Sihe Village is a large village. Each team leader in the production brigade has a notebook called the team labor manual, which records the time when his team members go to and from work every day, the time they take leave, the content of the work, and whether there are any cases of laziness or slacking that will result in work points being deducted.
These will be regularly taken to the work point recorder in the brigade for statistics, and the work points earned by each person during this period will be announced regularly.
Men usually do the most labor-intensive work, so they get more work points. The standard score for a young and middle-aged man to work for a day is 10 points, while for women it is 7-8 points, and for the elderly, weak, sick and disabled it is 5 points. During non-busy farming season, children under 12 years old are not allowed.
The autumn harvest is over and it is almost December, so the production team will start to settle accounts. The annual income of a production team includes agricultural income, pastoral income, sideline income and other income.
Expenses include these items plus management fees. Total income minus total expenses, divided by total work points, is the value of each work point.
After the autumn harvest, the total amount of grain available for distribution was determined, and then the amount of grain that could be exchanged for each work point was calculated based on the total number of work points earned by each worker. This exchange rate was usually fixed, but sometimes it was adjusted appropriately based on the grain harvest that year.
After the exchange rate is determined, villagers can collect the corresponding amount of grain at the grain station in the production team according to their work points.
Lin Guoqing has been taking two half-days off each month lately. Although he works hard on the other half-day, he still loses 35 work points. He and Shen Chunhua earn about 600 work points a year combined.
In a family of seven, if four people work diligently, year-round, they can earn around 900 to 1,200 work points by the end of the year. After deducting food rations, oilseed payments, and the usual monthly distribution, they still have about 100 yuan left.
In Lin Yulan's family, which has so many people, there are six people working. Ma Dexiang is an accountant and receives an additional subsidy of 200 work points.
It is actually quite rare for a family of seven like Lin Guoqing's to have only two working people. Before Liang Shengdi went out to travel in the mountains and rivers, his family could only barely finish all the food and use it up.
But it's not a big problem now.
In previous years, Lin Guoqing and his wife would have about 40 yuan left after exchanging grain at the end of the year. The village would also distribute some sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc. every month, but this was not enough to eat together, so they had to find a way to exchange them for grain coupons to buy grain.
This year, we received food coupons from the food station. We had porridge every morning, sweet potatoes or steamed buns for lunch for those who didn't eat in the cafeteria, and white rice for dinner. The extra sweet potatoes from the second half of the year were even fed to the chickens. (Liang Shengdi exclaimed that it was a waste of natural resources.)
The two men agreed to keep 50 yuan of work points and exchange the rest for food. They exchanged some of the rice and millet that had already been stored in the warehouse according to the proportion.
Liang Shengdi sat outside on a tricycle, with her four children surrounding her. No one climbed on board, and they waited for their parents to come out with the food and take it home together.
Lin Guoqing and Shen Chunhua carried the bags up one by one. No one dared to drop any. They placed them carefully. What if one dropped any? This would have already deducted work points. The team would not make up for it. Dropping any grains would be a waste.
Chen Chunhua wiped the sweat off her face, her throat burning with sweat. She waved to Liang Shengdi and said, "Mom, Guoqing is watching over here. Let's go back and unload these dozen bags first."
Each bag here weighs about 25 kilograms, and twelve or thirteen bags of grain weigh more than 300 kilograms. She felt that Liang Shengdi could not ride anymore.
Liang Shengdi originally wanted to put a few more bags in, this is a tricycle!
Finally, after pedaling hard and feeling the gravity and resistance behind her, she swallowed her saliva and said, "Let's go home."
Lin Shuying, holding her brother and sister's hands, was still looking into the grain station warehouse, trying to find their father's location. To no avail, she turned around and called out to her mother.
"Mom, can my brother and I carry one bag together?" A bag is a bag. The sooner we carry a bag home, the sooner we can feel at ease, right?
Chen Chunhua was carrying a bag of rice on her shoulders. A drop of sweat ran down her temples. She had no hands to wipe it off, and it made her itch. She glanced at the eldest and second daughters, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"You two? Don't think you can do it just because your combined weight exceeds a bag of rice."
Lin Shuchao on the other side puffed out his belly and said loudly, "There's me too!" The third child said not to leave him out.
"Okay, okay, and you too," Chen Chunhua said perfunctorily, not having the energy to smile anymore. She waved her hand and said, "Let's talk about it when you're taller than daddy. Shuying, take care of your younger brothers and sisters, don't fall behind."
Lin Shuying pouted and exchanged glances with her second brother, feeling a little discouraged that she couldn't help the adults.
"Then if you're tired, put the rice bag down. My brother and I will carry it for as long as we can."
"Okay, okay, I'll leave it to you when I'm tired."
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The country roads are filled with people carrying loads and bags of grain. At such times, the whole family often goes out together. Everyone is sweating profusely, but they are all smiling.
Liang Shengdi's tricycle was particularly eye-catching at this time. The old lady gritted her teeth and pedaled hard, but she still managed to force a smile on her face, which made people very envious.
"Chunhua, this is the first time I've seen my mom come out to move food! The tricycle you bought is just the right size. It will save you so much effort!"
Lin Yulan was still breastfeeding, but she still came out to help with such a big task as moving the grain. Jiu Ni asked Wu Ni and Liu Ni to look after it first.
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