Chapter 55

Su Xinghui said to Lu Zhenghong: "Uncle Lu, this is Professor Rao Songnian, whom I invited from Jiangcheng Agricultural University to guide the special breeding technology here."

Lu Zhenghong began to chat with Rao Songnian. He only said he worked for the Provincial Party Committee, and Rao Songnian didn't pay much attention. As a relatively pure scientific researcher, he was not very sensitive to officialdom.

Su Xinghui saw Zhang Cheng and the others and walked toward them. Zhang Cheng said: "You helped them build this breeding farm?"

Su Xinghui said: "You could say that. I came up with the idea, found the experts, and found the buyers."

Xu Xiaoguang said: "Not bad. How long have you been here, and you've already found two ways for these common people to get rich."

Su Xinghui smiled and said: "What can I do? Zhang Cheng and the others provide too little financial support for Meng Hu Ling, so we can only find our own ways."

Zhang Cheng also laughed: "Fine, when I become the Director of the Finance Bureau, I will definitely increase support for Meng Hu Ling."

Su Xinghui said: "That will be a long time from now!"

Several close friends joked for a while. Xu Xiaoguang said seriously: "Xinghui, if you need any support, such as borrowing money, just tell me. My family's construction company is doing quite well now. Not to mention more, I can still come up with twenty or thirty thousand."

Xu Xiaoguang's father, Xu Haimin, was one of the first people to engage in construction in Shangjun County. Over the years, he had accumulated certain connections, experience, and technology. Now, excluding fixed assets, he had hundreds of thousands in cash assets, making him one of the first people to get rich.

Su Xinghui knew that Xu Haimin was a person of principle. He never cut corners in his projects and had a good reputation in Shangjun County. But it was precisely because of this that his later development encountered a bottleneck. The projects he bid for were repeatedly intercepted by others, leading to his Haimin Construction Company ultimately not reaching a very high level. In the era he was reborn into, it could only be considered a second-rate construction company in Shangjun County.

In this society, this phenomenon was still common. In fact, the development of Haimin Construction Company was already not as good as it had been in previous years. Su Xinghui was very moved that Xu Xiaoguang could say such things to him.

Su Xinghui nodded: "Fine, I will tell you when I need it."

After seeing the construction site, Su Xinghui took Zhang Cheng and the others to the cowshed to see the wild boars, pheasants, and bamboo rats. Professor Rao also went over with Lu Zhenghong. During their conversation, Professor Rao discovered that Lu Zhenghong was a person with deep thoughts, and the two chatted very congenially.

In the cowshed, the wild animals made Lu Zhenghong, Zhang Cheng, and the others marvel. When would they have the opportunity to see these living wild animals? Especially the bamboo rats, whose peculiar appearance aroused their great interest.

Zhang Cheng asked: "This thing is called a bamboo rat? Can it be eaten?"

Su Xinghui nodded: "Of course it can be eaten. I ate it once a few days ago, and the taste is quite good, with a light fragrance of bamboo. But you won't be able to taste it today; these wild animals are all going to be bred in the breeding farm."

Xu Xiaoguang said: "This thing looks like a rat; how many people dare to eat it?"

Su Xinghui said: "Bamboo rats eat bamboo, which is different from rats. They are very clean, especially those raised artificially; they are even cleaner. As long as you get used to eating them, you will definitely like them."

Professor Rao smiled and said: "This thing is very expensive in the south, costing dozens of yuan per jin. Its skin is also a high-quality material for manufacturing leather products. Although it doesn't look very good, it can be said that it is a treasure from head to toe. I think the main force creating benefits for this breeding farm in the future will be these bamboo rats."

Professor Rao's words made everyone look at the bamboo rats with new eyes, and for a time, they were all marveling.

After seeing these wild animals, everyone returned to the village committee. Song Qiaoli had basically reached an agreement with the village cadres on the prices. The simple, small bamboo weavings were set at a few yuan each, the more complex ones at ten to dozens of yuan each, and the most complex ones, such as bamboo-woven world-famous paintings, were set at hundreds to thousands of yuan each, with prices calculated based on the size.

Such prices made the village cadres beam with joy. It looks like this bamboo weaving factory has a bright future!

Lu Xiaoya and Xue Qin also became very familiar with Xia Zhu, which made Su Xinghui sigh once again at the social ability of women.