At first, the company did not take this matter seriously, thinking that the sun was too strong this year and the seedlings were suppressed, so they asked Xiao Heguo to go back and wait a few days to see.
But unexpectedly, after a few days, Xiao Heguo did not show up, but the captains from the other five villages showed up, and they all reported the same thing.
The same problem occurred in all six villages, and it was related to food shortages. It was a serious matter, so the society immediately organized an investigation team to go to each village to check the situation.
It doesn't matter if you check it out, as a big problem is discovered.
Not only did the rice seedlings in the fields stop growing, but chlorotic yellow-white spots appeared on the underside of the leaves, and reddish-brown spots and irregular patches appeared on the upper surface of the leaves, which gradually expanded and spread to the entire leaf. The leaf tips dried up, and the roots rotted and turned brown.
Experts in the county said that this is due to a lack of trace elements. Simply put, the rice seedlings are lacking nutrients and need zinc supplementation.
A bunch of uneducated, rural peasants couldn't possibly understand the technical terms, but they did understand what the experts were saying: "If we don't find a way to remedy the situation, the entire community may not even harvest anything in the second half of the year."
Suddenly, it felt like the sky was about to fall, and some team leaders even fell to the ground with weak legs.
Upon seeing this, Shang Haoquan, the president of the company, was angry that they could not come to the stage, so he directly decided to let the highly educated educated youth from each village to assist in the work.
So Xiaojia Village nominated Ding Mao and Zhou Rang because they seemed the most reliable and had the most education.
Although Zhou Rang was a newly arrived educated youth this year, Xiao Heguo had talked with him many times and felt that he had a good eye for people, so he arranged for him.
When the two arrived at the Xishe community, they first followed a group of cadres to listen to experts explain professional knowledge, and then learned two rescue methods.
First, buy zinc-supplemented fertilizer, buy as much as you can.
First, buy some more vegetable seeds in case of emergency. If the rice seedlings fail, just dig out the dead seedlings and plant other vegetables. Plant as many as you can.
In order not to cause panic among the villagers, the village community decided to conceal the matter before finding a solution. The team leader and the village party secretary were responsible for calming the people. They did what they had done before and did not let the villagers notice anything unusual.
The educated youth representatives followed the relevant cadres of the commune to the county town to buy fertilizer and seeds.
The group went straight to the Agricultural Bureau in Sang'an County. However, when the other party heard that they were there to buy fertilizers and seeds, their faces changed and they told them to go to the municipal bureau to buy them themselves, as the county's crops had already been bought up by other cooperatives.
Then the group took a bus to Huiping City. Unexpectedly, the letter of introduction issued by the agency was like waste paper in this urban area. The Seed Management Bureau did not buy it at all, not to mention its superior Agricultural Bureau.
The staff just sent you away with a simple "no fertilizer, no seeds, wait for further notice" and didn't even let you in. They simply didn't take us, the cadres from the countryside, seriously.
But I know that the other party looks down on me, there is nothing I can do. Now they are asking for help, so I can only visit him several times in a humble manner.
Seeing their persistence, people were willing to give them some inside information.
It turns out that this year, it was not just their communes that had encountered this situation. Similar situations had occurred in several county towns under Huiping City, and dozens of communes under the county towns.
Fertilizers and seeds are hard to come by now. The Municipal Agricultural Bureau's stock has long been transferred to the subordinate county agricultural bureaus. Now only a few large supply and marketing cooperatives have a few bags of fertilizers and seeds for sale, but such places generally require tickets.
How could the Red Sun Society come up with so many fat coupons and food coupons at once?
So the group stayed in Huiping City for a few days but didn't buy much fertilizer and seeds. Every day they had a headache about how to get back. As the deadline given by the agency was approaching, everyone was getting anxious and angry.
Zhou Rang walked to the table and slowly poured himself a glass of water. After drinking it in one gulp, he looked at Ding Mao, who was carefully rummaging through his nylon pockets. He said slowly, "I found a way to get a lot of fertilizer and seeds on the black market."
"Don't touch the black market. This time I will treat it as if you bought it from the supply and marketing cooperative. I will let the cooperative reimburse you for whatever money you spend." Ding Mao rested his hands on the table, his voice low and weak.
Hearing this, Zhou Rang didn't look directly at him. Instead, he turned his head and looked away. He glanced at the calendar on the bedside table and said indifferently, "Without fertilizer and seeds, everyone might starve to death in the second half of the year."
Ding Mao felt a trickle of sweat on his forehead and whispered, "How could it be that serious? Are the higher-ups going to watch us starve to death?"
"Sometimes, benefits are not comprehensive enough." Zhou Rang slowly spit out the reality.
"If Huiping City is like this, how will the surrounding cities be any different?"
Ding Mao's eyes moved rapidly. After thinking for a moment, he couldn't find anything to refute. He suddenly slammed the table, making a loud "bang".
The room fell silent for a moment. After a while, Zhou Rang continued, "Actually, turning black into white isn't difficult. Just bring the things in the dark to the surface, and it'll be solved in one go."
"Do you have a solution?" Ding Mao raised his lowered head, narrowed his eyes and stared at Zhou Rang, trying to find his true emotions from this extremely calm face.
Zhou Rang tilted his head, curled the corners of his lips, and suddenly smiled.
"certainly."
After a few seconds of pausing, he continued, "But we need your help. You have a certain say in the village, and you know a lot of people in the village, so they'll persuade you."
Ding Mao was dazzled by his dazzling appearance and quickly looked away. His eyeballs moved restlessly for a few times, as if he had made up his mind. Then he looked up at him again, his eyes calmer, but with a hint of pretended composure.
"Tuo."
Zhou Rang nodded, and they looked at each other and exchanged a knowing look, both understanding that this was a signal for the Yiche success.
"It's getting late, take care." Zhou Rang made a gesture to see Ding Mao off, signaling him to leave.
The latter stood up and walked towards the door. Before turning the doorknob, he suddenly turned to look at Zhou Rang, puzzled, "Who are you? How could you open up the black market channels in Huiping City in just a few days?"
Some people may have lived in Huiping City their entire lives and still not know where the black market is.
Zhou Rang had only been in Xiaojia Village for two months. As far as he knew, Zhou Rang had absolutely no chance to come to Huiping City during these two months, except for this time when he came here with the company to buy fertilizers and seeds.
Moreover, most of the time he was running around after everyone else, leaving him with very little personal free time.
In such a short period of time, one can find out the location of a city's black market and find channels to purchase large quantities of fertilizers and seeds.
Zhou Rang is definitely not a simple person.
After hearing the question, the man just leaned against the wall, smiled faintly and said nothing, obviously not intending to tell.
Ding Mao knew he couldn't pry open his mouth, so he frowned, but didn't ask any more questions. He just opened the door and left.
The door was slammed shut, and Zhou Rang was the only one left in the room.
After standing against the wall in silence for a while, Zhou Rang took out an exquisitely packaged gift box from his trouser pocket, rubbed it with his slender fingers for a moment, and then put it back.
Murmured: "She will like it, right?"
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