Watching Wei Mo in her arms munching on his steamed bun while his other hand kept groping around, Li Xiuxiu sighed inwardly.
But I don't think it's a big deal; there are often children in the village who want to drink breast milk!
Feeling uncomfortable because of Wei Mo, she pushed Wei Mo's head away.
"Alright, how old are you? Aren't you ashamed? You're so old, and you're still looking for milk."
Wei Mo became much more disciplined, after all, he had avenged himself, but his hand was just a mind of its own and didn't want to listen to him.
"Auntie, why don't you have any water?"
Wei Mo asked the question knowingly, and Li Xiuxiu blushed slightly. She patted Wei Mo's bottom twice and then continued walking towards the dilapidated temple.
The brigade leader is currently at the old village chief's house. He just came to check on the construction of the new house. Wei Guoguo is all women, so it's really not suitable for them to be at the construction site.
After all, it's really hard to look at grown men working shirtless.
Construction is progressing rapidly. The foundation dug in the morning reached a height of 1 meter by the afternoon. The old village chief even went over to help with the construction today since he had nothing else to do. With more people involved, the speed is naturally faster.
It's estimated that it will be completed in another two days, and we'll be able to move in in just a few days.
"Uncle, I went to the town to see the Party Secretary today."
Grandpa Yu nodded, looking at Li Dazhuang, waiting for him to continue.
"The Party Secretary approved the paperwork for the Fisheries Department, but I don't know what to do! Can you give me some advice?"
Li Dazhuang looked at Uncle Yu, hoping he could come up with a good idea. After all, Li Dazhuang was a farmer and not very old. Grandpa Yu rolled his eyes at the brigade leader.
"You only come to me when you need something, what use are you then? Besides, what can I do when you come to me? You expect this old codger to give you advice, what are you thinking?"
Li Dazhuang scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.
"Aren't you the pillar of our village?"
The old man was quite happy to hear the captain's praise, and he kept tapping the table with his fingers.
"I can't figure this out. You can ask one of the smart people in our village for advice."
Li Dazhuang was somewhat puzzled and couldn't help but ask.
"Who's smart? They all look incredibly stupid to me!"
Grandpa Yu agreed with Li Dazhuang's words, and then thought of a suitable candidate. He couldn't help but think of that little boy who could fish, weave fish baskets, and catch fish.
"I think that boy from Weiguo is quite clever; otherwise, how could he know so many things? You could go and ask him for his ideas!"
The captain thought about it and realized it was true. He was just a little young, but he would definitely grow up to be a very intelligent person!
"Okay, I'll go ask."
The brigade leader just left like that, and behind him could be heard the old village chief cursing.
"You piece of junk, I'll throw you away after I'm done with you! Next time you come, I'll break your legs."
Li Dazhuang didn't mind; that's just how his uncle is—sharp-tongued but kind-hearted.
Today's harvest was good again, but eating fish all the time isn't a long-term solution. There are prey in the mountains, but Wei Mo is still too young to hunt.
Li Xiuxiu lived up to the nickname Wei Mo gave her. She carried a catch of over 100 jin of fish with ease, and even tried to hug Wei Mo, but Wei Mo shook his head and refused.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw the brigade leader inspecting the woven fish baskets. Li Dazhuang also saw Wei Mo returning and waved to him.
"Wei Mo, you're back? Come here, I need to ask you something."
Li Xiuxiu let go of Wei Mo's hand, and Wei Mo ran over happily. After all, in order to make his mother and aunt suffer less, the brigade leader was someone Wei Mo wanted to curry favor with.
"Uncle Dazhuang, what's wrong?"
Wei Mo stared with his big eyes and tilted his head, unable to think of anything.
"The town has approved the permits for our village's aquatic products department, but how do we operate this thing?"
Looking at the adorable Wei Mo in front of him, Li Dazhuang regretted asking the question. Why did he believe Uncle Yu's words and come to ask such a little kid?
Wei Mo was considering the dangers of this matter. If the whole village could eat fish, there would be no need to worry about others being envious, and it would also help ease the burden on his mother and aunts.
But if we were to work on the seafood section...
It's not impossible; at least everyone in the village would benefit. However, the lack of children is also a problem. Although there are few children in the village, there are still so many educated youth.
You shouldn't make others too jealous or envious. Even if you get rich, you should keep it low-key, otherwise someone might stab you in the back one day.
However, if Wei Mo wanted to curry favor with the captain, he could only offer suggestions to the captain.
"Uncle Dazhuang, you said that the fish we catch should be counted as work points, right? So, for families without children, like the educated youth, wouldn't their work points be much lower than other families?"
Li Dazhuang, who was originally preparing to leave, nodded after hearing Wei Mo's words.
"If they earn more work points, they will get less food in return, and they will go hungry. Do you think they can agree to that?"
The captain's eyes lit up. He hadn't expected this little brat to be so clever, able to think of so much. It seemed that listening to Uncle Yu was definitely the right thing to do!
The brigade leader shook his head in agreement with what Yu Mo was saying.
"If it were me, I wouldn't agree either."
"Yes, you can get more money at the end of the year, but is money more important than grain? What if you could exchange all the money you get from selling to the supply and marketing cooperative for grain? You could get grain instead of money at the end of the year."
Wei Mo kept talking nonstop, which surprised the captain standing next to him.
"What you mean is...?"
“We can exchange grain with the supply and marketing cooperative. If they don’t agree, we can ask the government for help. After all, we don’t have much use for money. If no one is willing, we can dry the fish ourselves and not provide it to the supply and marketing cooperative. At least we can get some dried fish at the end of winter, which can also fill our stomachs.”
Li Dazhuang's eyes lit up when he heard Wei Mo's words. "That's right! If you don't give me grain, I'll dry fish. What's the use of money without coupons? It's much more worthwhile to dry fish."
"Good lad, you deserve credit for this success!"
After listening to Wei Mo's opinion, Li Dazhuang suddenly understood. He touched Wei Mo's head and said, "Look how smart this kid is!"
Feeling more confident, the team leader planned to talk to the supply and marketing cooperative and the town government tomorrow. If they disagreed, he would keep the food for himself!
"You need to hurry up and weave these fish baskets. I'll come to collect them tomorrow night and give you work points. I'll add one more work point to your previous two, making it three work points per basket!"
The team leader who solved the problem was naturally very happy. He thought that with more fish baskets, Wei Mo's catch would decrease, which could be considered a form of compensation for Wei Mo, as well as a reward for coming up with the idea!
"Alright, you guys go ahead with your work, I'll be going now. I'll take this opportunity to go see your new house."
Goodbye, Uncle Dazhuang.
Wei Mo bid farewell to the brigade leader warmly, while the female educated youth and Wei's mother were overjoyed. If a fish basket was worth 3 work points, they could earn at least ten work points every day.
Everyone understood that this was a reward that Wei Mo had suggested to the brigade leader. Otherwise, why would the brigade leader give everyone extra work points for no reason? They were all taking advantage of Wei Mo!
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