In mid-to-late April, the busy farming season begins, with land leveling, sowing, and watering coming one after another.
The busiest person in the fourth team is Wang Caimi. He has completely turned the team's original chain-track Dongfanghong 75 tractor into his own.
In the past two years, he has been plowing, sowing, leveling, plowing, and harrowing all the two to three thousand acres of land in the village, and he charges money for each item.
In the past two years, the team has guaranteed production to each household, and there are several jobs a year that can make cash with Li Long, so everyone will not owe him the money for mechanical farming.
But the more you earn, the more you spend. A tractor alone costs tens of thousands, plus plows, seeders, rakes, etc. With this set, Wang Caimi spent almost all the money he earned in two years.
The most troublesome thing is that this tractor breaks down too easily. It is an old machine that is not sure how old it is. If it breaks down while driving, it needs to be repaired. If it can be repaired, it's okay. If it can't be repaired, you have to replace parts. These parts are expensive.
People in the team knew that Wang Cai was a fan of Wang Cai and drove a tractor to make money, and they all said that he had a household worth tens of thousands of yuan a year. But in fact, only he knew the hardship, and his life was really not as elegant as Li Long.
However, each road is different, so he has nothing to complain about. Right now, he only has one idea: to save money as soon as possible and buy a new tractor.
He has had enough of this old Dongfanghong 75 who may be older than him.
Of course, you can't say this. If you say it, you will be scolded to death by others.
Although Wang Caimi's family has made money, their life is still the same. Although the clothes they wear are not patched, they are not new. I didn’t even buy a bicycle, my children still walked to school, and I didn’t even repair the yard at home.
This makes many people think that he is too stingy and doesn't know how to improve his life even after making so much money.
Although some people laughed at him, Wang Caimi just smiled and did not reply.
He did the work when he needed to do it, repaired the car when he needed to fix it, and when others told him, he would smile at those he knew well and ignore those he didn't know well.
Li Long admired this guy very much. He was really extremely strong inside.
Even if he later earns perhaps millions, he still wears the same shabby work clothes and his house still looks messy.
There is no hint that he has such a high net worth.
Later, the land of the fourth team increased from 3,000 to 4,000 to 5,000 acres, and the team added a dilapidated 802 tractor.
Before the emergence of high-horsepower tractors, Wang Caimi's tractor had always been the main force in the team's plowing. The 802 seemed to have more problems than Dongfanghong 75.
He made big money, and he also made small money when he was free. When Li Long came back, he met Wang Caifan, and he half-jokingly asked Li Long if he could be called upon next time when he was editing.
Li Long refused. He said jokingly: "Where do you have time when making up the lifting handle? You are not allowed to repair your tractor, plow and so on? Otherwise, when you plow the ground later, your tractor will be able to move?"
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Wang Caimi stopped talking.
Every year after the planting season, he has to overhaul the tractor and check all the farm machinery to ensure that it is still in good condition when used in the fall.
Li Long was right, he didn't have time for leisure.
Sigh, there is nothing I can do.
Li Long came back to the team because he wanted to discuss with his elder brother about the candidates to go to the mountains.
Listening to what Li Xiangqian means, there may really be 3,000 editing jobs this year, so ten people will definitely not be able to do it.
It’s not that I don’t want my people to make more money, the main reason is that the season is just that, and it only lasts for a month. Otherwise, the farm work will be delayed, which will be unbearable. Besides, whether it is a state or county commune, this task is time-limited.
He didn't know much about who in the village could and who couldn't. So I have to discuss it with my eldest brother.
In fact, after Li Xiangqian said that he could decide the number of bearers, Li Long became excited and thought about whether he could expand the number of bearers outside the village.
You can call Liang Wenyu over, or you can call people from Qingshuihe Village.
It’s not that the villagers are not allowed to make money. Li Long's plan is to do less than to abuse those who are responsible for editing.
He knew very well the virtues of some people in his village. There are many people who want to make money but don't want to contribute.
He won't tolerate these people.
The benefits brought to the team members in the past two years are obvious. Most people are very grateful to Li Long for his "good deeds", but some people always think that Li Long can't work without them.
Li Long felt that some people needed to be treated.
In the yard, Li Jianguo is repairing the vegetable patch. The family's grain fields and contracted land have all been planted, and the last thing to be finished is the melons.
After the work in the fields is done, the next step is the work in the yard. Anyway, in the countryside, as long as you want to do it, there is no job that can be done.
Li Long arrived at the vegetable field and was ready to help, but Li Jianguo hurriedly asked him to go out:
"Don't step on it. There is a row of Nepeta planted there. My father brought the seeds from my hometown. I forgot about them last year. I only remembered them when I was going through my luggage this year."
At this time, vegetable seeds were naturally not as available as in later generations, nor were they as convenient. Most of the things grown in the vegetable fields are self-saved seeds. Although agricultural supply companies or specialized seed companies have seeds, there are not many.
Otherwise, the seed company would not have asked Li Long to save melon seeds.
Fortunately, Li Long knew that the situation would get better and better in the future.
Li Long was a little embarrassed. He had basically not done much farm work in the past two years, and he was a little unfamiliar with things in the vegetable field.
He simply gave up and squatted on the ground, pinched a leek leaf, and expressed his thoughts while holding it.
Li Jianguo put down the rake, thought for a while and said:
"As for the people in the team who can be responsible, if we unite them together, it won't be a problem to get thirty or fifty people. But you are right. If we really want to gather so many people, they will definitely not be able to listen to Yun Dong. , some people are just disobedient, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
"So I thought, let's get two groups of people in the team, up to twenty people, and let Wenyu find the remaining five people from their team, and I will find a few more people from Qingshui River, so that we can get thirty people into the mountain. Just fine.
There are people in charge of each of their groups, so I just need to take charge of them. I won’t get involved in management matters, so what? ”
"Yeah, whatever." Li Jianguo thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Besides Yundong, who else would you want to lead the team?"
"Daqiang? Dacheng?" Li Long thought of two people.
"No, Daqiang can't suppress it, and Dacheng can't suppress it either." Li Jianguo shook his head.
"Brother, will you take care of me?" Li Long joked.
"I don't care. If I want to go, I can just make it up. I won't take care of people... You might as well let the navy take care of them."
"The navy...the navy is back?" Li Long was a little surprised. The soldiers at this time were all three years or more, and those who served over the term or served as volunteers would have longer time.
Xu Haijun has only been there for two years.
"I don't know what's going on, but he's back anyway. Stay at home and go find him. Although he hasn't been in the team for two years, those young people still listen to him." Li Jianguo gave Li Long this advice.
In fact, if possible, captain Xu Chengjun is the best candidate, but Xu Chengjun is impossible to go.
Li Long himself can convince the public, but Li Long obviously doesn't want to cause this trouble, so he should find someone else.
Now that Xu Haijun is back, Li Long really plans to find him. If he is willing, that is naturally the best.
Xu Haijun was making dirt in the yard. He was wearing a white vest with red letters on it issued by the army. He was sweating a lot. He was wearing a green military cap backwards, which looked very cool.
We haven't seen each other for two years. Xu Haijun is obviously stronger than before, but it can also be seen that it still seems to be a bit difficult to move the soil.
But it's normal. After all, the rolled earth blocks are as heavy as three or four red bricks, so you have to be careful not to break them when moving.
"Navy," Li Long greeted outside the courtyard.
Xu Haijun turned his head and saw Li Long. He was happy at first, and then showed a wry smile.
When he went to the army from the team, he was very ambitious and wanted to make achievements in the army.
Unexpectedly, I came back early after working for two years. When I came back, I discovered that huge changes had taken place in the team.
Li Long, who was a little disdainful at first, but later saw a slight change, turned out to be the core figure stirring up this storm. Now people not only buy tractors, but also drive jeeps.
He also married Gu Xiaoxia, who had become a state cadre, and became a city dweller.
Even Tao Daqiang's family, whom they looked down upon, bought a tractor, married a wife, and had children.
What about himself, the core figure in this group of people? Instead, he became a marginal figure. After Xu Haijun came back, he talked to a few of his peers and heard mixed reviews about these two people.
Huang Siping was naturally dissatisfied because he had not borrowed the money, and he was full of complaints against the two people.
There are also many more fair comments from other people. After all, it was Li Long who led the team members to make a lot of money.
Xu Haijun learned in detail about the changes in the team and what Li Long had done in the past two years from his family and friends, and he couldn't help but sigh for what Li Long had done.
I really grasped every node, and it was so satisfying to make this money.
But after sighing, he still had to work hard for his own small life.
Xu Haijun is the eldest son at home. He is not married yet, and he has a younger brother and a younger sister. My younger brother is no longer in school and is still working and is thinking of joining the army. My younger sister is studying tailoring after graduating from junior high school.
He didn't feel it at first, but this time he came back and felt that there was not enough room to live in. He took advantage of the sowing to finish planting, dug some soil, and planned to build a small house next to his main house to live in.
When Li Long came over, he was moving clods of earth, and then he was about to call people and mud.
Even if Li Long doesn't come looking, he plans to look for the Li family. Building a house requires wood, and he wants to go into the mountains to get wood. Currently, there are several companies in the team that have tractors, but Li Long seems to be the only one who can go into the mountains to get wood.
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At present, horse-drawn carriages and donkey carts are the main means of transportation for each of the four teams, but everyone is envious of tractors and want to own one.
When Xu Haijun came back from the army, he thought that his vision would be much better than that of the people in the village. Even if he came back from the army early, he would definitely be able to show off his talents and do a good job.
But when he came back, he discovered that there had been huge changes in the team, and these changes even made him feel a little behind.
Even in his development plan, it would be two or three years before he could buy a tractor.
Unexpectedly, when he came back, he found that even Tao Daqiang, whom he despised, had already bought a tractor.
So facing Li Long, Xu Haijun felt very complicated.
The two chatted for a while. Li Long talked about his process of making money, and Xu Haijun talked about his career in the army.
"As you know, I was very ambitious and wanted to be first in every category in the army, but I trained too hard and injured myself. I couldn't stay any longer, so I had no choice but to come back."
Sitting on the dirt, Xu Haijun said with a wry smile:
"I am in the reconnaissance company. To be honest, the training is really tiring." Xu Haijun complained, and then sighed, "But to be honest, people are really trained there, and the people who come out are all... masters."
Li Long believed this.
At this time, there was no such thing as special forces in the army, or the scouts at this time were the predecessors of special forces. After all, until the end of the century, there were still many people who represented domestic troops in the World Scout Competition.
Can special forces training not be tiring?
Being exhausted is normal. At that time, there was no such thing as scientific training. If you can’t practice to death, practice to death. Is that the saying?
Li Long felt that this topic was not suitable for further discussion, so he talked about his purpose:
"I'm going to have to deal with my problems recently. Are you interested in finding a few people to go into the mountains with us?"
"Me? Looking for someone?" Xu Haijun didn't understand what Li Long meant.
When he went to serve as a soldier, Li Long was not so capable. He was just catching and selling fish and doing some small business.
"I am an employee of the supply and marketing cooperative," Li Long explained. "The next task of the supply and marketing cooperative is to collect the handlers. What I mean is that you find a few people in the team who you think are suitable and who can recruit handlers. Go to the mountains and compile it. I will come to you regularly to collect it. Of course, the quality must be up to standard.”
"I heard that you were looking for Xie Yundong before?" Xu Haijun also asked for some information.
"There are many tasks this year. Brother Yundong wants to lead a team. I think you will lead a team too. Of course, you have to find someone you think is suitable and someone you can manage. Also, you have to stay in the mountains for at least a month. I know if you can stay.”
"Of course it's no problem. When we were training, it was common for us to be in the wild for ten and a half days." Xu Haijun waved his hand:
"I can also make some knitting, but my skills are not that good."
"You can control their editing." Li Long said, "Control the quality well, and I will give you extra money separately."
"How much does it cost?" Xu Haijun asked another key question.
"Last year it was four yuan." Li Long said, "I'm not sure about this year, but it won't be less than this amount."
"Can you compile...four or five in one day?" Xu Haijun did the math, and it was a lot of money!
His monthly allowance is only a dozen yuan!
Once this is compiled, one day will equal his monthly allowance!
"Well, last year my eldest brother could compile five or six in a day." Li Long said with a smile.
Although Xu Haijun was demobilized and had a demobilization fee, if he wanted to build a house, even having other plans was not enough.
"Fuck it, I'll do it." Xu Haijun gritted his teeth.
"Then you'd better discuss it with Brother Yundong and ask people not to call it too heavy when the time comes." Li Long said, "The other thing is the quality of the handle. It must be strict, otherwise everyone will not look good when it is returned."
"Don't worry about this. I don't understand. I'll just go to Xie Yundong directly." Xu Haijun knew.
The matter was settled. Li Long asked Xu Haijun to contact people first and then prepare things. If you don’t know what to prepare, just ask Xie Yundong.
Now that the slivers have grown in the mountains, Li Long guesses that the job will be over soon.
Seeing Li Long driving away in a jeep, Xu Haijun said it was impossible not to be envious.
After all, this jeep belongs to the unit, and only regiment-level leaders can ride in it.
He was a little regretful that he didn't ask Li Long how the car came.
I thought about it and smiled bitterly, why do I think so much? I don’t even have the ability to buy a tractor, let alone a jeep.
But think about it, if you bring someone to work this time, you can earn several hundred yuan a month, which is more than enough to at least buy a bicycle.
Then it should be no problem to get some wood and build a house, right?
Thinking of this, Xu Haijun felt a lot lighter when moving the clods of earth.
Li Long didn't stop and drove the tractor to Liang's house again.
After telling Liang Wenyu about the matter, Liang Wenyu was very moved, but he did not agree and turned to look at Liang Donglou who was working in the vegetable field.
"Go... I can go." Liang Donglou knew that this was Li Long creating an opportunity for his son to make money, and of course it was not just about making money. Now that Liang Wenyu has become the village party secretary, training people is also one aspect. Isn't this how management skills are trained?
Of course, he also has concerns.
"But Wenyu is not good at editing."
"That's okay." Li Long smiled, "I wanted Wenyu to come over because I just wanted to take care of things. I may be asking for a big deal this time, and the people in our team may not be enough. Of course, right now, Just say it first, if it is measured and it is not that big, this matter may stop. ”
"I know, I know." Liang Wenyu knew that Li Long was playing insurance and immediately expressed his understanding.
"Then let's talk about possible things." Li Long watched the puppy running over and rubbing at his feet, then squatted down and touched it, and continued:
"Wenyu just needs to find suitable people, people he can control, and then supervise their editing. Last year, a job was four yuan. If Wenyu wants to go this year, I will give him five yuan each, and you will give them four yuan. , if you take a piece of it, you will earn a lot in a month.”
It's normal when an intermediary takes money. Even in another ten or twenty years, those who organized people from the mainland to pick up cotton in northern Xinjiang would still be collecting money.
So it sounds normal now.
"One person can make more than a hundred in a month? Then I will lead five people..."
Liang Wenyu calculated and was shocked.
This is no small number.
"Let's figure it out like this first." Li Long smiled, "Wait for my news. As soon as the quantity is determined, I will come over and inform you. You can find someone in the team yourself. You just have to know who to find for this matter. If not, If it’s such a large amount, I’ll come over and tell you.”
Liang Wenyu said he understood.
Li Long on Meng Hai's side did not tell him in advance, after all, there was no exact number at the moment.
He didn't intend to let the rest of the team know about finding outsiders.
Otherwise, someone in the team would definitely scold him. Although he didn't care, if it could be avoided, it would be better to avoid it.
He also thought that it would be best to separate the people in three ditches so that they would not see each other. (End of chapter)