At 10:30 in the morning, when the grain on the last carriage was half unloaded, Zhou Yang immediately shouted to stop.
Because his statistics here have exceeded 90,000 kilograms, which is exactly the amount required to pay public grain!
Then, the weighing stopped.
Immediately afterwards, the commune cadres worked with Zhou Yang to calculate the total weight and the working grain for Babaoliang Village.
After struggling for more than half an hour, the calculation was finally completed.
Then the commune cadre gave Zhou Yang a list, filled in various amounts, and signed.
But it's not over yet. Zhou Yang needs to take this list to the commune and find someone to stamp it. Only when the stamp is stamped is it completely finished.
After doing this, it was already past eleven o'clock.
Zhou Yang asked Niu Dazhuang, Cui Qianjin and others to return to the village first, while he rode his bicycle to the grain station not far away.
When he came to the food station, he found that there were very few people selling love food.
In fact, it is completely foreseeable that many production teams will not even have enough food rations this year, so how can they sell the surplus food!
When Zhou Yang went in and asked about the price, he walked out of the grain station with a heavy heart when he learned that a pound of good wheat was only 0.125 yuan.
It’s no wonder that ordinary people are unwilling to sell food to the state. The price is really unspeakable!
A pound of wheat costs 1.25 cents, which is an outrageously low price.
In Zhou Yang's view, the implementation of unified purchasing and marketing of grain is entirely a blood transfusion for industry through the exploitation of agriculture and farmers.
If you think about it, you can understand that the price the state purchases agricultural products is lower than its value, while the industrial products sold to farmers are higher than its value. This is the so-called "scissors gap."
At the same time, this is also a "hidden tax".
At present, in addition to paying "explicit taxes" to the state, farmers also pay "hidden taxes" when selling agricultural products.
This is so unreasonable. No wonder everyone looked reluctant when they heard that they were going to sell love food.
Think about it, a farmer has worked hard for a year, and his actual disposable income is only five or six hundred kilograms of grain. This still depends on a good year.
On the other hand, workers working in factories in the city, even ordinary second-level workers, earn 36 yuan a month.
If the price of a pound of wheat is 1.25 cents, they can buy 288 pounds of wheat with one month's salary. Two months' salary is higher than a farmer's annual income.
Of course, although the accounts cannot be calculated in this way, it is enough to show the unreasonableness of this system.
It is precisely because of this that the rural areas and farmers are now impoverished.
At the same time, it has also intensified the division between urban and rural areas and widened the gap between urban and rural areas.
However, everything has two sides. Although the farmers have indeed suffered a great injustice, it is also because of their dedication that our country has become the only country that has completed industrial construction without war, aggression and foreign plunder.
As a scientific researcher, Zhou Yang sympathizes with farmers, but he also understands the country's painstaking efforts and helplessness.
And these strengthened his determination to lead the villagers to increase their income!
It was exactly 12 o'clock when he returned to the village. After Zhou Yang told his old father-in-law about the situation at the grain station, he rode his bicycle back home.
Li Youwei is cooking at home, steaming steamed buns with a stew of vegetables!
Looking at his wife's pale face, Zhou Yang knew that this girl must have reacted again.
She is now just two months pregnant, which is when her reaction is most intense.
The cooking fume is an inducement for her, and she will feel nauseated when she smells it.
"Feeling uncomfortable again?"
Li Youwei nodded and said: "I feel uncomfortable when I smell the smell of meat and oil, but it will be fine if I take it slow!"
"If I can't come back in time, you can go to my old house to eat and don't worry about me!" Zhou Yang said.
"OK!"
Then Li Youwei touched her flat belly and said: "This little guy is not easy at all. You see how I had such a big reaction when I was pregnant with my baby. I didn't seem to feel anything!"
"Haha, how can I not feel it? It's just that you forgot!" Zhou Yang said with a smile.
"Yeah?"
"Well, I had a reaction at that time, but it was not as serious as this time!" Zhou Yang said.
"Then tell me if I am pregnant with a son this time, otherwise I would be so noisy!"
"Haha, how could you tell?" Zhou Yang said with a smile.
"Do you want me to give birth to a son or a daughter this time?" Li Youwei suddenly looked at Zhou Yang and asked.
Upon hearing this question, Zhou Yang immediately said: "I think as long as it's yours, I like them both, boys and girls!"
He knew that Li Youwei actually wanted to give him a son, but who could say for sure whether it would be a boy or a girl? He couldn't be too biased, otherwise this girl would be under psychological pressure.
"real?"
"Um!"
"It's so kind of you..."
As he was talking, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the yard, and then he saw fourth brother Li Guoqiang walking in carrying a small yellow basin.
After Li Guoqiang came in, Zhou Yang immediately said: "Fourth brother, why are you here?"
"Haha, I'll give you some food!" Li Guoqiang said with a smile.
"What's there to eat?"
Li Guoqiang opened the cage cloth and saw a chicken in the basin with a layer of meat underneath.
After smelling the smell, Zhou Yang said in surprise: "Where did the smoked chicken and bacon come from?"
"An'an's grandpa brought it to him!"
"Hey, Uncle Zhong is here?" Zhou Yang asked in surprise.
"Well, it happened that their meat factory sent a car to our village today to pull pigs, so his grandpa took a ride here. The bacon and chicken were made by the meat factory itself, so he brought some for us!" Li Guoqiang said.
"Thank you, fourth brother!" Zhou Yang said.
"Thank you for everything!"
Then Li Guoqiang said again: "An'an's grandfather was very surprised after seeing our pig farm. Let me ask, can we sell them some of our pig feed?"
"Why, their meat factory also wants to raise pigs?" Zhou Yang asked in surprise.
"It's not that I think about it, but people have their own pig farms, but their pig farms seem to be very profitable. The main reason is that the feed is too expensive!" Li Guoqiang said.
Zhou Yang thought for a while and said: "The feed factory in our village has a small production capacity. At the moment, it can only be used by our village's own pig farm. If we sell it to them, we may not have enough!"
"Then I reject them?"
Suddenly Zhou Yang had an idea in his heart, and he immediately said: "Wait a minute, I will discuss it with my father and several other village cadres tonight!"
"OK!"
Afterwards, Li Guoqiang said a few more words and left.
Suddenly there was chicken and bacon, and the originally simple lunch instantly became extremely rich.
After a delicious lunch, Zhou Yang asked Li Youwei to rest on the kang.
After he washed the pots and pans, he went straight to the brigade headquarters.
Even though it was noon, the brigade headquarters was still bustling with people.
Because I was going to sell love food in the afternoon, all the members in the village who had no tasks came.
After all, this event is definitely the most anticipated event of the year for the villagers.
Throughout the year, in addition to food rations, what everyone actually counts on is the money from selling grain.
After all, in this era, there is really no place to make money.
The biggest income the family can usually see is the money from selling eggs, but the "chicken butt bank" is still too small after all. Even if the chickens at home are exhausted, they will not be able to lay ten kilograms of eggs in a month.
Therefore, after the autumn harvest every year.
When there is enough surplus food, the members hope to sell the love food as soon as possible so that they can make more money!
Of course, while they want to split their money, many people still can't hide the bitterness of selling grain at low prices.
But after so many years, everyone has become accustomed to it!
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(vintage sewing machine)
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(Sewing machine and home-made shoes)
