Chapter 112 Autumn Harvest
The study class was in full swing, but now it has to be put on hold.
Because it’s time to harvest and distribute the grain in autumn.
Everyone was waiting at the threshing ground early in the morning.
The grain here is piled up like a mountain, including coarse grains and fine grains, all measured by centimeters.
Lu Xiang went out early. She had been holding meetings for several days for the distribution of grain during the autumn harvest.
This is the most important event in the village every year.
Not only the quantity but also the money.
Moreover, the price of grain is relatively high this year, so everyone can get more.
Soon the village chief arrived.
Everyone looked at the village chief with light in their eyes.
The village chief smiled and said, "Everyone has worked hard for a year and finally waited for this day. I declare that everyone will start to distribute the food!" As soon as he finished speaking, cheers that shook the mountains and seas came.
Starting from the first family, each person was given coarse grains and fine grains, and some were also given money.
The village chief had already calculated it, he read it out at the top and the people below divided it. This was a grand event in the village.
Lu Xiang and Fu Qinhui worked together to distribute money to the villagers.
Fu Qinhui was originally in charge of the accounts. He sorted out the accounts and Lu Xiang handed them over directly.
This year is much better than last year. Last year, the household that earned the most only earned a little over 200 yuan.
This year, the average amount was just over 300 yuan. The household with the most money, with more than ten people working, received a total of 1,000 yuan, which made everyone very happy.
The Fu family also received a share. They were considered a wealthy family and received 350 yuan in addition to the grain.
If you can't finish the food, you can also buy some from everyone. The price is the most reasonable now.
Xiao Cailian exchanged all the 350 yuan for food.
Others asked, "How many people are there in your family? Can you exchange so much?"
Xiao Cailian was both sad and happy: "You don't know, Lu Xiang's cooking is delicious!"
Everyone believed this. During the autumn harvest that year, Lu Xiang showed off her skills in the village, and everyone ate a lot. The village chief almost cried.
After Xiao Cailian said this, everyone understood immediately and said with a smile: "It seems that cooking delicious food is not a good thing."
Of course this is just a joke, if they were asked to change, they would rather cook something delicious, life is so tiring, isn't it just to feed our mouths!
Some people exchanged for food, some exchanged for money, and the village was filled with a festive atmosphere.
Within a day, the mountain of grain had been distributed to everyone. Village officials like Lu Xiang received a separate benefit. Lu Xiang, who had worked for a shorter period, only received 20 kilograms of soybean oil.
Their soybean oil is first-grade, the best kind.
You can't buy it outside. The village orders it from the grain processing factory.
The dishes cooked with this oil are very fragrant.
Lu Xiang took the oil back, and Xiao Cailian became more confident: "From now on, I can put whatever I want in it!"
When she was poor, she would take a piece of oil gauze, dip it in a little oil, and rub it to make it look oily.
Ever since Lu Xiang came into the family, she has been very generous with the seasonings she uses in her cooking, and Xiao Cailian sometimes feels distressed for her.
But now that I have a duck neck business and make a lot of money, I don’t care about that little bit of money anymore.
Everyone was excited. They could hear someone setting off firecrackers outside. Now that they had money, everyone started to get restless at home.
The excitement was beyond words, and everyone went out to chat about family matters. Whose daughter was getting married, whose son was building a house? Gossip was everywhere.
From a distance, they heard the sound of bicycle bells. Someone was calling Lu Xiang and Fu Qinhui's names. They hurried out to see that it was none other than Fatty Liu.
Fatty Liu looked even fatter than before. He even said, "I came to see you today and see how your pigs are doing." He was busy and hadn't found the time to come over.
Lu Xiang had sent him dumplings a few times, and each time she received a long letter filled with praise for the dumplings, which made Lu Xiang burst into laughter.
Lu Xiang took him to the pigpen. It was very clean. There were six pigs in total, and the boars were indeed fattened.
They looked plump and round. Fat Liu took a look and said, "Wow, you guys are really good at raising pigs. Each one weighs about 150 kilograms!"
He works on the pig farm all year round, and his eyes are the scale.
This breed of pig can grow up to 240 kilograms. Winter is coming soon after the autumn harvest. If you don't take good care of the pig in winter, it will lose weight.
According to the standards of the pig farm, you can start slaughtering pigs as heavy as 150 kilograms.
The first reason why Fat Liu came here was to see his old classmates, and the second and most important thing was that their pig farm had signed a contract with someone and transported most of the pigs to the provincial capital, and now they were seriously short of meat.
The county’s supply is no longer enough.
From the factory manager down to his subordinates, everyone started buying pigs. The price was good lately, 1.5 yuan per pound of live pig. Previously, the peak price was only 1 yuan.
There are also some people raising pigs in other villages.
This opportunity is rare. If the county was not short of pigs, such a high price would not be given. Fat Liu immediately thought of his own people.
I told Lu Xiang and the others about this: "Your pig can be slaughtered now. Do you want to sell it? Although it hasn't grown to its full size, if it grows another 50 kilograms and the price drops, it will be about the same as it is now!"
After all, opportunities are rare.
Lu Xiang immediately called the village chief, her mother-in-law, and her parents to tell them about this.
The village chief was overjoyed when he heard this, because that's how much pork usually sells for.
The county was eager to get such a high price for a live pig. They immediately said, "Since this is such a good opportunity, let's sell the two pigs in the village. The money will be shared among the villagers!"
I originally wanted to share the pork, but a live pig was only one dollar and fifty cents per pound, which was a good price at the limit.
If they missed this opportunity, they didn't know how long they would have to wait. They couldn't afford to eat such precious pork.
When you eat meat, just buy it yourself.
Besides, the villagers have been coveting this pig farm for a long time. Even if they divide the pork, they will get different amounts of good meat and offal. It's impossible to treat everyone equally. It's better to divide the money and shut everyone up.
The village chief made the final decision. Lu Xiang's parents still had one pig. Lu Xiang had two, and Xiao Cailian had one.
Lu Xiang also plans to sell the two, it's rare to get such a good price.
When my parents came, they wanted to sell the other one too. The only one who refused to sell was Xiao Cailian.
Xiao Cailian said to Lu Xiang, "Actually, this kind of local pork is the most delicious! I'm afraid the price of pork will go up this year, so let's keep one!"
In fact, she was coveting the money, but she had made a lot of money this year, and her family was eagerly waiting to eat meat. She was a little reluctant to sell it at this time.
There were six pigs in the pigpen, and five were sold. Fatty Liu said, "Pig prices are quite high right now, so don't catch any more piglets yet. You can come and catch them right after the New Year!"
The price of pigs changes every day. Seeing that they agreed, Liu Pang made a quick decision, took the pig away, and took it back to the pig farm to be weighed.
Lu Xiang sold two pigs for about five hundred yuan.
It was sold for five hundred yuan in the village.
The Lu family sold it for over 200 yuan. Lu Xiang's parents were so excited that they almost cried. They hadn't been so wealthy in years.
Lu Xiang was also a little excited. With her monthly salary, including the money from selling duck necks, and the money from selling pigs, no one knew that she now had a thousand yuan in her hands.
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