The next morning, the brigade headquarters was filled with the villagers' laughter and joy. What were the villagers looking forward to? Just enough to eat and wear warm clothes!
The accountant took out the charcoal-burning work scorebook. He had already calculated everyone's work points yesterday and was just waiting to divide the points.
Those who participated in logging in the mountains earned a full 10 points for an afternoon. Those who participated in burning charcoal earned a full 10 points for a full shift. The women who worked on weaving hemp rope and other consumables for tying trees earned 4 points per shift. The elderly men who worked on weaving baskets for charcoal storage earned 5 points per shift. Hemp rope was used more frequently, with almost all the women in the village participating. Baskets were used less frequently, and fewer people were needed to weave them, so the work points were higher.
There was a family of five or six who all joined in the work, and they shared 200 kilograms of grain, 5 kilograms of meat, eggs, and various vegetables.
There is a family with only one person participating, and they can get 30 to 40 kilograms of grain, 1 kilogram of meat, 10 eggs, and some vegetables.
The whole village was in an uproar.
Not only can I have a good New Year, but I can also go back to my wife's hometown with her during the New Year.
Captain Guan is so nice! I will follow Captain Guan unwaveringly and listen to his words from now on!
Guan Huashu plans to leave the business activities before the New Year like this for now. The New Year is coming soon, so if there are any new ideas, they can be implemented after the New Year, so that the people can spend the New Year with peace of mind and happiness.
Professor Dong has been incredibly busy lately, so Guan Huashu got her some plastic woven strips from a five-ox cart at the cooperative. These days, woven plastic baskets are a popular way to carry groceries in big cities. They have colorful strips woven through them, creating a variety of designs. In the county town these days, carrying one of these baskets is incredibly prestigious.
The last time Guan Huashu attended a meeting at the commune, he saw the cooperative had contract processing work available. After a brief thought, he simply ordered several truckloads. The delighted director of the cooperative was beaming as he wrote out the invoice and collected the deposit. The main reason was that this was a processing order from higher-ups, and no technicians were sent to teach them, and no one in the nearby villages knew how to do it. The Xiangyang Brigade leader simply took it all. Didn't that relieve his stress? How could he not be delighted? He should have taken a five-yuan deposit per truckload, but out of sheer delight, he took three.
Guan Huashu paid the deposit himself, and the labor cost of weaving a basket was 7 cents. People in the county town might look down on these 7 cents, but in the countryside, 7 cents plus 3 cents could buy matches, salt, and many other things.
They were brought back to the village and handed over to Professor Dong. Guan Shuishui had learned this in the club when she was in junior high school. Guan Huashu remembered that she could do it and had seen the miniature finished products she had knitted, so he didn't hesitate and brought them all back.
The young men in the village went up the mountain to burn charcoal, the old men weaved baskets, and the women weaved hemp ropes. Only the old ladies were idle.
Professor Dong first gathered all the elderly women in the former cafeteria and voted to select five old ladies who were more patient, efficient, and would not hit children.
These five elderly women were responsible for caring for children who were too busy with work to care for them. They would spend an afternoon each day, providing them with a meal in between: sometimes millet porridge, sometimes rice porridge, sometimes noodle soup. Their location was the brigade headquarters, where a kang (kang) was located in the west room, heated daily to keep the room warm. The children were less likely to get sick from the kang.
Because caring for children is exhausting, difficult, and a burden, these five elderly women each receive 10 work points per day. This was determined by a democratic vote, not by Professor Dong alone.
The remaining elderly ladies who were able to do the work were responsible for weaving the baskets. They were paid by the piece, and as long as their skills were up to par and the finished product was of guaranteed quality, they would earn seven cents for each one they made.
Wow, all the old ladies in the village have gone crazy.
Really, not an exaggeration at all.
In one day, those with quick hands can weave more than ten. If you finish this in a month, you can earn more than young people working in the city!
Therefore, all the members of the Xiangyang Brigade, young and old, except for the children who could not walk and the paralyzed elderly, were busy.
The villagers were truly amazed. Captain Guan arranged their work that way, and Professor Dong did the same. After a day of experiencing it, the villagers felt truly fresh and thrilled. Lying on the kang at night, thinking about the weight of grain they could exchange for their work points and the money they could earn from weaving baskets, they felt a surge of hope for their future lives.
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