"What can I do? I'll go and see what's going on. But I might have to break my promise to you again."
Su Ying was already used to it. The fact that her father still pushed her into the car when he knew they were going out on a date today showed how urgent the report was.
"It's alright. Anyway, there's nowhere to go during the holiday, so it's good for you to go to the countryside for an inspection, He. You can even take a break."
Gu Sinian promised, "Next time I will definitely take you to see a movie and go shopping."
Su Ying looked helpless. "Forget it. The higher you sit, the greater your responsibilities become. I understand that."
"Actually, you should have known that my dad set you up. He made you the last one to draw lots so that he would pass the task to you. Why didn't you expose him?"
Gu Sinian said helplessly, "I'm on vacation, and they still want me to attend a meeting. Isn't it obvious? My father-in-law must have searched everywhere, but he didn't expect that no one could handle it."
"Knowing I was on vacation, this method, though not exactly honorable, seems honorable at all. Once I drew it, I had no way to back out."
Su Ying was speechless. "I really don't understand you men. Why can't you just say what you mean? Why do you have to do all this nonsense?"
"Why not just say it directly? Over the years, my father-in-law has dumped so many troublesome things on me. I guess he felt bad about it this time, so he came up with this trick. And the most important thing is that the task is very difficult to complete, so he assigned it to me in case I refused, which is why he came up with this terrible idea."
"Actually, everyone in the meeting just now is a shrewd person. How could they not have noticed something? As long as the fire doesn't spread to them, they don't care what tricks their father-in-law is playing, they'll all cooperate."
Su Ying's lips twitched. "No wonder they were all covering their mouths and chuckling just now; they knew what was going on."
"I understand, I understand."
The couple chatted happily in the back seat, and an hour later they arrived at the nearest rural area for an inspection.
Xiao Zhao got out of the car first as a guard. After making sure there were no suspicious people around, he stood quietly to the side and waited.
Gu Sinian got out of the car first, then went around to the other side to open the car door for Su Ying.
When Su Ying arrived at Chenjia Village, she was stunned. It was so desolate, with weeds everywhere. No wonder the villagers all ran away when they heard the call for reform and opening up.
These villages really can't survive without going out to find a way to make a living.
She had visited so many villages, but this was the first time she had seen one so desolate.
"Isn't this too poor? How could my dad have the nerve to dump such a difficult task on you?"
Gu Sinian shrugged. "My father-in-law probably thinks that even if I mess this up, the higher-ups won't do anything, so he just dumped it on me without any burden."
Su Ying was speechless. "My dad is just targeting people he knows."
"Not really. After all, this matter could be big or small, and it's not something an ordinary person can handle."
What are your plans next?
"What else can we do? Do you think Chenjia Village is suitable for digging fish ponds and raising fish?"
Su Ying was taken aback. "You mean you want to transplant the successful experience of Willow Tree Village here?"
"We did have that idea, but it couldn't be implemented. Chenjia Village only has about twenty people, and they can't do anything. They are all disadvantaged groups. Digging fish ponds, raising fish, finding sales channels, and transporting goods are all things that these disadvantaged groups cannot handle."
"And the greenhouse vegetable farming model is also not going to work out; the costs are quite high."
The more Gu Sinian thought about it, the more his head ached.
Su Ying nodded in agreement. Indeed, the success of Willow Village could not be replicated.
It was a village with a decent population and a capable workforce, and a village head who got things done and listened to advice...
The success of Liushu Village is not replicable.
“These villages are far apart and cannot be put together, and there is a lot of wasteland…”
Gu Sinian nodded, "That's exactly what you said."
The two walked and chatted, with Xiao Zhao following closely behind to ensure their safety.
Suddenly something flew past them, startling Su Ying so much that she hid behind Gu Sinian...
When the man heard the noise, he thought it was an attack by some unknown object.
Standing directly in front of Su Ying, Xiao Zhao drew his gun first...
Bang! The chicken died with one shot...
Su Ying stared in disbelief at the scene before her; it was just a chicken.
"Could this be one of the villagers' chickens? If we shoot it and kill it, how are we going to explain this to the villagers?"
A thought suddenly flashed through Su Ying's mind: chicken?
She remembered a brand that was very popular in later generations... with standardized operations that didn't require chefs.
She wants to try it out now.
Let's make fried chicken.
Now that reform and opening up have brought many policies, she also wants to try them out, and maybe this will help Gu Sinian get promoted again.
"What can I do with these dozen or so villages?"
Gu Sinian was surprised that she had come up with a solution in such a short time; she truly was his knowledgeable and experienced wife.
Tell me about it.
“We can get all the villages to raise chickens.”
The man touched his forehead. "Raising chickens?"
Suddenly, a lightbulb went off in my head, and I suddenly understood what was going on.
"You mean you want all the individual village chiefs to raise chickens? And then sell them all at once?"
“But raising chickens in more than twenty villages is a huge amount, and the supply and marketing cooperative can’t afford it.”
“Who says raising chickens means you have to sell them? We can sell them ourselves.”
"Sell it yourself?"
The man rubbed his chin. "Sell it ourselves? Are we opening a chicken stand?"
"Why open that thing? How much money can you make? And how can a chicken stand possibly consume that many chickens a day?"
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