Chapter 185 Office Conversation
"It's obviously Yi Ke who is helping us, and some people think they are doing her a big favor. Now they are slapped in the face. How can this factory run without technicians? Haha! I have never seen a factory that only produces one style of things. The technicians in the bedding factory don't work in the workshop like ordinary workers. Their wages are also higher than those of ordinary workers. They are also at the cadre level. Don't you give Ziyi's wife the same work points as those sewing workers? And you ask her to work full-day like those people. No one would do it." The director of the women's department sneered, "Isn't it just that Yi Ke is a woman? You look down on women, but you want to enjoy the ideas of women. I remember that I will have to rely on Yi Ke's relatives to help me buy cloth in the future. I just don't know if Yi Ke is still willing to help?"
The people in the office all changed their expressions when they heard this. They had always thought that Ziyi was the one in charge of this matter. They really felt that it was because of Ziyi that Yike was made a technician. Otherwise, which woman in the village didn't know how to tailor clothes? Therefore, anyone can cut a backpack, and most people don’t know that they need to design the style first. They think that it is just a few pieces of cloth, simple and anyone can do it.
The team leader was also very annoyed with the secretary. He didn't know what was wrong with the secretary today. He clearly never cared much about village affairs before, but today he wanted to take care of everything.
The secretary stood up and walked out without saying a word, with a gloomy face. The captain opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing. He just took a big gulp of water.
The accountant didn't know what to say, so he asked the captain: "Captain, didn't you say you had good news this morning? You haven't told us yet?"
"It's no use telling you." The captain sighed.
"Tell me about it, maybe it will be useful. How do you know if it is useful if you don't tell me?" the accountant asked.
The captain sighed deeply and asked, "Do you really want to know? I'm afraid you will feel as sad as I do after knowing it."
"Drinking is so important, why do you feel bad about it?" Both the accountant and the women's director were interested.
"It's no use talking about it. Ziyi's wife definitely won't do it. Only Ziyi's wife can do this. Our secretary has offended her badly today. How can she teach us? Alas, another way to make money is gone. It hurts to think about it." The team leader said regretfully.
"Tell me, don't keep us in suspense. Just tell me what you have to say. Maybe we can find a way to save the situation." The accountant asked, craning his neck, almost reaching over the desk.
"I've told you not to tell anyone else. If the other members find out and harass Ziyi's wife, she'll be so angry that she won't want to live here anymore. She has skills and connections. Which brigade would not welcome her? So we can't tell anyone else." The brigade leader warned the two first.
"Don't worry, I promise not to tell anyone. We also can't let them go to other brigades. If they go there, our factory will be closed. I'm not that stupid." The women's director promised.
"No way? Ziyi will let his wife have the final say?" the accountant asked doubtfully.
"Don't you see how nice the two of them are? Just now, the secretary made his wife unhappy, so didn't he immediately forbid her from going into the city? He didn't want her to borrow money. Isn't this just helping his wife vent her anger?" The captain knew very well how much Ziyi cared about his wife.
"You've gone off topic. Captain, I promise I won't tell anyone. You'd better tell me what it is?" the accountant urged.
"Do you know how the Liberation Brigade became the best brigade in the county?" asked the brigade leader.
"I know. Their team makes money by raising pigs. The daily work points of all the people in the team are worth almost one dollar. Unlike our team, the daily work points are worth only two or three cents at most," said the accountant enviously.
"Yes, they can share so much money by raising pigs. If we also raise pigs, will we be rich as well?" the team leader continued.
The women's director curled her lips and said, "They know how to raise pigs, but we don't. Didn't the commune organize people to learn? Didn't some teams also follow suit? In the end, all the pigs died. Not to mention making money, even a lot of grain went into the pigs' stomachs. I heard that those teams that learned to raise pigs starved to death because of this."
"The captain doesn't want us to raise pigs as well, does he? This is not a good idea." The accountant shrank back and sat back in his seat, a little disappointed.
"Yes, the fish died because those people didn't know how to raise them. Why didn't the Liberation Brigade raise fish to death? If someone knew how to raise them, wouldn't the fish die? Wouldn't we be able to get a lot of money every year just like the Liberation Brigade?" The captain became happy as he spoke.
"Captain, are you saying that Ziyi can support him?" The accountant suddenly became interested.
"You are wrong. It's not Ziyi who knows how to raise pigs, it's Ziyi's wife. You know the canned bamboo meat on the market now? It's not the kind in iron cans. It's made by Ziyi's wife. She leads the women from his great uncle's family to raise pigs, chickens and ducks. They say they use scientific methods and are very successful." The team leader felt excited and regretful just thinking about it. The secretary's words today hurt Ziyi's wife. He was afraid that she would no longer teach them and might go back there in two days.
"Really? I know that canned meat in bamboo, it's very expensive. Turns out it's made by Ziyi's wife. It's more profitable than making bags, because the most scarce thing right now is meat." The accountant exclaimed.
"Last night they discussed at my house about teaching our team how to do all this, and they also talked about using scientific methods to raise earthworms to feed chickens. They also seemed to say that chicken manure and pig manure can be used to make organic fertilizers, just like the chemical fertilizers sold outside, which can make crops grow better. Think about it, it is very difficult for us to buy chemical fertilizers every year, and the little bit of chemical fertilizers allocated by the commune is simply not enough. If we can make it ourselves, then we don’t have to buy it, how great is that." The team leader took a sip of boiled water and continued.
"Everyone knows about the Chicken Butt Bank, but not every chicken will lay eggs when people tell it to. They only lay eggs for a few months a year. They won't lay eggs when hatching chicks, and they still need to be fed. So it's very difficult to exchange eggs for some food. At most you can get some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. But last night, Ziyi's wife said that she can hatch chicks artificially, so the hens don't have to hatch chicks and waste time laying eggs. They don't have to feed them much grains, and she can raise earthworms to feed the chicks. These were all agreed to be taught to our team last night, but I didn't have time to say it today, and the secretary messed things up." The team leader said with great sorrow.
"Think about it, with hundreds or thousands of chickens, how many eggs would they lay? Moreover, Ziyi's wife can tell the difference between male and female chickens and ducks. If the roosters and hens were raised separately from an early age, the hens would grow much faster. What a pity! Our brigade would have had the opportunity to become the best brigade in the county, but we missed it! What a pity!" The brigade leader sighed.
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