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

Secretary Zhou was the first to stand up and support, and naturally the others had no objections.

Everyone was even more surprised. They were surprised that the factory of the brigade actually planned to pay the workers there?

They had originally been acquiesced to giving work points to the brigade, but they could actually get paid directly. Although it was not paid for the time being, judging from what Captain Tan said, they were planning to pay money in the future. This was really a pleasant surprise.

It's a pleasant surprise, so who cares if it's released now or not? It will be released in the future anyway, so as long as it is released, it will be a profit.

Everyone agreed, so Tan Yuan continued speaking.

They now have another problem, which is tools.

"Even though the commune said they'd help, we can't rely on them for everything. It would be annoying for anyone to do everything, big or small. That's what I'm saying. We should definitely not bother the commune with anything we can do ourselves, and we shouldn't cause any trouble for them. What do you think?"

"Captain Tan is right. Captain Tan is aware of the situation. How can we expect the higher-ups to help us with everything? We have our own solutions and will definitely not cause any trouble for the organization."

Very good, your awareness is very high. Tan Yuan nodded with satisfaction. Since her awareness is so high, what she says next should not be difficult at all.

"I need some stones and wood, as well as stonemasons and carpenters."

"Wood is easy. There's nothing in our mountain except trees. But stones... they should be the kind used for millstones, right?"

"It's okay, it's just a rock. There are some on Turtle Mountain. I'll take people to the mountain to chisel it. It's not a problem."

The voice came before the person arrived. It was the militia captain. He was organizing people to repair the river dam recently. He received a meeting notice saying that there was an important matter and was required to be present. So he hurried back. Unexpectedly, this time he came back and solved a big problem.

The stone on Turtle Mountain refers to a giant turtle that was formed naturally. Tan Yuan had the good fortune to climb up there once in her previous life. Looking at the scenery below from above, all the brigades were in sight, and even the reservoir of the Shuiwazi Brigade was clearly visible, which looked very beautiful.

Such a good place can be developed into a tourist attraction if there is a chance in the future. Wouldn’t it be a pity if it was just destroyed like this?

In the past, Tan Yuan would have agreed without hesitation. Perhaps it was because she now held the position of youth captain in the brigade, so she couldn't help but start to think about the brigade.

However, developing tourism is something that will happen decades later, but opening a tofu factory is urgent now, said Tan Yuan after thinking about it again and again.

"It's not impossible to chisel rocks on Turtle Mountain, but one thing is, can we try to preserve the original appearance of Turtle Mountain and not destroy its current appearance?"

Such a huge, naturally formed rock has grown into the shape of a turtle. It would be a shame if it were destroyed.

The militia captain and the others looked up at Tan Yuan in surprise. If memory served them correctly, Tan Yuan had only recently arrived at the Huaiyin Brigade. The mountain where she'd gotten lost wasn't Turtle Mountain, so how could she possibly know about the Turtle Stone on Turtle Mountain?

Feeling everyone's gazes, Tan Yuan's heart skipped a beat. Recalling what she had just said, she quickly made up for it, "I heard from Comrade Guan Jianguo that our brigade has a turtle on the mountain. There's a large turtle rock that's been there for who knows how many years. I just thought that turtles are auspicious and naturally formed, so it's best not to destroy them easily."

It turns out that I heard Guan Jianguo mention it...

Everyone thought it made sense and withdrew their gaze from Tan Yuan.

"Okay, I'll watch over it and definitely won't damage the turtle stone up there."

The militia captain originally had a bad impression of Tan Yuan, thinking that she had a lot of things to do and had caused a lot of trouble in her short time in the brigade. But now he has a little more favorable impression of her. As an educated youth, she can think about the brigade. Such people are rare.

There was a hint of gentleness in his eyes as he looked at Tan Yuan.

Knowing that she had gotten through it safely, Tan Yuan felt that she was smart, but at the same time she felt sorry for the countless brain cells she had lost.

"Now that the stone and wood issues have been resolved, you don't have to worry about the carpentry and stonework. I'll take care of that."

Secretary Zhou stepped forward and said that living in the mountains, men in every household would know some carpentry work. They might not be able to do very fine work, but making tofu racks and molds would be no problem.

As for stonemasonry, that is even easier to solve. Old Man Zhao knows how to do this job. He made the stone mill in his home himself.

After the two most basic yet most important things were solved one after another, Tan Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. What she needed to do next would be much simpler.

Raw materials!

The brigade members all have soybeans at home, and the brigade can exchange them from the members using sweet potatoes.

If the members do not have enough at that time, they can go to the commune's grain station or other nearby brigades to purchase it. Of course, these are all later matters. In Tan Yuan's view, as long as the first batch of dried tofu can be successfully produced and sold, and the money can be obtained, everything else will no longer pose any problem.

A series of subsequent issues were discussed and the meeting officially ended.

From everyone's confusion when they came to the meeting to everyone's happy faces after the meeting, they all called Tan Yuan Captain Tan when they saw her.

Apart from Tan Yuan, Captain Lin Guoan was the most satisfied one.

How could he not be satisfied? He had discovered Tan Yuan among a large group of educated youth. As the old saying goes... Boya and Ziqi? A thousand-mile horse and a good horse trainer?

No matter what it was, he was happy.

He patted Tan Yuan's shoulder and said earnestly, "Captain Tan, our team will depend on you from now on!"

"Captain, what you said is wrong. Our brigade doesn't rely on just one person. Our brigade relies on the entire team, every cadre who truly works for the brigade, and every member and educated youth who works hard for the brigade. None of them can be missing!"

Tan Yuan corrected the captain's words with a serious expression, and the few people left in the meeting room smiled with satisfaction.

Sure enough, the educated youth from the city are different from those who were born and raised in the brigade. Look at what they say.

It makes people feel comfortable when listening to it. He is indeed a well-educated person.

In the past, most people in the team actually had a consensus in their hearts.

That is, what's the point of reading so many books? In the end, you still have to go to the countryside to work in the fields, just like these peasants, and be controlled by these peasants, and do whatever they tell you to do. Therefore, most people still have a bit of disdain for these educated youth and scholars.