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Chapter 1481 Finding a Partner

“Wang Yan”.

"Comrade Wang Yan."

"You've arrived, Wang Yan."

"Brother Yan."

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Inside the stall serving Sichuan mutton soup, the people eating there greeted Wang Yan warmly.

Wang Yan is a famous person throughout the country. In Lin County, a considerable number of people come specifically to see what he looks like. He is well-known and is greeted wherever he goes.

They ordered mutton soup, stew, flatbread, and wine, and Wang Yan and his six companions sat around the table.

"What are you still looking at?" Wang Yan said to Zheng Tong. "They've paired up, so it'll be just the two of us brothers keeping each other company."

"Oh my, I never imagined I'd be able to keep Brother Yan company one day!" Zheng Tong exclaimed dramatically as he sat down next to Wang Yan.

Wang Yan slapped him on the back of the head: "Get out of here, I don't like men."

“I know, Zhou Xiaobai.” Zheng Tong chuckled. “You really are a romantic, aren’t you? So many girls here are thinking about you. I heard from Kui Yong that they are all incredibly beautiful, but you’re unmoved. I admire you, I really admire you.”

"That's why they say Brother Yan is no ordinary man. As the old saying goes, even heroes can't resist the charms of a beautiful woman. Brother Yan is even more heroic than a hero," Zhong Yuemin laughed heartily, playing the straight man.

"Alright, no matter how much you flatter me, I'm not paying for lunch today."

"No need for you, Brother Yan, I can handle it myself." Zhong Yuemin chuckled.

Wang Yan glanced at him but said nothing; he wasn't interested in the source of Zhong Yuemin's wealth.

Soon, mutton soup and flatbread were served, and everyone prepared pepper powder and chili oil.

"Wang Yan is really something. This little mutton soup can feed so many people." Smelling the aroma, Qin Ling exclaimed, "This stall should have belonged to our brigade back then."

Li Kuiyong chuckled: "Qinling, don't get your hopes up. Even if you're assigned to our brigade, the people who do the work won't look for us educated youth. You'll still have to honestly farm the land."

Tian Fang clicked her tongue: "It's not like we're doing this just to avoid farming."

"What else could it be for?" Li Kuiyong asked, puzzled.

His straightforward manner silenced Tian Fang, who was trying to argue, and she could only roll her eyes at Li Kuiyong.

“Tian Fang, that’s just how Kui Yong is, he speaks his mind directly, don’t take it to heart,” Zhong Yuemin said, trying to defend Li Kui Yong.

Tian Fang said irritably, "Do you think I'm worthy of your attention?"

Li Kuiyong chuckled foolishly, offering no explanation.

Zheng Tong changed the subject, asking, "Brother Yan, how's business at your furniture store?"

Wang Yan laughed and said, "Great! We have over a thousand large multi-door cabinets, over three thousand small double-door cabinets and drawer cabinets, and tens of thousands of other small furniture pieces including kang tables, dining tables, chairs, etc. We've already collected tens of thousands in deposits, so we'll be working on this until next year."

"Have you drilled a well yet?" Zheng Tong pressed.

"Experts have already come to the site, and the well will be dug after spring planting. There's also progress on planting fruit trees. This year, we'll try planting a batch of drought-resistant apple trees and see how they grow. Once things are settled in our brigade, we'll plant fruit trees all over the place. We'll be so full of apples we'll be sick of them."

Li Kuiyong laughed heartily, as if he were the one who led the Baidian Brigade to its current success. He's always been like this; in the original series, he boasted to Zhong Yuemin, which was somewhat understandable, since Li Yuanchao had gathered over a hundred men and killed the scoundrel, and he had followed along out of loyalty, only to be saved by Zhong Yuemin.

Now that Wang Yan has come, although he couldn't save Li Kuiyong's life, he has been treating him to a life of luxury and taking care of his family. Naturally, Li Kuiyong has the utmost respect for Wang Yan and feels proud of Wang Yan's achievements.

"I really want to try that feeling. I really want to know what it's like to eat apples until you throw up." Zhong Yuemin was a little longing for it.

"You make yourself sound so pitiful." Li Kuiyong looked down on you. "You wouldn't even eat an apple like that before."

"That wasn't the past. Now I only get five centimeters for a whole day's work. Ugh, it's tough, life is so hard..."

Zhong Yuemin even added dialect, making it quite exaggerated.

Qin Ling laughed: "I have to admit, I really like your spirit of finding joy in hardship."

"Oh dear, please stop cursing." Zhong Yuemin shook his head repeatedly. "Why find joy in hardship? It's because you can only suffer. You can't cry when there's no other way, so you can only be happy. Unlike Brother Yan, he's genuinely finding joy. Look at the people of Baidian Brigade, they're always smiling at everyone, there's nothing difficult about them. I heard that it used to be hard to find wives in Baidian Brigade, but now it's easy, right?"

"And what do you think?" Li Kuiyong chuckled. "Since the New Year, eighteen marriages have been arranged in the village. Girls are finding it easy to marry, and husbands aren't picky anymore. Right, Brother Yan?"

“Girls don’t have to worry about getting married anyway; the main concern is whether they marry well or poorly. Nowadays, the families that girls from Baidian Brigade are marrying into are indeed much better than before,” Wang Yan nodded with a smile.

These are all positive phenomena that naturally result from development. After all, Baidian Village is developing better and better, and its furniture business is booming and has become well-known throughout the country. Everyone is watching to see how far Baidian Brigade can go and whether it can find some new ways out of the current situation.

Of course, whether there is a way out or not is not what these farmers, who toil in the fields, think about. They just want to get married, marry well, and live a more prosperous life. This is what is known as the people's material pursuit of a better life.

Baidian Village has invited experts to drill a well this year. After that, during the off-season, they will organize people to build a wide, paved road that will pass through 26 production brigades and lead directly to the county seat.

The cost of road repair was raised by the communes and Baidian Brigade along the route, with Baidian Brigade and Hechuan Commune contributing the most. They jointly provided manpower and supplies, while the main labor force came from the 26 brigades along the route. Other nearby areas that could use the road would supplement the manpower. The plan was to complete the more than 40-mile-long paved road before winter.

With the well, the problem of water for daily life and production was solved; with the road, the problem of getting in and out was solved. With the furniture business as a steady source of income, it wouldn't be two years before every household in the brigade owned a bicycle. Now, the villagers' goals are focused on three things: digging a well, building roads, and buying bicycles—they're all looking forward to it. A significant portion of the village even believes that since a well has been dug, there's no need to rush to build roads, wasting so much money; the money should be distributed first so everyone can ride bicycles and eat meat.

Wang Yan resolved this issue, painting a picture of the future for everyone during a large meeting. He described planting fruit trees, raising pigs, chickens, ducks, and geese, renovating cave dwellings, and even replacing the most basic window coverings with glass.

The language was simple and the future it depicted was realistic. With long-term benefits to look forward to, the villagers stopped making trouble and got back to their busy work with great enthusiasm...

The future that Wang Yan described was not far off. Before the spring, the brigade had already started construction on a large pigsty, which was expected to house 100 pigs, and a total of over 1,000 chickens, ducks and geese.

If we take good care of things this year, we'll be able to see meat by the end of the year. And throughout the year, the brigade won't lack eggs. Of course, it's not like we can eat as many as we want every day or at every meal, but the children can always have one a day, and the adults can have one every few days, which is already quite good. At this time, it's considered a bountiful harvest.

On top of doing the above, there is still a considerable surplus of eggs that can be sold to the county, which is another long-term source of income.

As for the various epidemics, Wang Yan had already begun to provide guidance. He said his grandfather was an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor, and he could also treat patients, having treated some people in the brigade. He also said that treating livestock couldn't be more difficult than treating people. Everyone believed him.

He told them how to raise the animals, and that's how everyone in the brigade raised them.

In fact, by now, he has become the true leader of the Baidian Brigade, and everyone obeys his orders...

The group ate lunch amidst laughter and conversation, but didn't leave immediately. After all, they had come out to avoid work and find partners, and with the days growing longer and darkness falling later, they couldn't possibly go back so quickly after walking over forty miles.

Wang Yan didn't stay at the furniture shop; instead, he took a bunch of blueprints he had drawn to the machinery factory in the county.

He drew a carpenter's workbench for processing wood, as well as cutting machines, sanders, and so on. Improving productivity, of course, starts with tools.

With these tools, the efficiency of raw material processing has been improved, and production has naturally increased.

Upon arrival, Wang Yan received a warm welcome from the factory director. When the technical supervisor saw Wang Yan's drawings, he was amazed and promised to work overtime to make the tools for Wang Yan within a week.

When Wang Yan returned to the furniture shop, Zhong Yuemin and the others had already left, but Li Kuiyong was still there, doing carpentry work with a group of apprentices.

Wang Yan naturally took care of his own people. Li Kuiyong and Yu Mingzao had already learned carpentry skills from him. Although they weren't very good at it, they could still do some work, which saved them from having to work in the fields.

As for the other seven female educated youths, Wang Yan didn't bother with them. Carpentry work doesn't discriminate against people, but it still takes them relatively more effort to do, so they just make do with farming.

The people in the brigade also knew that they couldn't expect the educated youth to do too much work, so out of respect for Wang Yan, they gradually started doing the work alongside the female educated youth. Now she was helping the brigade raise chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs, doing sanitation, feeding them, adding water, and so on, and she was given five centimeters a day to raise them...

"Why didn't you leave?" Wang Yan asked Li Kuiyong.

Li Kuiyong offered Wang Yan a cigarette and said, "It just so happens that you're in the county. Zhong Yuemin wanted to come to our brigade for a couple of days. He and Zheng Tong stayed with us, and I'll hang out with you in the county for a couple of days. Tsk tsk, this bastard is really serious about Qinling."

“They’ve been doing it for a while now. Otherwise, do you think they’re crazy, singing at the top of their lungs on the back hill all day long? Their voices must be sore. It’s not easy for them to carry a load of water.”

Wang Yan took a drag of his cigarette and asked with a chuckle, "Are you and Tian Fang really serious about this?"

"Then there is still a holiday?"

Li Kuiyong laughed heartily, "I didn't think much of her before, but the more we talked, the more beautiful she seemed, don't you think? She didn't say she was a goddess, but it's just that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, isn't it?"

“That’s it then.” Wang Yan said, patting his shoulder. “Since you’ve hit it off, then you should get along well. I still envy you. Look at Xiaobai, we’re more than a thousand kilometers apart.”

"Hey, isn't it because you're so stubborn? If you had just given in, you wouldn't be suffering here."

"What are you saying? Are you suffering for it?" Wang Yan kicked him, and the apprentices nearby were all listening. It was outrageous.

Li Kuiyong also realized what was going on and said, "It's mainly because you're so capable, otherwise the two of us and these young guys would all be farming right now. Look at Zhong Yuemin and the others, they're slacking off and their hands are all raw from working."

Wang Yan nodded: "Let's develop slowly. In three to five years, things will be completely different. Alright, get to work, don't dawdle here."

"Of course not, I can't let you down."

A week later, the machinery factory delivered a set of tools designed by Wang Yan as scheduled. They didn't ask for a penny and even wanted to produce five more sets to send over, saying that Wang Yan's tools were good and could be sold. They thanked Wang Yan for his help.

The tools Wang Yan drew weren't widely used at that time, and the drawings he provided were decades later. However, due to the limitations of materials available then, the various saw blades might not have been very effective, but they were more than enough for cutting wood.

There was no electricity in the brigade, so these tools could only be used at the furniture shop.

Wang Yan taught his apprentices how to use the tools and emphasized the necessity of standardized operation. He showed them a pig's trotter that had been cut into sections.

China's bone trauma technology is absolutely first-class, with highly advanced surgical techniques such as finger replantation and tendon suturing. The reason for this is that China is a major industrial country with a large population, and there are countless production accidents every day, which urges doctors to strive for progress and improve their technical skills.

However, in this day and age, medical conditions are still insufficient, and production safety must be taken seriously.

After making the first set of tools and gaining experience, it became much easier to make them later. The remaining sets were produced in just a few days.

This significantly accelerated production, resulting in mountains of roughly processed timber. They couldn't keep up with the demand for more refined processing; that's the power of technology.

But that's all. To solve the problem of delicate operations, we need to set up a production line, use various high-end robotic arms, and have electronic control programs, etc. These are problems that cannot be solved at this time.

During this period, Wang Yan wrote another report, summarizing the current progress and various achievements. Of course, he also mentioned the care and support from leaders at all levels, giving everyone a chance to shine.

And so, May arrived in the blink of an eye, and Baidian Village ushered in a major event...

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