Reborn in 1977

Seeing Chen Fan return, Jiang Lili's lips unconsciously curved upwards, "You're back? Are all the exams finished?"

Chen Fan nodded, walked over, and smiled, "Finished the exams, and the results are out too. Team Leader Yang and the others are discussing who to give the spots to. I have to go to work, so I came back first."

Jiang Lili's eyes flickered slightly. She immediately understood that something must have gone wrong. They had clearly said before that the spots would be determined by exam scores, but now they were still discussing it, which meant the exam scores didn't count.

However, she didn't ask much, smiling and saying, "I'll go to Team 10 tomorrow to buy a jar of maltose. Then we can make New Year's goods."

Chen Fan, "Uh, I'll go buy it tomorrow. Team Leader Yang said that the team will slaughter the New Year pig and distribute the meat tomorrow morning, over at the livestock shed. You need to go and collect your share."

Jiang Lili was stunned for a moment, blinked, "Oh, distributing meat tomorrow."

Then she seemed lost in thought, not knowing what she was thinking.

Chen Fan looked at her and softly asked, "What's wrong? Not happy about getting meat?"

Jiang Lili shook her head with a smile, "No."

She hesitated for a moment before saying, "If they're distributing meat, the other educated youth will probably come back."

Chen Fan raised his eyebrows slightly, "So what if they come back? Are they going to cause you trouble?"

Jiang Lili quickly shook her head, "No, they usually ignore me."

After a pause, she looked at him hesitantly.

Chen Fan suddenly understood, and smiled, "Are you worried that if I live here, they'll cause me trouble?"

Jiang Lili nodded gently, "It's possible, yes."

Chen Fan couldn't help but chuckle, "Then you're worrying too much. The educated youth are only temporarily staying here. What right do they have to gossip?"

This house was allocated by the production brigade. Who can kick him out?

All the work he had done before wasn't for nothing. Now, from the brigade to the team, he could almost be considered 'one of their own.' Especially with the veterinary class about to start, the production team was even less likely to favor the educated youth. Even if they did favor someone, it would only be him.

If a lawsuit was filed with the commune, and the commune really made him move, that would be perfect. He could borrow some money to clear the land behind his house and build a new house. He would move there immediately!

Jiang Lili pursed her lips and shook her head, "It's mainly because there are two educated youth who are a bit nasty and like to be unreasonable. If you run into them, don't argue with them. It's best to go directly to Team Leader Yang and have him resolve it."

After a pause, she was worried that Chen Fan might overthink it, so she whispered, "Those two are children of people in the commune. People from their work unit like to stick together. They definitely won't do anything to you in the village, but I'm afraid you'll suffer if you go to the commune."

Chen Fan immediately understood what she meant.

It was nothing more than a miniature version of "compound kids." Fighting and arguing within the unit was one thing, but conflicts outside the unit were another. No matter how the internal people fought, if there was a conflict with outsiders, they had to stand together.

These kinds of people, if you provoke one, a whole nest of them will come out.

Moreover, these young people were ignorant, didn't know what was important, and were unreasonable, only caring about their position and "loyalty." They could annoy someone to death.

Although he wasn't afraid of them, a toad lying on a shoe wasn't going to bite, but it was still disgusting.

Chen Fan smiled and said, "Team Leader Xiao is slaughtering the New Year pig tomorrow morning, and I need to make pig-slaughtered vegetables for him. I'll go to Team 10 to buy maltose in the afternoon, so I shouldn't run into them."

Hearing him say this, Jiang Lili breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled, "You're very capable. Maybe you can become a cadre in the future. It's not worth arguing with them."

Chen Fan laughed, "Don't worry, I'm not that magnanimous."

But in his heart, he was muttering, if anyone provokes me, I'll directly instigate a group of green bamboo vipers to crawl into their house, or invite the town's dogs to eat buns and bite their butts until they bleed!

… …

Rushing to the brigade headquarters, he turned on the broadcasting machine at 4 o'clock sharp. The loudspeaker played the county's broadcast news. Chen Fan first took a pencil and tried to draw a few pictures, then ran to the front yard and found Zhang Changjiang, "Team Leader Zhang, can I apply for a few pieces of white cloth?"

Zhang Changjiang was smoking a cigarette. Hearing his words, he even forgot to take the cigarette holder out of his mouth, "What do you want white cloth for?"

White cloth was rarely used in the countryside. It was mainly used for feasts.

Torn into strips, tied on the arms.

Chen Fan took the cigarette Zhang Wenliang handed him, sat down to the side, and said seriously, "Didn't you ask me to give the students in the veterinary class tutoring in advance? I asked Station Chief Zhou about it before, and the main reasons why the veterinarians in each production team failed the assessment were in two areas: one was memorizing prescriptions, and the other was recognizing the acupoints of livestock and giving them acupuncture.

If we can preview these two parts of the content in advance and master them firmly, getting a veterinarian certificate shouldn't be a problem.

So I want to apply for a few pieces of white cloth to draw the acupoints of several common livestock. This way, when enlarged, it will be easier to remember."

Hearing this, Zhang Changjiang raised his head and said, "Oh, that's right, well then,"

He turned to look at Ye Shubao, "Old Ye, is there any white cloth in the warehouse?"

Ye Shubao was rolling a cigarette, tilted his head and thought for a while, then said hesitantly, "Would old bed sheets work? They're also light-colored, and they've all turned white."

Chen Fan didn't care, "Yes, as long as I can see clearly."

Ye Shubao smacked his lips and said with a smile, "I went to the county to work on the river the year before last, and I bought a lot of cloth to make bed sheets at the time. After I brought them back, they've been lying unused in the warehouse. I didn't expect they'd be used this time."

Chen Fan felt a little dizzy when he heard this, "Team Leader Ye, have they been washed?"

Ye Shubao laughed, "Don't worry, they were all washed clean in the Yangtze River before I brought them back. If they hadn't been washed, wouldn't they have stunk and fermented?"

Chen Fan wiped his cold sweat, as long as they had been washed, that was fine. He couldn't be too picky about hygiene in these conditions. He would just have to make do with it.

Anyway, he would only draw on it once, and it wasn't for his own use.

After a while, the brigade's storekeeper Luo brought a few bed sheets.

Everyone worked together to hang these bed sheets on the walls of the meeting room, which was also the classroom the brigade had prepared for the training class.

Using thumbtacks, they fixed all the light blue bed sheets. Chen Fan asked Team Leader Zhang for a brush and began to paint on the bed sheets.

Secretary Yang, Zhang Changjiang, Xiao Liewen, Ye Shubao, Zhang Wenliang, and Yang Xingxiu all stood in a row, watching Chen Fan paint without blinking.

Zhang Wenliang, "I know, this is a water buffalo!"

Yang Xingxiu, "He's drawing a mule now."

Zhang Wenliang, "Why isn't it a donkey?"

Chen Fan said without turning his head, "I'm drawing a horse."

Zhang Wenliang, "… … Close enough, they're all about the same."

Secretary Yang, "Oh, there are so many acupoints on a pig?"

Xiao Liewen shook his head repeatedly as he watched, "No wonder it's so difficult to test for a veterinarian. Pigs, horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, chickens, each kind of livestock has different acupoints. Not only do you have to remember these acupoints, but you also have to remember the use of each acupoint, what kind of disease it treats, and how to acupuncture. It's really hard on those veterinarians."

Ye Shubao, "Why else would they be called technicians? This all has technical content."

After a while, Chen Fan finished drawing six acupoint diagrams, then threw away the brush, nodded with satisfaction, and turned to them and said, "The commune's veterinary station won't start classes until after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Counting the two months of training time, there are about two and a half months in total. As long as you can memorize one diagram every 10 days, and then recite the acupuncture points and treatment prescriptions according to the diagram, passing shouldn't be a problem."

Zhang Wenliang clapped softly, and applause filled the meeting room.

When the applause stopped, Zhang Wenliang coughed dryly and said softly, "That, Xiao Chen, your drawing is good, and it's very clear, but there's a small flaw."

"A small flaw?"

Chen Fan looked at him, then looked at the six diagrams he had drawn, and asked puzzled, "I didn't find any flaws. Where?"

Zhang Wenliang's mouth twitched slightly, "I'm not saying there's a flaw in your drawing, it's that… …."

Chen Fan's face fell. Why was he still too embarrassed to say it?

Yang Xingxiu couldn't stand it anymore and said directly, "What, it's very well drawn, and the acupoints are relatively clear, but your calligraphy is too bad. Pay attention next time."