Chapter 62 Going to the Commune Workshop Again

Su Mo rode her bike directly to the collective workshop of the commune. Compared with the first time she came, the workshop is now very lively.

Especially the oil mill, where the aroma of beans wafted in. It was estimated that the production team that was quick to act had already started to come here to press oil.

These days, the countryside is not like the city. There is a fixed amount of oil coupons every month.

The oil consumed in the countryside depends entirely on the production team growing peanuts, sesame, rapeseed and other crops, pressing oil by themselves and distributing it to members every year.

When Director Qi saw Su Mo coming to the door, he asked with a smile: "Su Zhiqing, what are you going to do again?"

He had heard that this Su Zhiqing was the niece of Secretary Geng.

"I want to ask, can you still make quilts? There are relatives at home who want them." Su Mo pretended to be embarrassed.

"Yes, of course. We serve the people. If members need it, we must solve it." Director Qi said with a smile.

Their commune is not a major cotton-growing area, and there are no assigned tasks. Instead of selling the cotton to the purchasing station at a low price, it is better to use it to generate income for the commune.

As long as it is not used for speculation, and relatives want it, it can be done. It doesn't matter who you do it for.

Cotton grows well this year, and there is a lot of cotton.

"Thank you, Director Qi. I will make another quilt, the same as the one I made before, 7 kilograms for the quilt, and 3 kilograms for the mattress."

Su Mo had two considerations for making another quilt. One is that if Grandpa Zhang needs it, she will give it to him directly; if not, she will keep it at home. Although it is covered with a quilt cover now, it will not be worn, but if someone finds it when washing the quilt cover, it will be exposed.

Director Qi smiled and immediately wrote a bill, "Cotton fee plus labor fee, a total of 14 yuan."

Su Mo paid the money and said, "I also want to order a large wooden rack to put food, and a few flat wooden basins."

"Flat wooden basin? Is it a bathtub for children to bathe?" Director Qi did not understand what a flat wooden basin was.

"No, it's just square, and about 20 centimeters deep. It doesn't need to be very fine, just enough to hold soil."

Su Mo borrowed Director Qi's pen and drew a simple picture for him.

Director Qi understood it, but didn't know what it was used for.

"Su Zhiqing, what are you going to use this for?"

"Put it in the house in the winter and grow vegetables, otherwise we won't have any vegetables to eat in the winter." Su Mo said. At that time, there was no concept of greenhouse vegetables, and I don't know if he could understand it.

After listening to Director Qi, he was enlightened.

Yes, it is very cold here in the Northeast. If we get some wooden basins like this and put them in the house, wouldn't we be able to grow vegetables to eat? In this way, we don't have to eat cabbage and potatoes every day in winter.

"Oh, Su Zhiqing, your idea is good. It is worth promoting. It is worth promoting. I will also order a few and ask my wife to grow them when I go back." Director Qi was happy.

Su Mo: ...

"Director Qi, this is just an idea of ​​mine. It may not succeed. We have to try it to know."

She dared to do this because she has supernatural powers, brother! She can't guarantee that he can also grow it successfully.

"It's okay, it's okay. The Chairman said that we should try more before doing anything." Director Qi said, "Come on, I'll take you to the carpenter's shop and ask the masters how much wood and labor are needed, and then calculate the cost."

Director Qi led Su Mo to the carpenter's shop and saw that there were only two or three carpenters working inside, and the others were nowhere to be found.

"Old Li, where are the others?" Director Qi's face was not very good. This was not a lazy trick.

"Oh, Director Qi, they all have diarrhea. The canteen has put too much oil in the cooking these two days, and those guys are not satisfied and can't stay." Old Li said. Director Qi

was speechless. For someone who doesn't eat much greasy food all year round, eating too much greasy food all of a sudden will indeed cause diarrhea.

When pressing oil, there will always be some oil residue, he was reluctant to waste it, so he asked Lao Song to use

it when cooking. Who knew that the guy actually put so much oil in, the rice is fragrant, but people can't stand it. After Lao Li finished speaking, he also cried "ouch" a little while later, holding his stomach and ran out, muttering as he ran: "Putting so much oil, the rice is fragrant, but people suffer."

Director Qi smiled awkwardly at Su Mo, "This group of people are used to a rough life and can't eat anything good. I have to trouble you to wait for a while."

Su Mo smiled and said, "It's no problem."

Suddenly I felt a little sad. People these days, life is not much easier than the end of the world, but fortunately they have hope.

After a while, a middle-aged man came back. He was probably the person in charge of the carpentry shop. Director Qi waved

to him and said, "Dasheng, come here." Director Qi told him what Su Mo wanted. The man named Dasheng calculated and said, "It can be done in two days." He also told Director Qi the approximate amount of wood needed.

Among these things, only the wooden shelf needs to be more delicate. The square wooden frame is just a matter of some wood, not much delicate, and not much labor.

After returning to the office, Director Qi asked Su Mo how many she wanted to make. Su Mo calculated the space in the living room and asked for four.

Director Qi wrote out a bill, "One big wooden frame, four square wooden frames, wood and labor, a total of 7 yuan."

The big wooden frame that Su Mo ordered was three-layer, 1.5 meters long and about 1 meter wide, so it was a little more expensive.

When Su Mo came out of the collective workshop and passed by the supply and marketing cooperative, she saw that there were not as many people inside as before, so she stopped and went in.

Lu Xiaolan was very happy to see Su Mo: "Third sister-in-law, you are here, what do you want to buy?"

"I want to buy a few sacks to carry grain and mountain products." Su Mo said.

"Okay." Lu Xiaolan replied, then hurried to the grocery counter to get a sack and spread it out a little at the counter, "Third sister-in-law, which one do you want?" Then she told Su Mo the prices of each one.

Sacks ranged from eight cents to thirty cents according to size. The thirty cents kind was very large, and it was estimated that it would take two strong men to carry it. Su Mo's small arms and legs could not move it, so she chose the one that cost ten cents a piece.

"I want the one that costs ten cents a piece, and I want ten pieces." Su Mo said.

Then she asked for two bars of soap, two rolls of toilet paper, a tube of toothpaste, and a pack of matches. These things are consumables, but they need to be used at both ends, so when you can buy more, buy more and stock up.

A bar of soap costs 0.38 yuan, a roll of toilet paper costs 0.23 yuan, a tube of toothpaste costs 0.36 yuan, and a pack of matches costs 0.2 yuan. The total cost of buying these things is 1.78 yuan.

Su Mo gave the money, took a sack to pack the things, and was about to leave, but was stopped by Lu Xiaolan.

"Third sister-in-law, wait a minute, help me bring something back." Lu Xiaolan said, and hurried to the back, and soon came back with a bag of things.

"Third sister-in-law, I bought two bags of milk powder and two cans of yellow peaches for our grandfather, please help me take them back. I was thinking of going home tonight, but the director just said he had a meeting."

When the family was divided, Lu Boming also gave them 100 yuan, and the two felt very sorry. Yang Jingming finally got two milk powder tickets two days ago, and he quickly bought milk powder and sent it to the old man.

As a result, she had to work overtime these two days, and Yang Jingming was also very busy. Su Mo happened to come to buy something, so I asked her to take it back.

"Okay, I'll take it back for you." Su Mo took the things with a smile.