Chapter 132: Chapter 132
"Exactly! That aunt is right!" Bai Ruxue shouted loudly.
Everyone stopped talking upon hearing Bai Ruxue’s voice, and the courtyard of the brigade department suddenly became extremely quiet.
Bai Ruxue walked into the crowd, looked around at everyone, some familiar and some she couldn’t name, but notably didn’t look at her grandmother and her third aunt, which briefly surprised her, but it was good they weren’t there to cause trouble.
"What that aunt said just now isn’t wrong. I don’t know how to raise chickens or hatch chicks, nor can I tell if a chick is male or female!" Bai Ruxue finished these words, her expression immediately turning stern, "However! What I can do, you absolutely cannot!"
"What can you do? A hatchery is for raising chickens. If you can’t raise chickens, what can you do that the town mayor appointed you as the hatchery director?" The previously disdainful aunt spoke again.
Everyone else looked at Bai Ruxue with a curious expression too.
There were also some who were dissatisfied like that aunt, thinking it was unfair that Bai Ruxue, who couldn’t even raise chickens, became the hatchery director.
"I can be the director. I can organize the construction, auntie. You keep saying I can’t raise chickens, can’t do this, can’t do that! Then I ask you! As a director! Do I need to personally raise chickens? Hatch chicks and identify their gender myself? If I had to do everything as the director, why would I need workers? Just to question me?" Bai Ruxue asked one by one, rendering the aunt speechless in shock.
Is this the little girl she thought knew nothing? That gaze scared her, making her step back repeatedly.
"Yes! Exactly!" As soon as Bai Ruxue finished questioning, Third Granny was the first to voice agreement. She had been there the whole time, just hadn’t spoken up to scold the old woman because Xiao Xue solved it herself.
Now it seemed, Xiao Xue was indeed impressive.
"Isn’t that right! If Xiao Xue did everything, what would we workers do? I heard from the team leader that the hatchery needs several people!" At this time, someone else spoke up.
Bai Ruxia and her sister quickly ran up to stand beside their big sister, adopting a protective stance.
Bai Rumei and Bai Ruyue also ran up similarly.
In the crowd, Bai Ruyu glanced over and shrugged.
Grandma and Mom went to the town, truly missing quite a show.
Speaking of Grandma Bai, she had heard the rumors Bai Ruxue deliberately spread these past two days, saying Bai Daliang had already borrowed a few months’ salary to pay off debts.
She believed she wouldn’t get an honest word if she asked those kids, so after a few days, she couldn’t sit still any longer and went to the town’s milk powder factory with her daughter-in-law Li Guihua early in the morning to find Bai Daliang.
"Everyone, don’t be anxious! I’m going to select the hatchery workers now!" Bai Ruxue said loudly to everyone, then turned to Bai Ruxia, "Xiao Xia, go find the team leader!"
Because when Secretary Guo came, he only called for Bai Ruxue, and the team leader hadn’t been alerted, so he wasn’t there.
"Alright! I’m going, Big Sister!" Bai Ruxia obediently walked away.
"I’m coming too!" Bai Ruyue quickly ran after Bai Ruxia.
Soon, the team leader came over, dragged over by Bai Ruxia, panting heavily by the time he reached the brigade department.
"Team leader! Come in and rest for a bit!" Bai Ruxue gestured playfully at Bai Ruxia with her finger.
After Zhang Jianjun caught his breath, he began to ask Bai Ruxue.
"Xiao Xue, what’s the urgent matter? It nearly broke my old bones running here!"
"Team leader, Secretary Guo just came over, bringing the start-up funds, but it’s not much, only five hundred yuan. After buying eggs and supplies for hatching chicks, there’s not much left! I was thinking, let’s quickly finalize the people and start building!"
Bai Ruxue’s explanation finally made Wang Jianjun understand why there was such a large gathering.
"Okay! That’s not a problem! You say how to build, and I’ll handle the people!" Wang Jianjun maintained a stance of deferring to her.
"Funds are limited; I want to build an earthen house for hatching the chicks, then build a chicken coop around the forest and fence it off!" Bai Ruxue shared her plan.
"Alright! Leave that to me! You just need to buy the necessary materials." Wang Jianjun agreed.
"And also, team leader, I need to select five people with experience in hatching chicks! After selecting them, you register them, and starting from tomorrow, they’ll earn work points!" Bai Ruxue continued.
Everyone outside perked up their ears, and as soon as she said that, discussions broke out.
Everyone felt they could hatch chicks and were most suitable; after all, few rural women couldn’t do it.
"Alright! Then you make the selection!" Wang Jianjun had no right to object, since the authority was given to her by the town mayor; he just had to cooperate.
All he needed to do was record the work points as she instructed.
"Xiao Xue! The aunt is excellent at hatching chicks! The neighboring chickens were all hatched by her! Count me in!" The previously disdainful aunt was the first to volunteer.
"And me, and me! I’m the best at hatching chicks!" Official source is novel·fiɾe·net
Immediately, self-nominations were endless.
"All of you, don’t argue! I already have the suitable people in mind!" Bai Ruxue raised her hand to stop them.
"Xiao Xue! Don’t leave the auntie out!" The first volunteering aunt spoke again.
"Third Granny!" Bai Ruxue ignored that aunt and called out loudly for Third Granny.
Third Granny Li Xiaohong walked up smiling, already knowing Xiao Xue wouldn’t forget her.
"I know Third Granny; she’s top-notch at hatching chicks! So, the first person I choose is Third Granny!" Bai Ruxue proclaimed loudly.
Those who had commissioned Li Xiaohong to hatch chicks had no objections, nor did the aunt, because this was just the first person, and many more were needed. She wasn’t in a hurry.
"Aunt Sun Hong, Second Aunt!" Bai Ruxue called Wu Zhaodi and Sun Hong up too.
"These are seniors I’ve known since childhood; they’re meticulous and steady whether it’s in hatching chicks or in personality! I choose people based not just on skill but character too! Patience and care are essential for hatching chicks, and a sloppy, careless personality isn’t suitable!" Bai Ruxue explained her reasons for choosing these two people clearly.
"I’m careful too! No less careful than the two of them!" A number of the young wives around voiced dissatisfaction.
"Yes, you may be more careful than the two of them, but I don’t know you. The hatchery is starting from scratch. I don’t have time to observe and train; I can’t spend my energy on the workers, so choosing familiar people is the best choice!" Bai Ruxue stopped all the dissenting voices.
"Wang Xuehua, An Liangliang!" Bai Ruxue named two more people, who happened to be her close friends, "I choose them mainly to assist the first three in hatching chicks, to do the manual labor! Alright! The hatchery initially needs these people! As for the night watch, team leader, you can decide!" Bai Ruxue finished selecting people and looked at Wang Jianjun.
Wang Jianjun saw that the young girl Bai Ruxue chose were all people familiar to her, and among them was his own daughter, so he had no objections and nodded in agreement.
However, those around were displeased, their expressions turning sour.
After all, hatching chicks wasn’t such a demanding task; they could do it too, yet Bai Ruxue didn’t choose them.