"Oh oh oh..."
"Beep beep beep..."
Under the repeated bombardment of the big rooster next door and the work whistle, Zhou Yang finally reluctantly got up from the kang.
He slept too late last night. If he didn't have important tasks today, he really didn't want to get up so early.
Li Youwei also stayed up late, so when Zhou Yang got up, she was still asleep.
To be honest, Zhou Yang really didn't expect that pregnancy could change a woman so much.
You must know that in the past few years, Li Youwei basically got up early every day, cooked meals, boiled face wash, and then went into the house to wake him and Bao'er up.
But now, if no one calls her, this girl can sleep until nine o'clock in the morning.
This is completely unbelievable in rural areas!
After cooking some porridge and eating a few pieces of chicken cake, Zhou Yang took some food stamps and gas stamps from the tin box where money and bills were kept and put them on him.
I have to go and continue to pay the public food today, and I just happen to stop by the food station to exchange for some national food stamps.
For those who are away from home, national food stamps and money are essential.
And this time he planned to visit Uncle Zhu after returning, so he had to be more prepared.
When they arrived at the brigade headquarters, Zhang Genwang and Wang Ping were directing the members to load the trucks.
Yesterday was just a stand-in to see if the grain talisman collected in that way did not meet the standards of the commune. From today on, it will be a large-scale public grain delivery.
Not only the mules and carriages from the village were sent out, but also the slightly larger carts came.
Before half past seven, the truck transporting public grain was already loaded.
Then, at the order of the old father-in-law, the motorcade slowly drove out of the brigade headquarters and headed straight for the Unity Commune.
Since Babaoliang Village is only a few kilometers away from Tuanjie Commune, it is considered a relatively close production team, so when they arrived at the commune, there were not many people queuing up to hand over public grain.
Seeing Zhou Yang coming, the cadre responsible for collecting public grains immediately greeted him: "Zhou Zhiqing, are you here so early?"
"Haha, we can't do it sooner. This year, the two production teams in our village have to hand over 90,000 kilograms of grain. We must seize the time to deliver it!" Zhou Yang replied with a smile.
A cadre immediately said: "I heard that your village was not greatly affected by the disaster this year, which is better. The members of the subsequent villages don't have enough food rations, and they don't know what to do!"
Zhou Yang also sighed and said: "The county will definitely not ignore it, let's talk about it then!"
"Um!"
While talking, it was Zhou Yang's turn.
Just like yesterday, check the food first.
I saw a commune cadre casually pointing from the car, and the village members lifted the small two hundred kilogram sack off and untied the hemp rope on it.
The commune cadre took out a special tool for grain inspection, which was like a hollow pipe-like iron drill, and inserted it hard from the sack.
When the iron drill was pulled out, the wheat inside was also taken out.
Then the cadre put the iron drill on a piece of white linen cloth on the table, and then tapped it lightly with a special small hammer.
"Wow!"
The wheat grains in the hollow tube just fell out with a splash, and they all fell on the linen.
Then, the two cadres in charge of food inspection took a closer look.
I found that there was no grain, sand, or clods of soil inside, and it was quite clean.
This was not over yet. Then they pinched a few more grains of wheat and put them in their mouths to taste. They felt that the wheat grains were relatively dry. They had obviously been dried in the sun and did not look like they had been soaked in water. Only then did they sign for acceptance.
After the acceptance is completed, the next step is weighing.
Although this job is simple, it is extremely boring, and Zhou Yang has to watch the whole process.
After weighing a sack, Zhou Yang had to write down the weight in a notebook to facilitate final statistics.
By the time all the dozens of trucks of grain from the fourth team were weighed, it was already 11:30 in the morning.
After calculating the kilograms, Zhou Yang asked other commune members to go back and continue hauling grain, while he went to the grain station not far from the commune to exchange for national food stamps.
Since there was no shortage of food stamps at home, let alone food, Zhou Yang exchanged 400 kilograms of food stamps at once.
I plan to give half to Teacher Zhu and keep the other half for myself.
In the afternoon, another food delivery came from Babaoliang Village.
By the time I was done, it was already past four in the afternoon.
After returning to the village, Zhou Yang did not go home, but went to the livestock shed.
Now the appearance of the cattle shed has been greatly changed. The original low and dilapidated sheds have been demolished, and the pens where the animals live have been built into new ones.
As for the place where people live, it is completely separated from the animals. Although the house is still an adobe house, it can at least be called a place for people to live.
When Zhou Yang came over, he didn't find Yan Gengdong, but he saw Yan Wenhui squatting at the door, wondering what he was doing!
Walking over to take a look, Zhou Yang saw that this boy was writing on the ground with a focused expression.
Instead of using pen and paper, I scratched on the ground with a wooden stick.
Because his expression was so focused, Zhou Yang didn't notice when he came over.
"What about writing?"
Hearing Zhou Yang's question, the little guy immediately raised his head.
When he saw it was Zhou Yang, he immediately said happily: "Uncle Zhou, you are here!"
"Well, where's your dad?"
"He took people to deliver pig manure to the biogas tank on the small river beach!"
"When did you go?"
"It's been a while, I guess I'll be back soon!"
"Why don't you go to school?" Zhou Yang asked suddenly.
"me..."
"Is it because the villagers won't let you go or because you don't want to go?" Zhou Yang asked again.
"I want to go, but they don't welcome me and even beat me!" Yan Wenhui said.
Zhou Yang frowned and said, "It's okay, as long as you want to go to school. I'll tell Teacher Wang later that if anyone dares to bully you, I'll ask the teacher to deal with him!"
"Thank you, Uncle Zhou..."
Just as he was talking, there was a sudden sound of footsteps behind him.
Zhou Yang turned around and found that Yan Gengdong was back.
He was wearing thin clothes and carrying a few pieces of rotten wood on his shoulders, apparently intending to pick them up and use them as firewood.
"Hey, why are you here?" Yan Gengdong asked with a smile while putting the rotten wood under the eaves of the small house.
"I wanted to discuss something with you, so I came here!"
"What's going on?"
"My father told me this morning that the meat factory is going to send a truck to pick up the pigs tomorrow. Then they will bring the pigs back to the factory to kill them, and then they will calculate the money. I plan to ask Brother Yan to go with you. !”
"Are you going to settle the accounts with me?"
"Well, in addition, the meat factory only wants meat, heads and hooves, but we don't need other things like sewage and pig blood. You can take them all back and give extra meals to the members when the time comes!"
"OK, no problem!"
"By the way, as expected, this batch of piglets will be ready for slaughter by the end of the year. My idea is to buy another batch from the College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. How much do you think is appropriate?" Zhou Yang said.
"Shouldn't you discuss this matter with the village officials?"
"You are the person in charge of the pig farm, so it is most appropriate to ask you. Others don't know the situation of the pig farm!" Zhou Yang said with a smile.
"Without increasing manpower, 6 to 7 hundred heads is already the limit. During this period, all of us are busy competing with those who are competing for the lead. It would be too busy to handle any more!"
"Well, then I know!"
Then Zhou Yang looked at Yan Gengdong beside him and said again: "Let this kid report to school tomorrow. How can he stay at home at such an old age?"
"Is this okay..."
Before Yan Gengdong could finish speaking, Zhou Yang interrupted him: "You don't have to worry about the rest, I'll take care of it!"
After saying that, Zhou Yang waved his hand and then left the barn!
(stable)
(educated youth spot, big stove)
(dashi nianzi)
(The jars for pickles and lard are still used at home)
(money and food stamps)
