As soon as he returned to the village, Captain Lu couldn't wait to hold a meeting early the next morning.
Inside the brigade office, the villagers brought small stools and sat there chatting with peanuts and sunflower seeds they had roasted at home.
When they heard Captain Lu say that their village could host the orchard, everyone cheered.
Some even stopped cracking melon seeds and shouted at the top of their lungs, "When does it start?"
Captain Lu tapped the microphone, and a "zhi la la" voice came, and the surroundings soon became silent: "We have to wait until March or April next year to plant.
Therefore, our team will have a heavy task next year. Not only will we have to do spring ploughing, but we will also have to allocate part of the labor force to build the pear orchard.
In addition, the county only allocated a part of the money to us, and the rest had to be paid by our team, so Secretary He and I planned to take all of last year’s stored grain to the grain station to exchange for money.
If you need to buy food, you can also come to the team to exchange it.
If you feel it is not safe to keep the grain at home, you can pay the money first, write a note to Secretary He, and store the grain in the granary."
Captain Lu's idea was well thought out. If the villagers could buy enough food for the year, they would have nothing to worry about.
The brigade headquarters doesn't need to reserve that much food, so they will have more money.
Even so, Secretary He calculated that they would have to take up the surplus grain from previous years.
And more than half of next year's grain will be used up to barely be enough.
This is even when the members’ work points are still in arrears.
As soon as they heard Captain Lu's words, everyone started chattering and discussing.
Some smart ones quickly ran back home and calculated the amount of food their families needed in previous years.
Let’s see how much more food should be purchased, especially for Wu Yu and his group.
This year they have no government food subsidies and have to rely entirely on the food they get.
Some educated youth who wanted to send some food to their families ran faster than anyone else at this time.
You need food coupons to buy food in the city, but they don’t need them when buying food in the brigade. What’s more, the food is a few cents cheaper than at the grain station.
The educated youth were afraid that Captain Lu would sell all the grain to the grain station in order to raise money, leaving no grain left.
So at this time, everyone rushed to the educated youth site without stopping.
Niu Liye ran faster than anyone else and saw Lu Zhiye walking slowly beside him.
I quickly came up to him and said, "Comrade Lu, please help me calculate. I need 100 kilograms of coarse grains, 100 kilograms of fine grains, and 50 kilograms of fine grains to be sent home. How much should it be according to the brigade's grain price?"
Lu Zhiye calculated carefully: "The brigade's fine grains are 1.5 yuan per pound, and the coarse grains are 1.2 yuan. The total cost is 35 yuan."
Lu Zhiye said fifty cents more. After all, more people were buying now, and the brigade was not so accurate in distributing food.
Niu Liye smiled and said thank you, then ran back to the educated youth point to get the money as if he was on hot wheels.
In this way, everyone's pockets were bulging. On average, if the laborers wanted to have enough to eat, each person had to buy another 300 kilograms of food.
The harvest is abundant this year, and everyone is thinking about buying more food.
This made Secretary He very busy. When he saw several female educated youth lined up in the team, he quickly called them over.
"Xiao Wu Zhiqing, Li Zhiqing, the rest of you come and help us.
Most people registered to buy grain, and the grain continued to be stored in the granary.
Please be careful and register."
Wu Yu agreed crisply, and Captain Lu called a few people to bring a table and a bench to each of them.
The team was immediately divided into five teams, and the check was completed just in time for lunch.
The big pockets in front of Secretary He and the others were full of money.
Secretary He and Captain Lu swallowed subconsciously.
Wow, it's so scattered and shocking to look at!
The two of them didn't even have time to eat and spent all their money in the office.
There was not even a table, chair or bench in the room, only a few empty hoes.
Captain Lu took out the hoe and looked through his pockets for Secretary He: "There's nothing in my pockets!"
Secretary He rolled his eyes at him and looked through the pages just like him.
The two of them smiled at each other, then sat in the room and counted carefully.
"The total is 11,586.87 yuan. That's the amount added on the book, no mistake!"
The two of them were lucky as they were able to settle the accounts at once.
In the past, when the higher-ups distributed the surplus grain money, they would have to spend a whole day counting it.
"This number is about the same as my budget. With the money allocated by the county, we have more than 28,000 yuan. It is enough to buy pear seedlings for the 300-acre orchard.
I just don't know how much the pear trees in Dazhai Village cost.
Tomorrow, let Dachuan take a few of us to Dazhai Village to ask.
"Bring up that kid Lu Zhiye, he's such a sly shrewd fellow!"
Captain Lu leaned against the wall, not caring about the dust falling down from the earthen wall. He was just imagining the wonderful life after the Pear Garden was built.
Who in the surrounding area doesn’t envy Dali Village now?
In the future, their village will also be like Dali Village, and they will lead the members to build large brick and tile houses!
For a whole night, Captain Lu and Secretary He were worried about the sacks of money, so they took turns going home for dinner.
The two of them agreed to take a thick blanket and spend the night at the brigade headquarters.
As soon as the rooster in the village crowed, Captain Lu stood up like the crowing rooster.
The wild boar was howling and shouting at Secretary He who was standing beside him. Secretary He was still asleep, wondering where this wild boar came from and kept roaring in his ears!
When he saw Captain Lu's face clearly, he subconsciously asked, "What are you doing?"
Captain Lu wiped his face and stepped back slightly.
This old man not only has smelly feet, but also has a bad smell in his mouth...
"Well, the roosters are crowing. I'm going to go home and pack up first and bring you some food later. Let's go directly to Dazhai Village."
Secretary He yawned and nodded. It was dark, but he still said to Captain Lu, "Lock the door from the outside."
Captain Lu nodded and left quickly. When he heard the sound of the door being locked, Secretary He leaned on the ground with relief and fell asleep again.
After finishing his meal, Captain Lu did not go to the brigade headquarters immediately. Instead, he turned around and called a few people from the educated youth site, and also called Lu Zhiye and his wife.
In his mind, these educated youth were all educated, especially that educated youth Xiao Wu. Didn’t he even say that he bought a book on pear tree management and planting?
They definitely know more than you do, so you can’t go wrong by calling on them!
Facts have proved that Captain Lu was right.
When they arrived at Dazhai Village, they explained their purpose to the village's team leader and party secretaries.
Lu Zhiye did not miss the flash of calculation in the eyes of several cadres in Dazhai Village.
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