Reborn in the 1970s, Zhang Sanniu's new life

San Niu and Zhang Laosan arrived at the village chief's house. "You two, what brings you here? Come in and have a seat," the village chief greeted them.

"Grandpa Village Chief, we're not going in. Something's happened. Quickly ring the gong and get everyone to the village committee for a meeting. I have something to tell you all," San Niu said.

The village chief saw that San Niu and Zhang Laosan both had serious expressions on their faces. Without asking any questions, he quickly went into the house, banged the gong, and shouted loudly, "Everyone, hurry to the village committee for a meeting! There's something important to tell you!"

San Niu and Zhang Laosan also went to the village committee, and soon all the villagers arrived!

After a while, the village chief arrived, and San Niu asked, "Grandpa Village Chief, have all the villagers arrived yet?"

The village chief looked at the villagers and said, "Since you're all here, what's the matter?"

"Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me. Today, the manager from the provincial capital came to my house and said that the higher-ups have decided to merge many factories. If their factories are merged, our business will not be able to continue. So today, I'm informing everyone that our family is preparing to stop all business operations," San Niu said.

Upon hearing San Niu's words, the villagers jumped up in a panic, shouting and yelling, some even bursting into tears!

With San Niu's family business shut down, what are they going to do with all those pigs and chickens they raise? They're all money! If they can't sell them, it'll be like the end of the world!

"San Niu, what should we do? The pigs and chickens we raise are ready to be sold soon. If your business stops, what will happen to our livestock?!" the village chief said anxiously.

San Niu looked at everyone, feeling a pang of pity. "Everyone, please be quiet. Here's what we're saying: During this period, everyone should hurry up and bring any chickens or pigs you have that weigh over 200 jin (100 kg) to my house to sell. If they weigh less than 200 jin, feed them two extra meals a day to help them grow bigger and sell them quickly. After that, please stop raising them. I'm officially informing everyone today that two months from now, I will no longer accept any pigs or chickens from anyone," San Niu said.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after hearing San Niu's words. As long as they bought this batch of animals, they wouldn't lose money. At worst, they could just stop raising them when they went online in the future!

Everyone rushed home to prepare to send the biggest pigs from their homes to Sanniu's house to sell!

San Niu said to the village chief, "Grandpa Village Chief, I'd also like to trouble you and the other cadres to inform the other villages and ask them to bring over any pigs and chickens they can sell as soon as possible, so they won't have to raise any more."

"Okay, we'll go to the other villages now and inform them. The village chiefs and the others left after they finished speaking!"

San Niu and Zhang Lao San also hurried home!

When we got home, Sanniu said, "Dad, for now, let's collect the pigs from the villagers first. Don't slaughter any of the pigs from our farm yet. Also, since the villagers are all coming to sell their pigs, we need to find a few more people to help with the slaughtering. And now that we're slaughtering so many pigs, the farm can't handle that many. Tomorrow afternoon, after we finish delivering the goods, we'll come back to pick up the truckload, go find Grandpa Liu and Grandma Wu, and then go to the little villa again. Let's try to sell as much pork and chicken as possible every day!"

“Alright, we’ll do it your way. I’ll go find someone right now,” Zhang Laosan said.

Sighing, San Niu looked at the villagers lining up to sell their pigs and said loudly, "Everyone, don't rush. There are still two months. Let's take it slow. I promise I will definitely buy all the pigs you've raised. Don't rush, take it one at a time!"

The villagers wouldn't listen to reason. In just one afternoon, they collected more than two hundred pigs and two or three thousand chickens. San Niu told Zhang Xiaojun and the others to kill all the pigs and put the chickens in baskets first!

The next day, Sanniu and her group finished delivering the goods, loaded two carts with pigs and chickens, and headed into town!

San Niu and her family went first to the family quarters. After getting out of the car, San Niu said to Zhang Laosan, "Dad, you and Uncle open the car doors. If anyone asks, you sell it. I'm going to find Grandpa Liu!"

"Alright, go ahead!" Zhang Laosan said, opening the car door.

When San Niu arrived at Old Liu's house, Old Liu was sitting outside playing chess with someone!

Old Liu, upon seeing San Niu, exclaimed, "Oh my, you busy man, what brings you here today!"

San Niu said, "Grandpa Liu, I've brought a truckload of pork and a truckload of chickens over. Let's see if anyone wants them in our apartment building!"

"Oh, is that so? Then we won't play chess anymore, let's go buy meat together," Grandpa Liu said, standing up.

"Oh dear, I'm not playing anymore. I need to hurry and buy some meat. We'll make braised pork for dinner tonight," said another old man who was playing chess.

As soon as he finished speaking, even the group of people watching the chess game went to buy meat!

With San Niu's help, Old Liu carried the table home, locked the door, and the two of them went to the front gate together!

On the way, Old Liu asked, "Didn't you cooperate with many people and sell the pork and chicken to the factory? Why are you selling them here?"

“Sigh, Grandpa Liu, have you heard? A lot of factories are going to merge now, so I have to get rid of the animals the villagers are raising as soon as possible, otherwise the villagers will lose money. My family doesn’t care, we can just earn less, but what will happen to the villagers if these things really can’t be sold?” San Niu said.

“I heard it from your Grandpa Wang. Well then, you’d better hurry and don’t let the villagers cause a commotion,” said Old Liu.

San Niu and Old Man Liu arrived at the gate. Both cars were surrounded by a lot of people. San Niu quickly went to sell her things!

"Everyone, don't rush, line up and come one by one. Let me tell you first, pork is 1.7 yuan per jin, and chicken is 1.2 yuan per jin. No coupons required," San Niu said!

Soon, San Niu and her friends sold half a truckload of goods at the residential building where Old Liu lived. After saying goodbye to Old Liu, they went to the residential compound where Old Wu lived.

When they arrived at the residential compound, San Niu and her family parked their car in a wide-open space. San Niu saw many elderly men and women sitting by the roadside, sunbathing and chatting.

San Niu went over and called out, "Grandpa, Grandma, we've brought a cartload of pork and a cartload of chicken. Anyone who wants to buy can come and take a look!"

"Really? Come on, let's go take a look!" An old woman said, getting up to speak.

San Niu stopped looking for Old Lady Wu and led a group of people to the front of the truck. "Look everyone," she said, "my meat and chicken are all exceptionally good and incredibly effective. We sold half a truckload right at the apartment building up ahead!"

"Hmm, that's good. How much is your meat?" an old man asked.

"No tickets needed! Pork is 1.7 yuan, chicken is 1.2 yuan. Everyone who wants to buy, line up!" San Niu shouted.

San Niu and her friends originally planned to sell their pork and chicken here and then sell it at the small villa. But people kept coming and going, and in just over two hours, they sold out all the pork and chicken left on the truck!

San Niu and the others then drove home!

Sitting in the car, San Niu said, "Dad, we've ordered now. We won't sell today. We'll go back, reload the goods, and then go to the county town. It's already dark, so we'll come back tomorrow!"

“Alright, we can’t sell them all in one day anyway, so let’s not rush it and take it slow,” Zhang Laosan said.

"Well, Dad, I want to take a good rest after we're done with our work. Also, I want to go to Beijing to have some fun. These past few years, we've been focused on making money, working from morning till night every day. My eldest sister and second sister will be on vacation soon, so let's have our whole family, along with my uncle and the others, go to Beijing together," San Niu said.

“Okay, whatever you say. We have money now anyway, so let’s all go to Beijing together. None of us have ever been far from home! We’ll have a good time!” Zhang Laosan said with a smile.

"Dad, this time we're not just going to have fun. I also want to go to Beijing to see if we can buy a few more houses there, and then see if we can find other businesses to do," San Niu said!

“Daughter! Don’t rush to make money. You’ve worked so hard for us every day these past few years. Take this opportunity to rest. Also, if you really want to buy a house in Beijing, then we’ll go there, take a good look, and buy the one we like,” Zhang Laosan said.

"Dad, aren't you afraid of me? We've spent all our money," San Niu joked.

“Spend it and then earn it back. Anyway, all the money in our family was earned by you. As long as you’re happy, spend it however you want,” Zhang Laosan said.

"Dad, you're so good to me, but don't worry! I won't spend it recklessly," San Niu said!

Over the years, San Niu has always felt particularly happy. Although she is very tired and works very hard every day, having to worry about the family business and try to maintain good relationships with all the factory managers, her parents don't care. They unconditionally support and protect whatever decisions San Niu makes, making her feel very free, comfortable, and happy!

For several days in a row, San Niu and her friends not only delivered goods, but also took the goods to sell outside. After selling them in the county town, they took the pork and chicken to sell in other counties!

For more than ten days in a row, fewer villagers came to sell pigs and chickens. Sanniu and the others calculated that they had enough to deliver to the factory, so they didn't need to take them out to sell!

After dinner, San Niu held a meeting for everyone!

San Niu said, "Everyone has worked hard these past few days. I think it's about time to help out a little longer. In a couple of days, we'll slaughter all the pigs at our farm, sell the goods for a couple more days, and then everyone can relax!"

"Oh, finally it's over. For the past ten days or so, we've been slaughtering two or three hundred pigs every day. We're exhausted. Now that we're done, we need to get some rest," Zhang Dajun said.

“Yes, I know you’ve all worked hard. So, once our slaughterhouse closes down, I’ll treat you all to a trip to Beijing,” San Niu said.

"Mom, San Niu, you're really taking us to Beijing!" Zhang Xiaojun exclaimed.

“Go ahead, everyone here today can go. Tickets, food, and lodging—all expenses are on me,” San Niu said!

"Oh, that's great! We can go see Tiananmen Square and the Great Wall now. We've only seen them on TV. Now we can go and see them for ourselves!" Wang Dayong said.

"Let me tell you all in advance that we're going to Beijing. My family wants to buy a house there. If you also want to buy one, bring your money with you. If you buy a house in Beijing now, you'll only make money, whether you live in it or sell it later. You can discuss it and those who want to buy should prepare in advance," San Niu said.

"Then let's go home and discuss it with my dad," Zhang Xiaojun said.

Zhang Dajun looked at Zhang Xiaojun and said, "San Niu, are houses in Beijing particularly expensive?"

“I think it shouldn’t be too expensive, because there aren’t many rich people these days, and if it’s too expensive, no one will sell it. I think your family has enough money to buy two sets, San Niu said!”

"That's good. Let's go home and discuss it," Zhang Dajun said.

Zhang Dajun and Zhang Xiaojun then went back!

Wang Dayong looked at Sanniu and asked, "Sanniu, if you buy a house in Beijing, does that mean you won't come back and won't continue the family business?"

“Yes, we do have that plan. You see, the factories are going to merge now. The reason our business is so good is firstly because we have an exclusive business, secondly because our products are expensive and don't require invoices, and most importantly, we can deliver goods to the factories regularly every day. But think about it, once the government cancels all the use of invoices, we will lose our advantage. At that time, many people will be scrambling to do our business, and we won't be able to sell much goods in a day, and the profits will be much less,” San Niu said.

“Okay, if you put it that way, we understand. If it’s like you say, then we won’t do it!” Wang Dayong said.

“Uncle, don’t worry. If we don’t do this line of work, we can do something else. Actually, I’ve always had an idea to switch to the clothing industry, but it’s just an idea. Whether it can be done or not, we’ll have to go to Beijing to see for ourselves before we decide,” San Niu said.