"Selling tender corn?" Zhang Juntou was stunned for a moment.
He had eaten tender corn as a gift from others, or he had broken it directly from farmers' fields. He had never bought it at the market.
Farmers are concerned about food, and they are not willing to break off crops that have not yet grown to eat.
Seeing his expression, Jiang Zhi's heart skipped a beat: No way! No one selling at the market?
I have my own preconceptions and am used to bringing the modern way of eating that pursues taste and enjoyment here.
Modern supermarkets and markets have a dazzling array of products. You can imagine everything you can’t imagine. Tender corns, tender soybeans, tender peas, and tender peas are all delicious.
I forget that people today are still thinking about how to fill their stomachs, rather than how to taste delicious food.
Even if you grow tender corn at home, you have to be sneaky and covert when you want to eat it.
If you send these corns to the market, you will definitely be pointed at and scolded as a wasted product that tastes delicious but does not save seeds. You can't explain one by one that there will be another crop.
However, this thought only flashed through her mind, because Zhang Juntou liked this food, which gave her confidence.
To be honest, no one can resist the temptation of delicious food. All they need is a reason and a channel.
Hearing that Jiang Zhi really wanted to sell all the corns as green grain and use the money to buy ready-made grains, Zhang Juntou nodded repeatedly: "This is a good idea, one stick for one pound, what the rich want to eat is a rare thing , someone will definitely buy this tender corn.
Just...hey! Aren't you afraid of others scolding you for eating green food and harming your conscience? "
Selling green grain will be scolded.
Jiang Zhi raised his head and said, "Don't be afraid. I'll sell it at a high price and then spend the money to buy food back. It's considered robbing the rich and giving to the poor! Even if he is a thief, he is also a grand thief!"
Zhang Juntou: "...!"
It makes sense to say that it is clearly about making money but it is called robbing wealth!
Because the warehouse had not yet been completed, Jiang Zhi held an emergency meeting in the thatched shed under the leafy tree.
Knowing that the village chief really wanted to sell young corn, Xu Genyou and Tian Gui did not refute again. This was what they had said when they were farming, and the land needed to be cleared for the second crop of summer sowing.
With Jiang Zhi's current prestige, the two of them naturally agreed, with only a look of pain on their faces.
Xu Gensheng and Wu Yang did not speak, but the straw mats under their buttocks seemed to have thorns, making them restless.
Wu Yang hesitated to speak, and Xu Gensheng closed his mouth tightly, holding back all the words in his stomach.
Because Jiang Zhi said that after this crop of green grain is sold, the account they helped to plow and farm the land will be settled.
Li Laoshi had said a few years ago that workers could be exchanged for food, which Jiang Zhi agreed to. Later, when he built ditches on thirty acres of land, workers were exchanged for food.
Now when green grain is sold, each household can get dozens of kilograms of grain, and they can have a full meal before their eyes.
Even Gang Jing knows who is the boss and cannot offend the village chief by talking nonsense.
Not to mention Wu Yang, he followed Er Rui closely.
Li Laoshi was not at the meeting place at this time.
He was guarding the field, and the corn was about to be eaten. There was no guarantee that no one would hear the news, break off a few sticks, and steal it home.
My boss said, you can't tempt others casually, let alone test them. No one can withstand the test.
Anyone who wants to steal things now can't escape his eyes.
His only regret is that Peppa Pig is not here. If that stingy wild boar is here, let's see who dares to take a step here.
Er Rui and Xiao Man were not here either. They were sending corn to Zhang Juntou and wanted to borrow some transportation.
Xujiacun is sixty miles away from Pingchuan County, which is neither far nor close.
But Zhang Juntou's mule cart had already gone to the city to purchase supplies and was not at the camp. Xu Errui only borrowed two hand-pushed "chicken carts".
When Jiang Zhi saw the two wooden wheelbarrows, he also had a headache: "What should I do?"
She has decided that she must prepare an ox cart this time, so she can plow the fields and pull the cart in her spare time.
Tian Gui said, "It's okay. Let's go on foot. We'll break up in the first half of the night and set off in the second half of the night. It'll be just dawn when we get to the county seat."
This person is also open-minded and can make a living as a refugee. People who are too rigid don't have the brains and decision-making skills.
Now I plan to drive sixty miles overnight to sell grain.
For these farmers, walking dozens of miles is a long way, but if they are not walking in the fields from dawn to dusk, they only stop to eat and sleep. Walking is not a problem at all.
Moreover, this is still a matter of blowing chaff and making money in a blink of an eye. No matter how tiring it is, it is worth it.
Jiang Zhi thought for a while and decided that it would be a good idea to sell the corn and buy grain.
The news spread quickly in the village, and everyone was talking about it. Even before the tender corns were put on the streets, there was a wave of talk.
However, the scene of Mr. Qin being beaten was still vivid in his mind, and the chicken sent by Village Chief Jiang was right in front of him. No one really dared to speak loudly, and they just muttered a few words furtively and passed away.
At night, except for those Tian Gui, Wuyang and Errui Xiaoman who had chosen to deliver goods to the city and needed a rest, every household in the village arranged for someone to go into the field to break corn.
Li Laoshi shouted loudly and jumped up and down inside. Jiang Zhi did not go home and sat on the ground himself.
Such a big scene, even Zhang Juntou brought people over to "join in the fun" and take a look around.
"Sister-in-law Jiang, are you going to clear away dozens of acres of land?"
Jiang Zhi shook his head: "No, let's try to spread four or five acres first!"
Although she was confident, she still didn't dare to buy thirty acres at once.
If it really can't be sold, eating it yourself doesn't count as a loss.
The tender corns and green husks from the five acres of land were delivered to the mud floor in the warehouse. Several women quickly picked out the unqualified ones. According to the standards of the village chief, only half of them were suitable.
They filled two large baskets of wheelbarrows with the selected good corns, packed them up and cooked another pot of rice.
It was already midnight. Errui and the others had slept for three hours, had full stomachs, and set off energetically pushing a wheelbarrow filled with corn.
Ten people with quick legs and feet were selected, lit with torches, brought water and dry food, took turns pushing the cart, and trotted to the county seat overnight.
When Er Ruitiangui and the others left, Jiang Zhi didn't rest.
Not all of the corn from the five acres of land was sold. Apart from the corn that was sent to the county town, there was also corn for Zhang Juntou and the others.
The remaining unqualified ones will be given to each household who comes to work.
Although it is not up to standard, it is still edible.
Today, every household came, and no matter how much work they did, Jiang Zhi always handed out five sticks.
The saying goes like this, the quantity is the same but the quality is different.
While working, Li Laoshi stood by and watched whoever worked hard and who slacked off.
At this time, when the corn sticks were divided, he naturally followed suit.
Lazy people will get short and thin ones, while those who work hard will get plump and strong ones.
Jiang Zhi was very supportive of Li Laoshi's approach.
Everyone is different. Even if you eat a big pot of rice, you still have to divide the noodles and the bottom of the pot.
Some people were dissatisfied and wanted to argue, but Jiang Zhi just said calmly: "Why do you have less than others but you don't know? You can get as much as you have done. If you don't accept it, don't come next time."
Village Chief Jiang is a person who will fall out whenever he wants to. Those people have evil intentions in their hearts. Seeing that others are silent, they can only mutter bitterly: "Why are children better than me?"
Among these people, to Jiang Zhi's surprise, Li Laoshi distributed the best corn to the two children.
"Tian Tao, Tian Xiaoquan, why are you here to work?"
Tian Taoer and a boy who was a head shorter than her were walking over, each holding five corns. Although their sweaty hair was still stained with grass clippings, they looked ridiculously happy.
