Reborn in 1977

During lunch, Huang Ying, Yang Ju, and Liu Dan passed around the purchase certificate, examining it.

Of course, it wasn't because they found it rare; their families had them too. They got enough from cutting pigweed every day, so they wouldn't find it strange.

But the fact that this thing was connected to Chen Fan made them find it very interesting.

Look at Teacher Chen, fair-skinned, tall, handsome, and with a touch of heroism, almost as good-looking as an actor in a movie.

Then look at the purchase certificate, and you can think of pigs!

Connecting Teacher Chen with pigs made the three of them want to laugh, but they didn't dare, so they tried hard to hold it in, their expressions a little distorted.

Jiang Lili, who had seen the purchase certificate before, understood their thoughts the most. She had already calmed down her laughter, but now she was influenced by them and wanted to laugh again, the corners of her mouth involuntarily turning up.

Chen Fan didn't care at all, leisurely spitting out fish bones, and said with a smile, "Raising pigs is like studying, it depends on talent. But unfortunately, I don't have any talent, so in the future, I'll have to ask you all for help, at least help me raise the pigs to 120 catties so I can complete the task."

By early 1984 at the latest, the "commune changing to township, production team changing to village" system would be fully implemented. From then on, the term "team number" would only exist in the mouths of people who had experienced this era. Then, after a few decades, when the generation born in the new century grew up, they would find it strange. Clearly, we are group number something of a certain village, so why do the old people always say we are team number something?

In fact, before the spring of 1984, after the success of Xiaogang's reform, more and more production teams and communes secretly followed suit, and many things were quietly changing.

Therefore, the food stations, which would be officially disbanded in 1984, had already stopped issuing purchase quotas to production teams several years earlier in some places.

As the lives of the people improved, the demand for meat naturally increased. High demand would drive up the price of pork, further promoting the rise in the price of live pigs. At that time, without anyone issuing a task, many people in rural areas would actively raise pigs.

With the popularization of hybrid rice, grain production increased, rice bran increased, and the commune members had more feed for raising pigs. Those who could only raise two before could now raise three or even four.

As a result, whether it was food stations, slaughterhouses, or meatpacking plants, they had an endless supply of live pigs, so there was no need to issue tasks anymore.

After all, issuing purchase quotas required giving "reward purchase" subsidies to farmers, saving a bit was saving a bit, why increase the burden on yourself? This was also one of the reasons for the several interruptions in purchase quotas in previous years.

So, if Chen Fan was bolder, it was very likely that he wouldn't have to hand in a single pig to fulfill the task and could hold out until the food station canceled the purchase quotas.

But since he had already raised two pigs and didn't have to work hard himself, he could pick one to complete the task, which could be considered as adding a bit of participation to his arrival in this era.

In the future, when talking to his grandchildren, he could proudly say, "Back then, your grandpa was also entrusted by the country and carried out an important mission!"

Anyone who says this task is not important definitely doesn't eat pork.

Hearing Chen Fan's words, Huang Ying was the first to guarantee, "Don't worry, Teacher Chen, my family's pigs are raised by me. Last year, I raised them to 150 catties. Leave it to me, there will definitely be no problem."

Upon hearing this, Yang Ju quickly followed suit, "The pig I raised grew to 156 catties, that's what you ate before the New Year."

Chen Fan nodded immediately after hearing this, um, that pig was indeed delicious!

Liu Dan also didn't want to be outdone, but the pigs she raised were indeed not as big as theirs, so she could only mutter, "I, I can also raise pigs."

Only Jiang Lili didn't say anything.

Chen Fan had just told her that with Huang Ying and the others helping, she shouldn't try to do everything herself, and should at least give them a chance to show off, just consider it as using labor to offset tuition fees.

So now Jiang Lili lowered her head and didn't speak, and didn't compete with them.

Seeing that the three female comrades were enthusiastically signing up, Chen Fan was deeply gratified and nodded, saying, "Very good, we must have this spirit of daring to be the first."

Then, he changed the subject, "But while striving to be the first, we must also pay attention to unity, just like our production team. If everyone goes all out, aren't we afraid of not having a great harvest? So…"

He looked at the three of them and smiled, "The matter of raising pigs is entrusted to you!"

The three girls nodded vigorously, as if they were accepting an important task.

Of course, Chen Fan wouldn't let them work for nothing.

No matter what, when the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination is announced, he will also send them to the examination hall for a visit. This is enough to offset their labor value, right?

Returning the purchase certificate to Chen Fan, Huang Ying suddenly said, "Teacher Chen, have you heard? Another cadre is coming to our team."

Chen Fan was stunned, "What cadre?"

Huang Ying was about to speak, but Yang Ju rushed to explain, "It's a 'staying point' cadre. From the start of spring plowing until the autumn grain is stored, almost every year cadres are sent to the village to stay and work, on the one hand to guide production, and on the other hand to train themselves."

Guide production?

Chen Fan asked thoughtfully, "Are they from the agricultural technology station?"

Huang Ying reacted quickly and took back the conversation, "No, people from all kinds of units come. Last year it was the tax office, the year before it was the financial management office, and before that there were the post and telecommunications office, the grain management office, the land management office, and the health center. It's different every year."

Hearing this, Chen Fan felt a little strange, "The grain management office is fine, but what kind of work do people from the post and telecommunications office come to guide?"

Yang Ju said with a smile, "I heard my dad say that they actually come to see the labor situation in our team."

Chen Fan, (￢_￢)?

Is there a problem with this statement?

Yang Ju continued, "Actually, it also depends on the person. Some cadres are very capable and know more about farming than the farmers. Two years ago, there was a cadre surnamed Fan who taught our team a lot of useful planting and breeding knowledge, which helped us increase production.

There was also the Zhao cadre who came down last year. He was very good at writing reports and often helped my dad write reports to ask the commune for pesticides and fertilizers, and he was always able to get them."

Chen Fan couldn't help but twitch his eyes when he heard this.

Is it because he is good at writing reports?

But he also understood that, just like Yang Ju said before, these staying point cadres come to "guide" rural production work on the one hand, and help the staying point unit solve some problems within their capacity on the other hand. At the same time, their coming to the production team is also a kind of training for themselves, and it will definitely add a stroke to their resume when they go back, which can be useful at critical moments.

After pondering for two seconds, Chen Fan suddenly asked, "Does having a staying point cadre come down have any impact on us?"

He drew a circle while saying this, and smiled, "I'm not talking about the team, I'm talking about this small courtyard."

Huang Ying instantly understood what he meant and immediately rushed to say, "He will take turns eating at the homes of various commune members, and will also take turns sleeping, and then he will work with everyone."

Chen Fan thought for a while and asked, "So he will also come here to eat and sleep?"

The three of Huang Ying were stunned for a moment, then slowly shook their heads, indicating they didn't know.

After they all stopped talking, Jiang Lili raised her head and said softly, "The staying point cadre will not come over."

Chen Fan turned to look at her, curiously asking, "Why?"

Jiang Lili pursed her lips and said, "The requirement for them is 'three togethers,' which is 'eat together, live together, and work together.' These are the three iron rules of the highest level for all cadres sent to the countryside. No one can or dares to violate them, otherwise, if someone secretly complains, the consequences will be very miserable, and they may not even be able to keep their cadre status.

The 'three togethers' requirement is only limited to the families of production team commune members, and it must be poor and lower-middle peasants. We are a youth hostel here, which is not within the scope of the 'three togethers,' so no matter who comes, they will not come over."

Chen Fan suddenly understood, so there was such a rule.

He now had a deeper understanding of this staying point cadre.

If this is the case, and they want to adhere to the 'three togethers' principle, then they will not only be sent to supervise production.

But the specific situation will have to wait until the cadre arrives before he can determine it with his own eyes.