Chapter 98 A bumper corn harvest

Huang Xinran was stunned. Yes, she didn’t think it through.

"Okay, if you're willing, we can open a store in the city. You can think about it first, and we can sell anything."

"That's great, let's talk about it after we're done."

Whether it was Lu Tianlei or Zhang Wenbi, they were all focused on the land that had just been allocated to them. For them, land meant they had something to live on. As long as they were not lazy, the lives of the whole family would only get better and better.

As for going into the city to do business?

It is better to avoid those opportunistic things. Moreover, Yun Chen has just been promoted and his development in the army is very good. His family can't hold him back...

Huang Xinran sighed secretly.

In the final analysis, it is still a problem of ideological awareness and staying in the past.

Huang Xinran was excitedly planning what to bring into the city; Lu Yunqian sat aside, sulking and chewing tender corn; and the two elders talked about the crops in the fields and this year's harvest all the time.

As soon as they got home, they rushed to the fields to harvest corn. Now the corn cobs they picked and brought home were piled up like a mountain in the main room. After dinner, the two elders took out their Liberation shoes and kept rubbing the corn. There were deep teeth marks on the soles of the new Liberation rubber shoes. After putting the bench down, they put the Liberation shoes on the bench legs and started rubbing the corn kernels.

This job looks simple, and even rural children can do it. But it is also tiring, and after a long time, my arms become so sore that I can't lift them.

The two elders cooperated well. Lu Tianlei used a special tool similar to a screwdriver to make a groove on the corn cob, and Zhang Wenbi took over and rubbed the corn kernels.

"We divided the land a little too late. There are still several plots of corn in the back that have not been harvested and brought home. Excluding the land where we sold the tender corn before, I estimate that our family can harvest about 100 catties more corn than in previous years. This is all money!" Huang Xinran had previously sold a few acres of tender corn to the guesthouse.

"I guess it's because of the small amount of damage?"

Lu Tianlei's sudden words were like a stroke of genius, which stunned everyone and made them turn around to look.

But soon, Huang Xinran also understood what he meant.

In a collective economy, the "rats" in the fields consume part of the corn, which is then distributed to the production team and rubbed into corn kernels for consumption, and when the corn kernels are dry, they are consumed by the "rats" again. If more corn is consumed, wouldn't the amount of corn distributed to each household be less?

"Well, this is normal..."

Zhang Wenbi didn't say much about this matter. Everyone knew it, and since they were all from the same village, it would hurt their morale if they said too much. As long as it wasn't excessive, some "losses" were inevitable.

"However, recently everyone in our production team has been very active. Even the laziest Sun Ergou and his family go to the fields to pick corn before dawn. I heard from his blind mother that his family had been out of food for a long time, and now they have eaten one-third and a half of the corn on the field. I'm afraid the remaining corn on the field will not last until the autumn harvest."

Every production team has a few bad apples, like Sun Ergou.

Lu Tianlei took a puff of his cigarette and stomped the butt under his feet. "Not surprising. He is not only lazy but also eager to make food. As long as he has food, he wants to make everything in one go. Just wait and see! In the past, it was a collective economy, and everyone turned a blind eye and ignored him. Now that the land has been assigned to households, if he dares to have any evil intentions... I don't need to do anything, someone will take the initiative to deal with him!"

"If he hadn't come to steal my land, I wouldn't have bothered to say anything to him. I'm just afraid he'd have a bad temper. What if he really did..."

Zhang Wenbi sighed halfway through her words, "Forget it, we'll talk about it when the time comes." She suddenly looked at Huang Xinran, "Ranran, do you know Sun Ergou? Didn't the police find a size 39 Jiefang shoe print before? Sun Ergou was short, so he wore a size 39 Jiefang shoe. Moreover, he happened to be left-handed. The police also found his fingerprints on the kerosene lamp. So, Xiao got out so smoothly."

"It's him..."

Huang Xinran suddenly realized.

The Sun Ergou they were talking about was the person who was once a key suspect by the public security department before Xiao Huayu and Jiang Yurou were arrested for arson!

However, after Xiao Huayu and Jiang Yurou were arrested, they both used their connections to exert pressure. Jiang Yurou was taken back by the Jiang family, while Xiao Huayu was one step ahead. After Sun Ergou took the initiative to stand up and said that he accidentally knocked over the kerosene lamp and caused the fire, Xiao Huayu was released and taken back by the Tang family.

Although Sun Ergou took the initiative to admit the crime of arson, both the police and Lu Tianlei and Huang Xinran understood that the other party was clearly taking the blame for the real criminal.

"The police came a few days ago and told me about this."

When Lu Tianlei talked about this, he was very calm: "It's not that they don't want to catch the real murderer, but this matter was not a big deal. After all, it's just the loss of some cherries. All my fruit trees are sold now. Sun Ergou took the initiative to take out 200 yuan to compensate for our losses... I thought about it, 200 yuan can buy a bicycle, so I just agreed to it for you. What do you think about this...?"

"Okay, let's do this."

Huang Xinran had never thought that this small civil dispute could actually send those two people to jail.

She had expected that the two would stay in the police station for one night or two or three days at most. Unexpectedly, they were detained in the police station for a week, which was quite unexpected.

In fact, it’s no wonder that Huang Xinran was surprised. It was Xiao Huayu and Jiang Yurou who were unlucky!

They were behind the scenes, but they were taken to the grassroots public security bureau. In addition, the transportation in the commune was inconvenient, so when the police caught them, they were thrown into jail. They were not in a hurry to interrogate them, but were first locked up in a "small dark room" for two days to suppress their arrogance. They would bring them up for interrogation when they remembered.

The grassroots management in those days was not as strict as in later times, and the interrogation procedures were much more relaxed. The two wanted to ask for help from their families, but they had no way to send a letter to them.

In the process of delay, the two of them had to stay in jail for several more days.

Huang Xinran was very happy to have another 200 yuan. She took out 100 yuan and gave it to Lu Tianlei: "Dad, this is for you. We'll split it in half!"

"Well... well, we feel comfortable taking this money." Lu Tianlei laughed.

Lu Yunqian's eyes lit up and she quickly came over: "Dad, you ask people to go on blind dates all day long, but look at me, my clothes are all old..."

Lu Yunqian wanted 100 yuan, but Huang Xinran didn't say anything and quietly got up and went back to the house.

Since she gave the money to Lu Tianlei, it had nothing to do with her whether Lu Tianlei gave it to Lu Yunqian or not.

However, since Xiao Huayu has been released from the Public Security Bureau, he should pay back the money he owes her!