand, and compared data everywhere.

Fang Yuan had a constant supply of wild game and frequent exchanges on the black market, so he had a wide network of contacts, which almost proved the saying that money makes the world go round. Hetang Village had a great demand for fish and loach fry, so the price offered by the other party was fair, 50 cents per kilogram for fish fry regardless of species, and one yuan per kilogram for loach fry, and they were fresh and lively, and they also guaranteed a 95% survival rate in the previous month.

An Zhixia was silent for a moment and began to do the math in his head. His family's money mainly came from three parts: more than 3,000 yuan from home, 2,000 yuan begged from the village party secretary, and more than 1,100 yuan in stolen money from those two hooligans. After deducting daily expenses and the money for buying a bicycle, the total was no more than 6,000 yuan.

Hetang Village has more than 50 households and 800 people, with more than 2,000 acres of paddy fields. However, the conditions of the paddy fields are different, such as flatness, water retention capacity, fertility, mechanized farming roads, field roads, irrigation and drainage, etc., so not every field is suitable for fish farming.

In addition, this is the first year of implementation. The fish ditches and fish pits are dug now, and we can only clean up 500 mu of land. One mu of land can produce 80 kilograms of loach, which is 80 yuan. One mu of land can produce 30 kilograms of fish fry, which is 15 yuan.

She planned to use 10% of the land to raise loaches, so there would still be a gap of 5,000.

Isn’t it said that money is particularly durable in this era?

Unfortunately, the current crackdown on speculation does not allow her to do anything in her personal name. Fortunately, she is listed in the factory, and the factory stipulates that 10% of the profits will be used to distribute performance bonuses to workers. She can make suggestions for the factory and get 10% of this 10%. A few hundred yuan a month is a high salary in Kyoto. But distant water cannot quench immediate thirst!

"Not enough money?" Fang Yuan asked directly, "I still have a few thousand dollars here, you can use it first."

(End of this chapter)