Chapter 135: Chapter 135
On the second day, Wang Jianjun brought people to start building the chicken farm. As Bai Ruxue had instructed, they fenced off almost five acres of land in the groves at the foot of the back mountain using wooden fences and built a low shed as the chicken coop.
In the middle, they constructed a large mud house with three rooms. As per Bai Ruxue’s request, there were no partitions, and a long kang bed-stove was built. With many hands, the work was easy, and in less than a week, a brand-new chicken farm was completed.
The kang bed-stove was lit, and warmth filled the entire house.
For several consecutive days, Bai Ruxue brought back two hundred eggs daily, totaling sixteen hundred eggs, of which thirteen hundred were suitable for hatching.
One day, she updated her supermarket supplies and went to the courtyard in Pingyang Town to replenish the supplies in the west wing, and then went to find Wang Cheng, whose apartment was empty.
Just as she was about to leave after knocking on the door to no avail, an elderly lady next door stopped her.
"Girl, are you looking for Wang Cheng’s family?" she asked affirmatively.
Seeing Bai Ruxue knocking on the door, she was surely looking for them.
"Yes!" Bai Ruxue turned her head, seeing it was the elderly lady next door, and nodded.
"This is Wang Cheng’s family’s new address! He left this note for me when he moved, saying if a young girl came looking for him, I should give it to her!" She handed Bai Ruxue the note.
Bai Ruxue paused, took the note with thanks, and opened it to look.
Wang Cheng’s address turned out to be in the same area as her courtyard.
Unbelievable, Wang Cheng had made it big, buying a courtyard worth over a thousand yuan.
But it made sense, she had given Wang Cheng a ten percent profit, and she hadn’t even accounted for the costs. With her three thousand yuan assets, Wang Cheng made over three thousand! At this rate, he was close to becoming a millionaire.
Bai Ruxue followed the address because she noticed that the supplies she had left before were gone, meaning they had been sold, so she needed to collect the money.
Though she trusted Wang Cheng, having the money in her own hands gave her peace of mind and a sense of security.
When she arrived at Wang Cheng’s courtyard and knocked on the door, it was Wang Cheng himself who opened the door.
"Miss, you finally came. I’ve been wandering by your courtyard entrance these days, but never saw you come back! I was worried you’d think I ran off with the money," Wang Cheng said quietly upon seeing Bai Ruxue.
"Worried, Uncle Wang? Well, here I am!" Bai Ruxue said as she turned sideways to enter the courtyard.
Upon entering, she realized that the layout of Wang Cheng’s courtyard was just like hers, with eastern and western three-room wings and a three-room main building; the difference being that his eastern wing was fully occupied.
"Miss, these boys usually have nowhere to stay, so I arranged for them to live here!" Wang Cheng explained.
At this moment, Wang Cheng’s wife came out, "Oh, the little girl is here? Come inside, let’s talk!"
Wang Cheng had found the chance to tell his wife about the things he was doing with Bai Ruxue. She was his confidante, after all; how could she not know about such matters?
Moreover, when she heard he had quit his job at the State-Owned Restaurant, she made quite a fuss.
He had to explain everything, but fortunately, his wife wasn’t a fool and wouldn’t brag about it all over.
"Sure!" Bai Ruxue nodded and followed Aunt Wang into the house.
The main building was also split into two large rooms on either side, with a living room in the middle, furnished with a mahogany long chair and a matching tea table, and a kitchen and dining room behind the living room.
Although the house was spacious, one bedroom was for the kids, while the couple shared another, making the arrangements just right.
"Xiao Xue, come to the west room! Meihua, go boil water for tea!" As soon as Wang Cheng entered the house, he led Bai Ruxue into their room, wary of the kids overhearing things in the living room.
He even sent his wife away.
Bai Ruxue knew he wanted to give her the payment for the last batch of goods, which was precisely why she came, so she followed him inside.
Once inside, Wang Cheng immediately took out more than twenty-three thousand yuan from the kang cabinet and handed it to Bai Ruxue.
"Xiao Xue, the last batch was numerous, and it fetched a good price. So here is twenty-three thousand five hundred and seven. Count it," Wang Cheng whispered. "I sent people to the county to sell, so the prices were quite high! Very sought after!"
"Great! Thanks for your hard work, Uncle Wang!" Bai Ruxue didn’t bother counting the money, but she took out two hundred yuan from the ordinary cloth bag and handed it to Wang Cheng. "Uncle Wang, this two hundred yuan is a bonus for those who went to the county. Distribute it yourself! In the future, there will be bonuses for those who travel far. It’s not part of their salary!"
"This... Xiao Xue, a salary of fifty yuan a month is already high! More than what factory workers earn! There’s no need for bonuses!" Wang Cheng hesitated to accept the money.
"Uncle Wang, tell them! As long as they do a good job without making mistakes, those who follow me will have bright futures!" Bai Ruxue’s words stirred enthusiasm in Wang Cheng.
Though just a young girl, she spoke and acted with the competence of any man, excelling in interpersonal relations and leadership management.
"Alright! I thank Miss on their behalf!" Wang Cheng accepted the money with a smile.
"No need for formalities, it’s well-deserved! Also, I’ve prepared some food for you, it’s packed in a separate bag. Remember to take it when you leave," Bai Ruxue informed Wang Cheng.
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In those days, food rewards were actually more precious than money, so Bai Ruxue thought of preparing some meat, apples, oranges, and grain! Much more valuable than money.
"Thank you so much, Miss! Thank you!" Wang Cheng expressed his gratitude eagerly.
Even though he now dealt with so much grain and good stuff, Miss sold them at black-market prices, making him reluctant to spend money to eat more; he merely handled transactions.
"Alright, I’ll be going! You’re busy, so no need to visit my courtyard today! Goods are arriving tonight, and it’s inconvenient!" Bai Ruxue waved her hand.
Hearing Wang Cheng say he wandered around her courtyard, she couldn’t reveal the goods were restocked, raising suspicion.
"Okay! Take care, Miss." Wang Cheng stood up and saw her off.
During their conversation, Aunt Wang hadn’t even brought in tea, knowing that her husband had sent her away, so she didn’t enter casually. She brewed tea and placed it on the tea table in the living room.
When Bai Ruxue was about to leave, Aunt Wang hurried out from the east room, "Xiao Xue, have a meal before you go! Auntie will cook right away! Sit down and have some tea first!"
"No need, Auntie! Maybe another day! It’s not mealtime, and I’m not hungry! I’ve got things to do at home!" Bai Ruxue politely responded and turned back to speak to Aunt Wang before Wang Cheng saw her out.
She returned to the courtyard first, took out apples and oranges from the supermarket, packed them, and also packed ten jin of rice and a dressed chicken in a cloth bag. Then she placed the cloth bags inside a gunny sack near the east wing’s door.