In the evening, Lu Yuan drove the tractor to the brigade headquarters and handed it over to Lu Guoan.
"You can keep this tractor from now on. You can leave it at your house. Why did you drive it here?"
This means they want him to be the village's tractor driver.
However, Lu Yuan refused, "Uncle, please don't. I'm not going to be a tractor driver. I have other things to do."
If he becomes a tractor driver, the brigade will have to look for him whenever they need a tractor, which is such a hassle!
He refused.
Lu Guoan suddenly realized, "Right, right, you have other things to do."
Next, the newly arrived educated youth will be handed over to him. "From now on, you will be responsible for their affairs, whether it is ideological education or working in the fields."
Lu Yuan was shocked. "Uncle, shouldn't the new educated youth be handed over to Educated Youth He? He's the team leader of the educated youth."
“He, the educated youth, also has a lot to do. Recently, he needs to build a house and also help Hong, the educated youth, raise rabbits.”
"Raising rabbits? There are only a few dozen rabbits. Can't Hong Zhiqing raise them all by himself? Even if he can't, he can ask the aunties in the village for help. Why does he, a grown man, need to help?"
Lu Guoan looked at him strangely, "Didn't you say you wanted to write down the rabbits' growth records every day? There are dozens of rabbits, how could Hong Zhiqing possibly keep track of them all by himself? The women in the village are illiterate, so only the Zhiqing can do this job. I think He Zhiqing is reliable, so I asked him to help."
Lu Yuan sighed. What on earth did they remember? If it takes two people to work on just a few dozen rabbits, what will happen when there are thousands or tens of thousands? Will the whole village have to work?
No, he has to go and check it out.
Just as he was about to go to the rabbit farm to check on things, He Shenghua arrived, and he stopped in his tracks.
After exchanging greetings, He Shenghua explained his purpose.
"Captain, the new educated youth want to go to the commune tomorrow to buy some necessities. They asked me to ask if they could borrow the brigade's tractor."
"No, no!" Lu Guoan waved his hands repeatedly in refusal.
Tractors need diesel fuel, which is very precious. How could we use a tractor just to buy things for a few educated youths at the commune?
He Shenghua had expected this to be the case, so he wasn't disappointed. He wouldn't have come if the new educated youth hadn't insisted that he come and ask.
He scratched his head awkwardly and said, "Captain, they said they could give us travel expenses."
These words were spoken by Yu Shaoheng. He said that if the team's tractor could take him to the commune, he would be willing to pay five yuan for the fare, or even ten yuan. He was very generous.
Mainly because he looked very anxious, as if something urgent had happened, He Shenghua thought of helping him.
Lu Guoan still refused, saying, "Even money won't work."
A tractor costs at least several thousand yuan, so what's a little bit of travel expenses?
"However, I can lend you the oxcart. Tomorrow I'll have my son Yuanchao drive it to take them to the commune."
"An oxcart will do," He Shenghua said, thanking them before leaving.
Lu Yuan caught up with him, hooked his arm around his neck, and said with a grin, "Come on, let's go to the rabbit farm. I want to see the rabbits you're raising."
He Shenghua let him put his arm around his shoulder, and since the topic of rabbits came up, he also had something to say to him.
“Those rabbits are strange. They only eat the vegetables and grass that your brother and sister-in-law bring, even though there are plenty of vegetables and grass.”
Lu Yuan was taken aback. Was that so?
It seems these rabbits are picky eaters.
"That's probably because my family's vegetable garden is watered with boys' urine," Lu Yuan joked.
He Shenghua took it seriously and hesitated for a while before asking, "Where did you get the boy's urine from?"
He's been married for so long, how could he still be a virgin?
Lu Yuan answered seriously, "My cheap younger brother, I make him collect his pee every day and use it to water my vegetable garden."
He Shenghua suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."
He seemed to be deep in thought. "Boy's urine... I have some. Maybe I can give it a try."
Seeing that he believed it, Lu Yuan turned his head to look at him, suppressing a laugh and saying nothing.
With their long legs and long feet, the two quickly arrived at the rabbit farm. It was almost dark when Hongxia was still there taking care of the rabbits.
Lu Yuan frowned, looked around at the surroundings, and said disapprovingly.
“From now on, I’ll have the captain assign two men to keep watch here at night. It’s not safe for you, a woman, to be here alone.”
Hong Xia glanced at He Shenghua and said, "Usually, it's He Shenghua who keeps watch here at night."
Lu Yuan nodded, then thought for a moment and said, "I think we should build another small house here so we can live and eat here in the future. That would be more convenient."
“We can discuss this with the brigade leader,” He Shenghua said.
Lu Yuan looked through their recent records and felt a bit of a headache.
The records are incredibly detailed, documenting almost every rabbit's daily eating and drinking frequency, food intake, bowel movements, activity levels, and sleep patterns.
Their meticulousness demonstrates their dedication and commitment to this job.
There's really no need for that.
He said, "You don't need to record such details. Just a general note is enough. For example, what they usually like to eat, what kind of environment makes them comfortable, etc. You can record it every few days."
"This thing is for the commune and the leaders above to see in the future, so it's fine as long as it has some meaning."
He Shenghua and Hong Xia exchanged a glance; this was teaching them how to be lazy.
Lu Yuan seemed to see through their thoughts and said, "Your main goal is to raise rabbits well. If there are more rabbits in the future, and you really have to keep track of them like this, even a lot of people won't be able to keep up."
"Understood," Hongxia replied.
"You two can divide the work well from now on, one can take a day and the other a night, instead of both of you spending all day here."
He Shenghua breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he wouldn't be needed if he didn't have to keep detailed records. Here, the brigade leader gave him full work points every day, which was much easier than working in the fields.
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