Not long after Xu Jianguo brought Funiu back home, Li Mancang came over with two comrades from the Public Security Bureau.
"Jianguo, these two comrades from the Public Security Bureau want to know something from you. Just tell them what you know."
"Okay, Uncle Mancang."
Xu Jianguo took out a large bowl and poured water for the three people, then told them truthfully what happened early this morning.
"Comrade Xu Jianguo, do you have anything else to add?" one of the police officers asked.
After thinking about it, Xu Jianguo told him about what happened before the autumn harvest when Li Jinlong, Niu Gang and others blocked him at the village entrance.
For some reason, Xu Jianguo always felt that there was something wrong with Niu Gang because the timing of his appearance was too coincidental.
You have to know that Yunling Township is not close to Sandaliang Village. Even if you walk quickly, it will take an hour. What price did Li Jinlong pay to make these people agree to run such a long distance in the hot weather just to deal with him?
"Comrade Xu Jianguo, this is a very important clue. Thank you for your cooperation!"
"You're welcome, this is what I should do!"
"Not bad, young man!" said the older police officer.
"Hehe, thank you for your compliment, I will continue to work hard!" Xu Jianguo said with a simple smile.
"Captain Li, it's almost time, let's go!"
"Okay!" Li Mancang agreed, and several people stood up and walked outside.
Arriving at the courtyard gate, Li Mancang said to Xu Jianguo, "Jianguo, you didn't sleep all night last night. Get some rest tonight!"
"Okay, Uncle Mancang, if you don't have enough people on night patrol at night, just call me. I'm in good health and can handle it!"
"Haha, okay, if there aren't enough people I'll definitely call you!"
After Xu Jianguo sent the three people out of the hospital, he returned home.
For dinner, Xu Jianguo made cola chicken wings and scrambled eggs with cucumber, and also made a dish of tomatoes with sugar.
After steaming a pot of rice, the two people and the dog had another big meal.
When giving Funiu a bath, Xu Jianguo held her and weighed her, estimating that she should be about 20 kilograms. Thinking about how this little girl was as thin as a straw when he first saw her, he couldn't help but smile with relief.
After telling Funiu a Pinocchio story to coax her to sleep, Xu Jianguo slipped into the space.
Two days had passed in the outside world, and it was time to harvest the corn in the space. With a thought, all the corn was threshed, ground, bagged, and neatly stacked. A rough calculation showed that the yield of corn irrigated with the well water in the space could reach 1,500 kilograms per mu, and about 60% of the weight would remain after threshing, which means the net yield per mu could reach 900 kilograms.
This was already incredible in the 1960s.
Not counting the grain previously stored in the courtyard warehouse, Xu Jianguo has now stockpiled more than 1,800 kilograms of cornmeal, more than 20 wild rabbits, more than 400 pheasants and a wild deer in the last two harvests.
He planned to go to the black market after the autumn harvest to sell the things he had, and by the way, get back the poultry and livestock he had ordered from Mr. Jin, and then wait until the autumn planting to make another shipment. In this way, he would not go anywhere during the winter and could stay at home obediently.
After placing the straw and corn cobs from the field into the livestock breeding area, Xu Jianguo planted a new crop of corn, watered it with well water, and fed the fish in the pond. Only then did he leave the space contentedly and fall into a deep sleep.
Nearly two weeks passed like this, and the autumn harvest in Sandaliang Village was nearing its end.
On this day, the village radio sounded, notifying everyone to go to the brigade headquarters for a meeting.
Xu Jianguo packed up, found a thick piece of clothing he wore as a child and put it on Funniu, then took the little girl's hand and walked towards the brigade headquarters.
When we arrived at the brigade headquarters, most of the villagers had already arrived. The house was noisy with people doing all kinds of things. The men gathered together to smoke and chat, and the women, some knitting sweaters, some mending shoe soles, gathered together to chat about the Zhang and Li families.
Xu Jianguo didn't move forward, but stood by the window holding Funiu. There was no way around it because the smoke in the room was too strong, so leaning against the window would be better.
After a while, Li Mancang walked in from outside with accountant Li Changxing.
"Everyone, please be quiet. Let's have a meeting!" Li Mancang said as he knocked on the table with his pipe. The people who were chatting animatedly suddenly became quiet.
"I've called you all here today for two reasons. The first is about our village's harvest this year. Comrade Li Changxing will now explain."
The villagers became excited when they heard this. After all, this was a big matter that concerned whether they could have enough food to eat, so they had to take it seriously.
Li Changxing coughed lightly and said, "This year, our village's total grain output is 500 catties. The rice yield per mu is 310 catties, and the corn yield per mu is 360 catties. The net rice yield is expected to be 200 catties, 200 catties, and 200 catties in total."
"Wow!" As soon as Li Changxing finished speaking, the villagers started talking.
"Great, great! Finally, we won't have to go hungry this winter!"
"Yeah, think about last year, that bastard Russian expert almost wiped out our village's harvest!"
"That's right, you're just giving blind orders. Last year, the corn fields were so densely planted that there was no air in between. We planted two acres of seedlings in one acre. Even mice couldn't get in!"
"If you ask me, these bastards should be allowed to experience what it's like to be hungry. It's so fucking immoral!"
Xu Jianguo was also very happy to hear this. After deducting 25% of the grain to be paid as public grain and the 15% surplus sold to the grain station, Sandaliang Village will still have kilograms of grain left this year. Of course, seed grain, emergency grain and feed grain must also be deducted here. It is estimated that at least kilograms of grain will be left.
The rule in the village is to distribute food according to a 3:7 ratio, which means that 70% of the food is distributed equally to the villagers, and the remaining 30% needs to be exchanged by the villagers with their work points.
The more work points you have, the more food you can get in exchange.
There are 143 people in Sandaliang Village. If you calculate it this way, each person can be allocated at least 100 kilograms of food. If there are many strong laborers in the family and the work points are high, it may reach 200 kilograms.
Of course, for someone like Xu Jianguo, there is no need to think about getting full work points. He has only made some achievements in the past month. Before that, he could only get five or six work points at most every day.
Seeing the excitement of the villagers, Xu Jianguo felt very happy too. After all, this was the joy brought by the harvest, and only by experiencing it personally could one know the feeling.
"Okay, everyone, calm down. In two days, the millet and corn will be almost done drying. Then the public society will organize each village to shell and thresh them. After all this is done, we have to prepare to pay the public grain tax. Those who are in charge of the livestock should pay more attention recently and feed them enough fodder, so that they don't fall behind when it's time to transport the grain!" Li Mancang said.
"Next, let me tell you about the second matter. Regarding the case of Li Lin, Li Jinlong, and Li Deli from our village colluding with outsiders to steal grain, the Public Security Bureau has already thoroughly investigated it. Now, I will read out the verdict!"
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