Cut the tofu into pieces and eat it with soybean paste.
There were a few dried cabbages at home, so Old Mrs. Tian peeled off the dry outer layers, leaving only the tender heart inside. She cut it into shreds and made a pot of soup. After everyone got up, they started eating.
After dinner, Tian Mu and Tian Zhuo were outside clearing the jar of soy sauce while Lin Meiyu and the others were washing dishes in the kitchen.
Old Mrs. Tian and Tian Lilin sorted out all the hemp ropes they had woven in the winter and would hand them over to the brigade to be sold. Then Tian Lisong went back to the brigade to arrange the sale of the hemp ropes.
The Tian family wove two kinds of hemp ropes, one is thin hemp rope and the other is thick hemp rope.
They charge according to the weight of the hemp rope, no matter it is thin or thick, they all weigh it together.
This kind of thing is convenient, but many people try to get away with it by making hemp ropes of substandard quality.
As a result, now before the brigade cadres hand in the hemp ropes, they have to select the hemp ropes from each family first, remove all the hemp ropes that are not twisted well or are not strong, and then weigh the remaining good ones again immediately.
When the supply and marketing cooperative comes to collect the hemp rope, they will also weigh it, and then pay in person before taking the hemp rope away.
Because there were too many hemp ropes, the supply and marketing cooperative was unwilling to check them one by one, and it all depended on their own conscience. It was understandable if there were one or two hemp ropes of poor quality, but if there were too many hemp ropes of poor quality, the supply and marketing cooperative would no longer collect hemp ropes from their team.
After all, this is still an income. Their team does not cherish it, but there are many people who do.
Tian Lisong had already told the people in the team about these things before, but some people still didn't take them seriously.
After Tian Lisong picked out all the bad hemp ropes, he sighed when he looked at the number of hemp ropes.
He plans to have a good talk with everyone after he finishes selling the hemp ropes. If the hemp ropes delivered next year are still like this, he will not accept those people's hemp ropes.
In the morning, people from the supply and marketing cooperative came and took away all the hemp ropes. In the afternoon, Tian Lisong counted the money and called everyone to the threshing ground to distribute the money and hold a meeting.
Everyone was not very enthusiastic about the meeting, but Qian was very enthusiastic. As soon as Tian Lisong finished his broadcast on the loudspeaker, everyone gathered on the drum field.
Tian Lisong put the money he earned today on the table, cleared his throat, and began to distribute money according to the weight of hemp rope that everyone could actually use.
Some families handed in very heavy hemp ropes, but the money they received was not as much as they expected. They were very dissatisfied and started complaining as soon as they received the money.
"I handed in so many pounds of hemp rope, why did you only give me this much money? Did you take it for free?"
The famous scoundrel in their brigade counted the money with dissatisfaction and said that he was counting on this money to go out and have some fun. Gao Linlin's house was open these days, and he also wanted to go over.
When the people below heard this, they also started talking, and the scene became very lively and noisy for a while.
Tian Lisong was already unhappy about picking hemp ropes this morning, and when he heard someone say that, he felt even worse. He dropped the enamel cup heavily on the table and said with a dark face, "Don't you know how good the hemp ropes you handed in are? I've said it before, if the hemp ropes you make are not strong, they will break after two days of use. Will the supply and marketing cooperative come to our brigade to buy hemp ropes next year? You still have the nerve to come and cry poor to me now? How long did it take us, the brigade leader and the secretary to pick out the unqualified hemp ropes this morning? You haven't said anything yet, and you're complaining!"
"And you! Wang Erlaizi, don't you know what's wrong with the hemp ropes that your family handed in? You can't hand in half of the hemp ropes, what's wrong? You're bullying us? You're still yelling at me! I tell you, if the hemp ropes you hand in next year are all like this, don't blame me for returning all your hemp ropes! We can't let your one or two families cut off the source of income for our brigade! How many people depend on the money from selling hemp ropes to survive! Don't be so arrogant! If you continue like this, the supply and marketing cooperative will definitely not accept the hemp ropes from our brigade."
Tian Lisong usually has a good temper. No matter what happens, he always smiles and rarely gets angry with others. But he suddenly became so serious that everyone below was frightened and even those who had been shouting stopped talking.
There was silence for a few seconds. Those who were working hard at weaving the hemp ropes were afraid of losing the opportunity to make money, so they turned around and began to attack Wang Erlaizi who had just spoken.
"You idiot! If you can't weave hemp rope properly, then don't try! You'll implicate everyone in our team!"
"That's right! You were sloppy in your work before, and now you have the nerve to blame our team leader and accountant."
"It's okay if you don't make money, but don't let us get dragged down. We rely on that money to live!"
There were also people in the crowd who felt very guilty. After hearing everyone attacking Wang Erlaizi, they also started to attack him with confidence.
Wang Erlaizi couldn't bear it, so he shrunk his neck and ran away with the money.
Tian Lisong and the others sat quietly in the front and watched, waiting for Wang Erlaizi to slip away. Then he knocked on the table to quiet everyone down, "Alright! Stop talking! I know everyone needs this money! Our family is counting on this money to save up a little, otherwise we will have to starve every year."
"I'm not saying this for any other reason. It's just that we finally have a way to make money. There's not much work in the winter, and sitting in the house twisting hemp ropes isn't tiring. We should all be more careful and serious, and not do anything that fools people. The money is earned for you, not for others."
"If people see that the hemp ropes we weave are strong and durable, they will definitely come to our brigade to buy them. We can all earn a little more money this year. Isn't it good for us to make money together?"
"Yes! Accountant Tian is right! Let's make money together, so no one should bother with those nonsense things!"
Some people below also echoed what Tian Lisong said.
Tian Lisong saw the performance of these people and nodded with satisfaction.
In fact, people from really poor family backgrounds are the most serious about weaving hemp ropes, because the work points they earn in a year may only be enough for their food for a year, and twisting hemp ropes is their only way to make money. Only this and selling eggs can make them see money.
However, those whose family conditions are better and whose family members are lazy and good at eating and doing nothing, and whose conditions in the team are average, are the ones who love to do these disgusting things the most.
Tian Lisong said, if you want to weave hemp rope, you should do it seriously. Even if the hemp rope you make is less, that hemp rope is real money. If you do those things to fool people, you will spend time but won't make any money. What's the point?
"There are some people I didn't name, but you all know what you did. Although I didn't say it in front of everyone, I still remember it in my heart. If you do the same thing again next time, you will never have to hand in the rope again." Tian Lisong warned some people who thought they had not been discovered and were still hoping for a lucky break.
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