Li Xiangdong watched as Liu Donglai, in a very perverse manner, wrapped Ning Ruoruo's hair in paper and put it into his bag.

Uncle Liu doesn't have any perverted fetishes, does he?

As Li Xiangdong thought this, goosebumps rose on his arms.

Why!

No, it needs to be a hair with the follicle attached...

Is it for a paternity test?

But is paternity testing available at this point?

Could Ning Ruoruo be a relative of some important person?

However, Uncle Liu is an upright person and shouldn't do anything bad.

Li Xiangdong, lost in thought, saw Liu Donglai and Wang Fugen off.

Factory Director Yan and Huang Guimei didn't leave. Firstly, they wanted to ask Factory Director Yan to help them research new flavors of canned fish, and secondly, they wanted to study the planning map and planting plan for the Chinese herbal medicine base.

As the deputy technical director of Lijiapo Canned Food Factory, Zhao Sufang accompanied Director Yan in studying the preparation and proportioning of sauces.

From the day she was hired as the deputy technical director, Zhao Sufang was extremely excited. She walked with a brisk pace, completely unlike her previous gentle and weak self.

Li Jin sighed, saying that now that he's in his forties, it's like he's got a new wife.

...

Over here, Li Jin, Wang Zhenbo, Liu Changhai, and Li Tang are busy dividing wheat and wheatgrass seed oil.

It was Huang Guimei's first time seeing part of the brigade's grain, and she watched with great interest, holding Li Yan beside her.

In fact, summer grain is usually distributed after the autumn planting, but this year there is no need to pay public grain, and the brigade's granary is full, so it was decided to distribute it to everyone in advance.

Of course, this also serves the purpose of helping relatives and friends who are experiencing poor harvests.

The rations for the Lijiapo Brigade were distributed according to a ratio of 70% for people and 30% for labor.

"Seven parts people and three parts labor" means that after deducting the public grain, seeds, sufficient feed, and other grains, the harvested grain is distributed to everyone according to the ratio of 70% of the population and 30% of the work points.

Wang Zhenbo sat behind the table, with a scale in front of Li Jin, and Li Tang, Liu Changhai, and Li Qing standing beside him. Behind them were stacks of sacks of wheat and barrels of wheat seed oil.

A line was drawn in front of the table. Whoever was called would go to the line to receive the grain.

A long line had already formed behind the line, with some members carrying bags and others holding large basins, all eagerly waiting.

Li Jin didn't waste any time with unnecessary words and went straight to the point: "Attention everyone, we're about to start distributing the grain!"

The long line was quiet for a moment, then suddenly became lively again with a "buzz".

This year, we don't have to pay grain taxes, and it's said that everyone will receive several dozen kilograms more grain!

Next came the orderly distribution of grain, with Li Jin checking the scales and accountant Wang Zhenbo doing the accounting and bookkeeping.

"Li Yushan, a family of three, 630 jin of wheat!"

"Guo Daming, two people, 470 jin of wheat!"

...

"Old Liu, a family of three, and 560 jin of wheat!"

Everyone else had taken the wheat without any problems, but when it came to Liu Laonian and Gai Fengniang, Gai Fengniang panicked when she heard Wang Zhenbo say there were three people in the family!

"Captain, there are four people in my family, why are you counting it as three?"

Before Li Jin could speak, someone behind him shouted, "Your Liu Baobao is in jail, and the brigade is still distributing grain to him?"

"You wish!"

"That's right, they should have half of their food rations cut off. Now every village knows that Lijiapo has a rapist. It's shameful and embarrassing!"

Upon hearing everyone's insults, Gai Fengniang grabbed her bag, sat down on the ground, raised her arm, and prepared to pound the ground and cry out.

Seeing that this guy was about to throw a tantrum again, and with Director Yan and Sister-in-law Huang still around, how could Li Jin let them laugh at him? He quickly said, "Don't throw a tantrum! Your Liu Baobao's work points and rations for the first half of the year have all been factored in. If you don't believe me, wait until the end to distribute them!"

When Gai Fengniang saw Li Jin's stern face, she quickly got up from the ground, grabbed a bag, and went to distribute the wheat.

The distribution went smoothly after that, and no one raised any further objections.

When they arrived at Aunt Niu's place, she saw Li Jin fiddling with the weight on the scale and said, "Captain, make sure this scale is set up high, don't look like Diao who just finished his business, unable to lift his head!"

Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter, but Li Jin's expression was not good.

Actually, it's normal for men and women of this age in the village to make lewd jokes, but Li Jin always felt that this woman had ill intentions towards him, and that she had liked to grope him when she was young...

After more than five hours of distribution, 180,000 jin of wheat were distributed, leaving the brigade with less than 180,000 jin remaining.

Next came the distribution of oil, which was done on a family-by-family basis, with each person receiving 20 jin (10 kg), totaling over 15,000 jin (7,500 kg) distributed.

This division of labor took until after 5 p.m., and there was no time to prepare lunch. However, since everyone had eaten fried dough sticks until they were stuffed in the morning, no one complained of being hungry at this point.

Huang Guimei was quite happy, but Li Yan, who was in her arms, became fussy at noon, so they went home for a nap.

When Li Jin took Li Xiangdong home to bring back the more than 1,000 jin of wheat and more than 100 jin of wheat seed oil that he had been allocated, Zhao Sufang was sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed) talking with Uncle Yan and Huang Guimei.

After washing his face and hands, Li Xiangdong climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed). "Uncle, Aunt, how was it? Was it interesting?"

Huang Guimei laughed, "It's interesting! Everyone is so cheerful! It makes me feel happy!"

"The entire Huichuan County was affected by the disaster, but your brigade managed to get so much wheat and oil. That's really something!" Uncle Yan gave Li Jin a thumbs up.

Li Jin felt unworthy of the honor. He had recently become much more open-minded and had changed a lot of his old habits of caring about face. "It's all thanks to Xiang Dong. This kid is better than all of us!"

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