Lin Sanqi slept on the fire bed at night, tossing and turning but couldn't fall asleep.
One is because of excitement. In 1960, 200,000 wild ginseng was purchased. If it was a hundred years old, about 500 ginseng could be purchased. Calculated based on the average price of 2 million a piece, that is a profit of more than 1 billion.
Even if some ginseng is less than 100 years old, your 80-60-year-old wild ginseng can still sell for sky-high prices.
The key is that in China, wild ginseng is very scarce. It has a price but no market. The market gap is very large, so there is no need to worry about selling it. It is definitely in short supply.
The release of several hundred wild ginseng branches would probably not be enough to fill the gap between the teeth of those wealthy families.
When she thought that this was the first batch of ginseng purchases, and that there would be a second batch, and a third batch, Lin Sanqi was so excited, as if she was not sleeping on the kang, but sleeping on money.
Of course, another main reason why he couldn't sleep was that the stove was too hot.
Sitting on the kang during the day, feeling the warmth in the room, Lin Sanqi felt that the kang was really a great invention of mankind, it was great.
But when sleeping on the heated kang at night, he felt like he was frying pancakes. After frying one side, he turned over and continued to fry the other side. It was too hot.
Dean Shen couldn't sleep either. He was worried. He was worried that if the employees continued to be besieged by the wolves and a few more died, then he would have a greater responsibility.
He proposed and strongly recommended the establishment of a farm. It was contrary to the current national policy, and the superiors also had concerns.
If it succeeds, okay, everyone is happy.
If it fails and causes heavy casualties, not only will the more than 100 employees and hundreds of family members be moved back to their hometowns, but he will also be punished personally.
So President Shen turned left and right like a pancake, sighing from time to time.
Since he couldn't sleep, Dean Shen sat up directly and glanced at Lin Sanqi beside him:
"Hey, Xiaoqi, do you have anything to eat? I'm hungry."
Lin Sanqi also climbed up quickly and turned on the light, "As you said, I'm hungry too, haha."
After saying that, Lin Sanqi took out a plate of pork head meat, a plate of pickles, and two large white Shandong steamed buns from the cabinet.
Dean Shen had an expression that showed that he was really like this. He grabbed it and ate it without ceremony. He could rarely eat this kind of big white-flour steamed bun.
"Xiao Qi, I've solved the ginseng problem for you. Don't make any mistakes about the food problem. You are the key to building this farm."
Lin Sanqi was actually a little worried. He was not worried about not having enough food, but how to get so much food out.
"Uncle Shen, let me tell you the truth, I don't have a big problem with food here. Even if it means risking my life, I will find a way to get it. But I'm afraid. I'll bring back the food truck by truck. , is it too eye-catching? ”
February is the time of drought, and it is only the second year of natural disasters in history. The food supply is worse than in 1959, and it will be even worse next year.
Now everyone's eyes are green with hunger. You suddenly brought back a large amount of food. If someone sees it, why don't they fight you to the death?
Even if the people don't fight with you and the relevant departments find out, they will definitely arrest Lin Sanqi and ask him to explain where the food comes from?
Dean Shen waved his hand while eating:
"I have already considered this matter. When I first built the farm, my superiors asked me how to solve the food gap for hundreds of families in the past six months if 132 employees stopped issuing food rations?
What I told the leader at that time was that I could get a batch of food through the old leaders in the army. So don't worry, the civil and military systems are independent, and most people don't dare to inquire about the military affairs.
The superior department thinks that our food comes from the army, which is the best excuse. If something happens, I will take full responsibility and will not turn you in. ”
Lin Sanqi breathed a sigh of relief and thought that there were more old foxes.
In fact, Lin Sanqi checked the information and found that during those three years, our junior soldiers were actually hungry, and the life of the army was not easy.
But people don’t think so.
At that time, ordinary people were generally proud to join the army. Whether they were big boys or ordinary people, they all wanted to become a member of the People's Liberation Army.
First of all, I think that protecting the family and the country is the supreme honor of honoring the ancestors. Who doesn't want to fight the American imperialists and Japanese devils?
Secondly, I'm afraid it's because you can still get plenty of food in the army, and the state guarantees your food and drink, which is better than starving at home. If you can get a long-term meal ticket after being exhausted, it can be regarded as a leap in the dragon's door.
Therefore, there is a misunderstanding here. The common people think that the troops eat big white-flour steamed buns every day. In fact, the people's children eat the worst steamed buns.
But using military rations as an excuse is indeed the best smoke bomb.
Lin Sanqi has a different opinion:
"Uncle Shen, I think you have overlooked the biggest loophole in your entire plan. If this loophole is not solved, I am afraid the farm plan will not be able to survive."
Dean Shen put down his chopsticks and asked seriously: "What loophole?"
"Uncle Shen, you only considered the issue of 132 employees before, but you ignored the issue of the employees' families. You see, the total number of employees and family members coming to the farm now exceeds 600.
It's okay to say that their hometown is in the countryside. In order not to go back to their hometown, they are willing to endure hardship in the capital. It is better than going back to their hometown to endure hardship. However, there are still a number of employees whose spouses have formal jobs. Now they have all come to our Changping Farm. The employment problems of these spouses cannot be solved, and the education problems of their children have also not been solved. I have heard that some of the family members of the employees are already preparing for divorce. ”
"Divorce?"
"Yes, divorce. After divorce, the employees of our traditional Chinese medicine hospital are still working as farmers in Changping, but their spouses can return to the city. After all, they have capital household registration, have formal jobs, and can live independently.
When couples in these families start to divorce over whether to stay or leave, it will easily destabilize the morale of our farm and affect future production and construction. ”
When Dean Shen heard this, he fell silent. After a long time, he sighed leisurely:
"Husband and wife are birds of the same forest. It is normal for them to fly separately when disaster strikes. I did not consider this matter..."
The old man felt very uncomfortable. He felt that he had done bad things with good intentions and broke up one employee family after another. He already felt a little guilty.
Lin Sanqi saw that the old man was feeling uncomfortable, so he persuaded him in turn:
"You can't blame your Changping farm plan for this. After all, most of these 132 employees were deported to their hometowns because they did not meet the conditions for staying in Beijing. It is not a crime, and their spouses and children will not be implicated.
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So Uncle Shen, even if you don't send them to Changping and let them go back to their hometown in the countryside, this part of the family will still be separated. Not everyone is willing to marry a chicken and follow the chicken, or marry a dog and follow the dog. ”
Dean Shen thought about it, yes!
If one party makes a mistake, it may involve the whole family, and other family members will have no choice but to follow the husband back to his hometown.
Now it is just because of man-made policies that one of the spouses has to be repatriated and one can stay in Beijing, so divorce is doomed.
Lin Sanqi mentioned another question:
"The other thing is education. Look at today's incident between Zhu Xiaoxia and Ye Shanmin. These two young people were originally in the first grade of high school. They could have been admitted to college and had a bright future.
But both families were not allowed to study because they did not comply with the policy of staying in Beijing. Without studying, of course, all they could think about was dating and dating partners. There are many such students, including middle schools and elementary schools.
If these children are not well educated and do not have formal jobs, they are likely to become gangsters in the future. Like me, they are all students from a traditional Chinese medicine hospital. We can't just watch them drop out of school, can we? ”
Dean Shen was in a low mood and sighed:
"I can't help it. I can't do it perfectly. At that time, many employees came to me crying and shouting that they wanted to stay in the capital. They didn't want to go back to their hometown, because they were afraid that they wouldn't even have a foothold in their hometown, and the whole family would be dead.
As their leader, I can only try my best to give them the opportunity to stay in Beijing, hoping that the disaster year will pass soon. Maybe they will return to the traditional Chinese medicine hospital and restore their food supply. I really can't think about much else. . ”
Lin Sanqi can also understand this. He knows the future direction of history.
In a few years, more intellectuals will return to their hometowns.
However, when these intellectuals returned to their hometown in the countryside, they did not even have houses to live in. Many of them could only build shacks in the wilderness or live in dilapidated temples. Life was very difficult.
If housing is an issue, there is one more critical difficulty.
Working in rural areas pays attention to work points. A man's labor force is 10 points a day, while a woman's labor force may be 9 or 8 points. You can only get work points if you work and have full labor force. In the end, you will be divided into grains according to the work points.
But intellectuals are all weak scholars, how can they farm? Not getting work points means no food points, and life is once again in trouble.
Some people may say that there are not many literate people in rural areas, and intellectuals can be fully qualified for jobs such as clerical accounting and publicity officers when they return home.
The problem is that this kind of "good job" is occupied by the brother-in-law of the village party secretary, the sister-in-law of the village chief's family, etc., so you, a person who has been away from home for many years and doesn't have much family ties, can get it?
Don't think about rural life too wonderfully.
The most miserable people in the world are the farmers, and the worst are the village cadres. These people are uneducated and domineering. They are called the emperors of the earth. How many things have they done in the humming era that make people and gods angry? !
There is no harm without comparison, which is one of the main reasons why Lin Sanqi admires Dean Shen as a person and is willing to take risks to help him.
Again, staying in the suburbs of Beijing is definitely more advantageous than returning to your hometown.
The atmosphere inside is a bit dull.
Suddenly Dean Shen's eyes lit up and he looked up at Lin Sanqi:
"There's something in your words, tell me. What's your idea? Tell me."
Of course Lin Sanqi has an idea, but this idea has certain risks under the current policy, and Dean Shen must cooperate
"Uncle Shen, I have a way to get a lot of food, and even pay wages and food to the employees' families..." (End of Chapter)