After Zhao Xiaobei's conclusion in the car, the vehicle also arrived at its destination. After getting off the car, Zhao Xiaobei took Peng Yuhao to the fields. Peng Yuhao watched the golden rice forming golden oceans in front of him. Under the blue sky, the autumn sun dances in the air, and the light and shadow ripple between the sky and the earth. The mature fields open their arms to Peng Yuhao. Peng Yuhao, a second-generation official living in a big city, spreads his palms and absorbs the world. His spiritual energy allowed him to tolerate the desolation of all things, and he slowly put the harvest into the camera he carried with him.
The rice fields are full of busy farmers, and their faces are filled with joy of harvest. There is an air of joy and contentment permeating the earth. The autumn harvest is the fruit of the hard work of the farmers in front of them, and it is also their gratitude and reward to nature. The farmers stand in the fields and watch the golden rice swaying in the wind, with incomparable pride and happiness on their faces.
Zhao Xiaobei also called a few farmers to introduce this year's autumn harvest. An old farmer with a dark face said to Peng Yuhao: "Leader, due to abundant rain this year, the climate is suitable. The rice we grow can basically increase the yield by more than 200 kilograms per acre." As he spoke, he showed an extremely satisfied look on his face. .
At this time, Peng Yuhao also used his camera to record the farmers' happiness about the autumn harvest, and also asked: "How much grain should be turned in per mu now?"
As soon as this question came up, the joy on the farmer's face disappeared instantly, leaving him helpless.
"Leader, our family has 20 acres of land, and the average yield per mu is about 900 kilograms. Twenty acres means a total of more than 18,000 kilograms of grain. According to the above regulations, we need to pay about 2,480 kilograms of grain, and there are also showdowns from the county and villages. Some miscellaneous taxes are estimated to cost more than 1,000 kilograms, totaling more than 3,500 kilograms of grain."
Peng Yuhao was shocked when he heard the numbers the farmer said. Basically reaching a tax rate of almost 20%. Unexpectedly, there are still such heavy agricultural taxes. If the harvest is not good, the people will not have much money after working hard for a year to grow food.
"Can it basically satisfy my life for a year?" Peng Yuhao asked lightly.
The farmer in front of him said: "Our family still has quite a lot of land, as long as we work harder. There is no problem in providing food rations for our family, but we just don't have any spare money. But for some families with less land, I guess it will be difficult to pay for their children's school fees."
Peng Yuhao didn't expect that in the 21st century, farmers' lives would still be so difficult. "Have you ever thought about going out to work? Now every factory in the south is recruiting workers."
"Yes, some people in our village went to the south to work, and my eldest son worked in the south. The income was pretty good. But I am old, and the land at home has been left uncultivated since I left. Even if it becomes unused If you pay food, there won’t be much difference if you go in or out.”
At that time, as long as there was land, taxes had to be paid, so it was difficult for ordinary people to liberate themselves from the land. Peng Yuhao also remained silent. I just kept taking pictures with my camera.
Zhao Xiaobei looked at Peng Yuhao and suddenly had an idea in his mind, "Yuhao, after shooting here, I will take you to the next place."
"Okay, where to go?"
"I'll take you to see the mountains and acres of rice."
Peng Yuhao said curiously, "Isn't this just mountains and acres of rice?"
"This is all child's play. The place I'm taking you to is literally a mountain of rice."
He had no choice but to follow Zhao Xiaobei into the car and go to the next stop. The car stopped in a large yard full of warehouses before he had gone far. What caught Peng Yuhao's eyes were mountains of rice and long queues of motorcades. He looked up at the nameplate at the door, Beili County Grain Reserve Center. (It was the former grain station).
"Yuhao, look at the majesty of so much food! Wait a minute and I'll call a few staff to introduce it to you."
As he said that, Zhao Xiaobei walked towards a window. From a distance, he saw Zhao Xiaobei giving smoke to several people and saying something. It didn't take long for those people to come over.
"This is reporter Peng from our provincial newspaper. This time he came specially to interview a report about our bumper harvest."
A comrade who looked like a junior leader stretched out his hand and said: "Welcome to the leaders of our provincial capital. My name is Fu Wanggu, the leader. I am the deputy director of this grain station. Welcome the leaders to come for inspection and guidance."
Peng Yuhao, who was listening to the official rhetoric, also reached out and held the deputy station director's hand.
"You're welcome, I'm just here to run errands and collect materials, not the leader."
The deputy webmaster saw that this reporter was brought by Zhao Xiaobei, a new college student, and he had not received any notification from his superiors, so he did not take Peng Yuhao's interview as a big deal. He just acted in the spirit of being an official. The principle of planting more flowers and less thorns says:
"The leader is humble. I wonder what the leader wants to interview?"
"Stationmaster Fu, how is our food market this year?"
This question landed on the job of the deputy webmaster. I saw this deputy webmaster talking:
"This month, the market price of early indica rice in our county is 49.21 yuan (per 50 kilograms), an increase of 0.99% compared with the previous month; compared with the same period last year, it decreased by 1.03%."
"The actual protection price of medium indica rice this month is 49.96 yuan, which is 1.65 yuan lower than the provincial protection price, and the market price is 50.67 yuan. Compared with the previous month, the market price is basically the same; compared with the same period last year, it has dropped 3.01%."
"The actual protection price of late indica rice this month is 51.28 yuan, which is 2.15 yuan lower than the provincial protection price. The market price is 55.6 yuan. Compared with last month and the same period last year, the market price is basically the same."
"The actual protective price of japonica rice this month is 54 yuan, which is 1.88 yuan lower than the provincial protective price. The market price is 58.27 yuan. Compared with the previous month, the market price has increased by 0.92%; compared with the same period last year, it has decreased by 5.96%. .”
From the deputy webmaster's answer to Peng Yuhao, it can be seen that although the webmaster is full of clichés, he still does his work very carefully. These data come out of his mouth, and it seems that he has been trained in actual work. In my heart, I began to admire this deputy webmaster:
"The deputy webmaster looks at his work seriously. These data have been deeply imprinted in his mind. I admire him."
"Reporter Peng was joking. These are what we should do with grain. These grain purchase prices are benefits that the people can see and get. There is no room for carelessness. The people have a good harvest this year, and we are also happy."
Peng Yuhao's praise narrowed the distance between the deputy webmaster and Peng Yuhao, and they were even called reporter Peng. But this was exactly what Peng Yuhao planned. He just wanted to hear what this old man on the front line of food had to say.
Peng Yuhao took this opportunity to chat with the deputy webmaster about many food issues, and also recorded some data from time to time. Finally, I talked a lot with some people who came to pay and sell food.
The general impression I got is that the national policy is good at protecting food prices, and everyone praises the national policy.
