Gu Hongtao didn't speak, but instead observed Zuo Qiulin.

Gu Hanping thought his fourth uncle would refuse, since everyone knew that his fourth uncle was unmarried and had no children.

These dogs are Uncle Si's lifeblood.

"Fourth Uncle, they will pay you. Besides, this is helping the country."

"Nonsense!" Gu Hongtao shouted.

Before Gu Hanping could understand what was going on, Gu Hongtao said, "How could I not know that this is helping the country?"

"What about Fourth Uncle?"

"I don't want any reward. Where and when will we move? I'll go with you. You can't command Black Star, let alone those dogs."

"Very good."

Gu Hanping was somewhat delighted; he had thought his fourth uncle would refuse.

As it turned out, Fourth Uncle did agree, but he didn't want any payment.

Gu Hanping didn't care about the compensation or anything like that.

People of this era are very enthusiastic about national affairs.

I wish I could go up and help myself.

During the Great Steel Plant era, people in the commune even donated their own iron pots.

This gives us a glimpse into the situation.

This incident later resulted in many households not even having a wok for cooking.

It didn't matter when we donated, because back then we ate in the commune, everyone ate from the same pot.

Later, the communal cooking system was disbanded, and people went home. Many families, and even now, still use earthenware pots or similar containers to cook.

In other words, people nowadays use less oil each month, so it's unlikely that they would use it for every dish. That's why a clay pot is so useful.

But it's still not as good as an iron pot, is it?

Gu Hongtao was about to set off with Black Star, but he was a little worried about the dog.

Once they set off, no one knows when they will return.

Gu Yunyang offered, "Why don't you give me the remaining puppy?"

We happened to have brought three dogs home from Fourth Master's place, so we're raising them together.

Fourth Master went to see those dogs these past two days, so he knows about them.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. I feel at ease leaving it to you."

Gu Hongtao nodded and then laughed, "But I don't know where you learned this skill. You're good at raising cattle, and you're good at raising dogs too. I think the brigade's pigsty and fishpond need to be built quickly. You can definitely handle that."

Gu Yunyang simply smiled modestly at Gu Hongtao's words, without saying anything more, only saying, "I just like reading."

Gu Hanping fell silent.

In the Gu family, there's only one person who loves reading.

He had previously mentioned that he could build biogas digesters and produce sugar.

He does seem to know quite a lot.

Gu Hongtao left with Zuo Qiulin, along with the five black dogs that Gu Hanping had helped borrow.

It was said that Gu Hanping borrowed the money, but in reality, it was all because of Gu Hongtao's influence.

In this village, Gu Hongtao is probably the only one who can command all the dogs.

Yes, Gu Yunyang should be able to as well.

However, he used his beast-taming ability to forcibly control those dogs.

It will take more time for Gu Yunyang to communicate with them using his beast-taming abilities so that they will willingly obey his commands.

Back at the educated youth settlement, Yang Shengnan was already cooking.

Looking at the knife skills, the meat that was cut out was in pieces of varying sizes, and Yang Shengnan's face turned red.

Gu Yunyang did not interfere, but smiled and said, "You continue, I'll go get some milk powder for these puppies."