Two oxcarts chugged along towards the town, with the brigade leader and Shan Chao each driving one.
Li Xiuxiu held Wei Mo in her arms and chatted with the old man. In the old man's heart, Li Xiuxiu was also like his half-daughter.
"Xiuxiu, if you need to buy anything later, just tell Grandpa! Your grandpa has money on him, so don't worry about saving it for me."
Li Xiuxiu pretended to be obedient, nodded, and said.
"Uncle Yu, what do you need? Just tell me, I have money too!"
Watching the two people circling around, Wei Mo was speechless and couldn't help but think...
Why didn't you ask me?
Although the oxcart was moving slowly, the distance wasn't far. It chugged along until it reached the town's supply and marketing cooperative.
Several people got out of the car, and the captain went inside to find the comrades.
While Shan Chao was watching the two oxcarts, Li Xiuxiu picked up Wei Mo and followed behind the old man into the supply and marketing cooperative.
In the 1960s, the supplies in the supply and marketing cooperatives were still very scarce. The things sold by the supply and marketing cooperatives were simply incomparable to those in Weimo's shopping mall.
However, Li Xiuxiu was overwhelmed by the choices, and the old man was also selecting various items, while Wei Mo stood obediently to the side.
The old man and Li Xiuxiu bought mostly candy, since there were many children in the family, and each of them was especially pampered.
Looking at the goods at the supply and marketing cooperative, Wei Mo couldn't help but complain that there was nothing he wanted to buy.
Li Xiuxiu looked at the floral fabric in front of her, her eyes turning completely red, and said...
"Comrade, please measure this for me, not five feet."
But then, as if remembering something, he quickly changed his words.
"Comrade, give me another 15 feet."
The old man, standing to the side, weighed out some more pastries. After all, there were no snacks in this era, so giving them to the children was a good choice.
Wei Mo surveyed the area for a long time, and his eyes finally lit up when he saw the chicks that were surrounded at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative.
Chickens were allowed to be raised in this era, with each household allowed to raise three.
If we calculate it this way, and each educated youth is counted as a household, then Wei Mo's family can raise 15 chicks, since the educated youth's household registration is not in Wei Mo's home.
Although these people live together, their household registrations are not the same, so raising 15 chicks is understandable.
Wei Mo ran over, tugged at the sleeve of the comrade next to him, and said.
"Auntie, auntie, I want this, I want this, can you catch 15 for me? I have money."
Upon hearing Wei Mo speak, the old man and Li Xiuxiu also looked over.
Looking at Wei Mo standing to the side, the old man realized that Wei Mo was interested in the chicks and walked over to say something.
"Comrade, please help me catch 15 chicks. This is my eldest grandson."
The sales clerk had initially ignored Wei Mo, but upon seeing the adult approach, she still helped Wei Mo grab 15 chicks, while kindly reminding him of the situation.
"Each household is only allowed to raise three chicks. If you catch so many, they will be confiscated."
The old man smiled and said,
"Don't worry, it'll be fine. Just go ahead and catch it for me."
Although you can buy eggs in Wei Mo's shop, you can't just make them out of nothing!
What if there's no explanation for the source? Raise a few chicks and wait for them to grow up.
Moreover, there was a saying in this era called "chicken butt bank," referring to the supply and marketing cooperatives that collected eggs.
Most ordinary people obtain their money by selling eggs to supply and marketing cooperatives.
Upon seeing the chicks, Wei Mo suddenly felt a desire to raise pigs; he was actually more interested in piglets.
However, since the village has not yet allocated land to individual households and no one is raising piglets, Wei Mo had no choice but to give up.
As for the fish sold at the supply and marketing cooperative, there's absolutely no need for anyone to worry about it.
The team leader is already discussing this matter with the manager of the supply and marketing cooperative. The manager has called in a group of staff members who are weighing the fish.
Then the fish were placed in the prepared basin of water. People from the supply and marketing cooperative came and went, and there were many onlookers who inquired about the price of the fish.
No matter what, fish is still meat. These days, it's not easy to get a piece of meat.
The manager thought for a moment and decided that since the brigade was going to be paid for grain anyway, it would be better to sell fish and collect grain coupons directly.
Thinking of this, the manager spoke up.
"One pound of fish costs two cents in grain coupons."
Upon hearing the price, the people's eyes lit up as they looked at the fish, and they rushed forward to buy them.
In no time, more and more people gathered around, all drawn by the fish.
"Hello comrade, give me three catties of fish."
"I want one too, I want to give one too, I'll take two jin as well."
"Comrade, comrade, you called me first, you called me first, I want this one."
People flocked to buy the fish, and in no time at all, the more than 500 kilograms of fish they brought were all divided up by these people after they had just been weighed.
The manager was also pleased and instructed the captain.
"Please send more tomorrow, these are definitely not enough to sell!"
The captain scratched his head awkwardly and said,
"I will try my best to get more people in the village to do it."
The fish, weighing over 500 jin (250 kg), sold for more than 100 yuan, plus over 500 jin (250 kg) of grain coupons.
The manager readily gave the team leader over 200 jin of grain at the originally agreed price.
Although it may seem that the supply and marketing cooperatives earn more, what people need more in their lives is food.
With this grain, at least the production team's life will get better this year, and no one will go hungry.
The brigade leader and Shan Chao quickly loaded the grain onto the carts, and then Shan Chao watched over the two oxcarts while the brigade leader went into the supply and marketing cooperative.
Li Xiuxiu's buying spree hasn't stopped, after all, she has a lot of money.
Moreover, with the brigade leader and the old village chief by her side, she didn't have to worry about anything else. It was the first time she had ever bought so much so that she could have such a satisfying shopping experience. The feeling of spending money was just too good.
Wei Mo was also taken aback when he saw the captain come in. He didn't expect the matter to be resolved so quickly, as he was thinking of going out for a stroll.
You know, what we lack most right now are heavy metals like gold and silver, while ordinary people have plenty of gold and silver in their hands.
The original plan was to have Aunt Xiuxiu show me around and see if I could find anything worthwhile.
However, seeing that the captain had already finished his work and that his plans had been completely disrupted, Wei Mo could only sigh.
Sigh, why is it so hard to make some money?
After the captain came in, he went to find the old village chief and reported that the fish and grain sold amounted to 270 jin.
The old man's eyes widened in surprise.
"There are so many!"
The old man's hands trembled slightly when he heard the brigade leader's words. Now the village would no longer have to worry about going hungry, after all, this was only one day's harvest.
Wei Mo chimed in from the side, "Isn't more good? The more the better!"
Wei Mo's words drew laughter from the two men. Indeed, Wei Mo was right; isn't more food always better?
Li Xiuxiu bought some more things, and several people helped her load them into the car. Li Xiuxiu felt a little awkward, as if everyone was just waiting for her.
Feeling somewhat apologetic, Li Xiuxiu asked the brigade leader to stop the oxcart when they passed the Guomin Restaurant.
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