Traveling back to 1977

Chapter 215: Living off the Mountain
After the situation was explained, they began to collect the rice seeds.

The total area of ​​Lujiawan Village is more than 5000 mu, of which about 4000 mu are cultivated land. Each mu requires 5 jin of rice seeds, which means a total of about 20000 jin of rice seeds.

Taking into account the possibility of moldy seeds or other losses, the commune delivered more than 21000 jin to the brigade, giving them an extra 5%.

It looks like a lot, but a single sack can hold over 180 jin of millet, so it's actually only 120 sacks. Well, the commune also gave us a little extra hybrid rice seeds, hoping they can plant them well.

Each team gets 10 bags, which can be easily hauled back by two carts.

Two of the bags contained the legendary hybrid rice.

Chen Fan stood in the corner of the field, holding his own drawing board in his left hand and a pencil in his right, sketching out the scene of distributing seeds little by little.

Zhang Cuie, unusually, did not attend her studies. Instead, she and two other girls from Team 5 who were in the cultural class huddled together next to Chen Fan, watching him paint, barely daring to utter a sound.

Chen Fan, however, didn't seem to mind. He turned and glanced at them a few times, then smiled and asked, "You like painting?"

Zhang Cuie blushed and gently shook her head, "I just like watching it."

The two girls shook their heads in agreement.

She paused for a moment, then said, "Teacher Chen, you're so amazing, you can do everything."

The two girls nodded in agreement.

Chen Fan smiled and said, "If you observe and learn more, many things are not difficult. For example, painting contains many mathematical concepts, such as the golden ratio, the golden spiral, the Fibonacci sequence, as well as logarithmic curves, arithmetic curves, and exponential curves. These mathematical techniques can all be applied to painting."

Drawing skills will be of great help in studying mechanical design or electronics-related majors in the future, as these majors all require drawing skills.

So you see, sometimes learning is a holistic process; things influence each other. If you do well in math, it will also improve your physics and chemistry scores. If your Chinese score improves, it will also enhance your understanding of humanities subjects.

Then he turned his head and saw three bewildered faces.

Chen Fan chuckled twice and summarized in one sentence, "In short, even if you can't attend cultural classes because you need to earn work points, don't give up on self-study."

Even the busiest people need rest. Waking up half an hour earlier in the morning and going to bed half an hour later at night can save you an hour. Furthermore, you should learn to improve your efficiency and make the most of your work time for studying.

Zhang Cuie looked at him curiously, "How do you study during work hours?"

Chen Fan smiled and pointed to the drawing board with his pen. "You see, I'm working right now, gathering material for my spring plowing report, but that doesn't stop me from chatting with you. So, you can do the same. You can gather pig feed, cook pig feed, cook rice, wash clothes, herd cattle, fetch water, and so on. You can make use of all this time. It's best to carry two sheets of paper in your pocket so you can copy down the contents of your textbooks for easy memorization, or jot down any questions that come to mind."

Zhang Cuie suddenly realized, and the two girls next to her nodded repeatedly.

After a two-second pause, Zhang Cuie asked curiously, "Teacher Chen, is this how you save time while studying?"

Chen Fan shrugged. "Of course."

He sighed inwardly. If there were no television, computers, mobile phones, game consoles, novels, karaoke, etc., why would he have chosen to learn so many things?

Aside from his genuine love for martial arts and shooting, and a slight interest in calligraphy, other things he does are either ways to pass the time, such as studying veterinary medicine or traditional Chinese medicine, or ways to improve his life, such as kiln firing, bricklaying, carpentry, cooking, and so on.

It's really just to kill time!

The same applies to teaching those students; it's partly because I hope they can be of help to me in the future, and partly because I want to keep myself occupied.

Otherwise, turning the radio on and off twice a day is really boring.

The distribution of seeds was completed quickly; the grain seeds that had been piled up like a small mountain were swiftly taken away by the various teams. Chen Fan also completed the sketch outline of the "seed distribution" process.

Looking at the somewhat stiff lines, Chen Fan sighed softly and muttered, "This drawing board is still no good."

Zhang Wenliang happened to walk over and, upon hearing his words, asked, "Why isn't the drawing board working?"

Chen Fan pinched the clips, took the paper off, and shook the drawing board in his hand. "This was made from a piece of wood. First, the board is too hard, and second, the surface is a bit rough. It's a pity that the commune supply and marketing cooperative doesn't sell planes. Otherwise, I could have bought a set of woodworking tools and made something better myself."

Zhang Wenliang was slightly taken aback. "Oh, you can do carpentry?"

Chen Fan grinned and chuckled twice. "This thing isn't complicated. Last time, when Uncle Huang from our team was building a house, I stayed there for two days and learned a lot from the carpenter."

Zhang Cuie asked from the other side, "Teacher Chen, is this what you meant by something that can be connected to mathematics?"

Chen Fan turned around, nodded, and smiled, "It's not just mathematics, but also physics, especially for some structural wooden items, such as wardrobes and house frames, where this knowledge can be applied."

Zhang Wenliang clicked his tongue slightly on the other side, "It's just carpentry, how did it involve mathematics and physics?"

Chen Fan said, "More than that. Take veterinary medicine, for example. It also involves chemistry. Otherwise, why would I make sure they learn basic cultural knowledge? Without this foundation, even if they can recite the veterinary textbook backwards, they still can't compare to an experienced master like Station Chief Zhou. And your martial arts and marksmanship skills are comparable to physics..."

Hearing this, Zhang Wenliang felt a headache coming on and quickly raised his hands in surrender, changing the subject, "Do you need any woodworking tools?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Fan was immediately overjoyed, "You can get it?"

Zhang Wenliang smiled, pointed at him and said, "You can't see the true face of Mount Lu, because you are in the mountain yourself."

Chen Fan raised an eyebrow slightly. "Oh, you can recite poetry too."

Zhang Wenliang chuckled and said, "What's so special about that? I even got first place in the class when I was in the literacy class!"

Chen Fan smiled and nodded, "Not bad, not bad, but it seems like it wasn't used in the right place."

Zhang Wenliang was taken aback. "It didn't work, right?"

Chen Fan laughed and said, "You mean the woodworking tools are right next to me, but I didn't see them, right?"

Zhang Wenliang nodded, "Yes."

Then, humbly asking, "What is this called?"

Chen Fan, "The darkest place is under the lamp."

Zhang Wenliang curled his lip, "He has absolutely no education."

He then waved his hand and said, "I'm not going to argue with you anymore. If you need woodworking tools, I'll bring them to you tomorrow."

Chen Fan asked curiously, "Where did you get it?"

Zhang Wenliang laughed and said, "The construction team, the No. 1 construction team is all from Lujiawan. If you ask them to get a set of carpentry tools, you don't even need to pay. They can just take a set from their unit and then go through the scrapping process."

Chen Fan nodded in realization, "So, you live off the land, right?"

(End of this chapter)