After my stepmother was shot, I took my brothers to the countryside

Chapter 177 Cooperation with Supply and Marketing Cooperatives

Shen Nian and the team leader carried a basket of eggs into the supply and marketing cooperative, while Gu Jianhua stayed behind to guard the ox cart.

"Hello, comrade. Is your person in charge here? We would like to talk to him about a cooperation!" Shen Nian politely asked a salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative.

The salesperson looked up at them, then glanced at the baskets in their hands: "Are you here to exchange something?"

"No, we are here to discuss cooperation with you for sales. We are from Shuangxi Brigade. These are eggs from our chicken farm. We would like to supply them to you for sale!" Shen Nian explained while lifting a corner of the basket to show the eggs.

After listening to Shen Nian's explanation, the salesperson took another look at the eggs in the basket, and his originally cold attitude immediately turned into enthusiasm:

"Oh! So you are from the Shuangxi Brigade! Our director has told us that if anyone from the Shuangxi Brigade comes, we should go directly to his office to find him. Come with me!" The salesperson said, and led the way up to the second floor, followed closely by Shen Nian and the team leader.

The salesperson led them to an open room with ease and knocked on the door. "Director Chen, comrades from the Shuangxi Brigade are here. They want to discuss cooperation with our supply and marketing cooperative."

Director Chen of the supply and marketing cooperative was a middle-aged man wearing glasses. When he heard the salesperson's words, he immediately stood up from behind his desk and walked out.

He extended his hand warmly. "Welcome, comrades! I'm the person in charge here, my last name is Chen. Director Zhao from your commune told me about your brigade opening a chicken farm! I've been waiting for you!"

Shen Nian hurried forward to shake his hand. Director Chen shook his hand for a moment and then immediately let go. Shen Nian introduced himself, "Hello, Director Chen! I'm an educated youth from the Shuangxi Brigade, and this is our brigade leader!"

The team leader immediately stepped forward and shook hands with Director Chen. After a brief greeting, the two sat down and got down to business.

"Director Chen, we're here mainly to discuss egg supply cooperation with the supply and marketing cooperative."

Shen Nian went straight to the point and continued, "Our brigade's chicken farm is quite large. We currently have about 1,500 chickens. You've seen the quality of the eggs, and we can guarantee a stable supply every day. The supply time is about four months! Then, in November, we will be able to sell our chickens to your supply and marketing cooperative."

Upon hearing this, Director Chen asked in surprise, "What? You only have a four-month supply of eggs? You're going to sell off the chickens by the end of the year?"

Shen Nian nodded: "Yes, Director Chen!"

Director Chen looked at the team leader who had been silent since the greetings. "Aren't you the team leader? Why let her speak? Does she have the final say? Are you guys going to stop raising chickens at the end of the year?"

The team leader smiled innocently and explained, "Director Chen, please don't misunderstand me. Although Comrade Shen Nian is only an educated youth in our team, it was she who single-handedly organized our chicken farm! Even I, the team leader, listen to her when it comes to raising chickens. Therefore, it's most appropriate to let her explain the details of the cooperation to you."

Director Chen listened to the captain's words and nodded in understanding. He was truly talented, as he could run a chicken farm that could raise over a thousand chickens.

"Comrade Shen, can you explain why you sold the chickens at the end of the year?" Director Chen asked.

Shen Nian didn't take the previous incident to heart at all. She was a young and beautiful girl, so it was normal that Director Chen didn't believe she could be the owner of a chicken farm!

She nodded at Director Chen and explained, "It's like this, Director Chen. Winter comes early and lasts long here in Liaoning Province. Hens stop laying when the temperature drops too low. And the main problem is that conditions in our Shuangxi Brigade are poor. In winter, every household can only afford two meals a day. How can we have extra food for the chickens?"

"So in order to avoid unnecessary food consumption, we decided to sell the chickens before the end of the year. In this way, we can avoid the problems caused by food shortages and high temperatures in winter." Shen Nian explained in detail.

After hearing this, Director Chen nodded thoughtfully. He hadn't really thought about these things. He only thought about how it would be a shame to sell off the laying hens he had worked so hard to raise in the winter.

Now after hearing Shen Nian's explanation, I understand why she did this.

"Comrade Shen, your considerations make sense. I was negligent," Director Chen said sincerely. "Regarding the egg supply, can you guarantee the quality and quantity for the next four months?"

Shen Nian confidently replied, "Director Chen, you can rest assured about the quality of our eggs. We welcome you to visit our farm! However, as for the quantity, we can only guarantee the supply of as much as we can."

After some bargaining over the price, the two sides finally set the price of eggs at 52 cents per pound.

After deciding on the price, Director Chen nodded to the two of them, "Okay, that's settled then. Please sit back and wait for a moment. I'll have someone prepare a detailed cooperation contract right away."

"Director Chen, I have prepared the cooperation contract!" Shen Nian said, taking out a piece of paper from his messenger bag and handing it to Director Chen with both hands.

The team leader sat aside, watching Director Chen's stunned expression, and quickly picked up the water cup and pretended to drink. Just now on the ox cart, when Shen Nian handed him the paper, his expression was not much better than Director Chen's.

Director Chen was a little surprised, but more delighted. It was the first time he met such a sensible partner.

He took the paper Shen Nian handed him and looked through it carefully. The cooperation plan detailed the start and end times of the supply, as well as delivery every five days, and the price was around fifty cents.

Well, it seems that this female educated youth had even roughly estimated what price she would offer in the end before coming here!

Director Chen smiled and pointed at a spot and said, "Comrade Shen, this one is..."

Shen Nian looked at the item he pointed to and explained, "It's like this, Director Chen. Although we are the first chicken farm to supply eggs to you, we certainly won't be the last. I specifically added this to protect the interests of both of us."

"So what this means is that if we buy eggs from other brigades that aren't as good as yours at the same price, I'll have to raise the price for you?" Director Chen

Shen Nian nodded: "Director Chen, you have seen the quality of our eggs! Our team must also protect our own interests, don't you think?"

Director Chen looked up at the team leader, who quickly turned his head, looking here and there. Well, today he had met his match: one was playing dumb, the other was as clever as a monkey.

After some discussion, the cooperation plan was finally finalized and both parties nodded with satisfaction.

"Director Chen, we brought eggs with us today, so why don't we go down and weigh the eggs now?" Shen Nian suggested.

"Okay, let's go." Director Chen agreed readily.

The three of them went downstairs together. Gu Jianhua saw Shen Nian and the team leader leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, so he quickly got off the ox cart and went to greet them: "Shen Zhiqing, how is it? Did you finish the talk?"