Chapter 436 Reward
"Are you looking to me for advice?" Zhou Ziwen pondered for a moment, then said, "I don't recommend you raise pigs."
In consideration of Zhang Wenli and Zhou Qiang's good attitude, Zhou Ziwen made a suggestion.
"Why?"
"We are also members of Dabazi Village. Should we be able to raise pigs?"
"Yes, we are all members of the Dabazi Production Team. If they can raise them, we can too!"
"We can just pool the money to buy the piglets."
"Well, from now on, after we get off work, we will all go to pick grass for the pigs and make sure they have enough to eat."
Watching the educated youth talking about it, I was even imagining how to raise the piglets after buying them.
Zhou Ziwen was speechless and asked, "Do you have enough food? Feeding pigs grass alone can make them grow, but it won't grow as fast as feeding them grain. Others can slaughter their pigs in a year if they feed them grain alone, but you can't expect them to grow in two years, let alone one."
Raising pigs is not as simple as they think.
The key is that these educated youth have no experience. If a pig gets sick or other problems arise while raising it, and the pig dies halfway through, the loss will be huge.
In other words, seeing that the educated youth had a hard life and their attitude was good, Zhou Ziwen gave them a few suggestions.
If it were before, he wouldn't even bother to say anything.
Of course, there are good and bad people in the Youth League Home. When there are so many people, there will be a lot of trivial matters. This is also the reason why Zhou Ziwen didn’t like to stay with them at the beginning.
Zhou Ziwen's words made Zhang Wenli and others fall into deep thought.
After Zhou Ziwen said this, they also realized that they seemed to have taken things for granted.
But we are all young people, so naturally we have a spirit of not accepting defeat.
They thought that since the villagers dared to raise them, they dared too.
People are like this. Before accepting their fate, most people think they are the masters of destiny. They would even dare to raise cattle, let alone pigs.
It’s just a matter of collecting more grass for the pigs and feeding them a little more food.
At worst, I'll be a little more tired and have to save more food.
As long as they persist for a few months, their lives will get better.
Seeing that they looked absent-minded, Zhou Ziwen didn't say much.
He was just giving a suggestion. Whether you were willing to listen to it or not was none of his business.
After a while, Zhou Ziwen was also ready to leave.
But just as he was about to leave, Wu Dagang stopped him.
"Xiao Zhou, your reward has arrived."
Wu Dagang's words cheered up Zhou Ziwen.
"Uncle Wu, what's the reward?"
"Of course it's a good thing, take it!" Wu Dagang smiled and handed over the thing in his hand.
Zhou Ziwen took it and saw that there was a Great Unity note and another ticket inside.
There was nothing interesting about Great Unity, so Zhou Ziwen handed it to Chen Qiaoyi and started looking at the ticket.
"Oh, it's a radio ticket." Zhou Ziwen was a little surprised.
It’s not easy to get tickets for the radio, especially in the countryside. Without some connections and status, you can’t get them at all.
"How about it? Is this reward okay?" Wu Dagang asked with a smile.
"Sure, that's great. Our family just needs a radio. Thank you, Uncle Wu, for your help." Zhou Ziwen thanked him happily.
He also knew that if it weren't for Wu Dagang, he wouldn't have received this reward.
"Haha, as long as you are satisfied." Wu Dagang patted him on the shoulders twice.
"By the way, you heard what happened just now! Are you interested in raising two pigs?"
"I won't raise one. I'm too busy." Zhou Ziwen shook his head.
He has no shortage of meat to eat. If he runs out of meat, he can just go for a walk in the mountains.
Raising pigs is so troublesome. We only produce a few hundred kilograms of meat a year. The time and energy spent are not worth it.
"That's fine, you should just focus on growing mushrooms!" Wu Dagang nodded, then changed the subject. "By the way, I heard you came up with a new nutrient solution today. Is it really as effective as you said?"
Wu Dagang was very concerned about the Mushroom House, and nothing could be hidden from him.
"Well, the effect is indeed not bad. We will know how good the effect is after this batch of mushrooms is harvested." Zhou Ziwen nodded. He was not surprised that Wu Dagang knew about this.
When he took out the nutrient solution, he never thought of hiding it.
"That's great, this way we can sell it for more money." Wu Dagang was so happy that his face was about to break with laughter.
On the side, Zhang Wenli and others who had not left yet looked at the radio ticket in Zhou Ziwen's hand with envy.
This is a radio, one of the three major items for marrying a wife!
This thing, not to mention in the countryside, even in the city, not many families have a radio.
Especially for people like them, whose families are not very wealthy, even listening to it is a luxury.
However, although they are envious, they are not jealous.
After all, Zhou Ziwen got the radio ticket as a reward for hunting a bear.
If it were them, let alone catching a bear, they probably wouldn't even be able to catch a rabbit.
"Comrade Zhou Ziwen, congratulations, your family will soon have a radio."
"The Commune is really generous this time. They even gave out tickets for radios."
"Haha, if you could kill a bear, the commune would be so generous."
"Comrade Zhou Ziwen, when are you going to buy a radio? Can we listen to it later?"
After Wu Dagang left, Zhang Wenli and others gathered around and congratulated him.
"Sure, sure. Everyone can come and listen when they are free."
Zhou Ziwen spoke generously.
It’s better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone. If you have time, just come and listen.
However, he estimated that there would not be many such opportunities.
After all, everyone is tired enough from working every day. After work, they still have to wash clothes and cook. By the time these chores are done, it is dark.
At this time, everyone is tired and has no energy to listen to the radio!
Chatting and laughing, the group walked home.
When passing by the Youth League Home, they separated and went back to their homes.
When they returned home, the Chen sisters seemed very happy.
There will soon be a radio at home, and I will be able to listen to music and news when I am at home.
"Brother Ziwen, when are you going to buy the radio back?" Chen Qiaoyi asked expectantly.
"Haha, you can't wait any longer, right? I'll go buy it tomorrow." Zhou Ziwen said lovingly.
"Hehe, I just want to listen to the radio early!" Chen Qiaoyi hugged his arm and acted coquettishly.
"Once we buy a radio, we will have three machines in our house, and the only thing missing is a sewing machine." Zhou Ziwen smiled and was very happy.
Three turns and one ring, I already have a bicycle and a watch at home, I will buy a radio tomorrow, and the only thing left is a sewing machine.
However, a sewing machine is a big item, not to mention the price, and you can’t buy it without a ticket.
He doesn't lack money, but he lacks tickets.
"It seems I have to fight a bear or a tiger." Zhou Ziwen held his chin, his thoughts slowly drifting away.
(End of this chapter)
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