When Yun Yan entered the educated youth site, the other educated youth were surrounding Qian Qian and Xu Weiguo and making a fuss.
Qian Qian felt a little embarrassed when she saw Yun Yan coming. She remembered that Yun Yan had previously advised her not to have anything to do with Xu Weiguo.
Yun Yan looked at her and walked over to her confidently: "Congratulations to you two, lovers finally get married."
Now Yun Yan doesn't care at all about Qian Qian's future. She used to persuade her because she truly regarded her as a friend and considered her. Now they are just acquaintances, so there is no need to care too much. Everyone must learn to bear all the consequences of their own choices.
When Qian Qian heard Yun Yan congratulating him, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Yun Yan came to find Wang Fang. The team leader gave Yun Yan the commission from the 200 kilograms of sweet potato vermicelli she made in Pu County and asked Yun Yan to pass it on to her.
"Wang Fang, this is the commission you received for the 200 kilograms of sweet potato vermicelli in Pu County, two yuan." Yun Yan handed the money to her.
Wang Fang was a little excited when she received the money. At this moment, she finally believed what Yun Yan said that she could live a good life on her own.
"Although two yuan isn't much, if orders from Pu County continue to increase, your commission will still be considerable."
"Yes, I know. Thank you, Yunyan. It's you who helped me find the value of my life and made me understand that only by relying on myself can I live a wonderful life." Wang Fang cried with joy.
If it weren't for Yunyan, I might have died long ago or still be feeling sorry for myself.
When the other educated youth heard that Wang Fang had started making money after going out with Yun Yan, they were very envious of her.
"Yun Yan, take me with you next time you go out to sell sweet potato vermicelli." Li Li said flatteringly.
"I can take you with me, but you have to pay for accommodation, transportation and food expenses yourself. If you fail, you will have to spend all this money." Yun Yan kindly reminded her.
Some people only see the wolf eating meat, but not the wolf being beaten. They only see Wang Fang making money, but no one asks her how hard it was to make that money.
"We have to pay for it ourselves, shouldn't the brigade pay for it?" asked an educated youth.
"You are not an employee of the workshop. How could the brigade pay you to sell sweet potato vermicelli and then keep the commission you earn?" Yun Yan thought they were a little whimsical.
"That's true. Not to mention the small workshop in the brigade, even the basic salary of sales staff in large state-owned factories has performance requirements." Fang Hai said.
Those educated youth who were originally enthusiastic immediately became dispirited after hearing what Yun Yan and Fang Hai said. Yun Yan saw their expressions and began to comfort them.
"Don't be discouraged. This time I've come up with a new sales method for you."
"What's the method?" Li Li asked quickly.
"This was inspired by Manager Zhang from the Huixian State-Owned Restaurant. When you return home, you can find someone with more experience to be your distributor."
Yun Yan told them Manager Zhang's idea, and Zhou Yuanchao immediately understood it.
"Yun Zhiqing's idea is to find a local distributor. We will only be responsible for supplying him with goods, and he will sell the sweet potato vermicelli. We supply them for one yuan per pound, and he can set his own price."
"Yes, that's what I mean. If we can find a distributor, we can save a lot of trouble."
The other educated youth also understood immediately. Those from better-off families were already thinking about who to ask for help when they got home.
Half a month passed in a flash, and it snowed intermittently for several days. The workshop could no longer make sweet potato vermicelli, so the brigade decided to slaughter the New Year pig.
On the day of slaughtering the New Year pig, the village roosters began crowing before daybreak. Yun Yan lazily opened her eyes, unwilling to get up from her warm bed. In this winter, no bed was warmer than hers.
She stayed in bed for another half an hour before reluctantly getting out of bed and starting to brush her teeth and wash her face.
After changing her clothes, she grabbed a leek box from her space to fill her stomach. Seeing it was still early, she picked up the original owner's high school physics book and began to read.
At eleven o'clock, Yun Yan closed the book and prepared to go out.
I opened the door and looked at the weather outside. It was a blessing from heaven. It had snowed for two days and two nights, and today it had finally stopped. At a glance, the mountains, fields, and villages were all covered in white. Looking up at the sky, the sun was shining, the sky was blue, and the clouds were white. It made me feel relaxed and happy.
The place for slaughtering the New Year pig and distributing the meat was chosen to be the threshing ground in the village. When Yun Yan arrived at the threshing ground, it was already crowded with people.
In this era of food and clothing shortages, slaughtering the New Year pig at the end of the year is something that everyone in the village, young and old, men and women, looks forward to. Everyone comes here early to wait, and everyone has a bright smile on their face.
The village raised six pigs in total, four of which were handed over to the commune, leaving two. This year, the pigs raised by the brigade were much fatter than in previous years because they were fed sweet potato residue.
The young and middle-aged men in the village and several male educated youth at the educated youth site were arranged to help slaughter pigs.
The villagers looked at the two big fat pigs and happily discussed which piece of pork they would get next.
"The pigs are so fat this year. I'll have to pick out more pork fat later."
"I say, Mrs. Wang, you are too greedy. You have chosen everything by yourself. What will the others choose?"
"That's right, one should not be too selfish."
"I'm happy, what's it to you?"
Just when a few people were about to quarrel, the team leader came out.
The team leader's face was beaming with joy as he said loudly, "Fellow villagers, have you all seen these big fat pigs our village raised this year? They really brought honor to our Red Flag team leader. Look at how fat and strong these pigs are. The four pigs our team handed in as part of the task this year were praised by the leaders of the entire commune, who said they were the best raised among the several brigades in the commune."
"The leaders have encouraged our team to keep up the good work next year. So we must be more fearless of hardship and fatigue, work hard to earn work points, and strive to get more food rations and more pork."
After saying that, he waved his hand and led his men to kill the pigs and divide the meat.
The two pigs seemed to know that their end was approaching and were struggling desperately, but were held down by four young and strong men.
The butcher put one of the big fat pigs on the chopping board. The big fat pig began to howl loudly and struggled hard. The chopping board was slammed and almost got lifted up. Seven or eight men held it down together.
The butcher, with a stern look in his eyes, held a two-foot-long butcher knife and walked towards the fat pig. His knife moved quickly, the white knife went in, the red knife came out, and his movements were clean and neat.
As soon as the knife was cut, blood gushed out immediately. Someone took out a large basin that had been prepared earlier and started to collect the pig's blood. After the fat pig screamed and struggled for a few minutes, it died completely.
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