The happiest person in the Lao Hua family is Lao Huatou.
Everyone in the family goes to school, some set up stalls, and they are all doing well, but he is the only one who still cares about his little piece of land and remains silent at home.
After the captain announced the news, he was surrounded by a group of people, asking them all kinds of questions. He patiently answered them one by one, breaking them down and repeating them over and over again.
The old man asked, "My fourth and fifth sons and their wives are not at home. Do they count as heads?"
The captain said bluntly, "That's fine! The rule here is that even if you go to school, it counts as moving your household registration to the school!"
The old man was very happy. This policy is really good!
From now on, he can plant whatever he wants and however he wants!
After paying the public tax, the harvest will be his own!
The happiest thing for a farmer is to enjoy the fruits of his hard work. Lao Huatou suddenly felt that he could also do something in the fields!
Hua Xuguo was a little skeptical: "Dad, if the land is divided up at home, can you farm it?"
To be honest, the village hasn't needed much manpower for many years. There are machines for tilling the soil, machines for sowing, and machines for harvesting.
When it comes to agricultural machinery, Dafang Village is in a leading position in the area.
It’s not that the machines haven’t been popularized, but many villages have limited finances and cannot afford to maintain them.
As an important pilot area, Dafang Village gives priority to technical personnel and operators. In addition, the village established a factory last year, and its finances are extremely rich.
Due to various factors, people no longer have to work as hard during the busy farming season as they did in the early years.
Lao Huatou tends to his own plot of land more often, but there is still a slight difference between growing vegetables and farming.
The old man is over 60 years old this year. Although he looks pretty strong, who knows if he can still farm?
If something goes wrong while farming, it will be a big disaster.
The old man's cheerful expression remained unchanged: "The team leader said that the village's machines can be used, and the maintenance costs will be paid by the village."
Although the land is now under the management of each family, the government is still involved. Every year, unified equipment is still used for sowing and harvesting.
Thanks to his wife, he lived a good life that even the emperor before liberation could not enjoy, but he still wanted to farm in his heart.
The crops were quickly distributed, and Lao Huatou was excited as he looked at the vast expanse of paddy fields that stretched as far as the eye could see.
Now he is in charge of the farmland.
After the fields were divided, a good day was found and the village machines began to work in turns.
Large areas of sweet clover were turned into the soil, emitting the scent of green grass.
Smelling this vibrant scent, the golden and heavy rice ears in autumn seem to be right in front of you.
The Lao Hua family has no shortage of food, and selling these will provide Lao Hua with his own income.
Thanks to the extremely efficient machines, Dafang Village completes plowing and sowing and transplanting earlier than other villages every year.
In previous years, at this time of year, people from surrounding villages, especially Zhoujiaqiao, would always come to borrow machines.
The team leader said, "You can borrow it, but you have to pay rent. One cent per mu of land."
For other villages, renting machinery is much more cost-effective than maintaining it on their own. Those who really cannot afford to rent can only honestly provide manpower.
The situation has changed this year. Other villages do not have as strong financial resources as Dafang Village. After the household contract responsibility system was implemented, farmers were responsible for their own profits and losses, so the village was not so generous as to rent machines to everyone.
There is no collective rent, but individual rent. Generally speaking, Dafang Village receives the same rent. In order to improve efficiency, it still deploys troops as a unified village unit.
We used to sell strawberries and blueberries, and the crops were a good harvest every year. Last year, the factory even made a profit. Looking at the considerable surplus in income and expenditure, the team leader began to feel like doing something new.
He walked around the village again and again with a frown on his face, thinking, what else could be improved?
As for going to school, if you pay for elementary school, junior high school and university, that’s actually the end of it.
As for high school, those who want to go will go, and those who don’t want to go are not required to go. It is not a big problem, and the village does not need to pay the tuition.
Expenses for other fixed items are already stable and no additional money is required.
It rains a lot in spring, and the soil on the ground is soft and moist. After walking a few laps, the soles of the team leader's overshoes were covered with a thick layer of mud.
He found a place with lush grass and rubbed the soles of his shoes with the water droplets on the grass. The overshoes became much cleaner in an instant.
He suddenly had an idea.
road!
The roads in the village are still dirt roads!
Everyone does this, and in fact, everyone is used to the muddy roads.
But now that the village has money, why not build a better road?
This way, it will be easier for everyone to go to the county town or commune.
Having made up his mind, the captain turned and walked towards the old Hua family who was closest to him.
If these two roads are to be built, it will involve more than just one village.
The money required here is also a huge number.
This was far beyond his original budget, but now that he had the idea, he didn't want to give up.
He wants to build this road!
Even if there are difficulties, he will overcome them one by one.
While he was thinking, the team leader had already arrived at Lao Hua's house.
The wall is covered with tall cactus trees, and the dense thorns cover the top of the head, which is very intimidating.
He carefully stayed as far away from the cacti as possible and called out, "Is Aunt Wan here?"
Coincidentally, Wan Qingliu was really at home.
She quickly ran out and saw that it was the team leader. She immediately said, "It's you, Da Yu. Come in and sit down."
The captain sat down in the house, and Wan Qingliu quickly made him a cup of honey water.
"Dayu, what brings you to my house?"
Considering that the team leader is the younger generation, and they are from the same village, and the two families are very familiar with each other, Wan Qingliu usually calls him by his nickname.
The captain carefully took a sip of the honey water. The hot taste mixed with the sweetness entered his mouth, and he squinted his eyes with pleasure.
I have to say that everything from Lao Hua’s family is good, and this honey is the most delicious he has ever tasted.
Coming to his senses, he remembered why he came.
"Auntie Wan, you go to the county every day to set up a stall. Is the road easy to walk on?"
Wan Qingliu thought about it and decided to get used to this road. This was the way it was in this era.
But the captain suddenly brought it up. Could it be that he was simply asking her if the road was difficult?
He doesn't want to build a road, does he?
An absurd idea popped up in his mind, and Wan Qingliu thought to himself that it would not be an easy task to build the road all the way to the county.
The captain has never traveled to the future, so why did he suddenly come up with such a self-inflicted idea?
She chuckled and said, "Muddy roads are hard to walk on. It's okay on sunny days, but when it rains, you know how much mud you'll get splashed with."
The captain smiled and said, "What do you think? We should build a smooth road. It will be easy to walk on, rain or shine, and it will also make it more convenient to get to the county."
Wan Qingliu thought, she really guessed it right.
The team leader actually wanted to build a road.
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