When Ning Xuan found Zhou Yougen, she liked him. She looked at the drawing she had made and then introduced it to Zhou Yougen again.
Zhou Yougen, as expected of someone with knitting skills, was initially a bit confused when he saw the pattern, but after Ning Xuan explained it to him, he knew how to do it.
“This shouldn’t be a problem. We can start by weaving small baskets about half the size of an egg, and then use a bamboo strip to thread through the bottom and the body of the basket to secure them together. Just make sure there are enough baskets according to the dimensions set by Ning Zhiqing. Other materials can be used in the same way. It’s just that I’ve never made something this small before, so I’m not entirely sure. I’ll give it a try first,” Zhou Yougen said to Zhou Jianguo with a simple smile.
"It's alright, Uncle Yougen, just see if you can do it. If you can, great; if not, we'll think of other ways." Zhou Jianguo was actually quite confident, but he was afraid of putting pressure on Zhou Yougen, so he didn't say that he absolutely had to do it, even though he was quite anxious.
So, because Zhou Yougen was quite old, Zhou Jianguo told him to spend the next few days researching how to make egg cartons and not go to work.
Zhou Yougen was quite happy to receive work points without having to work, and to be doing what he was good at. He began to study egg cartons with great interest.
In fact, Zhou Yougen had a general idea in mind, but he still had to try different thicknesses of bamboo strips and rattan to select the most suitable thickness. This process was not difficult, but it required patience.
While Zhou Yougen was researching egg trays, Lu Xun and Zhou Zhipeng were going to the provincial capital to develop the egg market. The most crucial issue was transportation. Ning Xuan, Zhou Jianguo, and Lu Xun studied the matter and found that trucks would be more convenient.
Train transport is generally a bit smoother, since it travels on rails and there won't be much of a bump. However, it depends on the train schedule at the train station and whether there are any empty carriages available. Once at the station, you'll still need to move the goods and transfer them to freight trucks.
So it would be better to use freight trucks from the beginning, as they are faster than trains. After all, trains have to stop and start frequently, while freight trucks don't have to stop as often.
However, using trucks also requires dealing with the transportation department. They need to rent trucks from them, and even the drivers need to be provided by the transportation department, since no one in their brigade knows how to drive trucks.
This matter will be left to Lu Xun to handle.
Not long after Liang Zhicheng's incident, his subordinate He Wei, who was also the secretary of Xiangyang Commune, stepped down. The newly appointed secretary was a good secretary who was dedicated to getting things done. Hearing that the chicken farm run by Hongxing Brigade was thriving, he was very supportive of their work. With the support of the commune leaders, it would be much easier for them to deal with other departments in the commune.
As expected, Lu Xun's negotiation with the Ministry of Transportation went smoothly. The Ministry of Transportation had both long-distance and short-distance trucks. Long-distance trucks could rest for two or three days after each trip, and the scheduling of short-distance trucks was also very flexible. The Ministry of Transportation said that if they needed a vehicle, they only needed to let them know 2-3 days in advance, and they would help with the scheduling.
As for why they didn't wait until the egg trays were successfully developed before negotiating transportation, Ning Xuan had already considered that even if the egg trays failed and they couldn't expand into the egg market, they could still sell adult chickens. The market for adult chickens was also quite considerable, although the production cycle wasn't as short as that for eggs.
However, if the market in the provincial capital can be developed, Ning Xuan will secretly use cheats to accelerate the growth of chickens in the chicken farm. Then, once the scale of the chicken farm is stable enough to supply the needs of the commune and the provincial capital, she will stop.
Because of this idea, regardless of whether the egg-carrying project is successful or not, we can find ways to expand into the market in the provincial capital.
While Lu Xun and his group went to the provincial capital to promote the products of the Hongxing Brigade Chicken Farm to various factories and units, Ning Xuan secretly went to the provincial capital as well. The teleportation array she had previously placed on the outskirts of the provincial capital finally came in handy.
At the First Machinery Factory in the provincial capital, Liang Jingyi looked at the transfer letter in her hand, feeling both angry and desolate. In the end, they couldn't bear to see her suffer any longer.
She was among the last batch of college students before the college entrance examination was abolished. Because of her grandparents' and father's preference for sons over daughters, she was able to continue her studies until college. Her mother made great efforts, withstood the pressure, and supported her all the way to college.
Because her major was relevant to her studies and she excelled in school, she was assigned to the First Machinery Factory in Dong Province after graduation. Her dream was to become a mechanical engineer and research various machines that would be useful for the country's development and the people.
However, reality soon dealt her a huge blow. Even though she had excellent professional knowledge and was interested in research, in her first year, she could only do some errands and odd jobs and couldn't even get close to the projects.
She wasn't discouraged, thinking it was normal for her seniors to be hesitant to let a newcomer like her handle projects since she had just graduated.
Logically speaking, one year of running errands and doing odd jobs should have been enough. In the second year, she should have been given some sub-tasks in the projects, but she wasn't. No matter which project she was on, she wasn't included. She was still running errands and doing odd jobs for other senior technicians in various projects.
She sat on the sidelines for three years, and then one day, by chance, while some senior colleagues were discussing a problem, she was tidying up her things and overheard their discussion. After thinking for a while, she quickly calculated the answer in her mind and couldn't help but speak up and say the correct answer.
She even received disapproving looks from several senior colleagues, who said she shouldn't have spoken up since she wasn't involved in the project.
However, after discussing and calculating for a long time, they still couldn't get the result right. One of the technicians, as if by some strange twist of fate, plugged in the answer that Liang Siyi had given and was surprised to find that Liang Siyi was actually right.
Because of that accident, her abilities were finally recognized by the veteran technicians, and she was finally able to participate in the project.
However, Liang Siyi soon realized that she had been too optimistic. The senior technicians only recognized her computing ability and made her act as a human computer in the project, but they did not let her participate in the project in a real way, let alone become a core member of the project.
But she still endured it. After all, she had been sitting on the sidelines for three years. What did it matter if the project didn't have her name on it, since she was just a human computer? She would definitely fight for the project for herself.
This wait lasted for more than a year. During that year, Liang Siyi was like a mobile computer, moving from one project to another.
It was only during this year or so, through close interaction with the veteran technicians, that she understood why she had spent three years on the sidelines. (This chapter has been read. Please click to continue reading the next chapter!)
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