Chapter 88 Anonymous Report
Occasionally, one or two eggs might be pecked open because the hen was moving too fast, or accidentally broken. These eggs cannot be stored in the warehouse or sold.
Ning Xuan had discussed this kind of thing with Zhou Jianguo beforehand, and the solution they came up with was that the few eggs that were accidentally broken would be handled by the employees themselves, which was a kind of hidden employee benefit.
Ningxuan has no shortage of eggs, so when they come across these eggs, they usually share them with the other elderly people to take home.
"There are a few more double-yolk eggs, and they're much bigger," Aunt Ge remarked.
Xu Jiajia looked at the double-yolk egg, which was much larger than the other eggs, and asked curiously, "Is this a double-yolk egg?"
“Yes, we’ll put these aside separately. We’ll separate the ones that are significantly different in size,” Ning Xuan explained.
The wooden frames they use to store eggs in their warehouse were made by Uncle Shizhu. They line the frames with straw and then deliberately space the eggs apart to prevent them from breaking during transport.
Now, their eggs are first purchased by the supply and marketing cooperative. After the cooperative has collected enough eggs to meet its quota, they then sell them to the canteens of several factories in the commune.
Each factory canteen has a certain degree of autonomy in purchasing. Buying small quantities of chickens and eggs generally does not require reporting to the factory. Only large quantities require an application.
Lu Xun and Zhou Zhipeng took over all the factories, big and small, in the commune, and all they had to do was supply goods to each factory regularly every month.
Everything went smoothly from raising chickens to selling them, and that's how the Hongxing Brigade Chicken Farm was established.
By the time the second batch of chicks they kept were able to lay eggs, the number of chickens in the farm had exceeded 1,000.
This is still the result of continuously selling eggs. Then, Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia will control the number of eggs the hens incubate at each time period based on the data records, so that the number of chickens in the chicken farm can be kept stable within a certain scale.
Based on the current market situation in the entire commune, they usually keep the number of chickens they raise at 1,000-1,500, which can ensure a stable supply and leave some surplus to cope with sudden increases in orders.
They can't support a larger scale right now. Firstly, the market is only so big, and they can only sell to each other. So if they want to expand their sales, they need to expand to other communes and provincial capitals.
However, current transportation conditions are poor, and eggs are fragile. Selling them to distant places would increase their storage and transportation costs, which is not feasible under current conditions.
Just a while after Xu Jiajia started working, rumors suddenly spread in the brigade that Xu Jiajia and Ning Xuan had embezzled public property by taking eggs from the chicken farm back home.
Some people even wrote anonymous letters to the commune to report Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia.
This has made the problem serious. If it had only been reported to the brigade, Zhou Jianguo could have handled it himself. But if it was reported to the commune, then the commune would have to send someone to investigate.
Zhou Jianguo said to Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia with a serious expression, "I only found out yesterday that there have been rumors in the team about you stealing eggs from the chicken farm. Before I could suppress them, the commune received an anonymous tip."
The investigation team will arrive soon, so be prepared. But as long as you are innocent, there's nothing to fear; the investigation is just a formality.
Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia nodded to indicate that they understood.
After speaking with Ning Xuan, Zhou Jianguo called over several elderly men and women from the chicken farm and told them to be careful about the upcoming investigation team.
After finishing his sentence, Zhou Jianguo went back to the brigade office to wait for the investigation team.
Aunt Ge and the others surrounded Ning Xuan with worried expressions, asking her all sorts of questions.
"Ning Zhiqing, will anything happen to our chicken farm?"
"They're not going to make us shut down the chicken farm, are they?"
"I finally got this job. It's easy to earn work points, and I even get a broken egg every now and then to take home for my grandson's extra meal. I really don't want to leave."
Ning Xuan understood their feelings. Because of their age, these people could no longer keep up with the physical strength to do farm work, so they earned fewer work points than before. They also had minor illnesses from time to time, and they dared not go to get medicine for fear of spending money. Even when they needed to spend some money, they had to look at their son and daughter-in-law's attitude.
Even if their sons and daughters-in-law don't say anything, many elderly people of this generation are very worried about causing trouble for their children and grandchildren, so they are very happy if they can do more and lend a hand to the family.
Ning Xuan gestured for them to quiet down. "I can't guarantee what will happen to our chicken farm after the investigation team comes down, but what we need to do is to agree on a story. Everyone should just tell us exactly what our usual work process is."
Don't easily believe promises made by others that you'll say something else, only to later decide to change your mind and, for example, turn around and accuse me and Xu Zhiqing.
I believe you can all judge for yourselves that this chicken farm is able to raise chickens so well because of my expertise.
This is the most fundamental thing, but don't think that Xu Zhiqing is dispensable. Even if you weren't there at the time, you've heard about her exam results. She got the job with a perfect score. With her there, it would be much easier for our chicken farm to count the number of animals.
Xu Zhiqing would quickly and accurately give us a number of chicks to keep and to control the number of chickens we raised.
So just give a verbatim account of your usual work, and you don't need to worry about anything else.
While speaking, Ning Xuan paid attention to the expressions of the elderly people present. She noticed that Aunt Liang's expression was a bit off, and she had a guess in her mind.
After everyone promised not to say anything out of line and went about their work, Ning Xuan went to find Aunt Liang, intending to probe her background.
When Aunt Liang saw Ning Xuan coming to find her, she panicked and swept chicken droppings onto her feet with the broom in her hand.
"Aunt Liang, did someone really say something to you?" Ning Xuan asked bluntly.
"No, Ning Zhiqing, don't talk nonsense," Aunt Liang denied vehemently.
Ning Xuan's eyes turned cold. It seemed that after this incident, Aunt Liang could not stay here.
It's fine if she doesn't admit it; she has plenty of advanced technology. Just give her an obedience potion and let her admit the truth herself.
Then Ning Xuan quickly dripped a drop of obedience potion onto Aunt Liang and made her tell what had happened.
After hearing what Aunt Liang said, Ning Xuan was quite surprised; it was someone she had never expected.
When asked further, Aunt Liang didn't know either, so Ning Xuan had no choice but to give up.
But she didn't have time to deal with it because the investigation team arrived.
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