Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

"After considering it, we both feel that it is more important to resolve our personal issues first."

The male educated youth blurted out, obviously having made up his mind.

Fang Wei didn't say anything, but turned to look at the female educated youth, wanting to hear what she had to say.

"I've thought about it and am willing to marry him."

The female educated youth was a little shy, but her attitude was still very firm.

Fang Wei nodded and said no more. He quickly wrote them a letter of introduction and handed it to the male educated youth.

"Thank you, Secretary Fang. I'll send you wedding candy when we get married."

"Okay, I'll wait."

The two educated youths went to the commune with the letters of introduction. Fang Wei was too lazy to stay in the office, so he got up and went to the bamboo factory.

As soon as I entered the factory, I saw Pan Lianhua busy at work.

Pan Lianhua has started working, but she has to go home at a fixed time every day to breastfeed her baby, so she is always in a hurry no matter what she does.

"Third brother, why are you here?"

Pan Lianhua also saw the man and walked over with a smile.

"I'll take a look, you go ahead and do your thing."

Fang Wei responded, walked around the factory, and then went to Fang Ping's office.

"Third brother, why did you think of coming to the factory today? Please sit down first, I will be there soon."

Fang Ping was revising a blueprint. It was a design for a new piece of furniture, and he needed to make some changes.

After the Lunar New Year, with Wen Gong gone and Pan Lianhua having another baby, the entire bamboo factory was left to run by one person. Fortunately, everything went smoothly without any problems.

Fang Wei felt that his elder brother was very talented in production management, and the team basically didn't have to worry about the factory's affairs.

"You go ahead and do your thing. I'm just hanging out for a bit. There's nothing specific to do."

Fang Wei waved his hand, then left the office and went to the warehouse to take a look.

The warehouse is not far from the factory, and there are a large number of bamboos of various colors piled up inside. These are the raw materials needed for production, produced in the Yao village.

Judging from the current quantity, it can at least sustain production tasks for more than three months, and the inventory is sufficient.

Afterwards, Fang Wei left the bamboo factory.

He doesn't need to ask too much about the financial data. The factory will report the financial data regularly, and he can know the situation at a glance.

"Huh? What happened again?"

Before he reached the brigade headquarters, he saw a lot of people gathered there.

The team is always very calm, but seeing so many people seeming to be watching something, there must be something going on.

Fang Wei hurried over and shouted, "What are you doing? Looking at the spectacle?"

"Secretary, look! Captain Zheng Bao and several militiamen have killed a giant python."

The member standing outside the circle turned around and saw that it was Fang Wei, so he quickly explained and made way.

Fang Wei walked in and took a look. Wow, there was a huge python as thick as a bowl lying underneath.

Zheng Bao and others stood proudly beside the python, preventing the crowd from approaching.

"Secretary, the forestry team reported today that a python appeared on the mountain. I'm taking a few militiamen to deal with it."

Seeing Fang Wei, Zheng Bao quickly started to praise his achievements.

There are pythons in the local area. They generally don't come down the mountain, but occasionally they break into the village.

This guy is infesting the forest area, so he must be cleared out.

"Well done, deal with the python quickly and don't attract onlookers."

Fang Wei praised a few people, and then asked Zheng Bao to take people to deal with the python.

Then he went straight back home and saw Guan Chongyang, Sun Daoren and Agong sitting in the yard chatting.

"Grandpa just took his medicine. Let's talk here for a while."

Taoist Sun had basically used up all the medicinal materials in his hands. Today was the last dose of medicine, so he boiled it and sent it to grandpa.

After Grandpa finished his medicine, the three of them sat in the yard and chatted. It wasn't too hot yet, so it was quite pleasant to sit outside.

Later, Pan Lianhua came back and everyone went into the house, sat down and started eating.

Everyone was talking about the recent increase in the number of educated youth getting married in each team, and they were all very emotional. It had not been easy for these educated youth, who had spent their best years in the countryside, and they didn't know what the future would hold.

Fang Wei certainly knows where the future is headed, but it is still a long way from now.

"Grandpa, I just went to your place. There was no one in the house, so I guessed you were at the Party Secretary's house. I just came back and brought you some preserved fruits. I put them here for you."

Before everyone started eating, Yu Hao walked in from outside.

He rarely shows up at the team now, and spends most of his time traveling. That's what sales is like, there's rarely any time to rest.

Yu Hao loves playing chess. Over the years, whenever he has time, he will play a few games with the old man, and their relationship is getting better and better.

Moreover, this kid is very interested in Yin and Yang and Feng Shui, and always secretly asks the old man for advice.

"Yu Hao, you haven't eaten yet? Sit down and have a couple of bites."

Fang Wei greeted Yu Hao and asked him to come over for dinner.

"No, Xueqin is already cooking. I have to go back. You guys take your time eating. I'll be leaving first."

Yu Hao put the package he was holding aside, handed the other package to Pan Lianhua, and turned away without waiting for the other party to refuse.

Fang Wei didn't care and opened it on the spot. There were some preserved fruits and dried fruits inside.

The two packages contain the same contents, and it is obvious that they were prepared in advance.

"This kid, who runs around outside all day, has learned this trick too."

Guan Chongyang muttered something, but it was obvious that he was actually very happy.

"Old man, are you planning to pass on your legacy to Yu Hao? Then you better be careful and don't let others know, otherwise it will be very troublesome."

Fang Wei looked at Guan Chongyang and said something very seriously.

Nowadays, concepts like yin and yang and feng shui are considered feudal dregs and are subject to criticism. If Guan Chongyang openly promotes these things, he will find it difficult to succeed.

"How could I not know this? Don't worry, even if I accept Yu Hao as my apprentice, I will do it quietly and privately, and I won't even tell you."

Guan Chongyang laughed, thinking Fang Wei was overthinking it.

He has seen many storms in his life and knows how to protect himself.

Fang Wei said no more. Although he was unwilling to accept the old man's inheritance, he did not object to the old man taking in an apprentice in private.

The premise is that it cannot be publicized and must be kept confidential.

in the afternoon.

Fang Wei, Zheng Hu and others discussed it and asked each team to improve the living environment of the educated youth who had already started families.

The team will allocate a special amount of money to do this.

This policy caused a great response among the educated youth. Regardless of whether they had plans to start a family or not, they were all grateful to the brigade and Fang Wei from the bottom of their hearts.

after a few days.

Zheng Xianfa came to Xiatang Brigade and found Fang Wei.

"The Xiaorizi incident has been settled. The superiors generally support your approach, and the pressure on Director Wu is gone."

Zheng Xianfa told Fang Wei that Watanabe originally wanted to use investment to impress the higher-ups, and then use certain people to put pressure on the county, his purpose was still to get the hybrid rice breeding technology in Fang Wei's hands.

Watanabe is an expert. He realized the unlimited development potential of hybrid rice and wanted to master the core technology.

But unfortunately, there is a consensus that our own advanced breeding technology must not be leaked out.

The matter came to an end, and Fang Wei was very satisfied with the result.

He knew very well that the reason why the matter was reversed was probably because of the material he reported.

"This is great! The team doesn't need any investment in the first place, and we won't let anyone else take away our core skills."

Fang Wei smiled and nodded, and his mood immediately improved a lot.

After Zheng Xianfa finished discussing the matter with the other party, he took Zheng Hu to visit various places. He also needed to understand the production situation of each team. Seeing is believing, and he couldn't just sit in the office and read reports.

Fang Wei went to the pig farm alone without them and looked around.

The sows in the pig farm are about to give birth to piglets. After continuous breeding, the Ningxiang spotted pigs with the characteristics of Xiatang Brigade are about to be finalized.

Outwardly, this spotted pig resembles the authentic Ningxiang spotted pig, but in reality, it's fundamentally different. With the added benefits of the [Pig Farm], the core of the spotted pig has also changed. This change is positive and beneficial, and in fact, further improves the quality of the spotted pig.

"Secretary, the spotted pigs we are raising have now broken through the weight bottleneck and can reach a weight of about 280 kilograms during the effective breeding period.

And once the sows give birth, our pig population should be close to 3000. Fortunately, our farm has been expanded several times, and now we can barely reach this capacity. Any more is not possible.”

Uncle Wu chatted with Fang Wei for a while, and it was also proved from another perspective that the spotted pigs raised by the team were equivalent to another breed of pigs.

However, Fang Wei does not intend to change the name of "Ningxiang Flower Pig" to avoid trouble.

The current scale of pig farming is sufficient and there is no need to build a second pig farm for the time being. The main task now is to cultivate rice seeds and use grain as steel.

"Uncle Wu, you're busy. I'm going to check out the composting site."

Fang Wei nodded and then went to the [composting site].

In the next few days, he visited each team and found no major problems. Agricultural production was well organized and the village environment was clean and tidy. He really couldn't find any fault.

morning.

Fang Wei received a reply letter from the relevant parties in Beijing, informing him that the relevant issues he reported had been dealt with, and attached the results of the handling.

He knew about this matter, and the letter was just a routine matter.

"Party Secretary Fang"

At this time, someone came to the office.

Fang Wei looked up and saw that it was Lin Hanyang, the young man who had come to him that day to get a letter of introduction. He had a deep impression of this young man. He was not only calm and steady in his speech and actions, but also had a very unique temperament.

"Lin Hanyang, have you held your wedding yet? Please sit down."

"Not yet. We're getting married the day after tomorrow and would like you to be our witness. Secretary, are you available?"

Lin Hanyang walked into the house and sat down, then directly stated the purpose of his visit.

He wanted Fang Wei to be his witness, and there was nothing wrong with that. Fang Wei had been a witness for other educated youth before, such as when Yu Hao and Liang Xueqin got married.

However, Lin Hanyang and Fang Wei were not familiar with each other, so he was very courageous to come to Fang Wei and talk about this matter himself.

"Okay, I'll make time to go there."

Fang Wei did not refuse and agreed to the other party's request.

It is very interesting to get along with people. Although he has not met Lin Hanyang many times, he has a good impression of him, so he is happy to give him face.

On the day of Lin Hanyang's wedding, Fang Wei went to preside over the wedding for the newlyweds.

There were a lot of people at the wedding. Lin Hanyang was very good at interpersonal communication and had a wide network of contacts among the educated youth.

Fang Wei left after hosting the wedding. He thought that he and Lin Hanyang would not have much interaction in the future. However, the other party came to the office to find him after the honeymoon.

"Secretary, I want to go to the bamboo factory. My father works at the Linhai furniture factory. I learned some carpentry skills from him when I was young, so I'm familiar with bamboo products and furniture making."

What surprised Fang Wei was that Lin Hanyang suddenly asked to work in the bamboo factory.

"Your qualifications are quite suitable, but I'm wondering why you didn't sign up when the factory needed help?"

Fang Wei did not agree to the other party immediately, but asked another question.

"At the time, I was just thinking about returning to the city as soon as possible, so I didn't make a fuss. Now that I'm married, I'm probably going to have to stay in the countryside for the rest of my life, so of course I have to plan my future carefully."

Lin Hanyang was quite direct and explained it clearly in just one sentence.

This is indeed the current situation. Factories and mines generally prefer single workers, and it is difficult to arrange for people with families.

Therefore, the educated youth who choose to get married at this stage have basically given up the idea of returning to the city.

This is the case with Yu Hao and his wife, and the same is true for Lin Hanyang and his wife.

However, Fang Wei knew that these educated youth would eventually be able to return to the city, but some of them who married local people would be in trouble.

"You can also do carpentry? Come on, follow me to the bamboo factory and let me see your ancestral skills."

Fang Wei had actually already agreed in his heart. After making a joke, he took the other party to the bamboo factory.

In the past two years, he had been consciously cultivating local talent. After all, the educated youth could leave at any time, and all the time he spent training them wasted their time. However, he was somewhat interested in Lin Hanyang, so it wouldn't be a problem to give him a platform to perform.

When the two arrived at the bamboo factory, Fang Wei pulled his elder brother and Pan Lianhua aside and briefly explained Lin Hanyang's situation.

Then he asked Lin Hanyang to make a small thing. Fang Ping, a true expert, watched for ten minutes and said, "Lin Hanyang has a certain foundation. His skills are not very good, but he has a lot of ideas in his head."

"Okay then, let Lin Hanyang come to work at the bamboo factory from now on."

Fang Wei immediately called Lin Hanyang over and told him to start working at the bamboo factory from that day on, and he would go and talk to the production team.

"Thank you, Secretary!"

Lin Hanyang was very happy and kept thanking Fang Wei and others.

Fang Wei waved his hand, turned around and left the bamboo factory.

The bamboo factory developed rapidly. It had high-quality bamboo from Dayao Mountain as raw material and a group of skilled workers as the backbone. The products it produced were very popular.

Yu Hao led the sales department to travel all over the country, and received more and more orders, and the bamboo factory continued to grow and develop.

night.

After dinner, Fang Ping came to see his third brother and told him something.

There was a customer from another province who had been selling bamboo furniture produced by our factory. Not long ago, he came to us specifically and said he wanted to purchase a batch of wooden furniture.

And he specifically asked for furniture made of nanmu or mahogany.

"Third brother, this is not easy to do. The factory does not have a stable source of wood."

Fang Ping saw an order but didn't dare to accept it. The key point was that he also wanted to enter the wooden furniture field.

He has no say in this matter and must discuss it with the team.

"I don't quite understand this, but I think if we try, we can still find a source of wood. The problem is that we have no experience in designing and producing wooden furniture, so it's still questionable whether the products we produce will be of good quality."

Fang Wei had visited the county furniture factory before, and the miserable conditions of the factory left a deep impression on him.

Today, the county furniture factory no longer exists and has switched to producing agricultural tools and other products.

The process of producing furniture includes design, production, etc. The bamboo factory does not have the design talent for wooden furniture. If the products produced cannot be sold, it may drag down the entire enterprise.

He felt that he still needed to be cautious.

As for the wood raw materials, it is not a big problem. There is no ban on logging yet, so it is easy to solve.

"Then we'll discuss it later. We won't accept this order for now."

Fang Ping felt that what his third brother said made sense, so he temporarily put aside this idea.

A few days passed quickly.

Good news came from the team's pig farm. The sows began to give birth one after another, and a total of 1062 piglets were born.

The pig farm originally had 2169 pigs, and with the newly born piglets, the total number of pigs reached 3231, which was seriously exceeding the standard.

Zheng Hu suggested that they complete this year's pig production task first, which would free up a lot of space.

"Okay, then you can arrange for someone to hand in the pig mission."

Fang Wei agreed, and the next day Zheng Hu arranged for someone to take away 120 pigs and hand them over to the commune. Since the team hadn't slaughtered pigs since the Lunar New Year, Fang Wei decided to share the pork with everyone and slaughtered another 120 pigs.

In this way, the number of live pigs on hand will not exceed the carrying capacity of the pig farm, and there will be 2991 pigs left.

[Pigs are produced, points +67200, total points: 4254830 points.]

Submitting the pig task brought the team an income of 2.59 yuan.

The Ningxiang spotted pigs raised by Xiatang Brigade have become quite famous, and even Jiang Yufen, the station manager of the purchasing station, wants to come to the brigade to buy pork.

noon.

I made delicious braised pork at home. This is the most popular dish these days.

Fang Wei called his elder brother and sister-in-law over. When it came to cooking skills, elder sister Wang Zhuyun was the best, followed by Tian Guihua, and Pan Lianhua was third.

"Third brother, do you think Tingting can become an accountant or clerk for the production team after graduating from high school?"

The two brothers drank a little at noon. Tian Guihua kept kicking Fang Ping's feet under the table, and Fang Ping spoke hesitantly.

Nowadays, children in rural areas lose their channels for promotion after graduating from high school. It is difficult to find a job in the county town. Children in the city can't find a job, so children in rural areas can only return to their hometowns to farm.

If you are lucky and a large enterprise comes to recruit workers, you will have the opportunity to leave the countryside.

After all, you are a high school student. If things really don't work out, you can still be a team leader in a production team or a brigade.

Fang Ping didn't know anyone in the county. The only person who had a solution was Guo Yongqing, but he had already stepped aside and was unlikely to be of any help.

Therefore, Tian Guihua wanted to take action in advance and strive to have her daughter become an accountant or clerk. (End of this chapter)