Reborn in the ’80s as a Group Favorite Bigshot – Chapter 39

Chapter 39: Anyway, I’ll Leave it to You

In the evening, Song Chu took the chicken soup to the Educated Youth Point.

Gu Yue was still reading, but unlike before, today he was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and a white shirt.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the window and landed on him, giving him a gentle, jade-like appearance, and a sense of peaceful tranquility.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he looked up, “You’re here.”

Song Chu was momentarily stunned. If this guy were in the future, he would definitely be a male god. He wouldn’t need to do anything, just his looks and this aura would be enough to debut.

“This is the first time I’ve seen you wearing glasses, I must say, they look quite good.”

Gu Yue was slightly taken aback. Being praised by her, he felt inexplicably good, and also a little embarrassed.

“I’m a little nearsighted, I wear them occasionally.”

“It smells delicious, what are we having today?” He didn’t take off his glasses and asked with a smile, looking at the basket Song Chu was carrying.

Song Chu took out the food and soup from the basket, “Wild chicken and mushroom soup.”

“You guys eat really well.” Gu Yue noticed that apart from the first day, Song Chu brought meat every day after that.

This was not to mention in the countryside, even in Kyoto it was impossible to have meat every day.

Song Chu raised her chin with a smile, “This is all thanks to me.”

Gu Yue chuckled, “You’re really not modest.”

“Can modesty fill my stomach?” Song Chu pulled out a chair and sat down.

After these ten days of interaction, Gu Yue had a general understanding of her personality.

While eating, he said, “You really made a splash today.”

Today, the people from the Educated Youth Point also went to exchange oil. After returning, contrary to their usual behavior, some people started to speak well of Song Chu, and some even wanted to work at the oil pressing workshop.

This showed that Song Chu’s first move was right and very successful.

“No choice, who told me to be an academic god too.” Song Chu could only really talk to Gu Yue here, and she regarded him as a friend, so she spoke with a bit of casualness.

A layer of smile spread across Gu Yue’s handsome face, and he teased, “Is it Song, the Academic God, or Song, the Village Bully?”

Song Chu put on an “I’m the village bully and I’m proud” expression, “Both.”

Gu Yue felt relaxed being with such a Song Chu, “Alright, you’re amazing.”

He asked with a smile, “What’s your next step? I’ve finished all the modification drawings for the oil press, all that’s left is to order the parts.”

Song Chu replied, “Don’t you know someone from the Provincial Machinery Factory? How about writing a letter and asking them to help make these new parts?”

“Some of the parts I designed are a bit complicated. If we just mail the drawings, I’m afraid they won’t be able to make them properly. I’ll have to go there in person to explain.” Gu Yue took a sip of the chicken soup, it was really delicious.

If he kept eating like this, he suspected he wouldn’t be able to get used to cooking for himself anymore.

Song Chu thought for a moment, “Then let’s go to the provincial capital once your leg is fully healed.”

“You’re going too?” Gu Yue always felt that she mainly wanted to go herself.

Song Chu nodded, “Yes, I want to see if there are any chick incubators for sale.”

Gu Yue was stunned, “Chick incubators?”

“You don’t know?” Song Chu asked back.

Gu Yue shook his head, “No, I’ve never heard of them.”

He was interested, “Did you see it in a book from your space laboratory?”

“Yes, there’s a book in my space that specifically talks about incubators.”

Song Chu said, “I don’t know if they sell chick incubators in the provincial capital.”

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She also felt that the possibility was not very high, but she still planned to go and see. It was just that Gu Yue didn’t know about it, so there was probably no hope.

Gu Yue said, “Now chicks are hatched manually. I’m sure this thing you’re talking about doesn’t exist.”

“You want to raise chickens now? Didn’t you just start raising pigs?” He asked with a smile.

Song Chu said truthfully, “Raising pigs takes too long to see results. Raising chickens and ducks is faster. The oil pressing workshop is producing more and more oil residue, and the pigs in the pigsty can’t finish it all.”

“You want to buy a chick incubator, do you want to raise chickens on a large scale?” Gu Yue found that Song Chu’s ambition seemed quite big.

Song Chu nodded with a smile, “Yes, what’s the point of raising a few or a few dozen? If you’re going to raise them, you should raise them by the thousands or tens of thousands.”

Gu Yue reminded her, “Raising so many chickens, you’ll encounter many problems. One mistake and they could all die.”

Raising a few chickens at home is fine, they’re not that prone to diseases. But with thousands or tens of thousands, if one chicken gets sick, it could spread, causing large-scale deaths. The loss would be huge.

Song Chu was familiar with raising poultry, “It’s okay, I have scientific methods for raising chickens, and I can also prepare some medicine specifically for preventing diseases in chickens. It’s no problem to raise a lot of them.”

Gu Yue thought for a moment and said, “It won’t be easy for the village to set up a chicken farm. Will they agree to let you buy thousands or tens of thousands of chicks?”

“They definitely won’t agree!” Song Chu didn’t think her Eldest Maternal Uncle would let her buy so many chicks. Even if he agreed, the village cadres would definitely not agree. After all, this was not a small operation like the oil pressing workshop.

Besides, the village wouldn’t have so much money to buy so many chicks, and the purchasing channel was also a big problem.

Gu Yue asked curiously, “You know they won’t agree, but you still want to raise them? Do you already have a plan?”

Song Chu found that only Gu Yue could keep up with her thinking in these matters, “I want to buy a chick incubator because I don’t plan to buy chicks, I want to hatch them myself.”

“I can’t raise thousands or tens of thousands at the beginning. I’ll start with a few hundred. Once they’re raised, and the villagers see the benefits and results, then we can expand the scale and apply to become a collective chicken farm.”

“Once the chicken farm is established, will we still worry about the pig farm or the duck farm?”

Only by applying to become a collectively owned enterprise could they sell openly, otherwise it would be considered speculation.

Gu Yue nodded after listening to her, “Your plan is not bad, but unfortunately, there are no chick incubators for sale outside.”

Relying on manual large-scale breeding of chicks would be slow, and the survival rate was not very high.

Song Chu was also considering this problem. After thinking for a while, she suddenly realized something.

She hadn’t thought of it before, why look far when the solution was near.

She looked up at Gu Yue with a grin, “It doesn’t matter if we can’t buy one, that’s why you’re here.”

Gu Yue: “……” He had a feeling that this woman’s smile was not well-intentioned.

“What does this have to do with me?” He asked.

“Aren’t you Gu, the Academic God? And you know so much about mechanics, making a chick incubator should be a piece of cake for you.” Song Chu heaped praises on him.

“……” Gu Yue was both amused and exasperated. So that’s what she was getting at.

“What if I can’t make it? You have so much faith in me?” He asked with a half-smile.

Song Chu had an expression that said “you can definitely do it”, “You need to have enough confidence in yourself. I believe you can definitely do it. You can’t let down your reputation as Gu, the Academic God.”

“Anyway, I’ll leave this chick incubator to you.” She quickly passed the buck.

“……” Gu Yue suddenly felt a headache coming on.