Xu Fengmin and Zhang Shengli took out paper and pen and started writing and drawing. They had already discussed how to make arrangements for a small meeting with several village cadres.
They were just like everyone else in the village. All they needed to know was that it was the old branch secretary and the team leader who found the way and that they could use money to exchange for food. No one needed to know the more specific source of the food.
With the two of them here, there won't be any problems.
In addition, every household in the village must send a representative to hold a meeting to ensure that their family members are under control and the news is blocked. Whoever leaks the information will be held responsible in the end, and the villagers will not let him off.
After the discussion, Zhang Shengli and Xu Fengmin stopped drinking their tea, stood up, put on their cotton-padded jackets, and ran to the village committee, determined to follow the plan step by step and start right away.
Zhang Wenyong did not go out, but went back to his room. For the time being, he would leave after the work was done.
Just like that, after the small meeting organized by the old branch secretary and team leader Shentou, the village cadres were busy until the evening of that day. After their quick visits, more than 80 households in Sandaogou Village soon learned that the village could find a way to organize the purchase of grain!
This was a huge piece of good news. The heads of every household immediately began calculating how much money they could come up with and discussing how much food to buy.
The next morning, just after daybreak, the people sent by each family gathered in the village committee compound on time, including Song Chaoyang, the head of the educated youth point.
The educated youth camp also received the notice yesterday. Everyone was very happy. They were so hungry that they lay on the kang all day and had no energy to go out. Everyone was worried about food.
The other fourteen educated youth gave all the money to Song Chaoyang overnight and asked him to go to the village committee to pay the money and report the amount.
Xu Fengmin and Zhang Shengli reiterated to everyone that they should go back and keep their family members’ mouths shut. Wang Kui from the militia security team will lead people to intensify patrols and let the villagers know which family is making a fuss. If the news is not covered up, your family will be in trouble.
Then they lined up to pay the money to the accountant Liu Xinjiang and report the amount of grain they bought. Next to Accountant Liu were several other cadres who were helping to record the amount, and they were quite fast.
Wang Kui brought a few people to maintain order everywhere, and everything went on in an orderly manner.
They were busy from morning to night that day. Finally, Liu Xinjiang and several others solemnly handed the cash box and account books to Zhang Shengli and Xu Fengmin.
Zhang Shengli and his companions did not go home that night. Security captain Wang Kui brought two more skilled team members, and the five of them stayed in the village committee to guard the money box.
The village of Sandaogou calculated that it would buy 50,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes, 10,000 kilograms of sorghum, and 20,000 kilograms of corn, totaling yuan. Among them, there was 1,500 yuan from the villagers, all of which was exchanged for food. Some families did not have enough money, so they bought on credit from the villagers.
The day to buy grain finally arrived. Zhang Shengli rode the village bicycle, took a deposit of 1,000 yuan, and left the village alone.
He decided to take charge of this matter himself and get his third son out of the way.
Before noon, he arrived at the Black Market Alley behind the cotton mill. He had been to this place before, so he had no problem conducting investigation there.
According to what Zhang Wenyong had described to him, he quickly found the man with a round face and squinty eyes named Errong. After talking to him, Errong took him into Mr. Qian's yard and directly accepted the deposit.
Grandpa Qian and Zhang Shengli agreed on a location and would use trucks to transport the grain in batches according to the quantity tonight. The location was at the entrance of Sandaogou Village, near the woods on the west side.
There were two particularly large stones there, and they were traded there.
The amount of grain was not small, so it had to be transported several times. Mr. Qian asked Zhang Shengli to take his men there at midnight to pay the money and receive the goods on time.
After Zhang Shengli left, Mr. Qian started to arrange people. Shunxi and Gu Dazhuang were sent back to their respective homes to recuperate in the past few days.
That day, according to Lin Zi's arrangement, Lin Zi did not take the more than 800 yuan and some valuables that he took from Hu Sanhai and others, and let Qian Ye keep them.
Mr. Qian gave some money directly to several of his fellows, especially the two injured ones, giving them enough money to allow them to rest and recuperate for a while.
Now, Shunxi’s elder brother Shunan comes here to work.
There is also Errong, whose full name is Liu Lirong. His older brother Liu Liben and Liu Liye are also here.
These two young men are capable, smart and strong. They used to come to help often. Now Mr. Qian is short of manpower and wants to expand the scale, so he asked them to work with him from now on.
Mr. Qian currently has a total of six people and two old trucks under his command.
There was only one car originally, but Hu Sanhai gave him one for free. It was parked not far away that day, and he found it later. So it belonged to him from then on.
These two vehicles are usually hidden in another secluded place. After dark tonight, they can start loading and delivering goods at the warehouse in Yugang Hutong.
After giving detailed instructions to his men, everyone nodded. These were all veterans who had been working with Master Qian for a long time. They all got busy preparing for the evening's transaction.
At night, everything went according to plan. Apart from leaving Xiao Si to continue watching and taking care of the black market, Qian Ye personally took the others to handle the transaction.
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At twelve o'clock in the evening, the moon was dark and the wind was strong, with a slight north wind blowing. Zhang Shengli and Xu Fengmin were the first to arrive at the place on time.
At this time, Mr. Qian had already brought his men to unload the grain onto the ground and were waiting beside a big rock.
When the two sides met, Xu Fengmin and Zhang Shengli looked at the grain bags piled on the ground with their eyes wide open. It felt like there was a hammer pounding in their hearts, and their hearts were about to jump out.
At Mr. Qian's signal, they quickly took flashlights and carefully counted the food.
Both of them are capable, but it also took a lot of effort. They have to check it carefully. There can be no mistakes. It is not their own money!
After finally confirming that everything was correct, Zhang Shengli took the cloth bag containing the money from the bamboo basket on his back and handed it to the other party.
Soon the money was counted and there was no problem, so Mr. Qian waved his hand and led his men to the truck parked nearby.
One of the two trucks had already driven away, so they got on the remaining truck and left quickly.
Half an hour passed and it was already half past twelve. The old branch secretary stayed in the woods to watch. Zhang Shengli hurried back to the village and reached the village committee compound in one breath. He called Wang Kui and together with more than 20 strong young men who had been gathered in advance, they immediately rushed there.
Each of them pulled a cart and arrived at the village entrance in an orderly manner.
Before coming, Wang Kui had repeatedly emphasized that everyone must be careful and not make any noise, and work faster while it is still dark.
These people will be able to continuously pull grain to the village granary in a while. People will also be left at the granary to move and unload the goods, and the village accountant Liu Xinjiang will be in charge of watching over it.
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