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

Yan Yimin smiled and nodded: "In fact, if you had come yesterday, you could have taken your team's tractor."

In other words, Chen Xudong came to the county just yesterday.

Zhu Xiaomin asked with a smile: "Are you sending canned food?"

Yan Yimin nodded and said helplessly: "When the first batch of canned goods was produced, he only brought samples over. He didn't send canned goods until all the fruits on the mountain were harvested."

Zhu Xiaomin chuckled: "Fresh fruits and canned fruits will squeeze each other out of the market."

Yan Yimin pointed at her and smiled: "I knew it was you who taught me that."

Zhu Xiaomin was helpless: "I don't have that much ability."

The other two were confused. Lü Haigen asked, "I know about fruits, but why are there canned foods?"

Zhu Xiaomin explained: "This year, the fruits of various brigades have been harvested one after another, and there are only so many places to sell them. We are afraid that the fruits will be wasted if they are not sold well, so we set up a canning workshop to can the ripe fruits that cannot be delivered all at once."

Lu Haigen suddenly realized and asked again: "This Chen Zhiqing, is he with you?"

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "He has been responsible for the transportation to the county."

Lu Haigen understood and nodded: "I need to meet this person."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "If you go to a large group, you can see them all."

After the meal, Yan Yimin accompanied him personally and drove to the First Brigade of Cijiaokou Commune.

The first brigade had also received the news early. Gu Mancang, Xia Dongliang and some brigade cadres were waiting on the threshing ground. When they saw the car approaching, they immediately came to greet it.

The car stopped in a pile of rolled up yellow earth. Zhu Xiaomin jumped out from the back seat first, went around to the other side, waited for Lü Haigen to come down, and introduced him to everyone.

Gu Mancang shook hands with several people, then smiled and said to Zhu Xiaomin: "Zhu Zhiqing has been back in the city for just over a month, but he looks different."

She has the style of a female city cadre.

Zhu Xiaomin laughed: "The secretary is making fun of me again." She moved back a little and let him accompany Lu Haigen and Yan Yimin. She walked beside Fan Yanqing, waving and greeting the villagers who were still working in the threshing ground.

Fan Yanqing turned his head to look at her and said with a smile: "It seems that Xiao Zhu is very popular here."

Zhu Xiaomin also laughed: "I don't know whether I am welcome or not. I have been here for seven years. I see everyone here every day. We are all very familiar with each other."

As they were talking, they had already crossed the stone bridge and were walking up the hillside leading to the brigade headquarters.

Fan Yanqing turned around and looked for a while before asking, "Isn't it inconvenient to build the brigade headquarters on the hillside? Wouldn't it be better if it was located at the threshing ground?"

This person is really good at guiding.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said, "The threshing ground is used to transport grain, so it was chosen to be on the roadside. However, the area next to it is flat and is a rare farmland. If the brigade occupies it, there will be one less piece of farmland."

Fan Yanqing said "Oh" and asked, "Then the brigade headquarters is on a hillside?"

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "It's a relatively flat area on the hillside. There are many rocks there, and it's not easy to farm, so we built the brigade headquarters there."

Fan Yanqing looked down and found that the hillside under his feet was also mostly bumpy and rocky. He nodded slightly, looked at her again, and whispered, "No wonder you tried every possible way to return to the city."

Who tried every possible means?

Zhu Xiaomin tried hard to resist the urge to roll her eyes and ignored him.

In the brigade headquarters, other people had been waiting for a long time. When they saw her, Huang Xiaojuan and Xia Chunhua waved happily. Chen Danqing also smiled and nodded at her. Xie Chengzhi had already come over and helped her carry the luggage.

When Lü Haigen saw him, he immediately asked, "Is this Chen Zhiqing?"

Zhu Xiaomin introduced with a smile: "This is the leader of the educated youth production team, Xie Chengzhi." She asked Xie Chengzhi, "Where is Xudong?"

"I went to the base." Xie Chengzhi replied.

Lü Haigen asked: "Is it the breeding base?"

Xie Chengzhi nodded: "Yes, the sunflower cakes over there have just been harvested, and now they are cutting the sunflower stalks."

Lu Haigen immediately asked Gu Mancang: "Can we go over and take a look right away?"

Gu Mancang said politely: "Leader, please take a rest first. Our brigade has arranged a welcome party. You can go to the base tomorrow."

Lü Haigen waved his hands repeatedly: "We didn't notify the county because we didn't want so many formalities. We have arranged accommodation, so let's go to the base to have a look." After saying that, he felt arbitrary and turned back to ask, "It's not far, right?"

Xie Chengzhi replied: "There is a mountain road that can be reached in more than half an hour."

Lu Haigen waved his hand: "Then go and take a look."

Gu Mancang had no choice but to agree and asked someone to arrange accommodation for a few people. After thinking for a while, he asked Zhu Xiaomin: "Zhu Zhiqing, what about you..."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said, "I'd better go to the educated youth center so I can hang out with Shiwen and the others."

There are only two people left in the room where Miao Shiwen and Zhang Qiaomei live. Why are they squeezing into each other?

What's more, you still have a new house for yourself.

This obviously meant that she didn't want to greet her two new colleagues at the educated youth center.

Xie Chengzhi couldn't help but be amused.

The house had been cleaned up. The brigade first arranged accommodation for Lu Haigen, Fan Yanqing, Yan Yimin and the driver. Zhu Xiaomin's luggage was temporarily placed in Huang Xiaojuan's office, and then everyone went to the base together.

Half an hour is the distance for mountain people who are used to walking on mountain roads. Although Lu Haigen and Fan Yanqing are in their prime, they still walk slowly.

When passing through the natural forest, you can see a field of fallen sunflower stalks, and dozens of people are working at the other end.

Fan Yanqing asked: "Why don't you just tie up the sunflower stalks after you cut them down and just leave them on the ground?"

Zhu Xiaomin explained: "We spread them out here to dry, and then we collect them before winter and use them as firewood."

Seeing that the gray and bare sunflower stalks were endless, Lü Haigen asked Gu Mancang, "Is this the saline-alkali land that Xiaozhu mentioned? The city sent a lot of grain and oil last year."

Gu Mancang nodded repeatedly, looking at the empty sunflower stalks with joy in his eyes: "Last year we just tried planting, we had no experience and the seeds were limited. This year the yield has increased fivefold. We have kept more than a thousand kilograms of sunflower oil for ourselves. Director Lu will bring some back for everyone to try."

Lu Haigen waved his hand: "That's not necessary. It's not easy for you either."

As they were talking, they had already walked down the hillside. Xie Chengzhi saw Chen Xudong and immediately called out to him. When he saw Chen Xudong turned around, he waved to him.

Chen Xudong had already seen Zhu Xiaomin, and quickly ran over to greet Yan Yimin first.

Zhu Xiaomin introduced him: "This is Director Lu from the Regional Agricultural Bureau, and this is Section Chief Fan." Then he said to the two of them, "He is Chen Xudong."

Chen Xudong hurriedly shook hands with the two men and led the way to visit the base.

Fan Yanqing smelled a rotten smell in the air and couldn't help but frowning, looking around: "You guys also make canned food here?"

Zhu Xiaomin looked at him and said nothing.

Xie Chengzhi smiled and replied: "Although this place is cleaned every day, it is still a hygiene issue if it is used to make food. The canning workshop is in the yard of the brigade headquarters. We can go back and take a look."