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

Zhu Xiaomin nodded in an official manner: "I'll go back and take a closer look."

Just end this topic right away.

Fan Yanqing heard that the topic he had started was diverted, and was a little annoyed, but he didn't show it on his face. He still brought the topic back: "Xie Zhiqing, you slaughtered so many sheep, I wonder if you can help us get some sheepskins?"

Xie Chengzhi was startled: "Sheepskin?" He looked at Zhu Xiaomin and saw that she was frowning and didn't say anything. He immediately understood and nodded, saying, "We have our own sheep in the team. We want some sheepskin. It's always more convenient than others." He asked again, "Chief Fan, how much do you want and what quality?"

Seeing that he looked gentle and easy to talk to, Fan Yanqing was secretly happy. He glanced at Zhu Xiaomin and said with a smile, "If you want to make a fur coat, sheepskin would be better, right? I wonder how much Xie Zhiqing can get?"

Zhang Yujie coughed and called out, "Section Chief Fan."

Fan Yan glanced at him and continued to stare at Xie Chengzhi.

Xie Chengzhi thought about it and said, "Originally, there was an agreement that all the sheepskins would be given to the fur factory, but my people wanted them, so I think a dozen or so would be no problem. For sheepskins, the market price is fifty-five, and the internal price is thirty. If Section Chief Zhang wants them, I can ask someone to deliver them directly."

It still costs money!

Fan Yanqing looked at him, feeling a little embarrassed.

Zhang Yujie couldn't help laughing and said to Xie Chengzhi, "I would like one. I'll give you the money later. Thank you for helping me."

Xie Chengzhi nodded immediately: "Okay."

At this point, Fan Yanqing couldn't say anything more. He turned around angrily and poured himself a glass of water.

Xu Xilin didn't know about the sheepskin incident, and asked curiously, "Fan Ke, what happened?"

Fan Yanqing shook his head: "Nothing, my hands were frozen just now and I couldn't hold it firmly."

Zhu Xiaomin felt amused and stopped talking. She invited Xie Chengzhi to eat and asked about the literacy class.

Xie Chengzhi briefly described the situation of each brigade and shook his head slightly: "Some brigades have not done a good job in publicity and mobilization. Only one-third of the members go to literacy classes. Many people would rather stay at home than go to school."

Zhu Xiaomin hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll contact the commune's propaganda team later." Then he asked, "What about the first team?"

Xie Chengzhi nodded: "Team One is the most active."

Fan Wenqing interrupted: "Is it because of the influence of you educated youth?"

There was some sarcasm in his words.

Zhu Xiaomin didn't know the reason either, so she signaled with her eyes.

Xie Chengzhi said truthfully: "Before, when we were making cans, there was a job called labeling, which was calculated according to a quota. The sisters-in-law and aunts all wanted to do it, but they were illiterate and couldn't tell the difference between the top and the bottom. Later, it was done by primary school children. During this literacy campaign, Shiwen said that there would be such work in the future, and if you are completely illiterate, you won't be able to earn those work points."

Is there such a thing?

Zhu Xiaomin couldn't help laughing, and ignored the reaction of the table next to her, and asked, "How is Bai Guihua?"

Xie Chengzhi said with a smile: "That girl is very smart. We also said it privately. It's a pity that she didn't have any education before, otherwise she wouldn't be worse than us."

Zhu Xiaomin asked: "Did you also go to the literacy class?"

Xie Chengzhi nodded: "She went. Besides her, there is also Qian Zhuzi, who is also a fast learner."

Qian Zhuzi is a rare good talent in the Qian family, otherwise the team would not have chosen him to recommend to go to university.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "Among the young people, we should focus on training a few of them. They should not only be literate, but also have good character."

When the college entrance examination was resumed two years later, if the educated youth returned to the city as a whole, the villagers would have to take over the huge business in the village.

Xie Chengzhi didn't know that she was thinking so far ahead. He looked at her, seemed to want to say something, but stopped himself and just nodded in agreement.

With the table next to them, the two of them didn't stay any longer. After finishing their meal, Zhu Xiaomin paid the bill and said to him, "There are too many people in the guesthouse. Why don't you go to my dormitory and sit down? Xiao He is here too. You met him last time."

Xie Chengzhi had just bumped into He Lanfang in the corridor, so he naturally knew that these words were spoken to the people at the next table.

Xie Chengzhi agreed, called out to the other people, put on his clothes and followed her out.

It was not until they left the restaurant that Zhu Xiaomin asked, "What did you want to say just now?"

Xie Chengzhi was helpless: "It was Nie Yifei who said he was also an educated youth and had education, so he could also teach in the literacy class."

Zhu Xiaomin frowned: "Why is he joining in the fun?"

Xie Chengzhi thought about it and laughed, "Isn't it just for a full meal at the brigade? The first half of the year was fine, he got full work points from the propaganda team, but then he was expelled from the propaganda team, so he couldn't earn many work points. And then because of Qiaomei's incident, he didn't go to work for more than a month. When the food is distributed in a few days, I wonder how much I can get."

Not only him, but also the widow Qian Zhuang was intermittent in her work, and they had three children to take care of. As a result, they would probably run out of food by summer before autumn.

On that occasion, the widow Qian Zhuang's anger had subsided after three days, but when she saw Nie Yifei being brought out in a smelly state, she became furious again. When they walked to the stone bridge, she could no longer bear it and kicked him into the river, rinsed off the yellow liquid, and then dragged him out again.

I brought him home dripping wet, stripped him of his clothes in the yard, and poured several buckets of ice-cold well water over his head until he was clean before throwing him back into the house.

Thinking that Nie Yifei actually wanted to go back to the city by himself, Widow Qian Zhuang gritted her teeth in hatred, closed the door and gave him another good beating.

Nie Yifei was tied up for three days, hungry for three days, and had a stomachache. After being soaked in cold water and tortured by her, he almost lost half his life and became seriously ill.

Fortunately, Widow Qian Zhuang was attracted by his good looks, and when she saw that he was sick, she was willing to take good care of him. Even so, he had to lie in bed for a whole month before he could get up.

But the mountains were frozen at that time, and there were no work points to earn except at the base. When I heard that there was a literacy class, I decided to go there too.

Zhu Xiaomin couldn't help laughing when she heard this, and asked, "What's the opinion of the brigade?"

Xie Chengzhi shook his head: "I didn't ask the brigade for their opinion. Since you directly arranged the educated youth point for this work, I didn't include him in it."

So he blocked Nie Yifei outside the door.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and nodded slightly.

When they returned to the dormitory, He Lanfang had just cooked some noodles. When she saw the two men coming back, she hurriedly cleaned up.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "Just eat your food. Chengzhi is not a stranger and won't laugh at you." She moved a chair over to Xie Chengzhi.

Xie Chengzhi was not in a hurry to sit down. Seeing an open book on the table, he flipped through it casually and asked in surprise: "Why are you copying books again?" He looked at the handwriting and saw that it was not Zhu Xiaomin's, so he turned to look at He Lanfang.

He Lanfang blushed: "I...I copied it, and my handwriting is ugly."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said, "We are free after get off work, so Xiao He can follow me and read a book."

She acts as a parent wherever she goes.

Xie Chengzhi smiled and then went to sit by the stove.