The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "As for eggs, we can move some every month, but mutton has to wait until autumn."

When various supplies are in short supply, food is more important than clothing.

Yan Yimin thought carefully for a while and nodded: "If it is eggs and mutton, it will probably be easier, but...don't you plan to sell the mutton?"

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "We have a small amount this year, only more than fifty goats in total, and we also need to keep breeding sheep and ewes. We haven't decided how many to slaughter yet. The team also wants to keep some for the members to celebrate the New Year. If there are any If you have more, you still have to send it to the county, but if it’s not much, you might as well just replace it with something else.”

Let me tell you first, it won’t be much.

Yan Yimin asked: "Why only slaughter goats?"

Zhu Xiaomin was helpless: “The sheep must be kept to produce wool.”

"Oh!" Yan Yimin nodded, a little disappointed, but he understood, so he had to ask again, "According to Lu Zhiqing, your breeding base is considered a success. Will it be expanded in the future?"

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and nodded: "The materials for our expansion have been prepared. After harvesting the sunflower seeds, we will expand the sheep pen. Comrade Zhao is here to help us select breeding sheep and ewes and breed them."

Yan Yimin was relieved and said hurriedly: "Next year's wool and mutton will be sent to us here."

This immediately sets everything for next year.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and agreed: "It's a pleasure to work with Secretary Yan here. Naturally, I will bother Secretary Yan next year." She made an appointment and gave him a week to help raise cloth and cotton coupons. Then she would deliver the wool herself.

After the matter was settled, Lu Mingzheng had sent two sheep-shearing masters back. They went to the oil pressing shop and helped Chen Xudong load yesterday's slag cake into the truck. They went back to the supply and marketing cooperative to collect the payment and acknowledgment, and returned directly to the village.

All the wool has been bagged and packaged. There are a group of children on the mountain helping to collect sunflower cakes. Some educated youths here simply don’t go there anymore. They go to collect peaches every morning. After breakfast, they come directly to the base and follow Zhao Zheng to learn how to select breeding sheep and females. Sheep, breed the sheep, and then start expanding the sheepfold.

During this period, Meng Zihao first determined the growth status of various fruit trees in the orchard and returned to the city first.

By the time Zhu Xiaomin made an appointment to deliver the wool, the work of breeding the sheep had also been completed, because the next pilot project of the breeding base was scheduled to be in the third brigade. Zhao Zheng had done the final training and packed his luggage to live in the village of the third brigade.

Lu Mingzheng was not in charge of the third brigade. He sent Zhao Zheng away, collected the materials himself, and wanted to go back to the city.

When Luo Ye heard about it, he was very reluctant to part with him. He would sit next to him while eating, and kept asking: "Brother Lu, when are you coming?"

During this time, Lu Mingzheng would follow him up the mountain to collect peaches in the morning, but in the morning he would sometimes stay at the educated youth point to write materials, occasionally go to school, and sometimes take him to the base, feeling that he was closer than before.

Lu Mingzheng also liked this clever little boy. He glanced at Zhu Xiaomin sitting on the other side and said with a smile: "I'm going to see the silage situation in the autumn, and then I'll probably wait for the ewes to give birth to lambs."

"Oh." Luo Ye was a little disappointed, pointing to the top of his head and said, "The grapes in our yard will be ripe next month, won't you come? If you don't come, you won't be able to eat them."

Lu Mingzheng looked up and remembered the Soviet-style mooncakes Zhu Xiaomin baked during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year. He glanced at her again and said slowly, "Well, if someone invites me, maybe I can spare some time."

That's what I said.

The eyes of more than thirty people instantly fell on Zhu Xiaomin.

Zhu Xiaomin was speechless, but she pretended not to hear it, and just picked up a chopstick and stuffed it into her mouth.

Luo Ye followed Lu Mingzheng's gaze and looked over, then looked back at Lu Mingzheng. He opened his mouth to invite him, but he also knew that he was not worthy enough, so he finally asked: "Sister Xiaomin, won't you invite Brother Lu? Otherwise He has no excuse."

"Pfft!" Several people couldn't help laughing.

Zhu Xiaomin was also amused. He looked up at Luo Ye and then at Lu Mingzheng: "Why do I remember that someone said that even if you leave here, you are still from here? I haven't heard that someone has to invite someone to go home."

That seems to be the truth!

Lu Mingzheng looked at her with a smile, sighed and shook his head: "Everyone knows what I'm talking about, you just pretend not to know."

Yes, he openly announced his pursuit of her, no one should pretend.

Zhu Xiaomin glared at him: "Lu Mingzheng, you know exactly what I'm talking about."

She didn't treat him as an outsider, but she also made it clear that she would not marry him.

Lu Mingzheng smiled bitterly in his heart, but his face was full of joy: "You mean, you want me to come back often?"

Zhu Xiaomin: "..."

Is this guy really Lu Mingzheng from the previous life?

Yang Aijun and Song Zhian couldn't help but laugh out loud. Seeing her glance at her, they hurriedly lowered their heads and pretended to eat.

Xie Chengzhi said with a smile: "Of course, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are consecutive, so I hope you have some time off."

Lu Mingzheng nodded immediately: "Of course." He looked at Zhu Xiaomin and added, "The mooncakes Xiaomin made last year were delicious. If you need any more ingredients, tell me in advance and I will bring them over."

So, he still wants to eat the mooncakes she made.

Luo Ye's train of thought was instantly diverted by him, and he looked at Zhu Xiaomin with admiration: "Sister Xiaomin can also make mooncakes? She's so awesome." After speaking, he turned to look at Luo Tingyuan, "Dad, don't you think so?"

Luo Tingyuan: "..."

This silly boy.

But when he saw several people looking over him, he had no choice but to nod: "Yes!"

Luo Ye had already run to Zhu Xiaomin again: "Sister Xiaomin, I have seen mooncakes once. They are so big and pointed, with fillings inside. They look delicious. Do you make them like that?"

Zhu Xiaomin was surprised: "Pointy?"

Whose mooncakes are pointy?

Luo Tingyuan explained: "The mooncakes were cut by children in the village."

Mooncakes not only use pure white flour, but also a lot of sugar and a lot of oil. Not to mention that they, the decentralized personnel, cannot eat them. Even ordinary people in the village often share the mooncakes with their families. They cut the mooncakes with a knife and give each person one tooth. .

Only then did Zhu Xiaomin understand. Looking at Luo Ye's eager little face, her heart ached slightly. She rubbed his hair and smiled: "What I did last year was different from that one, but this year we can prepare earlier."

Luo Ye's eyes suddenly lit up, he nodded immediately, clapped his fingers and said, "I heard from Sanniuzi that mooncakes contain sugar, green and red silk, walnut kernels, and some also include mushrooms, tomatoes, cucumbers, and eggs... "

He could count a few things reliably, but the ones behind him were only things that could be seen in the village. The educated youths were dumbfounded and suspected that they were short-sighted.

Zhu Xiaomin couldn't help but laugh and rubbed his head: "Silly boy, others are lying to you, but we can do a few more things ourselves."