A few days later, the grain was finally all prepared, dried, and packed into bags!
Mo Youxian dared not delay; this much grain was simply not going to stay in the village.
We need to distribute it to everyone quickly, but before that, there's one more thing we must do first.
That is, paying grain taxes!
Nobody makes any demands on this; farming and paying taxes is a matter of course! That's how it's been for thousands of years.
The people of Xiaomozhuang organized themselves, calculated the approximate amount of grain their village needed to hand over, and carefully weighed each bag. They dared not be careless in the slightest.
Then they selected the able-bodied men from the village to pull carts, loading them full of grain.
The grain was delivered to the commune; it was harvest season, and it wasn't just Xiaomozhuang that came to deliver their grain.
Other villages are also mostly operating within the same few days, so the commune is bustling with activity.
Upon arrival, they found a village ahead of them with a queue, so everyone had no choice but to keep an eye on their grain and wait patiently.
After quite some time, a staff member waved in their direction, and Mo Youxian immediately stepped forward enthusiastically.
I enthusiastically tried to establish a connection with the other person, bringing up some distant relative, hoping to build rapport so that even if they didn't offer any special treatment later...
At the very least, don't be too demanding.
However, it was destined to be futile; they showed no mercy and charged whatever amount was due.
Mo Youxian was rebuffed and quickly calculated with the other party the amount of grain he should pay.
Everyone was familiar with the process and finished quickly. They arrived with carts piled high with grain, but left empty.
It's impossible to say that we didn't have any thoughts about it. In reality, everyone's life is tough, and seeing so much grain being handed over, we still felt empty inside.
However, this feeling of disappointment did not last long. When they returned to the village, Mo Youxian immediately called out, "Each household should send a representative, take the bags, and distribute the grain!"
The crowd was immediately in high spirits, and everyone was all smiles.
They walked happily home, and soon every household, regardless of age or gender, came out in droves.
They hurried together to the east end of the village, where the open space was piled high with generations of grain.
The accountant is doing the final calculations, summarizing the public funds from each household to determine the exact amount.
How much grain will be distributed later? We need to verify it with the head of the household. This is a big deal, and no one can afford to be negligent!
Those who arrived at the square first beamed with joy, asking each other how many work points they could accumulate. They expressed surprise and envy when they saw whose family received the most grain.
If someone has fewer work points, they offer words of comfort and say things like "next year will be better!"
Unlike previous years, this year, because Team One was busy building a pig farm, and later they were reassigned to manage the pig farm,
Therefore, they naturally earned far fewer work points, which means they received less grain than before!
This made many members of the second team, though they dared not show it directly, unable to hide the smug look in their eyes!
You've been wasting your time and energy on things you can't see or touch, even sacrificing our own food!
Seeing that most of the people had arrived, Mo Youxian waved his hand magnanimously.
"Line up and come one by one, get your gear ready! Let's begin!"
The villagers lined up, all smiles. Each family sent one person, mostly the head of the household, who went up to the accountant.
After verifying that everything was correct, he immediately took his family and the bags he had prepared long ago, and went to fill them with food!
Soon the second person arrived, and everyone proceeded in an orderly fashion. Every family that received the grain beamed with joy.
Some children even begged their parents back then,
"Mom and Dad, I want to eat flatbread. Shall we grind some flour and make flatbread?"
This immediately drew laughter from everyone, and some people couldn't help but jeer.
"Erzhuzi, have your dad cut some more meat, make flatbread and stew it, so you brothers can have a good treat!"
The child who had just wanted to eat a pancake suddenly discovered a whole new world.
You can eat it like this? I never even dared to imagine it!
"Father, Mother, I want stewed meat!"
His father was happily preparing to return home after receiving the island's food rations.
Seeing their own child so easily fooled and disoriented, they...
He kicked the child away.
"Get out of here! Still eating stewed meat? I'll stew you, okay? We need to be careful with our food, otherwise, if we run out before the New Year, we'll be starving for the rest of the year!"
Seeing the child being kicked away, she felt a pang of sympathy and couldn't help but add,
"You were reincarnated as a starving ghost, you're just greedy. Stop crying, I'll go home, grind some flour, and steam some white flour buns for you!"
The child, who had just fallen into despair, now heard that although there would be no flatbread or stewed meat, there would be steamed buns to eat.
He immediately stopped crying and started laughing, helping his parents push the handcart.
The family happily walked home!
Such scenes were commonplace in Xiaomozhuang. Almost every household was preparing to celebrate this momentous occasion of harvest.
Even the poorest families would take out some food and cook something delicious at this time as a reward for their hard work!
Even if it's just a meal of plain noodles, or flatbread that will make you starve, or even just steamed buns,
For rural children who have worked so hard for so long, this is an unparalleled delicacy!
However, even amidst this celebration, discordant voices still emerged!
The grain distribution for Team One and Team Two was done separately, and it was noticeable that some people in Team One received less grain than before.
Mo Dazhuang, the captain of the second team, couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks.
"Hey, what a waste of time! You're not earning work points, you just want to feed pigs. Now look what's happened! The grain we were allotted to wasn't enough to eat, and now it's even less. I don't think you're a good team leader at all. If it weren't for the fact that you got the job, you wouldn't have been the team leader at all! If this keeps up, I think some people will be starving soon. It's pitiful that you're working for this team leader who's just messing around. If things don't work out, I think any of you who are willing can come to our team two."
"Hahaha, that's right, look how much grain we got! People should be down-to-earth..."
Some of Mo Dazhuang's die-hard supporters immediately echoed his words.
These words were spoken in a sarcastic tone, which immediately angered Mo Chunsheng.
We should go forward and argue with them!
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