Chapter 118 Confirmed to Leave
"Okay, then I thank Brother Hong. However, we should still follow the rules regarding the farm. We should pay the right amount," An Zhixia tied the bag with a smile.
"Of course, the farm is public, I can't make things difficult for you," Brother Hong said with a smile, "Money is not a problem, but we have to have enough roosters and hens every day."
"Don't worry. Each flock of chickens has its own hatching area. There are 20 flocks in total. Aren't they enough for a big farmer like you?"
An Zhixia took Brother Hong to visit the chicken farm and gave a brief explanation.
Seeing that the chicken farm was more standardized and scientific than the farms in the provincial capital, Brother Hong kept nodding and praising, and felt more confident about the future business. During the conversation, An Zhixia also revealed to him some of the things that she had not been able to implement.
It is a pity that the Wuqi Commune farm and the fruits a few years later were only able to achieve primary processing. If Brother Hong could open his own food processing factory and let the products not be restricted by time and region, the profit margin would naturally increase greatly.
This place is close to mountains and water, which provides a lot of convenience for various breeding industries. In the future, people will pay more and more attention to balanced nutrition, and mushroom cultivation will also be very profitable. However, she only provides opinions and directions, and at most some professional books.
On the way back, Brother Hong was driving and thinking, and personally escorted An Zhixia home.
"My sister is a spiritual and ambitious lesbian. I hope we can have more cooperation. If I really open a food processing factory, I will let you invest your technology and share the profits."
An Zhixia nodded with amusement: "Okay, Brother Hong is relying on me. If I refuse, I'd be a fool pushing money away. My brother happens to be studying cooking, maybe he can even work out some cooked food recipes."
"You two brothers and sisters are both capable people," Brother Hong nodded affirmatively.
After entering the yard with 20,000 yuan in her pocket, An Zhixia directly put the money into the supermarket and took a look at the passbook. The fish, loach and watermelon all belonged to Hetang Village, but the fish and loach were paid for by her, Fang Yuan, Nie Yichang and Hang Xianglei, and 50% of the profits were to be taken. As for the watermelon, the boss didn't mention it at all, so it should have been confiscated directly.
The fish cost 32,000 yuan and the loach cost 40,000 yuan. After deducting the cost of 11,000 yuan, the total profit was 61,000 yuan. The village got 30,500 yuan, and she and her brother got 18,300 yuan, Fang Yuan got 9,150 yuan, and Hang Xianglei and Nie Yichang got 3,050 yuan.
An Zhixia pondered for a moment. The village chief was a good village chief who was successful and honest and worked for the people. More than 30,000 yuan given to him would definitely not be embezzled, and every penny would be used wisely.
Seeing that it was still early, she took her passbook and went to the village chief's house.
The busy farming season is over, and in previous years, the laborers would have some free time and go to the towns to find odd jobs. But this year, with the brick factories and livestock farms, they don't even need to go out to find high-paying odd jobs.
The villagers had little expenses, and everyone was willing to exchange their labor for bricks to build houses. When they met, they would start with the conversation: "How many bricks did you earn today?"
"I went there before daybreak and came back after dark. I didn't earn much, only about twenty bricks," the person who answered said happily, waving his hands.
"Hey, it seems like you want to get married. You work really hard. You must have earned half a wall in the past two months, right?"
"Not that much. I'll be satisfied if I can earn a living by the end of the year!"
Everyone was hopeful, and as they chatted they all praised the commune and expressed their appreciation for the contributions of Director Xiao An, Comrade Fang Yuan, and the educated youth.
So when An Zhixia arrived at the village chief's house, she only saw a bunch of little kids, not even Niu Wang. When she asked, she found out that all the Fang family members had gone to work at the brick factory.
She had no choice but to ride her bike to the brick factory. When she got there, everyone was eating from their bowls. They all greeted her loudly and with a smile.
The food in the brick factory was good, with meat for three meals a day. In the morning, there were usually steamed buns, mixed grain noodles with soup, and an egg per person. At noon, there was mixed grain rice with one meat and one vegetable, and in the evening, there was also mixed grain steamed buns with one meat and one vegetable. Working in the brick factory was really tiring, but the members did not lose weight, but became visibly stronger and more energetic.
The children are like willow trees sprouting in spring, climbing up quickly.
Just to get free meals and meat, they have to work very hard.
The production of the brick factory has stabilized. Master Hua took Master Li and two apprentices to see that ten large kilns and one small kiln were more than enough, so he planned to build a few more small kilns for the young people to practice.
As soon as An Zhixia arrived, An Zhiqiu stuffed a bowl of bibimbap into her hand and said, "You came back early today. I was just about to go back."
"Brother Hong has settled the money, so I'm here to see the village chief." She leaned close to her brother's ear and whispered in a very low voice.
An Zhiqiu was so shocked that he jumped up on the spot, attracting the attention of people around him. He smiled awkwardly, leaned close to the girl's ear, and asked excitedly, "How much? How much can our family get?"
"Eighteen thousand three, and that doesn't even include our original six thousand," she continued to whisper in her brother's ear.
An Zhiqiu clenched his fists and resisted the urge to jump high. In his mind, he was still thinking about how 18,300 plus 6,000 equals 24,300. What does this mean? The best bicycles only cost 240 yuan. How can he buy 100 of them? Can he drive?
Just thinking about the workers in the alleys of Kyoto area who have to think twice before buying a bicycle, he was so happy that his nose was about to burst.
Leaving her brother there to digest the surprise, she saw the village chief's family were also having dinner, so she picked up her bowl and started eating.
"Do you want to go back to the city?" Fang Yuan sat next to her with a bowl in his hand and asked in a deep voice without raising his head.
"You noticed that, too?"
"You've handed over all the work you were doing recently, and you're also planning things for next year. Don't you just want to get some time off?"
An Zhixia nodded: "My brother wants to return to the city, and he has been working hard. I can't bear to see him looking forward to it. Besides, the development of Wuqi Commune has begun to take shape, and I am really not needed anymore."
Then she curved her lips and said, "Besides, my stepmother is about to give birth, and the Kang and An families are having a great time. How can we be absent?"
The original owner lost her life last winter, and she has to collect this debt.
Fang Yuan frowned slightly, "So, you have made up your mind to leave?"
"Well, Kyoto is where we grew up after all, and we will go back sooner or later," An Zhixia smiled and tilted her head, "I believe that Brother Yuan and you will also return to Beijing soon, and we will meet again then!"
Fang Yuan nodded calmly, stood up and said, "I've finished my meal. I'm going to go see how the bricks are drying."
An Zhixia ate without saying a word. Seeing that the bowls and chopsticks were piled up at the village chief's house, she hurried to eat as well.
After drinking a bowl of corn porridge, she walked a few steps to the village chief and whispered, "Uncle Fang, Brother Hong has deposited the money into the passbook."
The village chief froze, trying to control his excitement. The muscles on his face twitched. He raised his head and looked around. He pointed to a place with few people and said, "Let's go talk over there."
(End of this chapter)
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