Chapter 386: Big Lies
After all, the rice yield is too high to be explained by chemical fertilizers and planting methods.
Therefore, he told a huge lie this time, which was that when he and Shang Ruoting went to the capital, they met a foreign friend. They bought some rice seeds just because they were curious about what foreign rice seeds looked like.
Combined with the appropriate fertilizers and proper planting methods, it was a lucky coincidence that we achieved such a high yield.
As for that foreign friend, he has already returned to his country and cannot be contacted now. I don’t even know which country he is from.
Although this explanation is somewhat unreliable, it is the best excuse Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen can come up with.
Anyway, you asked me and I told you, do you want to find the root cause?
Sorry, I'm gone...
After hearing about the rice yield, Secretary Cui's excitement increased again. But when he heard that this foreign friend had left Daxia, he felt deeply sorry.
Fortunately, both Tan Chen's family and Yang Mei's family planted a batch of high-yield rice. Although the amount is a little less for the promotion of rice seeds, it can still be accumulated and promoted slowly over time.
The same goes for high-yield rice. Secretary Cui instructed Tan Chen and Yang Mei that all the collected rice seeds must be properly preserved.
As for the fertilizer they improved, we need to find a way to benefit both parties and get the formula over...
After talking about the high-yield rice, Secretary Cui saw that there were no other surprises waiting for him, so he couldn't wait to rush back to the commune to write a report.
He believed that even if high-yield corn could not help him move up to a higher level, then with these high-yield rice seeds, his dream of promotion would be completely realized.
When the time comes, he will definitely thank Shang Ruoting and her husband, the two great contributors.
In addition to Shang Ruoting's family's arable land, Zhao Fa, Deputy Captain Wang, Aunt Chen Si and Yang Mei's family still have some sweet potatoes that have not been harvested. They planted late sweet potatoes, which can only be harvested later.
Once the autumn harvest is over, it is time for each household to pay their public grain tax.
The harvest in Sihe Village after the household distribution of production was quite good. Except for the families who followed Shang Ruoting to grow high-yield crops, the harvest of other families was almost 10% more than last year.
It seems that the country's implementation of the household distribution system is a correct measure.
The commune sent people to collect public grain, and each household took out grain corresponding to the amount of land and handed it over. Although the villagers felt a little painful, they felt relieved when they thought that what was left at home was more than what they had to pay.
In two days, the villagers of Sihe Village had basically handed in their grain tax, except for one family, who had not handed in a single pound of grain despite being urged by the commune officials for two days...
Zhang Lanxiang sat in the yard and cried out, "Oh my God... I won't live anymore... Paying so much grain tax will make our whole family starve to death... Wuuuuu..."
In fact, although Zhang Lanxiang was suspected of being a rogue, she did not lie. The three of them shared nine acres of fertile land, but because the two men in the family were lazy, she was the only one who took care of it.
Later, Zhang Lanxiang got angry and stopped caring about it, causing weeds to grow in the land. In addition, the family had no money to buy fertilizer, so the growth of corn was only half of the harvest of other families who took good care of the land.
There was also the four acres of wasteland that Shang Ruolan had once asked her to contract. Now the grass in it had grown to more than a meter tall, and there was no harvest at all.
Even so, they could not escape the fate of having to pay public grain.
Seeing the corn yield at home reduced by half, and then looking at the amount of grain they need to hand over, Zhang Lanxiang now wants to die.
She roughly calculated that after deducting the amount used for tax payment, there were less than 200 kilograms of corn left from the harvest at home.
My family currently has no income from any business. If we pay the tax, won’t we just starve to death?
At this time, Shang Lichun was also sitting on the doorstep, smoking his pipe one after another, with his head lowered. He no longer had the arrogance of not caring about anything in the past.
The commune secretary felt a little impatient watching Zhang Lanxiang making a scene.
"Don't cry your heart out. Every household has to pay their share of the tax. If you don't take the initiative, we will take strong measures."
After hearing what the commune official said, Zhang Lanxiang took another look at the pitifully small pile of corn at home and stood up.
"You were the ones who insisted on dividing the land among the individuals. We have such a huge harvest, and you're going to leave us all starving after paying the public tax?"
Shang Lichun knocked off the remaining ash in his pipe and stood up.
Today, he was surprisingly on the same page with Zhang Lanxiang.
"My wife is right. It was you who wanted to divide the land among the households. If it were like before, with everyone working collectively, how could there be such a thing as not paying the public grain?"
"Besides, our family only collected this little food. Are we going to starve to death after we hand it over?"
Seeing that the couple were resisting together and he was alone and helpless, the commune official needed help from his own people if he wanted to take the food away by force.
So he didn't stay and waste time talking to the two of them. He turned around and walked out of the yard, leaving behind a few words.
"The food must be handed over. I will go get someone to come over right away."
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