Chapter 127: Chapter 127

"It’s not about lacking confidence; I can plan verbally, but I hate doing hands-on work! It’s too exhausting!" Bai Ruxue said frankly.

"Ah, you’re tired? Don’t want to do manual work? That’s easy! Who’s that... isn’t Wang Jianjun the team leader? You can have him arrange manpower for you! You just need to manage and plan! How about that?" Mayor Guo liked this girl so much! She’s not only smart and clever, but has calculations in her mind; he instinctively felt that if she managed the chicken farm, it would surely thrive.

"I don’t have to do physical work? Just lead?" Bai Ruxue repeated incredulously.

"Yes! You don’t have to do the labor! You just need to manage and lead! And you’ll get paid!" Mayor Guo laughed, seeing the young girl’s interest piqued. He added more encouragement, "Wang Jianjun! Later, you will arrange manpower for Xiao Xue; she can pick whoever she wants! The workers at this chicken farm earn ten points daily! You must fully support Xiao Xue’s work!"

"Yes, yes! I’ll definitely support, definitely support! I’ll arrange it when I get back!" Wang Jianjun quickly agreed.

It wasn’t that he was inconsiderate, tossing this hot potato to Bai Ruxue, but rather he lacked the ability!

When he heard the number ’one thousand’, he was completely stunned, let alone running a chicken farm himself!

Even if he got those one thousand chickens, he wouldn’t be able to raise them well. Seeing Xiao Xue’s confidence, he realized he shouldn’t attempt to show off.

Even though he thought it was mostly likely doomed, believing Bai Ruxue was just bravely naive, the situation was her doing, so she had to handle it.

"Alright! Xiao Xue! The preparations for your appointment are underway!" Mayor Guo seized the momentum.

Bai Ruxue thought it over; if she just needed to manage without doing labor, which was what she was best at, why not?

This was even easier than driving a tractor.

For Wang Jianjun, the toughest part about obtaining chicken feed was the easiest for her.

"Alright, if I’m to be the farm manager, then so be it! But the higher-ups must offer strong support! After all, I’m just a young girl." Bai Ruxue agreed to become the chicken farm manager, but also seized the opportunity for benefits.

"Yes! That’s no problem! Soon I’ll have Secretary Guo send over all the relevant documents and starting funds!" Mayor Guo breathed a sigh of relief.

Since taking office earlier this year, he hadn’t achieved much, and maybe this girl might bring unexpected surprises!

What’s wrong with allocating some construction funds?

Alongside, Wang Jianjun also exhaled deeply, while simultaneously feeling anxious for Bai Ruxue.

Successfully handling this task could be tremendously beneficial for the future, but failure would be grave! It would not only be shameful to the higher-ups but also affect the villagers.

At this time, his emotions fluctuated, and he already forgot about the tractor.

However, his oversight didn’t mean Director Tong did too.

Director Tong had remained silent since Bai Ruxue brought up the chicken farm until the moment the girl wrapped the Mayor around her finger, finally fulfilling her objective before speaking.

"Mayor, what about the vegetables? And the tractor..." He merely raised the issue without continuing.

"Ah! And the vegetables, too! Fine! This is approved! Secretary Guo! Come in!" He called out loudly, soon Secretary Guo walked in holding a stack of papers.

"Go and check if there are any tractors allocated from the top?" Mayor Guo responded decisively.

"Two leftovers, but the deputy mayor seems to have already arranged those!" Secretary Guo didn’t need to inquire, as he dealt regularly with commune secretaries and was well-informed.

Wang Jianjun knew the Mayor had handed out tractors earlier, keeping his head down, silent.

"Already arranged out? This is what you do! Tell the deputy mayor to spare one for Chaoyang Commune Fifth Team! Say it’s my directive!" Mayor Guo waved dismissively.

"Alright! I’ll go now!" Secretary Guo, being Mayor Guo’s nephew, spoke with authority here.

But still, he had to negotiate quite a bit with the deputy mayor to secure a tractor.

The deputy mayor, having received benefits from the commune, vehemently refused to spare one.

Secretary Guo exerted authority, leveraging Mayor Guo’s weight against him, using both tactics and patience to win over a tractor.

"Xiao Xue, once the chicken farm is up and running, can the eggs supply our co-op?" Director Tong, seeing the agreements settled, with his major problem solved after more than a year, seemed slightly greedy.

He still hoped the chicken farm’s eggs could supply their co-op.

"It’s not impossible; the farm’s mission is to deliver one thousand chickens by winter! Handling eggs is up to us! Selling to your co-op wouldn’t be impossible! But we’d need to trade for cereal! Since our team sacrificed ten acres for vegetables, we must get cereal back or we’ll starve!" Bai Ruxue calculated.

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianjun’s eyes lit up, finally hearing news about cereal, which was his most pressing concern.

Giving up ten acres was an initiative he didn’t discuss with anyone, not even the commune secretary, directly contacting the Mayor. He hadn’t figured out how to explain to the commune secretary yet!

If he could trade for cereal, avoid villagers going hungry, he would have an answer.

But he seemed to have forgotten his initial skepticism about the chicken farm.

So far, it was all talk, with only approved documents materialized, and not a single chicken in sight.

"I think it’s workable! Let’s trade eggs for cereal!" Director Tong agreed briskly. Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs noveⅼfire.net

Although cereal was also precious, it couldn’t rival eggs! They’re not black-market trading, eggs cap at six cents each, while cereal costs twelve cents a pound! A pound of cereal for two to three eggs is still worth it! Eggs are nutritious and tasty! Urban people struggle to buy them.

Co-op’s eggs come from rural households with three chickens, gathering only a few monthly.

Thus, Bai Ruxue not only secured the tractor, fixed the chicken farm but also solved the cereal supply issue.

However, once the three exited the Mayor’s office, when Secretary Guo presented the tractor before them, Director Tong and Wang Jianjun were stunned.

Though Wang Jianjun was excited about finally owning the tractor, he couldn’t ride a bicycle, let alone drive a tractor.

How to transport it to the team?

Bai Ruxue glanced at Wang Jianjun, then Director Tong, seeing their blank expressions, turned to Secretary Guo.

"Secretary Guo, could you teach me how to operate the tractor?" Bai Ruxue asked cautiously.

Since Secretary Guo knew how to drive, and she also knew how to drive, the tractor was no challenge. Being a rural girl, jumping on a tractor and driving off would be shocking without a reason provided, hence Secretary Guo!

No matter how well he taught, she’d claim to have learned it and drive away, without anyone questioning.

They’d just label her quick learner, intelligent, capable; never a freak.