At the end of September, after the sweet potatoes and potatoes were stored in the warehouse, the farm became completely quiet. The old people began to grow vegetables in their respective houses. Every household had a warm house, and the team members came back from cutting down a lot of trees from the deep forest.
Some team members were chopping firewood, while others were helping to fill the firewood shed in the old men's yard. Every household had left a fire wall outside the wall. When the team members were patrolling, they would add firewood to the old men so that the fire wall could stay warm even in winter.
Wu Jun and Lin Zitao were dealing with winter matters on the farm, while Lu Shiyi took Su Jin's hand and went down the mountain.
A few days ago, the captains of the six brigades went into the mountains together to the farm, hoping that the farm could provide some food rations to the village.
After the three of them negotiated, they decided not to give food. The villagers received relief food from the commune and still came here to complain.
"The brigade's eating habits are a bit ugly," Su Jin heard Lu Shiyi say, "The village's relief food is more than the food provided by the logistics department."
"You're not satisfied," Lu Shiyi sneered, "I helped too much back then, but now the situation is different."
After the young couple came down the mountain, Lu Boyuan got the news and came over with the people from the brigade.
"Several village chiefs are here, Shi Yi...it's best not to open this door." Lu Boyuan stood aside and whispered, "If there are any people in the village who want to take advantage of you, they're probably waiting for you."
Lu Boyuan knew his own limitations. Lu Shiyi obviously had a bad relationship with the villagers. If he made excessive demands again, the relationship between the two sides would definitely be severed.
Who can say what the future holds? It’s better to keep some favors and come back when the village really can’t survive.
Su Jin accompanied Lu Shiyi to the brigade headquarters, and she found that six brigade leaders and their families were there.
"Wife, take your family to the next door." Lu Boyuan glanced at his wife, "Xiao Jin, follow your aunt."
Su Jin saw Lu Shiyi nodded at her, then she stood up and left with Lu Boyuan's wife.
The family members sat down in the next room, and Lu Boyuan's wife poured boiled water for them.
"Teacher Su, the situation in each village is not good. Can the farm give some food to the villagers?" The wife of a team leader sat down and complained to Su Jin, "Everyone is suffering. Even drinking water is difficult, and there is less water for irrigation."
"None of the villages have planted autumn crops. I wonder if there will be even less food for the winter?" The second team leader immediately agreed after hearing someone start talking.
Lu Boyuan's wife remained silent and did not join the captains' wives in speaking.
Su Jin listened to the conversation of several captains' wives and found that Lu Boyuan and his wife were not involved.
"I heard Ayi mention the village's relief grain, which weighs more than what the logistics department gave to the farm." Su Jin looked coldly at the wives of the village heads. "If the team hadn't gone into the mountains to hunt this year, I don't know what we would have done this winter."
After Su Jin finished speaking, the faces of several village heads' wives drooped. The village heads all wanted to get more money from Lu Shiyi, so they planned to sell some of the grain.
Due to the drought this year, there is a severe food shortage and the prices of food on the black market remain high. Several team leaders want to increase their family income.
"Is there really no food?" Several family members were unwilling to give up, but Lu Boyuan's wife shut up.
"Xiao Jin said there wasn't much, it must be true. Aren't you forcing people?" Lu Boyuan's wife said directly.
"Lu Boyuan's wife, you can't say that." The wife of a team leader was not happy and spoke harshly.
Su Jin sat on the chair and listened to the wives of several village heads talking, but Su Jin refused to give in.
"Xiao Jin made it clear that the food delivered by the logistics department is less than the amount for each village. Now that we're giving it to you, what will the team members on the mountain eat?" Lu Boyuan's wife sneered, "You're worried about wild animals coming down the mountain, but you're not feeding the team members enough."
Su Jin listened to Lu Boyuan's wife's explanation. She just listened to the complaints of several captains' wives. They thought she was quibbling if she said anything more about the farm situation.
"Teacher Su, tell me, is the farm really short of food? We can't even help when the village asks for help?" The second captain's wife asked Su Jin, staring at him.
"Yes!" Su Jin looked at the other person without dodging his gaze. "The food that the logistics department has sent recently is very little. The amount of relief food distributed to each village is much more than what the farm has sent. The farm doesn't know what to do with it now."
Faced with Su Jin's crying poor, the captains' wives felt better. Lu Shiyi was considered the most outstanding person to leave the village. They envied Su Jin for being able to get allowance money and tickets without having to work.
"Teacher Su, I remember you also have subsidies. You can't be without food, right?" Several village heads' wives asked curiously.
"I have food coupons, but there's no food in the supply and marketing cooperative. What can I do?" Su Jin spread her hands towards them. "Aunts and sisters-in-law, I want to use food coupons or industrial coupons to exchange for food."
Su Jin took out some industrial tickets and military food tickets from his pocket. The eyes of the village chief's wives all lit up. Some of them had children who were getting married, and whether it was a betrothal gift or a dowry, it would be great if they could have a pair of kettles.
The kettle needs to be purchased with an industrial ticket. If there are no workers in the family or if they work in the county town, it is impossible to get an industrial ticket.
"Teacher Su, you said you want to exchange it with industrial tickets?" The second captain's wife asked immediately, "I can exchange it with some coarse grains. I know that on the black market, one industrial ticket can be exchanged for 40 kilograms of coarse grains."
In order to give a betrothal gift to her son, the second captain's wife found out the price of the bills on the black market early on.
Two kettles require four industrial tickets and another 12 yuan.
"Can I exchange them for four industrial tickets?" The second captain's wife smiled bitterly. "My eldest son is getting married, and I'm thinking of giving him two kettles as a betrothal gift."
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