Chapter 433 Equivalent Exchange 3
The fair deal between Wang Zhengguo and Shao Jiandang immediately helped the commune cadres find a direction.
Huoguang Brigade has wasteland, and Wanglou Brigade has grain seeds and labor. By making such a deal, the state gets public grain, Huoguang Brigade gets grain seeds later, and Wanglou Brigade harvests more grain. It's simply killing three birds with one stone!
Of course, the most important thing is that the reserve grain of Wanglou Brigade can save the lives of the Huoguang Brigade.
If more people die, he will no longer be a cadre.
As a result, several commune cadres readily agreed to the transaction between the two brigades and acted as witnesses, making their transaction a legal transaction so that they would not become the target of attacks from others in the future.
The Huoguang Brigade allocated two thousand acres of land bordering the Wanglou Brigade to the Wanglou Brigade, and Wang Zhengguo asked him to take away the reserve grain.
Wang Zhengguo did not lend them all of his reserve grain. After a moment's mental estimate, he borrowed a full 10,000 kilograms of dried sweet potatoes. Their carts could not carry it all, so Wang Zhengguo arranged for the brigade's strong laborers to help, using the brigade's mule carts and ox carts.
Only our own people were allowed to enter the granary, and people from the Firelight Brigade were not allowed to enter at the beginning.
After thinking it over, Wang Zhengguo invited Shao Jiandang to go in with him to direct everyone in the work. They watched as the dried sweet potatoes in the granary were carried out basket by basket until the granary was empty, with only a pile of dried sweet potatoes left, weighing at most one or two thousand kilograms.
"Brother Jiandang, I have helped you so much, you must remember my kindness. We two brothers have announced to the public that all the reserve grain has been borrowed by you. Wanglou Brigade has no reserve grain. I have to keep this little grain just in case. Who can guarantee that there are no people in their production brigade who need food to save their lives? You know they are waiting for you to be the first to take action. I also know that they are all ready to make a move, thinking that if I lend it to you, they will have a reason to come and borrow. I lend it to you because we have similar ambitions and temperaments, and we are in the same commune. I also know that you are wholeheartedly for the sake of the elders and fellow villagers. If someone else comes, I will definitely not give this face readily."
Shao Jiandang readily agreed, "Don't worry, brother. I won't be an ungrateful person! But, brother, what if they don't believe me and enter your granary?" One or two thousand kilograms of dried sweet potatoes are enough to make people jealous.
The most important point is, Wanglou Brigade has more than one granary, right?
Wang Zhengguo glanced at him and said, "Brother, don't think I can't see what you're thinking! Don't you see that we have other granaries? Those granaries are used during the busy farming season. After autumn, the grain is distributed to the people. They are empty. There are regulations on grain reserves. How much grain can I store? I have so many mouths to feed here! Don't you see that some of the grain reserves are old? It's last year's grain mixed with this year's grain. Otherwise, where would you ask me to get you 10,000 kilograms of dried sweet potatoes?"
Shao Jiandang had achieved his goal, so he didn't care whether others could borrow food or not. He also wanted to cooperate with Wanglou Brigade for a long time! He had no choice but to be jealous of the spirit of Wanglou Brigade.
After seeing off the people from the Fire Team, Wang Zhengguo quickly directed several strong laborers to move the remaining dried sweet potatoes to the cellar.
The granary is the Lu family’s granary, and the cellar is the Lu family’s cellar.
There is a cellar under several granaries, but it is not the kind of cellar dug out to store potatoes and sweet potatoes. Instead, it has stone walls and is poured with glutinous rice juice. It is dry and not damp, and is specially used to store dried grain. The grain that was not handed over to the state was stored here, helping the Wanglou Brigade to survive one famine after another.
(End of this chapter)