During this long wait and suffering, some educated youth whose hopes of returning to the city were dashed have begun to arrange to get married and have children.

Although they were unwilling in their hearts, the heavy physical labor had wiped out all their enthusiasm and they were really fed up with their current life.

The Hongqi Brigade has held several weddings one after another in the past few days, but the dishes at the wedding banquets are far from as good as those of the Du family.

Those who went to the Du family for the banquet were already missing the delicious food that day, and they regretted not eating to their heart's content that day.

Shen Yunshu has a strong ability to adapt and gradually gets used to living alone. She also received the package sent from Beijing City.

But there was too much food for her to finish by herself, so Shen Yunshu took the excess to the cowshed and shared it with everyone.

Before the Chinese New Year, the twenty-two pigs in the pigpen of the Hongqi Brigade were ready to be slaughtered. Under the careful care of Liang Mingli and others, all of them were fat and strong.

Before slaughtering the pigs, they had to hand in the task pigs to the commune. According to the commune's regulations, the team had to hand in a pig to the commune before slaughtering one.

In other words, the Red Flag Brigade had to pay a total of eleven pigs to the commune.

Not only that, the submitted pigs are also divided into grades. Pigs weighing more than 200 kilograms are grade one, pigs weighing more than 180 kilograms but less than 200 kilograms are grade two, and the next is grade three. The difference between each grade is five cents.

From this we can deduce that a first-grade pig costs 45 cents, a second-grade pig costs 40 cents, and the cheapest is a third-grade pig, which costs 35 cents.

The commune’s purchase price was much lower than the market price, but the team members’ faces were filled with unstoppable joy.

They had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

On the day of handing in the task pigs, all the members of the team arrived. Liang Mingli and his team got up early today to feed the pigs according to the instructions given by the team leader last night, and added a lot of bran to the pig feed.

The purpose of this step is to increase the weight of the pigs so that they can be sold at a good price when they arrive at the commune.

Shen Yunshu drove the tractor over, and Du Shouquan led the team members to drive the pigs in the pigsty onto the tractor.

In order to prevent the pigs from jumping off the car and escaping on the way, Du Shouquan found a hemp rope and tied the pigs tightly.

Afterwards, a group of people went to the county town in a mighty procession on a hand tractor, and received countless envious glances from passers-by along the way.

The team members sitting in the back of the car had never seen such a scene before. They all straightened their backs, raised their chins high, and breathed out through their nostrils.

Who made these people look down on others before, always making fun of their team's poverty and mocking them?

Now, their team's life has improved, and it will only get better in the future.

All this is thanks to Shen Zhiqing.

Shen Yunshu followed Du Shouquan's instructions and drove the car to the purchasing station. They arrived early and there were only two or three teams in front of them.

There are advantages to coming early. There are fewer people queuing, and the pigs on task can be handed in quickly. If you are late, the pigs in the car pocket will be full of poop and urine when you get off, and the little food you fed them in the morning will be wasted.

A pig is about five or six pounds lighter, which means it will be sold for two or three yuan less. Eleven pigs add up to twenty or thirty yuan.

Twenty or thirty yuan is almost as much as an ordinary city worker's monthly salary.

After a not-so-long wait, they finally arrived at the Hongqi Brigade. When Zhao Deming, the station chief of the purchasing station, saw the eleven pigs in the back of the tractor, his eyes lit up.

Judging from the fur and the weight, it is definitely a first-class pig.

The moment the words "first-class pigs" came out of his mouth, everyone present cast envious glances at the people of the Red Flag Brigade.

They also wanted first-class pigs, but they didn't have the ability. However, this year they followed the pig-raising method given by Shen Yunshu, and the pigs they raised were much better than last year. Even if they were not first-class pigs, they could still be rated as second-class pigs.

They weighed it before coming.

Thinking of this, the other brigades looked at the Red Flag Brigade again, with envy mixed with gratitude.

With the help of the staff at the purchasing station, the eleven pigs brought by the Red Flag Brigade were weighed.

The total weight is 3,220 kilograms. Based on the purchase price of 45 cents per pig, the total weight is 1,449.

The moment he got the money, Du Shouquan was a little bit unbelieving and felt like he was dreaming.

"Wang Ernao, hit me."

Hitting the team leader? Wang Ernao really didn't dare, even if he begged him.

"Look at you, you coward." Helpless Du Shouquan bit his tongue fiercely. The moment he felt the pain, he jumped happily on the spot.

In the end, Shen Yunshu couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward to stop him: "Captain, we are the captain, we must be steady."

Du Shouquan then realized what a stupid thing he had just done and immediately became serious.

He cleared his throat and said loudly, "Let's go home."

Amid the cheers of the team members, Shen Yunshu drove the team members back.

Those who stayed in the team were waiting at the team gate early. When they saw the captain coming back, they rushed up in a swarm.

The enthusiasm of the team members caught Shen Yunshu off guard. Fortunately, she was quick-witted and slammed on the brakes, forcing the tractor to stop abruptly, thus avoiding a major accident.

"Captain, how is it? How much did it sell for?"

"It usually takes a whole day to sell pigs. You just left a short time ago, how come you're back so soon?"

"Captain, how much did it sell for? Please tell me quickly. I'm getting anxious if you don't tell me."

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The team members were talking to each other, and Du Shouquan couldn't get a word in at all, but he wasn't angry.

It wasn't until the team members said they were tired and stopped talking that Du Shouquan spoke up: "Our team turned in a total of 3,220 kilograms of live pigs this year, and we received 1,449 yuan."

The players cheered excitedly again. After a long time, they finally calmed down after Du Shouquan's strong comfort.

Du Shouquan continued, "Our brigade is where it is today thanks to Shen Zhiqing. Shen Zhiqing is our brigade's benefactor. In the future, our ancestors and generations will never forget Shen Zhiqing's kindness. We must always remember this kindness in our hearts."

At this moment, Shen Yunshu looked at the grateful eyes of the crowd and felt a surge of sense of accomplishment.

Perhaps, the meaning of time travel lies in this moment, to pull people in difficulties out of the mud and bring them hope of survival.

"Chen Zhiqing, on behalf of the team members, I thank you." Du Shouquan said, and bowed deeply to Shen Yunshu in front of everyone.

The team members followed suit, bowed to Shen Yunshu, and shouted in unison: "Shen Zhiqing, thank you."