Traveling back to 1977

Chapter 327 Playing with things to lose one’s spirit
After Secretary Yang and the others left, Chen Fan looked up at the hawk perched on the treetop next to him and gave a soft whistle.

The falcon immediately chirped twice, its eyes scanning the surroundings, not allowing any suspicious individuals to approach.

After arranging for the security guards to watch over the things in the house, Chen Fan went to the educated youth settlement in front of the building with peace of mind.

In his own room, four girls were playing with Gun Gun, so much so that he forgot to do his work.

Chen Fan's assessment of this was that indulging in frivolous pursuits leads to the loss of one's ambition!

"Look at yourselves! Have you swept the floor? Have you finished all your chores? Are you even coming to work today? You're just playing with the pandas here!"

Huang Ying pouted, "The floor was swept, the tables and chairs were wiped clean, and even the sewing machine was cleaned."

Yang Ju lowered her head, looking aggrieved. "The team didn't assign us to work today. They just told us to do chores at home, and that counts as working."

Liu Dan wiped her hands with her apron and said timidly, "There are still a lot of leftovers from lunch, so we don't need to cook dinner. We can just heat it up."

Even Jiang Lili, who usually doesn't talk much in front of outsiders, bravely raised her hands, holding the two "little mice," and said weakly, "These little guys keep moving and never stop. I don't know what's wrong with them."

Ok?
Chen Fan walked over and took the panda cub from her hands. He noticed that the little guy's belly was bulging, but it kept twisting and turning, which was obviously abnormal. He immediately frowned slightly, picked it up, and gently touched its little belly.

After a moment, he understood and said to Jiang Lili, "The little one needs to poop, but can't. Go find some cotton balls and get a bigger bowl."

Pooping?
Jiang Lili's pretty face turned bright red, and she lowered her head and ran out.

Chen Fan turned and glared at Gun Gun, "Don't you care if your baby needs to poop?"

Rolling on the left was Huang Ying, and on the right was Yang Ju. Both arms were being held, but they were still chewing lettuce and their eyes were full of innocence.

Look at me like this, how can I manage me?
Chen Fan was speechless. Faced with the temptation of delicious food, couldn't you be a little more resolute?
A moment later, Jiang Lili ran back, her face still flushed, and handed him the bowl and cotton ball in her hand, saying, "Here you go."

Chen Fan pointed to the table next to him, "Put the bowl on the table, and dip the cotton ball in some wine."

Once Jiang Lili was ready, he walked over and sat on the chair, supporting the panda cub's back with one hand, letting it lie on its back with its little bottom facing the bowl, and then gently massaging its little bottom with a damp cotton ball.

After a while, a clump of slightly smelly poop fell into the bowl.

Chen Fan, his face dark, wiped its bottom clean, then tossed the dog aside after solving the problem. The dog immediately lay comfortably on the table, motionless.

After quickly finishing off the other one, the two panda cubs, whose genders were unclear, lay on the table like two big, fleshy worms, humming contentedly.

The panda cubs' sexual characteristics are not obvious, and it is difficult for non-professionals to distinguish them. Chen Fan naturally could not tell whether they were male or female.

Jiang Lili squatted beside the table, looking curiously at the two large fleshy worms, and asked without blinking, "Have they been named?"

When she heard Chen Fan say "Get up," a bad feeling immediately welled up in her heart.

Could it be Xiaoqiang and Wangcai again?
Then Chen Fan pointed at the giant panda and said, "Mommy's name is Gun Gun."

He then pointed to the two little ones on the table, his expression somewhat hesitant, "Them? One is named Yangtze River, and the other is named All Water, but I forgot who is who."

All pandas are the same, so it's been like this since they were born?
Meanwhile, the four girls standing to the side were already reeling from the shock.

Is the mighty Yangtze River all water?
What a terrible name!
Jiang Lili looked right at Gun Gun, then left at the two little ones, and then at Chen Fan in the middle. "Could we change the name?"

Huang Ying, Yang Ju, and Liu Dan nodded together.

Chen Fan shook his head without hesitation, "How can such a good name be changed?"

Then he looked at the two little ones, his brows furrowed, muttering to himself, "Which one is the Yangtze River, and which one is all water?"

Even if you dragged their mother over, they wouldn't know.

Jiang Lili wiped her face, trying hard to suppress her laughter, picked up the ceramic bowl and cotton ball on the table, and went out, saying, "I'll go wash the dishes."

Huang Ying and the other two exchanged glances, silently thinking to themselves, "So Teacher Chen isn't omnipotent after all!"
Chen Fan didn't care what they thought. He cut a strip of cloth from an old piece of homespun cloth, wrapped it around one of the boys, and tied a bow. "Alright, from today onwards, you'll be called Changjiang."

Changjiang opened his eyes and glanced at him through a crack, his expression calm and unmoved.

A moment later, Jiang Lili came back, smiled and said, "How about Mom still calls her Gun Gun, and the little ones are called Chang Chang and Shui Shui?"

Chen Fan thought for a moment, "Okay, let's keep it as a nickname."

The three girls next to them breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, a nickname is a nickname, at least it sounds like a name.

The Yangtze River is all water? What a terrible name!
Jiang Lili held the long treat in her hands, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons with joy. "So cute!"

He then casually asked, "What's the use of this panda?"

Horses can be ridden and used to pull carts; dogs can guard the house; sheep can be sheared and eaten; even the falcons in the house can catch rabbits; and snakes can eat mice.

What can this panda do?
Chen Fan was also taken aback. Right, what can a panda do?

In future generations, anyone could easily say, "A national treasure? Its job is simply to be cute. What else do you need it for? To perform?"
Moreover, as a national treasure that is popular all over the world and irresistible, it not only has very high tourism and research value, but can also go abroad as a "goodwill ambassador" and has diplomatic value.

In addition, since everyone loves pandas, they can also be used as a medium to provide educational and promotional value.

But that's all for the country. What about for the individual?
Chen Fan walked up to Gun Gun, grabbed its big face, and asked, "What can you do?"

Gun Gun stared at him with its big, round, black eyes, then suddenly lay down on the bamboo bed and performed a handstand for him. Although the posture wasn't very standard, it was really a handstand, with its hands on the bed.

"Waaaaah (I know how to do this)."

This caused quite a stir; all four girls rushed over, hugging and rubbing Gun Gun.

It's cute enough, what else do you need it for?
Chen Fan agreed with this, found a gap, reached through their bodies to pat Gun Gun's head, and said, "I'm going to the commune to buy some diesel oil. You stay inside and watch the house."

Then, grabbing a tuft of fur on the top of the panda, he said, "Be a good boy at home, don't cause trouble, and especially don't hurt anyone, or you'll be punished by not being allowed to eat."

Upon hearing that he was not allowed to eat, Gun Gun immediately shuddered, his body stiffened, and he dared not move, letting the four girls rub him.

Only two eyes looked at Chen Fan, pleading for help.

Chen Fan immediately came to its rescue, saying, "Alright, alright, it's not a pet. It's a bear, after all, and it's quite fierce. Be careful it doesn't attack you."

Jiang Lili and the others looked at Gun Gun, and it looked very fierce.
I didn't realize!

However, I let go of it, placed Changchang and Shuishui next to it, and prepared to go about my other business.

Teacher Chen is right. Rolling is not a pet, and the people in the production team don't have the means to keep pets. They are busy with work all day long and wish they could find someone to keep them as pets. They don't have much time for leisure.

It's more important to get down to business. Afterwards, Jiang Lili went to the back, put a saddle on the mare, and led her to the front yard. Chen Fan took the reins, rode off, and headed towards the commune.

Those two diesel engines haven't been tested yet. Although he was confident that there wouldn't be any problems, since they weren't running, nobody knew if they would even work.

Don't wait until the last minute to try it out, only to find it doesn't work. Otherwise, today's dream of a small water tower will truly become a pipe dream.

So he had to go to the commune to buy some diesel and engine oil to test the machine.

He arrived in town shortly afterward, and people immediately recognized him, waving and greeting him.

"Teacher Chen is back?"

"I heard you went to the prefectural committee's health department to teach people how to write books. Have you finished writing them yet?"

Chen Fan felt a little dizzy on horseback. Teaching people how to write a book? What the heck?

He quickly explained, "I'm not teaching people how to write books, I just go over to help out with small things."

The man clearly didn't believe him. "Don't be modest. Driver Meng already said you went to the prefectural committee to publish a book. Isn't that publishing a book?"

Chen Fan gave an awkward smile, "It's about publishing a book, but not teaching people how to write one."

“That’s it. If you want to write your own book, why go there? If they can write, they’ll write it themselves. If you have to go there, then they must be teaching them how to write.”

"Teacher Chen is just being modest!"

With an awkward smile on his face, Chen Fan secretly urged the mare to run faster.

If he doesn't run away now, he won't know how to respond.

Soon after arriving at the supply and marketing cooperative, Chen Fan bought a barrel of diesel oil and a can of engine oil and headed back.

The diesel and engine oil coupons came from the health department. Yan Liyuan gave him a bunch of miscellaneous coupons, including diesel, engine oil, gasoline, and kerosene coupons, which he stuffed into his pocket.

(Diesel ticket)

He carried two buckets of oil straight back to the new house, added some oil to both diesel engines, and then added water to the water tank.

After finishing, Chen Fan picked up the crank handle, inserted it, and cranked it vigorously.

At this point, you must be very careful and hold the crank handle firmly. Do not let go, otherwise the crank handle will spin with the machine and break wherever it hits, until it is thrown away. It's very dangerous.

The diesel engine started smoothly, and the entire hilltop was filled with a rumbling sound that carried far and wide.

Just then, two groups of people came down the slope. One group came from the educated youth settlement, and the other group ran from the open space west of the educated youth courtyard. Neither side had time to greet each other and kept their heads down as they ran up the slope.

Captain Yang, in the prime of his life, was the first to run up to Chen Fan. However, he didn't even look at Chen Fan, his eyes fixed on the two spinning diesel engines, not even daring to blink.

In less than a minute, the others also rushed up and surrounded Chen Fan and the two diesel engines.

They just watched without saying a word.

Only after Chen Fan finished his inspection and turned off the diesel engine did everyone breathe a long sigh of relief.

After the diesel engines completely stopped, Chen Fan patted the fuel tank, looked up at Captain Yang, and smiled, "I just checked them, both of them are working properly, and they sound very smooth, no worse than new machines."

Captain Yang pursed his lips and nodded, then suddenly raised his hand and began to clap.

Soon, applause erupted from the top of the slope.

Even Jiang Lili and the other three ran over, standing outside the crowd, clapping their hands vigorously with flushed faces.

From then on, Lujiawan also had its own diesel engine!
Secretary Yang raised his hands, and the surroundings immediately fell silent.

He said to the group of people who came with him, "These two diesel engines were specially bought by Teacher Chen from the prefectural committee for our Lujiawan. One is used to build a water tower. We will start with Team 5 and Team 6 and build a small water tower that can supply water to the two teams. When we make money from aquaculture in the future, all the teams will need to have running water."

Hua Hua Hua...

Whether it was the people from Team 6 or the other group from Team 4, they all clapped automatically with excited expressions.

The four girls outside the crowd had stars in their eyes.

Good heavens, Lujiawan is actually going to have running water?!
Jiang Lili, in particular, looked at Chen Fan with disbelief in her eyes.

Chen Fan had told her before that he wanted to install running water in the new house and even proposed a bet. At the time, she couldn't believe it, but based on the many miracles Chen Fan had created, she instinctively refused to bet.

Looking back now, I'm glad I didn't make the bet, otherwise who knows what demands Chen Fan would have made.

But now, she has some thoughts in her mind. Why didn't she make a bet back then? What if Chen Fan made some unreasonable request? Would she agree or not?

Ugh, this is so annoying.

Chen Fan glanced at the members around him and couldn't help but wonder, Captain Yang brought people to build a panda park for him, so what were Master Wang and the others from Team 4 doing here?

At this moment, Captain Yang waved his hand and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Comrades, Teacher Chen has made such a great contribution to the production team, and he only makes a small request, which is to build a very small livestock shed..."

Chen Fan blinked to the side.

Isn't this a panda enclosure? How did it turn into a livestock shed?
Captain Yang was still working on the motivational speech, saying, "Build a livestock shed for the pandas he brought back, and add a fenced enclosure. We don't have diesel engines, but we have the skills."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Uh... although Teacher Chen taught us the craft, we still have the strength. We can't do anything else, but we must all make sure this livestock shed is built. What do you all say?"

The dozen or so people from Team 6 roared in unison, "Good!"

Captain Yang waved his hand and shouted, "Let's get to work!"

Each person then picked up a hoe and a shovel and ran to the designated spot.

Then, the string was pulled and the markings were made.

Captain Yang was still shouting loudly, "Xiao Chen, come over and tell me how to build it."

Chen Fan then came to his senses and ran over excitedly. "This place is next to the kitchen. We'll build a small house here, but the windows need to be high up, like skylights. It'll be the panda's dormitory. Then we'll build a yard in front, with brick walls on three sides. The side closest to the house, the north side, will be made of wooden stakes. The area shouldn't be too big or too small, roughly right in front of the main entrance..."

The panda enclosure wasn't complicated. Chen Fan quickly explained the requirements, and the construction team began digging the foundation.

(End of this chapter)