The black soil in May is full of vitality, and the greenness of the fields is as dazzling as emeralds.

Sorghum, corn and wheat are all growing.

What is even more gratifying is that Shengli Brigade now has three fish ponds, and in another month, it will be time for the harvest.

The first batch of fish has been ordered, and the company that purchased the fish directly paid half of the deposit. I heard that it will be used to provide benefits to employees during the holidays.

It is said that people in the city are treated well. They eat food supplied by the city, receive benefits during the New Year holidays, and have much more free time than people in the country.

However, life in their Shengli Brigade is not bad either. Although farm work is a bit tiring, isn't this how farmers have been doing it for generations?

Now that the brigade has tasted the sweetness of fish farming, the whole village, young and old, has worked together to promote production and rationally distribute labor. When planting crops, the strong laborers go to the fields, while the old, weak, women and children go to the fish ponds to work. When it is time to harvest, all the laborers in the village are put on the fields, and when it is time to harvest the fish, most of the laborers are put on the fish ponds.

In this way, every household can earn two work points, and their income will increase a lot. They can also share fish at the end of the year. The whole village, young and old, is full of enthusiasm, and even the families who used to be dragging the team down have now changed.

Everything is moving in a good direction. Bao Zhiguo feels that he is becoming more and more motivated as the team leader.

Bao Zhiguo was squatting under the eaves of the production team's courtyard smoking a pipe when he saw a man riding a bicycle towards them from a distance. The man seemed to be in a hurry, and his pedals were about to smoke as he hurried towards the courtyard.

Bao Zhiguo stood up and looked around, a smug smile on his face. He thought to himself, I knew this old guy would lose his temper, so here he comes.

He squatted back slowly and continued to smoke his pipe.

As soon as Huang Youfu entered the yard, he parked his bicycle under the wall and walked straight towards Bao Zhiguo.

Bao Zhiguo just smoked his cigarette as if he didn't see him.

Huang Youfu came over flatteringly and squatted beside him, "Brother, are you taking a break?"

"Ah, what's the matter?"

Huang Youfu was infuriated by his frivolous tone, but since he needed help from others, he had no choice but to lower his own status.

"Brother, your Victory Brigade is having a good time now."

It hasn't been long since then, but the Victory Brigade has already bought a tractor, and the pockets of everyone in the team, young or old, male or female, have become fatter.

In the past, Shengli Brigade was the worst performing team, and Bao Zhiguo could not hold his head up every time there was a township meeting. But now, in just one year, Shengli Brigade has become an advanced production team, and the township head praised it by name during the meeting, which made Bao Zhiguo cheer up.

"That's right! Our village was poor before because of the environment. There was little good land in the village, but a lot of bad land. The grain production couldn't keep up, so wasn't that poor?" He took two puffs of his cigarette before saying, "We farmers depend on the harvest from the fields for our livelihood. If the crops don't grow well, isn't that poor?"

"But, that's in the past."

Bao Zhiguo placed the pipe on the sole of his shoe and knocked it twice. "Now our team has upgraded its weapons. The fish in the three ponds bring in a lot of income throughout the year."

Huang Youfu felt sour inside when he heard this, but he said, "Brother, you are a good leader and you have mobilized the enthusiasm of the members."

"Nonsense!" Bao Zhiguo rolled his eyes. "That was all thanks to the educated youth Xiao Jiang. Without her, how could I build the fish pond? Do I know the technology or have money? I know nothing."

Huang Youfu almost died of jealousy. When he first heard about the story of the educated youth Xiao Jiang, he didn't believe it. There were also educated youth in Qinghe Brigade, and he knew very well what educated youth were like.

It cannot be said that they were all cunning and bad, but it was definitely true that they were arrogant and unwilling to work. Working in the fields was extremely hard for them. When the delicate female educated youth first started working, they either cried or howled, which gave him a headache.

That educated youth Xiao Jiang is also a girl, so why is she so capable?

If all educated youth had her awareness and were willing to build the countryside, then what would be the difference between the countryside and the city?

"Brother, I am so sad. Just relying on the few centimeters of food we earn throughout the year, all the young and old in the village can only drink thin liquid. When the year is bad and God is against us, the whole family will starve."

"That's right." Bao Zhiguo sighed and didn't continue speaking.

Huang Youfu had no choice but to say: "Look, brother, we also want to raise fish..."

Bao Zhiguo looked him up and down and asked, "Do you have money?"

"No?"

"How can you buy a water pump if you don't have money? You can't do without that thing when building a fish pond."

“Do you have reverse osmosis membranes?”

Huang Youfu didn't even hear what he said, his eyes widened, "What?"

"What? That thing is only available in the provincial capital. It is also used to build fish ponds. Do you have it?"

"No?"

Huang Youfu chuckled, "But I have you, brother. You are my brother. You can't just watch the villagers starve, right?"

"That thing costs several thousand yuan. I don't have the money to give you. Our team still owes money to Xiao Jiang, the educated youth! Otherwise, you can go and ask Xiao Jiang, the educated youth, if he can support you with materials and technology?"

Huang Youfu pushed Bao Zhiguo aside and said, "You just don't want to help. What's the point of saying those things? I have no relationship with the educated youth Xiao Jiang. I have a thick skin. I can get others to contribute money and manpower."

Bao Zhiguo put the pipe on his waist and said, "What's the point of you telling me all this? My face is not a wall."

This kind of thing should be done once for his own village. He doesn't have the face to ask for help from the educated youth Xiao Jiang for others.

Besides, the lines had already been drawn, just waiting for Huang Youfu to jump into the circle.

"I think you are a full man who doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man." Huang Youfu is a good-tempered person. He looked for Bao Zhiguo several times, but Bao Zhiguo just wouldn't give in, which made him angry.

"Hey, Mr. Huang, what you said is unreasonable. I have something good to do, but I didn't think of you. You don't dare to do it yourself, so who do you blame? Who do you blame?"

"Then..." Huang Youfu was speechless for a moment. He was timid and didn't dare to do it at all.

"Then just starve!" Bao Zhiguo said, and walked out with his hands behind his back. He didn't believe that this old guy could stay there any longer.

Huang Youfu was indeed anxious, so he quickly followed him out. The two of them walked further and further away, and soon arrived at the fish pond in the back mountain.

The mountains are beautiful, the water is clear and the fish are fat.

A member was standing on the shore mending his nets. When he saw Bao Zhiguo coming, he quickly raised his voice to greet him, "Captain."

"Go ahead and do your thing. I just came over to take a look."

Huang Youfu's eyes were about to drill into the fish pond. The big fish were swimming in the water, flipping over and over. It was so tempting.

Bao Zhiguo showed off along the way, "These fish have all been ordered, and they will be available for sale in a month. The educated youth Xiao Jiang got us some plastic sheeting, put it in the tractor, and added water. The fish are still alive when they get there."

The two walked further and further away, and soon arrived at the foot of the mountain...

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