Chapter 419 The Turning Point of Life
Some time ago, the farm submitted an application to expand its business premises, but it was not approved. Yan Dachun was very unwilling to accept this, so he privately approached Zhou Yong to discuss the matter.
"Village head, even though the annual income of the farm is not as high as other industries in the village, it is not making a loss after all, so I want to expand the site..."
Before the big collapse, the farm's annual income was about 30,000 to 50,000 yuan, but after the big collapse, the farm's annual income was only about 20,000 yuan.
This is mainly because since the Great Depression, there are no restrictions on the number of poultry that people can raise, so the income of farms has continued to decrease.
In this case, there is no need to expand the farm. It is already very good to maintain the status quo. The brigade will not invest any more money in the farm.
After listening to Zhou Yong's words, Yan Dachun sighed: "But village chief, there are too many cattle and sheep, and the breeding ground is not needed at all..."
"If there is not enough breeding ground, then sell a batch of cattle and sheep..."
Yan Dachun glanced at Zhou Yong and said, "Village Chief, the price of cattle and sheep is very low now, and they can't be sold at a good price..."
The prices of cattle and sheep have been relatively low in the past two years, so the Huaixi Village farm has not sold any cattle or sheep, which has led to insufficient operating space.
Zhou Yong raised his hand and pinched his brows: "Have you ever calculated how much money you would lose if you sold a batch of cattle and sheep now?"
Yan Dachun thought for a while: "A cow will lose 100 yuan, a sheep will lose 30..."
Selling a batch of cattle and sheep now will mean losing money. It is better to wait for the prices of cattle and sheep to recover, then you may be able to make some money.
Zhou Yong felt troubled. He thought for a while: "How many pigs are there in the farm now?"
Since the cattle and sheep cannot be sold, we can only sell a batch of pigs to make room.
At present, the farm has more than 500 pigs, but less than 50 of them can be sold.
The remaining pigs are either sows or breeding pigs, or piglets and piglets weighing about 100 pounds.
Even if fifty pigs were sold, there would not be enough room.
Moreover, there are more than 30 old sows that are going to give birth before the New Year, and another batch of sows will give birth after the New Year. If the site is not expanded, Yan Dachun doesn't know how to feed these animals.
Zhou Yong couldn't help but fall into deep thought after listening to Yan Dachun's words.
After a long while, Zhou Yong finally spoke: "I'll give you an answer tomorrow..."
This matter needs to be discussed in a meeting to see how to solve the problem of the farm.
Yan Dachun nodded, and then she went back.
After she left, Li Caiyun sighed: "Judging from the current situation of the farm, it will sooner or later become a burden to the village..."
Zhou Yong frowned slightly, and said casually: "It's not a burden. If it doesn't work, we can just disband the farm..."
It is simple to disband a breeding farm, but the key is that after the disbandment, not only will there be a lack of fertilizer for farming, but the costs of the canteens in each factory will also increase.
After listening to Li Caiyun's words, Zhou Yong said: "You are right, so the breeding farm cannot be disbanded yet."
Li Caiyun nodded: "I personally think that if we want to change the current situation of the farm, we need to set up a sales department in the farm and let them go out and look for business opportunities themselves..."
Zhou Yong glanced at Li Caiyun and said, "Business opportunities? Unless we cooperate with the hotel, there are no other business opportunities..."
If we cooperate with restaurants, we not only need to slaughter the animals, but also deliver the goods to their door, and the price cannot be too high.
Li Caiyun nodded: "You make sense. The method I'm thinking of won't work."
Zhou Yong frowned slightly and thought: How can the prices of cattle and sheep be driven up?
As long as the price of cattle and sheep goes up, the problems of the farm will be solved by selling a batch of cattle and sheep.
"It's time to eat."
Zhou Yong responded, thinking about the farm, he stood up and walked towards the dining table.
"Mom, give me fifty cents later. I want to buy a copy."
After Zhou Kexin finished speaking, Li Jingchu said, "Mom, give me fifty cents too. I want to buy some ink for my fountain pen."
Li Jingen said, "Mom, give me another dollar. I have no more notebooks or ink left."
Li Caiyun agreed to everything, and the dinner table became quiet. After dinner, Zhou Yong went to the brigade.
We held a meeting in the morning to discuss the breeding farm, but no one had any good ideas. Finally, Zhou Yong decided to expand the breeding farm next year.
In the afternoon, Zhou Yong went to Qingmu County, walked through the streets and alleys, and bought a house with a separate courtyard.
In the following days, Zhou Yong stayed in the county town. He only went home after he finished his work here.
A year ago, Zhou Yong would go to the county town every once in a while, and gradually his behavior aroused Li Caiyun's suspicion.
In fact, the reason why Zhou Yong went to the county town frequently was mainly because the house he bought was being renovated, so he had to go over from time to time to take a look.
But Li Caiyun was unaware of his purchase of a house. In order to avoid causing trouble, Zhou Yong could only reduce the number of times he went to the county town.
On the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, the house was finally renovated. Zhou Yong went to the county town for the last time. After coming back, he spent the New Year at home obediently.
Life entered the year 1987 in an ordinary way. This year had a special significance for Huaixi Village.
The brigade not only formed a transport fleet, but also opened a brewery and built ten buildings.
In addition, an additional floor was added to the original houses, and each household was given a unified brick wall and iron gate installed.
The entire reconstruction project took as long as two years. Finally, on the eve of the college entrance examination in 1988, the house reconstruction project in Huaixi Village was successfully completed.
The villagers looked at their newly renovated homes with joy, and each of them felt filled with pride.
On July 7, 1988, Zhou Kexin, Li Jingchu and Li Jingen reached a turning point in their lives.
On this day, the three siblings were very nervous. They got up in the morning, without combing their hair or washing their faces, and read books, hoping that they could get an ideal score in the exam.
Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun watched the three siblings enter the examination room, and their hearts were hanging in their throats.
Although they all passed the preliminary exam, as parents, they had no idea how they would do in the formal exam.
After three days of intense examinations, it finally came to a successful conclusion on the 9th.
"Son, how do you feel about your test performance?"
Seeing Li Jingchu, Li Caiyun couldn't help but ask this question.
Li Jingchu scratched his head and looked at his mother: "Mom, I feel like I did pretty well. I'll only know how I'll perform after the scores come out..."
Li Caiyun nodded, and at this time Zhou Kexin and Li Jingen walked out of the school together.
Li Caiyun asked them about their exam results, and their answers were exactly the same as Li Jingchu's.
Zhou Yong glanced at Li Caiyun and changed the subject: "The exam is over, Dad will take you to eat something delicious..."
Zhou Yong thinks that no matter how they perform in the exam, as long as the children have tried their best, it will be fine.
Zhou Kexin was immediately happy. She took Zhou Yong's arm and said, "Dad, what are you going to take us to eat?"
Zhou Yong turned his head to look at Zhou Kexin, who was already 1.72 meters tall. He smiled and said, "What do you want to eat?"
Zhou Kexin thought about it and decided that she wanted to eat hotpot, but the brothers Li Jingchu and Li Jingen wanted to eat barbecue.
Finally, under Zhou Kexin's insistence, Li Jingchu and Li Jingen had to follow their elder sister's wishes.
While they were talking, Ma Yichen walked out of the school with a smile on his face.
Zhou Yong called Ma San, and the group headed towards the hot pot restaurant. The four children were chattering about the future.
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