Chapter 220 The more the better
Fatty pork, shiny blue banknotes, pearl-like quail eggs, and clucking live chickens were placed in front of everyone, and everyone looked at them happily with excitement on their faces.
Whoever's name Xu Lingjun called out would go to collect his or her share of the dividends, which included a stack of cash, a few pieces of pork, a basket of quail eggs, a basket of chicken eggs, and a few live chickens. But the recipients had to have the help of their family to take the money away.
After receiving the dividends here, they turned around and went to the temporary New Year's goods store nearby. Xu Lingjun took people to the county department store on a tractor in advance and bought back a lot of things, including firecrackers, wine, snacks, vegetables, lanterns... Everything needed for the New Year.
Xu Lingjun did not raise the price, but just recorded the round-trip travel expenses in the account expenses and sold them to them at the original price, which could be regarded as a benefit for the team members. This saved them from making another trip to the county town, and most of the dividends that had just been distributed were recovered.
They also bought a bunch of red paper, pens and ink, and asked those in the team who could write calligraphy to write Spring Festival couplets for them for free. Everyone lined up and asked others to help write festive couplets for them to take home.
These are distributed to all team members who participated in the labor. After distributing them, Xu Lingjun then distributed performance dividends. This showed the gap. Some people got more, and some got less. The gap was not big, but it also stimulated everyone's fighting spirit. Many people were thinking about performing well next year and striving to get more dividends.
Finally, there is consolation money for the elderly and New Year's money for children. In addition to cash, there are also some food, candies and other things they like. Even those children who are still in school are very happy to receive exercise books. It is not easy to buy a few exercise books these days.
Moreover, their parents have been instilling in them the idea of studying hard, and most of them have listened to them. Children from poor families are sensible at an early age, and they know how rare it is to have such conditions, as other students in the school want them but don't have them.
Finally, Xu Lingjun announced the arrangements for the New Year. From now until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the feed factory will temporarily stop production. Everyone only needs to do some simple work according to the duty roster to maintain the normal operation of the pig farm, quail farm, chicken farm, etc. The rest of the time is at their disposal. Those who want to rest at home can rest at home, and those who want to visit relatives can go visit them.
"Okay!" Everyone cheered, and then called all their friends and relatives to go to their homes to drink. After working hard for a whole year, they could finally enjoy themselves, so they had to drink quickly. Almost every family wanted to invite Xu Lingjun to their homes for a drink, but Xu Lingjun smiled and declined. If he agreed to all of them, he would not be able to do anything else from now until the 15th, and he would have to drink at least three times a day.
Others quickly found Guo Chenzi to borrow tractors. The New Year's goods purchased by Xu Lingjun did not include clothes. They also wanted to go to the county town to buy some new clothes for their families. Now that they had money in their pockets, they no longer looked down on the clothes sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives and had to buy better ones.
"Okay, just give the gas money to the team when you come back." Guo Zizi took out the keys directly. Since not every family would go into the city, it would be better to collect money.
"Okay, how much? I'll give it to you now!" Everyone had money in their pockets and didn't care about it, so they agreed readily.
After finishing his work and returning home, Xu Lingjun also relaxed. He could take a break, teach Qingqing to recognize words, give Li Xiuzhi extra lessons, and work hard at night. He planned to have another child before the policy came out, preferably a girl, so that he would have both a son and a daughter.
In his first life, he never dared to think about having two children, let alone getting married. He felt overwhelmed at the thought of the expenses after marriage. Now that he has come to this world, he finally doesn’t have to worry about money, so he must have two more children.
Given a choice, most people still want children. The low fertility rate in later generations is probably because the pressure is too great.
As the Spring Festival approaches, the team members have started to visit relatives, some go out to visit relatives and friends, and some entertain guests at home. Dong Kuan just went out that day when he met his cousin Dong Yougen who came to wish him a happy new year. He hurriedly greeted him and shouted as soon as he entered the house, "Yougen is here, hurry up and cook two dishes, I will drink two cups with Yougen."
Yougen hurriedly tried to be polite, but he couldn't resist Dong Kuan, so he pulled him to the stove, where they warmed themselves by the fire and chatted about each other's recent situation. Soon the dishes were ready. Dong Yougen was shocked when they were served. There was a bowl full of big fatty slices, a whole fish, and a plate full of quail eggs. Wasn't this a bit too rich?
He didn't know how to pick up his chopsticks. These days, when visiting relatives, you dare not eat the hard dishes directly. Take this bowl of fatty meat for example. Maybe this family depends on this bowl of fatty meat for the New Year. If you eat it, what will others eat? So most of the time, the host will persuade you to eat, and you will be polite and finally take a small chopstick to taste it. In this way, when the next wave of guests come, you can put some radish under it and it won't be noticeable. A bowl of fatty meat can last the whole Spring Festival.
Dong Yougen understood all these principles. When he went to other relatives' houses for dinner, he would fill his stomach with potatoes, radishes, cabbages, etc., but Dong Kuan's table was full of hard dishes. What should he do? "Eat it. Our team is doing well this year. This is nothing!" Dong Kuan naturally understood, so he directly picked up a large piece of fat slices for him and put it directly into Dong Yougen's bowl.
He took another chopstick and started eating. Only then did Dong Yougen believe it was true and started eating quickly. In fact, he had been greedy for a long time. How many people don't like to eat big fat meat these days? He was just embarrassed to be reserved just now.
After three glasses of wine, the fat meat was not finished yet, so Dong Kuan picked up another piece of fish meat with his chopsticks and gave him all the good meat on the belly of the fish.
Dong Yougen enjoyed the meal very much, but he started to have a headache after he finished eating. He had eaten so well here, so what should he serve Dong Kuan when he went to his house? Before he could think about it, Dong Kuan asked with a smile, "Do you want to eat big fat meat like me and buy new clothes for your family during the New Year next year?"
"Who wouldn't want that!" Dong Yougen blurted out. Only a fool wouldn't want to live a good life? "I just don't know how to make money! There's only so much land at home. Even if we implement the household contract responsibility system, we can only fill our stomachs. It's hard to even buy new clothes for our children."
"It's a simple matter. After the 15th, come to me again and I will take you to the team to buy some quails. You can take them home to raise them and then sell them to us after they lay eggs. You can earn a lot in a year. At least it will be enough money for the children to go to school." Dong Kuan said, pointing at the quail eggs.
This is also what Xu Lingjun told them, asking them to take advantage of the time when they visit relatives during the New Year to attract more people to raise pigs, chickens, and quails. The more people willing to raise them, the better.
"Will this work?" Dong Yougen asked.
(End of this chapter)
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