Song Yan: "As for making suggestions, I don't know anything about the professional stuff."

Let me just tell you what I saw and heard!

If every family raises a few pigs, that can be a source of income.

If farming becomes large-scale, then it becomes a pig farm!

Chicken farming that reaches a certain scale is called a chicken farm.

That's not just a matter of each family raising a few pigs and a couple of chickens.

"How many can you raise?" Captain Wu asked.

“There are hundreds, and even thousands!” Song Yan said.

"Thousands? You mean raising pigs?" Captain Wu couldn't even imagine what it would be like to raise thousands of pigs.

"However, this is not just a matter of effort and cost; breeding technology must be improved and disease prevention must be done well."

"A fortune of immense wealth doesn't count if it includes animals; this saying is a profound truth!" Song Yan said.

"What about planting? Don't we always have this kind of thing growing in our land?"

"We've delivered the grain for the mission, so we definitely have enough rations. But it'll be hard to make more money selling them!" Captain Wu stroked his short hair.

Captain Wu's hair has turned half white.

"Take now, for example. Building large-scale plastic greenhouses requires technology and is too costly. It's not realistic to do it immediately."

But every household has built a simple plastic shed, about two feet high, in their own garden or on the edge of their private plot, and planted all kinds of vegetables. Do you think they can sell them for a good price?

I'm just not sure if I can buy plastic sheeting, and how expensive it is? If it's too expensive, it's not worth it!

If you want to speed things up, every household should have winter-stored scallions!

Winter-stored scallions are no longer fresh by this time of year.

However, if you cover the scallions with plastic film in the soil, they will turn green in about 20 to 30 days if managed properly.

"If you pick them out now, they'll be almost as good as fresh scallions!" Song Yan's words were a great inspiration to Captain Wu.

The weather is cold in the north, so if you want to grow vegetables in your garden, you'll probably have to wait until before May Day.

Now we can plant vegetables more than a month earlier. These vegetables will definitely sell for money, right?

"How can your brain work so well?" Captain Wu said.

"But this is all small change, maybe a hundred or two hundred yuan!"

The technology behind real greenhouses is not that simple!

Moreover, the temperature here is low, so we can only plant in the spring and harvest in the autumn.

“Growing vegetables in greenhouses during winter is definitely not impossible!” Song Yan knew that growing vegetables in greenhouses at temperatures below -30 degrees Celsius was not very realistic.

"If that's the case, raising pigs is still better than planting crops!" said Captain Wu.

Song Yan had seen many things before. For example, growing pollution-free vegetables and setting up agritainment businesses here.

But all of this requires long-term development, and it may not be feasible in this backward mountain village. "We have mountains and forests here, so we can imitate the wild environment and grow ginseng."

Of course, all of this requires technical expertise…

...Song Yan and Captain Wu strolled back and were about to open Captain Wu's front door when a hunched-over man opened it from the inside.

"Dad! Did you go out for a walk?"

Song Yan: Who is this? He's actually calling Captain Wu "Dad"!

Captain Wu could tell that Song Yan didn't recognize the person in front of him at all.

Captain Wu's face darkened, clearly displeased. "Who let you come here? And Meili is here too?"

Only after Wu Meili was mentioned did Song Yan remember who she was. It turned out to be He Jianian, a former educated youth!

The original owner's death was largely due to him.

Song Yan wasn't the original owner of this body, so he definitely wouldn't have a deep impression of him. Besides, he no longer had the intellectual and artistic temperament he thought he had, and he even had gray hair! He was only in his early twenties, how did he end up like this?

That's why Song Yan didn't recognize him earlier.

Song Yan's initial failure to recognize him, his current slight surprise, and the disdain in his eyes filled He Jianian with humiliation. He hastily replied, "I came by myself!"

"Dad, you're busy today, I'll come another day!" he said hurriedly and left.

Captain Wu sighed, "Sigh! Jia Nian went back to take care of his wife and children, I never expected this!"

Song Yan, you've seen a lot!

You say that educated youth who went back with their families, including wives and children, how could they possibly have a good life?

Wu Meili's life in the original novel was quite tragic, as He Jianian was determined to bring his daughter and wife back to the city.

He Jianian took her back to get revenge. After learning the truth, she crippled He Jianian's third leg. She couldn't escape the law either.

In the end, nobody benefited!

Wu Meili wasn't a good person either, but out of respect for Captain Wu, Song Yan still gave her a few words of advice.

"He Jianian's mother is no kind person; Meili only gave birth to one daughter!"

Now that a large number of educated youth have returned to the city, there are many unemployed people, and it is not easy to find a job.

Many of them are supported by their families..." Song Yan's words ended there.

When He Jianian returned to the city, he brought his wife and daughter with him, which made people think he was a loyal and affectionate person. No one would have guessed that he was after revenge, right?

Even if Song Yan said it, no one would believe him.

He Jianian's mother is a mother-in-law who easily torments her daughter-in-law.

Besides, this wife comes from the countryside, and he still needs her to support him.

"Dad! Wait for me!" a little girl's voice rang out, and at the same time, the little girl rushed out of the yard.

The child looks like Wu Meili. Then Wu Meili came out, looking very unhappy.

When Wu Meili saw Song Yan, she lowered her head and walked away quickly.

Wu Meili and her daughter followed closely behind He Jianian.

Wu Meili's eyes were evasive, but Song Yan noticed the jealousy and resentment in them.

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