Reborn in 1977

Chapter 326 Two Conditions

Two diesel engines, one Chen Fan planned to keep for his own use, but the individual project expanded into a production team project.

But for him, he couldn't be happier.

If he used it himself, he would have to pay for building the water tower, and he would have to figure out the building materials and water pipes himself.

Now it's great, the production team takes care of everything, and it doesn't affect his own use of tap water, so awesome.

And the production team can build tap water, which has both substance and face, and both sides benefit, which is a complete win-win situation.

One diesel engine is used to build a small water tower, as for the other one, Chen Fan doesn't care, and throws it to the brigade headquarters to give them a headache.

Secretary Yang touched the diesel engine, not headache at all, "This one will be made into a water pump, so that Lujiawan can pump water for its own fields in the future!"

In the past, agricultural production water all relied on the commune's "irrigation team", which cost money, and had to queue up during the busy farming season.

If we can have our own water pump, we can irrigate whenever we want, and irrigate as much as we want. I want freedom to irrigate!

Zhang Team Leader and Ye Shubao unanimously agreed with Secretary Yang's decision.

Converting the diesel engine into a water pump is the most economical and realistic way to use it, … …

Then I heard Chen Fan say, "Actually, if you buy some other equipment, such as a small propeller from the shipyard of the water transport company, you can install it on the boat and use it as a speedboat, and you can also drive it directly to the district committee to transport things."

He remembered that when he went to the district committee, driver Master Meng said that the river next to Lujiawan can directly connect to the Yangtze River, and it only takes seven or eight hours to Yunhu by boat. Without a car, a diesel engine boat can open the door for Lujiawan to the outside world.

An Quan also said from the side, "If you can find a way to buy the transmission system of a tractor, you can also assemble a tractor yourself."

Chen Fan, "Any small car chassis will work, just install a diesel engine and it can be used."

In this era, assembling tractors is all the rage. Buying a tractor is expensive, and you need an approval from the commune or county. Therefore, many production teams try to buy second-hand tractors, or buy diesel engines to assemble them themselves. Some can even use a diesel engine plus a flatbed to assemble a car.

(A tractor assembled with a jeep chassis is considered a high-end product among assembled cars)

Everyone was moved by their words.

Especially accountant Liu and the others, they are still thinking about buying old goods at the district committee. It would be great if there was a boat that could be driven to the district committee!

But there are still people who are sober-minded.

Xiao Lie Wen curled his lips and said, "The idea is good, but you have to be able to get those things. Now a breeding farm has emptied the brigade and owes a lot of debt. Where can you get so much money to buy this and that?

The construction of tap water cannot be delayed, and the bricks and tiles can be burned by ourselves. We only need to buy water pipes. We have to do this even if we borrow money.

As for the others, first buy two water pumps, one for the small water tower and one for the water pump. Other things like propellers and tractors have to be done step by step. Let's talk about it later."

Secretary Yang and others couldn't help nodding slightly after hearing this.

Zhang Team Leader echoed, "You can't get fat in one bite. Let's strive to get the breeding farm on the right track in one or two years. When we make money, we will equip the other big items one by one. Lujiawan must also learn from advanced production teams and strive to achieve mechanization as soon as possible like the production teams in the newspaper!"

Everyone was excited by these words.

Ye Shubao laughed and said, "The most fearful thing about doing things is not seeing hope. As long as there is a goal and hope, and we put our efforts in one place, even if we are tired every day, we will be willing to be tired!"

As soon as these words came out, there was another chorus of agreement.

At this point, the treasures Chen Fan had scavenged had their destinations, and everyone stopped staying in the room and ran out one after another.

Outside, Xiao Lie Wen took the lead in lighting a cigarette, took a hard puff, and then said, "There are so many books, I didn't even dare to smoke a cigarette, I almost suffocated me."

Zhang Team Leader slowly loaded tobacco shreds into the cigarette pot, grinned and smiled, "If the production team can be transformed greatly, I am willing to be suffocated."

Secretary Yang spit out a puff of smoke, looked back at the piles of books inside the glass window, and the two diesel engines, his eyes full of smiles.

When he turned around, he glanced at everyone and said softly, "These two diesel engines were brought back by Xiao Chen. Now that all of us are here, let's talk about how to compensate him."

Strictly speaking, both diesel engines are Chen Fan's private property. Now that he has contributed them to the production team, the production team must also give a certain value of return for this behavior.

Otherwise, if there is no reward at all, who will be willing to contribute to the collective in the future?

As soon as Secretary Yang finished speaking, everyone turned their attention to Chen Fan.

Zhang Team Leader spoke first, "Xiao Chen, tell me, what requirements do you have?"

Seeing everyone's eyes, Chen Fan rubbed his hands, seeming a little embarrassed.

What kind of reward do you want? I can't think of it.

At this moment, he looked at the educated youth spot at the bottom of the slope, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He turned to Secretary Yang and Team Leader Zhang and said, "I have two small requests, I don't know if it's okay."

Secretary Yang pointed at him, "Speak."

Chen Fan suddenly walked forward, about across the position of the reserved kitchen, and gestured in a place on the side of the kitchen facing the main building, and said, "I want to enclose a place here, build a small house for the panda to live in, and build an activity space. It should be surrounded by walls. Can the team help me build this panda garden?"

Zhang Wenliang walked over and asked, "I'm not against it, I'm just a little curious, why do you have to build a house for the panda? Before, those livestock were just stuffed into a place at the educated youth spot, right?"

Accountant Liu also echoed, "That's right, you're being too partial."

After a pause, he added, "Why don't we build you a bigger livestock shed and move all your horses, sheep, dogs, and pigs over there? Let's treat everyone equally."

Chen Fan immediately shook his head, "No, no, no, I don't want any other livestock. When the new house is built, I'll bring Gouzi over at most, and the others will be raised down below."

The other livestock have too strong of a smell, especially their feces. Now that the weather is gradually getting warmer, there's a faint stench in the front yard of the educated youth spot, let alone the livestock shed. He doesn't want that.

Gun Gun is more adorable. Even its poop doesn't stink, but has a light bamboo fragrance. There's no problem raising it at the doorstep.

Seeing Chen Fan being so partial, everyone laughed.

Finally, Secretary Yang waved his hand, "Alright, since you're saving the production team money, then I promise you, we'll build you a panda enclosure."

In everyone's opinion, Chen Fan's condition was almost like a free gift.

He already had the bricks himself. The team would at most buy some cement and send workers to help him build the house. It wouldn't cost much money at all. Wasn't it a free gift?!

After a pause, Secretary Yang smiled at Chen Fan again, "You said two conditions, what's the other one?"

Chen Fan chuckled, "The other one is, can the team arrange for someone to send me over a hundred pounds of fresh bamboo every day?"

"Oh,"

Secretary Yang nodded in realization, "For the panda to eat?"

Team Leader Zhang next to him looked at him curiously, "Does a panda eat more than 100 pounds of bamboo a day? Can it finish it?"

Chen Fan nodded slightly, "Pandas mainly eat bamboo, but it's not easy to digest, so they need to eat constantly all day long. 100 pounds of bamboo might not be enough. It also needs to be supplemented with some vegetables. But we have vegetables at the educated youth spot. If it's not enough, we can feed it some fish and shrimp, and that'll be about right."

In addition to bamboo and vegetables, it is occasionally necessary to feed pandas a little meat and eggs to supplement protein.

He had previously inquired about the panda's diet from that street performer. As a result, the street performer was simply raising the panda like a pig, giving it whatever there was to eat. Of course, bamboo was the main ingredient. If there was no bamboo, he would feed it grass, the kind of pig feed. It really ate like a pig.

Vegetables and meat and eggs? Dream on!

It was precisely because Gun Gun could still jump around with his crude feeding methods that Chen Fan was so confident in raising pandas.

Which of the 12 teams in Lujiawan doesn't have several large bamboo forests?

Taking turns getting some bamboo from them every day wouldn't be a burden at all.

The only problem was that he was too lazy to do it himself. Now that Secretary Yang was letting him make demands, he might as well bring it up.

Faced with the condition Chen Fan proposed, Secretary Yang didn't hesitate and nodded immediately, "Okay, starting today, I'll have each team send 10 pounds of fresh bamboo over."

Chen Fan grinned and chuckled. With the production team sending bamboo, it was equivalent to the brigade helping him raise the panda, so there would be even less burden.

With the two conditions settled, the crowd didn't stay any longer and dispersed one after another.

Before leaving, Secretary Yang said to Chen Fan, "The plum rain season is coming soon. During the plum rain season, there will be a lot of farm work. Once the plum rain season is over, we will have to prepare to harvest the early rice and plant the late rice. After we finish these, in a few days, we will have to pick cotton. It can be said that once the plum rain season starts, it will be the busiest time of the year."

All of us have to keep an eye on those few acres of land, and various production tasks cannot be delayed. You and Xiao An will have to put in more effort for the work of expanding the school and building the water tower.

Let's strive to build the school and water tower as soon as possible, so that the members have a goal to work towards."

Chen Fan nodded, "The school's affairs are easy to handle. I'll send the books over tomorrow. I can also train the veterinarian-cum-teacher for a few days and guide them into the field."

Then he looked at An Quan, "But An-ge will have to worry more about the water tower's pipes and asking a master craftsman from the county construction team for help."

An Quan made a gesture, "Easy to say, I'll go run this matter after I take over the rabbits from you."

Ye Shubao walked over and said, "Xiao Chen, when can your rabbits be taken away?"

Chen Fan, "Now, we can find someone to take them away now. It just so happens that a batch of cages can be vacated, so I can breed the next batch."

Ye Shubao nodded slightly, "Okay, then I'll find someone to pull them away this afternoon."

After they left, Team Leader Yang also came over and said, "How about this, I'll just find the toilet construction team to lay the foundation later and build the panda enclosure for you as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the plum rain season starts, it will be raining every day, and it won't be easy to do."

Chen Fan had no objections and nodded with a smile, "Then thank you, Team Leader."

Team Leader Yang patted him on the shoulder and chuckled, "We're all family, why are you being so polite."

Then he waved his hand, "I'm leaving."

Accountant Liu also said at this time, "You don't have to prepare any hospitality for this house building. Since it was promised by the brigade department, all hospitality will be paid from the public account. You just wait for the panda to live in the new house."

After speaking, he also left with Team Leader Yang and the others.