Mrs. Xu didn't want to mention where the village committee's money came from.
This was not her responsibility. It was too detailed and she was too lazy to take care of it, so she left it to her fourth uncle, the accountant.
But while she was taking a sip of water, it had already become noisy. They kept talking about people who distributed rice to newborns and ran errands for the villagers. Where did the village committee's money come from?
Let us work, no matter how much we do, for free, just like building a dam, it is a good thing for the whole village, it doesn't matter how long we work for free, we are not human beings if we back down. But we can't be asked to pay money, mainly because my sister has it!
Mrs. Xu pressed it with both hands:
"Quiet, let me first explain to everyone where the village committee's money comes from. I will give you a simple example. This is just one of them.
It just so happens that I just mentioned buying oil and salt, right? Buy cotton and buy this and that? We bought a lot and got it back for you at a cheap price. Do you think anyone can buy it at this price?
Only we people in Erdaohe Village have this convenience, which is also our pride as villagers. From Li Zheng to all members of the village committee, we care for the villagers. It is cheap for you to even buy a wooden comb and soap.
But we will buy a lot, so much that after we transport it back, we will distribute it to our own village, and the rest will be transported to villages ten miles away. So that people from villages in ten miles and eight villages do not need to go to the city to buy things.
It just so happens that the dam is about to be repaired, so there won't be so many people working and fishing, so we have a lot of boats. Then why do the remaining people, especially those who can't do heavy work, want to continue to get points and fish for work? Then follow the car to sell goods! "
This time the villagers understood, and our village committee is just a big salesman. Earn the difference to give rice to newborns and burn paper to widowers and lonely people.
Yes, you can say that, you can also think of them as Daer Dao dealers with a collective nature.
Several men close to the stage below kept asking: "I don't know how much I can earn. I only earn a difference. It's really difficult for you people on the stage to sharpen your brains and make a living. Otherwise, don't give rice to the baby. If you can afford it, you can raise it." rise."
Mrs. Xu felt that her psychology was changing every time, and she was not very willing to play tricks on these villagers. She probably heard this simple voice from time to time.
Mrs. Xu and these men explained: "We in the village feel that it is quite far away from the town, and it is even more far away from the county. That is because everyone has not gone out to have a look. We will arrive in the town in an hour or two." It is already considered close, including our eight villages, it is not difficult to buy things. There are too many villages outside and it is very difficult to go to the city to buy something. As for Lei Lizheng, whom we know, The village is very far away.”
Mrs. Xu looked at Liu Laozhu and said to everyone, "We, the villagers, know so many villagers from other villages, and I will take you to sell goods in each village."
The villagers' eyes immediately fell on Liu Laozhu.
Liu Laozhu quickly sat up straight, crossed his hands on the table, and said "Yes, I know the old nose man" on his face.
He goes to pay taxes and grains every year, and he is in vain with those who are shouting and laughing. At the very least, except for the Wangjia Village across the street, all the remaining eight villages have to buy some daily necessities from him.
What's more, he wants to lead the way to Fucheng to purchase goods.
His son is already well-known for running a grocery store in Fucheng, and he can get certain goods at wholesale prices. This time he covers half of the town and the countryside and needs to buy so much, so he can't help but get the goods at a lower price than his son. He happens to be older. My son can also borrow the money and get the goods at a lower price in the future.
At that time, he will even wholesale the yellow paper burned during the New Year. No matter how difficult the life of every household in every village is, if you don't burn some money for your ancestors, how can you bless you? Won’t I protect you from being poorer next year?
Therefore, this yellow paper money is guaranteed to be earned.
Liu Laozhu thought that he was proud. Not only could he earn money for the village committee, but he was even more proud that others who wanted to learn from this could only do it in a small way, because no one in the village could go up or down. The villagers are so united. Besides, if you want to learn this idea, you’ll have to wait until next year. You’ll be making a lot of money this year. This idea was told by the Xu family girl.
Liu Laozhu was still thinking about how he could earn more. He wanted to pay salaries to the village committee members. He couldn't let everyone work in vain. It would be best to pay them out by the end of the month. His abilities are limited and he can't do so much. Now the village committee members are helping him share how to do good to the villagers.
It's just that he doesn't have it right now. Even if you include the money his eldest brother spent buying fish from the village, it's not enough to purchase the goods. He needs to advance a lot of money for everyone first. Let’s see how much we can earn from the price difference before 2018. If we earn more, we will pay salaries to team members for several months at a time.
As Mrs. Xu continued to speak (drawing a pie), Liu Laozhu suddenly realized that there were many things that he had not thought of:
“Not only can the village committee save money by helping everyone buy groceries, but it can also help everyone find work even if the boys want to work outside in the future.
As far as I know, people who hire people to work outside are not willing to find people squatting on the roadside. Even if they work well and turn around, they can't find anyone.
At that time, let us come out to talk to people, such as the day laborers who pick fruits and help collect grains. We will help them finish all the work smoothly. They don't dare to owe wages and it saves trouble. We also save worry and are not afraid. The boys were bullied when they went out alone. "
These words deeply touched the hearts of Wang Liba's family, and they all said to the people around them: "That's right, let the village committee take the lead in going out to find work together. At that time, my family's fence was repudiated and was beaten by that family. His face was bloody and he was unconscious. If my handsome father hadn’t picked it up when he saw it, he wouldn’t have dared to think about it.”
"There are still women who want to take over the manual work at home. Is this still a thing...
In short, there are many benefits.
And only if the village committee is good, can all the people in the village have enough to eat and drink.
Let's all set a five-year plan first, and wait for the village committee to gradually become rich.
We must plant trees so that there will be more trees in the mountains for future generations;
We want to release fish fry, so that there will be more fish in the river jumping into the net;
If we want to build roads, we must make every plant, tree and road in Erdaohe Village better than other villages;
If we don’t open our eyes to blindness if we hold literacy classes, at least the people in Erdaohe will be able to write their own names when they go out;
We have to take care of the elderly at the top and the babies at the bottom. We have extra money in the middle to protect the villagers during the corvee period. "
Mrs. Xu looked at the faces of the villagers below, and she could see that they were all stunned.
She waved her arms and smiled:
“Think about five years from now, fellow villagers, no matter how hard life is, we will be able to save some money by working hard for the village.
At that time, we will welcome the new daughter-in-law to the whole village with smiling faces, beating gongs and drums to let people know how good it is to marry into Erdaohe.
The whole village goes to see the girl who is getting married. Tell the girls that they will always have their natal family, and she has a group of natal family members in Erdaohe Village.
We also want to hang red lanterns all over the village during the New Year and festivals, illuminating everyone who comes home! "
Liu Laozhu and all the villagers suddenly stood up and clapped their hands together.
No, he was so excited that the whole picture came out.
It was also at this most exciting moment that Zhao Dashan came down with a team of men with a saber.
As soon as Liu Laozhu saw the knife and the group of people, his legs went soft and he knelt down in front of Mrs. Xu who was about to return to her seat.
The villagers were stunned. Do you want to slap this slap? Shooting seems to be heckling.
Mrs. Xu had no choice but to reach out and pull Liu Laozhu up. Liu Laozhu almost knocked his fourth uncle, who was on crutches, over his head: "What are you doing? He waved at me because he was looking for me. You are so scared."
Liu Laozhu's heart felt like it was going to jump out of his chest. He couldn't care less about embarrassment at this moment. He grabbed Old Mrs. Xu's trouser leg tightly and hesitated: "Could he be here to find you?" Aren't you here to catch me?
Mrs. Xu was so angry that she hurriedly grabbed the waist of her trousers and tried harder to make her trousers fall off. Fortunately, there was a table to cover her, so her fourth uncle also hurriedly came over to help cover her up, otherwise people would know that Liu Laozhu was pulling her trouser legs. How bad.
Mrs. Xu thought that Liu Laozhu was afraid that she would see Zhao Dashan again. She seemed unable to let her go without a promise: "Don't worry, I'll ask him what's going on, and let him go after I ask him." I don’t even bother to inquire.”
Liu Laozhu was immediately stunned and thought to himself: It turns out that the girl knows everything in her heart. Also, how can such a wise woman be an ordinary person.
After Mrs. Xu was able to escape, she took her water glass and came off the stage to greet Zhao Dashan.
"Why are you here?"
Zhao Dashan wondered what was going on in the village, which seemed very lively. He replied: "I am taking people to patrol the nearby mountains, and I want to go to the village to see you." Then he leaned closer and said, "There is something I want to tell you."
It looks like a good thing.
Mrs. Xu glanced at the venue: "Let's go then. I don't have anything to do here. Let's go home. It's so late and you haven't eaten yet, right?"
Mrs. Xu smiled and looked at the six government officials who came with Zhao Dashan. The six government officials also hurriedly said hello to her with cupped fists.
Although she did have some trouble with Zhao's mother when she first traveled through time, she didn't even tolerate Zhao Dashan that day.
But when Liu Laozhu's brother was beaten later, his granddaughter came home and said that Zhao Dashan originally didn't want to talk to Liu Laozhu, but when his granddaughter showed up from behind Liu Laozhu, he told him that a new general was coming. He was of high rank.
And after just "watching the execution ground" for a while, when Zhao Dashan appeared again, he was stunned and handed his granddaughter an oil paper bag filled with cakes.
It's a bit like a modern rice cake. The two of them, the grandfather and the grandson, each tasted one piece.
The rest was given to the naughty boy next door, a piece to the grandson of Guan Ertu's family, and a piece to Yu Qinniang. It happened that Xiaoya opened the door again to see her sister Tian Xin. She looked strange and gave another piece to Xiaoya, the daughter of Wang Yusheng's family, and divided it up.
So... one can also tell that Zhao Dashan recognized his relationship with Arita very much, and he even ate from his food that time when "she was dying".
No matter how poor our family is at the moment, we still have to let Zhao Dashan have face in front of his subordinates, and he can't do anything too shameful, and he can't even make a living.
"Auntie, don't be too busy. If you have dry food at home, it wouldn't be a bad idea to pack some thick flour cakes for us. Just a snack on the way."
"Don't worry about it. These are all ready-made fish and fish bones. I'll cook you a bowl of noodles in just a few seconds. Go outside and pour some hot water for your men to drink, and light up the wormwood basin. There are so many mosquitoes in autumn. many."
Zhao Dashan didn't expect that his heart would be warm when he came this time.
Also, his brother's mother must be a pretty good person. When his brother was lying in the trenches, he told everyone that he had not given birth to a boy, but his mother did not complain or complain, and she loved his Xin'er very much.
After his men were settled and no whispers were heard in the kitchen, Zhao Dashan sat on the small bench and said while helping Mrs. Xu light the fire:
"Auntie, I came here to tell you that in just three or two months, there will be a mutual trade.
Do you understand the mutual market? It means establishing trade relations with the grassland people who have fought with us before.
It should be a way for the imperial court to stabilize the situation. Both sides are trying to show their goodwill. They can have a truce for a few years without fighting. We don't know the details.
In short, there will be many businessmen from other places passing through your place, which is the road in front of the mountain in your village. That is the only way for them to pass.
I'm thinking that when the time comes, you can see what is sold on the roadside, and it can help subsidize the family. You should be able to earn two by selling coarse grain cakes. "
Mrs. Xu was overjoyed immediately: "Dashan, I really need to thank you. If you tell me in advance, your family will be able to prepare a lot of things for sale."
Zhao Dashan was a little embarrassed and said: "But, aunt, you'd better not mention this matter to anyone. I didn't listen to what the people above said. I guess the county government is not very good at knowing the truth. I heard that I was dismissed. The county government doesn't know the exact location of the city at all. I think it's to prevent the county government's relatives and squires from reaching out to occupy the position first... I heard it from my brother who served in the army together. He is in charge of building the general's mansion. .”
"This is where General Zhenbei, who has a high official position, lives? I heard my Tian Xin come back that day and said that a high official was coming. Do you know him?"
These words amused Zhao Dashan: "Auntie, if I wanted to know you, I would have taken you away to enjoy the blessing. That means that my rank is not low. How could I know such a big official? Although I have been in the Huo family army for a few years, The Huo family’s army is spread out all over the place, there are too many of them.”
"This General of Zhenbei is named Huo. When can he come?"
"I guess it will only take about a month and a half. The General's Mansion has been completed and I heard that the garrison has also moved out.
So it’s good for the aunt to know and prepare the items to be sold first. Prepare more. If you are selling food, buy more food and stock up. Once the mutual trade starts, I guess there will be many caravans coming to our place.
To be honest with my aunt, if the news of the opening of the market gets out in the past few months, all the shops in the town will be robbed, and it will be even harder for me to control it. We are currently busy searching the mountains, fearing that there are bandits is enough to make us tired. The magistrate ordered that we must make it look peaceful down there before General Zhenbei arrives, otherwise we will be questioned. "
Mrs. Xu immediately said: "Don't worry, if this news doesn't spread outside, your aunt will not miss a word. Then did you tell your wife to grab a shop in the town? Dashan, don't be stupid, this Don't be so stubborn, as if taking advantage of that means it's no longer upright, and that's two different things. We just rent the shop at a reasonable price, and we don't exploit anyone. We just want to take advantage of the caravans to come more and eat more. Work hard to earn some household income.”
Zhao Dashan couldn't help but laugh and said not yet, what about telling him later? He asked his mother-in-law to set up a shop to sell cooking cakes, and told Mrs. Xu: "My brother who built the General's Mansion also said the same thing as you, aunt." The brother said that he just wanted him to make some money, otherwise he would not have any money at all. Won't tell.
(End of chapter)
