Chapter 73 Follow-up
Shen Ruoqing said: "I am just guessing, because I heard that there have been many small frictions recently... This is the rice seed from Country X, we have to be on guard."
"I'll go find the captain right away!" Shen Xiangxi couldn't sit still any longer. "I'm a tractor driver, the captain should listen to me more or less."
Old Lady Ji couldn't sit still any longer: "My dear, why didn't you say it in the meeting? How could these rotten-hearted bastards from Country X resort to such despicable means?"
"Mom, didn't Liu Xinyi tell you about it? Besides, if I tell this nonsense in public, what if someone says I am destroying unity?" Shen Ruoqing was a little helpless, "Third brother, then you go now."
"Okay." Shen Xiangxi took a sip of water and went out.
When Shen Xiangxi came back, his face still looked a little bad.
"What's wrong? The captain doesn't accept it?" asked Old Mrs. Ji.
Shen Xiangxi shook his head: "No, the team leader has discussed with the village party secretary and decided to plant half of the improved rice seeds, so that there will not be a complete lack of food at that time. I was thinking, if it is really like what my little sister said, the whole commune is short of food..."
"My dear, can your brother get us some food?" Old Mrs. Ji's expression also turned serious.
"It should be possible, Mom, you still want to change the food, right?"
"Yes, exchange all the vegetables for food, and spend some money to buy some more. With food in hand, you won't be panicked. Food can be life-saving in the future." Old Mrs. Ji calculated the money in her hand, wondering how much food it would be best to exchange for.
Because of the improved rice varieties, the price of food on the black market has dropped a little.
Liu Xinyi found the dark and strong man again.
"Brother Dazhu, I want to exchange for more food. Do you have any connections?"
Dazhu chuckled and said, "Sister, why are you storing food? Haven't we introduced improved rice varieties? Are you still worried about having no food to eat? By then, the price of food will surely drop significantly, and we won't be able to sell it at such a high price!"
"Brother Dazhu, I have a large family and little stored food, so I want to exchange more food. If there is food at a low price, please help me collect it." Liu Xinyi calculated the money in her hand. When everyone in the province finds out about the scam of "improved" rice seeds, won't the price of food soar? That will be a good time to make a fortune! But later, for some reason, the price of food dropped again. In the last life, there was a food panic for a while, and immediately a large amount of food flooded the black market, and the price also came down. I don't know which person who hoarded food was kind-hearted, or maybe it was a control measure from above. Anyway, as long as I seize that panic and sell food at a high price, I will definitely make a fortune.
Thinking of this, Liu Xinyi took out a big banknote and said, "Sorry to bother you, Brother Dazhu. I'll use this small amount of money to buy you some wine."
"Okay, leave it to you, brother Dazhu." Seeing Liu Xinyi being so generous, Dazhu patted his chest and promised to take care of the matter for Liu Xinyi.
When Liu Xinyi returned to the village, she found that many people were pointing fingers at her.
Later I learned that Captain Tang held another meeting and decided to plant half of the rice with improved rice seeds.
More than half of the people in the village scolded Liu Xinyi for being nosy. They all thought that with a 15% loss in the harvest, the team would definitely not be rated as an advanced team this year, and it was all Liu Xinyi's fault for being nosy.
Liu Xinyi took a deep breath. They were all fools. There was no need to bother with them. When the summer harvest came, they would know how to thank her!
Shen Ruoqing was planting crops in the space at this time.
The food in the space was planted one after another. She thought that although Captain Tang had taken out half of the area to plant the original rice seeds, this could only ensure that the people in Dashitou Village would not starve to death. Shen Ruoqing felt that she was not a great saint, but they were all Chinese, so she could only make a contribution while trying her best to protect herself.
This year there was a lot of rain, so I couldn't grow as much corn and sweet potatoes. But her space was different, it was like spring all year round, so she could grow whatever she wanted.
Rice, wheat, corn, sweet potatoes and sorghum have all been planted, and the yield should be considerable by the time of summer harvest.
After Shen Ruoqing finished his work, he left the space.
As soon as I came out, I heard a knock on the door.
When I opened it, it was Old Mrs. Ji.
"My dear, I have already told your grandpa about the rice seeds, but his family refused to believe it. They said that the rice seeds have full grains and are of good quality. What will you do if your grandpa's family can't get any food?" Old Mrs. Ji had a worried look on her face. After all, they were her parents and she still wanted to take care of them if she could.
"Can't you persuade them to store more food? It's always better to prepare more food at this time. Did the sisters-in-law also tell them about it when they went back to their parents' home?"
"It's your grandma who insists on being stubborn with me! You said she held a grudge against me for so long for such a trivial matter, but your grandma insisted that this rice seed was good and even laughed at our Zhongxing Brigade! I suggested that she stock up some grain, but she told me that she wanted to sell the remaining grain at home! Isn't it infuriating! There was no big movement from your sisters-in-law's families, only your eldest sister-in-law's family thanked them and said they would stock up more grain." said Old Lady Ji.
"Anyway, we have already notified everyone we should. Mom, if you are really worried about grandma's family, at most we can help them. We have enough food anyway. Even if it is not enough, we can continue to ask my brother for help. My brother has connections, so we don't have to worry about not having enough food." Shen Ruoqing looked indifferent, "It's not for nothing that we help them. Let my uncle's family write an IOU."
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"My dear, if we exchange so much food, won't it be too much for Dalong?"
"No, Brother Dalong told me that even if there are 500 people in our family, the food we need to exchange is enough. He has plenty of connections."
Hearing this, Old Lady Ji's brows relaxed. She actually had the same idea, but was afraid that Shen Ruoqing would have objections. Moreover, since her family was exchanging so much food, she was also afraid of putting pressure on Shen Ruoqing's godparents.
Wang naturally told Cui Zhaodi to stock up more food.
But now that the price of grain has only dropped a little, Cui Zhaodi is naturally unwilling to spend a lot of money to buy expensive grain. She also thinks her mother-in-law's idea is very groundless.
Everyone in the commune is planting improved rice seeds. How could there be any problem with the rice seeds? Could she be more wise than the leaders above? There must be no problem with the rice seeds. For Cui Zhaodi, it was just that the people in Zhongxing Brigade envied their brigade's much higher grain output this year. As for what if there was a problem with the improved rice seeds...
Isn't it that the Shen family is still there to back it up? The Shen family will definitely stock up on food. Wouldn't it be better for her to borrow food from the Shen family when the time comes? Is it necessary to buy it at a high price now? Not only did Cui Zhaodi make a good calculation, but Du's family also made the same calculation as Cui Zhaodi.
Since the Shen family asked to hoard food, then the Shen family must have hoarded a lot of food. When the time comes, we can just come and borrow it!
(End of this chapter)