The two rummaged through the pile of old newspapers that had just been delivered that day. Lin Yu noticed that the dates were all from the last month or two, or at most six months to a year ago.

That's good. If it were too early, the mainstream thinking might be different.

There were many newspapers, sold by weight. We would roughly select the suitable ones, put them in a stack, and take them to the old man to read.

The old man initially thought these two people were just like those others, claiming to be looking for old newspapers but actually searching for treasure.

Surprisingly, when they said they were looking for newspapers, they actually brought old newspapers.

In reality, there aren't that many treasures in the recycling center. If there were, they would have been taken away by higher-ups. This is just the most basic recycling center; you won't find anything good here.

The old man thought those people were too naive.

He was somewhat pleased with the two honest men he met, so he said, "Give me five cents for these."

The girl's eyes lit up when she heard the price.

If it's only five cents, then she has two dollars, which means she can buy a lot more.

She happily gave the money to the old man and thanked him, looking like a silly girl.

The old man is getting on in years and has seen countless people; now, what he likes most are sincere children like this.

He added with a smile, "You're welcome. If you want to read newspapers or old books, come here and look for them."

The girl nodded happily, planning to come back to buy books in the future.

Lin Yu didn't interfere with Da Niu's social life. If she wanted to be a writer, it wouldn't be enough for her to just stay at home and communicate with herself; she would also need to communicate with others.

Lin Yu hopes that she can draw inspiration from others, broaden her horizons, and have a constant stream of ideas in the future.

On her way home, Da Niu was overjoyed. After reading those biographies today, she finally understood what she should write.

She also bought a lot of newspapers for very little money.

She needs to study hard and, as her sister said, accumulate more materials.

Back home, Da Niu couldn't wait to take the newspaper to her room to read it.

Tie Dan and Xiao Bao came over, and Lin Yu took out the milk candy she had promised to buy for them, and gave each of them a comic book.

Xiao Bao loves reading picture books. Although he can't read the words, the pictures in the picture books are beautifully drawn and very popular with children.

Lin Yu would also tell them stories from picture books, which they always listened to with great interest.

Erniu and Lin Yi also received math problems from Lin Yu. They both love learning, so they were very happy to receive this gift.

Considering that Xiao Keke can't eat candy or read books, Lin Yu brought her a very cute set of baby clothes.

Later generations of parents loved to play with their children, dressing them up as little animals, so Lin Yu's supermarket stocked a lot of such clothes.

She took one set of frogs and one set of white rabbits.

Coco preferred the little white rabbit and wouldn't let go of it, so Lin Yu coaxed her into wearing it.

Then put her on a straw mat in the yard.

"Oh, we have a little rabbit at home." Lin Yuan saw his adorable little niece as soon as he walked into the house.

Coco has started recognizing people. She smiled when she saw Lin Yuan, as if she knew that he was her second uncle.

Lin Yuan was particularly fond of her smiling face, so he picked her up and placed her feet on his stomach.

"Coco, little Coco, you are a little white rabbit."

Coco doesn't understand, but she's happy when someone plays with her.

When the whole family returned home, they couldn't stop laughing when they saw how Lin Yu had dressed up Coco.

"Xiaoyu, where did you get this outfit? It's so cute."

Lin Yu chuckled: "Not bad, right? I had someone buy it for me; they don't have it here."

Anyway, just say you bought everything through someone else. That's the advantage of knowing Dingxiang and her husband who is always traveling for work.

Lin Yu's family didn't suspect anything; they were used to Lin Yu always managing to bring back something unusual.

Seeing her family's reaction, Lin Yu knew that she had gotten away with it again.

Lin Yuan then brought up another matter with Lin Yu: "Zhou Huanan has received a lot of orders. Can our workshop keep up with the production?"

If production capacity is insufficient, Lin Yuan and Li Dahui will not need to go out to explore the market, to avoid shortages and defaults.

To be honest, Zhou Huanan's phone call to the brigade headquarters that day shocked everyone in the brigade.

The orders he secured came from: Beicheng Department Store, Supply and Marketing Cooperative, five large state-owned factories in Beicheng, and even government agencies.

The amount of these orders alone is more than double the amount of the workshop's orders in the previous two months.

This is why almost everyone in the brigade was working in the workshop during this period.

The thought that they would receive a lot of money this year once these orders were completed motivated everyone in the team to work harder.

At the same time, they all felt that "the educated youth are quite good. As expected of people from big cities, they can bring in such a big order with just one pull."

Zhou Huanan single-handedly salvaged the reputation of the educated youth that had been ruined by Yu Haiyang and Zhang Lili.

Even Song Meili said, "It still has to be our Captain Zhou."

Back to Lin Yuan, he and Li Dahui have been helping with production at the workshop recently, but a supply and marketing cooperative has already come to him to order things for New Year's gifts.

Lin Yu knew the workshop's situation very well: "The orders from Beicheng will all be completed in two days. We're also running low on raw materials. You can only take a maximum of five more orders, with a limit on the quantity per order."

Although the market in Beicheng is very important, their workshops are under the jurisdiction of Qingshan Commune, so they also need to take into account the local market.

Raw materials were indeed limited; all the sweet potatoes were grown by themselves, and the fruit was transported from the Dongfeng Brigade.

The output of the two brigades was not enough for them to produce that much.

This is also a problem the workshop needs to consider next; sweet potatoes can be purchased from other production brigades.

The Dongfeng Brigade still has a lot of unused mountain land. Could we plant more fruit trees there?

Other brigades also grow fruit trees, and we can supply them with fruit as well.

...

But that's a story for another time. Two days later, all the orders in Beicheng were completed.

They needed to deliver the goods to Beicheng before their workplaces distributed New Year's gifts.

After discussing it with the brigade cadres, Lin Aiguo went to the commune for help. Finally, under his persuasion, the commune secretary sent them a truck and a driver to help deliver the goods to Beicheng.

Of course, the transportation costs were paid by the Lianhua Brigade.

Lin Aiguo was still somewhat dissatisfied with this, after all, a portion of the profits from their commune workshops had to be handed over to the commune, but the commune was unwilling to even provide transport trucks.

Lin Yu, however, thought this was a good thing. "Uncle, think about it. This shows that the commune doesn't want to interfere in our workshop's affairs. We have autonomy."

"When we make money in the future, we can set up our own transportation fleet. Then, who can stop us?"

After hearing Lin Yu's words, Lin Aiguo suddenly realized what was going on.

It seems the commune secretary hadn't considered this at all. If he hadn't brought up the issue of the workshops having to pay for their own expenses this time, perhaps the commune could have intervened in the workshops' affairs in the future...

That's not a good thing.