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

Zhu Xiaomin opened the materials and saw a reconstruction sketch attached. She nodded slightly and handed it to Chen Xudong.

He is the one who is most familiar with the entire factory.

Chen Xudong took it to look at with Xie Chengzhi, modified the sketch several times, and analyzed it in detail several times with Yang Junqing, and chose a plan with the smallest project and the least material consumption.

Yang Junqing understood that although Xie Chengzhi and Chen Xudong did not hold any positions in the factory, they had far more say than himself in front of Zhu Xiaomin and the factory employees, and he did not think there was anything wrong with that.

I listened to the opinions put forward by the two, made some revisions, and once the plan was finalized, I didn't wait any longer and immediately found someone to prepare the materials and start work as soon as possible.

As soon as Yang Junqing left, Li Wenzhe came over again. He first talked about work, and then asked, "Director, the school and the first team don't know you're coming back yet. Do you want to go over? I'll make arrangements in advance."

Zhu Xiaomin thought for a moment and nodded: "The factory's affairs will be almost finished tomorrow. We can go back the day after tomorrow to take a look. We can just arrange a car. There is no need to mobilize a large force."

Li Wen Ze agreed and went straight to make the arrangements.

The Qingwayao Commune adjacent to the Cijiaokou Commune had blue bricks, while the Seventh Brigade of the Cijiaokou Commune had limestone. The sideline business was to gradually develop from lime production to cement production.

With these two conditions, the materials for the factory reconstruction were prepared in one day. On the third day, Zhu Xiaomin selected some food from the factory. The three of them, accompanied by Li Wenzhe, returned to the first team together.

Knowing that she was coming back, all the brigade cadres were already waiting in the threshing ground. When they saw the tractor coming back, they all rushed over to greet her.

Zhu Xiaomin got off the car and saw the threshing ground was full of sunflower cakes drying in the sun. The sisters-in-law and aunts were sitting there cracking sunflower seeds. She first greeted the brigade cadres, then chatted with the sisters-in-law and aunts, and then followed them to the brigade headquarters, asking about this year's harvest.

Xia Laogen replaced Xia Dongliang as the production team leader. He nodded repeatedly when she asked, "It rained heavily last month and we were worried that it would affect the harvest. Fortunately, the sun has been shining since then."

"How many teams planted new varieties of corn this year?" asked Zhu Xiaomin.

Xia Laogen said: "Last year, the yield of our experimental field was announced. This year, everyone was scrambling to get it. All twelve teams planted the new varieties." He paused here and frowned slightly.

Zhu Xiaomin noticed it and immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

Xia Laogen sighed, "Comrade Meng has repeatedly said that if we plant new varieties of corn, we can't plant other varieties nearby. But corn seeds are limited, and the original corn fields can't be filled, so we temporarily plant other crops. But the Third Brigade didn't listen and still planted the original varieties. As a result, the seeds got mixed and the harvest was much less."

"Does it affect the Second Battalion?" Zhu Xiaomin asked.

The Third Brigade and the Second Brigade are adjacent to each other, and their fields are also close to each other.

Xia Laogen shook his head: "Fortunately, the corn fields of the Second Brigade are on our side, and the sorghum is planted on the side next to the Third Brigade."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "They suffered a loss this time, but they will know it next time." Then he asked, "How is the breeding field?"

Xia Laogen smiled and said, "This year, the harvest from our breeding fields is enough to supply corn seeds for the entire commune. There is even some left. Comrade Meng said that he will come again after the autumn harvest."

What else is there to talk about?

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said, "If there are other collaborations and you are undecided, don't rush to turn them down. You can still discuss it with Director Xia, or report to the brigade for everyone to discuss."

Xia Laogen nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course."

Gu Mancang listened and laughed: "With the examples of the past two years, even if you don't say anything, we will still consider it carefully and reject it."

Zhu Xiaomin knew that with the success of the experimental field last year, the planting of new varieties had opened up, and full promotion was only a matter of time. He was not worried and turned the topic to ask about the orchard and the base.

As everyone was talking, they had already entered the brigade headquarters and went directly to Gu Mancang's office.

Xia Chunhua saw it through the window, and hurried over, peeking at the door.

Gu Mancang couldn't help laughing: "Come in if you want."

Xia Chunhua shrank her neck, but still came in, squeezed in to sit next to Zhu Xiaomin, and asked with bright eyes: "Sister Xiaomin, when you went to Beijing, did you go to Tiananmen Square? Did you go to the Great Hall of the People? I heard that the square is very big, with Tiananmen Square on one side and the Great Hall of the People on the other. It takes several hours to walk across."

How can it be that exaggerated?

Zhu Xiaomin laughed and shook her head, saying, "Shiwen and I have children to take with us, so we haven't been there yet. Danqing and Zhian have been there, though. Tiananmen Square is big, but it's not that far away."

Xia Chunhua asked Chen Xudong: "Chen Zhiqing, have you been there? It's really not big?"

Chen Xudong smiled: "I've been there. Although it's big, it doesn't take hours to walk there."

"How big is that?" Xia Chunhua was confused.

Chen Xudong thought for a moment and gestured: "The distance from the Great Hall to Tiananmen Square is about the same as the distance from our educated youth station to the threshing ground, except that the square is flat, not a mountain road."

"Oh!" Xia Chunhua had a general idea.

Xia Laogen was helpless: "We have something important to discuss here, come back later."

Xia Chunhua pouted: "I'm not talking, you guys talk about your things."

You're still not speaking?

Xia Laogen looked helpless.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said, "There's nothing important to talk about. It's just that I have a job in the factory, so I have to know the situation there. I'll come back to visit during the holidays."

Gu Mancang nodded and said, "You left just as the factory was recruiting last year. Everyone felt uneasy. Now that you've come back, everyone feels much more at ease."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "Seeing that they are doing well, we can also rest assured."

After sitting and talking for a while, he said, "Let's go check out the school first, and then go to the village to see Grandma Xia and Aunt Huang Liu and the others."

Huang Meihua immediately said: "The children are in class, I will accompany you there."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded, got up and walked out.

Although all school affairs were handed over to Huang Meihua, with the return of these people, Gu Mancang and a few others also accompanied them, and even Xia Chunhua followed behind.

Go downhill from the brigade headquarters, cross a natural forest, and then go uphill to reach the educated youth site.

I have walked this road thousands of times, and when I set foot on it again, I felt that the road had not changed. The woods on both sides were even thicker, blocking out the sun, making this road in the forest even more quiet.

Zhu Xiaomin and the other two looked at each other with some emotion.

After going up the slope, we saw that the original classroom had been demolished, revealing the neat outer wall of the educated youth center. Another door was opened a little further inward, flush with the main gate of the center.

Huang Meihua explained: "The classroom was built in the backyard of the educated youth site. In the past, the children had to go through the front yard, which was very inconvenient, so a door was opened here."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded, walked straight back, stopped when she was almost at the gate, and looked at the blue words and the little red flowers that were already barely clear on the wall.

This was left by Luo Tingyuan.