"Director Niu, what brings you here? Please come in!"
As Zhao Jianhua quickly made way for them, he opened the gate wider and shouted loudly behind him.
"Dad! Director Niu from the steel mill is here!"
The sound was so loud, it was as if they were afraid the other people in the village wouldn't hear it.
Factory Director Niu came from another direction and never actually met Zhao Jianfei, who was returning to town.
The moment Zhao Youcai saw Factory Director Niu, he knew what was going on; it was probably because the matter they had discussed a few days ago had come to a conclusion.
Smiling, he shook hands with Factory Director Niu, and the two walked toward Zhao Youcai's house.
Ever since they all placed an order to buy Zhao Youcai's tea, the Zhao family has made sure to brew tea with every drink they make.
When guests arrived, I hurriedly went to the kitchen and found the most exquisite set of porcelain, which cost a full five yuan, and brought it in.
Sure enough, after Director Niu sat down, he got straight to the point without wasting any time.
"I've already spoken to the farm, and they can provide you with twenty piglets, Brother Zhao. We'll go and bring them back whenever you have time after you finish building the pigsty."
As he spoke, Factory Director Niu took out a slip of paper from his pocket and placed it on the table in front of Zhao Youcai.
"This is the slip for picking up the piglets. Just give this to them when you go. I've already paid."
Zhao Youcai quickly waved his hand to refuse. If the factory manager paid for the piglets, how would the price of the pork be calculated after the pigs were raised?
Factory Director Niu seemed to understand Zhao Youcai's concerns and quickly spoke up with a smile.
"Consider it an advance payment from me. Once your pigs are fully grown, give me one for free, and we can continue with normal sales for the rest, okay?"
Zhao Youcai knew that even by this calculation, he had come out on a huge advantage, since he wouldn't have been able to get so many pigs without Director Niu's help.
Even if the farm does unlock the pig-raising function after a while, there's no way to reasonably sell the pork.
Zhao Youcai smiled and nodded, which was considered an agreement.
Factory Director Niu finally received a positive response and breathed a sigh of relief.
He fell in love with the environment of Zhao Jiagou when he last visited Zhao Youcai's home. With its mountains, water, and forests, it's a place where anything raised there would taste delicious.
Although the pigs in the farm are raised scientifically, they lack the flavor that farm-raised pigs should have. Who knows how long he's been craving that authentic farm-raised pig flavor?
Zhao Youcai was pondering how big a pigsty he would need to build for so many pigs, and to avoid any unforeseen problems, he needed to get all the pigs back first. He didn't want to wait until the pigsty was built and he went to herd the pigs back only to find that three or five were missing for various reasons.
Although Factory Manager Niu had already paid, it was ultimately a transaction done through connections. Even if something unexpected happened, Factory Manager Niu couldn't make too much of a fuss.
These twenty piglets are a loss for Zhao Youcai if even one is missing, so he feels more at ease keeping them under his watchful eye.
As for how much food all those pigs would need to eat, Zhao Youcai had absolutely no concerns.
At worst, when harvesting crops, you can simply not click the one-click harvest button, but first pull out enough food for the pigs, and then manually pluck the vegetables one by one.
Potato vines and eggplant vines, which one can't be used to feed pigs?
High-yield potatoes and sweet potatoes are also suitable for feeding pigs.
Once the piglets are a bit bigger and you have more money, spend it to unlock the processing workshop.
Processed wheat bran can be used as rice bran, cooked with cornmeal, and mixed with some vegetable leaves to serve as pig feed.
Zhao Youcai looked out the open window into the backyard. There were still three empty pigsties, more than enough to house twenty piglets.
"The weather is nice today, and the kids have nothing to do at home, so let's go today."
Factory Director Niu had long anticipated that Zhao Youcai would make this decision, after all, the old man was always efficient and decisive in his work.
Anyway, he wasn't busy at the factory today, so he went with Zhao Youcai and introduced him to the farm manager. Maybe they could even discuss some other collaborations.
They're all from the same town. With so many mouths waiting to be fed at the farm, how could anyone bypass Zhao Youcai, this old farmer?
They grow vegetables better than others, so it's a waste to throw away those useless vines and leaves; they'll sell them if they can.
Anyway, the farm needs to find food for these animals, and they can buy food from any village, so why can't it be Zhao Family Village?
Farm.
Director Zhu's office.
With the introduction of Factory Director Niu, Zhao Youcai exchanged pleasantries with Factory Director Zhu for a while.
"You must be Brother Zhao. I heard about your heroic deeds from Factory Director Niu yesterday."
"Director Zhu, you're too kind. I'm just an old man who farms. If it weren't for Captain Qi and big shots like you backing me up, I'd probably have been eaten alive by others long ago."
Zhao Youcai said with a smile that he was just being polite, but he didn't expect that Director Zhu would interpret it in a different way.
Clearly, this old man has a terrifying background! Even Captain Qi, Director Niu, and Director Ma, who usually keeps to themselves, are willing to give him face.
It seems I should also find an opportunity to do them a favor; I might need it in the future.
The two chatted for a few minutes, and then Director Zhu mentioned that he wanted to buy some vegetable leaves from Zhao Youcai to feed the piglets in his pig farm.
Zhao Youcai was both surprised and delighted, and immediately finalized the follow-up cooperation with Factory Director Zhu.
Zhao Youcai never expected that just coming here to pick up piglets would lead to such a rapid contribution to the entire Zhao Family Village.
What was even more unexpected was that the surnames of these factory directors were all more or less related to animals.
Zhao Youcai, feeling dizzy, led his equally dizzy sons home with the piglets. The eldest son found a few people in the village with whom he had a decent relationship to help build the pigsty, while his wife was busy cooking pig feed.
Zhao Youcai, carrying the contract he had just signed, went straight to Zhao Youliang's house to tell him the good news.
Zhao Youliang had just woken up from his afternoon nap and was stretching by the window when he saw Zhao Youcai walking briskly towards his own courtyard.
He quickly stopped what he was doing, turned around, and went out to greet them with a smile.
Zhao Youcai didn't exchange pleasantries with him and directly handed the contract to Zhao Youliang's eyes.
"I've found a profitable business for our village. See if you can do it. If not, I'll go and look around other villages."
To be honest, Zhao Youcai really wanted to take on this order himself. But he also knew that the farm's output was limited; he couldn't possibly haul several truckloads of vines and vegetable leaves to the farm every day, could he?
There are so many people in the village, all experienced farmers. If someone really notices something strange about him, they'll probably have to send him to a specialized research institute for dissection and analysis.
Zhao Youliang quickly finished reading the contract, his eyes lighting up.
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