Traveling back to 1977

Chapter 146 has become a breeding farm.
When I returned home carrying the load, I found that the snow in the yard had been shoveled away, leaving only a thin layer that had fallen in the afternoon. Without asking, I knew it was Jiang Lili who had done it.

Upon seeing Chen Fan return, she immediately came out of the room, looking curiously at the load on his shoulder, "What's this?"

He then walked out to pick him up.

Chen Fan waved his hand, "It's snowing, don't come out. I'll just go to the back."

He then walked from the passageway next to his room to the backyard, saying, "I went to the commune this morning. Lunch was treated by Master Zhu. Later, I went to the breeding station and caught two piglets. There were also two lambs, which I bought as well."

Jiang Lili ignored his advice not to come out, but instead walked along the eaves and followed behind him, craning her neck to look at the lambs in the basket, her eyes full of surprise, "Wow, so cute."

Suddenly noticing that Chen Fan had stopped, she looked up and saw his speechless expression, so she quickly smiled and said, "It's just a little snowflake. Just brush it off and it'll be fine. It won't get wet."

Chen Fan shook his head and continued walking forward. "I'm worried you'll catch a cold. Look at yourself, how thin you've become. Your resistance must be weak. You must be careful at all times."

Jiang Lili walked behind him and, upon hearing this, couldn't help but touch her face. She wasn't thin; in fact, she seemed to have gained a little weight.

Compared to before, life now is like a dream. Every day it's fish and meat. Even back home, the food wasn't as good as here.

She feels like she's gained weight and is worried that people will notice she's gotten fat after winter. She's thinking of resisting the urge to eat meat. Is she still that thin?
Chen Fan walked ahead, saying, "Don't worry about whether others see you getting fat. To put it bluntly, everyone is too busy taking care of themselves to have time to look at you."

On the contrary, it's because you're too thin that you attract attention. Go and look at the villagers. The men are all lean, but most of the women are big and strong. Even the little girls, look at Huang Ying, she's more robust than you.

When someone is too unconventional, they stand out. If you really want to avoid attracting attention, the best way is to follow the crowd. Do what everyone else does; you can't go wrong by listening to me.

Anyway, the major trend has passed, and with him around, minor problems are no big deal. There's no need to be as cautious and timid as before.

Jiang Lili blinked, her eyes slightly darting around. "Is this how it is?"
After passing through the vegetable garden in the backyard, it was only a few steps to the pigsty. When the foal saw him coming, it jumped and skipped excitedly.

Chen Fan first touched the horse's head, then looked at the two pigsties, and decided to put the lamb and the pony together, and the piglets on one side.

This pigsty is quite large. One end connects to two outhouses, where the manure pit is also located. The other end is where firewood is stored and pig feed is cooked. In the middle are two pig pens. The one next to the firewood pens has already been occupied by Xiao Ma, while the other one is empty, which is perfect for the piglets to live in.

Chen Fan first carried the lamb to the pony side, instructing them not to fight and to live together peacefully, and then carried the piglet to the other side of the pigpen.

The piglet had been in the basket for a while, and its legs were still a little weak when it first got out of the basket. After a while, it started running around happily on the ground.

Chen Fan originally wanted to teach them how to sleep, how to eat, and where to poop and pee, but the two little pigs were disobedient and kept running around.

Alright, let's keep it this way, then we won't have any worries when we eat them in the future.

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

The little lamb was more obedient, bleating as it nestled near Jiang Lili's legs, which prompted her to grab a couple more handfuls of hay.

Jiang Lili squatted on the ground, holding a lamb in her arms. She grabbed a handful of hay to feed the lamb. After a while, she looked up and said with a worried expression, "There is only dry straw here, which is not enough for them. And eating only dry straw is not enough. We must supplement them with green grass. I heard that the production team's large livestock are sometimes fed soybeans and sorghum. Where are we going to find feed?"

Chen Fan tilted his head and thought for a moment, just about to speak, when he heard Jiang Lili say, "And the piglets, I'll go outside to find pig feed tomorrow, but a lot of the pig feed is withered and yellow now, and it's snowed, I don't know if I can find enough for them to eat." As she spoke, her face was all bitter.

I was quite happy when I first saw the piglets and lambs, but when it came time to feed them, I got a little nervous.

Seeing her worried expression, Chen Fan chuckled and said, "It's alright, it's just feed. The team may not have much grain stored, but they have plenty of bran, sorghum, and dried feed. I'll go to the team later and exchange some work points for it, which will be enough for them. When spring comes and the flowers bloom, there will be plenty of green grass to feed them. Then we can supplement them with some concentrated feed, and they'll be fine."

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

The food for the next year is secured. There's enough rice, meat, and fish to feed Chen Fan for more than half a year, and he's eating quite well.

When it's time to settle accounts at the end of the year, his work points can be exchanged for grain again, and he'll have extra money to buy other things.

But what if we exchange our work points for feed in advance? What about next year?
Are we to end up like some of the struggling households in the production team, borrowing grain from the production team first and then using work points to make ends meet?

In that case, it's better not to keep these things at all.

Thinking about this, Jiang Lili felt that even the soft, fluffy little lambs weren't cute anymore.

Seeing her expression, Chen Fan squatted down as well and said with a smile, "It's okay, because I have two work points."

Jiang Lili stared at him wide-eyed, "Two portions?"

Chen Fan nodded, explained the veterinarian situation, and laughed, "From now on, I'll be working as both a broadcaster and a veterinarian, and I'll also be bringing other people along. It's already a loss to only get two work points, okay?"

Then he patted the lamb in her arms and said, "When these little creatures grow up, they can be sold for money, so we definitely won't lose money."

When the little horse next to him saw that he was petting the lamb but not himself, it immediately came over and snuggled into his arms.

Chen Fan smiled and hugged it, stroking the horse's face. "This little guy is quite good; I probably won't sell him in the future."

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

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

Chen Fan then remembered that there was a falcon inside.

Quickly open the cloth bag and take the falcon out.

Jiang Lili's eyes widened. "There's another bird?"

Chen Fan picked up the falcon and looked at it, then laughed and said, "I don't plan to keep this one. Once its wings are healed, it will take care of itself."

Jiang Lili looked at him, then at the ponies, lambs, and piglets, and then at the puppies and chickens in the house in front of her. Suddenly, she felt like the educated youth settlement had turned into a breeding farm.

(End of this chapter)