Chapter 274 Xiao Su, you must be prepared to speak at the meeting that has been postponed the day after tomorrow!
At noon, the canteen of Blue Water Farm was filled with the rich smell of fireworks, and a long line had already formed at the canteen's food counter.
Su Wenchen and the people who came from the ministries this time were all in the team.
The old man looked at the cafeteria window curiously. There was a small blackboard hanging above it, on which was written today's lunch menu.
【Today's Supply】
Meat dish - braised pork with potatoes, 20 cents per serving.
Vegetarian dish - cabbage stewed with vermicelli, five cents per serving.
Staple food (requires food coupons) - rice is two cents per two ounces, and cornmeal steamed buns are one cent each.
Available in small quantities - scrambled eggs with green onions, 1.5 cents per portion.
After reading it, the old man asked Su Wenchen directly.
"Do you usually eat like this in the cafeteria? Or is it just because I came here today?"
Su Wenchen explained directly with a smile.
"Leader, the Ministry's General Office has sent us several documents, repeatedly forbidding public funds from being used for meals, drinks, and receptions. How could we knowingly and willfully violate this?"
"The small supply of scallion scrambled eggs isn't a special offer for today. Our chicken farm produces a lot of eggs every day, and the damaged ones are sent to the canteen."
"And just look at the appearance of our employees. We usually have one meat and one vegetable, and let the employees choose for themselves."
The old man saw that although most of the employees looked a little reserved, they were very casual when serving food.
At most, after the fight, there was an expression of surprise on his face, and it looked like he had more meat than usual.
The old man didn't say much about Su Wenchen and the others' little thoughts.
After all, all the canteen staff get their meals from the same window, so if there is more meat, all the staff can eat more.
Then the old man looked at the employees in front of him. Some of them, after getting their dishes, asked for a side dish from the side dish area on the left.
"You guys even prepared some special side dishes here!"
Su Wenchen nodded.
"It's usually made with scraps, like chicken skeletons, rabbit heads, river clams, snails, and the like, which members of surrounding production teams bring in from the river."
"It's marinated after being seasoned by the master chef!"
"To be honest, the price is not cheap. A portion starts at 15 cents, which is almost as much as a meat dish. Originally, it was mainly prepared for passing drivers, but now many employees like it."
"Especially for some single male employees who like to have a drink at night, half of their monthly salary is spent on these food and drinks!"
Hearing this, the old man shook his head repeatedly.
"No wonder he doesn't have a wife! He spends all his money on food and drink every day, it's a wonder he can find a wife!"
"This is too much of a way to live."
Su Wenchen smiled. In fact, these people didn’t look for it not because they couldn’t find it, but because they deliberately didn’t want to look for it.
Because basically after getting married, anyone with a little sense of responsibility would not be as carefree as they are now.
By then I will have to save money to buy big items, such as clothes for my wife and children. I definitely won’t be as comfortable as I am now.
But in fact, even after getting married, the farm workers still live a good life.
Because basically, apart from food and drink, everything else on the farm is covered, including free red breeding classes, free staff clubs, a cinema, and various activity centers.
Apart from providing food and buying some clothes for children, there are basically no other major costs in raising a child.
Soon it was their turn to get food. The old man only ordered a plate of stewed potatoes with meat and refused all the side dishes suggested by Su Wenchen.
On the dining table.
The old man picked up a piece of tender pork and put it into his mouth, then nodded with a smile.
"Xiao Su, the food in your cafeteria is good, even better than the cafeteria in the department!"
The old man smiled and picked up another potato.
"These potatoes are tasty too. I find them very delicious, but you young people probably won't like them."
Su Wenchen also smiled and shook his head.
"Boss, our canteen's chef used to be a chef in a state-owned restaurant. His cooking skills are really good."
"But boss, you're really wrong. I really like this soft and mushy potato stew."
As he spoke, he deliberately mashed a few soft potatoes, scooped some of the mashed potatoes mixed with soup into the bowl of rice with chopsticks, and then stirred it and spoke.
"Boss, I think rice is delicious when mixed with this mashed potato! It has the softness of mashed potato and rice, and the salty flavor of pork!"
"After taking a bite, there's only one word to describe it: delicious!"
"Leader, if you don't believe me, try it!"
Seeing Su Wenchen take a big bite, the old man also had a big appetite and followed Su Wenchen's example.
Stir the rice with the mashed potatoes and broth.
After taking a bite, he immediately felt that it was very delicious. He had bad teeth, so he usually ate rice soaked in soup or steamed bread soaked in soup at the department.
Although it is soft when eaten this way, the taste is actually very ordinary.
However, after mixing it like this, although it is not as soft as soaked rice, it is softer and more glutinous than not mixing it, and the taste is much better than soaking it directly in soup.
It really suits his teeth. He nodded repeatedly and said with a satisfied look on his face.
"Xiao Su, I didn't expect you to be such a good eater!"
Then he looked around and saw that the other accompanying personnel were eating with gusto, and he couldn't help but sigh.
"Your farm cafeteria is so high-quality, it's obvious the chefs put a lot of effort into it!"
Then he looked at the other employees and said.
"I can see that your farm workers are always smiling while talking to their colleagues during meals. You can't fake it."
"It shows that the treatment of employees in your field is really good!"
Hearing this, Lu Anguo continued from the side.
"Leader, the employee benefits at Blue Water Farm are also well-known among the factories in our bureau."
"When our bureau first connected, we thought something had gone wrong!"
"Because Blue Water Farm is obviously a small farm, but the salary is comparable to that of employees at some large farms."
"Finally, we confirmed with their farm office and logistics department several times before we were convinced that this was a small to medium-sized farm with less than a thousand people."
To be honest, Lu Anguo sometimes envied the employees of Lanshui Farm. The food they ate was better than usual and the treatment they received was better than what they received in the bureau.
Because the canteens of the various departments under their ministries are mainly supplied with food by the farms under the Animal Husbandry Bureau, although they usually only offer one meat and one vegetable choice.
However, the canteens of ministries and the Animal Husbandry Bureau have the largest supply of food.
Other government canteens often use soy products such as fried tofu and vegetarian chicken to fool people.
There are also various blood tofu and offal. In short, their supply of pure meat is not as sufficient as that of Blue Water Farm.
There was no way around it. Although their Agricultural Reclamation Bureau was in charge of all farm units across the country, the main development direction of each farm in the past was to reclaim land and grow crops.
There is no shortage of grain in their bureau, but there is not much meat raised on the farms below, which is far less than the subordinate departments of the Animal Husbandry Bureau.
Moreover, when Su Wenchen heard Lu Anguo talking about their welfare issues, he explained with a smile.
"Director Lu, although our farm has good welfare, our output is also high!"
"Just think about it. We have less than a thousand employees at our headquarters, yet we maintain the egg supply for hundreds of thousands of urban workers in Lan City while also earning a foreign exchange quota of up to $100 million."
"Especially now that the white pig has been successfully bred, our pig farm will also be responsible for the important promotion of white pigs."
"So the employees in our farm should definitely enjoy this benefit. After all, employees will work harder if they have enough to eat!"
"I believe that hard-working employees should be rewarded, and lazy employees should also be punished. Otherwise, if everyone sees that hard work is not rewarded, and lazy work is not punished, then the company will gradually lose employees who work hard."
Moreover, Su Wenchen felt that although the welfare on their farm was good, it was not too outrageous. To put it bluntly, it was actually similar to the standards of large state-owned factories at that time.
Of course, if compared with those small factories, there is still a big difference!
Upon hearing this, the old man nodded slightly, and there was a hint of admiration in his eyes when he looked at Su Wenchen.
"That's right, merits must be rewarded, and faults must be punished!"
"Your farm has been able to develop to this day, and it seems that you have achieved not only success in livestock and poultry breeding, but also in management."
"This will stimulate the enthusiasm of employees to work!"
After lunch, the old man checked the farm's production records and financial accounts in detail.
Then, at the invitation of Lan City, I went to Lan City and visited several grassroots communes.
It was not until the evening that the inspection was completed with satisfaction.
As night fell, the convoy was on its way back to Blue Water Farm.
In the Hongqi car, an old man who was a little tired after running around all day sat in the car with his eyes closed and suddenly spoke.
"Xiao Su, you've been running with me all day today. Thank you for your hard work!"
This time, Su Wenchen, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, turned around and said with a smile.
"Leader, what you said is that we are all serving the people. Why should we complain about the hard work?"
"After all, my salary and benefits are several times higher than those of ordinary employees!"
"You can't just say you want to serve the people when you're getting paid, and then complain about the hard work when you're supposed to do the actual work!"
The old man opened his eyes and looked at Su Wenchen with bright eyes.
"Well said. I hope you can really remember what you said in the future!"
"I've been taking a look around Lan City this time and I've noticed that your Beiwan Commune has been developing very rapidly in the past two years. Your farm has played a big role in that!"
“It’s no exaggeration to say it played a decisive role.”
"And influenced by you, the surrounding communes have also started to pick up side businesses."
But then he sighed.
"But everyone is rushing into egg-laying chicken farming. To be honest, I'm not optimistic about it! I don't know how many of them will be able to successfully raise chickens in the end."
"On the contrary, the commune that wants to raise bees is quite interesting to me."
"Currently, honey in our country is mainly exported. If this commune is really developed, it can be regarded as a way to develop the industry."
Su Wenchen said helplessly.
"Leader, we actually warned you when these communes sent people here."
"In a county, one chicken farm is usually enough for a commune or brigade."
"Because egg consumption is mainly among urban workers and state-owned factories."
"Nowadays, almost every household in rural areas has three to five chickens, and the eggs they produce each month are almost enough to supply the residents and factories in the county town."
"Even if there is a slight gap, generally speaking, a county with one commune-level chicken farm is enough to supply the chickens."
"But now in many counties, almost every commune has started to set up chicken farms, and some even have one in every brigade."
"If this continues, egg prices will fall, and the brigades and communes will be the ones who suffer in the end. Even the members who originally raised chickens at home will be affected."
"To be honest, the price of eggs here has actually dropped significantly in the past two years. From one yuan per pound when eggs were in urgent need, it has now dropped to 50 cents per pound."
"For most chicken farms, this price doesn't leave much profit margin."
"Because coarse grains currently cost only eight cents per pound, most commune and brigade chicken farms can't even control the feed-to-egg ratio to our level of two to one."
"They can't even reach a three-to-one ratio. For example, the basic feed-to-egg ratio of the ones we saw today is close to four-to-one."
"That means four kilograms of feed can produce one kilogram of eggs."
"It can be said that the cost of feed alone will take up more than half of the cost, and we also have to take into account the culling rate of laying hens, labor costs, and transportation costs."
"It can be said that there is basically no profit margin, even though they are all members of the brigade and there is no labor cost."
"But even if you use this manpower for other things, even if you organize them to dig canals, the surrounding land will have a better harvest next year, which will produce benefits."
When the old man heard this, he said directly.
"Aren't you worried about the impact on your field?"
Su Wenchen smiled and shook his head.
"It's basically hard to affect us. At most, the profit will be reduced."
"One reason is that our technology is relatively mature, and the number of laying hens dying of disease is very low. Another reason is that due to our scale, our feed is also a mixed feed with a high nutritional ratio."
"So we can maintain a very high feed-to-egg ratio. Even if eggs cost 30 cents per pound, our farm can still make a profit."
"Moreover, our farm mainly supplies the city's factories and government agencies. These large factories trust state-owned farms like us more than the collective enterprises below them."
"After all, the stability and abundance of egg supply from a large chicken farm like ours is something that those brigade chicken farms can hardly achieve."
The old man sighed.
"It seems that you in Lan City don't seem to be interfering. On the contrary, there seems to be some encouragement."
Su Wenchen nodded.
"Indeed, after all, eggs are far from being unsaleable now."
"Even though we raise more eggs, the most we can get is a cheaper price. But there are also benefits. Some families who used to be reluctant to eat eggs are now willing to buy them."
"For example, those members who raise chickens at home, it's not that they don't like eating eggs, but because there are too few other ways to make money, they have to sell these eggs to supplement their family income."
"And most members will actually find a way out on their own."
"Now that raising chickens to supplement household income is no longer cost-effective, many member families have taken the initiative to raise rabbits to supplement their income."
"Especially after we promoted it here in Beiwan Commune, people from surrounding counties now often come to our farm in groups to buy baby rabbits."
"But Yuehua rabbits are leather rabbits after all, so their meat yield and fat content are definitely not as good as pure meat rabbits!"
"But although the fur quality of this ordinary Yuehua rabbit is not as good as the ones specially bred on our farm, the export price is still acceptable as a mid-to-low-end fur."
"So we buy a batch of baby rabbits, raise them and send them to the commune. We make quite a bit of money every year."
"It's just that raising rabbits is a bit more troublesome than raising chickens. You have to cut grass and feed them."
"We can't just let the chickens wander around and find food like before."
"If we let the rabbits go and let them find food on their own, they'll probably run away in a flash!"
The old man suddenly laughed.
"That's for sure, otherwise why would most of the members have been raising chickens all this time?"
"By the way, you still have to pay more attention to the meat rabbit breeding business later!"
"Although there are now white pigs that are quick to market, it will still take a long time to truly promote them."
"Based on the current number of breeding pigs you have, I estimate that within five years, it would be great if they could be popularized in every farm and breeding farm in the country."
Su Wenchen also said seriously.
"Don't worry, leader. We will definitely pay attention to the breeding of meat rabbits."
"After all, white pigs, which have a single stomach for digestion, can't eat large quantities of this alkali-resistant alfalfa."
"So, our branch farm will still focus on breeding meat rabbits, and we will probably develop dairy and beef cattle breeding in the future."
"Because cows are ruminants with four stomach chambers, their ability to digest fiber is much stronger than that of pigs."
"Of course, this is a follow-up development plan. The growth cycle of cattle is too long. At this stage, we are still focusing on breeding meat rabbits and achieving the goal of self-sufficiency at the branch farm."
"After all, we can't always rely on the ministry and local governments to support our farm! We can't even provide anything!"
Hearing this, the old man nodded frequently.
"You've made a good arrangement. Let's be self-sufficient first and then talk about future development."
"However, if you need anything later, or need to import any species, you can contact the department!"
Seeing this, Su Wenchen responded directly.
"Good leader, if there's a need, we'll definitely report it to the department!"
After the car entered the living area of Blue Water Farm, it stopped directly in front of the guesthouse prepared in advance by Blue Water Farm.
It is called a guesthouse, but in fact it is just a clean and tidy family compound.
However, there are three rooms in total, so there is no problem accommodating leaders and accompanying security personnel.
As for those who came with the Academy of Agricultural Sciences and other departments, since they did not go on the inspection, they stayed at the pig farm instead, communicating and learning with the employees there, so their accommodation was arranged in advance.
After getting off the car, the old man patted Su Wenchen on the shoulder.
"You should get a good rest tonight. We will return to Beijing early tomorrow morning!"
"Xiao Su, you must be prepared to speak at the National Agricultural Reclamation Conference that's been postponed the day after tomorrow!"
Su Wenchen was shocked when he heard this.
"Leader, I'm going to speak? What should I say?"
To be honest, Su Wenchen had never thought about going up to speak, because he had not been notified of the speaking session before, but when he thought about it, the most likely reason for him to go up to speak now was because of Bai Zhu.
After all, their farm has not made any achievements in land reclamation, because work in the Yellow River flood area has not started yet!
The old man also knew what Su Wenchen meant and spoke directly.
"This meeting was originally intended to discuss the future development direction of the state-owned farm. Now that we have your white pig breeding results, we need to add another topic to the meeting."
"Now, except for the Beidahuang area, most other farms have completed land reclamation, so the development of animal husbandry cannot stand still."
"All you need to do is go up and give a detailed introduction to the various data about this white pig. You don't need to work hard on the rest of the promotion."
"They will come to us one by one."
When Su Wenchen heard this, he was immediately touched, because he knew that the old man wanted his colleagues in the system to get to know him in advance.
After all, just like the Yuehua Rabbit, although many farm units know about the Yuehua Rabbit, few people really know it.
Su Wenchen understood that this was paving the way for his future. After all, the more people he knew at this time and the more achievements he had to show for it, the less resistance he would face in future promotions.
Because promotion is not something you can get just by saying the above sentence. Without any outstanding achievements, none of the people below you will respect you.
By then, you won’t be able to find anyone to do the job. Even if someone pushes you up, you will fall down due to various accidents.
And if you can't even gain the basic support, it will generally be difficult to get promoted.
Su Wenchen nodded somewhat moved by the old man's arrangement.
"Don't worry, leader. I'll sort out all the relevant information as soon as I get back."
The old man waved his hand.
"Don't worry too much. You've been running around all day, so you must be tired. You should get some rest!"
After saying that, he walked into the room.
Leave the living area.
Su Wenchen yawned and prepared to go home to sleep. After all, their team was right next to them, and because so many people came this time, all the vacant rooms were full.
Su Wenchen didn't want to squeeze in with a group of grown men!
Su family.
While drowsy, Su's mother heard someone knocking on the door and immediately pushed her husband beside her.
"Old man, why do I hear the youngest one knocking on the door!"
Father Su turned over and muttered.
"You must be dreaming!"
"Didn't the youngest just leave with his daughter-in-law yesterday?"
"How could he come back so late at night? He would definitely call the brigade headquarters and let his family know beforehand!"
"Besides, he's only been gone for a day. I didn't see you so worried when he went out of town before. Why should you be worried about going to your father-in-law's house?"
Su's mother patted Su's father.
"I'm not worried, I really heard it just now!!"
"Could it be from the boss's house? He said that a senior leader seemed to be coming to inspect the farm today. Wasn't someone calling her early today?"
Father Su waved his hand.
"Okay, stop worrying about it. Didn't the boss say this morning that if the big boss doesn't leave at night, she won't be back at night?"
"After all, they have to get up early in the morning to prepare breakfast in the cafeteria!"
"It's already the middle of the night. What is she doing back at this time? Just to sleep with her family for two hours!"
"Sleep, don't think about it!"
Facing the howling wind, Su Wenchen tightened his cotton coat. He forgot to bring his emergency key when he came back this time, and saw that even the light inside was not on.
I suddenly felt helpless. I can’t sleep at the door tonight!
It’s a windy day in the cold winter. If you sleep outside for a night, you will probably be stiff the next day!
"No, big brother! Second brother! Who of you is home? Help me open the door!"
(End of this chapter)
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