1968: Started from breeding

What will happen after Chapter 296? It should get better and better!
Dinner wasn't over yet.

Most of the food and drinks on the table had been eaten, leaving only a few pieces of dark brown meat jelly and scattered fried peanuts on the porcelain plate.

However, at this point, only Su's father and a few brothers remained at the table.

After quickly finishing their dinner, the two brothers, Little Stone and Little Iron Head, couldn't wait to lie down on the warm kang (heated brick bed), their heads huddled together, flipping through the brand-new color comic book.

Little Stone would occasionally mimic Yang Zirong from the color page, making vivid gestures towards Little Iron Head beside him.

"Bang! Bang! Little Ironhead, you're surrounded! Surrender!"

Although Little Iron Head couldn't understand the words on it, he imitated his older brother's actions.

He kept giggling while mimicking the action of holding a measuring gun, and occasionally making "biu! biu!" sounds.

Soon, the two of them used the thick quilt as cover and started to playfully fight. In no time, the entire warm kang (a heated brick bed) became their battlefield.

However, the loud commotion caused by the two of them successfully attracted the attention of the older women who were chatting around the stove and tried to stop them.

The eldest sister-in-law shouted even louder.

"Su Mingjian, if you bring your brother to jump around on the kang again, I'll come over and give you a good thrashing!"

"If you break the kang (heated brick bed) for your grandfather, you'll sleep on the broken kang tonight. You can go back to sleep on it when your father rebuilds it!"

The stone on the kang (a heated brick bed) instantly deflated upon hearing his mother call him by his full name.

Because he knew very well that if he still didn't listen, his mother would come over with a fire poker the next moment, and a single slap on the butt would leave a black mark.

At the dinner table, the men continued their conversation.

After they felt they had drunk enough, Su Wenzhang asked Su Wenchen for his opinion.

"Youngest brother, I'm planning to apply for a driver's license at your farm after the New Year. What do you think?"

Then, somewhat excitedly, he waved his hand and said...

"I'm not asking you to use connections, I just want to ask for your opinion."

"Xiaohe, this year during the Spring Festival, Xiaohe took me to see an experienced driver at your company, saying that he could give me a ride after the New Year."

Clearly, as Su Wenchen's position rises step by step, his influence at home will gradually increase.

Especially after this time when he appeared on television in Beijing.

It can be said that in the Su family, the position of the person in charge has naturally shifted.

Humans are instinctively drawn to those who are better than themselves and seek their opinions.

So after hearing his elder brother's words, Su Wenchen nodded directly.

"That's great! Learning to drive now is really good. Brother, learn more from the experienced instructor during this time."

“However, since you have a background in driving tractors, it will be a little easier for you to learn to drive trucks than for the average person. We will indeed be recruiting a group of people after the New Year, including both tractor drivers and truck drivers.”

"With your skills, there shouldn't be any problem. The question is, if you leave the team, will there be someone to fill in?"

When his older brother wanted to visit their farm, Su Wenchen didn't deliberately try to avoid any appearance of impropriety by preventing him from entering, just because the other person was family.

Su Wenchen felt that if problems arose later, they could simply be handled according to normal procedures.

As long as there's no forced cover-up, it's unlikely to have any impact on him.

Upon hearing this, Su Wenzhang immediately became excited.

"Youngest, you agree?"

"There's no problem with the brigade. Our brigade has already trained six tractor drivers to take turns. They'd be happy if I left!"

"This way, each of them will have more time to touch the car."

For Su Wenzhang, his biggest worry was that his third son feared that his joining the farm would affect his reputation.

After all, he had been a tractor driver for the past two years, and he had traveled to almost every commune and brigade in the area that had come to borrow his tractor.

I naturally heard a lot of gossip.

He had heard plenty of stories about families where someone who had become a successful leader in a factory would not only not help their family, but would also deliberately prevent their family members from going out.

Saying that going to the same factory would damage his reputation.

So before Su Wenchen made his stance clear, he was still a little uneasy!
After all, even though he went to register on his own, he knew that others would definitely give face to his third son.

Otherwise, the experienced master craftsman wouldn't be so easy to talk to.

If you could just ask any random person to teach you how to drive, there would be driving enthusiasts everywhere by now.

Su Wenchen laughed when he heard this.

"Brother, look at what you're saying, do you think I'd stop you over something like this!"

"But let me make this clear from the start: if you violate any of the rules, the venue will punish you according to the proper procedures!"

"Brother, please don't say anything like 'I need to beg for mercy' when the time comes!"

To be honest, Su Wenchen definitely trusts his older brother!

Because Su Wenchen remembered when his sister-in-law first started working in the cafeteria.

He also started bringing things home like everyone else in the cafeteria. Su Wenchen even had Miao Yuan punish everyone in the cafeteria for this.

My sister-in-law was dismissed from her job as a purchasing agent for the canteen.

At the time, Su Wenchen had thought his older brother might come looking for him! But instead, the other party scolded his sister-in-law. However, Su Wenchen felt it was best to say the unpleasant things first, otherwise things would only get worse later.

Su Wenzhang patted his chest and continued.

"Don't worry, youngest brother. If I really made a mistake, I will definitely accept the punishment from the field."

"I, Su Wenzhang, certainly have that much awareness!"

He picked up his wine glass as he spoke.

"Here, let me toast you. Although you said you didn't specifically tell us, your sister-in-law and I will still be taken care of by you."

Upon hearing this, Su Wenlie, the second brother, also smiled and said.

"Brother, you went to the farm too, does that mean your wife is your boss? After all, she's a cadre."

"Do you even have the right to speak like that at home?"

Su Wenzhang glared at him directly.

"What do you mean, 'can't it still be possible'?"

"She's the boss, and I'm the one who calls the shots at home! Besides, isn't her position as a cadre just thanks to the youngest son?"

"She has to listen to me even at home!"

He then held up the cup and spoke to Su Wenchen.

"Youngest brother, I won't say much more, just watch my performance."

Seeing this, Su Wenchen smiled and picked up his wine glass to clink with his elder brother's.

"Brother, I think you shouldn't be too obsessed with showing off. If you run around the field for another ten or eight years and get familiar with the routes, you might find a better place to go!"

Upon hearing this, Su Wenzhang waved his hand.

"I wouldn't dare to think about that. I just want your farm to at least provide a fixed monthly income, and someone to take care of me when I get old."

"This is something our brigade can't match!"

Su Wenchen smiled and said.

"Things won't stay the same forever!"

He knew that saying all this now was useless, but for his older brother, if he really worked in the transport team at the site for ten or eight years!

After the reform and opening up, I'll start my own fleet of vehicles and make a lot of money in my lifetime!
After all, having followed the course beforehand, they've definitely become familiar with the route, which naturally reduces the difficulty considerably.

This is why the first batch of entrepreneurs were mostly people who came from former companies, because the connections they had built up in their previous jobs could be very useful!

Su Wenlie's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Youngest child, do you think things will change in the future?"

After Su Wenlie finished speaking, Su's father coughed lightly.

"Second brother, what nonsense are you asking! Don't worry about things that are too far in the future."

It was clear that Su's father thought his youngest son had received some information in Beijing, which was why he said that.

Su Wenchen shook his head directly.

"Second brother, times are always changing, aren't they? Things were different when we were kids! I remember we used to go to the river to catch frogs and climb trees to collect bird eggs to exchange for money at the market!"

Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Su Wenlie smiled and nodded.

"That's right, I remember you were about the same age as Tie Tou back then. There were still people doing business down there, buying things!"

“I still remember when I took you there, we spent the whole day collecting duck eggs in the reeds and we got about a pound of them for a thousand yuan. But when we turned around, we could only buy two pieces of candy.”

"But back then, money was worth very little. Ten thousand yuan was the same as one yuan now, which was really inconvenient."

"Looking back now, those vendors were really heartless! They even cheated us little kids. If you calculate it, duck eggs that cost about one cent per pound would probably be sent to re-education camp now."

"No wonder they don't allow private individuals to do business anymore."

“Now, if a child takes a duck egg to the supply and marketing cooperative, at least the cooperative will pay him normally, or at the very least, he can exchange it for a few more pieces of candy.”

"I wonder what will happen in the future!"

Upon hearing this, Su Wenchen glanced at the pitch-black night outside the window and murmured to himself.

"What will it be like in the future? It should get better and better!"

"At least in the future, we won't only be able to eat meat during the Chinese New Year like we are now."

"At that time, every household will have enough meat to eat every day!"

Hearing Su Wenchen say this, even Su's father said with a hint of longing.

"I wish I could see that day come."

"However, the white pigs in your farm have already been bred. Although it's unrealistic to eat meat every day, it's always good to have a little more meat during festivals!"

Su Wenchen, however, said it with certainty.

"That day will come, Dad, I believe you will see it!"

This time, Su Wenchen felt that with his participation, there was no reason why their agricultural and animal husbandry development would be worse.

(End of this chapter)