Chapter 167 There is a way

Sister Lin was very happy, "It's just right to get married at the end of the year, and everyone will have time during the winter vacation."

Tiantian, Panpan and little Hou Wei were also very excited, and they all clamored to be the baby on the bed.

It is a custom in the countryside that the newlyweds will ask one or two beautiful little boys to be the baby on the bed, which means that they will give birth to a son soon, and it would be even better if they are twins of dragon and phoenix.

Tiantian and Panpan were the baby on the bed before, and once they ate peanuts and chestnuts on the kang and fell asleep.

Jiang Weidong and Lin Xia are not young, so naturally they have nothing to be shy about.

Jiang Weidong smiled and said, "Then I'll make a reservation in advance and give you a big red envelope later."

Tiantian began to recite the bed-pressing song she had heard from Mrs. Qiu. It was similar to the old bed-sweeping song, full of auspicious words, such as a hundred years of happiness, early birth of a son, and prosperity.

Lin Shu asked Jiang Weidong and his second sister to stay for two days.

The incense factory packed up the goods for Jiang Weidong to take away, and then packed up some high-end incense, as well as the new millet and red beans that Fang Dihua gave to Mrs. Jiang, and the salted eggs, kimchi, chili sauce, etc. pickled by Lin Shu.

Not only for Mrs. Jiang, but also for Han Yun and the others. This time, they also asked Jiang Weidong to bring her something.

Hearing that Lujiazhuang had opened a pig farm and the members wanted to raise rabbits, Jiang Weidong immediately said on behalf of the steel mill, "Leave us five pigs by the end of the year."

Panpan: "Second uncle, the pig farm has just been opened, so the pigs can't be released until next autumn."

Jiang Weidong smiled and said, "It's okay, it's the same if we buy them from the village."

Isn't this just an excuse?

The factory pays them at least 60 cents per pound for buying live pigs, and the commune pig collection station only pays about 40 cents per pound, sometimes 38 cents, sometimes 42 cents, which is very low.

Panpan is still young and doesn't understand the relationship between them, so there is no need to talk too much about it now.

They also want rabbits, "Rabbits reproduce quickly and eat too much grass. You can't raise too many, so why not raise them when they weigh three pounds and sell them as meat rabbits."

Jiang Weidong's suggestion is actually very good, especially in winter and early spring, when there is not so much grass and vegetables to feed rabbits, and rabbits can be sold for meat.

Wait until summer and autumn when grass is abundant, and raise more.

Tiantian and Panpan are craving rabbits now. Hearing Jiang Weidong's remarks about eating meat that are even more explicit than Dihua's, they stare at their second uncle with round eyes.

Second uncle, you are so greedy!

Jiang Weidong felt guilty when they looked at him, and immediately reflected on himself, "We bought them for the workers to raise and shear."

Although children like to eat meat, in their eyes, meat and cute rabbits are two different species.

For example, some children are not allowed to kill chickens, even live chickens. However, if adults kill chickens behind their backs and cook a pot of chicken, they don't care. They eat the chicken and think it tastes delicious.

Well, children need to be fooled.

Jiang Weidong first sent Lin Xia to the commune. After the autumn harvest, the power supply activity in the countryside will continue. The construction team of members such as Jie Erjiu will also continue to follow the construction.

Just after seeing off Jiang Weidong and Lin Xia in the morning, Zhou Weimin sent a message at around nine o'clock - Brother Lu called the commune and told them that he and Hou Jianwen had already bought fertilizers. They would escort the fertilizers to the county by train in the morning. There was no need for the brigade to send a car to pick them up, which was inconvenient. He would hire a car in the county to bring the fertilizers back, and they could just wait at home.

Lin Shu went to tell the brigade leader.

The brigade leader was so excited that he kept saying that Brother Lu and Hou Jianwen were capable, "With these fertilizers, the output of some plots of land will double!"

He felt that it was a blessing for the brigade to replace Lu Shaocai with Brother Lu as the accountant. Brother Lu might be much more capable than Lu Shaocai.

Lu Shaocai only knows how to stir up trouble all day long, but Big Brother Lu works diligently and often brings surprises to the brigade.

And the Hougong technical team, it's really worth hiring them. We must kill a few pigs this year to reward them.

These two people are really reliable. Not only did they buy fertilizers, but they also transported them back directly without the brigade sending a car.

We must commend them well when we hold the general meeting of all members this year, and their names must also be included in the selection of advanced individuals!

In the evening, a dark green military truck with the words "Qingxian Textile Factory" painted on it drove into Lujiazhuang.

Military trucks will be scrapped after their service life expires. Many factories and communes will use their connections to buy these obsolete trucks and jeeps because they are still usable. If they are well maintained, they can be used for more than ten or twenty years.

The members are much more relaxed than during the autumn harvest. They are all going home after work. When they see the trucks coming, they stand on the side of the road and look around.

"Oh, I saw our accountant Lu!"

"And Hou Gong!"

"I heard they went to buy fertilizers, and they bought them. This year, our wheat harvest will definitely be a bumper harvest!"

In addition to the leader of the Lujiazhuang production team, the other production team leaders also knew that Accountant Lu went to buy fertilizers, and they all ran to the brigade headquarters.

"Captain, how are we going to distribute the fertilizer? We can't give it all to Lujiazhuang, right?"

"Yes, we want some too. Our production team can still afford it."

At most

, it will be a little more expensive than the market price. We are happy with that. Fertilizer is so hard to buy these days. It's a skill to be able to buy it. It's reasonable that it's a little more expensive.

Soon, the branch secretary also came back from the field on his bike. Seeing several production team leaders stuck there, he motioned for everyone to be quiet.

Brother Lu and Hou Jianwen got off the truck and thanked the driver who helped deliver the fertilizer. They had to pay for the transportation and treat him to a meal.

As for how to distribute the fertilizer, of course, we will talk about it tomorrow.

The team leader said: "Accountant Lu, please take the driver to your home for dinner. The brigade will provide subsidies."

This is a favor that Accountant Lu has in the county. He must be treated well and given good food. The brigade will provide subsidies for each meal based on one pound of grain coupons plus one yuan.

Wu Xuan was still a little hesitant. Originally, he refused when his cousin asked him to help deliver fertilizer to the brigade below. However, his cousin said that he was a good brother of hers, from the Lu Family Zhuang Incense Factory. Now the sanitary incense and mosquito coils used in the county are all from his company. Moreover, every time he sells sanitary incense and mosquito coils to the units, they are cheaper than other companies. In fact, he is helping her make some extra money.

How can she not help such a considerate brother?

When Wu Xuan heard that it was the Lu family, he subconsciously thought of Lin Shu, whom Zhang Sigu had taken him to for a blind date, so he decided to give her some face.

Since the husband didn't sacrifice himself, he naturally wouldn't have any improper thoughts about the woman. But after all, they had met before, so he thought he had to give her face, so he agreed to help deliver the fertilizer.

He only agreed to help deliver the fertilizer but didn't want to go to dinner, let alone meet his young wife again. How embarrassing.

But Brother Lu didn't know about his psychological activities, and had already pulled him home.

"Brother Wu, I'm so sorry for you. If our team sent ox carts to transport it, it would take at least three or four carts, and they wouldn't be able to come back until dark."

After the fertilizer was brought back, the team leader was responsible for leading people to transport it to the warehouse for storage. As for which production team to use it and how to divide it, it was not something he, an accountant, could manage.

Wu Xuan refused in his heart and his legs refused to obey him, so he was pulled over by Brother Lu.

When he saw Lin Shu, he was immediately ashamed. At that time, the woman's husband had just "sacrificed" not long ago, and he had the audacity to come to see her. Fortunately, she saw through it but didn't say anything, otherwise it would be embarrassing.

When Lin Shu saw Wu Xuan, she also recognized him, and didn't think anything unusual. She just thought he was Brother Lu's friend and greeted him warmly.

Wu Xuan saw that she didn't look unusual, and thought that she might have forgotten and didn't recognize him, so he avoided embarrassment.

Although it was dark after dinner, Wu Xuan refused to stay. Anyway, Lujiazhuang was not far from the county town, and he could drive back quickly.

After Wu Xuan left, the whole family surrounded Brother Lu and Hou Jianwen and asked them about the process of buying fertilizer.

It must not be that easy. The more difficult it was, the more curious everyone was and the more they wanted to hear about it.

Especially the children, every time the adults went out, they would listen to the story with great interest. Even when Father Lu told them about his simple experience of leading people through a cemetery in the middle of the night when he was young, he encountered a ghost wall and could not get out. He waited until the roosters crowed in the east and the sky turned white before he finally got out, they could listen to it ten or twenty times without getting tired of it.

Hou Jianwen smiled and said, "It's nothing special. One of my classmates is the deputy director of the fertilizer factory. Of course, an old classmate has to help." At

that time, the relationship between his classmates, especially those in high school and university, was very good, and they would definitely help each other if there were any problems.

How could there be no troubles if the children were not having fun?

They went directly to the city to find their classmates, and then quickly approved dozens of tons of fertilizer?

No, no, there must be twists and turns, and troubles, otherwise it would be boring and unpleasant.

Lin Shu knew that her brother-in-law only reported good news and not worries, or omitted trivial matters. She smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, did you stay in a guesthouse when you took the train there? Did you go to the fertilizer factory the next day? Did you find your classmates as soon as you got there?"

It is definitely impossible to buy fertilizer as soon as you found them, otherwise it would not take so many days. It's just that her brother-in-law is pragmatic and good at grasping the key points, so he didn't talk about trivial matters.

But children like to listen to stories and gossip.

Hou Jianwen is a typical science and engineering guy, and one can even apply the stereotype of science and engineering guys. He is indeed not good at telling stories, just like he is not good at self-praise, excuses, or self-deprecation. He only immerses himself in work and addresses problems directly when they arise, so he is prone to quarrels and fights with scheming people.

Hou Jianwen let Brother Lu tell the story.

Brother Lu has a lot to tell.

He is the kind of person who can tell a story with great excitement, such as when he saw a man sitting at the window smoking on a train, and the wind blew back and blew away the ash, burning himself and the passengers around him. This story will make the children feel like they are having a climax.

"Ah? Is it burned?"

"If the ash blows into your eyes, it will burn them, right?"

"Did they fight?"

Panpan and the others asked in a chattering voice. Isn't this the beginning of the story?

There are things to talk about when staying in a guesthouse. The waitress was indifferent at first, and her eyelids were as heavy as if they were locked. When Brother Lu asked her, "Comrade, what kind of hair oil do you use? Your hair is black and shiny. I also want to buy a bottle for my wife to use at home." The waitress immediately smiled.

Not only did she introduce hair oil to Brother Lu, she also introduced vanishing cream, and arranged a drier and cleaner room.

Then Brother Lu gave her two small bags of high-end toilet perfume, and sold ten large bags of commonly used toilet perfume to the guesthouse.

The guesthouse burns toilet perfume 365 days a year.

Isn't this business coming?

Brother Lu also met leaders from other units who were on business trips at the guesthouse, and promoted his own sanitary perfume, both ordinary and high-end models, and successfully sold some.

These days, there are no ordinary people who can stay in the guesthouse, basically they are cadres or clerks of the unit.

The child was still not satisfied after listening to what he said, and he hadn't talked about going to the fertilizer factory yet.

Hou Jianwen really didn't see his classmate for the first time, because he was in a meeting and not in the factory. The secretary in the office thought he was the kind of person who came to ask for free money and get close to him, so he ignored him coldly.

Who told Hou Jianwen to follow the local customs after going to the countryside and dress like a farmer? He didn't wear his clothes properly when he went to the city, and his elbows and knees were patched. Of course, the secretary thought he was one of those brigade cadres from the countryside who came to ask for fertilizer.

The members were afraid of their own brigade cadres, and the secretaries of the provincial capital looked down on them.

Anyway, Hou Jianwen didn't see his classmates for three consecutive days, and he was still a little annoyed. He felt ashamed and failed the brigade's trust. But Brother Lu told him not to worry, and they could sell toilet perfume first.

Brother Lu met an old lady with a very stylish style while promoting toilet perfume. The old lady was dressed simply, but her hairstyle was very good. It looked like some old ladies in the old society, with bulging temples and a very elegant temperament. He felt that it was not easy for her to have such a hairstyle in this era. Sure enough,

the old lady bought his high-end toilet perfume and ordered several large bags, waiting for her to be delivered next time.

The old lady was the mother-in-law of the secretary of the fertilizer factory's revolutionary committee.

Isn't this a relationship?

The old lady helped Hou Jianwen pass a message to his classmates, and Hou Jianwen met his old classmate the next day.

The old classmate was indeed not in the factory, but went to other units to deal with disputes.

Knowing that Hou Jianwen is now working in the countryside to help the brigade below develop water power and agriculture, although he sighed and regretted, he also knew that the unit's policies are always changing, and many people are sent to cadre schools or transferred to the countryside. There is nothing that can be done.

He could only get four or five tons of fertilizer, but because he sympathized with Hou Jianwen, he applied to the Revolutionary Committee, just as a way to support the poor brigade, and then he was approved for 15 tons.

15 tons, this is a big honor, and ordinary people can't buy it.

Even Tiantian and Panpan, a few children, know that this is amazing. After all, the brigade usually doesn't have any fertilizer.

At most there are a few bags, each bag weighing a few dozen pounds, and at most a thousand pounds.

Now my uncle and I bought 15 tons, that is...

Hou Wei and Lu An definitely don't know how many kilograms 15 tons is, so Tiantian took Panpan's hand and counted on her fingers.

One ton is 2,000 kilograms, 15 tons is...

Compared with the 400 kilograms of food that an adult can get a year, it's too much.

Wow!

"My uncle and I are so awesome."

The kids admire them so much.

Fertilizers are still not cheap, so the team leader and the branch secretary will not give them to anyone casually, but gather the production team leaders and team leaders together for a meeting.

If the farmland of the small production team is relatively fertile, the manure from the pen plus the manure from the production team is enough, so there is no need to apply additional fertilizers.

The so-called "enough" means just enough, not abundant. If fertilizers can be used freely, the output can still be increased.

But don't other large production teams have greater needs?

Some land is slightly poor and needs fertilizers to increase production. Fertilizers must be used to save the land, otherwise the land will be even more ruined.

Finally, the meeting decided to give four tons to the Lujiazhuang production team, and the rest will be arranged according to the actual situation of each production team.

Of course, each team has to pay for it, and the team cannot give a margin.

With this batch of fertilizers and water turbine irrigation, there is hope for winter wheat on the northwest slope.

After planting wheat, drying melon stems, picking cotton and pulling flower firewood, the farm work in the field has basically come to an end.

Each production team started cutting stalks to make baskets, soaking sorghum stalks and breaking them to make mats, digging mud to make fertilizer, repairing and building houses, doing carpentry work and other side jobs.

Carpenter Tan Lao Tan and Xiao Tan sent over the furniture that they had ordered for Lin Shu.

They were all made of good wood, finely crafted, and with simple and elegant carvings. They were not ostentatious but also impressive.

Two sets of lifting tables and chairs for the children to learn, two double-layered kang cabinets, a new dining cabinet, two small kang tables, and a wardrobe and a five-piece chest.

Some can be used at home, and some she plans to take to Qizhou and put in Lu Shaotang's dormitory.

When Lu Shaotang comes back next time, she will ask him to contact a truck to bring the new wardrobe, the five-drawer chest and the new dining cabinet over.

It will probably take some time, so Lin Shu asked Carpenter Tan to continue making the wardrobe.

When it arrives in Qizhou, someone will definitely like it, and she can sell the wardrobe directly.

The furniture she designed is novel but not out of the ordinary. It looks generous and simple, and it will not be outdated even after decades of use.

In fact, many furniture have only changed in lines and colors over the past few decades, and many styles have hardly changed much.

However, the plywood combination cabinets that were popular in the city in the late 1970s and early 1980s were all veneered plywood. They looked fresh and beautiful, but in fact they were structurally rubbish, of poor quality, and had excessive formaldehyde. They were eliminated in the city after only a few years of use, and were transported to the countryside, resulting in some rural areas still using them in the 1990s and 2000s.

Lin Shu wanted to design some simple and generous styles made of wood, which could be refurbished if they were old, and at least they could be used until the 1990s.

She carefully drew the design drawings and had a good conversation with Xiao Tan and Lao Tan.

When she saw the samples they made, she knew that the workmanship was fine and the details were in place, and her design would definitely be popular.

The only problem is that the speed is slow and the output is low, but this is not a problem. After all, it is only the 1970s and business is not allowed. Besides, she does not want to become a big boss all of a sudden. She just wants to make her life more comfortable.

By the way, she can break even by selling a few sets of furniture, and make a little extra. Isn't that the best of both worlds?

After paying for her own furniture, she paid a deposit for the next two sets of furniture.

Carpenters basically make furniture for others on a voluntary basis. Some families need to make a full set of furniture for their daughter-in-law, so they provide the wood themselves. After all, the carpenter does not have that much wood. Carpenter Tan

usually operates in this way.

However, Lin Shu meant that she would place furniture orders regularly so that their grandfather and son would not be idle all year round, so they would naturally be willing to stock up some wood to make furniture.

They saw a lot of wood on the south wall of the Lu family, so they discussed whether they could sell it to them, or use it directly to make furniture.

In fact, the wood they had was not as good as the pine and birch wood that was later transported from the northeast or some forest farms. Whether it was for building a house or making furniture, the poplar, locust, elm, beech and the like they had at home were actually very ordinary.

In the future, if they wanted to build a new house, they could actually buy wood from outside.

After entering the market economy, as long as they had enough money, they could basically buy anything they needed.

She discussed with her parents-in-law and sold all the remaining wood from building the house to Carpenter Tan.

Carpenter Tan and his wife happily took the wood back. While others were idle in the winter, they could continue to work and make money.

There is nothing more exciting than making money for your family these days.

So the rabbits in Lin Shu's house are also easy to sell.

This family bought two, that family bought three. Except for a few male and female rabbits reserved for breeding, the others were snapped up as soon as they were one month old.

Selling rabbits is still profitable, one is about one yuan, and selling 25 is 25 yuan!

Rabbits reproduce quickly. If there is not so much feed and too many rabbits are prone to illness, raising rabbits is really a good way to get rich.

Many families in the village bought rabbits. Anyway, there is nothing to do in winter, and raising rabbits is still leisurely.

Tiantian and Panpan were reluctant to part with them at first, but the other two female rabbits were also pregnant and would give birth in a few days, so there would be no shortage of rabbits at home.

All the rabbits sold were numbered by Dad Lu who worked overtime. He sterilized the steel needles and then pierced the rabbit ears with small numbers, and then used ink mixed with vinegar to color them.

This way, the after-sales service of the rabbits can be clearly seen after they are sold, instead of being confusing.

Anyone who comes to buy a rabbit will be read the rabbit raising instructions by Tiantian and Panpan, and told about some precautions to reduce the probability of the rabbits getting sick, injured or dying.

The death of a rabbit will also make them sad.