Lin Mo strained his ears to listen to the sounds outside, and what he heard sounded rather horrible.
I felt like I couldn't breathe for that Master Zhu.
Poor farmers, they can't withstand even the slightest disturbance; they dare not even get sick.
They already had no savings, and getting sick would leave them in dire financial straits.
But the village chief actually lent him 300 yuan? That's quite kind of him.
However, the "conscience-based subsidies" are a bottomless pit; they could be given out forever.
"Take the rabbit home and raise it well. Don't even think about selling it again." The village chief coldly refused to buy the rabbit, but then his tone changed:
"Didn't you ask the health station if they had any other cheaper medicines?"
"I asked around, and the doctor said that other painkillers are no different than not taking them at all; the best painkiller is still aspirin," Old Zhu said listlessly.
"But this stuff costs ten yuan for 20 pieces, who can afford that?"
"And they eat two at a time, three times a day. Ten yuan is only enough for three days. It's unbelievable."
"Never mind, wait a moment."
In about ten seconds, the village chief entered the main room from outside, went into the inner room, and took out three ten-yuan bills.
All that could be heard outside the door was a series of repeated "Thank you, village chief," and the village chief's admonition, "Don't sell the rabbit."
Then the village chief also went back to the main room dejectedly.
After catching his breath, he took out six bundles of banknotes from the inner room, along with 24 extra bills, counted them, and handed them to Lin Mo.
“That’s obviously a money pit. Once you borrow, you’ll keep borrowing. It would be best to find a way to make him earn money on his own,” Lin Mo said, feigning calmness.
“Yes, we still have to earn our own money,” Wu Fengshou sighed, then revealed an unknown situation that surprised Lin Mo:
"To be honest, my son Wu Ji has nephritis and has to take medicine every day."
"Huh?" Lin Mo was greatly surprised.
Wu Ji looks quite thin. I originally thought he was just naturally fair-skinned, and since he was born into a relatively well-off village chief's family, he didn't need to do farm work, so he didn't get tanned.
Only after thinking about it did I vaguely realize that Wu Ji's face was indeed sickly pale, though not obviously so.
"Moreover, one of the medications I take is a foreign drug called prednisone. A box of 100 tablets costs 30 yuan. I take 10 tablets a day until the doctor tells me to stop."
"I've been eating it for half a year now."
Lin Mo gasped inwardly, realizing that thirty yuan would only last for ten days.
This is just one of the medications.
Seeing that Lin Mo just stared in surprise without saying a word, Wu Fengshou figured he might as well say it and get it over with:
"The doctor gave us a heads-up and told us to start saving money in advance."
"If the medication doesn't work, we'll have to go to the provincial capital for surgery, so we need to save at least 10,000 yuan in advance."
"This is just the cost of the resection. If you need a kidney transplant, it will cost much more, at least several times that amount."
Suddenly I understood why the village chief was so enthusiastic about making money; that was the reason.
It's really not easy.
"So you'd better get something good. I'm counting on your pine nuts... cough cough cough, hehe." The village chief's worried expression was replaced by a sly smile.
Lin Mo also put on a smile:
"That's a must, but we also need to give you a heads-up in advance. The flowering and fruiting season of the dwarf pine lasts until the end of October. After this half month, it will basically be gone."
"The same goes for the Scots pine."
"Huh?" The village chief was greatly surprised.
I thought this thing could be harvested all year round, but in my excitement I forgot that crops can only be harvested for a few days, and the flowers and fruits in the mountains are the same as crops.
For a moment, their minds were racing, wondering what they could do with pine nuts after the season was over.
The Northeast is freezing cold. Basically, after the autumn harvest, people start to hibernate because the climate is already very cold.
Wu Fengshou took out the worn-out coordination form he had been clutching and stared at it for a long time.
It seems like only aspic is unaffected by the season.
"Does your order include salted fish?" Lin Mo asked.
The village chief shook his head, indicating no.
"Actually, Heilongjiang Province is like the eldest son of our country; almost all industries are concentrated here," Lin Mo said, sharing his thoughts.
"Industry means factories, and factories must have canteens. Canteens must centrally manage the ingredients, and managing the ingredients must involve purchasing from various farms."
"Why don't you ask around and see if there are any fish farms outside?"
"After we distribute the rabbits tomorrow, we'll take the villagers fishing together, and we'll sell the fish we catch directly to the fish farm!"
"We'll each take a cut of what we earn, and the rest will be distributed fairly among the villagers as a reward for their hard work!"
What do you think?
These words left the village chief completely stunned.
This guy, he's always trying to shove his mouth as wide as possible.
If we go out and ask around, wouldn't that be telling everyone that we're engaging in speculation and profiteering?
Moreover, those breeding farms and fish farms are all state-owned.
You went up to the government and accused us of speculation and profiteering.
You're insane!
The county government proactively told us what they were collecting; that's the government leading the economy.
If you privately run a business to make money in front of the government, that's speculation and profiteering.
They are not the same thing at all.
"There are so many black carp, big flat carp, and white-bellied carp in the Nenjiang River. No one has caught them for so many years, they've almost grown into monsters."
"How much you want to make is really a piece of cake."
Lin Mo was actually still thinking about catching fish, because those black clams were really delicious.
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