Reborn in 1977

Chapter 168: The Proudest Achievement of My Life

When I rushed to Captain Yang's house, Accountant Liu and Storekeeper Huang were still there.

I didn't know if they had finished discussing the quota.

Chen Fan greeted them before excitedly saying to Captain Yang, "Captain, Little Jiang said you were looking for me?"

Captain Yang chuckled, stood up, went into the house, opened a drawer, carefully rummaged through it, took out a piece of white paper, walked out, and handed it to him, "Here, your homestead certificate."

Chen Fan quickly took it, his smile so wide that the corners of his mouth almost reached the back of his ears.

It wasn't easy. He had worked hard for over twenty days, building his image and making contributions, all for the sake of settling down. Although he had obtained residency a few days ago, it wouldn't count without a homestead. Today, he finally achieved his goal!

He raised his head, opened his mouth, and was about to ask why they had given him the homestead certificate ahead of schedule when they had previously said they would wait until the other two veterinarians received their certificates.

However, he swallowed the words back down.

Who cares? As long as the benefits are in hand, that's what matters. He shouldn't ask too many questions.

So, he only said two words, "Thank you!"

Captain Yang laughed and pulled a chair over, gesturing for him to sit down.

Then he said, "The land for the foundation is 0.25 mu. For ease of use, we've set aside an area for a courtyard and left some space between it and the educated youth center. The marked location is 30 meters behind the educated youth center. Anyway, that's just a piece of wasteland, with no one around. You can just mark it yourself, no need to measure it with a ruler, just make it approximate.

Once you've chosen the land, let me know, and I'll put up the boundary markers for the homestead.

Just be careful when building the house. The length should be six zhang, and the width should be two and a half zhang. Don't exceed this area."

Chen Fan nodded repeatedly, chuckling, "Understood, thank you, Captain."

At the same time, he was a little curious. A homestead actually has boundary markers? He had seen rural homesteads later on, but he hadn't heard of such a thing.

Captain Yang waited for a while, and when he saw that he didn't ask why they had issued the certificate to him in advance, he had to clear his throat and take the initiative to say, "Little Chen, actually, this certificate was processed a few days ago and has been kept in the brigade office. Originally, according to what we said before, we were going to wait until you got your veterinarian certificate before giving it to you."

Chen Fan opened his mouth wide, looking deeply moved, "Oh, thank you, Captain. I will definitely study hard and make progress together with everyone to get my veterinarian certificate."

Captain Yang clicked his tongue. I've already said this much, and you still don't know how to cooperate?

He could only continue, "You have the right attitude. Just now, Company Commander Zhang personally made a trip to deliver the certificate to you. Because this certificate also needs to be filed in the team's archives and then handed to you by the team leader to be valid."

Chen Fan was still wondering. He had just seen Zhang Wenliang, so why didn't he give it to him directly and instead had Captain Yang transfer it? It turned out there was this reason.

Captain Yang continued, "He told me that your attitude is very good. Today, you are already preparing teaching tools and drew six diagrams of livestock acupoints to help our own members learn.

People's hearts are made of flesh. You wholeheartedly consider the brigade, so how could we make things difficult for you?"

Then he pointed to the homestead certificate in Chen Fan's hand and smiled, "Look, you make contributions to the brigade, and the brigade will reward you. See, the homestead certificate has been issued to you in advance."

At this time, Accountant Liu said with a smile, "You are the one who obtained land in the shortest amount of time after settling down. In the early years, some people from other provinces came to escape famine with their families, and they were of clear origin. They had to work for three years and pass the assessment before they were allowed to settle down and given a small piece of homestead.

You have been able to settle down and get land in less than a month, which is unprecedented."

Chen Fan widened his eyes, "Three years? Where did they live and what did they eat?"

Storekeeper Huang pointed to the north and said, "He's talking about the Yu family in Team 12, who came to Lujiawan eight years ago. They said their hometown was hit by a disaster, and the grain grown in the fields wasn't enough to eat. A day's work points weren't even worth one or two mao, and they were in debt to the production team every year, so they simply ran away.

Two adults took two children to make a living everywhere. They didn't dare to go to big cities and places, and they always went to small towns. When they came here, they had already been wandering for more than half a year.

Team 12's Team Leader Hou took pity on them and brought them back, allocating a livestock shed for them to live in. When working, the two adults followed along, but they didn't get work points, only some rations. Naturally, there were no dividends at the end of the year.

They persevered for three years, always diligently, and after their team voted and reported to the brigade for approval, they were allowed to settle down.

Counting it, it's been more than eight years. That Yu is indeed willing to work and is very honest. He basically doesn't talk and is busy all day long. During the busy farming season, he can earn more than ten work points a day, and he can still get dozens of yuan in dividends every year. In the past two years, they built a new house, and their family has added two more people. The family has four children, and the eldest girl is about to get married. It is said that she has taken a fancy to Team Leader Hou's son."

Chen Fan felt a little dry in his mouth. If he hadn't activated the skill panel, would he have been like them?

No, he didn't have the ability to do hard labor, so he was likely to be even worse than them.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but wipe away a cold sweat.

But then he thought again, it shouldn't be that bad. He could cook, so maybe he could get a job as a cook, and he could also repair electrical appliances and read broadcast drafts, so he could at least make a living, right?

Of course, it wouldn't be like now, settling down and getting a homestead so early.

If he knew that the post office had considered recruiting him before, he wondered if he would have bumped into the leaders of the brigade office.

However, compared to working as a temporary worker in the post office and working three hours a day in the production team and getting two salaries, it was hard to say which was better.

Just as Chen Fan's thoughts were racing, Accountant Liu laughed, "If you ask me, Team Leader Hou of Team 12 probably took a fancy to the little girl and wanted to keep her for his son to be his wife."

Storekeeper Huang rolled his eyes at him, "Don't talk nonsense. He's a team leader, is he afraid of not finding a daughter-in-law?"

After a pause, he suddenly laughed, "That Lao Yu has two daughters, so Team Leader Hou may really have this idea, but not for himself, but for the other young men in the team."

Chen Fan clicked his tongue. Well, none of them are easy to deal with.

He had met Team Leader Hou. He was the loudest one during the discussion about the veterinarian quota that day. He didn't expect him to have such a kind heart.

Captain Yang smoked his cigarette and smiled, "Don't compare Lao Yu to him. There are people like Lao Yu in every team. Can you find a second one like Little Chen in the whole commune?"

Accountant Liu and Storekeeper Huang couldn't help but chuckle when they heard this.

Such a treasure was indeed hard to find.

The proudest one was Captain Yang. He smoked his cigarette, his eyes narrowed into slits. He had caught countless fish in the river in his life, but the biggest one was Chen Fan, which could be considered the proudest thing in his life.