Everyone was optimistic about this closer marriage, and both of them were willing, but the mother-in-law was still a little dissatisfied. Yu Qiutang planned to ask Mi Yali to be the lobbyist after he went down and get through the last hurdle.

After discussing for a long time in the chicken coop with Mi Wenzhong, it was already dark when they came out, so Mi Wenzhong had dinner here. After dinner, several people specially created opportunities for Yu Chunmei and Mi Wenzhong to get along with each other.

The two of them walked outside shyly for a while. After coming back, Mi Wenzhong said he wanted to go back, but Yu Qiutang didn't let him go in a hurry because he had many houses at home. He told him to wait until the next day and send him back to the town directly.

Mi Wenzhong said that regarding the decoration, he needed to discuss it carefully with a few old friends. They had done some of the projects before, but some were new to them, so they would not dare to start without careful planning.

Mi Wenzhong knew that this was a very important matter for Yu Qiutang. He felt more than grateful for this brother-in-law, so naturally he would treat him with more care than anything else.

In the following days, Yu Qiutang communicated with Mi Wenzhong several times, discussed some details in detail, listed each reform clearly, and sought Lin Mu's review before finally finalizing the plan.

Yu Qiutang took Lin Mu's words to heart, thinking that the house would need to be laid with electrical circuits later, so he thought it would be best to leave the wiring pipes during the renovation.

But when Mi Wenzhong heard it, he was completely unable to understand this overly advanced operation.

At present, electricity has not been fully connected to every household. Although Mi Wenzhong knows what electricity is, he still has only a vague understanding of the specific operations, let alone imitating the advanced decoration methods of later generations and putting all the wires inside the walls.

At this time, even if the power is turned off, it will be obvious.

That is, fix the line to the wall.

The advantage is that you can clearly see the direction of the line, and if there is a problem with the line, it is easy to deal with.

There are also many disadvantages, such as being unsightly, easy to fall off, easily broken by external influences, and being exposed and prone to injury to people.

But development cannot be achieved overnight. After repeated discussions, Yu Qiutang found that his idea was still too advanced and could not be achieved for the time being. In the end, he had to give up and just go with the open line when preparing to move in.

While he was busy, Miyali did not stop buying chickens.

Because of the high requirements, tall and strong roosters are required, and hens that have laid eggs for no more than one year, the acquisition speed was not ideal at the beginning.

But as the number of targets gradually increased and the news of the high purchase price spread, more and more people knew about it and believed that they could get a good price, so more people started selling.

But as the number increases, the quality starts to vary and requires careful screening.

Even among fellow villagers, neighbors in the same village, or even distant relatives from the same clan, there are still some people who are willing to make up the numbers. They clearly know the rules here, but are still prepared to bring chickens that do not meet the requirements in an attempt to get away with it.

But they underestimated Miali.

She is not as professional as Lin Mu in raising chickens on a large scale, but she is very knowledgeable about raising chickens at home.

You can basically guess whether a chicken is healthy, how old it is, and how many eggs it has laid.

When she met someone who was pretending to be a lady, she would not be upset, but would just gently tell the other person that the chicken could not be kept. Gradually, everyone realized that Yu Qiutang's wife was not easy to fool, and gradually the number of people pretending to be a lady decreased.

According to the original plan, Yu Qiutang was going to purchase a dozen roosters and fifty or sixty hens, but as he got to know Lin Mu, his confidence increased a lot, and he directly doubled the number.

If we get 20 roosters, we can directly increase the number of hens to .

After about four or five days, we received a total of six qualified roosters and more than twenty qualified hens.

All of them are very good chickens.

Especially the roosters, they look proud and proud, with bright red combs and shiny feathers on their bodies, as if they are wearing colorful clothes. Their two big legs are strong and powerful, and they jump nimbly and lively, and can even dunk a basketball.

Yu Qiutang also enjoyed watching it.

The key is to cultivate excellent chicks from the source. Those crooked and deformed chickens can only be hatched into good chicks through genetic mutation, and the chance of this happening is too small.

"How's it going? Are you satisfied?"

The couple stood outside the chicken coop, and Miali asked with a smile.

"I'm very satisfied. They look so energetic and beautiful."

Miyali smiled and said, "That's right. I picked at least a hundred of them before I finally chose these. Come with me, I'll show you the eggs."

Mi Yali took Yu Qiutang to the small compartment where eggs were stored. This was a specially isolated place with no sunlight and even no wind.

In order to keep the eggs at a constant temperature as much as possible, Yu Qiutang plans to make a few more of these small compartments. In addition to storing eggs, they can also be used as incubation rooms.

Seeing the eggs, Yu Qiutang was particularly satisfied.

These are indeed well-selected chickens, the fighting chickens among chickens. Each of their eggs is as big as a duck egg. They feel heavy and very textured.

"Once we have 100 eggs, we will start incubating the first batch. Lili, you will come and record them yourself. We need the most original data."

"Yeah, don't worry, I promise to complete the task."

Yu Qiutang hugged her neck and said excitedly: "It will definitely not be so smooth in the early stage, but as long as you can endure it and gain experience, you can master this technology later.

By then, we will have formed an industrial chain, selling broilers, eggs, and hatched chicks, and we will definitely make a lot of money."

Miyali smiled and said, "That's fine. Anyway, I am your soldier and you are the general in command. I will fight wherever you command."

"Haha, don't say that. You are the queen, and I am the one who fights for you..."

"I dare not, I am just an ordinary person."

"Could it be that I really became a general?"

They both laughed.

After Mi Yali got married, Yu Qiutang discovered that Mi Yali's personality at this time was very different from that in her previous life.

In her previous life, she was relatively reserved. Although she was still gentle, she was not as lively and cheerful as before.

Maybe it’s because she is still young, but she is very optimistic. Yu Qiutang doesn’t need to be shy about anything when getting along with her. She is always so understanding and can always grasp Yu Qiutang’s thoughts well.

"However, there is a problem here, Qiutang, that you must solve as soon as possible."

"What?"

Miyali pointed to the bag next to her and said, "Look, this is the feed we prepared in advance. It is a mixture of corn, bran and wheat bran ground into fine powder.

We only have more than 20 chickens here now, and it’s scary to eat them. If there are more, I’m afraid that we will need a lot of food to feed them every day. If we don’t prepare in advance, what will we feed them when the time comes?”

Yu Qiutang nodded and said, "Lin Mu and I have discussed this issue before. There are two ways. On the one hand, we can ask him to pave the way for us and introduce a feed supply unit.

Chickens are different in cages and outside. In order to make them lay eggs and grow meat steadily, they must be fed feed, and at least some feed needs to be added to the feed.

At the same time, Lin Mu suggested that we add some auxiliary things, such as alfalfa.

You can feed some alfalfa sprouts in spring, and chopped alfalfa in autumn and summer. In winter, the alfalfa is dry, so you can grind it into powder and add it to the feed.

This not only saves feeding costs, but also provides the various nutrients that chickens need. "Miyali nodded, "This is a good idea. I have used alfalfa to feed chickens before. In fact, many grasses can be used to feed chickens.

But the problem is that the quantity we need is too large.

If there are only one or two hundred of them, I might be able to handle it, but if the number continues to increase, until there is a thousand, I can’t imagine how many will be needed?
If there are few, we can go to the foot of the mountain to cut wild alfalfa, but if there are many, it will be difficult. Where will we get so much wild alfalfa to cut? "

Yu Qiutang smiled and said, "I have thought about this problem. A chicken eats about 2 taels of food every day, and 1,000 chickens eat 200 kilograms. We add 20% alfalfa to it.

That means 40 kilograms of dry alfalfa are needed per day, which means 15000 kilograms of dry alfalfa per year.

How much dried alfalfa can be produced from one acre of land? According to past practice, it is about 1500 kilograms. Let's say 1000 kilograms as a discount.

So 15000 kilograms of alfalfa would require 15 mu of alfalfa, right?"

Miyali thought for a moment and said, "That's roughly it, but this algorithm doesn't take into account natural disasters or anything like that..."

"The survival rate of alfalfa is already high, and I've already given you a discount. If you think it's not enough, we can just calculate it based on 20 acres. Is that enough?"

Miali nodded. "That's definitely enough, but the problem is, your goal doesn't seem to be 1000, right?"

Yu Qiutang gently rubbed his wife's hair and said, "Otherwise, why do I miss you so much? You really understand my thoughts.

Yes, that’s right, my goal is definitely not 1000.

Let’s do some calculations.

Lin Mu and I have consulted, and we know that the egg production rate of large-scale chicken farming is about 7%. The main reason for this is that the hens need to be replaced, taking into account the several months of growth of the chicks.

For those 1000 chickens, we plan to lay 700 eggs a day...

Oh, in fact, if they are well raised, some hens may lay eggs in less than one day and can lay three eggs in two days.

We will not consider this kind of beyond the scope and just calculate it as one egg per day.

So 1000 chickens will lay 700 eggs.

A small egg in the market costs about 1 cent, and a large one can cost 1.5 cents. Our eggs are relatively small at the beginning of the chick's growth period, but after a few months, they will become very big.

Forget it, let’s calculate it at 700 cents, then 84 pieces would be yuan, right?
The price of feed is 8 cents per pound, which means about 160 yuan for 13 pounds. That is to say, excluding labor and other losses, we can earn 1000 yuan a day for 70 chickens.

That’s 2100 per month, per year…”

Mi Yali stared at Yu Qiutang's calculations in amazement. After hearing this, she sighed, "Wouldn't it be possible to become a millionaire in just one year?"

She noticed that Yu Qiutang's eyes were shining, and knew that her husband was very excited at the moment, and she also began to get excited.

"Ten thousand yuan households are definitely not our goal!"

Mi Qiutang was in high spirits when talking, and since his wife was beside him and there were no outsiders around, he naturally didn't want to hide anything and just spoke freely.

“My initial goal is to control the number to 5000, removing the old and new ones, while ensuring that 4000 eggs are always laid.

Considering that the chickens can be sold to offset other expenses, I plan to make 10 yuan per year in three years just by raising chickens..."

"One hundred thousand!!"

Miali felt that her brain was totally inadequate.

She is a person of this era. Not long ago, she was happy to earn one or two dollars a day. How could she suddenly earn so much? She really couldn't react.

Yu Qiutang, on the other hand, had come into contact with the amount of money in later generations, and in his concept, tens of thousands of yuan was not considered money at all.

As a reborn person, although I have chosen a path of slower development, if I hesitate and dare not even imagine spending 100,000 yuan, then I will probably have no future.

But he still didn't want to give Miyali too much stimulation to prevent her from feeling that he was too unreliable, so he smiled and explained: "This is our future goal, but it will not be accomplished in a short period of time to achieve it."

Miyali came back to her senses and nodded. "That's what I said. You scared me. I think we should be down-to-earth and do it step by step. It doesn't matter what we end up with. As long as we work hard, things will get better and better."

"I just admire your optimism."

Yu Qiutang kissed his wife on the face.

Miyali pushed him and said, "You don't mind the dirtiness even though your face is covered in dust."

"There's nothing dirty about it. You're so kissable."

Yu Qiutang was about to kiss her again, but Mi Yali quickly dodged and ran away with a smile.

Yu Qiutang was just joking and didn't keep pursuing her.

He followed Miyali out and continued, "Weren't we just talking about alfalfa? I actually had an idea a long time ago, and since you mentioned it today, I'll tell you about it."

"What do you think?"

"We just calculated that one thousand of them would require about 20 mu of land. If we really expand to 5000, we would need about 100 mu of land, right?"

"That's right."

"Do you remember that there are several hundred acres of vacant land in the east of the village, which is the easternmost part of Team 5?"

"You...could it be?"

Miali's mind was quick and she thought of something immediately.

Yu Qiutang knew she had guessed it, and nodded: "Yes, now that piece of land is at the foot of the mountain, and there is not much rain all year round, so it is impossible to grow crops, and it is basically barren.

As for me, I plan to contract those lands and sow alfalfa seeds on them.

Alfalfa is very drought-resistant and can survive without much rain. It is also perennial. Once planted, it only needs to be harvested every year, and there is no need to plant it repeatedly..."

Mia Li said, "That's not right. Alfalfa is only drought-resistant, not water-insensitive. I know that place has a cliff to the southeast, and when it rains a lot in summer and autumn, the wind is basically from the southeast, so the rain doesn't fall on the ground at all."

Yu Qiutang nodded, admiring his wife's intelligence.

"Well, I understand what you said. Other people in the village understand it, and the leaders of the village committee understand it, too, right?"

Miali looked at him in confusion.

Since everyone understands it, what do you say this is for?

Yu Qiutang rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "It seems to be true, but the earth is dead and people are alive."

"What does it mean? I still don't understand." (End of this chapter)