Chapter 217 Big Satellite
Xu Lingjun took the form and reported, "This year, the output rate of horses, cattle and sheep in our fifth team increased by 26%, and the hay production increased by 34%."
After listening to the first half, everyone thought it was normal. Team Five’s performance was good, but it was not too far behind other production teams. For the time being, it was still within their expectations and did not surprise them too much.
But when Xu Lingjun got to the second half of his speech, everyone's mouths were wide open. "A new pig farm has been built. Up to now, 52 pigs have been slaughtered, including 45 special grade pigs and 7 third grade pigs. Forty pigs have been sold, with a cumulative income of 4,842.65 yuan."
Nowadays, the live pigs handed in by farmers are classified into different grades: first grade weighs 120 kilograms, second grade weighs 150 kilograms, third grade weighs 180 kilograms, and special grade weighs over 200 kilograms; and the purchase price of live pigs is approximately between 0.49 and 0.53 yuan per kilogram, with special grade being the most expensive and first grade the cheapest.
An ordinary farmer works hard to raise pigs for a year, but the weight of the pigs sold is only about 100 pounds, which can earn him 70 or 80 yuan for New Year expenses.
It cannot be compared with the large white pigs weighing two or three hundred kilograms in pig farms in later generations. The reason is simple. First, the pig breeds are different. The native pigs taste delicious, but the speed at which they grow meat is far slower than that of specially bred fine pigs.
The second is that the breeding methods are different. Ordinary people mostly feed pigs with pig grass, but later farms feed them with carefully developed feed, so the results are of course different.
"How much? Xiao Xu, don't talk nonsense. How could the proportion of special pigs be so high?" Director Dong couldn't help but interrupt Xu Lingjun as soon as he heard the first item.
Ranches don't raise pigs, but even if you haven't eaten pork, you have seen pigs run. When Director Dong went out to attend agricultural reclamation system meetings, he often heard data reported by other ranches and farms. The pigs they raised were definitely better than those raised by ordinary farmers, but they did not have such a high proportion of special-grade pigs. Most of them were still third-grade and second-grade pigs. The proportion of special-grade pigs was far from the level reported by Xu Lingjun.
So he instinctively thought, could it be that Team 5 was planning to launch a big satellite? Anyway, they had negotiated a fixed contract with the farm office, charging between 50 and 200 yuan per mu of land, or charging in-kind rent at a discount, and the excess belonged to them. Even if they produced a lot, the farm office had no way to take it.
Director Dong couldn't help but feel a little angry. You just took off your hat and you started to do evil things again. So his face suddenly became serious. "Xu Lingjun, this is a formal meeting. You must be responsible for your words!"
"I'm telling the truth." Xu Lingjun was not panicked at all. He took out a stack of notes and handed them over. "This is the receipt for the pigs received by the county slaughterhouse. Everything is written clearly on it."
Director Dong took it and started reading. He couldn't help but read aloud, "One special-grade pig weighs 213.7 jins, and the purchase price is 0.53 yuan per jin, so the total is 113.26 yuan. One special-grade pig weighs 221.6 jins, and the purchase price is 0.53 yuan per jin, so the total is 117.45 yuan."
There was a thick stack of bills, all from the sale of special-grade pigs. Each bill was worth more than one hundred yuan, and a total of forty bills would be less than five thousand yuan, which was completely normal.
"How do you raise them? Why did you raise all of them as special pigs? Also, where did the remaining five special pigs and seven third-class pigs go?" the captain of a team asked immediately.
"We built our own feed factory and use feed to feed the pigs. Moreover, we selected good-quality pigs when we bought the piglets, so we achieved such results. As for the remaining twelve pigs, we plan to hand over five to the farm headquarters and distribute the rest to everyone as New Year's goods." Xu Lingjun replied calmly.
The captain of the second team stood up immediately and said, "There are only a little over a hundred people in your production team, right? More than a hundred people share seven pigs? And they are all special pigs weighing more than 200 kilograms. Doesn't that mean each person can get more than ten kilograms of meat? You are more generous than the landlords in the past!"
Last year, the national average pork consumption was only 8.2 kilograms. Now, during the New Year celebrations, Team 5 gives out more than 10 kilograms of meat to each person. For a family of four, that means 50 kilograms of meat! From New Year's Eve to the 15th day of the first lunar month, there are 3 kilograms of meat every day. How can we finish it all?
"How can there be so many? There are seven special pigs. Five will be handed over to the field headquarters, and we will keep two." Xu Lingjun shook his head quickly. In fact, the remaining seven third-grade pigs were also special pigs. The slight changes were just to make the leaders feel better.
"Xiao Xu, you have helped us solve a big problem. With these five pigs, our New Year will be much better." Director Dong couldn't help but smile. As the New Year is approaching, leaders like them are also worried about the New Year's goods, especially pork. Who in the county doesn't want it? Even with money and tickets, it's hard to buy.
Now Xu Lingjun sent five big fat pigs weighing more than 200 kilograms. The ranch didn't have to spend any money or issue any tickets, and got more than 1,000 kilograms of pork. Everyone can finally make dumplings happily! "Old Xu, Old Xu, can we discuss this? Our team will help you hand in the horses, and you can give us a pig?" The captain of the first team immediately started to get close.
"Yes, yes, yes. We have Team Two as well. You should give us a piece of the pie. You have the final say on how it will be changed!"
"There are still three of us."
Everyone stopped attending the meeting and gathered around Xu Lingjun to grab the pork.
"Ahem!" Director Dong coughed twice and said seriously, "It's meeting time now, let's talk about these things later!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he smiled and looked at Xu Lingjun, "Old Xu, after the meeting is over, I will bring people to your place to pull the pigs. Is there any problem?"
Several team leaders complained in their hearts, "Oh my god, I thought you really wanted to hold a meeting, but it turns out you were afraid that we would act too early and pick out the fattest pigs!"
"No problem. We were originally planning to deliver it to the field office. If you bring someone with you, it will save us fuel." Xu Lingjun readily agreed, saving himself the trouble of making a trip.
"We'll go too." Several team leaders hurriedly followed, accepting criticism from their leaders. Now that they had such a good opportunity, if they didn't lead the big fat pig back, wouldn't the people in the team tear them apart? "Everyone is welcome to come to the fifth team to guide the work." Xu Lingjun was eager for them to come quickly.
Everyone gave a thumbs up. Since they were allowed to go, it meant that the pig exchange was possible. When they brought back a big fat pig, wouldn't the team members be so happy?
After the incident, Xu Lingjun continued to report on his work, "... the cumulative production of eggs, porcini, and quail eggs."
Everyone opened their mouths wide again. They were surprised at first, but were completely stunned at the end. There was nothing they could do. The gap was just too big. They originally thought that their production team had a good year, but now they realized that they could not compare with Team 5 at all.
After the report was completed, Director Dong finally woke up and praised, "Xiao Xu, you really launched a big satellite this time!"
(End of this chapter)
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