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Dalizhuang
Today is the day the village clinic is officially opened. The clinic is located in the brigade headquarters, and the brigade has specially set aside a room for Uncle Li to install a medicine cabinet.
There was a long table for seeing patients, a bed, and several stools in front of it.
The clinic only had gentian violet and medicine for dysentery, along with a few Chinese herbs collected from the mountains.
He Wan is now also Su Ranran's subordinate. Along with her is the village secretary's daughter, who graduated from junior high school and is currently unemployed at home. She can learn a skill from Su Ranran so that she won't have to dig in the soil and farm every day after she gets married.
Su Ranran works at the clinic every day and doesn't need to go to work.
Zhang Cuicao is now also helping Old Man Li take care of the piglets in the pigsty.
Old Li is getting old; he used to be able to take care of two pigs.
This year we have three more piglets, and we're finding it a bit overwhelming.
Zhang Cuicao thought the piglets were easy to take care of, and she could also take advantage of the time to apply to the brigade leader to take care of the village's pear orchard.
Wang Jianguo also suggested to the brigade leader that they bring some chickens, ducks, and geese.
They have plenty of good resources, like the ponds at the foot of the mountain in their village, where ducks and geese can be raised. It would be a waste not to do something with them.
The brigade leader, the branch secretary, the accountant, and a few others discussed it and decided it was feasible.
They applied to the commune for fifty chicks, fifty ducks, and fifty geese.
Li Xiaorong and the others were also studying how to raise fish, using the books that He Wan had brought earlier.
The village leaders were puzzled as they looked at the different educated youth this year.
"This is the first time I've seen educated youth so actively raising pigs, chickens, ducks, and fish in our village all these years since they came here."
Zhang, the educated youth, even knew how to prune pear trees. Those pear trees were many years old, but they never bore much fruit each year.
The village secretary laughed: "I think this is a good thing. Let them do whatever they want. Anyway, it won't do any harm to the village."
The accountant standing nearby said, "But they've been focusing all their efforts on other miscellaneous tasks, and suddenly there are several fewer laborers in the fields."
The captain shook his head and said, "Old Guai, you can't say that. Side jobs are also a way to generate income. These fish fry were caught in the wild river. If they are raised well, even if they are not sold, every household will get some fish for the New Year. With such a big mountain like ours, we can just release them on the mountain. Just by feeding them insects, a chicken can grow to several kilograms."
"Have you decided where to fence it off? We can't just let the poultry be raised in the village, and who will watch over them?"
“The educated youth Liang and Chen from the educated youth settlement were willing to go and take a look, so they gathered at the foot of the mountain, next to the river, just in time to release ducks and geese.”
"Watching them at night too? Who's responsible if they die?"
"If they die, the deduction will be made from their centimeters."
"Let's forget about the chickens and ducks and hurry up and think about where to build the school. This time, we're building it together with the neighboring village, so we need to choose a place that's close to both villages."
“I think the other side of the road is just right. It’s next to our village and not far from Dazhai Village.”
"Okay, the commune has approved the funds. I'll go talk to the team leader in Dazhai right now and try to get it built in a month."
While the village chief and the others were busy building the school, Liang Shurui and Zhang Jianjun, along with a few other educated youth, were watching the chickens and ducks.
They're still small, so they're kept indoors and fed wheat bran every day.
Liang Shurui even went to the mountains to find insects for them to eat, and he didn't know where Chen Qing got the books on raising chickens, ducks and geese for him.
Liang Shurui, this big man, actually took great care of raising these little chicks.
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