Chapter 40: Delivering Grain (Supplement) Seeing this, Yan Jiuru simply decided not to go...
Chapter 40: Grain Delivery (Supplement)
After a two-day break after the busy farming season, the members got busy again.
This time it was not work for the brigade, but going up the mountain to harvest mountain products.
Live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water.
Now that we are a large collective, the little money and grain distributed to each family every year is not enough to do anything, so hiking has become another source of income for the members.
Both the brigade and the commune tacitly agreed to this.
Unless you are like Yan Jiuru and the others who got several big ones at once, otherwise, no one cares, they all have to rely on this to supplement their family income.
During this period, the brigade had more freedom in terms of work. If you wanted to earn work points, you could go to work. If you didn't want to, you could ask for leave. Of course, this didn't apply when there was major farm work to do.
Yan Jiuru and Chen Yin took their parents and younger siblings up the mountain every day to collect mountain products, such as autumn mushrooms, various mountain products, wild fruits, rabbits, pheasants, and medicinal herbs... They were simply too busy to handle everything.
The child was left at home in the care of his grandmother, while his grandfather went to the brigade to sign up for work every day to earn a few work points.
After a few days of hard work, the team leader came to inform Yan Jiuru and Yan's father to get up early the next day. "Go and pay your taxes. Jiuru, you're an advanced model now. Be energetic tomorrow and see if our team can move up one notch this year."
Yan Jiuru naturally said without hesitation, "Okay, let's meet at four o'clock?"
It was because their brigade was poor and had no tractors or anything. Every year, they had to rely on ox carts, horse carts, or even human-powered carts to pay the public grain. Paying the public grain was quite a difficult task.
After much effort to get to the commune grain station, you still have to please the staff. You clearly arrived first, but because no one was around, you had to watch others cut in line.
In the end, not only will you have to get up early and arrive late, but your food quality will also be lowered.
There is something fishy going on here, but who is to blame for the fact that their team is the most backward?
But this year is different. This year, Yan Jiuru and several other advanced individuals emerged, and the entire brigade gained some face in the commune.
The next day, as soon as the sun rose, Yan Jiuru and Yan's father hurriedly ate breakfast and went to the brigade headquarters to meet up with other members.
There were already quite a few harnessed ox carts and horse carts in the open yard in front of the brigade headquarters, and the transferred personnel responsible for feeding the animals were also busy giving the powerful animals some final food and drink.
As soon as Yan Jiuru and the others arrived, the team leader called over: "Jiuru, your uncle Zhang will drive the first car, you will drive the second car, and Tieniu will drive the third car... The custodian has opened the door, load the rice first."
"Who is it, Zheng Zhiqing, call Cheng Zhiqing and the others to help with the statistics."
Thanks to Yan Jiuru's water pump, the rice was watered in time during the critical period of filling this year. The grain production of Xinghua Brigade increased by nearly 20% compared with last year, and the grains were fuller.
Heavy bags of grain were loaded onto ox carts, horse carts, and even wheelbarrows. Various shouts echoed in the open courtyard, making it as lively as a big market.
Yan Jiuru took off the sack of grain from his shoulder and saw Chen Yin rushing over. He hurried over and asked, "Why are you here?"
He was afraid something might happen at home.
Chen Yin knew what he was thinking and said quickly, "The captain sent someone to call for help at the last minute. Jiang Wenwu always miscalculates and delays things too much, so I'll take his place first."
Faced with such a major event, Jiang Wenwu knew very well that he could not delay the entire brigade's grain delivery because of his own poor performance, so he happily gave the job to Chen Yin.
He scratched his head and said, "Sister Chen, I'm sorry. I get confused when I see all these entries, and my mental arithmetic is slow. It's really wasting time."
Chen Yin took the account book and pen, nodded, and said, "Just stand in front of me. I'm not familiar with your previous accounts, so I might ask you something later."
"Oh, okay."
If it were someone else, he might not be willing to cooperate, but he didn't dare to offend Chen Yin. She was the secretary's daughter and was already a good student. If it weren't for giving face to his father, it would never have been his turn to take over as accountant.
But it was because he didn't study well in junior high school and only had a graduation certificate. He could handle some simple accounts normally, but when he encountered such a big thing, he was at a loss.
Fortunately, he was still clear-headed.
The young and strong people of the entire brigade worked hard all morning, and it was not until after six o'clock that the grain transport convoy set off in a mighty manner.
***
The road from the brigade to the commune was difficult to travel, especially when there were many heavy trucks delivering grain. The road, which was not very smooth to begin with, became even more bumpy. The grain trucks were heavy and moved slower.
It was not until nearly eight o'clock that the convoy arrived at the commune grain station.
Before they arrived, Yan Jiuru and others saw that there were already several large groups of tractors, ox carts, horse carts, etc. lined up in the field in front.
After all, their mechanical carriage was definitely faster than theirs. Seeing an open space on the right, Yan Jiuru hurriedly called out to Uncle Zhang to lead the carriage over, while he handed the whip to Chen Yin, "Is that okay? Follow Uncle Zhang."
Chen Yin took the whip, waved her hand, and jokingly said, "Hurry up and go. Remember to show your face to the officials, otherwise someone will definitely come to cut in line again. It's up to you!"
Yan Jiuru tapped her a few times with his finger, then had to obey the order and turn around to find someone.
Today is the first day for grain delivery, and the commune leaders will definitely show up.
Yan Jiuru walked over to the staff responsible for weighing and checking the grain, and saw a director named Han leading people to collect grain.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Be quiet, don't push. Anyone pushing, go to the back of the line!" Director Han shouted impatiently.
Sure enough, several members of the brigades that had been at the forefront of the grain delivery process in previous years immediately flattered with smiles, saying, "No need to squeeze, no need to squeeze. No one wants to cause trouble for Director Han!"
He turned around and shouted to no one, but if someone didn't know him, they would think he was the leader of all the teams.
Yan Jiuru walked around but didn't see any commune cadres. He looked at his watch and saw that it was almost nine o'clock. It was time to go to work...
He hadn't found anyone yet, but he heard a quarrel coming from the area where the convoy was lined up.
Yan Jiuru took advantage of his height to look over and saw Uncle Zhang gesturing anxiously with someone, and Chen Yin had already jumped out of her car to help.
Yan Jiuru pushed through the crowd and hurried over.
The person standing in front of Uncle Zhang was Ma Saner from the Liutiaoweizi Brigade. In previous years, it was this guy who led the team to pay the public grain.
You don't need to listen to know that this is another attempt to squeeze their team.
Yan Jiuru will not do as he wishes this year: "What are you doing? Get out of the way!"
Yan Jiuru waved Ma Saner's hand away, glared at him and said, "Come on, tell me if you have anything to say. I'm the team leader this year!"
There might still be people in the entire Red Star Commune who didn’t recognize Yan Jiuru, but after the Ruchun incident, there was no one in the entire Willow Weir Brigade who didn’t know the fierce Yan family, let alone Yan Jiuru?
Ma Saner hadn't expected that he would be the team leader this year. He had originally wanted to force the tongue-tied Uncle Zhang out so that they could move forward, but it seemed that was not going to work.
He immediately admitted his mistake, nodding and bowing, saying: "Oh, I got up too early and didn't see you clearly. It turned out to be Brother Yan. Tell me, this flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple. We are all family. You guys line up, you guys line up..."
Yan Jiuru didn't want to pursue the matter. This kind of thing was just like that. Although it was annoying, it was not worth talking about publicly. The main reason was that they were too shameless.
Yan Jiuru glanced at Uncle Zhang and shook his head secretly. He knew that Uncle Zhang was a talkative person, but he always let him take the lead.
I really don’t know what the captain has been thinking all these years.
Not long after Ma Saner left, two more groups of people came to "scam" him. However, when they heard that Yan Jiuru was leading the team, they all backed off.
Seeing this, Yan Jiuru simply didn't bother looking for anyone to show off to. He just stood in front of his team's grain cart. He wanted to see who was planning to bully their team.
I want to borrow a water pump next year. Haha, that’s fine. I can increase my work points by five times to ten times.
***
Yan Jiuru's aura is now quite powerful. He stood there with his hands behind his back, looking around expressionlessly, and everyone who was caught by his eyes shuddered!
No matter who arrived first or later, no one dared to come up and squeeze.
After scare off the small fry, Yan Jiuru went to look for any cadres he could use to show his favor.
It’s not that he wanted to cut in line, but he didn’t want to be forced to wait by the people inspecting the grain.
Just now he saw that those people surrounding Director Han all brought Huazi with them, and their team came empty-handed...
Yan Jiuru turned around again but didn't see anyone, so he had to come back and mutter to Chen Yin.
Chen Yin thought for a moment and said, "Maybe he's hiding on purpose. Otherwise, if everyone were to look for him, it would be difficult for the leaders to handle it."
Yan Jiuru listened thoughtfully.
At this time, Yan's father brought a small bowl of hot meat buns, "You must be hungry after working all morning, eat something to fill your stomach first."
"Dad, have you eaten?" Chen Yin asked her father-in-law first.
"You guys eat first, I'll eat later when I return the pot."
Yan Jiuru took a bun and stuffed it into his father's hand. "Let's eat it together. If it's not enough, go buy more. Our family doesn't need these buns."
Father Yan had no choice but to eat one, but he still glared at his son and winked at the person beside him.
There are so many old people here. If he joins in eating, shouldn't others give way? If someone gets rude and takes one for each, there won't be enough meat buns to share.
Their family's money is also earned through hard work.
Yan Jiuru grumbled a few words in displeasure and hurried to finish the buns with Chen Yin. Chen Yin ate three, and the remaining ten or so went into Yan Jiuru's mouth.
I've been carrying bags of food all morning and I'm hungry.
Even with this, he is only half full.
"Ah~" When can I eat as much as I want?
Normally, the brigade should provide meals for the people who pay the public grain tax. However, these old and strong people eat as much as they want and can consume hundreds of kilograms of food in one meal. We really can't afford to provide them with meals, so we should just calculate the work points.
***
After finishing his meal, Yan Jiuru strolled over to watch the fun and see how those who had handed in their grain first were weighing and checking it.
"Um?"
Yan Jiuru crossed his arms, his eyes shifting obscurely between the inspector and Director Han. He seemed to have discovered something...
Yan Jiuru observed for a while and was about to quietly leave when he heard someone behind him quietly calling him: "Hey, Brother Jiu!"
The only person who called him that was his deskmate in high school.
"I'm telling you, kid, I've reached the pinnacle of my magical powers. If you try to sneak attack me, you'd better think twice. If I accidentally hurt you, I won't cover your medical expenses."
"Tsk, you're the only one who claims to have divine power, and you're the only one who's accomplished it? You're just half-baked... Hey, hey, hey, no, let go, let go..."
Yan Jiuru looked at the person in front of him with disdain and said, "Why are you, a person who only eats the rations, joining in the fun?"
□□ also looked at him and said with a sigh, "You look more energetic now than when you first got married. How are you? I heard you were seriously injured. Are you fully recovered?"
Still has some conscience.
"The skin and flesh have healed, but the vitality is severely damaged. I don't think it will recover in a short time. By the way, you didn't come to see me just for this, did you?"
□□ rolled his eyes: "Haha, I just wanted to see if you were okay. I didn't expect you to be so lucky and still alive and kicking. That's great."
The two chatted for a few sentences, and Yan Jiuru learned that □□ had also gone to the countryside after graduation, but he went to the Liuhe Brigade where his grandparents lived. It was not until the recent autumn harvest that he heard about his injury.
Thinking that someone from their brigade would definitely come to pay the grain tax today, he wanted to find someone to ask first, but he didn't expect to run into him.
Yan Jiuru was still puzzled: "Aren't city youths the ones who go to the countryside? Are you from the commune going to the countryside too?"
□□ looked around, then leaned in closer and said, "Actually, I'm registered under my mother's household registration, so I'm considered in the county. Originally, I didn't have to go to the countryside, but someone's watching me, so there's nothing I can do."
Yan Jiuru was also convinced. Such a small place actually had so many things going on.
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