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

"Shi Meijun?" Yan Yimin frowned.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "It's the woman in that case. The team thought Nie Yifei was a victim, so they took care of him."

Yan Yimin nodded, but then shook his head: "The victims need compensation, but this university quota is a reward for your production and construction. These are two different things."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "So we have gained another opportunity to compete. Besides, Nie Yifei has already joined the propaganda team because of that case, so it can be considered as compensation."

Yan Yimin asked, "Do you want me to give you another heads up on this matter?"

Zhu Xiaomin thought about it and shook her head: "Choose one of the two. I believe that no one in our educated youth center will be worse than him."

Well, he still underestimated this girl's arrogance.

Yan Yimin smiled and shook his head, and then stopped asking, and continued to talk about another thing: "During this period, we have collected more than 300 chicks in total. The last batch was rushed in yesterday, and you can take them back today."

"That's great!" Zhu Xiaomin smiled. "After shearing the wool, we will focus on expanding the breeding base. When these chicks grow up a little, the new chicken coop will be built."

The two of them sat for a while before Chen Xudong came in after counting the items and said to Zhu Xiaomin, "There are 346 chicks, and they have all been loaded into the truck."

Yan Yimin pushed a glass of water that had been poured earlier to him and said, "I hope your egg production can be increased several times."

Chen Xudong nodded repeatedly, took a big sip of water, and then said with a smile: "Not only eggs, but also broiler chickens. This year's New Year should have abundant chicken and mutton."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said: "Last year, we didn't have to wait until the Chinese New Year for the chickens that successfully laid eggs. Secretary Yan will calculate the usual sales volume later, and we can slowly supply them as the chickens grow up."

Yan Yimin smiled and said, "We have studied this as well. However, when the weather is hot, it is difficult to store too much food at one time. We will send some of it over every ten days along with the eggs."

Chen Xudong asked: "Why doesn't our county have a cold storage?"

Yan Yimin sighed, "Our county has many mountains and low grain production. We cannot complete the annual pig production target. Meat supply is a problem. Even if we build a cold storage, it will probably be empty and we have to keep the workers for nothing."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded and said, "If there are more breeding bases like ours in the future, not only can we meet the meat supply in our county, but we can also deliver it to the city."

When she mentioned it, Yan Yimin remembered it and frowned and shook his head: "It's still your forest farm, it's still your commune. It's ok that the lambs in the third brigade were not raised well, but how could they do such a thing."

Of the one hundred lambs, nearly thirty died of illness, and he slaughtered and ate more than fifty.

Zhu Xiaomin also felt helpless and shook her head slightly.

Chen Xudong said: "I heard a few days ago that the Third Brigade went to the commune to apply for permission to rebuild a breeding base."

Yan Yimin shook his head: "This is the production of your commune, and our county cannot intervene. Even if they build it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get the lambs to support them. They can only raise money to buy them themselves."

I bought it myself, so I should take good care of it.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "Besides them, there are other teams waiting. Now, it is estimated that it will be difficult for other teams to get lambs."

Yan Yimin sighed, looked at her, and whispered, "This project was originally fought for by Lu Zhiqing. If he were still here, maybe things would be better."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled bitterly: "When the Third Brigade had problems, he was in the village, but no one was willing to listen."

It is true that Lu Mingzheng helped them to obtain this project. If it were based on the city's original consideration, it would not be them. After such an incident happened in the Third Brigade, it would be difficult to build the subsequent breeding base.

It makes me angry when I think about this, but I can't do anything about it.

As he was talking, the staff came in with the money and receipt, and asked Yan Yimin to sign it. The money was counted in front of him, and another receipt was given to Chen Xudong: "This is the money deducted for the chicks."

Chen Xudong nodded, checked carefully and put it away.

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, the two men took a tractor and went straight to the fur factory. Zhou Weimin met them personally again. After a few polite words, he got straight to the point and asked about the team's intentions regarding furs.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "The brigade has preliminarily agreed, and I have already talked to Secretary Yan of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. However, our breeding base is a pilot project promoted by the city. We will report this part of the work to the city later, and we need the help of Director Zhou."

Zhou Weimin nodded immediately: "I understand!" Then he tried to ask, "What is the scale of your base's development plan?"

Zhu Xiaomin replied: "We originally planned to reach 5,000 heads in three years, but it seems a little insufficient at the moment. We still need to work harder."

Zhou Weimin was slightly stunned: "A few days ago, I heard Secretary Yan say that your base has a lot of room for development. Why is the plan only for 5,000 heads?"

That’s because, in a few years, when the planned economy becomes a market economy, they will be free from this restriction and lay the foundation for that time.

But Zhu Xiaomin didn't know how to say this, so she just made up an excuse to get away with it.

After taking more than twenty sheepskins and carefully packing more than a hundred rabbit skins, the two got back in the car and headed back to the village amid the chirping of chicks.

The sheepskins were handed over to the brigade headquarters, which set prices for them and sold them to the members. The chicks were sent directly to the base, and the rabbit skins were quietly brought back to the base and stored together with the cloth.

When everyone got back from work in the evening, Zhu Xiaomin took out a stack of forms and announced the establishment of student status.

When the educated youth heard this, they were half happy and half worried. They were happy because they had successfully registered in school and could take the high school graduation examination, but they were worried because they had no idea whether they could pass the exam given their level.

Zhu Xiaomin was not worried. She handed out the forms to everyone and said, "You need photos to register for school records and graduation exams. Everyone should adjust their schedules and go to the town in batches to take photos."

This is easy.

Everyone nodded.

A few days later, Luo Tingyuan graded all the papers, separated the liberal arts and science papers, and arranged them according to their scores. Zhu Xiaomin turned to the last few people and first asked Luo Tingyuan for his opinions on them. Then he went to discuss with Xie Chengzhi, Miao Shiwen, and Chen Xudong.

At dinner time, seeing that everyone was seated, Xie Chengzhi said, "We have made comprehensive considerations regarding the university quotas. We have considered the family first, based on the conditions for admission to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, and conducted the first round of screening."

How to screen?

Everyone's attention was quickly focused.

Although it was said that when educated youth went to the countryside, their class background was not taken into consideration, but the educated youth in their educated youth sites were all of good origin and had no problems with their class background.

Xie Chengzhi explained: "In terms of class background, we have no problem, but this time we not only have to choose one person to go to college, but also have to compete with Nie Yifei. Nie Yifei comes from a cadre family. Our suggestion is to choose someone from a worker family."