Chapter 387 Immediately Reclaim the Contracting Rights
Seeing the commune official leave, Zhang Lanxiang stopped crying.
"No, we can't wait for the commune to come and take the food away."
Shang Lichun: "Do you have an idea?"
Zhang Lanxiang nodded. "It's almost dark now. He won't be able to find help until tomorrow. Let's hide this food overnight. If we don't have any food by then, I wonder what they can do to us."
Shang Lichun agreed: "Okay, when it gets dark we will quietly transport the food away."
Even the laziest person would not dare to be lazy if he thought that he might go hungry in the future.
Sure enough, after dark, the two of them secretly transported all the corn in the house using a cart and hid it.
The next day, when the commune secretary brought people to Shang Lichun's house again, they had no food left.
Several commune officials were so angry that their veins popped out. They never thought that these two people would be so bold.
Several commune officials looked at each other and returned to the commune together, preparing to report the matter to Secretary Cui and ask for instructions on how to deal with it.
After hearing this, Secretary Cui was so angry that he laughed.
Among the six villages in the entire Daha Commune, only Sihe Village has produced these two strange people.
Since you don't want to pay grain, then starting next year, you won't be allowed to farm your land and your contracting rights will be withdrawn immediately.
Shang Lichun and Zhang Lanxiang were both stunned when they heard the news.
They didn't expect that the consequences of just failing to pay one year's public grain would be so serious.
If they had known this would happen, they would have definitely handed over some symbolic grain, which is better than having their contracting rights taken back.
After discussing it, the two immediately took ten eggs to the commune to see Secretary Cui.
Secretary Cui didn't even look at the ten eggs and told them directly that there was no point in talking about contracting the land. Even if they paid all the grain now, the land would not be contracted to them.
This incident caused a sensation in Sihe Village and even the entire Dahe Commune. People would talk about it from time to time after dinner, and some even used Shang Lichun's laziness as a negative example to teach their own children.
The incident caused quite a stir, and Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen also heard about it. They were not interested in such foolish behavior and had already started preparing to plant winter wheat.
This was her first time experimenting with growing winter wheat in this era, and the earlier the sowing time, the better.
Before October, Tan Chen and his men had sown all the winter wheat seeds that Shang Ruoting had brought out.
They thought they were keeping a low profile, but their high-yield rice and corn have caught everyone's attention, and everyone is watching their every move.
Therefore, this low-key planting was not a low-key success.
Zhao Fa and Deputy Captain Wang were the first people to come find Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen.
"Tan Chen, Ruoting, Uncle Zhao sees that your family is busy sowing seeds again. Are you planting winter wheat?"
Tan Chen looked at Shang Ruoting and explained, "Captain, our family does grow winter wheat."
Zhao Fa and Deputy Captain Wang were both stunned.
"Tan Chen, our province's agricultural commissioner tried to plant this winter wheat a few years ago, but unfortunately, they wasted a lot of seeds and didn't succeed for two days."
Zhao Fa was a little confused. Although he admired the intelligence and courage of Tan Chen and his wife, growing winter wheat in Beihe Province was simply a pipe dream.
"Yeah, Tan Chen, even agricultural researchers can't do this, so why are you so stubborn?"
Deputy Captain Wang also did not quite understand what Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen were doing.
Shang Ruoting smiled and said, "Captains, this is just a sudden idea. The land is idle in the winter anyway. If we fail, we'll lose some seeds and labor. If we succeed, wouldn't our land be worth more?"
After listening to Shang Ruoting's words, the two team leaders felt that it made sense. Planting a few acres of winter wheat would only cost a few dozen yuan in seeds. They had a bumper harvest this year, and corn seeds were also collected, so the price must be quite high. They really didn't mind spending a few dozen yuan on seeds.
Thinking of this, both of them became more thoughtful.
Zhao Fa, who just thought Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen were unreliable, spoke first.
"What you said really makes sense. I wonder if it's not too late for Uncle Zhao to join you in planting winter wheat?"
After seeing what Zhao Fa said, Deputy Captain Wang also made up his mind. Isn't it just a loss of some money for seeds?
He can afford it!
"Tan Chen, Ruoting, take me with you too."
Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen looked at each other, and finally smiled at each other, which was a tacit understanding between the two.
"Since the two captains want to join us in planting winter wheat, it's not too late now. However, we must hurry."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yangmei and her husband and Aunt Chen Si also arrived.
These people are different from Zhao Fa and Deputy Captain Wang, especially Yang Mei and Li Jiasheng, who have unconditional trust in Shang Ruoting and his wife.
Both families plan to follow them and plant winter wheat.
Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen had originally planned to try growing it themselves this year. If successful, they wouldn't mind bringing everyone along next year.
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