Reborn in 1977

With medication, injections, and IV drips all working together, and under Chen Fan's soothing, Little Colt remained obediently lying in the hay pile from beginning to end.

Looking at the mule tied to the wooden frame, its braying was earth-shattering. Those who knew thought it was being treated, while those who didn't would think it was being slaughtered.

Master Liu stood next to Little Colt, waiting for Station Master Zhou to hang up the IV drip, before smiling and saying, "This horse is destined to be with Little Chen. All morning, so many people came and went in front of it, but it ignored them all. As soon as Little Chen came over, it rushed into his arms and even shed tears. As a result, Little Chen really is its savior. This horse is psychic."

Hearing this, Station Master Zhou looked at Chen Fan with surprise, "Oh, you didn't mention this just now. It seems that Master Chen is naturally suited to be a veterinarian."

Master Liu's eyes flickered slightly, and he even persuaded from the side, "Little Chen, listen to my advice. Although a broadcaster is also a 'unified worker,' it's actually not as good as being a veterinarian.

The work points of a broadcaster are fixed, 10 work points a day, but in addition to the 10 work points, a veterinarian also has attendance subsidies and various labor protections. When you go to someone's house for a consultation, they will treat you with good wine and good meat. At the end of the year, it's probably more than my work points for raising livestock.

But this job is much easier than raising livestock, and you earn more than a broadcaster. It's a good job that many people can't even imagine. In my opinion, being a broadcaster is really not as good as being a veterinarian."

Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly. Could it be that this old man was trying to trick him into becoming a professional veterinarian for the sake of having someone to treat his livestock in the future?

Even if he had thought about becoming a veterinarian before, he only wanted to do it part-time, stepping in when other veterinarians couldn't solve the problem, like a chief expert.

He couldn't stand having to deal with livestock all day long.

Hearing Master Liu's persuasion at this time, he shook his head and smiled, "I'm just imitating. If I really became a veterinarian, I definitely wouldn't be as good as Station Master Zhou. Let's forget it, let's forget it."

Seeing that he was so firm, Station Master Zhou and Master Liu didn't say anything more.

Chen Fan looked at the IV drip, estimating that it would take another hour to finish. He reassured Little Colt, then said hello to Master Liu, and had Jiang Lili drive the donkey cart to take him out to buy things.

After leaving the gate of the veterinary station, Chen Fan asked, "What is a 'unified worker'?"

Jiang Lili said, "Oh, a unified worker is someone who works in the brigade headquarters."

Chen Fan was a little surprised, "Then Secretary Yang and the others are also unified workers?"

Jiang Lili nodded, "Brigade cadres, civilian teachers, barefoot doctors, rural veterinarians, and agricultural technicians are all unified workers.

Because the brigade headquarters itself has no people, and the commune will not send people over, so if they need people, they can only transfer them from various teams.

For the sake of fairness, relatively speaking, unified workers will be drawn from the team with the largest number of people. The more people there are, the more will be drawn, so that it will not delay the team's production labor.

For example, Secretary Yang is actually from Team 4, Team Leader Zhang and Team Leader Xiao are from Team 5, and Team Leader Ye is from Team 7, all of which are the teams with the largest number of people.

The work points of unified workers are also different from those of commune members. They are recorded as 10 points every day for 365 days a year. Brigade cadres also have an additional 10% subsidy for staying up late for meetings and working overtime."

Speaking of this, she suddenly pursed her lips and smiled, "You are the first unified worker in Team 6."

Unfortunately, she was still wearing a face scarf, and you couldn't see the smile on her face, only her eyes curved into two crescent moons.

Chen Fan nodded in understanding, "So that's how it is."

Then he asked, "Doesn't everyone want to become a unified worker?"

Jiang Lili nodded, "Unified workers don't have to work in the fields. The work is much easier than farming, and the work points are even higher. Of course, everyone wants it.

But to be a unified worker, you have to have the ability. For example, Zhang Lianchang won against a dozen opponents before becoming the militia company commander. Sister Yang Xingxiu is also eloquent and has mediated many family conflicts, helping women uphold justice. Everyone respects her, so she can be the women's director."

As she spoke, she looked at Chen Fan and smiled, "For example, you can repair radios, speak Mandarin, and write articles for publication in newspapers. Letting you be a broadcaster, all the commune members in the team have no objections."

Chen Fan chuckled. He suddenly thought that in addition to being a broadcaster, he was also a data clerk and a correspondent. Wouldn't that be taking away other people's opportunities?

But as Jiang Lili said, without that ability, you can't be a unified worker.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be his turn to take on the roles.

While they were talking, they quickly arrived at Shitoufang.

The two went straight in and bought a small stone mill with a diameter of one foot.

He originally thought it would be very expensive, after all, carving such a stone mill was not easy, but he didn't expect that it would only cost 4 yuan including labor and materials, which made him wonder if the stonemason had misreported a 1?

Finally, after the receipt was issued, he confirmed that the price was correct.

He asked Jiang Lili as soon as he went out the door.

Jiang Lili was used to his lack of common sense and patiently explained, "This kind of small stone mill is not expensive. The kind of large stone mill that must be pulled by a donkey is expensive, not only is the price high, tens of yuan, but every time the grinding groove is worn flat, you have to ask a stonemason to re-carve it, and the working hours will cost two days, a total of 4 yuan in labor costs.

Small stone mills use less material, and carving is also convenient. A craftsman can carve one in two or three days. Many families will buy them for use, so the price is generally this price."

After coming out of the stone workshop, they went to the repair shop again.

Most of the repairs here are for iron tools, such as shovels and hoes. Chen Fan also saw a few small iron pots with holes in the corner. He had only seen aluminum pots repaired before, but this was the first time he had seen iron pots repaired.

Unfortunately, the blacksmith was making a firewood knife and did not show off his iron pot repair skills.

He didn't come for the iron pot.

He took out the balance spring piece from the original alarm clock and showed it to the coppersmith in the corner. The coppersmith said that this small thing could be done in ten minutes and asked him to come and get it later.

Chen Fan also ordered a purple copper belt buckle from him, which he would also pick up together in half an hour.

Although he didn't meet anyone selling belts today, what if he did one day? He would prepare the belt buckle first.

After coming out of the repair shop, Chen Fan turned into the bookstore not far away.

The bookstore was very small, with only four A-shaped bookshelves. After searching around the bookstore, he didn't find any good books.

The most numerous were actually comic books, which were colorful and filled a bookshelf, but the content was relatively simple, basically all red stories, unlike the 1980s when there were many varieties.

Chen Fan turned around twice, and finally bought a complete set of selected works and a set of textbooks.

There were a total of 4 volumes of selected works, and the 5th volume had not yet come out.

The textbooks ranged from the first grade of elementary school to high school, a complete set without missing a single one.

As a result, the salesperson was a little strange when paying the bill and asked him what he was buying so many textbooks for?

Chen Fan naturally wouldn't say that he wanted to understand the writing habits and learning structure of this era through textbooks. He made up a reason, saying that he was helping other people in the village bring them, and then paid the money and left.

Anyway, these books don't involve anything, so there's nothing to be afraid of whoever asks.

When he went out, Chen Fan was still rejoicing that in this era of tickets, there were also things that could be bought without tickets.

One was medicine, and the other was books. Otherwise, he would have to worry about where to find tickets.

Moreover, books are really cheap now, especially textbooks, which only cost two or three cents a book. Adding up so many books, it only cost a little over ten yuan.

Not having bought any special books in the bookstore, Chen Fan had a whim when passing by the waste recycling station, wondering if he could find any treasures inside?

The facts proved that he was overthinking it. Apart from a pile of scrap copper and iron, there was nothing else.