Send me to the countryside? Turn around and make you homeless!

Huaiyin Brigade was very poor, even poorer than Tan Yuan had imagined.

Tan Yuan originally thought that no matter how poor the Huaiyin Brigade was, it was still a brigade with hundreds of members, plus there were at least a number of educated youth. Even if it was poor, there should be at least two or three thousand yuan in the public account.

Even the subsidies she had received over the years added up to several thousand yuan, but she never expected that there was not even a thousand.

With such a small amount of money, it is nothing but a daydream to want to start a business and open a factory. It is difficult, too difficult, as difficult as climbing to the sky.

She wanted to cry but had no tears...

But no matter how difficult it is, thinking about Zhao Xiaosi, Zhao Xiaoliu, Grandma Wang, the team leader, Accountant Zhang and others, I seem to have a little motivation again.

Tan Yuan now finally understood why the Huaiyin Brigade had been poor for so many years and continued to be poor as before. The accounts were so poor, there was no good solution, no one was leading the way, and whoever tried to do it easily would be doomed if they were not careful.

No wonder after the reform and opening up, the young people in the brigade went all over the country to work.

There's nothing we can do about it. If we could, who wouldn't want to stay in their hometown?

But no matter how difficult it is, what can we do? We have already said it, and we can't let Secretary Zhou, the team leader, and Accountant Zhang down.

Isn't it just poverty? As the old saying goes, the poor have their own way of living and the rich have their own way of living. Wouldn't it be better if she could find a way to save some money?

What can be obtained for free can be obtained for free, what can be purchased on credit can be purchased on credit, and as for raw materials, it is always easier to find a solution from the team's own people. As for the team's few hundred dollars... of course, they have to be spent wisely.

But how exactly should these things be done? Tan Yuan still needs to think carefully.

After returning Tofu to Grandma Wang's house, Tan Yuan played with Xiao Nianxiang and stroked its little body until its fur stood on end. Only then did she leave Grandma Wang's house and go to the brigade warehouse.

People are highly focused when doing things. She is now the team's scorekeeper and a part-time warehouse manager. Sorting the warehouse is also one of her jobs.

The previous scorekeeper was a male comrade from the brigade. He always managed the warehouse as long as it could be found, without any mention of cleanliness, tidiness or classification.

This is a good thing for Tan Yuan. How can she be left out of such a stress-relieving activity?

All the farm tools were moved out one by one, and the dirty and dusty warehouse was cleaned. All the farm tools were then sorted and put away. The damaged and rusty farm tools were also taken out separately, and the male comrades were asked to take them to the commune blacksmith shop for repair.

After completing these tasks, Tan Yuan was drenched in sweat, but her mind was unusually clear. She wrote down what she thought of in a notebook and waited for the team members to come over after work to register their work points.

In the middle, Nian Lin and Li Xiu came over. Nian Lin frowned when he saw Tan Yuan sweating all over.

"What work do you have left to do here?"

If there is any work to do, just give it to her. She is much stronger than Tan Yuan, so doing these jobs will be a piece of cake for her.

Working in the fields these days, her speed of clearing land has caught up with the old educated youth in the brigade.

However, the old educated youth also deliberately slowed down the pace. There are certain rules to the work. It is not good to be too slow, and it is not good to be too fast either.

Don't be too fast or too slow, so that you can feel relaxed and avoid being hated by others.

Anyway, there is a lot to learn here, and I learned it from the members of the brigade.

"No, the work here is easy and I've already done it."

Knowing that it was her sweat that caused Nian Lin to misunderstand, Tan Yuan hurriedly explained that she did it on purpose. Working could calm her down and was more conducive to her thinking.

Nian Lin didn't understand but respected her and said that she would go back to the mountain to collect firewood and boil water to prepare bath water for Tan Yuan tonight.

The only downside to being a scorekeeper in the brigade is that the time you finish work each day is uncertain.

Some people work quickly and leave as soon as they finish their work, while some people are slow and cannot finish their work from day to night. They still insist on working overtime and only come to register after dark.

It was easy during the day, and there was nothing wrong with waiting for people when getting off work. Tan Yuan registered the last person's name and then hurried to Grandma Wang's house.

According to their previous life routine, they must have finished dinner by this time. She didn't know if they were waiting for her. It was best not to, otherwise she would feel so embarrassed and let everyone go hungry with her.

There were no street lights on the road, but the moon in the sky was extremely bright, illuminating the way back.

Tan Yuan had just turned the last corner when she met Nian Lin who was planning to look for her. At this moment, there was still a trace of anxiety on Nian Lin's face. After seeing that Tan Yuan was safe and sound, all the anxiety disappeared as if they had never appeared.

"Hey, did you come out to look for me? Have you eaten yet? Is that the tofu and loach soup you made today? I can smell it, it smells so good!"

Tan Yuan trotted over and put her arm around Nian Lin with a smile. She was not as tall as Nian Lin, so she rested her head on Nian Lin's shoulder and smiled at her foolishly.

Feeling that Nian Lin's body stiffened for a moment, Tan Yuan did not let go, but hugged her even tighter.

Her Linlin has never had the love of her parents since she was a child, and no sisters have acted coquettishly towards her. She is not used to someone being so close to her, but she will get used to it slowly in the future.

Although she also has no parents, Tan Yuan has enjoyed the love of her father and mother for eight years. Although she can't remember it clearly now, the things in her bones cannot be changed. But Nian Lin is completely different.

It was probably because she had no one to love her and could not feel the affection of her family that she chose to commit suicide after her grandfather passed away.

In this life, Bian Linlin will never allow it!

The hands were getting tighter and tighter, but Nian Lin didn't say anything in the end. She let Tan Yuan hold her arm, and the two of them walked the last short distance to Grandma Wang's house in the moonlight.

"Meow meow meow~"

Just as she approached the yard, Nian Xiang was standing in the yard, meowing at her, as if accusing Tan Yuan of coming back too late and delaying her dinner.

Grandma Wang got down from her rocking chair, still waving her palm-leaf fan intermittently, and smiled at Tan Yuan, "You're back! Are you tired from work?"

"I'm not tired. Grandma, you haven't eaten yet. You don't have to wait for me..."

When Tan Yuan said this, her voice was so sweet that it made people feel sweet inside.

Li Xiu was also smiling. She wiped her hands on her apron to clean the dirt off them.

"You're back just in time! I just finished cooking. I made the tofu and loach soup. The soup is so white and creamy. I heard you fried the loach in lard. You also made some grilled eel. They're all warming on the stove. I'll serve them right away."