In the evening, Lin Ying asked the village chief to help organize people to hunt for her the next day, in exchange for grain.
The village chief was overjoyed to hear this, as they had no shortage of meat, only of grain.
Lin Ying took out the grain coupons she had saved and asked Wu Bo to help her buy grain.
Their household registration is here, and their food rations are here too. They have three children, plus her. She has already told Wu Bo that if possible, he should give them more food coupons when they receive their salary.
If they exchange their stored grain coupons for grain, it should be enough to feed them until the new grain is planted next year. By then, her child will be born, and whether she goes up the mountain to collect food or the village arranges for her to farm, at least she can have enough to eat.
Unexpectedly, the next day, Wu Bo returned the grain coupons to her: "Minister Zhang called me last night and said that the farm will send you grain later."
Lin Ying was stunned; this was something she hadn't expected.
However, since that's the case, Lin Ying didn't make a fuss. She would just wait for the food to be cooked and give the grain coupons to the farm once it arrived.
To Lin Ying's surprise, the farm delivered a full thousand catties of grain. Although five hundred catties of it were coarse grains, it was still quite impressive.
Aside from the approximately 200 jin (100 kg) we can use today, because the meat needs to be exchanged for grain and the workers also need to eat, the rest is enough for Lin Ying and her family to eat for more than half a year.
Unfortunately, the farm refused Lin Ying's offer of grain coupons.
"Our commander said that if the forestry station delivers timber, the border guards will send people, so we'll deliver food! If it weren't for Comrade Lin Ying's waterwheel and pulley, everyone would have been exhausted to death in the fields."
"Yes, we've heard that too. The insect repellent sachets used in the summer were made by Comrade Lin Ying's grandfather."
This is grain, and grain is so precious these days. A thousand catties is not just a few catties, but she said she wanted it.
Unexpectedly, the other party said, "Comrade Lin Ying, you can take it without worry. The commander has given us orders that we must not take your money, or we will be shot when we get back."
"Yes, yes, if Comrade Lin Ying feels bad about it, she can just think of our farm when she invents something in the future. Hehe, it would be great if she could invent a more convenient farming machine."
Lin Ying laughed: "What we lack now is not machines, but high-yield seeds! If machines are invented and replace humans, then many people on the farm will be out of work. At that time, there won't be enough food, and people will be in trouble if they have nothing to do."
The visitor laughed and said, "Then let's cultivate even more land to grow crops!"
Lin Ying nodded: "That is indeed a possible solution."
Amidst laughter and conversation, Lin Ying saw the farm workers off.
Looking at the food piled up in her tent, Lin Ying was once again moved. If she could, she would truly be willing to provide better seeds, but history always leaves its mark, and Lin Ying didn't want to steal the achievements of future great figures. However, she could do what she could.
Keeping this in mind, Lin Ying continued her busy day.
The house was built yesterday, and today the roof beams were raised and the tiles were laid. The entire house was completed in just two days.
This is the only brick and tile house in the entire area.
At first, everyone in the village thought that so many people came to help build the house because of Zhao Qinghuai's connections. But the village chief knew that wasn't the case.
"The recipe for the mushroom and meat sauce that our village is making now was provided by Lin Ying. Didn't you see the commune leader—no, now it's the commune secretary, the young men from each commune, and the brigade leaders? That's because Comrade Lin Ying gave our commune ten planning schemes back then, and they were schemes adapted to local conditions. Our village is good at hunting and can gather mushrooms. So she made the meat sauce recipe for our village."
Did you see those bricks? Jinzhuang was even worse off than our village back then. There was no river in front of it, and no mountains behind it. They could only survive on the crops in their fields. Lin Ying arranged a brick kiln for them. Yes, they didn't have big mountains, but they had loess hills. That's the best material for making red bricks.
How are they doing now?
And then there's the cloth, the weaving—each village has its own specialty. In just one year, which family still has an elderly person who starved to death?
Everyone then realized, "Oh dear, Comrade Lin Ying is our great benefactor."
The village chief snorted coldly: "You're only finding out now? And these soldiers, although a large part of it is related to Comrade Lin Ying's husband, it's mostly because of Comrade Lin Ying."
I chatted with them yesterday, and you wouldn't believe it, Comrade Lin Ying's certificates of honor used to cover an entire wall! She made such great contributions not only to our commune, but also to the army, the forestry farm, and the agricultural farm!
You see those soldiers, all so handsome and clean-cut, not a single chilblain on them. We've seen military patrols too; in such cold weather, they stand outside for hours on end, no matter how thick their clothes are, they're still freezing to the bone. Do you think they're born without chilblains?
"That was all thanks to Comrade Lin Ying's suggestion to build them bathrooms. Everyone has to take a hot medicinal bath every day, which is used to prevent and treat frostbite."
"What does this mean? Is Comrade Lin Ying prescribing medicine at a meeting?"
"You think he's a top student who graduated from a proper university? Besides, his family used to run a clinic, and he used to sit there seeing patients and writing prescriptions!"
"Wow, that sounds amazing!"
"Absolutely!"
Regardless, with the village chief's help, Lin Ying's reputation in Hunter Village was still acceptable. No one should be going out of their way to cause her trouble.
With the house's framework completed, Lin Ying's next task was to get busy.
She needs to first ensure the overall waterway is in good working order.
Because the village relies entirely on the hot spring water for its livelihood, it naturally doesn't want to discharge all its wastewater into the spring. Therefore, the village has a sewer system. Furthermore, at the western exit of the village, there is a large seepage pit where all the village's wastewater is discharged. Of course, rainwater is also discharged there.
Lin Ying asked around and learned that every household in the village has a water tank. After all, it rains all the time, and the rainwater on the streets outside is so murky that it's undrinkable. Besides, filling the water tank once means you don't have to do anything for at least a day.
Lin Ying's family also has a water tank, and they brought this one over as well. However, they don't plan to use it for the time being.
She had mentioned before that the hot spring water had too many minerals. She had secretly tested it yesterday. Her family has an underground water source, so she will still install a hand pump well, just like before.
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