Li Long looked at the remaining three or five people and laughed angrily.
Do you really think that the Li family is a charity?
We need to get rid of these three or five people as soon as possible, otherwise there will be a steady stream of people coming from behind and it will become more and more troublesome.
"I did keep some seeds at home." He stood on the tractor and looked around. He regretted not preparing a few shovel handles in the bucket. That thing was so easy to use.
No wonder the Great Sage knows how to use a stick but looks down upon other weapons.
It’s no wonder that men, no matter how big or small, usually can’t walk when they see a straight stick.
"Then give us three to five kilograms evenly. A little less is fine. We don't ask for much."
"That's right." The other person saw that there was a door and hurriedly exposed it Smiling face, "We really don't want much." , It’s okay if you can plant two or three acres of land.”
“What the hell!” Li Long suddenly scolded, “How many seed companies have you run?”
“One! ." One person said honestly.
"Me too...one." The other person met Li Long's depressing and scrutinizing gaze and unconsciously told the truth.
“So you also want to get rich?” Li Long’s voice became louder, “In order to find melon seeds, I visited seven or eight seed companies in Shicheng, Ma County, Beiting and Wucheng. Finally, I just found a little bit!
You went to a seed company and you want to find ready-made ones? Let me tell you, there is no way! If you want to find seeds, you have to do the same thing. Let’s see if it’s possible to get some from the seed roasting factory.
Either work harder at the seed company, or go home and drink the northwest wind! If you don’t have enough energy, you just want to pick other people’s fruits. Do you want to eat it?
The seeds we left are for you. Let’s go! If you don’t leave, we will drive you away!”
Li Long said it so directly. One person was so popular that he left. The remaining few wanted to stay with him for a while, and then a few more people joined in.
At this time, footsteps came from the door of the courtyard again.
"What are you doing?" The leader is Lu Yingming, followed by Xie Yundong, Tao Dayong, and even the thin Jia Weidong, one of whom is holding a stick in his hand:
"What do you want to do? Huh? The fourth team is acting wild, don’t you think there is no one left in the fourth team?”
When they saw a large group of people coming, one of them immediately waved his hands and said with a smile: br>
"No, no, we just want to come here to buy some melon seeds. What do we really want to do?"
"No? The whole village can hear you asking Brother Li! If it weren't for Brother Li, Good temper, you have to crawl out now!"
The bicycle rang, and then Xu Chengjun appeared at the gate of the courtyard.
"I am the captain of the fourth team. Let me tell you, the fourth team is a collective. I say it for Brother Li, there are no more seeds for melon hunting. If you want to find it, you can find it elsewhere!
< br>You can always find it by running to more seed companies! Don’t waste your time and energy here. If you really feel that the people in the fourth team are easy to bully, we can also try (si)!”
Tao Dayong in the team suddenly became excited.
It’s been a few years since we’ve had a whole team fight with others in groups!
After Xu Chengjun said this, most of those people left. I have no choice but to leave, everyone from my team has come to support me.
To be honest, after the household responsibility system was implemented, many people actually felt that the production team seemed to have suddenly fallen apart, and they no longer had the same enthusiasm as before as a large collective.
Everyone is doing his or her own thing, and it feels like we are still a collective when clearing the canal in early spring.
I was quite envious when someone left. If I were in the village and got into trouble with someone from another village, it would be worth the pain if my village could come out and make things right.
But some people were still unconvinced and said in a straight voice:
"We just want to come over and buy some melon seeds. What, you still want to beat people, right?"
"You want to discuss it normally, we have no objection." Xu Chengjun was also reasonable. He walked up to the man and said Tao Daqiang pushed the person down first and stretched out his hand. Tao Daqiang handed over the stick directly:
"If you want to buy and sell by force, or act shamelessly, and feel that the Li family is easy to bully when you are being reasonable, then you can Wrong! Let me tell you one more thing, our four teams are not afraid of trouble!
If you are not convinced, I can let you feel again what collective power is! "
Xu Chengjun can be the village director, not only can he overwhelm the people in the village, he has never been cowardly to the outside world.
At this moment, he really planned to do this if this guy is still like this He really doesn't mind giving him a taste of the power of the group by giving him a hard blow with his neck straight. !
After all, the little man still had some eyes. Seeing other people coming around, the village director would "collectively" hit his head with sticks if he spoke.
In the end, he left without leaving a word.
Li Long got off the tractor and was about to speak, but Xu Chengjun said first:
"These bastards know how to bully honest people!"
Li Long thought for a while, okay, Judging from the reaction just now, the eldest brother is indeed an honest person. After all, everyone is a farmer and wants to get rich, with good intentions. Unfortunately, some people use this in the wrong place.
Liang Yuemei and Chen Lirong came over with teapots and enamel bowls to pour water for everyone.
It’s early October and it’s a bit cold to eat melon, so tea is better.
Du Chunfang smiled, this is really the strength of the collective. In fact, Li Long was really worried about those guys hitting me just now.
"Brother Li, you can't do this, but we can do it." Xu Chengjun took the tea bowl and said, "You and Xiaolong are famous, so you have to pay attention to the impact.
We are not afraid , Our fourth team is still a collective, if anything happens, I, the village director, will still come forward, and you don’t have to worry about the rest.”
In fact, these people also bought Li’s seeds, such things. How could you not come over?
Li Long did not expect that Tao Dayong also appeared. He came over and asked:
"Brother Dayong, I heard that Daqiang's wife gave birth?"
"She gave birth to a daughter." Tao Dayong sighed, "It's not a son."
"It's better not to be a son!" Li Long said with a smile.
"How can that be good?" Tao Dayong was a little confused.
"If it’s not a son, then according to the family planning regulations, you can have another child in four years. If you give birth to a son, you will have both children. Just like my elder brother, how wonderful this is! Want this If the fetus gives birth to a son, doesn’t it mean he can’t give birth?”
Tao Dayong reacted and slapped his thigh:
"Yes!"
"Yes, yes, yes, two are great!" Others also came over with bowls in hand and said, "Look Old Brother Li, Old Brother Lu, both have two, how wonderful!"
Tao Dayong suddenly thought of himself and said with a sad face:
"Then I...ah!"
Li Long smiled and said:
“Actually, you can do it too.”
“How can I do it? I am a brat.”
“Plant melons well next year. , don’t spend the money you collected, be sure Prepare a fine, and hurry up and get another one. At present, our hometown is very strict, and the most we have in rural areas is fines. If you want another one, just prepare a fine."
This is really true, Tao Dayong thought! I didn’t dare to give birth before because I was afraid of paying a fine! Next year, let alone someone like Li Jianguo who earns more than 5,000 yuan from ten acres of land, even if he earns more than 3,000 yuan, he can still pay the fine.
His heart suddenly became hot.
Anyway, it is not busy at the moment, so everyone started chatting in the Li family yard. Li Jianguo simply talked about some techniques of melon planting here, such as soaking seeds, seeders, ridging, weeding, insect control, etc.
"Brother Li, I'd better come here to find you when there are worms next year." Xu Chengjun remembers a question mark in his head, "There are so many medicines and I don't know how to separate them. How did you find out?"< br>
"Xiaolong went to Bayi Agricultural College to seek advice from a university professor." Li Jianguo was quite proud when he said this. Although there is no college student in his family yet, and he is only halfway through school, Li Long can ask university professors for advice, and they are willing to talk about it, that is great.
Of course, Gu Boyuan is also a college graduate, but that one is different.
Li Jianguo once joked to Gu Boyuan, saying that "it takes ten years for a scholar to rebel". Gu Boyuan was not angry or ridiculed. Instead, he thought about it seriously and nodded.
He is really just a bookworm with a passion for book business. He has all the knowledge but no means.
Otherwise, there would be no separation of wives and children.
People like Professor Wu are different. Even if they went to a seed company a few years ago, once they have the opportunity, they immediately enter the Bayi Agricultural College and resume their status as professors.
No one came to see Gu Boyuan. That's the difference.
After talking about growing melons, Li Long brought a few decks of playing cards, and Liang Yuemei brought fried melon seeds. This was more to the appetite of Xu Chengjun and others, so they simply sat on the ground in the yard. We started playing poker.
People came one after another, and there was really no need for Li Jianguo to speak. Xu Chengjun stopped them directly.
Basically, these are the words:
"There are no seeds. If you want to find them, you have to go to the roasted seeds factory or other seed companies. Don't try to cause trouble here, lest you be targeted by the collective power. ”
Seeing so many people sitting there, these people also realized what was going on, and either left directly, or asked Li Jianguo some knowledge about growing melons, and then left.
Li Long drove his tractor to the countryside and found a blacksmith to order twenty more jukeboxes.
There is no spring in the blacksmith shop. Li Long said there is no need, just leave the place for the spring.
He has a position in the supply and marketing cooperative, so it is not difficult to find some springs.
After all, these days there are people selling bicycles and there are people selling bicycle parts.
Otherwise, how can we fix it if it’s broken?
It is difficult for others to buy, or they may not buy more, but he is different. This thing is a key component of the jukebox, so it’s no problem to buy more.
He didn't plan to sell it. Xu Chengjun and others came over to repay the favor for buying the seeds, but next he planned to see if this small group could get closer.
Li Jianguo told him that during those years of chaos, the team had actually established cooperatives and mutual aid groups, planting things together, harvesting them together, and sharing dividends.
Li Jianguo never thought at this time that this cooperative would become popular here again thirty years later.
If we unite these people now, plant more profitable cash crops together, and make money for several years in a row, this small group will directly become the richest group in the entire four teams.
No matter what you do next, it will be more convenient.
Everything else is illusory, and the benefits are long-lasting. As long as what we grow together can continue to make money, then everyone will definitely be willing to continue.
Li Long judged that making money from playing melons could last for at most three to five years, and then he would have to switch to something else.
After all, the scale will inevitably continue to expand, but the market demand is stable. When the market cannot absorb so many melon seeds, the price will inevitably drop, and will continue to drop to a reasonable number.
Li Long and the others just made quick money in the first few years, just like those capitals made money like "you are cruel".
The difference is that Li Long and the others do not need to speculate, they only need to find crops with a large market gap.
To be honest, Li Long can still find a lot. It just needs to be like hunting for melons, looking for a suitable outlet.
It is a bit exaggerated to say that everything is waiting for improvement these days, but many crops are really in short supply of seeds, and those who grow seeds will definitely be very popular.
Xu Chengjun brought people to Li's house for the next two days. It didn't matter if someone was not here occasionally. With so many people gathered here, those who came to buy seeds looked timid and wanted to make trouble. There's no way to cause trouble.
On the third day, Li Long drove a tractor and brought in a lot of jukeboxes, and one family was given two.
"Come on, let me show you. This is what you need to plant melons on demand. Pay attention when planting. Come to the vegetable field and I will demonstrate it to you."
These people originally It was Li Long who helped stop the trouble, and then they got together to play cards, which was quite fun.
Now it’s time to really do things. Next year I want to make money by beating melons. Even if I can't earn a tractor, I can still get a good carriage or something like that, or as Tao Dayong wants, I can earn enough money from fines.
So when Li Long said this, they became very serious.
The jukebox looks simple, but it is actually quite cleverly designed. You can control how many seeds are placed at a time. This requires practice. Naturally, everyone is reluctant to practice with beaten melon seeds, but there is no problem in practicing with sunflower seeds and corn seeds in Li Long's vegetable field.
Li Long can imagine that there will definitely be more sunflowers and corn growing in this field next year.
These people can play cards and do serious business.
In the next few days, people continued to come to Li's house to buy seeds, but they were not so aggressive. If you can't buy it, go to a seed roasting factory or other seed company to look for it. You won't be unable to find it.
The Li family still has to plant winter wheat, deliver live pigs to the township purchasing station, and collect half-ripe cabbage from the summer wheat field.
Winter comes early at this time, unlike later generations where it sometimes doesn't snow well until the end of November. The snow was already very thick in November this year. It can only be said that winter in later generations will become less and less like winter.
Li Long met Jiang Zhiyu when he returned to the county. He told the story half truthfully and half falsely, so that Jiang Zhiyu would not write too much about them in the future to avoid further trouble.
Jiang Zhiyu is worthy of being a publicity officer. When he heard about this, he subconsciously wanted to write a manuscript about it. But looking at Li Long's slightly reproachful eyes, he had to stop thinking.
Whether this matter was a big deal or a small matter, Jiang Zhiyu had no choice but to promise to keep it in mind when writing manuscripts in the future.
After the two people separated, Jiang Zhiyu realized that he was a news officer in the township and a national cadre. How could he admit his mistakes to Li Long and change his style?
But she also knew that the people who could make big news in the township were most likely the Li brothers. In order to continue to publish articles in the autonomous region daily in the future, I really can't offend him.
Li Long ran in both directions. What surprised him was that although the Reed Lake was not dry yet or frozen, some people had already started beating reeds in advance.
I was a little confused at first, but then Li Long understood.
Is this a big job that you are sure you can get?
If you want to make money, you have to work hard. Breaking the reed is only the first step in tying the reed handle.
But it was done early, and as long as Li Long received the work, they could directly exchange it for money.
Who said rural people are conservative? Isn't this very thoughtful?
Wei Hu in the team has not been contracted out, but Wei Zi in Xiaohaizi can also play. Whoever has more reeds at the moment will be able to tie more reeds later.
This is similar to how Li Jianguo cut a lot of reeds before Li Long took over the big broom job.
It’s just that at the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Xiangqian didn’t do anything for Li Long.
On the contrary, Gu Xiaoxia's work unit provided benefits for autumn and winter.
At this time, if the company is good, the benefits will naturally be good. If the company is poor, the benefits will be average.
What surprised Li Long was that in addition to washing powder, toilet paper, and soap, the benefits distributed by Gu Xiaoxia and the Education Bureau also included bulk rice, corn kernels, etc., which were not much, but they smelled good. .
When Li Long went to the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Xiangqian also asked him to receive the benefits.
The benefits of supply and marketing cooperatives are much richer. In addition to ordinary toilet paper, washing powder, gloves, soap and other daily necessities, there are also brown sugar, honey, rice, clear oil and so on.
He originally came here on a bicycle, but he didn’t even carry it!
“Chief, our welfare has always been so good?” Li Long was a little surprised. He didn’t seem to have paid so much last year.
"It will get better and better in the future." Li Xiangqian suddenly remembered that last year Li Long only received basic benefits, and some formal employees did not receive benefits. He said:
"Stay a while I'll write a note and ask you to get an extra one. You didn't get those last year. It's not okay for those who are regular workers and only have temporary jobs. The director has already said that you are the hero of our company..."
"No, no, no, no." Li Long doesn't want to be special. He doesn't want to be special. Said: "That's all. I don't even need so many at home."
"Okay, be aware." Li Xiangqian said with a smile, "It's almost the end of the year, and it's time to judge the winners. If you have nothing to do, come to the club and let everyone see you, otherwise others will have something to say, do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand." Li Long naturally understood.
Li Xiangqian still didn’t say anything about Wei Bangzi.
Something happened at home.
The second brother asked for leave and came over to pick up the second sister-in-law and the child.
Li Anguo finally made up his mind and rented a yard near Kuitun No. 1 Construction and Installation Company. The location is a bit remote, to the north of the company, which is already considered an urban-rural fringe, but it's better than living in two separate places.
On the one hand, Chen Lirong felt that there was no need to live separately in two places, but on the other hand, she was a little reluctant to let go.
After living in the production team for so long, she is really used to being here. (End of this chapter)