HLnovel Chapter 640 Large-scale farming and free-range farming
Chapter 640 Large-scale farming and free-range farming
When Liu Xia Lian and Zhao Hua returned home, many people came to the house, including the old woman's husband, son, and daughter-in-law. The village chief and Old Xu from the police station also came.
The old woman's son was so embarrassed when he took the two thousand yuan. He said the same thing over and over again, but his mother just refused to take it.
The family didn't know where they got the news from, but they were told that there was a 99% chance that they would be shot, and the only way to save their lives was to quickly pay compensation to the person who paid them. Perhaps by making amends they could save their lives.
When Liu Xialian arrived, her mother said, "The goose farm is not mine. Xialian is in charge of it. You can tell her about yours."
Before they could figure out what was going on, the family of three fell to their knees and said, "It's all my mother's fault. She ate too much lard and lost her mind. We sold you all the corn we grew last year. She was just confused for a moment."
Liu Xia Lian looked at Chief Xu, who coughed and said, "You should collect the damages from the fire. The government will definitely not compensate you."
"We are from the same village. Now that things have come to this, what can I say? Everyone has their own responsibility. I am glad that you can recognize your mistakes. I will only take 500 yuan as compensation. That's enough. My acceptance of your compensation does not mean that your mother will not be sentenced. You can understand this. Government affairs are not something I can control."
Her son was a reasonable man and nodded: "I understand. Murder and arson are serious crimes. It is impossible to release them. As long as they are not executed, we will be satisfied."
"Okay, let Chief Xu and the village chief be witnesses, and we two families will sign an agreement, and we will deal with each other as we wish in the future."
The family took the contract and kowtowed to apologize again. His son said that he would repair the goose shed when spring comes. This matter is over and it doesn't matter how the old woman dealt with it. What is important is to remind Liu Xia Lian that human hearts are terrible things. No matter how good you are to others, they may still resent you.
The village chief shook his head helplessly: "You handled this matter well, but don't let this matter affect your view of the village. Corn and vegetables must be harvested."
"Of course not. This spring, all the glutinous corn planting will be mechanized, which will save the villagers labor and improve efficiency. The production of cucumbers, long beans and oil beans will also be increased. This year's export orders have already been signed."
Four days later, on the eighth day of the first lunar month, the deputy mayor in charge of economy, Huitong County Magistrate Ma, led a team to inspect the kimchi factory, visited the female workers working on the front line in the workshop, and inspected the land planted with vegetables in Lijiatun. Village Chief Li accompanied the deputy mayor and County Magistrate Ma throughout the whole process. It was Lao Li, a village chief, who accompanied the deputy mayor and the county magistrate, and his momentum was not inferior.
Dozens of village heads in the surrounding areas were called in by the deputy mayor for a talk. The purpose was clear: to cooperate with the kimchi factory to do a good job in production and operation and provide good raw materials. The kimchi factory settled on-site, which increased the farmers' income by double, and it was necessary to do a good job in educating the villagers.
Village chief Li shouted on the loudspeaker for more than two hours. Of course, this situation is extremely rare, and the purpose is to avoid it from happening again.
Half a month later, the results came out. The old woman who committed the arson was sentenced to eight years in prison because of her good attitude towards admitting her guilt. This was considered a very light sentence in that era.
With the arrival of spring, Liu Xia Lian also calmed down to develop production and complete the transaction of exchanging aircraft as soon as possible.
County Mayor Ma held a spring poultry development meeting in the county and once again invited Liu Xia Lian and Liu Qiuyue to attend.
Liu Xia Lian was used to big occasions, but this was Liu Qiuyue's first time. Those attending the meeting included nearby town mayors, credit union presidents, and bank presidents.
County Magistrate Ma cleared his throat and said, "The purpose of inviting everyone here today is very simple. We want to build the first county in Jilin Province within three years, make the countryside prosperous, increase farmers' production and income, and develop a short-term and fast-growing sideline while stabilizing food production. This sideline is raising chickens, ducks, and geese."
"In the past two years, the hatchery has developed dozens of breeding farms, but it is far from enough. My goal is to encourage farmers with conditions in each township to develop chicken, goose and duck farming, and to develop dozens of large-scale breeders this year. Let's talk about your own views. We are not a one-man show, we should pool our wisdom."
A mayor spoke first, took a sip of Longjing tea, and took out his notebook and opened it: "My question is whether all the chickens, ducks, and geese raised can be sold. If not, professional breeders will not be able to develop so many, and then there will be big problems."
Other mayors also nodded, expressing their concerns in this regard.
County Magistrate Ma looked at Liu Xialian and said, "Director Liu, please tell me about the development of the slaughterhouse and the sales of poultry."
"Ordinary chickens are sold locally, first of all to restaurants and canteens, where chickens and eggs are sold. Secondly, they can be sold in small quantities to the south, but the price is not high because people in the south like to eat fresh chickens. However, the situation with geese and ducks is the opposite. The main customer group is in the south. We have a vast water area and abundant food resources here, which is very suitable for breeding geese and ducks. Both large-scale breeding by professional breeders and sporadic breeding by farmers can be developed. In the current market, 10,000 chickens can still be sold a day."
Ten thousand a day! County Magistrate Ma and all the town mayors were extremely shocked.
County Magistrate Ma pushed up his glasses and said, "Director Liu, have you ever been to the South for an inspection?"
"I have visited four times. Southerners like to eat roast goose rice, which is roast goose cut into pieces and placed on rice. There is such a restaurant every few hundred meters. As for duck, in the interior, it is mainly roast duck, soy sauce duck and other methods. As long as there are not too many, sales will not be a problem."
County Magistrate Ma has a clear goal: professional breeders and free-range farmers will develop together. The government can collect taxes from the professional ones. Although free-range farmers cannot collect taxes, they can improve people's living standards.
One bank president even asked Liu Xialian if she wanted a loan to expand the hatchery. The bank president next to her, who was not very fond of saving, shook his head and said, "We can hardly keep her savings in our bank, so how can we get a loan?"
The meeting lasted two hours. Each town was encouraged to develop three to five large-scale breeders, and every village encouraged small-scale breeding.
Because the market was good, many people also found ways to hatch. Some geese and chickens could hatch by themselves, and if they didn't want to hatch, they would ask the mother hen to hatch for them. For a while, the village was in a breeding craze, and ordinary families had to raise at least 20 or 30 geese. Liu Xialian was very happy. The profit of a large-scale breeding goose was only a little over one yuan, but the profit of a free-range old goose was as high as five or six yuan.
It's not just because old goose meat is delicious, but also because the down produced by old geese is several times more than that of meat geese that are only a few months old.
The hatcheries of Liu Xia Lian and Liu Qiu Yue were running at full capacity throughout the spring, with hundreds of incubators running non-stop, hatching a steady stream of goslings and ducklings.