When Meng Si Ning heard this, his eyes lit up instantly. He was quite obsessed with barbecue.

Seeing a few strong young men nearby, he ran over quickly, smiling broadly, and asked, "Hey guys, I have a question. Does anyone in this village have fish?"

One of the guys scratched his head and said, "Fish, Uncle Liu has some at home."

Meng Si Ning's eyes widened in surprise, "What a coincidence?"

Another young man explained with a smile: "What a coincidence! His second son loves to fish in the river with his net. He keeps the fish in the ditch he dug in his yard. The fish are so fat."

Meng Si Ning asked them to point the way, then hummed a little tune as he went to meet up with Liu Nian and the others, preparing to go buy fish together.

Jiang Tang was so busy that she couldn't take any more care of them. She could only yell at the top of her lungs, "Hurry up and come back!"

After nearly two hours of work, Accountant Wang came running over, panting, carrying a stack of account books. He excitedly shouted, "Jiang Tang, look! We have over two hundred households in our village, and we've collected a total of seven hundred eggs, one hundred kilograms of red dates, and three hundred kilograms of dried goods. We've collected every last bit of dried goods in the village. We also have fifty chickens and ten ducks."

Jiang Tang looked at the neatly arranged piles of agricultural products, smiling until her eyes narrowed into slits. She gave a thumbs-up and praised, "Everyone is so awesome! You are truly the heroes of our village!"

Captain Luo smiled and said, "But some families keep the eggs for themselves and don't want to sell them."

Jiang Tang waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "This is already very good. Everyone has been working so hard recently, they need to eat some eggs to replenish their nutrition. We can't cut off their 'supply line'."

The old secretary nodded repeatedly and agreed, "This is already very good. Don't be too greedy."

As he was speaking, Secretary Zhao arrived on his bicycle, panting heavily and shouting, "Secretary Jiang, Secretary Jiang, there's good news! The coal factory and the plastic factory called. The coal factory wants 1,000 kilograms of vermicelli noodles, and the plastic factory wants 500 kilograms of brown sugar."

Jiang Tang heard it and said, "Really? That's great."

It was worth all her talking.

Accountant Wang said, "Secretary Zhao, didn't they want something we have in our village? Zhangwan Village and Shilin Village are taking advantage of it."

Just at this moment, Sun Maomin from Shaluo Village strode over and shouted at the top of his voice, "Secretary Jiang, we've counted another 100 kilograms of red dates." As he spoke, he glanced at the red dates on display in Youtoucao Village and boasted proudly, "Look, the ones in our village are bigger than yours. They're huge and sweet. They're all top-notch quality."

As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers of Youtoucao Village were not happy. Someone immediately jumped out to refute: "Bigger doesn't necessarily mean better. The red dates from our village are the best. Your red dates may not even be as sweet as ours."

Sun Maomin was unconvinced: "Everyone in our commune knows that the jujubes from Shaluo Village are the best. Didn't your village start planting them because you saw that ours were good?"

"What do you mean by 'following you in planting'? If you say so, the corn and peanuts in the village might also be grown by you following us."

"What kind of perverse logic is this?"

"What kind of twisted logic are you using?"

The villagers from the two villages were arguing with each other and almost got into a quarrel.

Jiang Tang quickly stepped forward, waving his hands in the air, and shouted, "Stop arguing! We're all doing this for the good of the village. Don't ruin the harmony." Then, he hurriedly urged Sun Maomin, "Comrade Sun, go back first. I'll handle this."

Sun Maomin snorted at Youtoucao Village and walked away with a cold face.

The villagers spitted and said, "Look, Secretary Jiang, they weren't told not to let them in, but they came in so arrogantly. Who does he think he is?"

"Okay, okay, everyone calm down."

Captain Luo scolded, "Stop arguing. We're busy right now. I guarantee that this autumn, we'll surpass those idiots in the village."

Jiang Tang and Wang Hui calculated the goods from the two villages. They found 550 kilograms of red dates, which was more than enough. They also had 1,000 eggs, but she needed 8,000 eggs, which was 6,000 short. The two villages had enough chickens and ducks, but they were still short 200 kilograms of dry goods.

Secretary Zhao consoled him, "Jiang Tang, don't worry. Secretary Zhou and Director Wang have already notified several other villages, and they should be counting now."

At this time, Ma Shunyi from the Liulin Brigade came over with a smile on his face, grabbed Jiang Tang's hand, and said excitedly, "Secretary Jiang, it's all thanks to you! Five hundred kilograms of apples, five hundred kilograms of yellow peaches, and two thousand five hundred kilograms of plums. With just this one order, we can sell most of our plum orchard this year. It really relieved my worries.

Secretary Jiang, Captain Luo, Old Secretary, Accountant Wang, these are the fruits from our village that I brought specially for you. Please have a try first.

Captain Luo, our captain said that you are ahead of us in the autumn grain distribution this year. How about we help you reserve a spot?"

"Secretary Ma, thank Captain Zhang for me." Captain Luo shook hands with him with a smile, feeling that he had finally gained some pride among the brigades.

In the past, when the superiors sent cadres to take charge of the team, he was envious, but now... haha, his own is still better.

Jiang Tang said, "Secretary Ma, this is our first time working with a major manufacturer in the city. We must pay attention to quality. If they are satisfied in the first year, we won't have to worry about lack of business in the future."

Ma Shunyi patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, we will definitely control the quality for you. None of the big and small fruits will be put into the basket. If there is a bad fruit, you can come to me for settlement."

After saying that, Ma Shunyi changed the subject and asked curiously, "Secretary Jiang, I looked at Secretary Zhou's order yesterday, and he wanted 8,000 eggs alone. I'm guessing Caotou Village and Shaluo Village won't be able to come up with that. Do you still need eggs?"

Jiang Tang nodded. "Yes, I need all the eggs from the entire commune. Secretary Ma, how many eggs do you have?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Shunyi turned around and got on his bike, shouting as he went, "I'll go back and count the eggs and give you a satisfactory answer." Jiang Tang shouted from behind, "Secretary Ma, there must be no bad guys!" Ma Shunyi replied without even turning his head, "Don't worry, there's an old lady in our village who's very good at picking eggs. There's definitely no bad guys here."

Not long after Secretary Ma left, Zhang Feng from Zhangwan Village came over with a smile on his face, carrying ten kilograms of vermicelli. He stuffed the vermicelli into Jiang Tang's hand and said, "Secretary Jiang, this is a special gift from our village to thank you for helping our village sell 1,800 kilograms of vermicelli. When Secretary Zhou told us about this yesterday, our team leader held a meeting, which made the villagers very happy and the whole village cheered."