Reborn in 1977

The young rooster that Liu Dan caught wasn't killed; instead, Zhang Wenliang's turtle that he lost in the bet was used. However, Chen Fan did agree to help with the cooking at Zhang Wenliang's house that day.

Joking aside, since Old Zhang was celebrating his birthday and Zhang Wenliang had personally invited him, he couldn't refuse to help. This had nothing to do with the bet. Conversely, even if he had lost the bet, Zhang Wenliang would have definitely given him the turtle to cook as a return gift for helping out. In this regard, Zhang Sanhu understood things better than Chen Fan.

In the "Comprehensive Office," the Eight Immortals table was moved to the center of the room. Chen Fan and An Quan sat together in the main seats, with the Red Sun portrait on the wall behind them. Jiang Lili had replaced this portrait during the New Year, and it was present in all four rooms, showing no neglect even after she had left.

Captain Yang and the other two sat on either side of the table, which held a pot of braised turtle. Underneath was a short, flat charcoal stove, with red-hot charcoal roasting the ceramic pot. The gelatinous edges of the turtle's shell had already melted, mixing with the sauce, appearing crystal clear and glistening with oil, which greatly increased one's appetite.

Next to the turtle was a pot of sauerkraut fish, made with a black carp weighing over seven pounds. The fish bones were used to make the soup, and the fish meat was sliced thinly, filling a large pot. A layer of red oil was drizzled on top, filling the air with fragrance.

As for the other dishes, such as stir-fried cured meat with celery, hand-torn cured fish, and scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts, they were all secondary at the moment.

Chen Fan raised his glass and made a toast, saying some polite words. An Quan then took the first chopstick, and the feast officially began.

They were discussing the matter of setting up a sideline breeding station.

However, as they talked, the topic began to veer off course, turning into how much the production team members could increase their income if the sideline business was successful.

Accountant Liu, holding his wine glass, his face already flushed, said, "In my opinion, one work point this year should be worth at least 1.5 yuan. Otherwise, wouldn't all those chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, and pigs be raised for nothing?!"

Storekeeper Huang picked up a piece of cured meat and put it in his mouth, calculating as he ate, frowning as he said, "More than that, it should be more than that. Let's not even count the work points, let's just calculate the household sideline income first.

With the earthworm breeding technology, every household, as long as they are willing to work, can raise a dozen more chickens. Let's say 10 chickens, with a live chicken costing 0.9 yuan per pound, and each chicken weighing about three to four pounds, taking the average, that's 3 yuan per chicken, 10 chickens is 30 yuan, and you can raise two or three batches a year, which is 60 to 90 yuan, more than the year-end bonus of a strong laborer last year.

Then there are the rabbits. A pair of young rabbits costs 1 yuan, and a pound of adult rabbit costs 0.27 yuan. An adult rabbit weighs about 5 pounds, which is about 1.35 yuan. According to what Little Chen said, a female rabbit can produce a litter every two months, with 6 to 10 rabbits in a litter. If you have 10 female rabbits, you can get about 80 young rabbits each time.

As long as you can get through the first year, starting from the second year, you can sell a batch every two months, with each income being over 100 yuan, which is 600 yuan a year..."

At this point, even Storekeeper Huang himself was shocked, his eyes widening instantly, "Oh my heavens, what do we need work points for? Just raising rabbits alone can build two houses a year. If you count the work points, chickens, and pigs, you can earn thousands of yuan a year!"

As soon as these words came out, almost everyone was shocked, except for Chen Fan.

Because he had already calculated it, and this was still the most superficial calculation.

If the brigade had a little more courage and set up a food processing factory to process chickens, ducks, geese, and rabbits into cooked food, supplying them specifically to units, canteens, and state-owned restaurants in various communes in Guifeng County, and even further, if they could open up channels with the Commercial Bureau and enter the vegetable markets in the county and various communes, owning a fixed stall and selling to the public every day.

Plus the income from chicken feathers, duck down, goose down, rabbit fur, etc., all kinds of income added up, it could at least double the income.

The reason why the production brigade is poor is not because it lacks resources.

In this era full of opportunities, what limits them more is their thinking and habits, making them afraid to move and unwilling to move.

Otherwise, Huang Xinwen from Zhongshan County would not have relied on raising pigs to have an annual revenue of over 10,000 yuan and earn a net profit of about 7,000 yuan, which was in 1978 when cadres were proud of earning 37.5 yuan a month.

And the labor he put in at that time was only him and his wife, plus his sister, a total of three people.

Therefore, as long as the people of Lujiawan want to earn money, Chen Fan has ways to help them earn money.

In this era when private individuals cannot do business, increasing their income openly and legitimately by helping the production team engage in rural sideline businesses, taking a free ride, no matter who comes, they will have to give him a thumbs up and praise him as a hero!

Or, should it be a good person?

Just as Chen Fan was lost in thought, Accountant Liu suddenly exclaimed, "Thousands of yuan? That much?"

He was joking on the dirt slope behind just now, saying that he wanted to save one or two thousand yuan to build a building, but now Storekeeper Huang told him that as long as he raised rabbits and started a household sideline business, he could earn thousands of yuan a year, making him feel like he was dreaming.

Storekeeper Huang looked at him and said, "Did I calculate it wrong just now?"

Accountant Liu came back to his senses and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, definitely right."

At this time, he was radiant, as if he had already earned a thousand yuan, and was already thinking about how to spend the money when he got it. Should he build a two-story building, or build several large bungalows? A bit of a headache!

Captain Yang also smiled and said, "Raising rabbits doesn't require much grain or feed. You can just cut some grass, give them some rotten vegetable leaves, or throw a few carrots to feed them. There is almost no cost. At most, you have to put in a little more labor. This is indeed a profitable business."

At this time, An Quan put down his chopsticks, smiled and said, "Old Yang is right, and Old Huang your analysis is also very correct, but have you ever thought about it, rabbits have a big appetite, and if you want the rabbits to grow well, you always have to feed them a little concentrated feed every now and then.

If only one or two families raise rabbits, the grass in the wild now is almost enough to eat, but if everyone in the brigade raises them together, counting everyone up and down, there are five or six hundred households, each raising hundreds of rabbits, plus the brigade also has to run a breeding farm, and also has to increase the number of water buffaloes and mules and horses, is there enough wild grass to eat?"

Accountant Liu and Storekeeper Huang felt as if they had been splashed with a basin of cold water, their brows furrowed tightly, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

Captain Yang looked at An Quan and smiled, "It seems that you have been thinking about a lot of things these past two days, so tell me, how should this problem be solved?"

An Quan smiled, but turned to look at Chen Fan and asked, "Teacher Chen, you should have a solution, right?"

As soon as these words came out, Accountant Liu and Storekeeper Huang immediately looked up at Chen Fan.

Chen Fan laughed and said to An Quan, "Brother An, you have also thought of a solution."

An Quan raised his head and laughed, then smiled at Chen Fan, "How about this, let's learn from Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu today and write down the answer?"

Captain Yang immediately said, "I'll go find paper."

As he said that, he was about to call his daughter Yang Ju.

Chen Fan quickly waved his hand and said, "No need, no need, just dip some wine and write on the table."

An Quan nodded with a smile, "That's fine too."

Then the two of them didn't look at each other, dipped some wine in their wine glasses with their fingers, and wrote two words on the table.

Captain Yang and Accountant Liu read them out together, "Wasteland."

The five people at the table looked at each other and laughed together.

After the laughter stopped, An Quan said seriously, "Small-scale breeding can rely on oneself, but large-scale breeding must rely on the collective. Under the leadership of the production brigade, all our brigade members work together to utilize all the available land in Lujiawan, eradicate weeds and miscellaneous trees, plant alfalfa, sorghum grass, corn and other forage grasses, and distribute them in a planned way under the guidance of the brigade, so that we can meet the needs of all breeders in the entire brigade.

However, to do such a thing, everyone must work together. It is impossible to succeed by relying on one family alone, and it does not conform to our rural development policy.

Even if it is wasteland, it is the common property of all production team members. How can we casually let anyone take it?

He raised his head to look at Storekeeper Huang, his face becoming more serious, "Old Huang's calculation just now was correct. On the surface, raising rabbits and chickens at home brings in much more income than earning work points.

In this case, guess if anyone will steal from the public and do private work?"

Storekeeper Huang nodded in agreement, "No need to ask, there definitely will be, absolutely!"

People live for a face, and who doesn't have a little calculation. As long as they are not the kind of "Sanhe Great Gods", anyone with a little pursuit hopes to live a good life. In this case, if earning on their own is much more than working in the commune, how many people would be willing to earn those work points?

"That's it."

An Quan turned his head to look at Captain Yang and the other two, and continued, "So we have to explain the truth clearly to the members. Without the production team, their own family breeding farm cannot be run.

Without the production team, where will the feed come from? If the chickens and rabbits they raise get sick, without the production team's veterinarian, who will treat them?

If this point cannot be explained, then household breeding must not be allowed, this is a matter of principle.

Furthermore, even if it is set up, I also want to make a suggestion to Secretary Yang and the others in the brigade that the distribution of forage grass and other feed must be linked to work points.

You can't even complete the production team's tasks, but you have time to take care of the things you raise at home, that is stealing from the public and doing private work.

We can't control what happened before, anyway, you steal your laziness, and the work points deducted are also your own, but when the breeding farm is set up, if those who steal laziness can still share as much feed as others, then there is a problem, even if I agree, the brigade agrees, our other members will definitely not agree."

After saying these words, he smiled lightly, picked up his wine glass and smiled, "I am being a villain first, then a gentleman, putting the ugly words first. I don't want the members to earn money at that time, but waste the production team's fields, delay the country's grain tasks, and cause many conflicts.

In that case, even if you earn money, the result is that everyone up and down is not satisfied, then this money is better not earned."