Professor Gu's daily life in the countryside after his rebirth

Chapter 223 The Right Direction

Although it is difficult to buy healthy chickens now, it is relatively easy to buy sick chickens.

Wu Youfu came over on his bicycle at around ten o'clock in the morning, carrying three cages.

Gu Zhan observed carefully and saw that several chickens were growing well, but two of them were obviously lethargic, showing symptoms of fowl plague.

"Captain Wu, thank you very much."

"No, no, you are the one who helped us a lot."

"Have all the chickens in the village been fed with medicine?"

"Hey, I've fed them. I came to the commune early this morning to get some herbs, ground them into powder, and fed them right away."

"That's good. If you have any questions, you can come to us."

"Okay, okay, thank you very much, thank you very much." After Wu Youfu left with many thanks, Gu Zhan began to spread out the chickens and began to observe their eating habits and their physical conditions in comparison.

In addition, under the coordination of Shi Min'an, Gu Zhan and Huang Yue observed the situation in the homes of the people in the Yunli Production Brigade every day and kept observation logs.

Everyone in the Yunli Production Brigade knew that they were experts from Beijing, and they welcomed them to visit their homes and help see if their chickens could be saved.

This trip went unexpectedly smoothly.

This went on for three or four days. On the fifth day, one of the two sick chickens, after taking the medicine, had begun to eat normally again. The other chicken, which had not taken the medicine, was still a little listless, but it was much better than the previous few days and had started to eat small amounts.

Wen Chunming was in charge of recording the three chickens' conditions. Seeing this scene, he was so excited that he almost shed tears. He quickly grabbed Gu Zhan, who had just returned from the Yunli Production Brigade, and said excitedly, "Gu Zhan, look, it made it here! It made it here!"

Gu Zhan had noticed that the chicken's condition was getting better and better since yesterday, and what happened today was completely within his expectations.

Seeing Wen Chunming's excitement, he felt happy for no reason. He walked to the chicken coop with a smile and looked at it carefully.

The disease had a significant impact on the chickens. Over the past few days, they had lost a lot of weight and their feathers had become somewhat dry. However, this did not affect their ability to survive the plague.

"It's indeed recovered well, which proves that we are heading in the right direction."

"Yes, yes, we are heading in the right direction." Wen Chunming walked in happily with the notebook, and then walked out again: "We are making some progress, right?"

"Yes." Gu Zhan raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

It was almost time for dinner when Huang Yue came back. As soon as he entered the room, he asked Wen Chunming, "How was things today?"

Wen Chunming said excitedly, "Teacher Huang, this is such a great occasion today. It actually made it here."

"really?"

Huang Yue walked to the front of the chicken coop, squatted down and looked at it for a long time, then stood up and said, "Not bad, our hard work has paid off."

After saying that, he turned his gaze to Gu Zhan again: "Little Gu, we are lucky. This yellow chicken with a positive line can now be basically confirmed as our resource group. The next step is to go and see the bantam chicken they mentioned."

Gu Zhan tacitly agreed to Huang Yue's arrangement and asked, "When do we leave?"

"We're leaving early tomorrow morning. What are we going to do here now?"

Huang Yue smiled mysteriously. "You, a young man, don't understand this, do you? I've already made the arrangements. Let's go back to the county town, talk to Director Fan, and then go take a look at his bantam chicken. If it meets the requirements, our mission for this trip will be completed."

Gu Zhan suppressed his smile and said seriously, "Okay, no problem."

As a reward for their stay here for almost a week, the three decided to give three chickens to the commune staff as a snack, and also to thank them for their care during this period.

That night, the staff of Donghe Commune ate chicken after a long absence.

Early the next morning, the three returned to the Yang line as planned.

This time the three of them went directly to find Fan Jianjun.

Fan Jianjun was very excited when he saw them. He quickly pulled out a stool for them to sit down. "How's it going? Is everything going well?"

"It went very smoothly. Thank you very much for Director Fan's support." Huang Yue said politely.

"It should, it should."

"It's like this, Director Fan. We heard earlier that there's a bantam chicken in our Yangxian line. We'd like to go see it, but we don't know where it is."

Hearing Huang Yue mention the Yangxian bantam chicken, Fan Jianjun slapped his thigh and said apologetically, "Oh, I'm sorry. I was a little anxious and didn't explain everything to you all at once. These bantam chickens are grown in the Sichuan area south of Yangxian County and are famous for their short stature and delicious meat. Are you planning to go there today?"

Huang Yuechang exhaled and said, "Yes, we want to get there as soon as possible. If we delay for a day, we will lose a day of development. Time is running out."

Hearing that Huang Yue was in a hurry to go there, Fan Jianjun tried to ask, "How about tomorrow? Tomorrow we can drive to Xingping Commune for some business, and we can take you there. Today, you'll have to take the car by yourselves."

Considering that the follow-up work still needs to be coordinated between Fan Jianjun and the commune, Huang Yue decided to go to Xingping Commune with Fan Jianjun tomorrow.

Fan Jianjun was indeed punctual. At eight o'clock the next morning, the Agriculture Bureau's car was parked in the yard of the guesthouse, waiting for them to come out.

They were all used to getting up early. As soon as the car entered the yard, they packed up their things and walked out: "Good morning, Director Fan."

Huang Yue waved and greeted Fan Jianjun.

Fan Jianjun got out of the car, helped several people put away their luggage, and then sat back in the car.

Xingping Commune is located in Sichuan District, where the terrain is relatively flat. Wen Chunming was in good condition along the way, at least his face did not turn pale as soon as he got off the car.

The car did not stop on the street and drove directly into the courtyard of Xingping Commune.

When commune director Hou Wanan saw the county agricultural bureau's car approaching, he hurried out to greet them, "Director Fan, you're here?"

"Hey, come and take a look. There's been a chicken plague outbreak in the south lately, and Director Bai is worried, so he asked me to come and take a look."

"It's all good. We're quite a distance away from there, so we're fine for now."

"Well, I'm glad you're okay. Even if you're okay, we still need to take precautions. By the way, these three are experts from Beijing. They want to use our Yangxian bantam chickens as research subjects. I've brought them here, so please help take care of them when the time comes."

"Okay, no problem."

Although Fan Jianjun is only the director of the Animal Husbandry Center, many of the work of connecting the upper and lower levels has to be handled by him. Even though Hou Wanan is puzzled at the moment, he is willing to give Fan Jianjun face.