Chapter 70: Jiaojiao is spoiled by the rough man

Su Wanwan thought to herself, silently pondering the steps of making medicinal wine, and she and Xu Yan walked out of the factory one after the other.

"Where is the box of rabbit meat?"

Just as he walked outside the factory, Xu Yan suddenly turned around and looked directly into Su Wanwan's eyes.

Su Wanwan was thinking about the steps of making medicinal wine. She never expected Xu Yan to suddenly ask this question. She looked a little surprised for a moment, and then she smiled wittily after she reacted.

"I think I just left it in the room."

"Really?" Xu Yan's expression was very amused. "You didn't walk around the room before you came out, and there was no box on the table. Where did you put the box?"

Does Xu Yan want to keep pursuing this matter?

Su Wanwan screamed quietly in her heart, but on the surface she remained calm and cleared her throat, "I don't quite remember, I just put it somewhere randomly. Oh, don't worry about it, no one will find it."

"What if someone smells it?" Xu Yan looked at Su Wanwan's inconsistent actions and words with amusement, as if he knew something.

"Ah, this... Oh, it's okay. I couldn't smell anything before I came out. Let's finalize the office matters first. At worst, I can go back and get the box out for you later..."

As Su Wanwan spoke, she actually felt a little guilty.

After all, he was facing Xu Yan...this guy's eyes were sometimes sharper than searchlights.

"My idea is that the factories should not be scattered all over the village, but should be concentrated in one place for production. This way, when the factory grows bigger, it will be easier to manage and less likely to cause conflicts."

Xu Yan's analysis made sense. Su Wanwan nodded as she listened. As soon as he finished speaking, she opened her eyes wide and asked, "But what about the house?"

"The houses in the village are basically built with wood and grass mud. It doesn't take much time and the materials are not difficult to find. We can just build a temporary house."

Some fragmented concepts suddenly flashed through Su Wanwan's mind——

It seems that it wasn’t until nearly ten years later that privately building houses was prohibited!

In other words, Xu Yan’s idea is completely feasible!

Most of the houses where villagers live are very simple. The main materials used are some cylindrical wood as supports. On this basis, the gaps are filled with some materials such as grass, wood and mud, and then the roof is covered with some straw and pottery tiles.

In this era, there are almost no people who can live in brick and tile houses, especially in a village like theirs that is not particularly wealthy. Even Secretary Wang’s office is a primitive mud house.

It doesn't take long to build such a mud house...

"Where can I find the materials?" Su Wanwan silently held one of her hands and looked thoughtfully at the several houses that had been converted into factories.

"There are many elderly people in the village who know how to build houses. They can mix the mud and wood for building houses. I have channels to get other materials. If I can't get them, I will go and discuss it with Secretary Wang."

Hearing Xu Yan's tone that he had thought of and arranged almost everything, Su Wanwan felt relieved, "So how many rooms do you plan to build? How much does it cost?"

A new office was built near the factory, so she will have a place to work and rest in the future. Just thinking about it made Su Wanwan feel a little excited.

Before this, she had been working at the radio station. Although she was just a broadcaster, the radio station in Shuitian Village only needed one person to work there, so she occupied the entire small room of the radio station by herself. The radio station was her own office, but when she came to the factory, she had no space left.

So uncomfortable.

"The office should be built bigger, with bigger window frames and better glass for light transmission. A few office chairs and desks should be placed inside. The rest of the house can be built according to the size of the current rooms. Do you think it would be appropriate to build a few more rooms?"

Xu Yan stretched out his hand and gestured to Su Wanwan.

Su Wanwan nodded blankly, "Of course... the more the better, the more the better..."

Building more factories means that more incense can be produced, and producing more products means selling more for money. Su Wanwan didn't even need to think about this...

From this point of view, as long as Xu Yan can continuously transport back raw materials and sell products, it would be best to bring all the people in Shuitian Village to work in the factory.

"I need to investigate the number of young people in the village who are able to work and are willing to come to our factory to work. Once the number is determined, it will not be too late to plan the construction of the factory."

Su Wanwan was very reassured about Xu Yan's plans. "Then how are you going to investigate? Go door to door?"

Xu Yan: “…”

Looking at Su Wanwan's dazed expression when she questioned him, Xu Yan suddenly smiled, "Wanwan is even cuter sometimes."

Su Wanwan didn't understand what was going on and said "Huh?"

"It would take a lot of time to ask every household, and we wouldn't be able to get an accurate answer right away. Anyway, there are a lot of young people working in the factory, so wouldn't it be a good idea to ask them about their intentions?"

"Why didn't I think of that..." After Xu Yan's reminder, Su Wanwan realized how funny her question was. She immediately lowered her head and just saw Liu Meir, who had finished her meal, walking towards her and was planning to organize the afternoon work.

Su Wanwan quickly grabbed Liu Meir's hand and pulled her slightly in front of her.

"Sister Mei'er, please help me talk to the people working in our factory this afternoon. After they get off work in the afternoon, when they go home, ask their neighbors if there are any people willing to come to work in the factory. The salary and working hours will be the same as their current ones. Please prepare a small notebook and make a statistics of their research. Give me the results in two or three days."

Liu Mei'er immediately agreed and walked into the factory.

"How are you reading those books?"

Su Wanwan had just arranged Liu Mei'er's afternoon tasks and was just trying to recall whether there were any details or issues that she had overlooked when Xu Yan suddenly asked.

"Which books? Are they the books you found for me that tell the stories of great men directly?" Su Wanwan didn't react for a moment.

"They are the books for the college entrance examination." Xu Yan's tone was calm, but there was an obvious look of anticipation in his eyes.

Su Wanwan's heart seemed to be suddenly hit by something, and she stood there in a daze for a moment.

If Xu Yan hadn't mentioned it, she would have almost forgotten about this matter. After all, there were a lot of things to do in the factory during this period of time, and they almost occupied all her time. What's more, she had to go to the radio station to broadcast in the morning, so she had almost no time to pay attention to more things. Naturally, she didn't have the leisure to read the books for the college entrance examination.

But after all, she had already learned this knowledge before, and it left a deep impression in her mind. She just needed to review it carefully a few months in advance, and there shouldn't be any big problems.

As far as she knew, the questions in the college entrance examination right after its resumption were extremely simple. Compared with the difficulty of the questions decades later, it was not difficult for her to get into a suitable school.