Chapter 68: No Close Friendship
An Zhixia put down her bag, washed her hands and sat at the table.
An Zhiqiu had already prepared the meal. Just as An Zhixia said, in order to celebrate his sister's going to work, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a pound of meat, cut half a pound into a bowl of braised pork, and stewed the other half with dried tofu, dried beans, kelp, mushrooms, peanuts, and quail eggs. The flavor of the meat was soaked into the dish, and the smell spread throughout half the village.
The scallion pancakes are crispy and fragrant, and they are enough to fill your stomach even without any side dishes.
An Zhixia was very hungry. She had to make do with the food in the cafeteria at noon and had no time to get a snack from the supermarket. Now that her mouth was occupied, she just nodded and hummed twice, then buried her head in eating.
Seeing his sister eating so voraciously, An Zhiqiu felt distressed and kept picking food for her, saying, "You didn't have enough at noon, did you? How about I make lunch for you tomorrow when I make breakfast, and put it in a lunch box for you to take with you? We are not short of money and tickets, at worst I can go to the black market and buy some more meat tickets.
It's spring now, the time for growth, you can't lose weight."
An Zhixia wrinkled her nose at her brother. Why did he bring this up again?
She asked angrily, "Brother, do you have a problem with my height or my figure?"
An Zhiqiu was stunned, his handsome face flushed, and he hummed softly: "Your body proportions are quite good, but you must have enough nutrition to maintain the status quo, right? Young people are very active, how much do you consume every day when you rush back and forth to work?
Anyway, in your brother's eyes, you are a child who never grows up. Can't I make delicious food for you?"
"Brother, are you going to spend all the money you saved for marrying my sister-in-law on buying meat for me?" An Zhixia couldn't help teasing her brother while biting her chopsticks.
An Zhiqiu patted her head unceremoniously: "What are you thinking, little kid? How much does it cost for you to eat meat? We are the same age. When you are going to find a partner and get married, I will think about my own affairs."
Since the topic now came to her, An Zhixia immediately ended it. Anyway, neither of them was in a hurry to solve their marriage problems before returning to the city.
After eating and drinking, she followed her brother to the kitchen like a little tail, sat on a chair and ate an apple. While watching him wash the pots and dishes, she began to tell him in detail what had happened to her since she entered the commune gate.
An Zhiqiu's expression changed all kinds of ways when he heard this. Sometimes he was moved, sometimes angry, sometimes relieved, and sometimes worried. The girl's day was more exciting than his ten days or half a month, which also gave him a strong desire to return to the city as soon as possible to get rid of the heavy and boring life at the moment.
Born to the same parents, he is still a brother, and he cannot be too much worse than his sister. An Zhiqiu does not have a very lofty goal, he just wants to provide an arm when his sister is tired, stand up and fight back when his sister is bullied, and lend a hand when his sister needs help.
It's a pity that he doesn't have a younger sister like Lingfan, so he can only become more determined and work harder to learn cooking skills.
After digesting the food, An Zhixia returned to the house with the information about the forest area.
She briefly flipped through the information and compared the forest areas in the data with the map. It was indeed as Hu said, these forest areas were too remote. Not to mention the manpower and material resources consumed in the development of the forest areas, the transportation issue alone was an insurmountable gap.
So, she simply put the information aside and studied the map.
I wanted to start a chicken farm, but the funds were limited. In the eyes of others, I had no choice but to raise chickens in the forest to reduce investment costs.
In fact, this is not the case. Free-range chickens are deeply loved by urban and rural residents for their meat quality and the eggs they lay. In later generations, after cruel elimination in the market, an anti-native trend was formed, with people turning from regular artificial poultry farming to free-range farming on the mountain, and the selling price has remained high.
If she runs the chicken farm well, it can become a pillar industry and brand industry of Wuqi Commune, bringing a steady stream of income to the people.
The development prospects of chicken farms are good. The chicken breeding cycle is short, and local eggs and live chickens can be sold. Chicken manure is also a good organic fertilizer after being decomposed. Therefore, the forest area where chickens are raised can gradually change the trees into high-quality fruit trees, which is an additional source of income.
After profits increase, machinery will be introduced to carry out primary and deep processing of eggs and chicken, which will increase profits while creating more jobs.
She has a lot of professional books on free-range chicken farming. She will consult with the chicken-raising experts in the village and should be able to make the chicken farm flourish. In this case, she can't just make do from the beginning. The forest area belonging to the commune was abandoned, so she turned her attention to the forest areas of each brigade.
Everybody was only concerned with feeding themselves and wanted to put all their energy into the land. Not many people knew about fruit tree planting, so the forest area was used by the team members to pick up firewood and harvest dry goods.
The forest area of each brigade is not only sufficient but also has a considerable surplus. She can choose a few places as breeding farms for preliminary trials. If good results are achieved, each brigade will be able to raise chickens on several mountains.
With a clear plan in mind, she began to study the forests of each brigade. Finally, she set her sights on a forest at the junction of Hetang Village and three other villages. She circled it heavily on the photocopied map with a red pen, and she would make a plan after a field investigation tomorrow.
The doors and windows of An Zhixia's room were covered with heavy curtains, and her bed was also covered with a thick, light-proof curtain. Even if An Zhiqiu got up at night, he would not see a single ray of light pouring out of the room.
She took out a charged desk lamp, lay on the table on the kang and read some professional books and film and television materials about free-range chickens. She sorted them out a little and copied them onto paper before going to bed.
When I woke up the next day, An Zhiqiu had already prepared breakfast. He rolled the pancakes he had made last night into shredded potatoes, carrots, and pork fried with lard, spread some sweet sauce and homemade chili sauce on them, and topped them with lettuce.
An Zhixia couldn't help but eat two, her belly was a little bulging, her brother's cooking skills have improved a lot. Thinking of this, she praised him.
An Zhiqiu smiled and said, "Fei Zhiqing is a good cook. Every day when I collect and return farm tools, we chat for a while. I have learned a lot from him. Plus, I practice three times a day. Hasn't his cooking improved?"
An Zhixia was startled, but smiled and tried secretly: "Brother, is Fei Zhiqing a nice person?"
An Zhiqiu nodded and commented very objectively: "She is a nice person, but not very generous. She is the kind of person who will repay you for what you owe her, and will remember it for a whole year if someone owes me a little. It's very tiring to get along with such a person. Of course, this is also related to her family background and experience."
"Sure, brother," An Zhixia's heart calmed down again. She put on the bag with ease, took the car keys and went to push the cart.
"Little girl, your brother was born with you after all. He is not a fool. He still understands the simple ways of the world."
(End of this chapter)
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