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

The construction of the cannery, from the initial planning, to purchasing machines, to finding sales channels, and even ordering canned bottles, was all done by the educated youth. Other people in the team just followed suit and contributed their labor.

Gu Mancang puffed on his cigarette again, thought for a while, then got up and went to Xia Dongliang's office.

Afterwards, the brigade transferred more than a dozen people to tear down the back wall of the brigade's kitchen and built an extension at the back. In order to ensure the cleanliness of the house, not only was the roof made of wooden boards, but the walls were also painted white with lime, and even the ground was covered with bricks. One room was used to store machines, and the other had a row of large stoves and a large operating table.

The educated youth production team, in addition to rushing to expand the base, had to work hard to solve problems every night. Only when they had a day off did they set aside time to go to the town to take pictures.

Everything was going according to plan, but Zhu Xiaomin did not give Lu Mingzheng a positive answer in her reply. It was because she had not thought it through.

As for Lu Mingzheng's proposal, since the two of them could not meet often, it was completely from her perspective.

However, it is not where his parents live, nor is it where her parents live, and it is certainly not where he is. This is inconsistent with the regulations. If he wants to accomplish this, he will most likely have to use the Lu family's connections.

Zhu Xiaomin didn't want to have anything to do with the Lu family, and didn't want to owe the Lu family any favors.

Seeing her indecision, Miao Shiwen couldn't help but sigh, secretly feeling lucky that she and Xie Chengzhi gave up going to college at the same time and didn't have to face such a choice.

Lu Mingzheng did not urge her in his letters, hoping that she would make a choice after careful consideration. He just told her about the interesting things happening around him bit by bit.

After several discussions at the brigade headquarters, the number of students admitted to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University was still not decided. Nie Yifei began to get anxious and frequently ran to the rooms of cadres from various brigades. Naturally, some people spoke for him, but they were at a stalemate as to who to choose and who not to choose.

In the blink of an eye, it was already mid-May and the weather was getting hot. In order to stay cool, the educated youth moved their study space back to the yard from the school.

During this period, Zhu Xiaomin also had a regular student.

Every afternoon, when it was time for the children to study, Bai Guihua would run to the brigade office to find Zhu Xiaomin unless she was at work. She would ask her about the words she didn't know or wanted to know. After Zhu Xiaomin taught her how to write them, she would not go anywhere else but would lie on Shi Meijun's desk and write them again and again.

Zhu Xiaomin found it interesting that she was holding a small blackboard she had made herself and writing on dirt she had dug out from the ditch. "You can also practice during the children's self-study time. Isn't Luo Ye not teaching you?"

Bai Guihua waved her hands repeatedly, frowned and said, "When we were studying, a bunch of little brats surrounded Luo Ye. I didn't have the nerve to squeeze with them, and I couldn't beat them up."

Zhu Xiaomin couldn't help laughing, but seeing her serious look, he held his chin and pondered for a while before asking, "Guihua, I'm afraid no one will be able to sell you in the future. Now that you know how to read, have you ever thought about what to do with it?"

Bai Guihua bit her finger and thought for a while, then shook her head. "It won't hurt to learn anyway. I didn't know anything when I was in the mountains before, but after coming here, I heard others say that you are all educated youths, and you are knowledgeable. Although they didn't say anything good, I could tell that they were jealous of you, so I wanted to learn it, too, even if it's just to curse you."

That's it!

Zhu Xiaomin laughed in silence: "How come there are still people who dare to bully you now?"

"I dare. I wouldn't dare to do it openly, but you try to trick me. Sometimes it takes me several days to come to my senses, and then you hit me again." Bai Guihua said.

At this time, Xia Chunhua happened to come over. She and Bai Guihua had become familiar with each other during this period, so they spoke more casually. She couldn't help laughing when she heard this: "Sister Xiaomin, you don't know, a few days ago she suddenly ran over in the middle of the night and slapped Second Aunt Qian twice, and suddenly made a scene. Later I heard her scolding, saying that Second Aunt Qian secretly scolded her last month."

Was it that last month, Aunt Qian scolded her in a roundabout way and she didn't react. Then after more than half a month, she suddenly figured it out and rushed over in the middle of the night to slap her twice?

Zhu Xiaomin listened and was surprised and amused.

Bai Guihua disagreed and snorted, "Of course, it's been more than half a month, so why don't you charge some interest?"

The other two burst into laughter, totally losing their manners.

The team needed to buy some machinery, and Huang Xiaojuan was going on a business trip with them. She was packing her things, but when she heard the laughter, she came over to see what was going on. After listening to the two of them, she couldn't help laughing. She looked at Bai Guihua, sighed, and said, "Although the Qian family harmed you, you've finally gotten out of this. Why bother with them? You might as well think about your future."

When Bai Guihua was most helpless, it was her saw blade that gave her a glimmer of hope. Although it ended in failure, it finally aroused her desire to resist. Bai Guihua was extremely convinced by her and nodded immediately: "Well, I will learn calligraphy from Sister Xiaomin now. When I have some skills, I will think about what I can do. You should give me some advice then."

"Okay!" Huang Xiaojuan agreed with a smile and asked Zhu Xiaomin, "Tomorrow I will be going out with the team leader and Xie Zhiqing. Besides the letter of introduction, what else should I bring?"

After working as an accountant for several years, the farthest she had ever been was to the county.

Zhu Xiaomin said: "You will be traveling back and forth for ten days or so. You must bring toiletries and a change of clothes. Also, keep your money close to you and it's best to carry it with you."

Huang Xiaojuan nodded repeatedly and sighed: "Luckily, we have Xie Zhiqing, otherwise the two of us would not even know how to find the way."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "He is the one who contacted this machine. He is the most suitable person to go. You just need to follow him. There are many people at the station. Don't get separated."

Huang Xiaojuan agreed, moved closer to her, and whispered, "The university quota hasn't been decided yet. I heard that someone wants to wait until the canning factory is established before deciding, so it's been delayed like this."

This was because they hoped that the educated youth would contribute to the cannery, but they were also afraid that giving the university quota to Nie Yifei would discourage the educated youth, so they kept dragging it out.

Zhu Xiaomin sneered, shook his head, thought for a moment, and whispered in Huang Xiaojuan's ear: "Go find the captain later and pass on a message for me..."

After hearing what she said, Huang Xiaojuan couldn't help laughing and immediately nodded: "I'll go right away." Then she left.

Xia Chunhua was surprised: "What trick did you use?"

Zhu Xiaomin shook her head: "It's not a trick, it's just a description of a situation."

"What's going on?" Xia Chunhua asked immediately.

Zhu Xiaomin followed Huang Xiaojuan's figure through the window and said softly, "Even if we bought the machine, we still need to read the manual to know how to use it. How can we just throw it away after using it?"

Xia Chunhua nodded repeatedly: "Although I haven't studied much, I know that it's not easy to run a factory. They know that these things depend on you, but they still want to give the university quota that originally belonged to you to Nie Yifei. It's really... really..."

What is the truth? I can't find the words to describe it.