Chapter 76 The Commune Test is Coming
Ye Qing's expression was too enthusiastic. Not all those kids are fools.
Especially since Ye Qing had used the same fishing trick to lure them into the trap and made these kids memorize math mnemonics.
With that previous experience as a lesson, the little kids were quite smart. They were worried that there might be a trap inside, so they stood outside the yard cautiously and hesitantly, and none of them rushed into the yard in a hurry.
Ye Qing is not afraid that these little guys will not be fooled.
She chuckled, stretched out her hand and began to demonstrate from the front.
He touched the wolf cub from the top of its head to its tail, from its chin to its belly, and then slapped the little guy's butt a few times and rubbed his round and furry head hard.
The two little wolf cubs haven't even grown fangs yet, and they won't resist even when being ravaged by Ye Qing. They are very obedient and honest and let Ye Qing do whatever he wants. Even if they are unhappy, they will at most lie on the ground and roll over to try to escape from Ye Qing's clutches.
But this cute and coquettish look makes her look even more adorable and more huggable.
The furry children were almost going crazy with jealousy when they saw Ye Qing petting the wolf so leisurely and comfortably. They had no time to think about whether this was a trap or not. As soon as the first irrational child rushed into the yard to suck the wolf, the rest of the children could no longer remain strong-willed and rushed into the "trap" carefully set by Ye Qing.
Then, the little kids, who were so overwhelmed with excitement, started to touch the little wolf cub, and were so happy that their mouths were almost stretched to the back of their heads. When they were masturbating to the point of being excited, they were suddenly stopped.
The cunning and crafty "Grandma Wolf" brought out a pair of small rattan backpacks and said in a gentle and persuasive way:
"If anyone wants to continue to touch the little wolf and play with it, they have to go into the mountains to pick berries, mushrooms and nuts. As long as they fill a basket, they can play with it for another half an hour."
The group of children immediately fell in anger and looked at the female liar with frowns.
I knew this educated youth sister wouldn't be so kind! She even cheated the child, how abominable! She is so immoral!
Ye Qing didn't feel embarrassed at all.
As long as she has no morals, don't even think about kidnapping her with morality!
Besides, what does it mean to cheat your children? She is obviously doing this for their own good, letting them experience the dangers of society in advance, okay?
Now let these young guys be fooled once a day. Every time they are fooled, they can learn from their experience and lessons. When they really go to the city in the future, they will not be easily fooled by the city people.
Because those scams were left over from the educated youth sisters they met when they were children!
Yes, that's it!
The more Ye Qing thought about it, the more he felt justified. He quickly put the small backpacks around the necks of these furry children one by one, then waved at them with a hypocritical and smug smile of a capitalist:
"Go ahead, it's healthier to roll. Whoever picks the most the fastest can get an extra half hour to interact with the wolf cub alone as a reward!"
"But you can only wander around in this area behind the mountain. Anyone who dares to jump over this mountain and go to another place will be disqualified from the competition!"
When they heard that they could be rewarded with half an hour of alone time with the coyote cubs, the furry children, who had just felt regretful and felt that they had been cheated by Ye Qing, immediately rushed out as if they had been injected with chicken blood. In a short while, they ran into the mountains and disappeared without a trace.
Ye Qing clapped her hands contentedly, very pleased with the performance of these young volunteers. However, when she turned around, she saw the three brothers and sisters of the Gu family standing in the yard next door, looking at her with strange expressions across the fence.
Gu Weinan poked his younger brother beside him and asked in a low voice:
"Xiao Bei, you and my eldest brother are the only two with good brains in our family. How many moves do you think you can defeat my master?"
Gu Weibei: "It's hard to guard against. If I go up there, I'm afraid I'll be tricked to the point where I'll be left with nothing but my pants."
Having said that, Gu Weibei glanced at Gu Weidong next to him.
Thinking of how his elder brother had personally presented his cherished hunting rifle to Ye Qing not long ago, and how he had also been at Ye Qing's side, adjusting the rifle and sewing shoulder pads for him, he could not help but change the subject.
"Don't even mention my eldest brother. I think he will empty out all our family's belongings before we're done."
Gu Weidong: …
Ye Qing had no idea that Gu Weinan and his sister were secretly plotting against her. Even though they saw it, she was not panicked at all. Instead, she raised her chin and showed off a little. She concluded her speech to Gu Weinan and his sister:
"Do you know what is the most valuable thing in the world?"
Gu Weinan and his sister shook their heads like wave drums.
Ye Qing pointed at the two wolf cubs:
"Free things are the most valuable, so never believe in free lunches. If you try to get something for a bargain, you will suffer a great loss. Ah, what a painful lesson!"
The three Gu family members: …
It has to be said that Ye Qing was very good at enslaving child laborers. The children were very agile and nimble, just like monkeys, jumping up and down in the mountains. After about an hour, they all came down the mountain carrying a backpack. Each kid's backpack was filled with mountain products, which were then transferred to the large baskets placed by Ye Qing. A dozen kids soon piled up the three large baskets into a mountain.
As if their desire to win was aroused, these kids were not willing to be outdone. After returning the things in the backpack and pouring them into the basket, they turned around and ran back into the mountain.
By the evening when the adults in each family got off work, the few unused baskets in Ye Qing's cellar were all filled and were no longer enough.
Ye Qing had taken such great advantage of these children, how could she let them work for nothing? So she not only allowed these children to come to her yard the next day to play with wolves, but also took a stack of change from her pocket and gave each child 50 cents as hard work fee.
Fifty cents may not sound like a lot, but for the children in Kaoshantun at that time, it was definitely a considerable amount of pocket money. Some of the children had never received so much money in their entire lives.
The children originally thought that they had fallen into a trap set by Ye Qing, but they had to accept it in order to play with the coyotes. After getting the bills, they immediately became so excited that their faces turned red, and their eyes were bright and fiery when they looked at Ye Qing.
"Sister Zhiqing, are you going to pick mountain products tomorrow?"
Immediately, the clever kid asked with expectant eyes.
Ye Qing didn't know what the other party's intention was when she heard this. He looked down on Lulang and wanted to earn her pocket money.
She was simply at a loss for words, and quickly waved her hand to refuse:
"No, these are enough. If I have more, I won't be able to finish them all. Wouldn't it be a waste to pick them all? If I need help with anything else, I will come to you again!"
The child was obviously disappointed after hearing this, but Ye Qing didn't care much. She was looking at the seven or eight baskets of wild delicacies in the yard and was already overwhelmed.
With so many wild berries, wild mushrooms and dried fruits, the subsequent cleaning and processing alone is a huge project. But who asked her to dig a hole for these furry kids? Since she dug the hole herself, she has to deal with these things even if she has to kneel down.
Fortunately, she was not fighting alone. After knowing that she was getting so many mountain products in order to make them into specialties and send them back to her hometown for her friends in Shanghai to taste, the Gu family next door, as well as Meng Jia and the old lady, all spontaneously joined in to help her. Otherwise, if she had to do it all by herself, it would have taken her several days just to screen, wash and dry these things.
In the evening, Ye Qing lit several kerosene lamps in the house. Everyone was selecting those mountain products, carefully sorting out those that were not of good quality. When they were busy, Wu Yongbing came over again.
He had come to inquire about the situation after hearing about Ye Qing bringing back two wolf cubs from the mountain.
The last time Ye Qing led his troops into the wooden house deep in the mountains to look for Gu Weidong, Wu Yongbing was there too. He had seen with his own eyes how Ye Qing used a whistle to summon the coyote pack, and he also knew that the group of coyotes had already recognized Ye Qing as their leader.
After the last incident where the coyotes escorted Ye Qing down the mountain, Wu Yongbing had already been desensitized to it, so when he learned that Ye Qing brought back two coyote cubs, he didn't feel that it was too surprising.
However, because other villagers in the village were afraid and came to him to complain, he had to go to the Zou family and make some rules with Ye Qing first.
"Ye girl, I heard that you plan to raise two coyotes? This has never happened in our village before. Are you sure that the coyotes won't hurt people when they grow up?"
Before Ye Qing opened his mouth, Gu Weidong on the side took the lead in explaining:
"Uncle, don't worry about this. Although coyotes are ferocious and warlike, once they recognize their master, they are much more obedient to him than ordinary farm dogs. Moreover, these two wolf cubs have been raised in captivity at such a young age. Their temperaments will be more gentle than those of coyotes raised in the wild. Unless they are sure there is danger, they will not easily hurt people."
"The reason why Ye Qing brought these two wolf cubs back is actually for the health station in our village. The health station will be built soon, and there will be a lot of people coming and going by then."
"The health station will certainly store medicines and equipment, and Ye Zhiqing will build a few medicine gardens nearby to plant medicinal herbs. If there are so many people and eyes, and someone is not paying attention, the herbs and equipment may be stolen or destroyed, and the loss will be borne by our village."
"So I think it's a good idea to raise one or two coyotes to guard the house. It's definitely more reliable than hiring people to guard it."
If someone else said this, the persuasiveness would probably be greatly reduced. However, when Gu Weidong said it, the effect was obviously different. He has seen a lot in the army, and he said that coyotes will not hurt people if they are properly tamed, so there must be a certain degree of credibility in his words.
Moreover, Gu Weidong also linked the matter of raising wolves to the health station. Wu Yongbing had never considered the issue of the safety of the items in the health station before. Now that Gu Weidong mentioned it, he suddenly realized that this was indeed a problem.
Thinking about how Ye Qing had been able to make the coyote king obey her just by blowing the whistle, and that it was no problem for her to deal with the two coyote cubs, and that she could also take care of the supervision and guarding of the health station, Wu Yongbing was even less willing to blame her.
Under Ye Qing's leadership, he went to check on the two wolf cubs.
It’s no wonder that these two little wolf cubs are healthy and lively, and they look pretty good. If his status and family conditions did not allow it, he would have wanted to get one and raise it.
However, Wu Yongbing once again reiterated his attitude and position as the captain of Kaoshantun, and asked Ye Qing to remember to strictly discipline the coyotes and not to hurt people when raising them. After giving him a routine reminder, he left in a hurry.
Ye Qing couldn't help but tap the heads of the two little wolves and warned them:
"Did you hear me, you two? You can scare people, but don't bite them. Otherwise, I will find a pot and stew both of you. You will never see the dawn!"
The two ignorant little guys had no idea that Ye Qing was threatening them. They thought Ye Qing was playing with them. They immediately stretched out their short legs happily to grab Ye Qing's fingers and tried to climb up the pole.
Although Wu Yongbing came to her house, Ye Qing felt that it was not a big deal. After all, with her ability, it was not difficult to restrain and tame the two little guys. As long as they did not run around and attack the livestock and members of the village, there would basically be no problem.
If there really are villagers who are afraid that these two coyotes will threaten their safety in the village, the worst that can happen is that she will train these two wolf cubs in the drying field and let everyone see with their own eyes that the wolves she raises will never bite people for no reason. This way, no one will have any objections.
In the next two days, Ye Qing took time to prepare her mountain products. She boiled several large jars of jam, dried several bags of preserved fruits, and crushed a large jar of wild fruits for fermentation, preparing to make wine after half a month.
The last time he brought back the batch of monkey wine, Ye Qing specifically went to Aunt Gu to ask where he could buy that kind of big wine jar.
Nowadays, almost every household in Northeast China has several large vats. Of course, most families do not use them to make wine, but to pickle sauerkraut and store sour soup. And because the demand for large vats is relatively large, many communes have kilns that specialize in firing these earthenware vats.
Hongqi Commune was no exception, but the kiln was not located in Kaoshantun, but in Majiatun, because Majiatun was the only place in the entire Hongqi Commune that had sticky clay suitable for kiln firing.
As soon as they heard that Ye Qing wanted to buy some large vats, Gu Weibei and Yang Dazhi immediately went to Majiatun twice the next day and brought back eight vats, all of which were large-capacity vats of 100 liters.
She put all the monkey wine she brought back from the mountains into wine jars and sealed them with wax and mud. It took seven large jars to fill up the thousand kilograms of monkey wine, leaving one empty jar. Originally, Ye Qing planned to use it to learn how to make pickled cabbage with Aunt Gu when she stocked up on autumn vegetables in a while.
But now if we want to use it to ferment fruit wine, we can only use it temporarily. It seems that we will have to go to Majiatun to get a few big jars before the autumn vegetables come out.
After drying the wild mushrooms and nuts, Ye Qing packed them up, kept some for himself, and mailed the rest.
Moreover, she not only sent things to Shencheng and Mohe, but also sent them to Hang Tingfang at Jicheng Daily, and also asked Hang Tingfang to help bring a copy to Mr. Yang.
These things are all local specialties from the mountains, picked and dried by herself, and are not worth much. It is estimated that Mr. Yang will definitely not refuse this special harvest gift from her.
After Ye Qing finished the things at hand, she finally found time to renovate the pigpen and cattle shed in Kaoshantun and officially began to implement scientific breeding and carry out standardized management according to the data collection work she had done some time ago.
Wu Yongbing and the old branch secretary did not understand what scientific breeding was, but when they heard Ye Qing say that the farm next door had already adopted her suggestions and was preparing to implement them according to this set of guidelines, the two production team cadres immediately became interested and agreed to Ye Qing's plan without hesitation.
The existing pig sty and cow shed were modified or demolished where possible, and were divided into pens as much as possible. Separate sow (cow) areas and farrowing areas were built, and insulation layers were added around and on the roof of the shed. Windows were opened on both sides of the shed to allow air convection. At the same time, a thorough cleaning was carried out on the pig sty and cow shed.
After finishing all these, the next issue is to provide these pigs with additional meals. If the problem of feed is not solved, the batch of pigs in Kaoshantun will be too cheap when they are shipped out by the end of the year, and most of them will not meet the weight standard.
So Ye Qing set his eyes on the Duck River next to the pigsty and cowshed.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the water quality of Yazi River was very clean and clear, and it was not polluted at all. There were abundant fish, shrimps, crabs and clams in it, and you could catch a lot of freshwater river seafood by just throwing a cage.
At that time, there was a shortage of meat in the countryside, but in fact the products in the river were very rich. It was just that the fish, shrimp, crabs and clams had to be processed before they could be cooked into delicious dishes. Without all kinds of seasonings and heavy oil and salt, the dishes would have a strong earthy smell.
The key point is that every household was short of money at that time, and could not afford oil and salt, not to mention other spices, so it was difficult to make river seafood taste good. Therefore, many villagers did not like to eat it, especially small fish and shrimps, which had more bones and less meat. Few members would go to the river to catch these things.
But to Ye Qing, these things were all good things. As long as the people in the village had them, she would bring them up to raise pigs and cows.
Of course, these things cannot be fed directly to livestock, they need to be slightly processed.
First, small fish, shrimp and clam meat must be baked into jerky meat that can be crushed with a pinch. The remaining clam shells must not be thrown away, as they are rich in calcium. After drying, they are mixed with the dried fish, shrimp and clam meat and crushed into powder with a large mill.
This is the natural protein calcium powder added to livestock. It is easy to swallow and can be preserved for a long time. In the future, just add a scoop of it to the grass pig food every time you feed the livestock, and it will play a good role in balanced nutrition.
So Ye Qing made a ground cage out of a woven net, pulled some aquatic plants and added some scattered wood energy as bait and threw it into the ground cage. Then he threw these ground cages into the nearby Duck River where there was more aquatic plants.
Because she didn't know whether the ground cage would work, she just made one and threw it into the river to test it out.
She made the entrance of the cage smaller, specifically for catching small fish and shrimps. After more than an hour, she pulled the cage up. Wow, the cage was very lively and bustling inside, filled with small fish, shrimps and crabs.
What surprised Ye Qing was that she actually found a special species in the cage. When she first saw it, she even thought she was seeing things.
Crayfish? There are crayfish in this place? Isn't this an invasive species? And it's usually only found in the south, right? Did she remember it wrong?
Ye Qing was very surprised, because she seemed to remember reading an article about the origin and development history of crayfish, which mentioned that crayfish only spread in China after the 1980s, and only gradually became a delicacy on the Chinese people's tables in the 1990s.
But now, she actually found this thing in the Tamsui River in the Great Northern Wilderness in the 1960s and 1970s. Isn’t this a bit too weird?
Just when Ye Qing was wondering if the information gap was caused by the parallel universe, Gu Weidong wandered to the river with nothing to do. He saw Ye Qing staring at the crayfish in the cage in a daze and couldn't help but explain:
"That's called a crayfish, a real native freshwater river shrimp of Xia Country. It doesn't have big claws and has high requirements for water quality. It's not the kind of foreign red shrimp that grows in stinky ditches."
Ye Qing was shocked when he heard this:
"Do we have such good things in our country?"
Gu Weidong smiled and said, "It's only in the northeast. It's normal that you southerners have never seen it. After ten or twenty years, when people's living conditions have improved, many people will go to the river to catch it and put it on the table. There are many ways to cook it, such as braised, peppered and salted. It tastes very delicious, not inferior to those lobsters at all."
When it comes to food, Gu Weidong has a lot to say, as he is very fond of these crickets.
Ye Qing also missed the taste of crayfish a little bit. Seeing the crayfish in the river, why shouldn't he catch them?
Both of them were craving for crayfish, so they worked together, Ye Qing was responsible for making the cages and bait, and Gu Weidong was responsible for setting up the cages and pulling up the nets. In just one morning, they caught dozens of kilograms of crayfish, and hundreds of kilograms of small fish, shrimps and crabs.
After cleaning the fish, shrimp and crabs, you can bake them on a simple stove made by the beach. Place a rack made of wooden boards on top, put the fish and shrimp on it, and bake them slowly over a low fire.
As for the cicadas, Ye Qing took them back and made a big pot of spicy cicadas. She was willing to add oil, salt and spices, so when the big pot of cicadas was made, the fragrance almost spread from the end of the village to the beginning, and almost made all the furry children in the village cry.
Many aunties and grandmas came to the house to ask what delicious food Ye Qing was preparing.
Originally, it was not a rare thing, so Ye Qing openly showed out a pot of crayfish for everyone to see.
It’s not like people in the village haven’t seen cicadas before, but few people eat them, mainly because there are so many big fish in the river to choose from, and no one would be so hungry as to eat them.
Now seeing that Ye Qing had prepared such a big pot, the people in the village frowned with disgust and confusion:
"Why do you eat this? And you use so much oil and seasoning. I really don't understand why you city people eat this?"
Ye Qing smiled and said:
"Auntie, this is delicious. Why don't you try it?"
Ye Qing took the chopsticks and handed them to the other party, letting the ladies try.
This was really new. After all, before this, no one had heard that the crickets in the Yazi River were edible. The aunts were skeptical and did not dare to pick up their chopsticks.
While I was still hesitating, several brothers and sisters from the Gu family beside me didn't hesitate. They just picked up their bowls and chopsticks and started eating. They sucked the sauce on the cricket shells cleanly and put the meat into their mouths, eating with great joy.
He kept praising the food while eating and was completely impressed by Ye Qing's cooking skills.
Even Aunt Gu couldn't resist and ate several of them. The more she ate, the more she became addicted.
Seeing this, the other aunts couldn't resist the temptation of the fragrance and tried to pick one up. However, after taking a taste, they couldn't stop and fell into Ye Qing's cicada pit one by one.
Then, starting the next day, people in the village followed Ye Qing's example and went to the river to catch crickets.
However, the people in the village obviously could not copy Ye Qing's unique skills, because she did not have to worry about cooking oil. If she was short of oil, she could use her supernatural powers to get some peanuts and go to the oil mill to squeeze oil, which was not a big deal. So she was willing to put oil in the dishes.
In order to make the crayfish delicious, frying is essential. Otherwise, it will be fishy if boiled in water. Moreover, this dish requires a lot of oil. One dish may waste the oil used by an ordinary family for several days of cooking, so no one is willing to do it like Ye Qing.
Therefore, many people no longer coveted the spicy crayfish made by Ye Qing after trying it once, because they found that the crayfish they made were not as delicious as Ye Qing's. They were so fishy that they almost threw away the plate. After eating it a few times, they stopped trying it and just went back to eating their spicy cabbage stewed with vermicelli.
On the other hand, after Ye Qing tried the spicy flavor once, a new world was opened up to the Gu family and the old lady. They were all particularly fond of this cricket and would ask Ye Qing from time to time when he could make it again for them to try.
The kids in the village were also greedy. After all, Ye Qing didn't hide the taste of the dish when she cooked it. Whenever an aunt came to visit, she would generously scoop a few for the aunt to take back for the kids to taste. So many children had eaten Ye Qing's cooking and knew how delicious the crayfish cooked by this educated youth sister were.
So every few days, many furry kids would come to Ye Qing's place, not only to pet the wolves, but also to get a few delicious crickets made by Ye Qing.
Ye Qing ground the clam shells from the river and baked dried fish and shrimp into powder. After adding protein and high-calcium powder to the livestock's feeding troughs, he was thinking about adding some other supplementary food to the pigs and cattle.
It is already late autumn, and now the crooked and cracked wild fruits in the mountains that no one wants can be used to feed livestock.
Pigs are omnivorous animals and will eat everything. Cows are even more so; they will never give up fruit.
Eating some fruit from time to time can provide sufficient sugar and vitamins, which is definitely good for pigs to gain weight.
Seeing those furry kids peeking in at the gate of her yard from time to time, trying to come to her house to eat crickets, Ye Qing smiled and started to come up with some evil ideas again.
So, the group of furry children who had been fooled by Ye Qing before were summoned again by Ye Qing, the wolf grandmother.
The last time Ye Qing asked them to help pick mountain products and later got fifty cents for it, these kids still remember it vividly.
It has been several days since the last time I worked as a child laborer. Some of the kids had their fifty cents confiscated by their parents because they showed off. Some were smarter and hid the money secretly and didn't dare to let their family know. Still others ran to the town early the next morning to buy snacks and spent it all.
In short, every child hopes to make some extra money, so when Ye Qing called out this time, these children immediately realized that it was time to work, and they raced against time, fearing that they would be a step slower than their other friends.
But this time Ye Qing doesn't plan to give money to these little kids.
Firstly, such a young child has no resistance to money. If he develops the habit of spending money lavishly and then loses the source of income, he may have other crooked thoughts.
Secondly, having such a surprising and wonderful experience once in their childhood is enough to make them remember it vividly and savor it endlessly. If it happens many times, they will no longer find it strange. Gradually, they may not be satisfied with only getting 50 cents a day and will become greedy and want more.
Of course, Ye Qing would never admit that she was just a bit stingy and was reluctant to take money out of her own pocket.
After all, she feeds cattle and pigs to fatten the livestock entirely for the entire production team. If she is required to pay for it herself, it makes no sense.
So after calling these children over, Ye Qing made it clear that this time what she wanted them to do was to go into the mountains to pick wild fruits, but she would not give them money this time.
However, not giving money doesn't mean there aren't other benefits.
Ye Qing pointed to the ground cage she had used to catch crickets and smiled at the children:
"See these cages? If you can complete the task I ask you to do, I will go to the river to release the cages and come back to fry some crayfish for you to eat. You can catch as many as you want and I will make sure you have enough to eat. How do you think?"
This proposal immediately excited the children.
God knows how much they missed the spicy crayfish made by Ye Qing during this period. When they heard that Ye Qing could make this dish for them, they responded immediately. Ye Qing didn’t even need to remind them too much this time. The first time is new, the second time is familiar. These kids ran away with the small backpack by themselves, running into the mountains while crying and screaming, more excited than the Chinese New Year.
The final result, of course, satisfied both parties. The wild fruits picked by the furry children for Ye Qing were enough to feed the livestock in the pigsty and cowshed for more than half a month, and Ye Qing also prepared a very rich cicada feast for the furry children.
Not only the spicy flavor from last time, this time she also made some garlic, spicy and thirteen spices flavors, and also rolled out a lot of noodles. The children's mouths were full of oil and their stomachs were so full that they could hardly stand up.
With the help of this dish, Ye Qing completely established her sacred and unshakable status as the boss in the hearts of the children in the village. Basically, as long as she had something to do, she would get a hundred responses and a group of child laborers would come to help her spontaneously. Even many years later, when these children grew up, the habits they formed in their childhood seemed to be engraved in their bones. Whenever they came to Ye Qing's house, they would unconsciously serve her.
Ye Qing lived a carefree life here. The four main pleasures of going to the countryside to work were feeding livestock by the Yazi River, sleeping under a tree, petting wolves when he had nothing to do, and disciplining the little kids in the village whenever he had time. In short, his life was very leisurely and enjoyable.
But the old principal of No. 16 Middle School, who was far away in Shanghai, looked extremely solemn after seeing the application submitted by Song Chunhua.
"Chunhua, this is no small matter. Are you sure you want to do this?"
Song Chunhua's eyes were extremely firm, and no one could shake her determination:
"Yes, old principal, I want to go to the Great Northern Wilderness, and I have already found someone to arrange it. I am just waiting for your approval, and then I can go to the Revolutionary Committee to register. From now on, I will not be able to teach the children's classes."
"But I have found a reliable substitute teacher. She used to teach in a rural town and has a lot of experience. Her husband works in the city, and the couple is separated. We just need a substitute teacher in the city. I think you can let her give it a try."
Seeing that Song Chunhua was determined to leave, the old principal could no longer try to keep her.
When Song Chunhua graduated, she came to No. 16 Middle School. He witnessed with his own eyes how difficult it was for Song Chunhua along the way, so when Song Chunhua came to resign and told him that she was going to the Great Northern Wilderness, the old principal was a smart man and he immediately guessed the purpose of Song Chunhua going there.
"I will notify the substitute teacher you recommended to come for an interview. As for you, you must take good care of yourself when you go there. If you really can't make it, find a way to come back as soon as possible. As long as you are alive, there is always hope. You can take your time with everything else. Do you understand?"
Song Chunhua's eyes were red and she bowed deeply to the old principal.
Ye Qing didn't know that she was about to receive a huge surprise. She was gradually carrying out the breeding reform of the pig sty and cattle shed. Over at the farm next door, after she and Zhao Jinliang had an in-depth discussion last time, they also started the scientific breeding pilot work.
According to the feed processing proposal given by Ye Qing, Zhao Jinliang specially held a meeting with the mechanical maintenance department. After several days of deletions and modifications, the mechanical department used various scrap copper and iron to make a feed production machine.
Of course, the so-called feed production machine actually makes a pile of raw materials into solid particles through rolling, grinding and compression in the same way as kneading dough. However, this solid particle is still only a moist semi-finished product and needs to be dried before it can become real feed.
However, this is already a very powerful attempt. After taking this step, subsequent machine improvements and perfection, and second and third generation machine upgrades are not far away.
After the machine was made, the farm specially asked Ye Qing to inspect it. Seeing that the machine was running smoothly, Ye Qing couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Zhao Jinliang for his efficiency.
In addition to feed processing, the farm also made large-scale renovations to the pig farm. According to Ye Qing's previous suggestions, they also carried out insulation, pen separation, and major cleaning. The entire work was carried out intensively. For such a large farm with thousands of live pigs, the improvement work progress was not delayed at all. It was almost completed in a few days. Even Ye Qing had to admire the speed of these aid construction warriors.
Perhaps it was because after a few days of testing after the improvements, they found that the pigs did indeed begin to change in weight. Zhao Jinliang's face flushed and he was full of energy. Seeing Ye Qing's enthusiastic attitude, he was so excited that he almost called Ye Qing "ancestor" on the spot.
"They really have grown. Yesterday, we checked and weighed the pigs at the farm. All of the pigs we sampled have grown meat. Ye Zhiqing, you are amazing!"
Zhao Jinliang has almost become a complete Ye fan now. He is very respectful to Ye Qing. After witnessing Ye Qing's ability several times in succession, he realizes that if he wants to build his farm well, this Ye Zhiqing is probably the most critical link. So as long as he can make this girl happy, he will do anything.
Ye Qing was not surprised by this result and said with a smile:
"I've said before that scientific breeding is the focus of the reform. You must remember to record the daily data truthfully. This is not just related to our farm. In the future, if this method is to be promoted, the results of your pilot project are very important. No link can go wrong. If the data doesn't match, the higher-ups will think we are falsifying the data, and then this scientific breeding will probably die in the womb and it will be difficult to promote it."
Zhao Jinliang's expression immediately turned serious, and he nodded solemnly:
"Don't worry about this. The soldiers under my command are all aware of the situation. They will definitely pay special attention to this aspect and will definitely not dare to cheat or play tricks on this."
With Zhao Jinliang's guarantee, Ye Qing immediately felt relieved.
Whether it will work or not, we will know in just one month.
After she returned, the village became lively again because the commune had notified everyone that the annual commune examination was finally coming, and it would be held on the weekend of the next week.
But this time is a little different from last year.
Because there were only two universities in Jicheng participating in the pilot program last year, there were not many places allocated to Jiaotan County for the recommendation of workers, peasants and soldiers for college students, and there was only one place for the entire Hongqi Commune.
But this year, several more schools have been added to recruit college students from workers, peasants and soldiers, so the commune has been allocated one more quota this year, which means that two candidates can go to college this year.
How could this news not excite the educated youth who had been sent to work in the countryside?
After all, this is a tangible opportunity to return to the city right in front of them.
Ye Qing herself certainly didn't have any idea, and everyone in the village knew that she had no interest in this worker-peasant-soldier university student.
After all, Ye Qing was going to be the director of the health station soon, and she had clearly stated in front of the reporter from Jicheng Daily that she would settle down in the countryside and would not return to the city. The newspaper news had already been published, and she would definitely not go back on her word, so everyone knew that she would definitely not sign up.
But Meng Jia is different. Even though she has been accepted as Ye Qing's apprentice, there is no guarantee that she will not give up and want to fight for the chance to return to the city.
As a result, several groups of educated youth came to the pigsty and cowshed one after another, all of them came to find Meng Jiaming and secretly inquire about her thoughts. Last year, Meng Jia ranked second in the commune examination, so these educated youth in the village regarded her as a strong opponent for the place in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University.
Ye Qing was also a little curious about Meng Jia's thoughts. He wondered if this notice issued by the commune would shake Meng Jia's determination to study medicine.
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