Reborn in 1977

Shouldering the load, I returned home to find the snow in the yard had already been cleared, with only a thin layer of the afternoon's snowfall remaining. No need to ask, it was definitely Jiang Lili's doing.

Seeing Chen Fan return, she immediately came out of the room, curiously eyeing the load on his shoulders. "What's that?"

As she spoke, she came forward to take it from him.

But Chen Fan waved his hand. "It's snowing, don't come out. I'll carry it directly to the back."

Then he walked towards the backyard through the passage beside his room, saying, "I went to the commune this morning. Master Zhu treated me to lunch. Afterwards, I went to the breeding station and happened to find some piglets, so I grabbed two. There were also two lambs, so I bought them back too."

Jiang Lili ignored his words and came out, walking along the eaves behind him, craning her neck to look at the lambs in the basket, her eyes full of delight. "Oh, how cute."

Suddenly, she noticed Chen Fan had stopped. Looking up, she saw his speechless expression, and quickly smiled, "It's just a little bit of snow. It's fine if I brush it off, it won't get me wet."

Chen Fan shook his head and continued walking forward. "I'm worried about you catching a cold. Look at yourself, you've become so thin. Your resistance must be poor. You must always be careful."

Jiang Lili walked behind him, and hearing this, she couldn't help but touch her face. Not thin at all, it seemed like she had even gained a little weight.

Compared to before, her current life was like a dream, with fish or meat every day. Even at home, she didn't eat this well.

She felt like she had gained a whole circle, worried that people would notice she had been fattened up after winter, and was thinking of resisting eating meat. Could it be that she was still very thin?

Chen Fan walked ahead, "Don't worry about whether others have noticed you gaining weight. To put it bluntly, each household is too busy taking care of themselves to have time to look at you.

On the contrary, it's when you're too thin that you attract attention. Look at the commune members in the village, the men are lean, but most of the women are broad and sturdy. Even young girls, like Huang Ying, are stronger than you.

People are too maverick and they stand out. If you really don't want to attract attention, the best way is to follow the crowd. Just be like everyone else. Listen to me, and you definitely won't go wrong."

Anyway, the big trends of the past were already over, and with him around, small problems were nothing to worry about, so there was no need to be as cautious as before.

Jiang Lili blinked, her eyes darting slightly. Was that really the case?

Passing through the vegetable garden in the backyard, it was only a few steps to the pigsty. The little colt, seeing him coming, jumped and pranced excitedly.

Chen Fan first patted the horse's head, then looked at the two pigsties, deciding to put the lambs and the colt together, and the piglets separately.

This pig house was quite large, with two outhouses connected to one end, and the manure pit was there. The other end was where firewood was piled and pig feed was cooked. In the middle were two pigsties. The one near the woodshed was already occupied by the colt, and the other was still empty, just right for the piglets.

Chen Fan first carried the lambs into the colt's side, instructing them not to fight and to get along peacefully, and then carried the piglets to the other pigsty.

The piglets had been in the basket for half a day, and their legs were a little weak when they first stepped on the ground, but after a while, they began to run around.

Originally, Chen Fan wanted to teach them how to sleep, how to eat, and where to defecate, but the two piglets wouldn't listen and just ran around.

Alright, keep it that way, and there won't be any worries when it's time to eat them in the future.

Then he carried two bundles of straw over, one for the piglets and one for the lambs.

The lambs were indeed more obedient, nuzzling against Jiang Lili's legs and bleating, prompting her to grab two more handfuls of fodder.

Jiang Lili squatted on the ground, holding a lamb in her arms, grabbed a handful of fodder to feed the lamb, and after a while, she looked up and said with a worried face, "There's only dry straw here, it's not enough for them to eat, and they can't just eat dry grass. They need to supplement with green grass. I heard that the production team sometimes feeds the large livestock soybeans and sorghum. Where are we going to find feed?"

As she spoke, her face was full of worry.

When she first saw the piglets and lambs, she was quite happy, but when it came to feeding them, she felt a little overwhelmed.

Chen Fan tilted his head and thought for a moment. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Jiang Lili say again, "And the piglets, I'll go outside to find pigweed tomorrow, but now most of the pigweed has withered and yellowed, and it's snowing. I don't know if I can find enough for them to eat."

Her face was twisted with worry as she spoke.

Seeing her worried look, Chen Fan couldn't help but chuckle, "It's okay, isn't it just feed? The team may not have much grain stored, but there is a lot of bran, sorghum, and dry fodder. I'll go to the team later and exchange some with work points, which should be enough for them to eat. When spring comes and the flowers bloom, there will be plenty of green grass to feed them. Then, supplement a little concentrate, and we can raise them well."

Jiang Lili looked up, looking at him in surprise, "Exchange with work points? What will you do next year?"

He had enough grain for the next year, so much rice and meat and fish, enough for Chen Fan's food for more than half a year, and he ate quite well.

When the year-end settlement came, his work points for the year could be exchanged for grain again, and he could save a little more money to buy other things.

But if he exchanged his work points for feed in advance, what about next year?

Would he have to be like some of the poor households in the production team, borrowing grain in advance and then using work points to offset the cost?

If that were the case, it would be better not to raise these things.

Thinking of this, Jiang Lili felt that the soft lambs were no longer cute.

Seeing her expression, Chen Fan also squatted down and smiled, "It's okay, because I have two shares of work points."

Jiang Lili widened her eyes, staring blankly at him, "Two shares?"

Chen Fan nodded, explained the matter of being a veterinarian, and smiled, "In the future, I will also be a broadcaster and a veterinarian. It's already a loss to only give two shares of work points, okay."

Then he touched the lamb in her arms, "When these little things grow up, they can also be sold for money, so it definitely won't be a loss."

The little colt next to him, seeing him touching the lamb but not himself, immediately came over and nuzzled into his arms.

Chen Fan smiled and hugged it, stroking its face, "This little guy is pretty good, I probably won't sell it in the future."

Jiang Lili was relieved and looked at him with admiration, "You're so amazing!"

Chen Fan smiled and was about to speak when suddenly there was movement in his cloth bag.

Chen Fan then remembered that there was still a hobby in it.

He quickly opened the cloth bag and took out the hobby.

Jiang Lili's eyes widened. "There's a bird too?"

Chen Fan picked up the hobby and looked at it, smiling, "I don't plan to keep this one. When its wings are healed, it can take care of itself."

Jiang Lili looked at him, then at the colt, lambs, and piglets here, thinking about the puppy and chickens in the house, and suddenly felt like the educated youth spot had become a breeding farm.