Yu Yin and Uncle Hu talked about Tan Hui's father. It was a pity that they didn't get to see him this time, because he had taken his grandson and granddaughter back to the area where they used to live and rented a house.
Uncle Hu and Yu Yin recounted Tan Yiming's story, which was quite dramatic.
Tan Yiming was an only child. His parents were both craftsmen who had saved up enough money to send him to university, where he later stayed on as a teacher. He married his teacher's daughter and they had a son, Tan Hui, making them a happy family.
When Tan Hui was seven years old, Tan Yiming was sent abroad to study on a government scholarship, a trip that lasted three years. When he returned from his studies, his wife filed for divorce. She stated bluntly that she and Tan Yiming were not compatible and that their marriage was an arranged one.
Tan Yiming tried his best to persuade his wife to stay for the sake of their son. Later, his wife told him that she had found someone she truly loved and hoped he would give in to her. Only then did he realize that his wife had fallen for someone else while he was abroad.
He swallowed his anger and resentment, knowing that if things escalated, even if they were punished, his son's status would be tarnished. For his son's sake and for his parents' sake, he chose to endure it.
After his wife divorced him, she happily remarried. His son grew up and knew that his mother had abandoned him and his father. He never said he missed his mother or needed her. Tan Yiming never remarried. His son graduated from junior high school, and both his parents passed away one after the other.
At that time, some signs of a political movement emerged, and Tan Yiming sensed that someone was trying to frame him. He asked someone to transfer him to a local agricultural research institute, and to convince people, he sold his house. This saved him from disaster, and his son was able to join the army smoothly.
Now that he's older, he wants to return to the place where he was born. National policies have changed, and he also wants his grandchildren to receive a good education. He's using connections to get his grandchildren into the school his son used to attend, and he's also trying to find a way to transfer their household registration back.
This is what Tan Yiming told Uncle Hu, and he also asked Uncle Hu to tell Yu Yin. He doesn't have the energy to help Yu Yin right now, but he will help her if she needs anything after he finishes his personal matters.
Yu Yin hadn't expected that Tan Hui's father was not only a teacher at the agricultural school but had also studied abroad. Since Teacher Tan had already made his position clear, Yu Yin's farm would need some time, so there was no rush; they could cooperate again later if the opportunity arose.
The Tan family's original address was in the same district as Grandpa Lu's house, and not far from Yu Yin's house.
Tan Hui's son and daughter grew up with their grandfather, who was their primary guardian.
Tan Hui's wife had a rural household registration and never joined the army. She mostly lived at her parents' home and had to work to earn work points. Back then, even if you had money, you couldn't necessarily buy grain. The children's household registration was with their mother, and they could also receive a share of grain per person, but they had to earn enough work points.
After the children started school, they lived with their grandfather in the commune, where the teaching conditions were better.
Tan Hui and his wife now work at Yu Yin's breeding farm, and their children attend school in the city with their grandfather. The family has become accustomed to this lifestyle.
With Tan Hui's involvement, things at the farm went smoothly and became more organized. He and his wife were responsible for feeding the piglets, and they also hired a man in his fifties from the village to graze the sheep.
Liang Chao had to handle some logistical matters on the side. Together with Uncle Hu, he bought surplus corn from farmers in various villages and was also responsible for crushing feed. These were all miscellaneous tasks, and they piled up, making things quite hectic.
Days passed, and by November, the soybeans in the wasteland had ripened. Although they weren't particularly plump, they were still quite good.
Liang Chao hired some people from nearby villages to harvest the soybeans. After they were dried, Shi Jun used a vehicle to crush the soybeans several times, causing the beans to separate from their pods.
Soybeans are a treasure from top to bottom. The stalks can be used as firewood, the skins with a few beans mixed in can be used to feed cattle and sheep, and the beans themselves have even more uses.
Because the planting was late, each acre yielded about 160 jin of soybeans, for a total harvest of over 27,000 jin of soybeans. Since soybeans cannot be used as pig feed, we kept some for ourselves and sold the rest.
Finally, we're seeing a return on our investment!
The soybeans have been harvested, and the land has been turned over; next year we can plant corn.
The pasture was growing well, and Liang Chao and his team harvested, processed, and stored the pasture according to the information provided by Yu Yin.
With more than a month to go before the New Year, Yu Yin and Lu Shurui began preparing to clear out the supplies in their space.
This time, we've decided to dispose of most of the supplies. Tens of thousands of kilograms of eggs—except for the thousand or so reserved for breeding—will all be cleared out. All the chickens will also be sold off and converted into cash; we won't be raising chickens in the space anymore.
Yu Yin still has work to do, so Lu Shurui handled this matter on his own and couldn't tell anyone.
Through a friend, Lu Shurui met a wholesaler, and after some contact, they were able to conduct business. There's no readily available place for them to trade now; the old temple or something similar has been restored and is now very popular with worshippers.
Finally, having no other choice, the two decided to set up their address in his family's old factory building.
Speculation and profiteering are no longer being cracked down on, but large-scale transfers of goods like this are generally considered embezzlement of public funds for personal gain. These things are done privately and cannot be made public.
Yu Yin and her partner placed the supplies in advance in the open space in the middle of the factory: eggs, chickens, specialty fruits, and vegetables. These were rare supplies that ordinary people couldn't get their hands on, and there were quite a few of them.
Upon seeing these goods, the contact abandoned any ulterior motives he might have had. Anyone who could produce so many rare supplies was definitely not an ordinary person; the connections behind them were far more complex. They obediently took the goods, paid, and parted ways.
Lu Shurui, as expected of someone who loves history, is incredibly skilled at psychological warfare, effectively intimidating these people.
After putting the money in their spatial storage, the two women removed their disguises and waited for the group to leave before emerging from the space, locking the door, and going home.
The majority of the goods sold were rare fruits and vegetables, along with a significant amount of eggs and chickens, totaling over ten thousand yuan. With this, all the chickens in Yu Yin's space were disposed of, leaving only a thousand or so hatching eggs to be used in the chicken farm next year.
Yu Yin and her friend thoroughly searched the area around the chicken coop, intending to plant Chinese medicinal herbs there.
By the end of the year, she would sell the Chinese herbal medicines from Yunnan Province along with the medicinal herbs in her space, which would provide enough funds to sustain her business. Yu Yin was also exhausted; she hadn't expected doing business to be so difficult, unlike her previous flower shop, which had too many miscellaneous tasks.
Before the Chinese New Year, Brother Liang and Zhong Liang took inventory of the dried goods store, and the accounts all matched. Yu Yin gave everyone a bonus, and the New Year's goods for Brother Liang and Zhong Liang were paid separately.
Changqing arranged the shift schedule for the Spring Festival, and the breeding farm also made arrangements. Zhongliang said he would take Zhongling to the breeding farm for the Spring Festival so that the others could go home to reunite with their families.
Yu Yinjue felt that this year had been the most tiring because the business was a bit big and she was worried about running out of funds. She could never feel at ease. She really was a person who was content with a little wealth!
The year 81 is drawing to a close!
There were no major setbacks this year, everything went relatively smoothly, and the people I love and who love me are all safe and sound!
Before going to sleep, Yu Yin wrote this sentence in her diary.
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