Although there had been some disagreements between the two teams, it wasn't to the point of never speaking to each other again.
Niutou Commune and Lianhua Brigade are the closest to each other, so transportation costs are the lowest. Moreover, they have a lot of sandy land, and they grow the most sweet potatoes in the entire commune.
Every harvest season, they have to hand over the sweet potatoes in exchange for other coarse grains to meet the needs of the team members.
After all, nobody wants to eat sweet potatoes every day, right?
The remaining sweet potatoes will be distributed among the team members according to their work points.
The harvest was just distributed before the New Year, enough for them to eat until the next harvest.
Now is the most opportune time to make the acquisition.
Lin Yu didn't go along, after all, she had participated in the fight and had even been at the forefront.
Worried that it would affect Captain Lin's negotiations, she stayed at the Lianhua Brigade.
When Niu Aijun, the captain of the Niutou Brigade, saw Captain Lin approaching with several men, his heart skipped a beat.
I don't know what I did to offend them this time.
Why do the people from the Lotus Brigade always suddenly show up at his door and give him a fright?
However, he was wrong this time. Lin Aiguo brought him a big surprise!
"You said you wanted to buy our sweet potatoes? You offered money and grain?"
Lin Aiguo nodded and said, "Yes, don't worry, the price is absolutely fair."
Niu Aijun was overjoyed by this unexpected surprise.
They were all from the same commune, so of course he had heard about the Lianhua Brigade's workshop and knew that the Dongfeng Brigade had sold them fruit last year and made a lot of money!
At that time, he was thinking, when will such a good thing happen to their Bull Head Brigade?
Later, they realized it was impossible. They had fought with the Lotus Brigade before, and it wouldn't be easy for them to put aside their past grievances and cooperate with the Bull Head Brigade.
Every time he thought of this, he felt a burning hatred for Niu Facai's family. If it weren't for them, Niu Tou Brigade wouldn't have lost so much face.
People from other brigades are now less willing to marry girls from the Niutou Brigade, fearing they'll end up like Li Dahui from the Lianhua Brigade, being cuckolded.
The Bull Head Squad has never had a good reputation.
That's not all, they even had a falling out with the Lotus Brigade!
Even though they are the closest, what can they do if the other party minds what happened before and bypasses them to cooperate with other teams?
If the entire Niutou Brigade hadn't been a large clan, and if Niu Aijun and Niu Facai hadn't shared the same great-grandfather, he would have driven their family out of the brigade long ago.
Therefore, Niu Aijun had long given up hope of cooperating with the Lianhua Brigade.
Unexpectedly, Lin Aiguo was willing to put aside past grievances and wanted to buy sweet potatoes from them.
Niu Aijun grinned from ear to ear, shaking Lin Aiguo's hand: "Old Lin, you really are magnanimous. Let's not talk about the past anymore. From now on, our two brigades will have a friendly cooperative relationship."
Lin Aiguo is actually a very simple person. When doing official business, he doesn't consider personal grudges.
Objectively speaking, Niutou Brigade is the most suitable place for them to purchase sweet potatoes, so why should he delay the workshop's production for such a personal matter?
Both of them were very serious, so they quickly reached an agreement.
The Lianhua Brigade purchases sweet potatoes from the Niutou Brigade, separating sweet potatoes of different sizes and purchasing them at different prices.
Larger sweet potatoes are more suitable for making sweet potato flour, so they will fetch a higher purchase price.
Niu Aijun agreed without much hesitation. The families in the brigade all stored enough grain. In recent years, buying and selling were not allowed, so their sweet potatoes were at most exchanged for other coarse grains at the food station.
Now these sweet potatoes that we're tired of eating can actually be exchanged for money!
What do they have to disagree with?
Exchange some sweet potatoes, keep the rest to eat, and if it's not enough, use the money to buy some grain from other brigades.
In short, it's much more cost-effective than simply switching to other whole grains.
Lin Aiguo and Niu Aijun reached an agreement that they would start transporting sweet potatoes to Lianhua Brigade tomorrow, and then Lin Aiguo left.
As soon as everyone left, Niu Aijun went to the threshing ground and beat drums and gongs to call the whole brigade to a meeting.
There are still a lot of sweet potatoes left in the brigade's warehouse, and each household has also stored quite a lot.
Everyone was happy to hear what Niu Aijun had said.
That's a good thing that they can exchange their sweet potatoes for money!
Last year, each household only received a few dozen yuan in work points – that's a whole year's worth!
According to the price Niu Aijun mentioned, their own sweet potatoes could fetch a considerable amount of money.
Including the brigade warehouse.
Although they were all illiterate, they knew perfectly well how much grain they had.
By calculating it this way, you can predict how much money you will receive.
Almost the entire brigade raised their hands in agreement.
They had no objection to Niu Aijun's request to separate the sweet potatoes of different sizes.
As long as they can exchange money, it's just a small matter for them; it's nothing.
Niu Aijun was very pleased to see everyone enthusiastically going back to carry sweet potatoes.
As long as everyone is willing to work hard, they will definitely be able to live a good life in the future.
Suddenly, his gaze fell upon Niu Facai's family.
Almost a year has passed since the incident, and since their daughter was taken to a farm for reform through labor, Niu Facai and his wife have both become hunched over.
Fortunately, they also have a son, who, unlike his sister, is a sensible child.
Knowing that his parents were ashamed and afraid to go out because of his sister's situation, he took the lead in handling all matters in the production brigade.
He's starting to look like the head of the household now.
Niu Facai and his wife stayed by their son's side, listening to his instructions on how to divide the sweet potatoes and how many to take out when they got back.
The two of them just nodded.
Niu Aijun felt a little sad. His cousin, who shared a room with him, was not bad at all, except for being a little weak-willed.
He loved his child dearly; in fact, he used to treat Niu Xiaohua even better than his son.
I wonder if I owed her something in my past life, that I have to raise such a daughter in this life.
Getting pregnant out of wedlock is bad enough, but she also had an affair with a married man.
They even wanted to trick honest people into taking over their losses.
Niu Facai probably never imagined she would have such a wicked thought.
Afterwards, the girls in the brigade were dragged down by Niu Xiaohua, and their marriages were not smooth. Niu Facai and his wife were looked down upon wherever they went.
That's why he became increasingly taciturn.
Fortunately, they were all from the same clan, and after Niu Facai's son, Niu Zhenjie, stepped in, no one was too harsh on the child.
Sometimes, out of sympathy for the child having such an older sister, I might offer him some advice.
Niu Zhenjie was a good boy. He didn't resent the other team members for ostracizing his parents. He always volunteered to do things in the brigade, saying he wanted to apologize to his parents.
Gradually, the uncles and brothers stopped arguing with them and would even greet Niu Facai when they met him.
Niu Facai felt he had let everyone down and lost face, so his spirits deteriorated and he looked several years older.
Niu Aijun walked over and patted Niu Zhenjie on the shoulder: "Kid, when it comes time to deliver the sweet potatoes, I'll let you go. If you see Li Dahui and the others, don't be afraid, they won't blame you."
Niu Facai looked up: "Captain, this..."
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