Chapter 109 What use do you have for these stones?
The medicinal materials were collected by Li Caiyun and Zhou Yong, and they did not participate. Zhang Guifang was too excited just now, but now she has reacted.
Li Baotian nodded as he thought about what his wife said. Zhou Yong smiled and said, "Mom, we are a family. It doesn't matter who collects the money."
That’s what she said, but Zhang Guifang doesn’t think so.
In the future, this family will eventually fall into the hands of Li Caiyun and Zhou Yong. They are both old, and Zhang Guifang thinks that holding on to the money will only make their children unhappy.
Why not just let them keep the money themselves? Wouldn't everyone be happy that way?
With this in mind, Zhang Guifang put the money in front of her daughter and son-in-law: "Put the money away quickly, you can't leave it here..."
Li Caiyun looked at her father and then at her mother, and finally her eyes fell on Zhou Yong.
Seeing this, Zhou Yong smiled softly: "Mom, how about this, we keep some and you take some, this way it will be convenient for everyone in the family to spend money..."
Zhang Guifang looked at Li Baotian, asking her husband with her eyes whether this was appropriate.
Li Baotian thought this was a good idea. After all, Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun were young, and he was afraid that they would spend the money lavishly. If the money was in their hands, they would not spend the money that their children had worked hard to earn.
With his words, Zhang Guifang picked up five hundred yuan, and Zhou Yong pushed another five hundred yuan in front of his mother-in-law.
Zhang Guifang looked at Zhou Yong, who was silent, with a comforting look on her face.
Li Baotian frowned: "Put the money away quickly. If someone sees it, our whole family will be in trouble..."
Zhang Guifang responded and hurriedly put the money away. Li Caiyun asked Zhou Yong to put the money away.
Zhou Yong smiled and said, "Let's go together."
Li Caiyun was very happy. Zhou Yong took the money and the handbag and the couple returned to the west room.
After putting the money away, Li Caiyun happily went to the east room. During this time, Zhou Yong quickly took out the three thousand yuan from his handbag, stepped on a stool and put it into the ceiling of the west room.
After finishing this task, Zhou Yong came down to wipe the stool, looked at the roof again, and went to the east room to eat leisurely.
“I didn’t expect that medicinal herbs could be sold at such a high price on the black market.”
Li Baotian knew about this when Zhou Yong went to the county town to sell medicinal herbs. He thought that the herbs his son-in-law brought could be sold for a little over a thousand yuan at most.
In fact, Zhou Yong sold the medicinal materials for 5,000 yuan, but he only reported 2,000 yuan. He did not report the remaining 3,000 yuan because he was afraid of scaring the three members of the Li family.
Moreover, Zhou Yong did not only have 3,000 yuan in his hands. Chen Pingliang also gave him 2,000 yuan as capital for purchasing medicinal materials. Together with the money given to him by Li Hongjun and the kickbacks given to him by Chen Pingliang, after deducting the expenses for the business trip, he still had more than 5,500 yuan in his hands. ,
If all the herbs were sold, apart from the money he would have to hand over to his family, Zhou Yong would still have at least 3,000 yuan for his own use. In 1970, with this much money, even if he did nothing, it would be enough for him to squander for 10 to 20 years.
You can say it, but you can't do it.
People have to have a goal in life. Besides, if Zhou Yong does nothing, Li Baotian and Zhang Guifang will both be dissatisfied with him over time, not to mention whether Li Caiyun will have any opinions about him.
Zhou Yong looked at his father-in-law and said, "Dad, there is a lot of knowledge in medicinal materials. The same medicinal materials will be purchased at different prices by people from different places..."
Li Baotian had never engaged in any speculation or profiteering, and he had no idea what Zhou Yong was talking about with his father-in-law.
"This money is enough for our family to support us for decades. Don't sell the remaining herbs..."
In Li Baotian's opinion, there are certain risks in selling medicinal materials on the black market, and as the village chief, he cannot allow his son-in-law to do whatever he wants.
Besides, the father-in-law and son-in-law received three salaries every month, as well as food allowances, so there was no need for Zhou Yong to take any more risks.
Zhou Yong agreed readily, but things would not be done as Li Baotian said.
Nowadays, it seems that there are many restrictions, but as long as you have a way and connections, making money is a very easy thing.
Zhang Guifang echoed: "Zhou Yong, your father is right. This money is enough for our family to live comfortably for the rest of their lives. We must not be greedy..."
Zhou Yong smiled and nodded: "Mom, you are right."
Even if two thousand yuan is calculated according to today's living conditions, it is not enough to live a life of luxury.
Li Caiyun picked up some food for her mother: "Mom, Zhou Yong is not a child. He knows what he can and cannot do."
Zhang Guifang smiled and said, "You complain about my nagging again. I won't say anything more."
Zhou Yong smiled, Li Baotian looked at the mother and daughter and shook his head, then changed the subject. The four of them ate while talking.
On August 6, the blasting personnel and geographical experts arrived one by one.
After several days of investigation by geographical experts, who confirmed that the blasting would not cause landslides, a loud blast was heard in Huaixi Village at 7 a.m. on August 10, witnessed by Secretary Zhang, Xu Jianmin and thousands of villagers.
Dust flew up and the villagers cheered with joy.
Many people are ready to get started, holding their work tools.
Six explosions were heard in succession, rocks rolled all over the ground, and thousands of villagers rushed forward in great joy.
Although there were many people, the scene did not look chaotic at all and everyone worked in an orderly manner.
Secretary Zhang raised his eyebrows when he saw this: "Did you rehearse this in advance?"
rehearse?
Zhou Yong thought about it, but the problem was that there was no suitable venue.
"Secretary Zhang, we haven't rehearsed yet. We're just telling them how to divide the work..."
In order to prevent people from being lazy, Zhou Yong formulated a work plan, with people working in groups of two, four, and six. Everyone supervised each other and no one was allowed to be lazy.
Secretary Zhang smiled after hearing Zhou Yong's words: "Mutual restraint is indeed a good idea."
If possible, Zhou Yong didn't want to arrange it this way, but some people have too many small thoughts and it would be impossible not to make a big deal out of it.
Xu Jianmin watched Zhou Yong chatting with Secretary Zhang, and felt proud of his junior fellow student from the bottom of his heart.
The blasted stones were transported to horse-drawn carriages by wheelbarrows, and then transported to the foot of the mountain and piled on both sides of the road. Secretary Zhang frowned more and more as he listened to the work arranged by Zhou Yong.
"The stones are piled up on both sides of the road. Won't the road be blocked over time?"
Zhou Yong smiled and said, "Secretary Zhang, the road will not be blocked, and these stones will be of great use to me in the future."
Great use?
At most, it can be used to pave the road, but Secretary Zhang couldn't think of any other uses for it.
Secretary Zhang looked at Zhou Yong with a half-smile: "Tell me, what use do you have for these stones?"
Crushed stone can be used to pave roads, and larger stones can be polished into bricks for building houses.
After listening to Zhou Yong's words, Secretary Zhang took a deep breath and calmed his turbulent emotions.
At the same time, Secretary Zhang sighed in his heart that although Zhou Yong was young, he had such insights and thinking ability, which was really admirable...
"Okay, I support your plan. I will contact the relevant departments and ask them to provide you with the necessary help and support..."
Zhou Yong was very happy to hear Secretary Zhang's words. With Secretary Zhang's support, his plan would go more smoothly.
Secretary Zhang and Xu Jianmin returned to the commune before nine o'clock. After seeing them off, Zhou Yong and his team participated in the collective labor.
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