In the afternoon, He Wan came down from the mountain and went to the drying yard to help them thresh rice.

In that small area, they harvested one and a half bags of rice.

The Party Secretary was delighted. Wang Jianguo was also happy.

As they walked towards the team, they discussed next year's plans with the Party Secretary.

Now, in their Dali Village, the breeding farms, fish ponds, orchards, and clinics are all thanks to the efforts of these educated youth.

What's most important to farmers? Having enough to eat. Now that the educated youth have grown rice, how could their leaders not be happy?

Leaving aside the past two years, just this year, every household has not only received a lot of grain, but has also earned a lot of money.

The young men in the village have also taken on responsibilities and know how to bring business into the village.

With all these outstanding achievements, he, the Party branch secretary, will probably get a promotion.

In the afternoon, I was planning to have a meeting with the team leader.

As a result, the brigade leader talked to him about the feed.

Upon hearing that it was Xiaohe, a former educated youth, who brought it up, he agreed without hesitation.

Li Guai said, "If we were to buy this, tens of yuan would just disappear like that."

The Party Secretary said, "Li Guai, you can't just look at the present; you have to consider the bigger picture. We're raising so many chickens, ducks, fish, and seven or eight pigs now. We can't fatten them up just by relying on vegetables and grass."

I think Xiaohe, the educated youth, makes a good point. Using the feed, the poultry grew plump and strong. We completed our quota, and whether we sold the leftover meat or distributed it to the village, it was still a benefit, money indeed.

The brigade leader said, "That's what I was thinking too." Xiao He, an educated youth, said, "A bag of feed costs five cents, and we don't know what it's made of. We can bring it back and let those educated youths with knowledge analyze it to see what the ingredients are. We have a tofu workshop, so if they can make it, we can make it too."

The Party Secretary said, "Old Chen, your idea is good. Okay, let's do it this way. Old Guai, the grain has been handed over, let's start distributing the grain tomorrow, and check the money as well. Let's see how much money each household will get this year."

“Secretary, we can distribute the grain first, but I’d like to wait for the money. The commune and the county will come to catch chickens, ducks and geese the day after tomorrow. We’ll distribute the money after the poultry is sold.”

"Okay, we can't supply fish anymore, but Liang and Chen are doing a good job raising chickens and ducks. They don't lose many birds all year round."

Old Chen, isn't that new educated youth causing trouble? You absolutely mustn't give in."

Captain Chen nodded: "I'll talk to Wang Jianguo another day and ask him to give these educated youth some ideological education when he has time, so he can learn a thing or two from them."

Li Guai also expressed his dissatisfaction with the newly arrived educated youth: "Yes."

The Party Secretary then told them about the rice Wang Jianguo had grown: "Look, from that piece of land, he harvested one and a half bags. I gave the remaining half directly to Wang Jianguo as a reward."

"This rice is good. Right now, rice is 30 cents more expensive per pound than corn at the grain and oil station, and 20 cents more expensive than flour."

"So, next year I plan to approve five mu of land for Wang Jianguo so he can give it a try."

"Five mu, isn't that too much? What if we don't manage to plant it well?"

“There’s a first time for everything. He’s from the South and knows how to plant. With such a good opportunity, why not give it a try? If it succeeds, we can earn a few hundred yuan a year from the grain business.”

“That makes sense. Let’s settle this for now, and we can discuss which piece of land is more suitable next year. Old Guai, go find Xiao He, the educated youth, tomorrow and allocate the money to her so she can bring the feed back first.”

"Should we just let her go alone?"

“I had Lemin follow her.”

"OK."