He thought Gu Yunyang and the others had already received their snacks. The brigade didn't have much fine grain to begin with, and if the educated youth went to the countryside and wanted fine grain, they probably wouldn't be able to get much.
Most of them are definitely sweet potatoes and pumpkins.
Yes, pumpkin is not a vegetable here, but is used as a whole grain.
I mixed in some whole grains and steamed pumpkin rice. It tastes really good when I eat it occasionally.
But they eat here almost every day, and no matter how delicious it is, they get tired of it.
Gu Yunyang didn't explain, and on his way back, he ran into Gu Hanping.
Gu Yunyang called out to the other person, "Captain."
Gu Hanping stopped and looked at Gu Yunyang. He really wanted to say, "Why don't you call me 'Uncle'?"
But thinking of Ning An and Gu Yunyang's attitude, he felt that this matter was a long and arduous one.
Achieving this goal is too difficult.
"What is it, Gu Zhiqing?"
Gu Yunyang recounted what he and Old Zheng had discussed, and Gu Hanping hesitated for a moment before asking, "When can you show us the results?"
If it weren't effective, they wouldn't have let Gu Yunyang waste his time.
Gu Hanping was willing, but he couldn't convince the other village chiefs, who were now the group leaders.
There is also an accountant.
There are also militia captains and women's directors; the former are in charge of maintaining order, but they also have a voice.
The latter have relatively less say and are basically in charge of managing women.
But in the brigade, it was basically just for show.
By the time family planning began, the women's director had a significant presence in the brigade.
In general, at the brigade level, if women's issues are not involved, the women's director usually does not express an opinion.
Gu Yunyang had already planned it out: "Actually, you'll be using oxen to plow the fields these next few days. Let me feed them and prepare everything I need. I can show you a different state than the weak and exhausted you were in previous years after using oxen."
It will take about half a month before we can see any difference in the cattle.
Three months later, these cattle will be significantly stronger than before, and that will be visible to the naked eye.
"Um?"
Gu Hanping was taken aback. It wasn't that Gu Yunyang's words about the effect not being obvious enough, but rather that it was too obvious.
So he hesitated for a moment: "Are you sure?"
"I can guarantee it."
With his wood-based and beast-taming abilities, Gu Yunyang could certainly guarantee his success.
Even if someone else did it, it wouldn't have the same effect.
But Gu Yunyang can guarantee that.
Gu Hanping paced back and forth a few steps before finally agreeing: "Alright, I'll discuss it with the accountant first and give you the things. By the way, because of that farce yesterday, the grain hasn't been distributed to you yet. When you have time, go to the brigade and collect the grain."
Gu Yunyang nodded: "Then I'll go get them together after I finish eating. As for the things in the cowshed, well, I'll come back to get the grain from the cowshed after I've taken it back."
Gu Yunyang thought that since they were all things that could be used as food, if he took them all at once, others would think he was embezzling.
He doesn't lack this little bit of food, so why should he let people gossip about him?
Gu Hanping was clearly surprised that Gu Yunyang was so cautious in his thinking, and he was quite pleased.
Then came the anger towards the Gu family and the heartache for his nephew.
How much oppression and abuse must one have suffered from childhood to develop such a rigorous and capable way of dealing with people?
"But what about these dishes?"
"Oh, it's Old Zheng's. He said I didn't grow any vegetables, so he told me to go pick some from his field first." Gu Yunyang picked up the vegetables in his hand and asked with a smile, "But, team leader, can we have our own plots?"
Gu Hanping hesitated for a moment, then agreed: "It's possible, but... just like the villagers. Our brigade has relatively little farmland, so we've allocated a little more private land to each family. Generally, each person gets two fen (0.02 hectares). You can grow some vegetables and some grains, such as corn, pumpkins, or sweet potatoes. Otherwise, the little grain we receive each year won't be enough to eat."
Gu Yunyang nodded. As for whether or not to plant it, that was up to him.
"By the way, Captain, I also wanted to ask if I could get a plot of land for building a house in the village?"
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