Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 25 Chicken Farm Site Selection
In the middle of the night, the lights were not turned on at home, and the old captain was smoking a cigarette. A little starlight flickered in the darkness, and there was a sigh from time to time.

"You say you, or you don't agree with him to do such a mess. If you agree, you can't sleep because of your heart and liver."

My wife was also disturbed by the old captain and couldn't sleep.

"You old lady, what are you talking about? You haven't read the commune's newspaper. It's a mess outside."

The old captain was confused. The only thing he had in mind was that Director Mao of the Commune Revolutionary Committee was a practical man who came up soon and supported the reform. But who knows how the policy will change? There is no clarity ah!

This matter still has to be reported to Director Mao, the old captain thought.

It was already very late when He Ping returned home, and he had settled the old team leader and Xu Laocai, two people who were crucial to the opening of the chicken farm. But the old captain has no idea at all.

In the early morning of the next day, He Ping asked Xiao Zhuer to look after the house, and went to call Han Zhaojun and his brothers by himself.

"Last night, I already worked as the captain of the old team. We gave [-]% of the chicken farm to the team. He allocated the piece of land at the west end of the brigade, which is not far from my house, to us as a chicken farm. Let the team Get someone to help us build a chicken farm."

Han Zhaojun slapped his hands suddenly, "That's great."

Now that the policy is not clear, it is always uncertain to start a chicken farm by yourself. With the endorsement of the team, there will be no major incidents.

"The old uncle Cai asked me to be a technical consultant for our chicken farm, and he paid 25 yuan a month."

"Old Uncle Cai has raised chickens, ducks and pigs for decades. Anyone in the team who has a chicken, duck and pigs will come to him if they are sick. It is just right for us to help."

Han Zhaojun also agrees with He Ping's approach.

"The chickens are about to hatch in the past two days. We have to hurry up and build the chicken farm. Otherwise, there will be too many chickens, and I can't fit them in my house."

"Then I'll go get the materials and try to get people from Qi to start working tomorrow." Han Zhaojun said bluntly as he was a man of action.

"Okay, you can go to the old captain first to see if you can get some materials. If not, we can spend money to buy them. The chicken farm can't be delayed. We have to ask the old uncle for reference."

"Don't worry, I understand."

After speaking, the two split up.

He Ping has seen the chicken farms of later generations, but it is naturally impossible to copy the chicken farms of later generations in this era, but how to build a large chicken farm is really a very difficult thing for He Ping.

He Ping dragged Xu Laocai to the wasteland at the west end of the brigade, not far from He Ping's house.

"Uncle Cai, I made an agreement with the old captain yesterday, we will sell the dry stock, and the team will give us the land, that's all. Please help us to see how to build our chicken farm."

Xu Laocai observed the surrounding area of ​​the land.

This piece of land is close to the West Mountain, and the terrain is higher than the surrounding area.Because it is close to the West Mountain, this stretch from south to north, extending to Dingtun in the north is all rocky land with extremely poor soil quality, so neither Hantun nor Dingtun has reclaimed this land, but there is a team in the south. The farmland is only more than 100 meters away from the nearest well in the team.

After observing for a while, Xu Laocai stammered, "This...land is quite suitable, with a backside...a sunny place...high potential, don't...worry about rain or strong winds, and it's close to...the mouth of the well, and the water intake point ……convenient."

"It's good enough, the old captain is still thoughtful!" He Ping praised the old captain, and then said: "Let me show you how big the chicken farm needs to be built, and how much material does it need?"

"How many... chickens are you going to raise?"

He Ping really hadn't thought about this question carefully, and after thinking about it, he said, "It's going to cost two thousand chickens anyway."

"Then...your chicken coop needs to be two...three hundred square meters, and the...chicken farm needs at least fifteen...six acres of land. You have to build...a simple house to watch."

After Xu Laocai finished speaking, He Ping probably had a solid idea in his mind, "At least a few materials such as barbed wire, red bricks, cement, and wood are needed."

At this time, Han Zhaojun led someone to come over, "Brother He Ping, the old captain said that there is enough wood in the team, and we have to figure out the rest."

He Ping was a little scratching his head. It is not easy to get some materials for building a house in this age.

"The barbed wire... just leave it to me, and the waste... I'm familiar with it."

Xu Laocai often delivers things to the purchasing station of the commune on weekdays, and the waste station is next to the purchasing station, so he gets acquainted after coming and going.

"That's really a big thank you, old uncle Cai."

"The money still has to be paid by you..."

"Don't worry about this."

He Ping made a rough estimate in the past two days. The money from the first two sales of chickens has already been spent on collecting eggs last time. He even spent 100 yuan on the manuscript fee, leaving 30 yuan. Yesterday, he sold 400 chickens and earned 360 yuan. In this way, the available cash is about 400 yuan.

In the next half month, a thousand chicks will be hatched, and at least half of them must be kept as chicks. According to the previous sales, the value of a chick is estimated to be between 1 yuan and 1 yuan 2, so If the sales go well in the next half month, He Ping will recover at least 500 yuan in cash one after another, which should be enough for the construction of the chicken farm.

While He Ping was thinking about the small account, Han Zhaojun came over and introduced to He Ping, "Brother He Ping, this is Uncle Liu, who specializes in masonry."

He Ping was worried about how to estimate the construction cost, so he quickly asked Uncle Liu about the construction cost and the quantity of materials.

"If everything is covered with red bricks, such a large chicken coop would cost at least 2 yuan in red bricks, and fifteen bags of cement. But it's not feasible to do this. There are plenty of stones on the mountain next to us, and they are all granite. The foundation and a Walls below one meter can be used completely, but transportation is more troublesome.”

It's easy to find the materials, and it's just a matter of spending more effort. The labor of rural people is the least valuable.

"Uncle Liu, you are an old expert. Can you think of a way to deal with the red brick and cement?"

"I know that there is a brigade at Sitaizi Commune who has a small brick kiln. It should be no problem to get some bricks, but this cement is not so easy to get. Now this stuff is in great demand, and most people can't get it."

Uncle Liu's words made He Ping into a difficult situation, these days there is no government | government relations, it is really not easy to get cement.

There is no problem with the location of the chicken farm, so He Ping plans to prepare the materials first.

He Ping went home and took out the money, and asked Xu Laocai to go to the commune waste station to buy barbed wire, and Liu Sishu to go to Sitaizi commune to buy bricks.

He Ping went to discuss with the old team leader about the transportation of timber and rocks. Anyway, the old team leader had promised to send someone to help.

Chick doesn't wait for anyone, so he has to do it quickly.

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(End of this chapter)