Today is the day when the village clinic is opened. The clinic is located in the brigade headquarters. The brigade specially vacated a room for Uncle Li to build a medicine cabinet.

There was a long table for medical treatment in front, as well as a bed and several stools.

The clinic only had gentian violet and medicine for dysentery, and the rest were a few Chinese herbal medicines picked from the mountains.

He Wan is now Su Ranran's assistant. Together with her is the daughter of the village party secretary, who graduated from junior high school and is still unemployed at home. It's a good opportunity for her to learn a skill from Su Ranran so that when she gets married, she can stay in her husband's family and don't have to dig the soil and farm every day.

Su Ranran works at the clinic every day and doesn't have to go to work.

Zhang Cuicao now also follows Old Man Li in the pigpen to take care of the piglets.

Old man Li is old now, and he used to be able to take care of two pigs.

This year, there are three more little piglets, and it’s a bit overwhelming.

Zhang Cuicao felt that the piglet was easy to take care of, and she could also take advantage of the time to apply to the team leader for permission to take care of the pear orchard in the village.

Wang Jianguo also suggested to the team leader that they get some chickens, ducks and geese.

They can raise ducks and geese at the foot of the mountain in their village and in the ponds in the village. It would be a shame to waste such good resources.

The team leader, the branch secretary and the accountant discussed it and felt that it could be done.

I went to the commune and applied for fifty chicks, fifty ducks, and fifty geese.

Li Xiaorong and the others were also holding the book that He Wan had brought over earlier, studying how to raise fish.

Several leaders in the village were puzzled as they looked at the different educated youth this year.

"The educated youth have been in our village for so many years, but this is the first time I've seen them so actively raising pigs, chickens, ducks and fish. Zhiqing Zhang even knows how to prune the pear tree. That pear tree has been there for many years, but it doesn't produce many fruits every year."

The Party Secretary smiled and said, "I think this is a good thing. If they want to do something, then let them do it. It won't do any harm to the village anyway."

The accountant at the side said: "But they are only working on other chores, and the fields are suddenly short of laborers."

The captain shook his head and said, "Laoguai, you can't say that. A sideline business can also generate income. These fish fry are what they caught in the wild river. If they are really well raised, even if they are not sold, every household can get some fish during the New Year. Our mountain is so big, if we just leave them there, a chicken can raise several kilograms just by eating insects."

"Have you decided where to put the enclosure? We can't just keep the poultry in the village, who will look after them?"

"Liang and Chen, educated youths at the educated youth point, were willing to go over and take a look, so they gathered at the foot of the mountain, next to the river, just enough to put the ducks and geese."

"Watching you at night? Who will be responsible if he dies?"

"If they die, it will be deducted from their cents."

"Let's not worry about the chickens and ducks. Let's quickly think about where to build the school. This time, we'll build it together with the neighboring village. We have to choose a place that's close to both villages."

"I think the opposite side of the road is a good place, next to our village and not far from Dazhai Village."

"Okay, the commune has approved the money for us. I will go and discuss it with the captain of Dazhai and try to finish building it within a month."

While the village chief and his colleagues were busy building the school, the educated youth Liang Shurui and Zhang Jianjun were watching the chickens and ducks.

They are still young and are kept indoors. They are fed some wheat bran every day.

Liang Shurui even went to the mountains to find some insects for them to eat, and he didn't know where Chen Qing got the book on raising chickens, ducks and geese for him.

Liang Shurui, this grown man, actually took great care to raise these little chicks.