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

Gu Mancang thought about it and shook his head: "Raising sheep is easy. Our uncultivated barren hills are full of weeds. It would be appropriate for the team to arrange some old and weak members to herd sheep. But raising chickens is not possible. We need a place and food." I’m afraid I can’t afford food.”

"Secretary." Zhu Xiaomin stepped forward and said with a smile, "Before winter, we were doing some work to keep the small trees in the forest warm, and we saw that many of the fallen leaves had wormholes, indicating that there were many bugs in the forest. If we raise chickens in the forest, the chickens will be eaten by insects, and we can also remove insect pests from the trees. Isn’t it killing two birds with one stone?”

Have you thought about everything?

Xie Chengzhi looked at her again and couldn't help but ask: "What about before the leaves grow? What about winter?"

Zhu Xiaomin said with a smile: "In that forest, there are insects every year, which means that they will leave insect eggs, not only on the trees, but also on the ground, and the chickens will eat them by themselves."

"The most difficult part is of course winter, but I see that every year we divide the grains, be it wheat, corn or other coarse grains, most of them are used to grind flour. After the flour is ground, we bring it back, and the ground What about the residue? Is it all wasted? If it is brought back and made into chicken feed, how much will it be?"

"Also, the vegetables we grow are left for our people to eat. Some of the roots can only be thrown in the ground to rot. If we harvest them and dry them, there will be a lot of them. As long as we calculate the number of chickens, we will be able to eat them." It shouldn’t be difficult in the winter.”

As someone who had experienced the first intense exercise, Xie Chengzhi had always been cautious in what he said and done, but he was attracted by the big cakes she drew. He nodded unconsciously and said, "These are things people don't eat. Look at it this way, it's really... It’s okay.”

Zhu Xiaomin smiled at him: "These are just what I thought of. If we work together, there will always be more solutions than difficulties."

When Xie Chengzhi heard her last words, he couldn't help but smile, and nodded after thinking about it: "Even, we can grind the flour ourselves in the team first, and directly divide the flour when dividing the grain, which is more convenient than the members grinding it themselves. We will keep the residue in the team and use it to make chicken feed in winter. The number of kilograms will be announced to the members, and finally it will be converted into eggs and other output."

There are more than a dozen villages nearby, but there is only one flour mill and two stone mills in the town. After every autumn harvest, there is a long queue at the flour mill. The two stone mills in the flour mill cannot even turn their shafts. People are often tired, and the donkeys are even more tired.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled at him, nodded and said: "The last thing is manpower. The secretary also said just now that some old and weak members are needed to herd sheep. They can not only record work points but also make contributions. But raising chickens requires building chicken coops, and raising sheep requires Someone should also be on duty at the sheepfold to prevent weasels and the like from getting in and causing damage."

Gu Mancang nodded silently and listened to her talk. Xie Chengzhi occasionally interjected a few words, which were all new ideas that he came up with on the fly.

After talking for a while, Zhu Xiaomin slowly stopped and looked at Gu Mancang expectantly: "Uncle, you can tell me whether it can be done."

Gu Mancang looked deeply at her: "How long have you been thinking about these things?"

I’ve been thinking about it since the day I came back from rebirth.

Zhu Xiaomin blinked and said with a smile: "I started thinking about it after the autumn harvest, and was also inspired by other towns."

Gu Mancang smiled again, thought about it and nodded: "Let me think about this matter, and don't talk about it outside until there is a result."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded immediately and asked hurriedly: "What about our educated youth matters?"

Gu Mancang smiled: "After the fifteenth day, there will be a meeting in the town. I will help you apply, but don't have high hopes for how many you can get."

Zhu Xiaomin's eyes lit up: "It's possible, we'll make a good plan."

Seeing that there was nothing else to do, the two of them came out and went directly back to the educated youth point.

Seeing the two people coming back, Xing Qingsheng and Song Zhian followed them, and each one asked: "How is it? Can Zhu Xiaomin join the team?"

"What did you talk about? Did you say anything about us raising chickens and farming?"

"That's right, tell me quickly."

Xie Chengzhi pushed away the heads that were crowded in front of him one by one, and said with a smile: "It's settled that Zhu Xiaomin will do writing work, but if there is other work in the future, we may need our help."

"No problem!" Several people slapped their thighs and immediately smiled at Zhu Xiaomin, "In the future, if the team is energetic, please remember to convey it."

Zhu Xiaomin also smiled: "It's necessary."

Things were initially decided, and Zhu Xiaomin went to work at the brigade headquarters fifteen days later.

The writing work at the beginning of the year, apart from the production plan, is the brigade's revolutionary propaganda.

Although Zhu Xiaomin is a new recruiter, after several years of practice, the content is not unfamiliar, and he can free up his hands to help others with some work.

After Gu Mancang made her familiar with the work of the brigade, he also went to the town to hold a production meeting.

Zhu Xiaomin finished what she was doing that day and didn't return to the educated youth spot. She just craned her neck and waited for Gu Mancang to come back.

When it was almost dusk, I finally saw Gu Mancang entering the gate of the brigade headquarters with his hands behind his back. Zhu Xiaomin rushed out of the house and followed Gu Mancang into his office. He poured water and lit cigarettes. After a while, he quietly asked: "Uncle, how are you?"

Gu Mancang took a few puffs of cigarette and sighed before saying: "I asked you educated youths, and they said you can raise chickens, but not more than five. The land... you have a yard, forget about all the things in the yard."

"What are you growing in the yard?" Zhu Xiaomin was surprised, "If you raise chickens, you have to build a chicken coop. Although the yard is not small, you can't grow much."

Gu Mancang sighed: "I know it too, but I've tried my best." He shook his head again.

When Zhu Xiaomin heard that this was the result, he was stunned for a while, and then asked cautiously: "What about... what's going on in the team?"

Gu Mancang shook his head and said helplessly: "As soon as I brought it up, they said we were developing capitalism and didn't approve it at all."

Zhu Xiaomin was anxious: "It's not like there are no production teams that collectively raise chickens and sheep. How come we have developed capitalism?"

Gu Mancang said: "Those production teams are mainly engaged in agriculture, and raising chickens and sheep is the first side industry. Our forest farm mainly focuses on afforestation, with medicinal materials and grain as supplements. It is also a side industry. If we raise chickens, Raising sheep is just a third or fourth sideline business, isn’t that capitalism?”

Zhu Xiaomin laughed angrily: "We mainly focus on afforestation, but the so-called ten-year trees, not to mention the stagnation of all industries across the country, most of them can't use the wood. Even if we don't stop, what income can we have? It's not just the real estate." Food to feed people?”

Gu Mancang smiled bitterly: "I said the same thing, but they just didn't agree. In the end, we really wanted to do it. It's not impossible to raise more than a dozen chickens and three to five sheep in a yard as big as the brigade headquarters."

What's the use?

Zhu Xiaomin had a headache in anger, rubbed his forehead, and whispered: "The so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, we just watch so many resources in the mountains but are not allowed to use them, but we must make the people poor and miserable, and tighten our belts. Call it a revolution?"