Chapter 160: Grain Delivery (Part 3)
Lu Xiaoxiao was sure that they were going to deliver grain and not bandits entering the village. It was not enough to have emptied two warehouses, and the third warehouse was now half empty. No wonder the people in the team had been busy for a whole year and still could not eat enough. It turned out that this was the reason.
After Lu Xiaoxiao saw that the third warehouse was emptied, the team leader said to everyone, "The harvest this year is very good. After deducting the grain that was handed in, there are still two large warehouses left, which is half a warehouse more than last year. This year, everyone can get more food and will not go hungry anymore."
After hearing the captain's words, the villagers all laughed happily. They have been busy all year just to have enough food to eat. Now the captain told them that this year's harvest can allow them to have enough food to eat, how can they not be happy.
Maybe there will be enough food left this year to find wives for my son and grandson who are already of marriageable age. Wouldn't it be like living a better life?
Seeing the happy and satisfied smiles on the villagers' faces, the captain also smiled happily, and then he said: "Since the grain has been loaded on the truck, let's trouble the people who transported the grain this time. Let's hurry up and transport the grain to the grain station, so that we don't have to queue up to hand in the grain. Maybe because we go early, it will be rated as first-class grain. This is a great honor for our team and also an affirmation of our hard work for a year."
After hearing this, the villagers were instantly excited and asked the captain and his men to set off as soon as possible. They did not feel sorry at all for the grain in the three large warehouses that were about to be transported away.
Lu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but twitch her lips as she watched everything happening in front of her. The captain was even more powerful than the leader of the rumor mill. Just a few words from him made the villagers so excited, as if they had already been honored.
But she could also understand everything that was happening now. People nowadays always believed that what their leader said was right. They thought that as long as they followed his instructions, they could live a good life. If they were praised by their superiors, it would be a recognition of their work. How could they not be excited?
Lu Xiaoxiao followed the grain delivery team for about an hour and finally arrived at the grain station. She looked at the long grain delivery team in front of her and everyone was anxious. It seemed that everyone came with the same idea as the captain had mentioned, so they were still a little late.
The team leader asked the villagers to push the grain-transporting carts and line up, while he went to the grain delivery point to inquire about the situation.
Not long after, the captain came back and said to everyone: "Don't worry, we are not too late. There are only four battalions ahead of us, and there are fifteen battalions coming to hand in grain, so we are early."
Everyone felt relieved when they heard the captain say this, so they all stood beside the car to rest. It was not easy to push so much food from the village to the county town.
"Uncle, how long will it take for us to pay the grain?"
Hearing her question, the captain said, "It will probably take at least two to three hours. It took us an hour to load the grain onto the truck in the village. Here, the grain needs to be weighed and graded, so it won't be that fast."
"Uncle, I'll go buy some things and come back soon."
"Then you should be careful and come back after shopping. Don't wander around."
"I see."
After coming out of the grain station, Lu Xiaoxiao went to the post office to collect her subsidy. Then she went to the department store and the supply and marketing cooperative to use her grain and meat coupons that were about to expire. Seeing that it was already past eleven o'clock, she planned to go to the state-owned restaurant for lunch first.
(End of this chapter)
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