Yu Weimin explained: "Yes, they are rubbed with salt, chili powder, and minced garlic, pickled, and sold as pickles."

Zhao Qianjin said, "But there are many people in our village, and we have a lot of cabbage. Can the supply and marketing cooperative eat it all?"

Yu Weimin thought about it and came up with an idea.

"I thought each family could make ten, and then the whole village could sell them to the supply and marketing cooperative. That way, each family could make three or four yuan before the New Year."

Guo Min asked, "Can this thing really be sold?" Isn't cabbage supposed to taste like cabbage? How delicious can it be?

Yu Weimin is confident that kimchi will remain popular in the 21st century and will even be available in high-end restaurants.

Li Yongde slammed the table and said, "Do it! What's there to be afraid of? At worst, if we can't sell it, we can just keep it for ourselves!"

Every household has chili peppers and garlic, and they don't have to spend money on them separately, so if they can't sell them, they won't lose money. Besides, he trusts Yu Weimin.

After the four of them discussed it, they used a loudspeaker to gather all the villagers together.

Yu Weimin cleared his throat and said, "This morning, when I saw the cabbages everyone sent me, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't touched."

"We know our fellow villagers are having a hard time, and we feel bad for them too. How are we going to celebrate Chinese New Year when we have no money?"

"We came up with an idea. Let my wife lead everyone in making kimchi, and then we'll sell it to the village supply and marketing cooperative. We'll make some money for the New Year. What do you think?"

With this good news, people started discussing it a lot.

"Okay, why not? But Village Chief, we can take out the cabbage, but what about other things?"

Zhao Qianjin shouted, "Just the cabbage, chili peppers, and garlic we have at home. We'll also need some salt. If you don't have salt, let's borrow from each other. We'll pay you back after we sell the cabbage."

"This business, the family has it all, we listen to the village leaders!"

"Listen to the leaders!"

As more and more people agreed, Yu Weimin said, "Tomorrow at noon, let's all go to the grain drying ground. My wife will teach us how to make kimchi. The supply and marketing cooperative can't take too many, so we can set a number and each family can make ten. No more will be accepted."

After the matter was settled, Yu Weimin went home to inform Cao Xiu.

The dried chilies need to be ground into chili powder, and the garlic needs to be wrapped and minced in advance. All of this needs to be prepared in advance.

Educated youth point.

Yao Zixiong never expected that Yu Weimin would suddenly become the village chief.

After he had a falling out with Yu You, life became even more difficult when no one sent him food, so he wanted to hook up with Li Yongde's little girl Li Hongrui.

But for some reason, Li Yongde suddenly arranged a marriage for Li Hongrui. In less than a month, he married Li Hongrui off to another village.

He was forced to stop thinking about it.

Whenever he thought of this, Yao Zixiong regretted not taking action earlier.

If Yu You knew what he was thinking, he would definitely help him solve his doubts. Of course, it was thanks to his reminder to Li Yongde.

How can we let this scumbag harm the girls in the village?

Yao Zixiong's food supply had long been exhausted. These days, he had to rely on shamelessly going to other people's houses to get free meals at mealtimes, so that he could barely eat half a full meal.

Thinking of the food that Yu You had taken away before, he felt extremely angry.

Now that Yu Weimin has become the village chief, how can he have a good life in the future?

He had to find a way to get hold of something against Yu Weimin's family. If he didn't have any, he would create one.

Yao Zixiong lowered his eyes to hide the sinister look in them.

In the threshing ground, almost all the women from every family came, and many men also came to learn.

Cao Xiu is teaching everyone how to make kimchi.

He demonstrated as he spoke, and it was very exciting.

She cut the washed and dried cabbage in half, placed it in a large wooden basin, and sprinkled salt evenly on each piece.

He took out two cabbages that he had pickled in advance and showed them to everyone.

"After applying salt, you need to leave it overnight. In order to teach you as quickly as possible, I applied salt on two at home yesterday. Let's use it to continue learning."

Liu Xi Miao, the newly married young wife of Shuanzi from the village, said enthusiastically, "Aunt Yu, you are so thoughtful. Otherwise, we wouldn't have learned everything today."

Cao Xiu rubbed her hands which were red from the cold wind.

"That's right, we can't delay everyone from making money!"

"The pickled cabbage will release a lot of water. Squeeze it dry and spread on ground chili powder and chopped garlic. Place it in a pickle jar and seal it tightly."

"Don't open the lid or add water in the middle. Leave it like this for seven days and it'll be done!"

Aunt Lin said, "It looks pretty simple. I can try it when I get back."

Cao Xiu instructed: "It's simple, but we must do it thoroughly. We can't just do it once and for all."

Aunt Lin patted her chest and assured: "Xiu'er, don't worry about this. We know the importance of this matter. How could we ruin our own work?"

Feng Guilan smiled and said, "Cao Xiu, how come you are so capable? You can make mung bean cakes and kimchi. You have to take care of us in the future."

He Chunmei said admiringly, "Aunt Guilan, the most enviable thing about my Aunt Yu is that she married my Uncle Wei Min. What did my Uncle Wei Min say about my Aunt Yu's status in the family?"

"Men and women are inherently equal. Besides, men only do the work of one leg. Women not only work, but also have to take care of the household, which is much more tiring than men. They should sit at the head of the table!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the women in the village became excited.

"Really? Did our village chief really say that?"

"Is that still true?"

…

Yu You brought his two children to watch the fun.

"Dad, my mom is quite serious. She speaks with great passion."

Yu Weimin smiled and said, "You don't understand this feeling. Making money while helping others is more fulfilling than making money secretly."

"Dad, now that you're the village chief, do you have any plans?"

Yu Weimin kept his daughter in suspense.

"Let's sell kimchi first and make ends meet for the New Year. When the soil thaws in February, Dad will lead us all to do something big!"

Yu You didn't know what big move his father had decided to make, so he changed the topic to Qin Zhichu.

"Yesterday, Zhiheng told me that my eldest sister-in-law wants to register her household registration in our village, but she needs the village's approval. Aunt Zheng's household registration hasn't been changed either. Dad, what do you think we should do about this?"

Kyoto household registration was very valuable in later times, but it was different during this period. Rural areas had more land and more imported goods, so household registration was difficult to obtain.

Girls from poor families in the city would even try their best to marry into production teams with more land.

During the most difficult years, a young man from the village could marry a girl with a city household registration by bringing a basket of carrots as a gift.

Yu Weimin touched his hair and thought about it.

"There's nothing wrong with leaving. More people means more effort. The village won't let us leave simply because there's not enough food. If we see hope, then it won't be a problem."

"Dad, you said my sister, my eldest sister-in-law, and Aunt Zheng, who are divorced or divorced, don't like to go out. It's really heartbreaking to see them every day."