Time Travel: Volume 1! Starting from a Small Mountain Village

"What's wrong with you?!"

Miao Dashan and Liu Cuie have been a married couple for many years, having met and supported each other through decades. Their relationship has always been very good, and Miao Dashan would confide in his wife about everything.

For him, his wife was not only his wife, but also his advisor. He immediately told her about the meeting he had attended that day, hoping she could give him some advice.

“Long Zhiqing is a very capable person.”

After listening to her husband's words, Liu Cuie blurted out this sentence out of the blue. She had lived for decades and met countless people, but she had never encountered a young girl as capable as Long Zhiqing before.

“I think Long Zhiqing is right. Think about it carefully. How many people were there in Dongwan Brigade ten years ago? How many are there now? The amount of food we are allocating is getting less and less, and many people are not getting enough to eat. If we really encounter some natural disaster, I'm afraid it will be like before.”

Liu Cuie sighed. Back then, she too had fled famine. If it weren't for Miao Dashan giving her a bite to eat, she probably would have starved to death on the road long ago.

It is precisely because of these things that their relationship is so loving. During their time fleeing famine, they supported each other to get through those difficult years.

"You mean you want me to agree to Long Zhiqing's proposal?" Miao Dashan couldn't help but ask when he heard that his wife shared the same view as Long Zhiqing.

“No, that’s not it. After all, this involves the interests of the whole village, so how can we be so hasty?” She thought for a moment and continued, “Didn’t you say that Long Zhiqing is building that fermentation tank? Why don’t we see the results first?”

"If it's really as good as she says, then we can talk about it later."

"You're right!" Miao Dashan nodded happily upon hearing this, then gave his wife a quick kiss on the cheek, grinning as he said, "You truly are my think tank!"

"Get lost! We're an old married couple, why are you still so unruly?" Liu Cuie slapped her husband and scolded him with a laugh. Though she said that, she was secretly overjoyed.

These past two days, under Long Lifan's guidance, the fermentation tank was finally put into operation. After that, there was nothing more for her to do, and Long Lifan returned to her normal work schedule.

It just requires occasional visits to the fermentation tank to check on things, as temperature and humidity are crucial during fermentation. Since it was her own suggestion, Long Lifan certainly wouldn't leave it unattended.

The effects of organic fertilizer are self-evident. As long as it is successful, the commune members will naturally accept it, and the grain production of Dongwan Brigade will definitely increase.

Five days passed in a flash, and when she came to check on it that day, she could no longer smell any feces, which indicated that the fermentation had been successful.

"Hmm, not bad, you can arrange for someone to fertilize the corn now," Long Lifan carefully grabbed a handful, nodded in satisfaction, and then gave them instructions.

Upon hearing the news, Lin Guodong personally came over and looked at Long Lifan, who was squatting to the side, and asked, "Long Zhiqing, is it a success?"

"Hmm, it's almost ready when it's fermented like this." Long Lifan stood up, clapped her hands, and nodded. According to her estimate, it would take at least a week, but it seems that the temperature in the north is higher than in the south, so it only took five days to complete the fermentation.

"Now we just have to see how it goes!" Although Lin Guodong trusted Long Lifan, he still had to wait and see the final result. He immediately arranged for someone to deliver the fermented organic fertilizer to the field.

County Machinery Factory

"Director Xu, it's a success!" Qiu Yuansheng ran into the director's office and shouted.

"Really." Upon hearing this, Xu Tiansheng immediately stood up from his chair. "Let's go to the production line."

Xu Tiansheng strode out of the office and headed quickly toward the production workshop, with Qiu Yuansheng following closely behind.

Upon arriving at the production workshop, Xu Tiansheng saw a batch of brand-new farm tools displayed in a cold water pool. He couldn't resist pulling one out to examine it closely and found it to be exactly the same as the one Comrade Tianlong had shown him. He couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahaha"

"How was the result? Have you tested it?" In her excitement, she didn't forget to ask Qiu Yuansheng, who was standing next to her.

Although Long Lifan provided them with styles and ideas, mold design was also very time-consuming. They were going to produce on a large scale, so molds were naturally indispensable.

During this period, the entire factory was operating at full capacity to produce new farm implements. Qiu Yuansheng, in particular, as the person in charge, hadn't had a good night's sleep for several days.

"The experiment has been conducted, and the results have basically met Long Zhiqing's requirements." Qiu Yuansheng's dark circles were comparable to those of a panda, but he showed no signs of fatigue and instead spoke excitedly.

"That's great!" Xu Tiansheng couldn't help but exclaim. He then glanced at Qiu Yuansheng's condition, walked up to him, and patted Qiu Yuansheng on the shoulder. "You've worked hard. If our factory can really be revived with the help of these new farm tools, you will be the biggest contributor."

"As long as the factory can recover, what does a little hardship matter?"

"Good, well said!" Xu Tiansheng said a few words of encouragement to him, and then told him to go back and get some rest.

"Xiao Zhang, get the car ready for me, I need to go to the county committee." Now that they have molds and can mass-produce, he needs to promote it according to the methods taught to him by Long Zhiqing.

In the office of the Pingwu County Party Committee, a middle-aged man was hunched over his desk, flipping through registration information in his hands, sighing occasionally. He was the Party Secretary of Pingwu County, and the documents in his hands contained data on the sale of donated grain by various communes.

The county party secretary's surname is Li, and his given name is Li Chang'an. He and Xu Tiansheng were comrades-in-arms before. Unlike Xu, who was injured and retired, Li was discharged normally and assigned to Pingwu County as secretary.

Just as he was pondering how to handle the situation, his secretary ran over and said that Director Xu from the machinery factory was looking for him. He immediately frowned, but still asked his secretary to invite Xu Tiansheng over.

"Old Xu, didn't I tell you? The machinery factory's decision is an order from above. It's no use coming to me." Li Chang'an looked at his old comrade-in-arms, feeling a pang of pity.

When the higher-ups were discussing how to handle the machinery factory, he immediately told his old comrade-in-arms the news. Little did he expect that Xu Tiansheng would come every few days asking him to plead with the higher-ups. Now, he somewhat regrets telling his old comrade about it; otherwise, he wouldn't be causing him such a headache.

"Old Li, you're treating me like a thief, is that appropriate?" Xu Tiansheng was in a good mood and couldn't help but tease his old comrade-in-arms.

Li Chang'an rolled his eyes at him, letting him figure it out for himself, as if to say, "Who keeps coming to me every now and then to plead for me?"

“I didn’t come here to talk to you about this.” Xu Tiansheng stopped teasing his old comrade and revealed the purpose of his visit: “It’s like this, our factory is preparing to donate a batch of farm tools to various communes.”

"I've asked you to come here so that you can help me summon the cadres from each commune to the county."

"What? Did I hear that right?!" Li Chang'an exclaimed as if he had heard a joke. "With your machine factory in its current state, you still have the leisure to help the commune?"

"Hey Lao Xu, you haven't gone crazy because of the resolutions from above, have you? Maybe you should go to the hospital for a checkup," Li Chang'an said with some concern, thinking it was indeed possible.

"Didn't the higher-ups give our machinery factory six months? No rush." ​​If he didn't want to expose the new farm implements so early, he would have said it already. This is fine too; maybe he can give his old comrade a surprise later.

"You..." Li Chang'an saw Xu Tiansheng's nonchalant attitude and thought he was just throwing caution to the wind. He was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"Are you sure you really want to provide farm tools to the various communes?"

The county's enterprises sometimes provide assistance to the communes below, but this is the first time Xu Tiansheng has summoned all the communes at once. However, if he summons the commune cadres and then goes back on his word, things will get very serious.

This would not only cause dissatisfaction among the various communes, but also damage the government's image, which is why he repeatedly asked to confirm.

"Yes, I've made up my mind."

Xu Tiansheng answered in an extremely firm tone.