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

There was no snow around the New Year, and the weather was noticeably warmer. The journey back to the city was much smoother, and it was just past twelve o'clock when I got off the bus.

Zhu Xiaomin looked at the empty streets and smiled helplessly at Lu Mingzheng: "Not only are the shops in the county closed, but Pingcheng is the same. It seems we have to go back and cook for ourselves."

Lu Mingzheng smiled and held her hand: "Why didn't you prepare this time?"

Zhu Xiaomin was helpless: "Your wife is a human, not a god. No matter what preparations she makes, she must have fire. I would rather be hungry for a while than eat cold food."

When Lu Mingzheng heard the words "your wife", his eyes lit up with smiles and he nodded: "There is always a bus." He took her hand and walked towards the bus stop.

Zhu Xiaomin pointed to the other side of the long street: "Let's go buy train tickets first, maybe we can still buy seats."

Lu Mingzheng turned his head to look at her, nodded, and smiled.

This is because his wife feels sorry for him.

During the New Year holiday, He Lanfang had gone home to celebrate the New Year. The dormitory was very cold, so Lu Mingzheng did not go to the guesthouse. He and Zhu Xiaomin tidied up the dormitory again and made it warm. After closing the door and eating and drinking, they did some serious work.

Lu Mingzheng stayed in Pingcheng for two days and took the train back to Tanzhou on the morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month.

According to Pingcheng custom, the New Year is not considered over until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Although all units have returned to work, most people just hang around and do not start work.

Zhu Xiaomin followed the local customs and left her plans and reports in the dormitory. She just put on the rabbit fur coat newly made by Miao Shiwen and brought the wedding candies of Xie Chengzhi and Miao Shiwen over to wish everyone a happy new year and distribute the candies.

Before in the cafeteria, Guo Hongtao was openly reported by Lu Mingzheng, and she was still a little indignant, but she finally understood that not only was Zhu Xiaomin not someone who could be manipulated, but there was also a stronger person backing her up. No matter what she thought in her heart, she had to appear harmonious on the surface.

After accepting the wedding candy, she saw the gray rabbit fur coat on Zhu Xiaomin and her eyes widened immediately. She asked in surprise: "This... is this made of rabbit fur?"

Zhu Xiaomin looked down and said with a smile, "Well, Shiwen's craft, she said she wanted to practice on me."

Leather jackets are not like bedding, which can be shaped by directly splicing them together. However, the shape of the splicing must also be taken into consideration.

Miao Shiwen put a lot of effort into making this fur coat. She first studied the size of each rabbit skin, drew out how to piece them together to create a nice-looking pattern, then used newspaper to make a plate, and finally drew and cut the patterns on the rabbit skin.

This fur coat is straight on top, slightly wider at the hem, and just reaches the knees. It is lined with fine cotton cloth and has a stand-up collar. It is made of two layers of leather inside and outside. When worn on Zhu Xiaomin, it is light and not bulky, yet has a hint of dignity and luxury. How can she look rustic in a patched cotton coat?

In those days, fur was not popular yet. The most common was a fur coat with sheepskin inside and cotton outside. I had never seen anyone wear such a fur coat, and I had never even heard of it.

Guo Hongtao's eyes turned red with envy, and she stammered, "Where did Miao...Miao Zhiqing get so many rabbit skins?"

Zhu Xiaomin answered casually: "Most of them were obtained in exchange with others."

Guo Hongtao murmured, "I've exchanged so many rabbit skins for this, why don't you make them for yourself? Why did you make them all for you?"

Do you think others are you too?

Zhu Xiaomin smiled in an infuriating way: "We have lived together for so many years, we have already become a family."

She also wants to become a family with such a person.

Guo Hongtao stared at her leather coat for a long time.

Back in Section 2, Liu Zhuangzhi and a few others were more interested in the literacy class and asked a lot about the situation.

Zhu Xiaomin explained everything one by one, and then said to Liu Zhuangzhi: "I have written a detailed report, and I can hand it in after another check."

"Xiaomin, is building a factory the next step?" Jiao Xianglan asked.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "In a few days, the mountain will thaw and they will start preparing for afforestation and waiting for spring plowing. After spring plowing, they will organize people to start the construction of the factory area."

"When will you go again?" Yang Yilian asked.

Zhu Xiaomin said: "I will go back as soon as the spring ploughing is over to help sort out the factory construction."

Liu Zhuangzhi smiled at the other three people and said, "Don't be dissatisfied. When Xiao Zhu came, he really beat us all."

Zhu Xiaomin was helpless: "My advantage is that I have been there for many years and I know the terrain and conditions there."

Xu Xilin smiled: "We are not jealous of you, so there is no need to be so modest. Apart from other things, there are so many educated youth centers across the country, why can't other educated youth centers have all their members graduate from high school at once?"

It is the light of rebirth.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and decided not to continue talking. She changed the subject and asked about the region's support projects for rural areas.

Liu Zhuangzhi asked: "Why, do you want to do something else besides the canning factory?"

Zhu Xiaomin sighed: "The cannery is a development project for the entire commune. This time when I went back, several brigades wanted to develop their own side businesses. However, judging from the terrain, although some of them can raise chickens and sheep, it is still not easy to develop to the scale of a brigade."

“Aren’t there a lot of natural forests there too?” Yang Yilian didn’t understand.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "The forest is fine. The base needs a large area, and it is convenient for herding sheep in the forest. Even if it is close to a large barren mountain, it will be fine."

"Don't forest farms reclaim land and plant trees every day? There should be a lot of wasteland." Jiao Xianglan was also confused.

When I went to the countryside a few years ago, I saw a lot of barren mountains.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "There are quite a few barren mountains, but the base needs people to take care of it, and it's not convenient to be too far away from the village."

"I remember that your base is also guarded by militiamen and shepherds for a long time. What's the problem?" Xu Xilin didn't understand either.

Zhu Xiaomin had no choice but to explain: "Around the base of the First Brigade, apart from the natural forests, there are already artificial forests. In other words, it is not actually a barren mountain. The reason why that area is not used is because it is saline-alkali land, so it is left empty."

"What's the difference?" Jiao Xianglan was confused.

Zhu Xiaomin said: "The difference is that after the trees are planted, there are people who regularly maintain the area. There are traces of long-term human activities there, and the wild animals have been scared away and will not easily go there. But it is not the same in a barren mountain, where there are still a lot of wild animals. If they are attacked by wolves, the lives and property of the people will be damaged."

Jiao Xianglan was surprised: "There are wolves in the forest farm?" Then she nodded and said, "Yes, how can there be no wolves in the mountains?"

Liu Zhuangzhi groaned: "But the more difficult it is, the more we need your help. Let's put our heads together and think of a solution."

Xu Xilin interjected, “In fact, more than half of the counties in our region are in this situation.”