"Why should she be the team leader?"
"Exactly, I could do it too."
"Can you knit? You can do it too?"
Listening to the villagers' discussions, the old village chief couldn't help but sigh, and then patted the table in front of him.
"I agree if you want to form a team. Each fish basket is worth three work points. As for the technology, you can figure it out yourselves. Anyone who wants to form a team can sign up now! However, those who sign up are not allowed to buy fish baskets woven by Wang Zhenhua."
Seeing that everyone had quieted down and was deep in thought, the old village chief continued.
"The brigade has started collecting fish. For fish weighing more than a pound, one work point is awarded per pound. A fish basket can catch about five or six pounds, but small fish are not accepted!"
"Families without children, including educated youth, each person gets two fish baskets. Families with children can have as many fish baskets as they want, but adults can't help. If they do, and get caught, don't say I didn't plead for them!"
Private buying and selling is still prohibited. If caught, it will be defined as speculation and profiteering. This problem is still very serious!
"Now everyone who needs a fish basket should register. The weaving team doesn't have many baskets to weave. Those who register will have five centimeters deducted from their pay and can pick up a fish basket from the weaving team."
Villagers rushed to register. Each fish basket could catch about five or six pounds of fish a day, which was almost enough for a family to have a meal. It only cost five work points, and this fishing was ongoing!
Looking at the registration area, it was crowded with people. The team leader went over to maintain order, while Grandpa Yu asked the others who had wanted to form a weaving group earlier.
"Anyone else want to form a weaving group? We happen to be short of fish baskets right now, and if you can weave them, you can help solve the problem for everyone."
No one spoke. One reason was that they didn't know how, and another was that even if they did, they wouldn't exchange it for work points. Wouldn't it be better to catch fish and sell them for work points?
"If no one comes, I'll report this to the town. Anyone who causes trouble for the weaving group again will be slapping me in the face, and don't blame me for making them pay."
Everyone echoed in agreement, tacitly understanding the situation. Even those skilled in weaving remained silent, knowing that they could weave their own fish and have their children catch fish, which would earn them far more than selling to the brigade.
No one was foolish enough not to understand this, and they all thought to themselves that Wang Zhenhua and his group were really stupid.
However, Wei Mo didn't care about the result. It was Wei Mo who came up with the idea of recording work points for weaving fish baskets.
As long as I can keep my mom and aunts from going to work, I can afford to support them even if they stay at home. Right now, I'm just finding them some things to do, and at the same time, no one will say anything about it.
Wang Zhenhua could figure out this small deal. His son had the Dragon King, so he had plenty to eat and drink. Now he even had a job and spent his days eating and drinking with his girlfriends. How carefree he was! So he didn't say much about this losing proposition.
Several female educated youths were deeply moved, otherwise they would have been required to work, absolutely required to work. Even if they were sick and wanted to take leave, they needed the brigade leader's approval. But now? They were being managed by Sister Wang!
My job, which was already incredibly easy, is now even more liberating.
Not long after, the brigade leader arrived at Wei Mo's house with a group of people. The brigade leader counted about 20 fish baskets in total, most of which were woven by Wei Mo.
These fish baskets were distributed to the registered villagers, but there weren't enough to go around, so we'll have to wait until tomorrow.
As the villagers left, the brigade leader spoke.
“You don’t have much strength, so every night from now on I will have someone bring an oxcart to haul the woven goods, and you can just focus on weaving.”
Wang Zhenhua quickly got up and thanked the captain.
"Thank you so much, Captain. Otherwise, it would have been really difficult for the few of us to deliver it."
As the captain left, several people, including my mother, jumped up with joy.
"Finally, I don't have to go to work!"
Wang Ling shouted out excitedly, but quickly covered her mouth, deciding that it was best to keep it to herself.
"That's right, we can weave fish baskets every day from now on."
"Have you all forgotten that Sister Wang will be our leader from now on? Hurry up and invite our leader to take a seat."
Qian Manman, who was also good at being a sycophant, quickly moved a stool and placed it next to Wang Zhenhua. Wang Zhenhua knew that this was just the sisters playing around, but he was happy to be able to stay home with the children every day.
"We must eat something good tonight!"
Wang Zhenhua's first words drew cheers from several people, but Wei's mother still looked at Wei Mo, since she still needed her son's opinion on what to eat.
Seeing Wei Mo nod, Wang Zhenhua was also very happy and asked his son what he wanted to eat.
"Son, what would you like to eat tonight?"
Wei Mo thought for a moment and said, "We're so happy, of course we should eat dumplings, but Mom doesn't have any meat at home. We only have fish and birds."
After all, sitting is not as good as lying down, the best food is dumplings, and the most fun thing is...
"It's alright, it's alright. Fish dumplings are delicious too. I'll handle this."
As a chef and foodie, Qian Manman immediately spoke up.
Wei Mo had no intention of selling the fish to the brigade. He thought he would wait until everyone had eaten their fill. As usual, Li Xiuxiu carried Wei Mo to collect the fish baskets, and Wei Mo naturally enjoyed a feast on the way!
This hand is ruined. It used to be just one hand, but now both hands are unruly. Looking at Li Xiuxiu glaring at him, Wei Mo is no longer afraid.
Li Xiuxiu still likes her, even if it's only when she's a child! And today, their relationship has clearly improved a lot; it's no longer chaotic.
"Aunt Xiuxiu, I want to have a bite."
Kids are invincible! However, Li Xiuxiu did not let Wei Mo succeed, after all, there were many people setting fish baskets by the river.
"We'll talk about when you'll grow up tonight before we go to sleep."
Li Xiuxiu pinched Wei Mo's little face. "He's 5 years old and still wants to eat? This child is probably hopeless."
Wei Mo was completely shameless and gave Li Xiuxiu a sweet kiss on the cheek.
"Aunt Xiuxiu, that's so nice, mua~"
Looking at the adorable child, Li Xiuxiu gently rubbed Wei Mo's head. If Li Xiuxiu knew that there was a soul from another world inside that head, she would probably kill Wei Mo on the spot.
The fish basket yielded a decent catch, but seeing the people coming and going by the roadside putting fish into their baskets, Wei Mo couldn't help but frown.
This thing is just sitting here; it probably won't be safe for more than a few days.
And since there are no markers, more people will probably steal the fish baskets these days.
Let's leave it for now and deal with it when it gets lost. At least no one's doing anything now, and you can't falsely accuse someone for no reason.
Wei Mo came up with a good idea: he engraved his name inside the fish basket so that it might be found if it got lost.
Moreover, others wouldn't notice unless they looked closely, so this is a good way to deal with those petty thieves in the village.
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