The hunter's leisurely life begins with marrying a female educated youth.

Zhang Youwei stretched his back in his office.

"The personnel arrangements for the busy farming season are finally complete."

Zhang Youwei twisted his waist, looked at the overall planning form on his desk, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The busy farming season each year is the most intense and busiest time for the production brigade. Basically, everyone is on the field to harvest rice, dry it, and transport it to the grain station. No accidents can happen during this process.

After all, the production brigade's harvest depended on the results of the busy farming season.

A good harvest means that each member of the production brigade can receive a fair share based on their work points.

Zhang Youwei and Zhang Hecheng, the brigade secretary, discussed for several days before finally finalizing the arrangements for the busy farming season.

Jingle Bell……

The sound of a bicycle bell came from inside.

Zhang Youwei also frequently rode the bicycles provided by the commune, and upon hearing this bell, he became somewhat puzzled.

"Could it be that people from the commune have come?"

Upon hearing the sound, Zhang Youwei left his office and looked towards the entrance of the threshing ground.

The image of Zhang Yun riding a bicycle appeared.

"This... Yun Ya actually bought a bicycle!"

Zhang Youwei was also a little surprised.

Is it possible for a waterfront mine to generate several hundred million in cash at once?

This was Zhang Youwei's first reaction. He never expected that Zhang Yun could earn hundreds of yuan in just a few days from a small purchase.

Zhang Yun skillfully performed a bicycle drift, neatly parked the bike, and then took off the bag he was carrying.

"Captain, let's talk in the office."

Zhang Yun laughed.

Zhang Youwei had already guessed what was going on, so he immediately went into the office and closed the wooden door.

Zhang Yun untied the bag and revealed the gifts inside.

"Captain, this is a thank-you gift for the matchmaker. I'll trouble you to go and propose marriage for me this afternoon."

Zhang Yun handed a pack of cigarettes directly to Zhang Youwei.

Looking at the three characters "Big Red Flower" on the packaging, Zhang Youwei knew that this was a well-known cigarette brand from Hunan Province, and it was quite expensive.

Zhang Youwei also smokes normally, but he is reluctant to spend money to buy cigarettes. Instead, he rolls tobacco shreds in paper and takes a couple of puffs.

Zhang Youwei also knew some of the cigarette brands sold by the supply and marketing cooperative.

Red Chrysanthemum cigarettes cost 12 cents, Big Red Flower cigarettes cost 18 cents, and cigarettes costing more than 20 cents were rare; only a few leaders of the commune could afford them.

This pack contains 20 packets, which costs 3.6 yuan.

Zhang Youwei secretly admired Zhang Yun, thinking that the young man had some courage and was indeed magnanimous.

"Captain, this is only part of the thank-you gift. I've already contacted a hunter friend, and he should be able to hunt some pheasants in the next couple of days. I'll buy them and give you two pheasants."

Zhang Yun said with a smile.

In the Spirit Spring Space, 50 eggs bought from Jigong Mountain have been hatched. Only 40 eggs have hatched successfully, and chicks have emerged. At a time flow rate of 15 times, these chicks are now the size of a fist, and in two more days they will be the size of a normal domestic chicken.

The pheasants caught from their burrows, along with their eggs, were incubated by the female pheasants and hatched into hundreds of chicks.

With a 15x time flow rate, ample food, and the nourishment of the spiritual spring, these young pheasants will grow to the size of normal pheasants in a day or two.

In other words, the number of chickens in the Spirit Spring Space, whether domestic or wild, has now reached a considerable scale.

Naturally, Zhang Yun can now freely give away two male pheasants.

"Haha... Zhang Yun, you're a good kid, you've got the makings of something big."

Upon hearing that there were two pheasants, Zhang Youwei became excited and praised them repeatedly with a smile.

Zhang Youwei was fortunate enough to taste the delicious pheasant once, and he found it unforgettable.

"Captain, these gifts, and the bicycle outside, are all for Han Zhiqing."

Zhang Yun said with a smile.

Zhang Youwei stood up abruptly.

"What did you say? A bicycle is a gift delivered to the door?"

Clearly, the value of this gift startled Zhang Youwei.

The "three turns and one sound" dowry has been widely circulated outside, with slogans shouted loudly, but in reality, not only in Jiuwan Village, but even in the entire Qushui Commune, there are very few families that can actually do it.

Zhang Yun has now directly given away a turn.

A sewing machine, a watch, a bicycle, and a radio—these three "turns and one sound" (referring to the three turnings and one sound) would cost over 500 yuan if you bought them all. In this era, very few families could afford them.

"Yun Ya Zi, if I were a woman, I would want to marry you."

"Alright, with all these gifts from you, Han Zhiqing will be so happy she'll faint. She'll definitely marry you."

Zhang Youwei said excitedly.

At this moment, Zhang Yun also saw the busy farming schedule on Zhang Youwei's desk.

"Captain, is the busy farming season starting on July 8th?"

Zhang Yun asked with a smile.

"Yes, the secretary and I have already set the date. The whole brigade will start getting busy on July 8th."

Zhang Youwei replied.

Zhang Yun immediately fell silent. Today is June 20th, which means that in 18 days, the busy farming season will begin.

Once the busy farming season begins, everyone has to go to the fields to work.

Zhang Yun's new house had to be completed within these 18 days; otherwise, construction would have to wait until after the busy farming season.

This affected Zhang Yun and Han Xuemei's wedding date.

Originally, Zhang Yun and Han Xuemei agreed to get married a month later.

The busy farming season has now completely disrupted their plans.

"Captain, I want to finish building my new house before the busy farming season. Do you have any good ideas?"

Zhang Yun still didn't want to postpone the wedding.

"This timeframe is far too tight... unless we mobilize all the able-bodied people in our village."

"The foundation is fine, but the adobe bricks, beams, and doors and windows all need to be arranged in advance. There's not enough time."

Zhang Youwei understood Zhang Yun's meaning; she actually wanted to get married before the busy farming season. He immediately brought up the problem he had in mind.

The whole village is building houses...

Zhang Yun was also taken aback.

"Captain, I want to build a red brick house."

Zhang Yun said with a smile.

Zhang Youwei immediately stood up straight and exclaimed in surprise, "Red bricks! The cost of building a house with these is extremely high. Each brick costs 5 cents, and your house is so big, that must have cost thousands of red bricks."

“But to build a red brick house, you have to use cement. To buy cement, you have to go to the county and find connections to get approval.”

Clearly, Zhang Yun's mention of "red brick houses" immediately broke Zhang Youwei's defenses; he really hadn't expected Zhang Yun to have such grand ideas.

In the 70s, rural houses were mostly made of adobe, which involved mixing mud to make bricks and then letting them dry. This method of construction was easy to obtain materials for, quick to build, and inexpensive.

Red brick houses were something that only state-owned units such as communes, supply and marketing cooperatives, mines, and factories could build.

"Red bricks, cement, I'll figure something out."

"Captain, can you help me think of a way to bring all the adult men in the village to my homestead and have them help me level the foundation?"

“Oh, I’m willing to give one dollar a day to every villager who goes to work, and I can provide meat for all three meals on the day they work.”

Zhang Yun said with a smile, his face full of confidence.

In fact, Zhang Yun also knew some house building knowledge. His house site was relatively flat, and as long as the whole village mobilized 50 adult men, it could be completely leveled in one day.

For 50 yuan a day, the foundation could be leveled directly. Zhang Yun certainly felt that such efficiency was worthwhile.

When Zhang Youwei heard that Zhang Yun was determined to build a red brick house and wanted to complete it within 18 days, he was somewhat impressed.

"Since you've offered such favorable terms, I might as well help you this once. I think if I spread the word about your terms, plenty of people would be willing to help you level the foundation."

Zhang Youwei agreed.