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

Xie Chengzhi nodded and frowned: "It's just that we don't differentiate between meat, and we have to get meat stamps to buy our own meat. We are not short of food this year, but we must have meat for the New Year, right?"

Zhu Xiaomin pursed her lips and smiled: "The team doesn't differentiate between meat, so why don't we buy it ourselves? This mutton was sent to us. If we want to buy some more, it's not impossible to buy it."

When Xie Chengzhi heard that this was her idea, he smiled and nodded: "Then just discuss it with Xudong."

Things were agreed upon, and everyone went about their business.

On the 5th, Chen Xudong wanted to deliver eggs, and Zhu Xiaomin went with him.

Because of the cold weather, the tractor bucket was covered with thick straw and tied with straw curtains to keep out the wind. A few beds of torn cotton wool were also thrown on the straw.

Zhu Xiaomin and Chen Xudong were wrapped tightly and huddled in torn cotton wool, and followed the tractor into the county town.

Passing by the post and telecommunications office, Zhu Xiaomin had an impulse and almost asked the car to stop and send a telegram to Lu Mingzheng.

She originally thought that Lu Mingzheng would come back soon, but in the blink of an eye there was no sign of him for more than twenty days.

During this period of time, whenever she was free, she would be distracted. She didn't know whether he had changed his mind or was tripped up by something.

Just, write to ask?

A letter at this time often leaves for a week, waiting for her letter to arrive or Lu Mingzheng has returned.

With this thought in mind, this letter was put off day by day.

Send a telegram?

It sounds like nothing important happened, so why ask?

When Zhu Xiaomin hesitated for a moment, the post and telecommunications office was already behind him. Hearing Chen Xudong's words next to him, he reluctantly came back to his senses.

When Yan Yimin saw her coming, he immediately came out of the office with a strange look on his face. He asked the staff to contact Chen Xudong, and then he greeted Zhu Xiaomin to come in. He opened his mouth and asked, "Are you here about the mutton?"

Zhu Xiaomin was startled: "Yes, it turns out that Secretary Yan guessed it."

Yan Yimin frowned and shook his head: "It's not that I guessed it, but someone from your place has been here."

"Has someone been here?" Zhu Xiaomin opened her eyes in surprise, "Who?"

"She is also a female educated youth. She came with her. She is said to be the director of your revolutionary committee."

Qian Yuanfei and Shi Meijun!

Zhu Xiaomin asked: "What did they say?"

Yan Yimin shook his head: "They don't have a letter of introduction. The director of the Revolutionary Committee only has a work permit. They kept asking about the price of mutton, but I didn't continue the conversation." After speaking, he asked, "Is he really one of your people?"

Zhu Xiaomin snorted coldly and shook his head: "Although Shi Zhiqing is an educated youth, she is already married and has been separated from our educated youth team. She does not participate in the management of the base. Except for the initial two days of construction, she has never done anything."

"What about the other one?" Yan Yimin frowned, "How can the director of the Revolutionary Committee take care of production matters?"

"That director of the Revolutionary Committee..." Thinking of the relationship between Qian Yuanfei and Shi Meijun, Zhu Xiaomin's eyes were full of amusement, "If I think well, he wants to get some benefits from it."

Yan Yimin immediately frowned, slapped the table, and said with a sneer: "Our country is still in a difficult situation, and many people don't have enough to eat. This kind of person is really a worm, how did he become this director?"

Zhu Xiaomin nodded, not wanting to talk about those two people anymore, and took out the letter of introduction from his pocket and gave it to him: "The purpose of our meeting that day is that we will slaughter the sheep and deliver them to you, or we will calculate them by the catty."

Yan Yimin nodded: "Currently, the price of mutton is 78 cents per kilogram. During the Chinese New Year, it will increase a bit, to about 80 cents. But you are sending the whole sheep, with a lot of sheep bones. Do you think... how about 35 cents?"

"Secretary!" Zhu Xiaomin said helplessly, "How can there be no bones in the mutton? We peeled the skin and removed the entrails of the whole sheep. Otherwise, we removed the bones and kept the sheep's head and hooves, and only sent the meat and sheep. leg?"

Yan Yimin thought about it and shook his head with a wry smile: "Then how much will be left?" After thinking about it, he tried again, "You keep the sheep's head, hooves and internal organs. Let's send the sheep's body as a whole."

Zhu Xiaomin immediately said: "Okay, how about paying 40 cents and getting us some meat tickets?"

Five more points this time?

Yan Yimin waved his hand hurriedly: "You can get some meat tickets, but the price is not good." Think about it and try to say, "Thirty-eight cents?"

"Okay!" When he heard that he had obtained the meat ticket, Zhu Xiaomin didn't argue and readily agreed.

As for the twenty or so chickens, because the quantity was too small, the two of them did not bother with each other. They agreed to slaughter them, remove the internal organs, and buy them at half the current market price.

As before, after signing an agreement with her, Yan Yimin asked worriedly: "The two of you there won't interfere with it, right?"

Zhu Xiaomin shook his head: "They can't get involved in our base's affairs, but since they are interested and can't make any money, they may cause trouble elsewhere. We will find ways to prevent it."

Yan Yimin was a little relieved and sighed: "Looking at the Chinese New Year, the county is also nervous about eating meat. You, the fifty-odd sheep, can only relieve it."

Twenty chickens is a drop in the bucket, so I won’t even mention it.

Zhu Xiaomin said helplessly: "Our base has only been established for a year, and the remaining ones are either lactating ewes or breeding sheep. This is all that can be slaughtered."

Yan Yimin nodded and asked curiously: "I heard you say last time that your base occupies a large area. Why don't you raise more?"

Zhu Xiaomin was helpless: "We also want more, but we have to develop step by step. This year, some sheep failed to breed, and the hens' nests did not meet expectations. I am thinking about collecting some chicks in spring."

Yan Yimin asked: "Where is the rooster?"

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "You can also raise them. Raising them for a year to sell meat is no worse than raising hens to lay eggs."

Yan Yimin slapped his thigh and said with a smile: "You should have told me this little cock would be very easy."

"What?" Zhu Xiaomin asked.

Yan Yimin said: "Most villagers only want to raise hens to lay eggs. When they see a rooster, they just kill it and eat it. But how many bites of meat can the rooster have? Our people go to collect it, but it is cheaper than eggs."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "I'll go back and discuss it with the team. If possible, I'll ask the secretary for help and we can work out the supply and demand relationship."

Yan Yimin asked: "What is the relationship between supply and demand?"

Zhu Xiaomin said with a smile: "You are the ones who help us collect the chicks. After we raise them, whether they are eggs or chicken, we will provide them directly to you and no longer give them to others. The fees for collecting the chicks will be directly folded into the eggs and chicken." .”

In other words, they don’t have to spend the money to collect the chicks in the early stage.

Yan Yimin couldn't help laughing and nodded: "Easy to say."

The time for delivering the mutton was set here, and Chen Xudong had already finished the work outside. He paid the bill and got the receipt, and the two of them hurried back immediately.

After returning to the brigade to explain the matter, she was just waiting for Xia Dongliang to arrange for the sheep to be slaughtered. Zhu Xiaomin didn't tell everyone about Qian Yuanfei and Shi Meijun until the evening. She frowned and said, "They can't get involved in this mutton matter." , I'm afraid it will cause trouble elsewhere, so everyone should be careful."