Chapter 120 Catching a Thief
Before Shang Ruoting could react, Yang Mei joyfully grabbed her arm and said, "Ruoting, that's great! The chickens you raise produce such high egg production rates. If you represent our production team in the competition, you'll definitely win first place."
Deputy Captain Wang nodded repeatedly, as if he had already seen Sihe Village taking first place. "In previous breeding competitions, first place has always been won by Yihe Village. Even though Sihe Village didn't kill wolves, its ranking wasn't ideal either."
"That's great now. Look at the chickens that Ruoting raised. If we take them out, they will definitely win first place in breeding."
Shang Ruoting saw that both of them were focused on winning first place in the breeding competition, but she was thinking about something else.
"Deputy Captain Wang, I wonder what the benefits of winning first place in this breeding competition are?"
"Of course there are benefits," Deputy Captain Wang described vividly. "First, we can get a big red banner from the commune. Also, our egg production is high, so we will be purchased first by the commune."
Shang Ruoting couldn't help but admire Deputy Captain Wang: People in this era are so simple and honest. There is no real benefit at all, but Deputy Captain Wang is so happy?
Unlike later generations, where everyone prioritizes their own interests...
"Okay, I wonder where the competition will be tomorrow and what the process is?"
Vice Captain Wang quickly explained the rules of the game.
"Actually, this competition involves the commune sending people to inspect the farms in each village and also reviewing the records submitted. Then, each team will send their expert breeders to the commune, and Secretary Cui will announce the results."
Shang Ruoting nodded: "Okay, I will follow Vice Captain Wang's arrangements tomorrow."
Seeing that Shang Ruoting had agreed, Vice Captain Wang looked at Yang Mei and asked, "I wonder if Yang Mei can make the marinade for the tofu by herself?"
"Ruoting has to participate in the breeding competition tomorrow, so I'm afraid she won't be able to take care of the tofu shop."
In fact, after two days of study, Yang Mei and Shang Ruoting are fully capable of operating independently, but they are still a little lacking in confidence.
"Deputy Captain Wang, I..."
Shang Ruoting understood her thoughts best and spoke first, "Deputy Captain Wang, Yangmei is fine. Today's tofu is basically the gypsum water she ordered, and there is no mistake at all."
"Okay, then tomorrow you'll have to work hard, Yangmei. You'll be in charge of the braising process first. Ruoting will get up early and go to the chicken coop to wait."
After discussing tomorrow's arrangements, Shang Ruoting and Yang Mei went home.
Shang Ruoting went to the chicken coop first and saw that Old Lady Shang and Yang Tao had already cleaned the place and filled the trough with rice bran. She quietly added some spiritual spring water and loaded all the eggs onto a cart and sent them to the production team.
When passing by the west yard, there were obviously a lot more materials piled up there, but there was no sign of Tan Chen. Shang Ruoting guessed that he had not returned from delivering the goods today.
Just as she was about to leave, she vaguely saw a figure in the backyard, jumping over the fence and running towards the foot of the mountain.
Shang Ruoting quickly pushed the cart into the yard, picked up a sickle and chased in the direction the man fled.
Tan Kai just wanted to come here to see how much Tan Chen had bought in the past few days. It would be even better if he could take some away.
As a result, seeing that the yard was full of materials such as blue bricks and steel bars, which were difficult to take away in broad daylight, he became angry and wanted to destroy the vegetable garden that had just begun to sprout.
Unexpectedly, he had just trampled to death a few seedlings when he was unlucky enough to be caught by Shang Ruoting.
In fact, he was just feeling guilty. If he hadn't been so nervous that he wanted to jump over the fence to escape, Shang Ruoting would not have been able to see him at all when she passed by pushing the cart.
He ran desperately in front, and Shang Ruoting chased him relentlessly from behind.
Shang Ruoting shouted "Catch the thief" all the way.
Tan Kai ran without stopping for even a moment. He had just seen several women digging wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain. If he was seen, he would become a thief that everyone would hate.
Even though he didn't steal anything, if he ran ahead like this with the Death Star chasing him from behind, people would definitely misunderstand him if they saw him.
Although Shang Ruoting couldn't tell who the thief was, she felt that the figure looked familiar. She hadn't come into contact with many men since she came here, so the thief was most likely from Sihe Village.
Tan Kai felt that he was running quite fast, but he couldn't shake off the pursuit of this unlucky guy no matter what. He also didn't want to be seen by those women, so he gritted his teeth and ran straight into the mountains.
The women who were digging wild vegetables heard Shang Ruoting's shout and all looked towards the source of the sound.
I originally wanted to help, but when I saw the thief in front running into the mountains and Shang Ruoting chasing him in, I had to give up the idea and go back to the village to call for help.
Shang Ruoting chased Tan Kai all the way into the mountains. Tan Kai was already exhausted. He looked back and saw that the Death Star was still chasing him.
Looking at Shang Ruoting's thin body, Tan Kai suddenly felt a little stupid. Why was he running for such a fragile woman?
So he stood there, looking down at Shang Ruoting, and he would beat her up if she dared to get close to him.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com