Returning to Lujiawan, putting aside his busy work for the time being, Chen Fan returned to the state of retirement.

Get up at 6 o'clock in the morning, practice a set of Tai Chi first, and after finishing the exercises, Yang Ju and the others have already made breakfast, and they can eat breakfast after washing.

Then the girls go to work, but they are left alone in the backyard to work on the livestock, take care of the vegetable garden, clean up, and go to the dirt slope behind to clean the new house and feed the pandas.

After that, it's time to start preparing lunch.

As for Chen Fan, if nothing else, he usually reads books and drinks tea in the study on the second floor of the new house, listens to songs and listens to the radio in the living room on the first floor, and hugs in the panda garden,...... Or in the pitiful gaze, riding a little mare, carrying a shotgun on his back, leading Huang Qing Cang on the left and Qingcang on the right, and riding a single horse on Pinggang.

Occasionally, one or two small beasts will be brought back, and if they don't, they will be considered to be let go.

After lunch, take a nap, and then he will ride his horse to the brigade headquarters for a walk, check Zhang Cui'e's study progress, go to the study class, and give some guidance.

By the way, take a look at the training in the delicatessen workshop.

With those candidates trained before, the new phase of personnel training prepared for the new store of the prefectural committee does not need Chen Fan to go out in person, and it is enough to have the 8 people who stay in the team as training teachers.

At most, he just looked around and corrected some things he didn't understand.

The 10 stores of the local government committee are still under construction and decoration, but they have already begun to open, so it is natural to pay close attention to manpower.

Secretary Yang is also a ruthless person, he arranged a team of people to live on various construction sites, and all the decoration materials were prepared in the team, and then sent by boat from here, and then pulled to the corresponding place by rickshaw.

Although today's Yunhu urban area is not half the size of a few decades later, the area is not small, and the distance between the stores is about 10 kilometers.

Chen Fan thought to himself that although he had this labor, he also thought that he couldn't endure this hardship, so he could only cheer for them mentally.

By the way, I gave Secretary Yang a suggestion.

How eye-catching is it to haul bricks with a pallet truck on the road in Yunhu City?

Such a good opportunity, not a wave of advertising?

For example, the members of the construction team can change into clothes printed with "Luwan Deli", and a banner can be placed on the board with the words "Luwan Deli".

In this way, the effect is remarkable, and almost half of the people in Yunhu City know that there is a "Luwan Deli", as for what it sells?

Please go to the three passenger terminals or the waiting room of the ferry terminal to find out!

The stores are not ready, but several hospitals and a university canteen have begun to serve cooked food.

Or you can buy it at the three passenger stations and the waiting room of the passenger terminal, where there are no stores, but there are stalls, and the things sold are the same, and the sales of some single stores are higher than the main store of Gufeng County Wharf.

A large warehouse under the passenger terminal has been transformed into a kitchen, and the cooked food of the entire local government store is made here, and after the store of the passenger terminal is built, it will be divided into a part to form a pattern of 4 kitchens and 10 stores, which will be much more convenient at that time.

However, there are also people who take advantage of the frequent travel of transport ships to and from the local government to "fake public and private".

Since Chen Fan bought a sewing machine and a bicycle from the thrift store of the local government committee in May, many people in the team have been eyeing the things in the thrift store.

Rural people focus on an affordable, and they don't care whether it's new or old, cheap and easy to use is good.

After Captain Yang of Team 6 learned to ride a bicycle, he polished the car that Chen Fan bought for him when he had nothing to do, and then rode from Team 6 to Team 12, and then from Team 1 to Team 5, almost becoming a volunteer correspondent.

Naturally, this style attracted a wave of red eyeballs.

Fortunately, his eyes were red, and no one secretly knocked on his stuffy stick, but he just smiled on his face and scolded him in his heart.

Two days ago, the brigade settled the first money for the purchase of chickens, ducks and geese to the members, and in the past few days, the wooden boats have made several trips back and forth to the local commission every day, and they all moved their minds.

When I went, it was fully loaded, but when I came back, it was an empty boat!

In the past, no one went to the local government to buy old goods, just because the road was long and inconvenient, and now the opportunity is not coming?!

There are many people who volunteered to take the initiative to move bricks, and after moving the bricks, they took the car to the thrift store to buy good things, and pulled them back by empty boat, which is simply a public and private penny!

So when Chen Fan rode by in the team, he could meet a person or two people floating in front of him on bicycles from time to time.

"Good morning, Mr. Chen."

"Good afternoon, Mr. Chen."

"Good afternoon, Mr. Chen."

"Good evening......"

In short, it's a bit hard to say.

……

It's been 10 days, and it's September 14th.

Chen Fan woke up at noon, washed his face, said hello to Jiang Lili, who was reading, and rode slowly towards the brigade headquarters.

Before he could get far, a bicycle bell sounded behind him.

Looking back, Captain Yang rode a car and quickly caught up.

When he was on par with Chen Fan, he pinched the brakes and laughed loudly, "Go to the team headquarters again?" ”

The corners of Chen Fan's eyes twitched slightly, "Ah." ”

Anyway, I show off my bicycle every day, and I don't get tired of it.

And he rode a little higher than a horse, and he was not tired of talking to himself like this?

Then he asked, "You are also going to the brigade headquarters?" ”

Captain Yang nodded, "Yes, we will start picking cotton in the next two days, and we will go to the brigade for a meeting to discuss the regulations." ”

At this time, the cotton in the south of the Yangtze River was mainly medium-staple cotton, unlike many places that changed to long-staple cotton later. Medium-staple cotton waits until the cotton peach is ripe in autumn, and after a few days of sun exposure, the cotton shell will be completely cracked, and the cotton inside will swell out, like a flower.

That's when the members go to pick.

This fully ripe cotton is easy to pick, and when picking, a cloth bag is tied around the body, and a large handful can be grasped with a finger.

And because the cotton stalks in this year are relatively short, they have to bend over all the time when picking, just like picking things, so picking cotton is called picking cotton.

(Cotton picking)

Chen Fan glanced at the dry fields on the slopes, turned around and said, "Is our cotton task heavy?" ”

Captain Yang shook his head and smiled, "It's not heavy, compared with rice, cotton and rapeseed oil can only be regarded as icing on the cake, but there are still some tasks, but they have also given a deposit, we only need to plant according to the amount of tasks, and after the harvest, we will go to the cotton procurement station to hand in the task and receive the remaining money." ”

Chen Fan was a little curious, "And what about the deposit?" ”

Having said that, the pigs raised by yourself also belong to the purchase task, why is there no deposit?

Captain Yang said with a smile, "Cotton is different from other things, such as pork is a pie purchase, and there are wool, tobacco, fresh eggs, herbs, tea, honey, and silk in the past, but we have a relatively single type here, and we can't get it up for a year, and in the end there is only one pork left."

Cotton belongs to pre-purchase, grain, oil and cotton, in addition to grain and oil, cotton is the most important, but the input of planting cotton is larger, and this thing cannot be eaten, and some people are unwilling to plant.

Therefore, after the higher authorities issue the production task every year, the commune will decompose the task into each production team, and then issue a deposit according to the amount of land planted according to the plan, which is mainly used to purchase seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides, and be deducted when the task is delivered. ”

Chen Fan nodded suddenly, "So that's the case." ”

Requisition, unified purchase, dispatch purchase, negotiation purchase, award sale, and exchange.

Coupled with the pre-order he just learned, he now knows 7 different agricultural products and different policies under different circumstances.

It's also difficult for Captain Yang that they all remember it clearly, and they can't be mistaken at all.

The two talked, and after a while, they arrived at the brigade headquarters.

As a result, without waiting for Chen Fan to get off the horse, he pulled a horse to turn over and sit on it, drove the horse over and said, "You came just in time, I was just about to go to look for you, just now the water transportation company called, the accessories arrived, and I asked you to come over and have a look." ”

Chen Fan immediately pulled the reins and turned around, and said with a smile, "How many days have you waited, it's been three weeks, this accessory is slow enough." ”

So saying, he drove his horse to the embankment.

Safety waved hello to Captain Yang, and chased forward with two whips, "Running so fast again, you wait for me." ”

It was hard to catch up, and he said with a smile, "What do you think this is that you can buy it at any store?" This kind of accessory is expensive, and it would be good if it arrived in three weeks. ”

The two galloped fast, Chen Fan asked the little mare to run slowly, and when it was safe, he rushed to the repair shop of the water transportation company in less than ten minutes.

In the workshop, the spare parts of the two thrusters have already been prepared.

Now that the water level has receded, it is not operated on the second floor, but directly on the first floor.

Secretary Tian, Cui Baozhang and other leaders of the water transportation company stood aside, staring intently at the accessories, and Chen Fan assembled them with the assistance of several masters.

After a stressful hustle and bustle, the main part of the thruster was assembled.

It was only at this time that Secretary Tian and a few people came over and looked at Chen Fan intently, "How is it?" ”

Chen Fan raised his head and smiled, "Test the car first." ”

Cui Baozhang and Secretary Tian glanced at each other and gestured to a mechanic.

The man nodded slightly, picked up a bucket of diesel fuel and poured it into the engine, and started the machine.

A few seconds later, a deafening roar rang out, and the huge propeller spun along with it.

Seeing this scene, everyone involuntarily raised their hands and applauded.

Secretary Tian clapped his hands and stepped forward quickly, holding Chen Fan's hand with excitement on his face, "Teacher Chen is really extraordinary, even the engineers in the provincial capital can't do anything, you will repair it as soon as you come, and you have saved a lot of losses for our unit!" ”

Chen Fan said with a smile, "Although there is no problem with the inspection just now, it still needs to be loaded and tested to really find out." ”

After a pause, he said, "And I'm not doing it for nothing, the members of Lujiawan are looking forward to it." ”

Secretary Tian immediately raised his head and laughed, "Don't worry, when your ship is built, you will directly install one and ensure that you will not be disappointed!" ”

Then he turned around and waved his hand at Cui Baozhang, "Old Cui, load the ship for testing." ”

Cui Baozhang couldn't help but gesture happily, "Okay." ”

The next work, Chen Fan does not need to interfere at all, these are the jobs that their repair shop has to do.

Activate the bracket, tow a boat out of the water, and the intense installation work begins.

But this kind of work is not something that can be done in a short period of time.

It wasn't until the next night that the good news finally came from the water transport company.

The repaired propeller is in normal use, there are no problems, and the big wooden boat in Lujiawan is stable!

The news spread, and Lujiawan was boiling.

Although the small rowing boats are also very easy to use, if you have a choice, who doesn't want a really big boat?

And now that Lujiawan is making money every day, there is no need to worry about not being able to afford diesel, with this big ship, you can send more goods to the local government and make more money.

This kind of great thing, how can it make them unhappy!

However, it didn't take long for them to be happy, and they were going to get busy again.

Morning, September 16th.

Jiang Lili walked out in a long dress and long sleeves, wearing a straw hat on her head and an off-white cloth pocket hanging from her shoulder.

Behind her, Huang Ying, Yang Ju and Liu Dan are all dressed in the same way.

Huang Ying saw that there was no one in the yard, so she walked to the door of Chen Fan's room, ready to say hello to him before leaving, but found that there was no one in the room, and couldn't help but be a little curious, "Where is Teacher Chen?" ”

Liu Dan immediately shook his head, "I don't know." ”

Yang Ju, "I saw him enter the room just now, and now he won't be there when he comes out,"

She turned her head to look at Jiang Lili, "Lili, do you know?" ”

Jiang Lili's eyes were blank and she shook her head slightly, "I don't know, I went into the house with you to prepare, but I didn't see where he went." ”

At this moment, Chen Fan walked out of the backyard, wearing a straw hat on his head, his sleeves rolled high, his trouser legs rolled up to his knees, and a cloth pocket hanging from his shoulder.

The four girls suddenly straightened their eyes.

Chen Fan walked up to them and said with a smile, "Get ready, let's go." ”

As he spoke, he walked out.

After walking two steps, he didn't hear any movement behind him, so he immediately turned to look at them, "Eh, why don't you leave?" ”

Huang Ying swallowed her saliva, as if she couldn't believe it, "Teacher Chen, Teacher Chen, what are you going to do?" ”

Chen Fan grabbed the cloth pocket and trembled, "Go pick up cotton." ”

Yang Ju gasped and looked at him intently, "Picking up cotton?" You go pick cotton? ”

Liu Dan even opened his mouth, "Uh, do you know how to pick cotton?" ”

Jiang Lili's face was full of confusion, "Otherwise, you should go and paint." ”

Chen Fan was speechless for a moment, and said with his hands crossed, "What's wrong with me picking cotton?" Isn't it just picking cotton? Bullying me won't? No, I won't learn! ”

The four of them looked at each other, and then looked at Chen Fan.

Well, Mr. Chen has already taken the steps of not recognizing his six relatives and swaggered out.

Jiang Lili hurriedly followed behind and shouted, "Little ...... Teacher Chen, you can't roll up your trouser legs, you will be bitten by insects or snakes. ”

Chen Fan decisively put down his trouser leg and continued to move forward.

Yang Ju was not to be outdone, "The sleeves can't be rolled up, the cotton shell is very hard, and there are cotton stalks, which will scratch the arm." ”

She wanted to say that your skin and flesh are so tender, you will definitely be scratched.

Then I saw Chen Fan put down his sleeves as well, and when he was done, he took out a pair of gloves from his trouser pocket and put them on.

Liu Dan was the most upright, and when he saw his posture, he immediately shouted, "You can't wear gloves, otherwise it won't be easy to take them off, and it will be a waste." ”

Chen Fan took off his gloves and put them in his pocket again.

Huang Ying's eyes rolled slightly, and she quickly ran forward, "Teacher Chen, I'll teach you......"

Chen Fan, "Picking cotton is not just done with hands, and you still need to teach?" ”

……

Two hours later, Chen Fan sat on the ridge and drank a sip of water, and said bitterly to Yang Ju, "Xiaoju, your ideal is to study machinery, you see, picking cotton is so tiring, you must study our own cotton picker in the future, at that time, you don't have to rely on manual cotton picking one by one like today, how tiring!" ”

Yang Ju laughed dryly, "I'm afraid I won't." ”

Chen Fan's expression became extremely serious, "No, then go and learn, starting from the mechanical principle, we will definitely be able to study our own cotton picker." ”

Huang Ying's eyes were full of curiosity, "Teacher Chen, you have been talking about our own cotton picker, have other countries developed a machine that can pick cotton?" ”

Chen Fan nodded, "Not only that, but as early as 1884, the United States invented the world's first cotton picker, and at the beginning of this century, they began to promote the use of cotton pickers."

As for our country, since the 60s, a lot of cotton pickers have been imported, but they are mainly used in plain areas, and places like ours are still relatively rare. ”

Jiang Lili couldn't help but be curious, looked at him intently, and asked in a low voice, "Is there really that big a gap between us and foreign countries?" ”

Chen Fan said with a smile, "It's big and big, it's small, but it's actually very small." ”

Jiang Lili's eyes were full of puzzlement, what do you mean?

Chen Fan explained, "From the perspective of science and technology, there is indeed a certain gap with the developed countries in the world, but this gap is not irreparable, because we have the largest population in the world and can give birth to the most talents,......

Not far away, a group of people watched them chat.

One of them whispered, "Accountant Liu, you can't deduct points for this." ”

The other person nodded again and again, "Lao Ba is right, you see Teacher Chen, he is definitely teaching them a few skills, which are all taught to the fields, which is different from us resting." ”

Accountant Liu was struggling in his heart, and when he heard their words, he couldn't help but look up and say, "Which of your eyes saw that I deducted their work?" ”

As he spoke, he handed over the scorebook in his hand, "Look, you see, did I deduct any points from them?" ”

Someone really craned their necks to look, "Ouch, it's really not." ”

One of the people next to him smiled, "If you want me to say, Teacher Chen doesn't have to go to the ground, just teach them well in the house." ”

A woman immediately rushed over, pulled Accountant Liu's sleeve and said, "Simply, let them all go back, and record the work as well, and then give a copy to Teacher Chen. ”

Accountant Liu suddenly wanted to cry without tears, "Sister-in-law, we are subsidy, whether Xiao Chen takes a salary drop or a double share, can we compare with him?" ”

(End of chapter)