Reborn in 1981, the first to get rich start with dairy cows.

"Dongzi, hehe." Seeing that no one was in the office, Li Hu walked in with a grin.

"Look how pleased you are with yourself! What good thing happened? Tell me!" Shen Dong knew from Li Hu's expression that the guy must have accomplished something.

Li Hu sat down casually, deliberately picked up a cup, saw that it was empty, and said, "I'm so thirsty..."

Shen Dong smiled and shook his head, poured the guy a glass of water, and then Li Hu spoke.

"I've got the meat sorted out! Everything's taken care of for both your family and mine for Chinese New Year!"

"real?"

Pork is a must for Chinese New Year. Beef is hard to find right now, and lamb is also in short supply. Without pork, the New Year wouldn't feel right.

Knowing that this kid also had connections with the slaughterhouse, Shen Dong discussed it with Li Hu and asked him to get more, at least half a carcass.

"Absolutely. I've been sending yogurt, cigarettes, and treating people to meals these past few days, and it's been effective."

With that, Li Hu held up his index finger: "A whole pig, including the offal, we'll each have half!"

"Good brother!" Shen Dong patted Li Hu on the shoulder excitedly, very happy.

"Hehe, to be honest, when they asked why I needed so many, I said it was for our factory manager, because he has a lot of family members. They said since it's for Factory Manager Shen, just give me a whole pig, no need to cut it up. Wow, you really have a lot of influence!"

"Haha!" Shen Dong pretended not to hear what the guy said and then asked, "When are we going to get it?"

"Tonight, after dark, there will be too many people around during the day, so we have to carry it back quietly!"

These days, there are so many people who want to use connections. Everyone wants to prepare more meat for the New Year, so they can marinate any leftovers. But the market supply is limited, and even if you increase the quantity in advance for the New Year, it still won't meet the demand.

Therefore, anyone who can buy affordable meat becomes a target of everyone's envy.

The slaughterhouse didn't want to cause trouble, and Shen Dong understood that.

"Okay, how much will it cost? We need to prepare that in advance."

"210 jin (140 catties), and they charged me 200 yuan! I thought about it, and your reputation as Factory Director Shen is probably only worth 20 yuan!"

After saying that, Li Hu smiled and dodged away, saying, "I'm leaving first. Let's go together after dinner tonight."

After Li Hu left, Shen Dong made some calculations. Besides the food needed at home, he also needed to send some to Shen Lan's family. His eldest sister, Shen Die, would definitely be spending the New Year at her husband's family's house, so he would also need to support her family and send some to them as well. He felt that 105 jin (52.5 catties) would be just enough.

In the morning, Shen Dong was at the factory as usual, keeping an eye on things. With the year-end approaching, quality control was even more crucial.

At noon, a truck stopped at the gate of the dairy factory.

Huang Maoqiang jumped out of the car and explained to Lao Huang that he was there to see Director Shen.

Shen Dong quickly ran out, first shaking hands with Huang Maoqiang, and then went to the back of the car.

There was a large object wrapped in a quilt on the back of the truck, and a diesel generator next to it.

"Last time you asked us to help you watch TV, the station manager noticed that you hadn't considered the electricity issue, so he had someone get a diesel generator. It's not very powerful, but it'll be enough for you to watch TV."

Huang Maoqiang explained with a smile, then added, "We can't provide much diesel fuel either; you'll have to figure out how to get it yourself later."

Next to the generator was a small bucket containing diesel fuel.

Although the agricultural machinery station has plenty of diesel fuel, it wouldn't be fair to give too much to individuals. Furthermore, it's because of the refrigeration unit; it's being publicly declared as a reward, otherwise Sha Zhenlin would also be held accountable.

"Thank you, leader. Next time I go to the county, I must treat everyone to a good meal."

Shen Dong was somewhat moved; these things were very precious and not something that ordinary people could obtain.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's go to the team!"

Shen Dong laughed and jumped into the car, and the group headed towards the Hongqi Production Team.

The road was a bit bumpy, and Shen Dong kept turning his head to look back, quite worried.

"Don't worry, there's a box inside the quilt, so it won't break."

Shen Dong didn't feel embarrassed. After all, it was an item that cost a huge sum of 420 yuan, so it was normal to be a little worried.

After the snow yesterday, the sky became very clean, and today is another sunny day. After finishing their meal, the people of the Hongqi Production Team sat on the stones at the entrance of the village and chatted.

From a distance, we could see a truck driving by, and soon it stopped at the entrance of the village.

After taking only a few steps, I saw Shen Dong jump out of the car.

"Uncle Cai, Uncle Hai, are you chatting?"

"Dongwa, what's that in the back? Why is it wrapped in a quilt?" The group walked curiously to the back of the truck, put their hands in their pockets, and leaned in to look inside.

"Is this a generator?"

"It seems so!"

Shen Dong called out, "Uncle Cai, Uncle Hai, lend a hand, let's carry this TV and generator to the team headquarters."

"Huh? Dongwa, is there a TV in here?"

Televisions are a rare commodity, and Li Youcai hesitated, worried that he might damage them and be unable to afford the repairs.

"It's alright, it's well protected inside, don't worry! We'll carry it to the headquarters and everyone can see it together."

"Why!"

Besides Li Youcai and Li Youhai, others also stepped forward to lend a hand. The originally small box was suddenly surrounded by four or five people, making the scene quite funny.

Shen Dong and Huang Maoqiang walked behind with smiles, one carrying the generator and the other carrying diesel fuel.

On the way to the team headquarters, everyone's attention was drawn to the store. Every time they passed a store, someone would go in and say, "Come and see! Dongwazi bought a TV! The first TV in our team!"

And so, a whole group of people followed behind, with the preschool children in the group skipping and circling around, all extremely excited, like little bees swarming around pollen.

Upon arriving at the team headquarters, without needing to ask, someone carried out a wooden table.

After the quilt was removed and the box inside was taken out, the television was revealed to be a 14-inch black and white Panda brand television!

"My goodness, it really is a television!"

"Dongwa is so capable, he even bought a TV!"

The little kids, barely out of their teens, jumped around chattering, "Oh, we can watch TV now!"

"Dongwa, can we watch 'The Legend of Huo Yuanjia' now? I saw someone showing it at the commune last time, and I watched a bit of it. It's really good."

As Shen Dong set up the generator, he called for someone to bring Li Shangen over, saying, "Don't worry, we'll install it right away. Tonight, we'll watch 'Huo Yuanjia'!"

After Li Shangen arrived, we talked to him about putting the TV at the team headquarters and using a diesel generator to generate electricity, since diesel was also in short supply, so we could discuss and come up with a solution.

If you check every day, there definitely won't be that much diesel fuel.

Li Shangen suggested that the team could also contribute some money to buy diesel fuel, and that Shen Dong shouldn't have to pay for it all himself.

Shen Dong smiled and declined.

"Grandpa, even if I keep the TV at home, I'll still watch it. So why not bring it to the team headquarters? It's bigger there, and everyone can squeeze in. It would be too cramped to watch at my house, don't you think?"

"Since it's originally my family's responsibility to inspect this, we'll definitely pay for the diesel. Money is a small matter; the key issue is that we don't have that much diesel, so everyone should use it sparingly."

"Also, everyone should take good care of the television and not let anyone damage it."

"Don't worry, Dongwa, anyone who dares to break the TV, our whole team won't let them get away with it!"