Every spring, summer and autumn, there are countless wild vegetables in the fields and mountains.
Every time at this time, they eat all kinds of vegetable steamed buns, vegetable cakes, vegetable porridge, and vegetable dumplings.
Now I can sell it for money, no matter how much I get, it's better than eating it myself.
Captain Luo quickly ran to the village brigade and shouted a few times with a loudspeaker.
Every household, adults and children, whoever can go out to work, go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables.
Jiang Tang was not idle either. She rode her bike to Shaluo Village to find Sun Maocheng.
The day before yesterday, his second brother told him that Secretary Jiang seemed to be helping Caotou Village exchange things.
How much can a little girl help to exchange for things? She just went to win over the villagers of Caotou Village because she didn't like them.
"Captain Sun, I contacted a farmers' market in the city these past few days and they're willing to buy vegetables from farmers.
Please ask if there are any villagers in our village who have a lot of vegetables grown by themselves. If they are willing to contribute, pick them tomorrow morning and take them to the market with Caotou Village to ask for them."
Sun Maocheng didn't take it seriously: "Secretary Jiang, it's not that I don't cooperate. Farmers are already short of food, and growing some vegetables can at least make up for it. If we sell these, what's the point of just holding the money? Besides, the quality and size of the vegetables grown by each family are different. If we pick them all at once and can't sell them, won't everything be lost? Also, there are cases where vegetables are discounted. Who will bear the cost of these discounted vegetables? I might get blamed for it."
"Captain Sun, I understand the situation, so I've come up with a plan: have each household write their name on their dish. That way, it's easy to see who's sold and who hasn't. Of course, now that I've got it, I'll definitely find a way to sell it. If it doesn't, there's nothing I can do. I can just bring it back and eat it."
When we notify the public, we clearly explain the pros and cons to them, and the transaction is entirely voluntary."
Sun Maocheng shook his head. "Secretary Jiang, you're too young. You're not thinking comprehensively. You say it's all voluntary, but when the time comes and the products don't sell, they'll have all sorts of reasons to blame you. Since Caotou Village is willing to listen to you, you just need to mobilize them. Our village won't participate."
"Captain Sun, do you want to ask the villagers for their opinions?"
"No need, I'm the captain here, if I say I don't want to participate then I won't participate."
"Captain Sun, are you sure?"
"Sure."
Jiang Tang didn't force him and told him another thing: "Captain Sun, I want to repair the roads of the three villages. The people in Liulin Village, which is next to the asphalt road in front, have wanted to build a road for a long time. There is also Caotou Village, but they are troubled by our disagreement.
"I think road construction is necessary. Captain Sun, do you really want to keep walking on this bumpy, muddy, narrow, and difficult path? Have you ever thought about taking the asphalt road like the commune?"
"Everyone wants to walk on a good road, but when three villages are building a road, why should only our village suffer? We are willing to contribute manpower to build the road, but occupying our land is absolutely unacceptable."
"There's a river on the other side of that road. We can't fill it up. Besides, the river isn't wide, and our villages rely on it for irrigation, so filling it up is out of the question."
"If they can't fill the river, then they can take our land? If we lose our land, what will we villagers eat?"
"I've roughly calculated that building a two-meter-wide road would only take up a dozen acres of your land at most. How about I ask the higher authorities to give you some more compensation for those ten acres?"
"Not so good! The compensation is only a few hundred yuan at most, and those few hundred yuan are dead money. But the land can produce food for us every year."
"..." "I understand."
Jiang Tang was also at a loss for words: "After all, it's all about the land. What if we compensate for the land?"
"Compensation for land? Haha, Secretary Jiang, our village has a certain amount of land. If you can give us some land, I will agree to build the road."
"Captain Sun, we have a deal. I'll get you land, and you agree to build a road."
"As the captain, I, Sun Maocheng, have the final say and I never break my word."
"Okay, I'll be leaving first."
"Secretary Jiang, I'm waiting for your good news."
The news was still uncertain, so Jiang Tang didn't talk too much with him and rode his bike to Caotou Village.
Seeing some old ladies at the village entrance sewing shoe soles and chatting, I told them about selling vegetables: "Auntie, I contacted a farmers' market these days. They also buy vegetables grown by farmers, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, loofahs, bok choy, onions, ginger, and wild vegetables. If you have extra vegetables at home and want to sell some to supplement your family income, pick them early tomorrow morning, bundle them up, write your name on them, and bring them to me in Caotou Village around five o'clock tomorrow."
An old lady frowned and said, "Secretary Jiang, why do we have to send ours to Caotou Village? Can't you come to our village to collect it?"
"Auntie, I can't collect it all by myself. Caotou Village relies on the joint efforts of village cadres and villagers. I just asked Captain Sun, and he disagrees with this.
That's what I'm saying. If you have someone selling it, you can pass it on to others. We need to check the quality of the vegetables and weigh them.
If there aren't many of you here, you can only go to Caotou Village."
Seeing them gathered together and started talking, Jiang Tang didn't stay for long.
Ride the bike back to Caotou Village.
As soon as I turned the road into the village, I saw many adults and children in the fields, each carrying a basket and digging wild vegetables.
Jiang Tang felt a lot of pressure when he saw everyone working so hard.
She wasn't sure how many vegetables the villagers would have, nor was she sure whether the farmers' market would accept them.
What should we do if we take a lot of it over and the farmers’ market can’t handle it all?
Maybe Captain Sun is right.
But you don’t want to do it, I don’t want to do it, you don’t want to take the risk, and he doesn’t want to take the risk.
How can you get anything done?
After returning home, Jiang Tang found that Ms. Liu Xiu Lan was not at home.
When I went out to look for her, I found her digging wild vegetables with a few aunts at the foot of the mountain.
When Jiang Tang went over, he had already dug out half a basket.
Looking at a few more aunts, there are quite a few of them.
"I knew there were a lot of wild vegetables in our village, but I didn't expect there were so many."
An auntie smiled and said, "This isn't much. Wait until autumn when the wheat comes out, and there will be even more. There will be a layer of purslane on the ground. There will be the most ash greens at this time, and in July and August, dragon claw greens will also be all over the mountains."
Liu Xiulan said: "Wild vegetables are delicious. We don't have the chance to eat wild vegetables in the city. On Sundays, we will organize a group to go to the suburbs to dig wild vegetables.
There are many people digging there, and sometimes nothing is found.
Wild vegetables in the city are more expensive than beans."
One woman was confused: "What's so delicious about wild vegetables? I eat enough of them every day."
"Everywhere you look, scarcity makes things valuable. Our city is always short of vegetables. If you go too late, you won't be able to grab any."
After hearing this, the aunts felt that the city was not that great.
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