Early the next morning, almost all the villagers gathered in the threshing ground.
The children were playing on the side while the adults gathered together to count work points.
Today is the day for the production team to distribute grain. As long as you have earned work points, you can get the corresponding grain according to the number of work points.
Liu Shuzhen sneered when she saw Cao Xiu and her family coming.
"Second brother-in-law, when we split up the family business, we agreed that the work points previously earned by your second branch would belong to us. What are you doing here today? Are you just looking on with envy?"
After the family split up, the second brother's family only dug cabbage for a few days. Those pitiful few centimeters could only be exchanged for one or two kilograms of food at most.
"Sister-in-law, you know we're two families. Haven't you heard the saying, 'Eat salt and worry less,'"
Liu Shuzhen was so angry that she gritted her teeth. Why is Cao Xiu's tongue getting more and more powerful?
The team leader, secretary, and cashier have already calculated the amount of food corresponding to each centimeter.
The money was distributed to each household according to their work points, from highest to lowest. People just had to wait for their names to be called.
Yu Weimin's family was naturally the last in line.
Cao Xiu calculated silently.
A strong laborer who grows ten centimeters a day can get 200 kilograms of coarse grains a year in their village.
However, most of the family members are not strong laborers, and the average villager only gets 100 kilograms of grain per year.
No wonder everyone is hungry.
For example, the Qin family, where her daughter married, had nine people, five of whom worked, and they only received less than 600 kilograms of grain.
Not to mention her own family, neither she nor Lao Yu were good at farm work. If she wanted to eat openly, she had to show off her other skills.
"Leaders, we've just separated from our family and haven't earned many work points. We're thinking of buying food directly from the village. Is that okay?"
Guo Min replied, "Auntie, what's wrong with that? We can sell our village's reserve grain to the villagers. The money will naturally be distributed to the villagers."
Cao Xiu explained, "It's because I don't have the money, so I thought of making a reservation with the village and putting it in the village warehouse. I'll use the money to buy it out bit by bit later."
Guo Min hadn't expected this to happen, so he turned to the brigade secretary Zhao Qianjin and the village chief Li Yongde and asked, "Uncle Li, Uncle Zhao, what do you think?"
Li Yongde felt that the extra grain in the village could be sold to the grain station for the same price, so there was no difference.
Zhao Qianjin was more shrewd. "How much do you plan to buy? Are you going to eat it all yourself? Are you sure you can afford it?"
"To be honest, I made some snacks a couple of days ago and have an agreement with the supply and marketing cooperative on a long-term supply. I'm sure I can come up with the money to buy the food."
"And I only want mung beans and red beans. The more the better."
"And two bags of cornmeal for our own consumption."
All three of them were shocked.
Zhao Qianjin said earnestly.
"Great! Finally, someone in our village has found another way out! Guo Min, go write it down for your aunt. She can go to the warehouse to get as many beans as she needs."
After successfully getting an IOU in the village, Cao Xiu had a better impression of several cadres.
Qin Zhiheng went to the city again on business. Yu You and her family brought all the food and cabbage they had been allocated back home, intending to help her mother.
But I met Yao Zixiong as soon as I went out.
"Yu You, I came here specifically to see you. Shall we go outside and talk?"
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Yao Zixiong felt that Yu You had become prettier recently. He wasn't so averse to being intimate with her anymore.
Instead, I became a little distracted.
"What's there to talk about? I'm very busy, so just say whatever you want to say right here!"
Why is this scumbag so restless? I didn't go to him to ask for food, but he still came to my door.
Yao Zixiong saw that there was no one around, so he leaned close to Yu You and whispered.
"I know you were angry with me last time because I didn't give you an answer. I like you in my heart, and to prove it, I can give myself to you now. We can go to the grove, I..."
Yu You...
I didn't check the almanac before going out today, and I encountered such a mess!
Yu You turned around and called his brother-in-law without saying a word.
“Zhidong, Zhidong!”
When Qin Zhidong heard his sister-in-law calling him, he immediately left the house.
"Come on, the autumn grain has been distributed. Come with me to the educated youth camp to move the grain! Yao Zhiqing said he would return us a hundred kilograms."
When Qin Zhidong heard about moving food, he felt energetic and said, "Hey, let's go!"
The two of them walked straight past the dumbfounded Yao Zixiong and headed towards the educated youth point.
The people at the educated youth site were also very happy after receiving the autumn grain.
We plan to each take out some food and have a dry meal to celebrate today.
Yu You led Qin Zhidong and Yao Zixiong into the door one after another.
Yu You said loudly, "Sister Liu Man, are you all here? A few days ago, Yao Zhiqing said he would return 100 kilograms of grain to our family after the grain was distributed. I didn't expect him to be so trustworthy and come to inform me right after the distribution."
"Those belonging to Yao Zhiqing, I'll tell Zhidong to move them out immediately."
Yao Zixiong, who came over later and heard this, spoke haltingly: "No, no, Yu You, I only got a little over 100 kilograms in total."
Yu You said magnanimously: "Don't worry, I don't want the extra pounds. We live in the same village, so we should show some mercy, right?"
Liu Man could see that Yao Zixiong was unwilling, but wasn't it only natural to pay back a debt?
If you don’t have enough food, even if you have to borrow from the team, you must keep your word.
Afraid that Yao Zixiong would continue to refuse, he pointed, "Those are the two bags at the very back. Yu You, I heard on the radio how you worked so hard and got seven big blisters. You're really great!"
"Since we've met today, I'll say a few more words. Although the Qin family has had a hard time, they've never been wicked or evil. Live a good life, earn your work points steadily, and don't do anything foolish."
Liu Man is a warm-hearted sister who hopes everyone lives a good life.
Compared to the original self who didn’t live a good life in the past few years, I prefer the current Yu You.
Yu Youxin appreciated the kindness of listening to advice and having a full meal.
I think Liu Man is an upright and brave person, and a friend worth making.
"Sister Liu Man, what you said makes sense. I understand. When you have time, come to my house and have a seat."
"Zhidong, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and move the food!"
A bag of sweet potatoes, potatoes, cornmeal, and various beans. The cabbages were probably piled in the yard.
Yu You was too lazy to count, so he just left the sweet potatoes and potatoes behind and put all the cornmeal and beans on Qin Zhidong's back and asked him to carry them away.
"Fellow villagers, I'm not that ungrateful. Leave all this. I only want these fifty kilograms of pure grain. Everyone, watch out, Yao Zhiqing won't owe my family anything from now on."
Uncle Yu You and his sister-in-law came quickly and left quickly.
Yao Zixiong, who was left with a grim expression, looked at the remaining sweet potatoes and potatoes, his whole body filled with gloom.
There are three children in Yao Zixiong's family. The eldest brother, Yao Shuangquan, is the workhorse of the family, and the second brother, Yao Yuejin, is shrewd and selfish.
He knew from a young age that he had to fight for family resources, so he never had a bottom line in doing things.
Who would have thought that he would be tricked by the village girl Yu You.
Yao Zixiong's gentle and elegant face could no longer be maintained. His face was stiff and his eyes were filled with sinister hatred.
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