Early the next morning, the familiar sound of gongs sounded in the village.
But the gong sounded later than usual today.
The long-standing biological clock made Zhou Ziwen get up early. After eating, he packed up and went to the production team to gather. It was already bright outside.
On the way to the gathering, the faces of the villagers were full of smiles, even the educated youth from the Educated Youth Institute.
Today is the day when money and food are distributed. It is difficult for everyone not to be happy.
However, the payment of money has nothing to do with Zhou Ziwen. His work points are not many in the first place. Even if he can get more points as a team leader, it will not be much more.
The main reason is that the time he came to the country was too short. It only took less than three months to add up, and it only took six months to double.
If you don’t need money, it would be better to exchange everything for food. The food of the Chen family sisters can last for a year.
This is not the case for Zhou Ziwen. If he wants to eat well, he has to pay for it.
When you come to Shaiguchang, every villager you meet will say a few words to him.
Since selling the mushrooms for money in the past two days, he has been stealing the show.
"Zhiqing Zhou, you have to do a good calculation when we divide the grain later. The extra potatoes and sweet potatoes will be sufficient for you."
"Yes, there is less rice and wheat. Change it, it’s delicious, but it’s too expensive, so it’s better to change it to some whole grains.”
A familiar villager kindly reminded me.
"Well, I know, I must calculate it carefully and change it to more to satisfy my hunger." Zhou Ziwen smiled and nodded.
At this moment, everyone doesn’t know that he plans to spend money to buy wheat, and he doesn’t plan to let everyone know.
He and Wu Dagang had agreed that they would be transported back in sacks without any fanfare.
When they arrived at the grain drying field, the team leader, Wu Dagang and other leading cadres did not delay, and started to distribute the grain after saying hello, without even starting the morning meeting.
I didn’t go to work today, so I called everyone here just to share the food.
There are so many people in Dabazi Village. If we don’t do it quickly, one day may not be enough.
When the village distributes grain, it is usually the villagers who distribute it first. After the villagers have finished their distribution, it is their turn to the educated youth.
Zhou Ziwen is qualified to divide it first, but he doesn't want to attract attention and plans to wait until everyone has finished dividing it.
The villagers have a lot of work points, and they work all year round. Some even have a whole family of laborers, so they have more work points.
For these work points, the villagers will selectively exchange a batch of grain, and the rest will be exchanged for money and tickets.
Of course, when there are more people, there will inevitably be some quarrels. For example, some people feel that their work points are less and they are not right.
At this time, a scorekeeper came over with a book to conduct on-site verification.
Generally speaking, the scores recorded in the village are not wrong. Most of them are made by the villagers themselves.
It was not their turn to exchange food. Zhou Ziwen was watching the excitement and watching how everyone exchanged food.
After reading a lot, Zhou Ziwen also knew what to do to maximize his benefits.
Of course, here in Zhou Ziwen, in addition to maximizing profits, we also pay attention to quality. For example, sorghum can be used to make wine, but it can be eaten. This stuff is really not delicious.
This sorghum has a lot of husks and doesn't taste good, but because of its high yield, it has always been eaten as a staple food.
In this era, Zhou Ziwen feels that he can adapt to many things, but when it comes to eating, he really can't adapt.
Food is the most important thing for the people. After eating too much delicacies from the mountains and seas, and then eating rice bran, who can bear this! Zhou Ziwen discussed with the Chen sisters and determined the types of grains to be exchanged, including corn, sorghum, rapeseed, soybeans, soybeans, potatoes, etc.
It is relatively cost-effective to exchange work points for these grains.
As for rice and wheat, they are bought directly with money.
Anyway, buying grain in the village is much cheaper than going to the county town, and it doesn’t require a ticket. If it wasn’t against the rules, he would have bought a batch of grain and sent it to his family.
Of course, sending it is definitely not possible. If nothing else, at least how to send it back is a problem.
Seeing that the grain drying field was still crowded, Zhou Ziwen went to Wu Dagang and spoke to him. Wu Dagang told him that he should not expect to receive food in the morning and asked him to come back in the afternoon.
Seeing this situation, Zhou Ziwen found that the villagers couldn't finish it in a while, so he simply invited the Chen sisters to go home together.
Seeing that it was still early, Zhou Ziwen took his fishing rod to the river and continued fishing, while the Chen sisters stayed at home and were busy.
I have been so busy these days, which delayed the Chen family’s little sister from knitting a sweater for Zhou Ziwen.
Chen Shiying is also knitting sweaters, but she is knitting them for herself and her sister.
Compared with Chen Qiaoyi, a beginner, Chen Shiying is much more proficient. She moves her hands quickly without even looking, and the sweaters she knits have consistent stitches and are very beautiful.
It was not until noon that Zhou Ziwen came back from fishing and there were a few more kilograms of fish in the tank.
After lunch, Zhou Ziwen leisurely took the Chen sisters to the grain drying field.
After half a day, the villagers finally finished collecting their food, and now it was their turn as educated youths.
Zhou Ziwen and the Chen sisters lined up together. When it was their turn, Zhou Ziwen and accountant Zhu Youde calculated their work points, and then exchanged food according to their work points.
Because they didn’t ask for money, he and the Chen sisters exchanged a lot of food. After exchanging work points for food, he paid some more money to buy food.
I guess Wu Dagang had made an agreement with him a long time ago, and Zhu Youde directly gave him the grain in exchange for it without asking any questions.
After replacing the grain, Zhou Ziwen asked the branch to borrow a cart and pulled it several times, and finally brought all the grain back.
Because Zhou Ziwen's family dug a cellar, he and the Chen sisters put all their food in the cellar.
When the food is finished, the cellar he dug will be almost full.
However, these grains are only temporarily stored. The grains they exchanged have not been processed and need to be processed again before they can be eaten.
But that’s not possible today, he is planning to take people up the mountain with him!
After putting the food away, the Chen sisters, Shen Zhaodi, and Zhou Chaoyang were already waiting outside.
"Let's go, take the equipment and set off." Zhou Ziwen took the lead with an ax and a basket on his back, taking Tayun with him.
Treading Cloud is the main force today. Whether it can catch the prey depends on it.
Compared with humans, dogs’ sense of hearing and smell are much stronger. That is to say, Tayun is still too young, and his dog training skills are not very high. If Tayun grows older, after training, , it can go hunting on its own in the mountains.
His requirements are not high. He only needs to catch a rabbit for him every day.
After all, Tayun is also a member of their family, and he should make some contribution to the family.
“Let’s go!” The little girl from the Chen family wore a straw hat and waved a sickle, happily following behind Zhou Ziwen.
"What are the mountains really like? I haven't been there yet!" Zhou Chaoyang looked expectant and held an ax in his hand, planning to use it at a critical moment. (End of this chapter)