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

"Hey, Ai Hui, You Hai, and Xiao Long, come to the team headquarters."

"Repeat it again..."

After waiting for a while, the group arrived at the team headquarters.

On the way back to the team headquarters, Shen Dong told Li Shangen about the newly rented land in the factory area, which needed people to level the land and build factory buildings. Li Shangen was immediately happy.

Everyone's free right now, the team can arrange things and there's even a reward, so everyone's happy.

"Youhai, you're the team's construction expert, listen to Dongwa's plan."

Li Shangen explained the purpose of calling them over, then said to Shen Dong, "Dongwa, you tell us."

"Okay. Uncle, the dairy factory has some construction work that needs everyone's help. We'll also provide compensation for lost work time."

"Dongzi, forget about money. We're all on the same team. Tell me, what do you need everyone's help with?"

Li Youhai was very familiar with him, and Shen Dong smiled when he heard him speak.

"The two acres of land next to the dairy factory were given to us by the commune, so there are a few things to do: one is to build a fence, which will combine the two plots of land and rebuild the fence."

"That's easy." Huang Xiaolong, who was practically Li Youhai's apprentice, immediately agreed upon hearing this.

"Xiaolong, don't interrupt, let Dongzi finish speaking," Li Youhai scolded.

"Dongzi, continue."

"Okay!" Shen Dong replied, then continued, "The second part is the warehouse relocation. We'll build a new warehouse, mainly for storing fresh milk and the yogurt produced daily."

"As you all know, our factory makes milk skin, but right now we use the stove in the kitchen to make milk skin, and we have to adjust the usage time on both sides, which is very troublesome. So the third thing is to build a new milk skin workshop."

"These are the three pieces! Uncle Hai, you can make the decision."

Before Li Youhai could speak, Huang Xiaolong said, "Master, this job is very simple."

Then he asked Shen Dong, "Dongzi, is there a deadline? How many days does it need to be completed?"

"No, but the sooner the better."

"Okay, we've got your back," Huang Xiaolong patted his chest and assured him.

"Okay, then regarding the compensation for lost wages..."

Shen Dong had just started to speak when Li Youhai immediately said, "Dongzi, let's talk about the money after this is over."

Shen Dong wasn't annoyed at being interrupted, because the other person had misunderstood him. He quickly said, "That's not what I meant."

Then he said to Tao Aihui and Li Shangen, "Uncle, have you ever thought about setting up a collective factory, backed by the production team?"

"A factory? Like the one Gu Feng and his guys have?"

"But what should we do?"

"They are the same in nature, both are collective in nature, but they don't produce anything. They are just a shell used to connect the team with jobs."

I had this idea last year when I was making cardboard boxes, but it was close to the end of the year then, so I probably wouldn't have been in the mood to work on it. Now that I have nothing to do, I can finally devote myself to it.

"Wait a minute, Dongwa, I don't quite understand. What do you mean by 'just an empty shell'?"

Li Shangen was too old to understand all at once.

As the team's accountant, Tao Aihui immediately understood.

"You mean to set up a formal collective factory to take over this job, with all matters handled between the factories, is that what you mean?"

Shen Dong immediately gave a thumbs up, "Uncle Hui, you're a professional."

Once Tao Aihui explained, Li Shangen immediately understood.

"That's a great idea! If anything happens later, we can contact the factory. The factory will handle all the communication with the commune members, making things clear and straightforward."

"Alright, Grandpa, Uncle Hui, you guys discuss setting up the factory. Uncle Hai, Brother Xiaolong, you can go and take a look at the site when you have time. My initial idea is to finish it within 5 days. You can see how many workers are needed and let me know then."

Shen Dong left after he finished speaking.

Li Shangen and Tao Aihui sat down and discussed it carefully, finally concluding that: it must be done!

And so, the "Red Flag Production Team Handicraft Factory" was officially established, with its office located at the team headquarters. Li Shangen served as the factory manager, and Tao Aihui remained the treasurer.

The next day, after Li Youhai and Huang Xiaolong inspected the site, the dairy factory signed a project contract with the handicraft factory.

The total contract amount is 150 yuan, the construction period is five days, and there are 8 workers.

The ground leveling and wall repair took one and a half days and eight workers.

The warehouse was built in two days, with 8 workers.

There are 6 workers a day in the milk skin workshop.

The handicraft factory will then settle the lost wages with everyone.

Soon, by the afternoon, everyone had gathered. Most of them were from the team, and two others were from the neighboring Red Star team.

By three o'clock, they had already started leveling the land.

Li Youhai said that everyone helped out today, so he wouldn't be paid; the official start date is tomorrow.

There wasn't much food at the factory, just plenty of milk and yogurt, so they had some delivered.

Having resolved the construction issues of the new area, Shen Dong began to worry about the loan shortfall.

He has tried many methods these days, but none of them can quickly fill the gap. Now there is only one way left.

After lunch that day, he gathered everyone together for a meeting.

"I don't know if everyone has noticed, but the commune has given our factory that piece of land to the south. I've hired people to level it."

"So the factory area will double in size, and Qiu Xiaoqin's group 3 will work in the new workshop, and the warehouse will also be moved there."

As soon as Shen Dong finished speaking, the people below gasped in surprise.

The construction team has eight people, and they even delivered milk yesterday, so everyone must have seen it, but they don't know the specifics of their work.

When Shen Dong mentioned this, they immediately became excited.

The factory has grown bigger, which means it's doing well, which in turn means stable employment and a bright future.

"Factory manager, the warehouse needs to be built in the middle, otherwise the journey to get things and back will be too long and tiring!"

"Haha, Lao Liu, look how fat you've gotten! This is a good opportunity for you to work out!"

Seeing the people below chatting, Shen Dong could empathize with them; who wouldn't want a stable job with continuous salary increases?

In my past life, I was just an ordinary animal, and for a long time I could only do insurance sales, which was not only unstable but also had fluctuating income.

But there's nothing I can do; I have neither education nor skills, so this is all I can do.

After everyone had finished chatting, he gestured for them to stop.

"Having discussed the new factory area, let's move on to wages. Back in January, I assured everyone that starting this year, wages would be adjusted every February. This has already been arranged!"

"Factory manager, are we really going to raise wages?" Liu Zhenghua asked hurriedly.

"It's true, and Aunt Li has already given me the list. But Aunt Liu, you just arrived in December, so it won't be until February next year."

"I'm not in a hurry, factory manager. I'm just asking. As long as the price goes up, that's good enough," Liu Zhenghua explained.

"You'll all know when payday comes next month."

As everyone knows, this was targeted at long-term employees, so the initial excitement quickly wore off.

Shen Dong then recounted the main points of today's discussion.