The next morning, the familiar sound of gongs rang out in the village.
But today the gong sounded later than usual.
Zhou Ziwen's long-standing biological clock made him get up early. After he finished his meal and packed up to go to the production team, it was already bright outside.
On the way to the gathering, the villagers' faces were full of smiles, even the educated youth in the educated youth home.
Today is the day to distribute money and food, it’s hard for anyone not to be happy.
However, the payment had nothing to do with Zhou Ziwen. He didn't have many work points to begin with, so even if being a team leader could give him one more, it wouldn't be much.
The main reason is that he has been in the countryside for too short a time. All in all, it has been less than three months, which is only six months if you double it.
If they don't want the money and can exchange it all for food, it would be fine. With the appetite of the Chen sisters, it can last them a year.
People like Zhou Ziwen are not so lucky. If he wants to have enough to eat, he has to pay for it.
When he arrived at the threshing ground, every villager he met would talk to him.
Ever since he sold the mushrooms these past two days, he has been in the limelight.
"Zhou Zhiqing, you must calculate carefully when the food is distributed later. The extra potatoes and sweet potatoes you exchanged for are enough to keep you full."
"Yes, exchange less rice and wheat. They are delicious, but too expensive. It's better to exchange them for some coarse grains."
A familiar villager kindly reminded me.
"Well, I know. I must calculate it carefully and exchange it for more food to satisfy my hunger." Zhou Ziwen nodded with a smile.
At this time, no one knew that he was going to spend money to buy wheat, and he didn't plan to let anyone know.
He and Wu Dagang had agreed that they would pack the items in sacks and ship them back without making a big fuss about it.
When they arrived at the threshing ground, the team leader and several leading cadres including Wu Dagang did not delay and started distributing the grain after just one greeting, without even holding a morning meeting.
We weren't going to work today, and we called everyone over here to distribute food.
There are so many people in Dabazi Village. If we don’t hurry up, one day may not be enough.
When grain was distributed in the village, the villagers usually got it first. After the villagers had distributed it, it was the turn of the educated youth.
Zhou Ziwen was qualified to divide the spoils first, but he didn't want to attract attention and planned to wait until everyone had divided their spoils before taking over.
The villagers have many work points and work all year round. Some families even have their entire workforce, so they have many work points.
The villagers would selectively exchange these work points for a batch of grain, and the rest for money and tickets.
Of course, when there are so many people, there are bound to be some arguments, for example, someone feels that their work points are too few and don’t add up.
At this time, a scorer came over with a notebook to conduct on-site verification.
Generally speaking, the scores recorded by the village are correct, and most of the mistakes are made by the villagers themselves.
Before it was their turn to exchange food, Zhou Ziwen watched the fun from the side and also observed how everyone exchanged food.
After seeing so much, Zhou Ziwen also has a clear idea and knows how to make the most of the benefits.
Of course, for Zhou Ziwen, in addition to maximizing profits, quality is also important. For example, sorghum can be used to make wine, but it is not suitable for eating. It is really not tasty.
This sorghum has a lot of husks and doesn't taste good, but because of its high yield, it has always been eaten as a staple food.
Coming to this era, Zhou Ziwen feels that he can adapt to many things, but when it comes to eating, he really can't adapt.
Food is the most important thing for people. After eating too much delicacies from land and sea, who can bear to eat rice bran?
Zhou Ziwen discussed with the Chen sisters and decided on the types of grain to be exchanged, including corn, sorghum, rapeseed, soybeans, yellow beans, potatoes, etc.
It is relatively cost-effective to exchange work points for these grains.
As for rice and wheat, they can be bought directly with money.
Anyway, buying grain in the village is much cheaper than going to the county town, and no tickets are required. If it weren't against the rules, he would have bought a batch of grain and sent it to his family.
Of course, sending it is definitely not an option. Apart from anything else, at least how to send it back is a problem.
Seeing that the threshing ground was still crowded, Zhou Ziwen found Wu Dagang and told him something. Wu Dagang told him that he could not expect to get grain in the morning and asked him to come back in the afternoon.
Seeing this situation, Zhou Ziwen realized that the villagers would not be able to finish the task in a short time, so he simply asked the Chen sisters to go home together.
Seeing that it was still early, Zhou Ziwen took his fishing rod to the river to continue fishing, while the Chen sisters stayed at home busy.
I have been too busy these days, so Chen's younger sister has been unable to knit a sweater for Zhou Ziwen.
Chen Shiying was also knitting sweaters, but she was knitting them for herself and her sister.
Compared with Chen Qiaoyi, a beginner, Chen Shiying is much more skilled. Her hands move very quickly without even looking, but the sweaters she knits have consistent stitches and look very beautiful.
It was not until noon that Zhou Ziwen came back from fishing and found a few more pounds of fish in the tank.
After lunch, Zhou Ziwen leisurely took the Chen sisters to the threshing ground.
Half a day later, the villagers had finally received all their food, and now it was the turn of these educated youth.
Zhou Ziwen and the Chen sisters lined up together. When it was their turn, Zhou Ziwen and the accountant Zhu Youde compared their work points, and then exchanged them for food based on the work points.
Because they didn't ask for money, he and the Chen sisters exchanged a lot of food. After exchanging work points for food, he paid some money to buy more food.
It is estimated that Wu Dagang had already made an agreement with him, and Zhu Youde did not ask any more questions and directly exchanged the food with him.
After exchanging the food, Zhou Ziwen borrowed a cart from the branch and made several trips before finally bringing all the food back.
Because Zhou Ziwen's family had a cellar, all the food for him and the Chen sisters was stored in the cellar.
By the time all the grain was stored, the cellar he dug was almost full.
However, these grains are only stored temporarily. The grains they exchange for have not been processed and need to be processed again before they can be eaten.
But that’s impossible today, he was planning to take people up the mountain!
After putting the food away, the Chen sisters, Shen Zhaodi, and Zhou Chaoyang were already waiting outside.
"Let's go, take our equipment and set off." Zhou Ziwen took an axe, carried a backpack, and led the way with Tayun.
Tayun is the main force today, and whether we can catch the prey depends on it.
Compared to humans, dogs have much stronger hearing and sense of smell. It's just that Tayun is still too young and his dog training skills are not very good. If Tayun grows up a little and is trained, he can go hunting in the mountains by himself.
His requirements were not high. He just wanted someone to catch a rabbit for him every day.
After all, Taoyun is also a member of their family, and he should make some contribution to the family.
"Let's go!" The little sister of the Chen family wore a straw hat, waved a sickle, and followed Zhou Ziwen happily.
"What is the deep mountain like? I haven't been there yet!" Zhou Chaoyang, standing by, looked expectant, holding an axe in his hand, ready to use it at the critical moment. (End of this chapter)
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