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

The men and women of the Hongqi Production Team were all busy, placing neatly arranged gift boxes made by their wives at the village entrance, one box per family.

The red lettering on the yellow cardboard, along with some handwritten embellishments, makes the box look very stylish.

"Captain, everyone's here." As the women's director, Liu Cuihua attached great importance to this handicraft project.

"Have you counted them all? How many are there in total?"

"1510!" Liu Cuihua counted them several times and immediately announced the number. "Dongwa's side sent over a bit more cardboard, so we made ten more. But we didn't charge for the labor; it's just that everyone was busy and made them on the spur of the moment."

"Yes, that's the right way to think about it. Dongwa has already taken good care of everyone."

Fortunately, there was a heavy snowfall a few days ago, and the past few days have been sunny with only a bit of northerly wind. If it had rained, these cardboard boxes would have been quite difficult to deal with.

After a while, the livestock station's trucks appeared, kicking up quite a bit of dust as they drove by.

This truck comes to the team many times, and everyone recognizes it. Someone immediately exclaimed, "It's a truck from the livestock station. I guess Dongwa is here."

Sure enough, Shen Dong and Li Hu got out of the car.

"Grandpa, everyone's moved out and is all ready! I was planning to move them over one by one," Shen Dong said with surprise, looking at the piles of cardboard boxes that resembled small mountains.

"Of course not, we have to arrange it properly." Liu Cuihua walked over, laughing heartily. "Dongwa, there are 1510 in total, you count them."

"Stop counting, Tiger, just move it!"

Shen Dong directly instructed Li Hu to do the work, and then pulled Liu Cuihua and Li Shangen into the crowd.

"Grandpa, Auntie, I brought the money. Our team needs to issue a receipt."

Although it was an internal matter, procedures still had to be followed. Even though Shen Dong was in charge of the factory, he knew the importance of financial regulations.

Of course, Li Meiyu, as the accountant, didn't come along because there weren't enough seats in the truck, but it was just a minor flaw.

"Aihui, give Dongwa a receipt, and remember to get the brigade stamp."

Tao Aihui immediately set off, while Shen Dong also took out the box of money.

To make it easier for everyone to calculate and divide the money, he specially prepared a thick stack of small bills, and even prepared a little extra.

"Come here, Dongzi, take a look."

Tao Aihui brought over the stamped receipt, which was handwritten. Shen Dong glanced at it and, finding no problems, put it away.

"Auntie, why don't you divide it?"

"That won't do. You definitely have to do it. You're the one who provided the manual work for everyone, so you have to do it."

"Yeah, Dongwa, are you embarrassed or what?"

Shen Dong laughed and followed Aunt Cuihua's instructions to distribute the money one by one.

"Here you go, Auntie, 200 of these, 4 yuan each."

"230 pieces, four yuan and sixty cents."

"Dongwa, your aunt said those 10 don't need to be paid for. They were just something I did on the side, so I can't let you lose money."

Liu Cuihua saw that Shen Dong was about to pay for the extra 10 items, so she quickly stopped him.

It wasn't much, just two cents, but since it was beyond the contract, I felt embarrassed to ask for more money.

"It's alright, Auntie, you won't lose out. I know what I'm doing."

Shen Dong didn't mind and said with a smile.

In reality, each person only received less than two yuan, with the largest share being a little over two yuan. However, everyone was still all smiles, and the busy period lasted only three or four days.

"Dongwa, remember to contact us if you need any work in the future."

"Dongwa, you'll be 18 after the New Year, right? I have a niece who's really pretty. Auntie, want me to introduce you to her?"

"Come on, your niece has a big black mole on her face, how is she pretty? My niece is a beauty, she'll be seventeen after the New Year, she'll come to pay her respects, Dongwa, I'll introduce you to her then."

"..."

The enthusiasm from everyone came unexpectedly, and Shen Dong couldn't handle it, so he could only quickly finish moving the boxes and return to the factory.

Before leaving, he realized that it would take several people to pack so many boxes, so he called everyone to the factory to help pack the gift boxes, paying each person 50 cents a day.

The back of the truck was already piled high with boxes, and there wasn't enough room for anyone else, so everyone told Shen Dong to go first. They said the country folks were very agile and would be back soon.

The contents of the box had already been delivered by the supply and marketing cooperative. Thanks to Yang Yujun's connections, Yang Haitao delivered it that same evening, and the handover went very smoothly.

Everything was in the warehouse. Shen Dong had the car drive to the warehouse, and he and Li Hu began unloading the boxes.

After they finished their work, the aunties from the team also came over.

He told Zhou Wuyang to cook an extra dish and more rice, as even with a large number of people, it would likely take a long time to prepare.

Shen Dong divided the people into three columns, each responsible for one layer. After the bottom layer of apples was filled, the next column would start filling the yogurt, and then the last column would be responsible for placing the snacks.

Once all three layers were installed, Li Hu and Shen Dong were in charge of stacking them.

The women quickly grasped the process and found it quite novel.

Currently, everyone lacks the concept of division of labor. If it weren't for Shen Dong's arrangement, everyone would definitely pack one box, which would certainly not be as efficient as it is now.

When it was lunchtime, the aunties' eyes widened in surprise.

One dish of braised pork with potatoes, one stewed egg, two kinds of vegetables, one bucket of soup, and one bucket of milk.

I made it in time today!

I'd always heard that dairy factories had good food, and today I've seen it for myself. What factory serves food like that?!

"Auntie, what brings you all here?" Tao Guiping stood on a stool serving food and was surprised to see the people in the team.

"Little Flower, Auntie's here to help out, so you have to give me plenty of meat. This piece...yes, this one!"

After a satisfying meal, everyone threw themselves into their work with even greater enthusiasm.

By evening, a dozen or so people were packing boxes together, and they had packed about 800 boxes. Less than half of them were left, and they could finish tomorrow.

Shen Dong then asked the truck driver to take everyone back to the team.

Once they arrived at the team, the aunties finally had a chance to share their "day trip to the dairy factory" with everyone.

"Uncle Niu, you know, Dongwa's factory serves meat. I ate eight or nine pieces of meat today, I'm stuffed! And it wasn't just meat, there were also eggs and milk. Goodness, there was such a big tub of milk, you could drink as much as you wanted. My goodness, I've never had such a good meal in my life."

"That's right. Not only me, but my daughter and son have never eaten any of them before. They've started eating them with Dongwa."

"Are you going again tomorrow?"

"Yes, I heard there's meat tomorrow!"

"Could you ask if Dongwa is still hiring? I'd like to go too..."

"..."

Shen Dong's name appeared in conversations throughout the small houses that night.

"Hey, Dad, do you think there's a problem with Dongwa handing out money to everyone like this? Didn't you say...?"

"What do you, a mere woman, know? Dongwa is creating sideline opportunities for the rural collective and helping the masses. How can there be a problem?"

"Don't get angry, I'm just saying, in case someone reports it or something."

"Look who dares to go. Anyone who wants to go will be going against the whole team. If it really comes to that, they won't have the face to stay."

"Fine, fine, you men are always right, go to sleep! You didn't say anything, why are you getting so worked up with me..."