Chapter 239 Uncle Agen's Career
A dozen people from the northwest originally wanted to eat some stir-fried rice dumplings, but in the end they only got two mouthfuls. They looked at their local and Hong Kong colleagues with resentment.
"Don't you always say that we only know how to eat spicy food? Why are we eating so happily now?" A Biao muttered.
The young man said confidently: "It's only a little spicy, I can eat it! You didn't tell me before that your chili oil is so delicious."
"It wasn't made with our Qin pepper before, and I could hardly eat the chili oil and potatoes from my hometown." A Biao said aggrievedly.
When I was at home, I would never put so many ingredients in it. How could it be so fragrant? This stir-fried rice has the taste of home, but it tastes much better than the one at home. He spent a lot of effort and pounded it for so long, but he only ate a small bite.
"Yes, we can eat this spicy food. When I went to Sichuan to work in the countryside, I got hemorrhoids from eating so much."
"I went to Hunan, but I couldn't eat it either."
"Don't think that we are next door, Guangxi also eats spicy food."
Many of Yimei's newly recruited workers are educated youth who returned to the city. They talked to their colleagues who had never left the province or even the city about how spicy food is eaten in other places.
"It's so spicy that my tongue is numb. How can I taste anything?"
“Don’t think that just because you’ve been to Sichuan, the food in other places is the same as Sichuan food, with only spicy flavor and no other taste.”
Yue Ning couldn't stand people talking about Sichuan cuisine like that. She said, "Sichuan cuisine is one of the eight major cuisines. It has both fresh and rich flavors, and a variety of flavors. I'll make Sichuan cuisine tonight, Tai'an fish. Do you want to eat it?"
Yimei now implements two shifts and three operations, 12 hours in, 12 hours out, two days of day shift, two days of night shift, and two days of rest. This can maximize the use of equipment and increase production capacity.
The day shift workers had one lunch and one dinner in the factory. Everyone rushed to eat Yimei, one of the reasons being that they could have enough food.
The workers were stunned. Ah Biao said, "I remember now. If you guys don't eat, I'll eat."
"Eat it! Why not? You must eat the food made by the boss lady."
"Yes, yes, why not eat the food cooked by the boss lady? Ah Biao, don't think of eating alone."
A middle-aged man walked into the cafeteria. Xiuxiu stood up and called out in very unstandard Cantonese: "Uncle Zhu!"
"Xiu Xiu, the goods have been delivered, please help me collect them."
"I'll be there right away." Xiuxiu stood up, put down her bowl and chopsticks, and hurried out.
Yue Ning and Qiao Junxian put the rice bowls in the dirty plate basket. They saw a truck parked in front of the factory building opposite and unloading goods.
The two walked over, and the middle-aged man saw Qiao Junxian and walked over: "Boss Qiao, the fan blades have arrived."
The fan blades have to be cut from galvanized steel sheets, then stamped into shape, and then painted. Gangcheng Yimei also distributed them to hardware processing factories. These old factories were built in the 1950s. Now with the development of Gangcheng, wages and rents have become more expensive. This kind of machine processing factory, which occupies a large area and does heavy physical work, has less room for survival. At the beginning of the year, that factory asked Yimei to raise prices, and Qiao Junxian understood their difficulties.
However, businessmen pursue profits, and when the Pengcheng business recruiters found him and introduced him to a township collective enterprise, that enterprise had been making bicycle parts. Because it was a collective enterprise, state-owned enterprises were given priority in planned allocations, and they often could not get raw materials and were under-operated.
The area where Yimei is located is an export processing zone, so there are no restrictions on purchasing steel from Japan. They let the township enterprise process the parts and then send them to their factory.
Because of the bonded nature, a manual needs to be made and the goods will be cleared at the customs later. Xiuxiu is currently in charge of this area. She carefully counts the goods, and A Biao and his team come over to put labels on them and take the goods in.
"Director Zhu, have you eaten?" asked Qiao Junxian.
"I left home at nine in the morning, but it's not over yet! After unloading the goods, let's go to the city to have a bite to eat." Director Zhu said, wiping his sweat.
"If you don't mind, go to the cafeteria and have a bite."
"How can this be so embarrassing?"
"Go! Don't go hungry." Qiao Junxian said, "I'm going back to the office. If you're not in a hurry after dinner, come and sit with me."
"Thank you, Boss Joe."
Yue Ning was just about to go upstairs with Qiao Junxian when he saw Uncle Agen and Aunt Yueqin coming in with a very elegant lady.
Yue Ning ran over and called out, "Auntie!"
Ge Yueqin's originally pretty face has become even whiter now, but she has gained a lot of weight, has a double chin, and her belly is very big.
Agen said to Yue Ning: "This is Professor Lu. She is free this afternoon. I invited her over."
Yue Ning greeted: "Hello, Teacher Lu!"
"Hello, Xiaoyue!" Teacher Lu turned to Ge Yueqin and said, "Yueqin, you have been busy with me for so long yesterday and today, go to sleep for a while."
"Auntie, I'm fine. I want to eat another bite of the potato dumplings Ningning made. After I'm done, I'll sit for a while before going to sleep."
"Let's go to our room! That way Yueqin can lie down too. Ningning asked me to run the breeding farm, but I can't make up my mind." Agen said.
Yue Ning smiled: "Uncle Agen, you just listen to your wife."
"Your aunt is my teacher in breeding, so of course I listen to educated people." Agen looked at Teacher Lu, "Aunt Lu, am I right?"
"Yes, yes!" Teacher Lu was full of smiles. "The knowledge that Yueqin has mastered is not necessarily what the undergraduates of the first two years of our school have. I told her that there is a policy now to pilot the "Self-study Assessment Method", and our school happens to be the pilot. I am writing textbooks, mainly for special poultry and livestock breeding in South China. I asked Yueqin if she wanted to take the self-study exam. It will be just right if she passes the exam! It will probably take two years for this major to be officially opened. The baby will be able to walk, so she can concentrate on studying. Then she can be my graduate student."
Yue Ningke was happy: "Aunt, learn it!"
Ge Yueqin looked at the man, and Yang Yonggen nodded: "I'm not afraid of learning. You didn't look down on me as a primary school student when you were in technical secondary school. Can you still look down on me now that you're a college student?"
"stupid!"
Yue Ning turned around and said to Qiao Junxian, "I went to talk to my aunt and Teacher Lu. I also took Uncle Agen away with me."
"Go ahead!"
Yang Yonggen went to the office to borrow a few water cups and went into the dormitory with them.
The couple shared a room, which contained a bed, a desk, and a cabinet. A red double happiness bath towel was spread on the edge of the bed, and Ge Yueqin asked Teacher Lu to sit on the edge of the bed.
Yue Ning took the tea poured by Yang Yonggen, talked about what he saw and heard in France, recounted the current industrial status of the Durand Group, and emphasized the market potential of French foie gras.
"In fact, French foie gras is not all goose liver, but part of it is duck liver. The flavor of fattened duck liver is very strong, while the foie gras of fattened Landes geese is delicate and is the best among foie gras. French and Japanese cuisines have very deep exchanges, and many Japanese chefs have gone to several major chef schools in France to study. We must set our sights on the Japanese market." Yue Ning said, "In terms of the right time, right place, and right people, Japan has huge demand, while France's production capacity is severely limited. This is the right time; the right place is that we are in Pengcheng, which faces the port city, so it is very convenient to export; the right people are good, Aunt Yueqin and Uncle Agen are both professionals in animal husbandry, and now there is a great expert like Professor Lu. The feed factory is cooperating with Professor Lu. In the future, we will introduce breeding geese and feed formulas. There will also be factories willing to provide technical support. We can also export complete and high-quality foie gras. As for incomplete foie gras, I plan to discuss with Cui Huiwen, the boss of Cui Ji Condiments, and let them do OEM for the Durand Group to produce foie gras sauce."
Yue Ning looked at Professor Lu: "Professor Lu, I had this idea when I was in France, but I was afraid that my uncle Agen would not have professional guidance, and he did not understand English and French. Even if the French wanted to help, there would be a lot of trouble. Originally, I wanted to ask the comrades from the import and export company to help introduce professionals. Now it's good, a great expert like you is here. The French told me that Landes geese are prone to "wing flipping disease" at around 40 days old, which is because the feed they are fed lacks some substances. This disease is not a big deal, but the geese will rub against each other in the cage, causing stress. During fattening and stuffing in the later stage, blood spots will appear on the goose liver due to various reasons. The quality of this kind of goose liver with blood spots is not high enough. The support of great experts is very important. We must be able to solve the problems when we discover them."
Professor Lu realized that this was indeed their professional area and said, "Geese are the most susceptible to wing-flipping disease. It is usually caused by calcium deficiency and imbalance of calcium-phosphorus ratio, which leads to skeletal dysplasia in geese. In severe cases, two-thirds of geese may flip their wings. We have helped a Lionhead goose farm solve this problem and reduced the rate of wing-flipping disease in Lionhead geese to 9%."
Yue Ning smiled: "Isn't this the right person?"
Yue Ning looked at Yang Yonggen and said, "Uncle Agen, do you want to do it? If not, I will find the farms that supply me. If you want to do it, you can learn how to run the business while the country is still not clear that the breeding company is under my name. After a few years, when the country clearly encourages private economy, I will transfer the farm to you. You can do the breeding business well and become a boss."
"Can I be a boss?" Yang Yonggen was a little confused.
Yue Ning was full of confidence: "Of course you can! You are smart and kind. I will guide you at the beginning, and I am sure you will be able to do well on your own in the future."
In the entire Xiaoyanggou, Yue Ning is most optimistic about Uncle Agen, as he has the potential.
Yang Yonggen looked at his wife who was eating potato dumplings and said, "Yueqin, I'll listen to you."
Ge Yueqin nodded: "How can you not believe what Ningning said?"
"I'll do it!" Yang Yonggen nodded.
Yue Ning stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go to the kitchen to see if the fish has arrived. I'll make Tai'an fish for everyone tonight."
"I'm going to the feed factory again." Professor Lu stood up and said.
Yue Ning said: "Teacher Lu, come to the factory for dinner. I will cook a few more dishes."
Ge Yueqin said: "Teacher Lu, Ningning's dishes are delicious, you must come and try them."
"Okay." Professor Lu looked at Ge Yueqin, "Yueqin, you should take a nap and rest more. Only then the baby will grow faster."
Yue Ning accompanied Professor Lu downstairs and sent him out of the factory gate.
Yue Ning walked towards the cafeteria. Two unfamiliar aunts were washing dishes at the sink outside the cafeteria.
Yue Ning walked into the kitchen, where Aunt Chunmei and the aunt from the cafeteria were already cleaning the fish.
They cleaned the fish, Yue Ning chopped it up, and asked casually, "Aunt, how do you divide the work?"
"The kitchen belongs to the two of us, and the outside belongs to two cleaners. The two cleaners are responsible for cleaning the office, the workshop toilet and the canteen. They and the other two cleaners work shifts with the workshop. Isn't the office a regular day shift? There is no need to clean at night, so they will prepare noodles or rice noodles for the workers in the middle of the night..."
After hearing what Aunt Chunmei said, Yue Ning asked, "Does the night shift have simple meals? Noodles at midnight, porridge and buns in the morning. Don't the people on the night shift feel disadvantaged?"
"No! There is a meal allowance and a night shift subsidy for working the night shift. The workers in our workshop can get 100 yuan including the night shift subsidy and overtime pay! Can the state-owned factories in Yuecheng get half of that?" Aunt Chunmei said.
Another aunt said: "But the wages of workers in our factory port city are very high. I heard it is more than 2,000!"
"There's nothing to compare. Can you just get by? Can you still work in our factory if you get by?" Aunt Chunmei said, "For me, I came from the northwest and earned a hundred yuan a year, but now I can earn more than seventy yuan a month. I'm very happy. For you, your home is nearby and you don't have to go out."
"Yes, the two daughters of my eldest uncle's family were taken to Gangcheng by brothers from the same clan. When they went there, they were told that they would be waitresses in a restaurant with a salary of three to four thousand. In the end, they worked as waitresses in that kind of place." said a local aunt.
Yue Ning's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. Aunt Chunmei was puzzled: "What kind of place?"
"It's that kind of place, where men go to have fun."
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