Everyone knew that since the commune allocated a diesel engine to the brigade, many things had become much more convenient. If the diesel engine could not be repaired, they would be the ones to suffer in the future.
"Fellow villagers, I called you here today to talk about the diesel engine." Tian Youliang stood on the stage and shouted with a loud speaker, "This diesel engine must be repaired. It will cost at least 300 yuan. The best solution is for each family to contribute one yuan. However, most of the villagers disagree. We have to use the second method! That is, we can take the fish in the village pond and exchange them for money, and then use the money to repair the diesel engine. What do you think of this proposal?"
There was silence for a few seconds, then the atmosphere became lively.
"The fish in the pond have been sold, so what do we share at the end of the year?"
"Isn't it forbidden to trade now? Who are we going to sell these fish to?"
"Don't you know? A few days ago, the fish in the pond in front of the elementary school sold for a hundred yuan."
"There is such a thing. My God, is there no law enforcement team to arrest the school teacher?"
"Hey, I don't understand what's going on either."
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After the discussion, Tian Youliang continued, "There are two boxes here, one for agreement and one for disagreement. We will handle this according to the principle of minority obeying majority."
Someone asked loudly: "What if more than half of the people disagree with the second option?"
"Then we won't repair it. From now on, the men will do the work of fetching water in the village. As for threshing, we can borrow the diesel engine after other teams are done. As for grinding rice and flour, we can carry it ourselves and queue up in the next team..." Tian Youliang sneered, "Either pay money or provide fish, it's your choice!"
The scorer and accountant started handing out paper to everyone. Everyone lined up one by one, went to the voting area, wrote their names, and then put the votes in the box.
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