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Chapter 141 Estimating Wheat Production

The results were brilliant yesterday, and the couple plan to make persistent efforts and continue to catch scorpions with rhubarb today.

After dinner, Wang Manyin was about to leave, but he heard Wang Lianshun's voice from across the deep ditch.

"Man Yin, wait for me, where are you going?"

When the other party approached, he asked suspiciously: "Pick the scorpion, Uncle Lian Shun, what's the matter?"

"Don't rush around. I will send you a worker in the morning to buy two catties of pork from the food station," Wang Lianshun said, taking out money and meat tickets from his pocket.

Ever since he knew that Wang Manyin was related to the food station, Wang Lianshun sent him there every time he bought meat.

"What's the matter... What is the team planning to ask the members to do? The wheat is about to be harvested, and they won't rest for two days." Wang Manyin asked again.

In the past, he would naturally be willing to go to the commune to run errands.If you don't do any work, you can easily get work points for a half-day trip back and forth.But now I can earn more than one yuan in half a day, so I don't care about that little work.

"For the members to eat... what do you think, this is for the production estimate staff, I will kill a sheep and steam the white steamed buns later. This year our team has killed three sheep. Qiuli is afraid that the task will not be completed. Wait for the production estimate When it's over, I'll discuss it with Mandun and ask you to go to the grassland to buy sheep as soon as possible. I'm so scared..."

Yield estimation is also a term full of characteristics of the times. Simply put, it is to evaluate grain production.

When the crops are about to mature, the commune asks each village to submit a "grain delivery plan". In principle, "receive more and pay more, and harvest less and pay less".In order to prevent under-reporting in the village, the commune will also send staff to the farmland to estimate the yield.

There are no scientific instruments for accurate measurement these days, and the evaluation depends entirely on the staff.

From the perspective of the villagers, they naturally hope to estimate less about the grain production.Therefore, whenever the staff members enter the village, the village will serve them with delicious food and drink, and I only hope that they will be merciful.

This was a major matter related to the village's rations, and Wang Manyin naturally had no way to refuse, let alone sing a different tune at this juncture.

After he took the money, he explained to Lan Hua, then turned around and went home to clean up Scorpion.

When scorpions of different species meet, they like to fight very much. If they die, they are worthless.Wang Manyin's family did not have a special breeding vessel, and all the scorpions collected were placed in large tanks.Although he sprayed it with wine a few times, it should be able to eliminate some of the smell, but to be on the safe side, it's better to take this opportunity to send it to the supply and marketing cooperative.

After selling the scorpions and buying pork, Wang Manyin didn't dare to delay, and immediately returned to Guanzi Village.

When he rushed to the breeding room compound with the meat, he saw that Wang Shouchang had led people to slaughter the sheep, and now they were stewing in a large pot, steaming.The smell of meat attracted many children in the village to stand outside the courtyard, poking their heads and watching.

After handing over the pork to Wang Shouchang, Wang Manyin planned to turn around and leave.

"You bastard, don't leave in a hurry, help me, and accompany the guests to eat mutton at noon." Wang Shouchang kindly reminded.

"Forget it, I'll go home and eat the nest." Wang Manyin shook his head and refused.

A few mouthfuls of mutton, he is really not rare.

It's still delicious to eat at home... Later, I can go for a walk by the river, and catch a few fish to beat the teeth.

As a result, as soon as he arrived at the earth dam, he saw a few educated youths walking towards him.

Wang Manyin reached out to say hello and asked, "Xiangyang, it's hot, where are you going?"

"I heard that people from the commune came to estimate the property in the village. We haven't seen it before. We want to join in the fun." After explaining, Liu Xiangyang sent another invitation, "Brother Wang, let's go together?"

"What's the point of this, take a look at the flowers in the field, pull a few ears of wheat and crush them, and then evaluate it..." Wang Manyin replied.

"So casual?" Liu Xiangyang asked in surprise.

He originally thought that it would take a lot of calculations to estimate the wheat yield before he could get specific data.

"What do you think,"

On the contrary, Wang Licheng's eyes lit up after listening to it: "Brother Wang, I remember that there are regulations? There are rewards for overproduction of grain. It is divided into [-] to [-]% with the members, right?"

"What's the matter, do you think our second team can produce more wheat?" Seeing the other party's excitement, Wang Manyin asked suspiciously.

The Loess Plateau is short of water and fertilizer, and the yield of wheat has not been high, and the wheat grains are like sparrow tongues.In a good harvest year, one mu of land can weigh fifty or sixty catties.More than one hundred catties, the common people call it "Tian Nian", and it may happen once in decades.

If there is a severe drought, even the seeds cannot be harvested.

Under the current conditions, it is almost impossible for wheat to overproduce.

"It doesn't matter if we can exceed production or not. Didn't you just say that it all depends on what the evaluators say. Talk to them and report an extra [-] catties... At that time, our two production teams will be able to share an extra [-] catties of grain. Anyway, the jars The village eats resale grain every year, and this grain is just a book figure, and there is no need to hand it over to the grain station.”

Wang Manyin's eyes widened after hearing this, and he looked at Wang Licheng in disbelief.Logically speaking, the other party has been in the queue for more than half a year, so he should have some understanding of the rural situation.

It's hard to imagine that such absurd and mentally handicapped words can come from a normal mouth.

"What's wrong, am I wrong?" Wang Licheng felt a little nervous when he saw him staring at him without saying a word.

"I'm wondering if your brain is full of shit or what. I haven't figured out what is the return of food until now... The ration is not returned until it is less than 90. It is enough to return it. If you report an extra [-] catties, it is equivalent to our jar village. There is an extra [-] catties of paper food on each person's head, and if they can't get it out, they will be in big trouble. There is no food in the village, so they eat your meat and drink your blood? Do you think everyone is an idiot..."

Wang Manyin felt that what he said was too light, even a pig could not come up with such a bad idea full of loopholes.

After listening to his analysis, Wang Licheng's face also turned red: "I only thought about the distribution of food, and I didn't think so much about other things."

"I know you are kind, but don't tell the others in front of the village. If you encounter someone with a bad temper, you will be beaten lightly." Wang Manyin warned earnestly.

These days, food rations are the life of ordinary people.

They would quarrel for a long time if they lost a catty, and it was normal to even fight.

Except for Officer Zhao, of course.If the grain output reported by Guanzi Village is high, it can only be said that his work is done better.

For a day, the hearts of the members were hanging.Although Wang Manyin's family was not short of food, they were also affected by this atmosphere.

Watching Wang Mandun and others send the evaluators away, someone immediately asked eagerly about the evaluation situation.

"It's okay, it's about the same as last year,"

"That's good, that's good," many people breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

Wang Mandun waved his hand again and said, "Man Yin, come to the brigade headquarters later, let's discuss the matter of going to the grassland to buy sheep breeds."

There are many things in Guanzi Village this year. Just because of the new bacterial fertilizer model, the two teams killed four or five sheep.In the second half of the year, the task of sheep will be handed in, so it is better to buy it earlier and rest assured.

"Okay," Wang Manyin nodded.

Well, I originally wanted to catch more scorpions and sell them while I was free before harvesting the wheat.

As a result, he became a busy person instead.

Go to the prairie for at least three days.However, this matter was originally his own proposal, and he could only take someone there.

***
The walk-behind tractor chugs and runs all the way, with billows of dust and smoke behind it.

After arriving at Mijia Town, take a detour and continue north.

By noon, Wang Manyin, Wang Yanqiang and Liu Xiangyang had already rushed for more than a hundred miles.Going to the grassland to buy sheep this time is also considered a big task. Fearing that there will be some accidents on the way, Wang Mandun deliberately asks Wang Yanqiang to keep up.

There are also several knives in the tool box under the seat, specially for their self-defense.

There is not much scenery to see along the way, all the way is the uneven hillside of Taiyuan, which is almost exactly the same as the surroundings of Guanzi Village.

On the contrary, the air is getting drier, and there is a lot of dust.

"Stop!" Wang Yanqiang suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong, Uncle Yanqiang?" Liu Xiangyang hurriedly took off the gear and lowered the accelerator.

"Man Yin, I'm so cowardly, we forgot a key thing. How do you cross the Yellow River with a walking tractor?!" Wang Yanqiang said.

"Is there no bridge?" Liu Xiangyang asked hastily.

"No, now the Loess Plateau leads to the grassland. There is no road bridge built yet. Pedestrians cross the river mainly on sheepskin rafts. Only when the Yellow River freezes in winter can carts be allowed to walk on the ice." Wang Manyin endured it. With a smile, he explained.

"Then what should we do? We can't leave the tractor on the bank of the Yellow River and drive it over after we buy the sheep, right? It will take at least half the time to make such a fuss." Liu Xiangyang said anxiously.

Time does not matter, the key is to drive dozens of sheep to sleep on the grassland overnight, and it is easy to encounter wolves or something.Now that they don't have a gun, it's going to be very dangerous.

"Damn it, what's the matter with you two, you haven't thought about such a big thing. Let's turn east immediately and take a detour to Wushan County to cross the Yellow River. I heard that the Yellow River Bridge started to be built there a few years ago. I don't know if it will be completed. No."

Wang Yanqiang made another suggestion.

Hearing this, Wang Manyin said speechlessly: "Uncle Yanqiang, the newspaper said that the construction of the bridge only started in March this year. It took us more than two months to build an earth dam. Do you think it takes such a short time to build a bridge on the Yellow River?" Can it be finished?"

He knew that the Wushan Yellow River Bridge that the other party mentioned had just started construction this year because of the need for war preparations.Although I don't know the exact completion time, but referring to the progress of later generations, it will take at least half a year.

"Then what should we do? We can't really go back, can we buy sheep in winter?" Liu Xiangyang patted his thigh, and said in a somewhat discouraged voice that he hadn't considered the road at all when he suggested buying sheep.

Turning his head, he saw that Wang Manyin looked very calm like a normal person.

Liu Xiangyang was overjoyed, and asked eagerly, "Brother Wang, do you have a solution?"

"Nonsense, I just wanted to find a toilet because I was holding my shit in the ditch, what did I do earlier?" Wang Manyin replied with a smile, "Haven't you thought about it, why do those trucks transporting goods to the grassland run back and forth?"

"That's right," Liu Xiangyang became completely excited when he heard that, "If a big truck can pass, this walking tractor must also be able to do it."

Wang Yanqiang also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked: "Man Yin, what is the method?"

"The method is very simple, just don't cross the Yellow River." Wang Manyin said simply.

(End of this chapter)