"It's just that the emergence of this kind of market has harmed the interests of the supply and marketing cooperatives, so some supply and marketing cooperatives are naturally unwilling to allow these markets to exist."
"But in fact, the existence of these markets has brought convenience to the villagers and mountain dwellers."
Qiao Xinyi pointed to the grapefruit on Secretary Zhang's desk and gave an example, "Secretary, you also know that Zhangcheng has a bumper harvest of fruit this year. There are supply and marketing cooperatives that go to the countryside to collect them, but the amount these supply and marketing cooperatives collect is extremely limited in a bumper year."
"If they didn't know someone in the supply and marketing cooperative, they wouldn't take the initiative to help these fruit farmers push their fruits to supply and marketing cooperatives in other areas, that is, supply and marketing cooperatives in other cities and counties."
"In previous years, villagers would pick out the best fruits and sell them to the supply and marketing cooperatives, leaving the fruits of average quality and appearance for villagers to share or exchange with other villages for other things."
"But these fruits are in abundance this year. Almost every village in Zhangcheng grows fruits. What should we do with the remaining fruits after the supply and marketing cooperatives have harvested them?"
"In the eyes of the villagers, these are all money. How much do they eat themselves? How much are they willing to spend on food?"
"If we sell them at the market at a lower price, would those people who usually don't want to buy fruit also spend a little money to buy some fruit for their children to satisfy their cravings and buy some fruit for their elders to supplement their nutrition?"
"For people in the city who don't usually spend money, they can spend less money to buy fresh fruits. For the villagers, they can turn these leftover fruits into money, which can be regarded as an extra way of making a living given by the grandfather."
"Of course, I am only using the most superficial point as an analogy. You are definitely more insightful and knowledgeable about economic matters than I am."
Secretary Zhang raised his head slightly to show that he did not think Qiao Xinyi's words were shallow, but was listening carefully.
"But there are no new policy instructions at present, so I think that each village can be considered as a collective, for example, Zhangcheng, and an area can be set aside in the current market in Zhangcheng for use as a market."
"We need to plan the market rationally and let each village enter the market in the name of its cooperative. Each village will have a stall, selling fresh vegetables or fruits, depending on what the village produces and what is left."
“As for how to sell and how to divide the money between individuals and the village, that is for each village to discuss privately. For example, the village can purchase certain vegetables and fruits from farmers in the name of the village. The village will set the purchase price, and then find suitable sellers in its own village to sell them at the stalls. The profit from the price difference, minus the salary paid, belongs to the village. This is also good.”
"Our province has implemented a new policy, and the land has been redistributed to the farmers themselves. From now on, they will no longer exchange centimeters for food. Instead, they will grow their own crops. The more diligent the farmers are and the better they take care of the land, the more food they will harvest and the more money they will earn."
"Under such circumstances, the existence of the market is even more irreplaceable."
Qiao Xinyi thought for a moment and said, "State-owned enterprises will sooner or later be transformed. If we want to improve the economy, all industries must flourish."
"I agree with what you said." Secretary Zhang smiled. "We also heard in Beijing that the higher authorities are considering restoring the individual business policy and are considering setting up a few trial areas first. We'll see how it goes then."
Because several leaders had only discussed the matter privately and no formal meeting had been held to discuss it, Secretary Zhang did not immediately tell Qiao Xinyi more information.
"I went to the market this time and walked around. I also heard many fellow villagers say that they don't like to go to the supply and marketing cooperatives. They said that some of the cadres in the supply and marketing cooperatives have their eyes on the top of their heads. When they see us farmers wearing dusty clothes, they just ignore us. Even if we shout until our voices are almost hoarse to buy a pound of sugar, the farmers won't even look at us."
"When farmers want to buy a pair of shoes, some of them won't even let others try on their shoes once they see their feet."
Qiao Xinyi didn't find it strange when she heard this. After all, there were people like this everywhere, even in the provincial capital's department stores.
When Qiao Xinyi went back, Secretary Zhang directly arranged for a driver to take her back to the military family compound.
Qiao Xinyi didn't let the master send her to the gate of the family compound, but went to Fu Linzhou and Fu Zeyu's school.
Before she came back, she called Fu Qingshan's office to tell him that she would pick up the two children from school.
After waiting at the school gate for about five minutes, the school bell rang. Qiao Xinyi waited for a long time before she saw Fu Linzhou and Fu Zeyu walking out of the classroom hand in hand.
"Brother, it's Auntie who's here to pick us up!" Fu Linzhou ran over as soon as he found Qiao Xinyi urging his brother.
"Aunt, you are here to pick up my brother!" Fu Zeyu happily danced around Qiao Xinyi, "I am so happy~"
Qiao Xinyi laughed along and walked home holding the child's hand.
The two children chattered as Qiao Xinyi shared what she had learned in school that afternoon and played games. Each of them spoke one sentence, without interrupting or quarreling.
Fu Zeyu was talking about his good friend 꿷꽭 who was crying, when he suddenly stopped and hid behind Qiao Xinyi, and quickly pulled his brother behind Qiao Xinyi.
"Aunt! I saw grandpa!" Fu Zeyu's voice changed, and he was obviously very nervous.
"Why did aunt and grandpa come to the provincial capital? Are they here to take my brother back to his hometown? Aunt, my brother doesn't want to go back. We all want to be with uncle and aunt."
"Don't be afraid, let me see if you recognized the wrong person." Qiao Xinyi looked in the direction of Fu Zeyu's gaze, and sure enough, she saw Zheng Youliang wearing a grey dress that didn't fit him well and was borrowed from somewhere.
He was carrying a large bag in his hand. No one knew what was in it. It was flat and didn't look like there was anything in it.
He asked someone for directions and was walking towards the family compound while looking around.
Then he saw Qiao Xinyi, and then he saw the two children hiding behind Qiao Xinyi and peeking at him.
“Xiaozhou, Xiaoyu, what’s wrong with you two kids? You didn’t even call out to your grandpa when you saw him.” Zheng Youliang ran towards Qiao Xinyi and the other two with joy.
When he arrived in front of Qiao Xinyi, seeing Qiao Xinyi's cold expression, he knew that Qiao Xinyi still didn't like him.
"Um, my daughter-in-law..." Zheng Youliang rubbed his lips and was about to speak again when he was interrupted by Qiao Xinyi.
"Uncle Zheng, Fu Qingshan has been adopted, so you called her daughter-in-law by mistake." Qiao Xinyi didn't give Zheng Youliang any face. "You came to the provincial capital to find us? What do you want to find us for?"
Qiao Xinyi curled her lips, "The grain in my hometown has been harvested, and you, as a grandfather, suddenly remembered that you still have two grandchildren in the provincial capital, so you brought the money from selling the grain to visit your grandchildren? I don't know how difficult it is for you to come to the provincial capital as a grandfather, and I don't know what good things you brought for the two children."
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