In the early days of their business, Shen Yunshu and Du Shouquan reached an agreement and, adhering to the principle of saving as much as possible, chose to connect the two rooms usually used for meetings in the middle.
This saves both money and labor costs.
The entrance of the brigade office is spacious, suitable for drying freshly produced vermicelli.
In the process of producing vermicelli, the most used item is water. The old well at the entrance of the brigade has a history of many years. The team members pick up water from here for their daily eating and drinking, which saves the money of digging a well.
Now everything is ready, only the east wind is missing. After the third autumn, we will start to produce vermicelli with all our strength.
During the third autumn season, all the men, women, young and old in the team began to go to the fields to harvest. At the same time, the five acres of watermelons in the fields were ripe.
Under the guidance of Shen Yunshu and the careful care of the team members, the melons grown on the five acres of land were big and sweet.
In order to sell the melons in the field for money as soon as possible, Shen Yunshu and Du Shouquan discussed and decided to split into two groups.
Shen Yunshu selected a few middle-aged women with nimble hands and feet to be responsible for the sale of watermelons, while Du Shouquan led the team members to harvest the crops in the fields.
Shen Yunshu took action right away. That day, he led a few people to the watermelon field to pick watermelons. Chen Fengying and Du Piaoliang were among them.
When Chen Fengying arrived at the watermelon field, she was like a mouse entering a granary, her eyes shining. When she was moving the watermelons onto the cart, her hand slipped and the watermelons fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
The red, sandy flesh makes people drool.
Shen Yunshu, who rushed over after hearing the noise, saw them looking at the broken watermelons on the ground with shining eyes. He simply waved his hand and asked someone to bring a few watermelons that were not of very good quality for them to eat.
"Shen Zhiqing, this melon is going to be sold for money. Isn't it a waste to give it to us..."
"What's a waste? Whatever you eat is not a waste."
While everyone was hesitating, Chen Fengying had already started eating.
Not only did she eat it herself, she also stuffed the two sweetest and best pieces of watermelon into Du Piaoliang and Shen Yunshu's hands and let them eat them too.
Shen Yunshu followed Chen Fengying's words and said, "Aunt Chen is right. As long as it is eaten, it is not wasted. Everyone, hurry up and eat it. After you finish eating, send a few to the people working in the cornfield so that they can try it."
The others stopped refusing and immediately started eating the melons.
Chen Fengying found a bag and collected the leftover watermelon peels from everyone, intending to take them home to feed the chickens.
Over at the cornfield, Shen Yunshu also sent someone to deliver dozens of watermelons.
After hearing that it was Shen Yunshu's idea, Du Shouquan asked someone to go home and get two knives, and killed the dozens of watermelons. He distributed them to the team members to try, and even the two or three-year-old children got some.
The moment the watermelon was in his mouth, Du Shouquan knew that he had made a fortune.
He now believed that Shen Yunshu, the educated youth, was the lucky star of their Red Flag Brigade. As long as he listened to her, he would be right.
Before anyone could even taste the flavor, the watermelon in their hands was gone. Someone in the crowd started to jeer, "Captain, this piece of watermelon isn't even enough to fill your teeth..."
"Then there's a big gap between your teeth." Du Shouquan shot him a cold look, and the man who had just spoken instantly became obedient.
In order to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the watermelon field, Du Shouquan warned everyone:
"The watermelons in our team are to be sold for money. No one is allowed to touch them. If I find out that anyone dares to steal watermelons from the watermelon fields, they will never be able to participate in the team's profitable business in the future."
Not only that, Du Shouquan made preparations for both situations and arranged several team members to patrol the watermelon field day and night after the watermelons were ripe.
There really was a foolish thief who came to steal watermelons at night, but he was caught by the patrol team. He was from the next brigade.
The man was beaten half to death and taken to the public security bureau.
The crime of theft is severely punished these days, so the fate of the melon thief is self-evident.
From then on, no one dared to take over the watermelon field.
Chen Yunshu took Wan Xinyu and Wang Ernao, who was in charge of driving the cart, to the county to sell melons.
The watermelon business is a collective income-generating project and is not considered speculation. Before Shen Yunshu and her companions even reached the county town, more than half of the watermelons in the car were gone.
Scarcity makes things valuable. A watermelon that used to cost 1.2 cents was now sold by Shen Yunshu for 30 cents per pound.
Wang Ernao, who was responsible for weighing the guests, was frightened when he saw Shen Yunshu's purse full of money.
"Wan Zhiqing, pinch me."
Although Wan Xinyu was confused, he still used all his strength to pinch Wang Ernao hard.
Wang Ernao cried out in pain: "It's not a dream, it's real, we really made money."
Shen Yunshu smiled and said, "This is just the beginning. There are many ways to make money in the future. Uncle Er Nao, work hard and live a decent life to show those who look down on you."
"Chen Zhiqing, I will listen to you. I will do whatever you ask me to do." Wang Ernao was so excited that tears filled his eyes.
A wife, children and a warm bed are not far away for him.
The watermelon seeds were taken by Shen Yunshu from the space. They were scientifically cultivated by modern agronomists. Affected by the weather and season, the yield per mu cannot reach 4,000 to 5,000 kilograms, but it can still reach 2,000 to 3,000 kilograms.
The watermelons from five acres of land add up to tens of thousands of kilograms.
If tens of thousands of kilograms of watermelons were sold individually, it would take a long time and might not be sold out. However, it is different with the supply and marketing cooperatives.
The supply and marketing cooperative has a large customer flow, and city dwellers are willing to spend money on watermelons, so the sales of watermelons quickly took off. This was Shen Yunshu's idea from the beginning to the end.
The person on duty at the counter today is an old acquaintance of Zhao Jingxia, Shen Yunshu and Wan Xinyu.
On weekdays, if the supply and marketing cooperative had any good things or defective products that did not require tickets, Zhao Jingxia would reserve them for them in advance and wait for them to come and get them.
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