Lu Guoan nodded repeatedly, his eyes growing brighter and brighter. How come he hadn't thought of such a simple principle before?
It's not that they couldn't think of it; it's that the existing planned economy model has limited everyone's thinking.
Especially for rural people, their vision is limited to their small plot of land, and earning a full work point in the fields is their daily goal.
The group then discussed details such as where the rabbit farm should be located and who should be in charge.
Lu Yuan suggested, "The original educated youth settlement is fine, plus their former private plots, the space is big enough."
"As for people who raise rabbits, I do have a recommendation. Hong Zhiqing is a good candidate. The main thing is that raising rabbits requires recording breeding experience and accounts, so you need someone who can read and do accounting."
"When there are more rabbits later, we'll pick a few more honest aunties from the village."
Lu Guoan had no objection to this. "Okay, let's do it your way. We'll have a meeting tomorrow and organize people to start making adobe bricks to build a breeding farm."
Lu Yuan said, "Then I'll make a trip up the mountain when I have some free time, catch more rabbits and raise them as soon as possible."
Lu Yuanchao immediately said, "Brother Yuan, take me with you then, I'll go too."
Lu Yuan refused, saying, "You can help me make adobe bricks, but I can catch rabbits by myself. Don't waste manpower."
Just kidding, he's not really going up the mountain. There are already hundreds of rabbits in his space, he doesn't want to bother going up.
Lu Yuanchao felt that what he said made sense, so he didn't insist.
Having finalized the matter, Lu Yuan then inquired about Lu Jiefang's work at the brick and tile factory over the past two days.
“I’m fine, it’s just a bit of a hassle to travel back and forth between the commune and home every day,” Lu Jiefang said.
Walking every day takes two hours round trip, which is not only too time-consuming but also tiring. After a while, it becomes unbearable.
I wanted to rent a house in the commune, but it was impossible to find one in a short time.
His brother originally suggested that he stay at his house for a few days, but his brother usually stays at his father-in-law's house, which isn't very big, so it wouldn't be convenient for him to go.
So he discussed it with his family and decided to buy a bicycle.
They just didn't have bicycle tickets.
He asked, "Ah Yuan, I was just about to ask you if you have any extra bicycle tickets. If so, could you exchange them for one?"
Lu Yuan readily agreed, "I happen to have one on hand. I was originally planning to buy a bicycle myself, but since you need it urgently, I'll give it to you first."
Then he shouted into the house, "Wife, take out the bicycle ticket and give it to Brother Jiefang."
Actually, he not only had this thing, but he had more than one. Zhong Quanyong had given him one before, and later his brother-in-law came over and left behind a lot of receipts, including a bicycle ticket.
He doesn't need a bicycle and isn't thinking about buying one for the time being, but that doesn't stop him from saying nice things.
Lu Jiefang sincerely thanked him, "Thank you, A Yuan."
The father and his two sons were all deeply moved.
Lu Guoan hurriedly reached into his pocket, counted out five ten-yuan bills, and handed them over.
Lu Yuan took two cards. "20 will do."
The price of 50 is on the black market; normally, people trade for around 20. Given their relationship, I wouldn't say I'd give less, but I absolutely couldn't ask for more.
The three expressed their gratitude once again.
Wen Moxue took out the bicycle ticket and gave it to them, and the three of them left.
“I just checked, and we have quite a few receipts. When are we going to spend them all? If we leave them, some of them will expire.”
Lu Yuan naturally agreed wholeheartedly with his wife's suggestion.
"Okay, we'll go spend it later."
The two went back to the house and began to check the receipts. In addition to the bicycle receipt, Wen Qihang had also given them the receipts for the watch, sewing machine, and radio. He had prepared all the necessary items.
There were also many other coupons, such as sugar coupons, cloth coupons, shoe coupons, stamps, grain coupons, industrial coupons, and thermos flask coupons.
"With so many tickets, let's find some time to go to the county town to buy them, and while we're at it, we can also deal with the two wild boars on the black market."
"Okay, okay, I also want to see what the black market is like in this era!" The little girl was very excited.
Lu Yuan chuckled, "It's actually just a trading market, only it's quite discreet."
"Will those people wearing red armbands go around arresting people every day?"
"It's hard to say, but even if I don't go every day, I'll go every few days."
"It was quite exciting."
"What's so exciting about this? These aren't the urban management officers of later generations; if you get caught, you really will be locked up in a fence."
The girl paused, then sighed softly. Yes, getting caught like this is no joke.
"Fortunately, we have space, and going to the black market is also safe."
"If there wasn't enough space, I definitely wouldn't dare take you there."
After chatting for a while, Lu Yuan suggested catching a few rabbits from his spatial storage.
"My godmother will be staying at our house tomorrow, and it won't be convenient to get the rabbits from my space then, so let's get a few out first."
"But where should we put it after we get it out?" Wen Moxue wondered.
Lu Yuan had already thought it through: "You should put all the firewood in the woodshed behind the house, and raise the rabbits in the woodshed first."
Wen Moxue did as she was told, using the available space to move all the firewood to the back of the house, and then released eight rabbits, four females and four males.
The female rabbits were all pregnant with baby rabbits. They put out a basin of water mixed with spiritual spring water and threw in some vegetable leaves before the two of them closed the woodshed door and went out.
That night, the two went into the space as soon as they got on the kang (a heated brick bed). Since Wen Moxue became pregnant, the two had stopped having sex on the kang at night. For the energetic young man, this was very torturous. He could only divert his attention and release his energy elsewhere.
Lu Yuan then decided to plant crops on all the land in the space.
After working with agricultural machinery for several days, the land was still not fully planted, while the first batch of vegetables planted had already ripened.
"Honey, I've discovered that we can't plant crops that mature quickly; we need to find something with a slower maturation cycle to plant."
Otherwise, he won't have any rest time in the future.
Wen Moxue casually said, "Those with a slow maturation cycle are medicinal materials, like ginseng and lingzhi, the older the better."
Lu Yuan clapped his hands. "That's right, plant more medicinal herbs. I'll take my godfather to the mountains later and have him teach me to identify the herbs."
Lu Yuan divided the land into several zones: a grain zone, a fruit tree zone, a medicinal herb zone, and a vegetable zone.
The grain and fruit tree areas occupy the largest area, each at least a hundred acres. The herb area is the smallest, about ten acres, while the vegetable area is about twenty acres. Lu Yuan no longer grows common vegetables; he has planted corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes instead.
After harvesting these items, I'll store them in my space. They can be used to feed the animals I raise there, or later, once the village starts raising pigs, I can try to take over the pig farm work and use the stored items to feed the pigs.
With everything planned out and looking at the vibrant space, except for the plot of land with herbs which remained empty, Lu Yuan felt at ease and satisfied.
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