Chapter 147 A Year of Harvest

In the small courtyard of the county town, Shen Jiale looked at the letter from Jingshi with a smile on his face.

"Mingfeng, my parents asked us to bring the child back to them."

"Okay, this time, we must prepare more things to bring."

"Let's take Siyuan with us."

"Okay, then we'll wait for Siyuan to have a holiday and go together."

Gu Siyuan, who was doing his homework in the room, suddenly stopped writing.

Lu Bailing saw Gu Siyuan stop and asked, "Is there anything you don't know how to write?"

Gu Siyuan paused and showed Lu Bailing the last question in the exercise book. Lu Bailing looked at it and explained it to Gu Siyuan.

At night, Gu Siyuan called for his grandma in his sleep, and Shen Jiale, who got up at night, happened to hear it.

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The village chief went to the commune for a meeting and was highly praised by the commune leaders.

Yaoshui Village has since taken off the label of "the poorest village".

Village chiefs from various villages came forward to ask for advice on their experiences, and the village chiefs told them the truth.

One village chief said that their village also bought chicks for the villagers to raise, but the villagers were not active in raising them and could not raise them well, so he had to sell the chickens early.

Some people also felt that the villagers should not be allowed to keep so many eggs. The chicks were provided by the village, and the eggs laid should belong to the collective.

The villagers should be asked to hand in all the eggs.

When the village chief heard this, he shut up.

We are not of the same kind, so we cannot talk about the same thing. If

the villagers are not given visible benefits, who will put in the effort to raise chickens well? Only when the villagers become rich can the village become rich.

When the village chief came back, he happened to meet Lu Mingfeng and his wife. When talking about the honor he had given the commune today, the village chief's face was full of pride.

Seeing that the village chief was happy, Shen Jiale suggested going to Beijing again at the end of the year.

The animal biscuits of Ruyi Biscuit Factory are selling well, and a new production line has been added.

The last time Shen Jiale went to Beijing, he created such a huge profit for the biscuit factory.

The village chief was eager for Shen Jiale to go to Beijing again as soon as possible to learn about the management and production of the state-owned factories and create more profits for the biscuit factory.

"Go, I'll write a certificate and a letter of introduction for you."

"Uncle village chief, I want to bring Siyuan with me."

"Okay, no problem. It's the end of the year and there are a lot of things to do. I won't go. You and your family can go."

This was exactly what Shen Jiale wanted.

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This winter, every household in Yaoshui Village planted garlic sprouts and some green vegetables to feed the chickens.

The weather was cold, and the chickens didn’t lay many eggs. They also had to eat a lot of vegetables, so the village chief suggested selling the chickens and hatching some chicks for each family to raise first. When the chickens grew up, the wild vegetables on the mountain would also grow.

Each villager could keep two chickens to lay eggs, and the eggs did not need to be handed over to the village.

The money from selling eggs was used to build schools and buy fertilizers, leaving little.

The Ruyi Cake Factory closed on the 23rd of Ramadan. The factory paid the workers’ wages and gave each worker two pounds of pork and two cakes.

The annual dividend was also handed over to the village.

Looking at the pile of money in his hand, and the money from selling chickens, the village chief couldn't close his eyes.

He immediately decided to kill the pigs in advance this year and distribute the money and food.

For a while, Yaoshui Village was very lively, and the scene was comparable to the Spring Festival.

Everyone lined up to receive the money, food and meat they were allocated this year.

After receiving the money, every family had an expression of disbelief.

"Oh my god! How can there be so much money!"

"The village chief has already said that all villagers in Yaoshui Village will share the money from selling chickens and the dividends from the biscuit factory."

"Haha... I thought he was just saying it, but I didn't expect the village chief to really share it with us."

"Yeah, I can't believe it either. My family has 25 chickens, plus the money from selling eggs, dividends, work points, garlic sprouts, and all the other miscellaneous money added together, my family can build a tiled house next year."

"My family will also build a tiled house next year to find a wife for my son."

"My sister's village also learned to raise chickens like ours, and all the eggs laid had to be handed in.

My sister's family raised 20 chickens, including 5 roosters. When they first started laying eggs, it was impossible for them to lay eggs every day, so their village chief said that my sister's family had stolen the eggs. My sister was so angry that she returned all the chickens to the village.

A few days ago, I met her at the supply and marketing cooperative and asked her about raising chickens. The chickens in their village had nothing to feed, so they were sold early.

After the sale, they didn't tell everyone how much they made, but only said that they would share the money at the end of the year."

"What is there to hide? The price of a chicken is known. Our village chief is so nice. He weighs and records the weight of each chicken before selling it. When dividing the money, he pays according to the weight."

"Our Yaoshui Village is still the best!"

The villagers talked about the differences between Yaoshui Village and other villages.

Although Lu Mingfeng and Shen Jiale were not in the village, they also received money and food.

Because Shen Jiale also handed in eggs and chickens.

No one in the village said anything about the fact that they could still get food even though no one in their family worked in the fields.

After all, these ideas for making money were all thought up by Shen Jiale.

After receiving the things, Shen Jiale and his family also had to prepare to return to Beijing.

Lu Mingfeng went to Xu Jin's place and got a lot of good things.

There was a cow leg, a lamb leg, a pork leg, and two jars of good wine.

Shen Jiale looked at these things and said, "Why do you bring so much meat?"

Lu Mingfeng smiled and said, "It's the New Year, so I have to buy wine and meat for my father-in-law. Don't worry, it's cold, these things can be preserved."

With these things, Shen Jiale didn't prepare them openly, and took them out quietly when he arrived in Beijing.

...

This time, it was not as rushed as the last time. The village chief gave 12 days.

Come back before Lu Mingfeng went to work on the sixth day of the New Year.

That is to say, this year, Shen Jiale can celebrate the New Year with his parents.

Just thinking about it, Shen Jiale couldn't sleep at night. Gu Siyuan

also couldn't sleep.

Shen Jiale said that after accepting him as her brother, he would be a member of the Shen family in the future, and he had to be filial to his parents like her, because, they were also his parents.

Gu Siyuan thought Shen Jiale was just talking, but he didn't expect that he would go to Beijing tomorrow.

When he thought that he would also have parents and brothers and sisters in the future, Gu Siyuan's nose was sore and tears flowed uncontrollably.

It was almost dawn when Gu Siyuan fell into a dream. He saw a group of family members waving to him at the train station and warmly welcoming him.

In his sleep, the boy showed a sweet smile.