Qian Dafu laughed and said, "I guess it's because he lost his memory that his personality has changed. That's a good thing! Look at my reinforcements. They don't dare to say a word to someone they don't know well enough."
"It's okay, just let him play with Wubing. Wubing is just a little too active, running around all day, and even when he's sitting he makes some small movements."
Two men were talking about their children, while two women were coveting each other's daughters. Only Ye Zhiqiu was left chatting with the people in the yard.
It wasn't until nine o'clock that Ye Zhiqiu and his family said goodbye and left. It must be said that Ye Zhiqiu also inherited Wang Xiaolan's social talent. He basically knew the names of the dozen or so adults who were enjoying the cool air in the middle courtyard tonight!
Ye Zhiqiu carried the sleeping Ye Bailu on his back and said to Wang Xiaolan, who was walking in front of him, "Mom, you and the second son go to catch shrimps and pick dandelions tomorrow. I have something to discuss at the commune, so I'll take my younger sister with me."
Wang Xiaolan asked curiously, "Boss, what did you go to the commune to discuss? Are you going to buy oil from them again? But don't buy so much! It's not good to stockpile too much of this stuff. It's too expensive!"
Ye Zhiqiu quickly explained, "I haven't bought any oil yet. I'm planning to catch the fish in the pond and sell them. I was thinking about whether I could negotiate a price and help the factory collect the fish. That way, I can make some money from the price difference."
Ye Tianya was surprised and asked, "Selling fish? Don't people usually wait until winter to sell them? Selling the fish now will have some impact on its weight, right?"
"I'm not entirely sure, but from what they said, they were about to set up a sub-district office. The villagers felt it was best to distribute their belongings first, to prevent them from being confiscated after the sub-district office was established.
"They're worried that the things will be distributed to the entire street office! In fact, they are just speculating wildly. After the street office is established, their village commune will still be the same. How could they confiscate their fish ponds and breeding materials for no reason?"
This was not Ye Zhiqiu's own guess, but Accountant Zhao said that the villagers sold fish and various poultry because they wanted to share the money.
Otherwise, raising chickens, ducks, and geese and selling their eggs would be a way to make money, but they decided to sell them. However, this was all internal affairs, and Ye Zhiqiu would not pay attention to it. He was the one who took advantage!
Wang Xiaolan was surprised and said, "I don't know what these villagers are thinking. Never mind what they think. I'll go to the vegetable market more often these days! If they sell ducks, I'd like to bargain and raise a few to lay eggs!"
Duck eggs are even more expensive. Wang Xiaolan is quite good at raising chickens and ducks. So when she heard the news, she smiled and started to think about buying ducks.
Ye Zhiqiu put his little sister back on her bed, drove away the mosquitoes and hung up the mosquito net, then went back to his room to sleep.
The next morning, when Ye Zhiqiu got up, it was already half past eight in the morning. When he washed up, he saw that no one was home, so he went to the next door to check on Ye Bailu, but to his surprise, she was not at home either.
After washing up, he came to the living room and saw the note left by Ye Wubing. He then realized that Ye Bailu had also been taken away by them, in order to prevent her from going to the commune and affecting his discussion on making money!
After drinking two bowls of corn porridge, Ye Zhiqiu locked the courtyard door and walked towards the commune canteen.
There are still many people buying vegetables at this time. I have to say that the policy of allowing Sanlitun Commune to sell vegetables has greatly facilitated the lives of the workers living here. At least they don’t have to walk as far as Tuanjie Lake to buy vegetables!
Ye Zhiqiu saw Village Chief Yang standing aside, watching someone come to buy vegetables and pay the bill, while Accountant Zhao was quickly giving change and keeping accounts.
Accountant Zhao walked over and distributed cigarettes to the two of them. He winked at Ye Zhiqiu and shook his head slightly. He immediately understood that this was a warning not to mention the fish pond, so he didn't say anything about it.
Instead, he lit cigarettes for the two of them and squatted aside to chat with Village Chief Yang.
"Uncle Yang, the street office here should be open soon, right? I think the big yard is almost finished!"
"Well, not so fast. We're still sorting out the population information and figuring out where to start assigning it to the subdistrict office. It'll be at least September."
"That's not far off. Today is the beginning of autumn, and twenty days or so will pass quickly. Why are there so many chickens, ducks, and geese for sale recently? I see they're all old hens today. Aren't they kept for laying eggs?"
Village Chief Yang flicked the ash from his cigarette and said with a somewhat dissatisfied look on his face, "A bunch of people who know nothing are clamoring to set up a subdistrict office and confiscate everything here!
They don't know anything, but they're just talking nonsense, clamoring to sell poultry and fish and share the profits! Xiaoye, you're a working person, unlike them who know nothing! You said the establishment of this street office is a good thing, right? Why do they think it's a bad thing? "
Ye Zhiqiu actually understood these people's thoughts a little bit. If there was no street office before, the villagers of Sanlitun would have to do all the maintenance work here themselves!
Now that the subdistrict office has been established, it's become the subdistrict office that maintains and arranges everything, and their meager power over people is gone. Like the workers living here, they're no longer in charge of others, they're being controlled themselves, which is why they're resisting.
This was a difficult matter to discuss. Ye Zhiqiu laughed it off and changed the subject, asking, "Uncle Yang, since you want to sell poultry, why don't I take the lead and sell them to our factory? Wouldn't it be harder for you to sell them one by one?"
Village Chief Yang shook his head and replied, "I'd like to agree, but the secretary won't allow it. We allow sales here to make things more convenient for the workers nearby. If we sell it to your factory, they'll say it goes against our original intention and is just speculation!"
Ye Zhiqiu frowned. There had been no news about the fish pond for two days. Could this be the reason?
If this is the reason, then this is a really troublesome matter. If this amount of fish is cheap, it can be sold all at once to the workers living in the factories here.
If you don’t sell it to the factory, what’s the point of doing it yourself?
So Ye Zhiqiu quickly said in surprise: "Uncle Yang, your secretary's idea is wrong! The old leader always said that workers and farmers are one family, but our factory is excluded like this. This is unreasonable!
Workers are factory workers. What's the difference between selling workers and selling the factory? Aren't workers and farmers all one family? To call it speculation and profiteering is truly unacceptable!"
"That's right. Now the villagers are very dissatisfied. We were supposed to sell the fish from the pond, and then divide the money according to the number of villagers. Now everyone is complaining, but he is the secretary sent by the Tuanjiehu Sub-district Office. What can we do?"
Ye Zhiqiu could hear that Village Chief Yang was also a little dissatisfied with the secretary. If he thought about it carefully, it would not be difficult to understand!
No matter how much money the collective has on its books, it ultimately belongs to the collective! But the money that is distributed becomes your own personal money, and you can spend it however you want!
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