Chapter 121

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

Young woman?

Shen Yao thought that among the people she knew, the younger ones were all still working at the factory making money; who had the time to run over to Fengshou Hutong to find her?

Taking small quick steps past the Flower Gate, Shen Yao arrived at the Street Gate.

"Shen Yao"

"Zhao Yueyue"

Shen Yao looked at the familiar face standing at the gate, and her originally calm mouth corners couldn't help but curl into an extremely wide arc.

"Come in quick, come in quick, aren't you sent down to the countryside? How come you're back at this time?"

It's not a holiday or festival, and it just happens to be the autumn harvest season in the countryside; truly unexpected.

Zhao Yueyue was carrying two thick packages in her hands, her face looking rosy and radiant, not the least bit like someone who had suffered hardship in the countryside.

Zhao Yueyue indeed hadn't suffered much in the countryside, because later on there were Shen Yao's letters plus the sent-down place was vast and rich in resources with diverse varieties, so Zhao Yueyue now lived even more freely than when she was in Jing Shi.

"It's because I thought it's just right for the autumn harvest, so I came over to communicate with the Canning Factory about the subsequent fruit supply and mountain goods issues."

The villagers who had already tasted the benefits had prepared early this year to make a big push.

Even the Village Party Secretary and Village Chief and others had united with the surrounding villages and towns to do it together.

Sharing benefits together, everyone achieving common prosperity, right?

Zhao Yueyue walked beside Shen Yao, quietly telling her the other purposes of this trip back.

"Do you have the contact information for those factories?" Shen Yao held her belly, and by the way told Zhao Yueyue about Xie Ci'an's situation at the Machinery Factory, "As long as the quality is solid, these big factories in Jing Shi are all willing to accept.

Even the Supply and Marketing Cooperative and department stores can be asked; when the weather turns cold, those mountain goods sell even faster."

After all, there aren't many things to eat in winter, and the common people of Jing Shi count as the wealthy batch; who would be willing to suffer eating corn buns if they can enjoy?

Zhao Yueyue nodded, "Coming over is definitely wanting to walk through all the big factories in Jing Shi before being willing to go back.

The countryside compared to the city is still too bitter; the fellow villagers' lives are not easy.

If this business can really be facilitated, everyone can have a good New Year this year."

Before going down to the countryside Zhao Yueyue was resistant, but after staying in the countryside for a long time, she instead felt very grateful for the villagers' warm simplicity.

Now discovering she could be of help, Zhao Yueyue didn't say a second word and just rushed back from the countryside.

Meeting with Shen Yao was one of Zhao Yueyue's itinerary items; family couldn't be relied on, she had to count on her good sister.

The two entered the house one after another; Shen Yao let Zhao Yueyue rest her feet and wash her hands, then turned around and poured her a cup of warm water, "Do you have a place to stay since you're back?"

Zhao Yueyue nodded, "A bunch of people came over, we have introduction letters, staying at the Guesthouse."

Shen Yao sat on the stool, turned around and took out a notebook from the drawer and pushed it in front of Zhao Yueyue, "Above are some factory recruitment information I recorded; some can be recommended out, some factories like the Machinery Factory, Rolling Mill, Glass Factory, Garment Factory, etc., have relatively more people.

If your side can provide more mountain goods, you can go ask at these factories."

Big factories have many people and digest quickly; Zhao Yueyue's mountain goods business has no worry about selling.

Zhao Yueyue nodded, backhandedly taking out pen and paper from her own pocket to jot it down.

"I'll go back and tell them, like these factories all pay more attention.

If it doesn't work this time, there's next time, and the time after that; help a bit where we can."

In that kind of place in the countryside, every year relying on growing grain can only fill stomachs and keep warm but cannot take a further step to enjoy life.

Zhao Yueyue felt the fellow villagers had to have money in hand to dare to spend money on consumption.

What she does now is pull some supply and demand resources to let the fellow villagers earn money.

The warmly decorated room was very quiet, apart from the occasional sound of the two's conversation, the rest was the sound of pen tips rubbing against paper.

After finishing speaking about Zhao Yueyue's main purpose for this return, Shen Yao's eyes turned, and she immediately gave Zhao Yueyue advice; one cannot only focus on this one mu three fen di in front of them, one can appropriately broaden their thinking.

"Like setting up some pig farms, chicken farms, duck farms, or rabbit farms.

Also the fruit trees in the countryside, whether in the mountain forests or fields, uniformly assign people to manage them.

This way it not only creates income for the farmer comrades, but can also form a certain scale, stabilizing supply."

Even the Canning Factory hopes it can be like this year after year, rather than having it this season but not the next.

Anything, only by forming a scale can it break away from small-scale operations, and thereby earn big money.

Zhao Yueyue listened and her eyes brightened, but she had her difficulties in the countryside, "Setting up pig farms and such, if a loss occurs it's not a small sum."

Like chickens, ducks, pigs, rabbits; raised well they indeed make money, raised poorly they lose money.

The fellow villagers originally have no capital; if money is suddenly thrown in and drifts away like water, then there's thoroughly no way to survive.

Shen Yao had long anticipated this aspect, so she unhurriedly continued giving advice.

"You can use an equity profit-sharing method to first pull in a portion of investment; also, you can first go from few to many.

Not to mention other things, just this pork matter: Jing Shi slaughters several pigs a day and it's still not enough for everyone to eat.

If you can establish a linked channel with the Slaughterhouse, your pigs raised can be sent directly to the Slaughterhouse; wouldn't that solve some rear worries?"

Smilingly patting Zhao Yueyue's back of hand, Shen Yao felt this child was somewhat constrained.

Some things can completely appropriately rely on others; "Even the Canning Factory can invest, after all most of the factory's cans are various meat cans."

Compared to the vegetables that can be collected from surrounding villages and towns, meat food is definitely more popular.

Counting on scattered households raising just a tiny few, the Canning Factory would have closed down long ago.

Zhao Yueyue: …… How to put it? It belongs to the category of a sudden enlightenment.

"Shen Yao, you're so smart, how come I didn't think of these methods?"

Zhao Yueyue was so happy she couldn't close her mouth, thinking that even if only one or two of these things came to pass, it would still be a tremendous piece of good news for the fellow villagers.

Moreover, she herself was a native of Jing Shi, and understood the daily needs of the Jing Shi people.

Normal meat supply, no matter the quantity, could all be sold clean through.

Shen Yao signaled Zhao Yueyue to calm down; the two of them were talking so excitedly, but it was merely the stage of armchair strategy — everything had to wait for later implementation.

"Don't blame me for pouring cold water on you; even with the risk shared, there is still the risk of not being able to recover the investment.

Yueyue, you go back and discuss it properly with everyone; there's no rush, we have to take it one step at a time."

At least playing it safe is never wrong; otherwise, if you start with hundreds or thousands of chickens and ducks, and a bird flu hits, you really could lose everything down to your underwear.

Zhao Yueyue nodded heavily, "Rest assured, I'll go back and explain it properly.

This time we can stay in Jing Shi for half a month; we'll do an on-site investigation first before deciding on a direction," certainly cannot just rush in blindly like headless flies.

Shen Yao was satisfied, "That's the logic; you're also a proper Jing Shi high school graduate, don't lose face for us."

Hearing this, Zhao Yueyue waved her hands several times in succession, insufferably smug.

The two people laughed out loud at each other, unlike the sadness when they parted at the train station back then; they were unspeakably happy.

With work matters reaching a stopping point, Shen Yao hesitated for a moment but still asked about the Zhao Family.

"Not going back to take a look?"

Pointing at the window side, Shen Yao pursed her lips, feeling a bit of heartache for Zhao Yueyue's plight.

Every family has a hard scripture to recite; this saying applies wherever you put it.

The Zhao Family where Zhao Yueyue belonged, before Shen Yao married out, had already caused an uproar known to everyone around the Tongzilou because of Zhao Ziqiang and Chun Fei's matter.

Later Chun Fei had a miscarriage, took 200 yuan and went to the countryside, and the Zhao Family found Zhao Ziqiang a new marriage prospect.

Now Zhao Ziqiang has already successfully married, but the new wife is a person with a violent temper, who would raise a hand to beat and scold Zhao Ziqiang at the drop of a hat.

Every time Shen Yao returned to the Shen Family, she could hear Yuan Li speak of the commotions the Zhao Family stirred up; they had already become notorious.

Zhao Yueyue shook her head, her expression turning ugly, "Go back for what? Eldest Young Master got married and didn't even send me a letter, then turned around and had me mail more mountain goods to help the family out.

Shen Yao, not hiding it from you, from the time I went to the countryside until now, my family has never sent anything over.

Never mind money — money is what she saved herself plus Shen Yao's private support; even some durable fabrics and biscuits and sugar cubes are nowhere to be seen.

On the contrary, Zhao Yueyue still has to rack her brains every month to send subsidies to the Zhao Family.

If it weren't for her doing well in the countryside and being able to produce things, I'm afraid the moment she received a letter, she'd have to find someone to marry her off first.

Shen Yao is her friend, and even more her benefactor; Zhao Yueyue didn't hold back her heart's words, saying whatever she had, directly pouring out the dissatisfaction accumulated for a long time.

She exhaled heavily, Zhao Yueyue scratched her head and smiled embarrassedly, "Couldn't control it a bit, let you hear these rotten trivial matters."

Shen Yao waved her hand, "What's this count as; if you feel wronged inside you can't hold it in, otherwise holding it in until you ruin yourself is too not worth it."

Zhao Yueyue nodded heavily, that's the logic; she simply wouldn't let those people at home wrong her.

The one who went to the countryside to suffer hardship is her, not Eldest Young Master; why should she still have to selflessly dedicate herself? Even selling a daughter isn't done like this.

The two people hadn't seen each other for a long time; daily they only communicated through letters and telegrams, still reserved.

Like today, once the words came out they didn't stop; you finish speaking and I pick up, chatting from home to outside, from trivial small matters to major matters influencing the country, almost speaking their hearts' desire, speaking freely.

Seeing the sky outside had already turned somewhat dark, Zhao Yueyue hurriedly stood up to leave.

Shen Yao spoke to detain her; unable to keep her, she busily stuffed a few boxes of canned food and some biscuits and milk candy into her hands.

"You keep them quick; you're pregnant and need nutritional supplements even more than me."

"It's fine, there's still some at home; besides, you've come all this way, these canned goods are the factory's best-selling flavors, take them back for everyone to have a simple taste, it can also reflect the development prospects of running the farm well."

Shen Yao was pregnant, Zhao Yueyue didn't dare to tussle with Shen Yao too much.

Looking down at the bagful of snacks in her arms, Zhao Yueyue smiled and nodded, put her clothes in order, turned around and left.

Shen Yao watched Zhao Yueyue walk far away, herself humming a little tune as she slowly returned to the room.

Grandmother-in-law Zhou, as a bystander, listened in the next room for nearly the whole afternoon, hand supporting Shen Yao's forearm, "Those methods you spoke of, can they really work?

Should I go talk to the people at the City Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, more roads are still roads," can avoid letting Zhao Yueyue show up, hand it to others to muddle through a few words, the logistics people won't talk much.

Shen Yao waved her hand, "Grandma, a few big factories in Jing Shi are enough for now; we have to wait for them to develop first; the countryside has many resources but transportation is inconvenient," don't look at how she and Zhao Yueyue spoke convincingly, but when it comes to actual implementation, there's a lot of trouble.

Shen Yao doesn't feel Zhao Yueyue alone can pull it off; she only hopes among the people who came this time there are some quick-witted ones, who can first come up with an idea to try.

If it succeeds, naturally everyone is happy; if not, the loss isn't big either.

Grandmother and grandson chatted idly for two sentences, then tossed this matter to the back of their minds.

It was instead Zhao Yueyue, returning from Fengshou Hutong to the guesthouse, who kept it on her mind.

Upon entering she didn't even catch her breath, but directly knocked on the Captain's door, and told him all the ideas she and Shen Yao (mainly Shen Yao) had.

The Captain who came this time was a villager, the Village Chief's little grandson, high school education, looked very honest and simple, but extremely decisive.

This spring and summer, Shen Yao wrote to Zhao Yueyue telling her to ponder and deepen ties with the canning factory; Zhao Yueyue found this Captain, the two first huddled together to scheme, and only then smoothly sold off all those unwanted fruits from the village and even the mountain forests.

Now this person, following the team here, is an existence like a bellwether.

"Zhao Yueyue, is what you said all true? This idea is indeed not bad; it can also share the risk; the fellow villagers will certainly be willing to try."

As long as we don't go big right off the bat, the fellow villagers still have the guts.

He stood up and let Zhao Yueyue rest in the room first; he went to call the others over.

This time coming to Jing Shi, besides this Captain, the village sent out four people total, plus four Knowledgeable Youths from Jing Shi; eight people carrying responsibilities that are not small.

Now Zhao Yueyue just went out one trip and secured a way out for the village; how could it not make him excited.

Soon, everyone arrived, even the other three Knowledgeable Youths whose homes were in Jing Shi.

Everyone was still very clear on the purpose of this trip back to Jing Shi.

As long as the village can rise another level, they'll have plenty of opportunities to come back in the future.

The Captain repeated the content Zhao Yueyue raised once, then his gaze swept across the surrounding crowd.

"The farm matter, the villagers all agree; the only problem is things like piglets — there are no procurement channels; at most a few at a time, completely insufficient."

Running a factory can't be like raising things at home; although the contracted scale can't make you a fat man in one bite, turning into a hemp stalk definitely won't work.

The Captain now voicing the village's difficulties is mainly counting on the four Knowledgeable Youths.

City people definitely have connections; make some introductions, and it's only a benefit for them.

After a while, a female Comrade spoke up, "My neighbor has always worked at the Slaughterhouse.

If possible, I'll go back tomorrow and ask, see if we can buy some piglets."

As soon as the voice fell, someone else chimed in with concern, "Buying piglets from Jing Shi and sending them back to the Countryside, the journey is too far; what if the piglets' bodies are weak and can't withstand it?"

Zhao Yueyue chimed in, "We can hire our own vehicle, or buy a sow.

Buying piglets is still too expensive; if we can buy a sow, we'll be responsible for caring for the birth of piglets and then raising them ourselves, and we'll definitely be able to bring the cost down."

Zhao Yueyue, who had already learned to use her brain flexibly, sorted out the matter of the breeding farm very smoothly.

Including raising chickens, ducks, and rabbits, it's all the same; buying young ones definitely makes you worry about the mortality rate, better to start from the source yourself; raising them will definitely make more money than buying directly."

"Perhaps one day, we'll also be able to rely on raising pigs to sell piglets to other production teams.

By then the village's business will get bigger and bigger, and the fellow villagers will definitely be able to live better."

Zhao Yueyue, self-taught, has already mastered Shen Yao's pie-in-the-sky skill and applies it proficiently.