Chapter 279
When Wang Wanchun heard the news that Maixiang Village had decided not to rush to collect it in advance, he jumped up angrily, and immediately rode a bicycle and went to Maixiang Village in person.

"Didn't you receive the order to snatch it up?" Wang Wanchun couldn't help asking when he saw Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong said: "I received it, but the wheat is not ripe yet, if you harvest it in advance, the loss will be too great."

"When the heavy rain comes, the loss will be even greater!" Wang Wanchun said excitedly.

Wang Zhongdao: "The weather forecast only said that there will be heavy rain in some areas, and it did not name it, saying that it is our Maixiangling area. There will be losses on the left and right. It doesn't make much difference if there is more or less, but if we Isn't there a torrential rain here?"

"Who do you think you are, better than the experts from the provincial and county meteorological bureaus?" Wang Wanchun cursed bitterly.

Wang Zhong didn't say anything, he took Wang Wanchun to the field, looked at the wheat fields that were beginning to mature all over the mountains and plains, and said, "Wanchun, look at it, the wheat that grows so well, now is the time for the grains to mature, if you cut it early , the loss is at least [-]%, if it is more, [-]% or [-]% is not impossible!"

"That's [-]% to [-]%! How much food is this? It's all the hard work of the villagers for half a year, and it's only exchanged for bit by bit of sweat."

"If it didn't rain, wouldn't we all be blind!"

"But what if it rains!" Wang Wanchun also said with a serious attitude, "That's a heavy rainstorm. When the rainstorm comes, how much of the wheat will be left in the field?"

"You are also an old crop master. There are not many people in the entire Maixiangling area that can compare with you. Don't you understand such a simple truth?"

Wang Zhongdao: "Even if there is a heavy rainstorm, it will last for a few days at most. Even if there is a loss, it will only be [-]% to [-]%. rainstorm."

"You stupid brain, why didn't I realize you were so stubborn before!" Wang Wanchun was so angry that he pointed at Wang Zhong and cursed.

"Wang Wanchun, Deputy District Chief Wang, there is no need to discuss the matter of harvesting in advance." Wang Zhong said firmly.

"Even if there is a heavy rain and the wheat in the field suffers heavy losses, that is also the matter of our Maixiang Village. This year our village will pay no less than one grain of public grain, and we will never use the covered wheat to make up for it. It will embarrass you, if the higher authorities insist on pursuing it, no matter what the consequences are, I will bear it, whether it is killing or cutting, I will admit it."

"You..." Wang Wanchun was anxious, pointing at Wang Zhong's nose and said, "Am I afraid of taking responsibility? I'm thinking about the folks. It would be a pity to lose such good wheat if it was soaked by the heavy rain." .”

Wang Zhong pulled Wang Wanchun's hand down, and smiled slightly: "I don't know who you are, you are doing it for our own good, but we just want to take a gamble, after all, if so much wheat is harvested in advance, the loss will be huge." It's too big, everyone's heart feels like fried."

"In the past few years, we have had a bumper harvest every year. Even if there is a heavy rain this year, we can afford this loss. But if there is no heavy rain, look at the wheat in this field, look at the growth, this But it was another good year with a bumper harvest.”

"Wan Chun, Deputy District Chief Wang, let us gamble this time!" Wang Zhong spoke earnestly, his eyes full of sincerity: "If we don't gamble this time, we big guys will not be reconciled!"

"Hey!"

Wang Wanchun's mouth full of words came to his lips, and all of them turned into a sigh: "You just have to be stubborn, you have a donkey temper, and you are as brave as a cow! I have nothing to do with you."

Wang Wanchun couldn't hold back Wang Zhong, and rode away angrily on his bicycle.

In the next few days, except for a light rain falling on the head, it was a continuous sunny day.

The villagers were also beating drums in their hearts, worried about the heavy rain, but Wang Zhong didn't say anything to harvest in advance, and the villagers were reluctant to part with the little wheat and wanted to harvest more. In the anxiety of the villagers, the time passed day by day, and the ears of wheat also Gradually dyed a layer of golden yellow, the mountains and plains are full of yellow oranges, golden, one piece after another.

The heavy ears of wheat bent down the wheat, and the villagers also showed smiles on their faces. At this moment, Wang Zhong didn't need to say anything, and the villagers began to prepare for the harvest.

In the entire Maixiangling District, except for Maixiang Village, the other dozens of villages all harvested ahead of schedule. Although the losses were not heavy, compared with previous years or the bumper harvest of Maixiang Village, the gap was obvious at once. Out.

Even Zhou Yihu, the top leader in the county, personally brought a team to Maixiang Village to inspect, and praised Wang Zhong, Niu Bold and others.

"Secretary Zhou, in fact, the main credit this time is Comrade Ma Renli, the vice president of our village's West Club. If he hadn't been insisting on observing and recording the weather these years, he had come up with the news that there will be no heavy rain in our Maixiangling area this year. We dare not make such a decision.”

"Ma Renli?" Zhou Yihu was a little surprised: "He still has this ability?"

"Secretary Zhou, how can you say that Ma Renli also went to an agricultural college in Beiping and worked as a librarian? Comrade Ma Renli has contributed a lot to Maixiang Village's bumper crops in the past few years."

"It seems that Ma Renli is really a talent." Zhou Yihu said with deep approval. Zhou Yihu is the kind of person who is more open-minded and dedicated to serving the public.

Wang Zhong led Zhou Yihu and the others to the oil pressing workshop.

Looking at the three large old-fashioned wooden oil presses in the row in the big house, Zhou Yihu's eyes showed strangeness: "Last year, I heard that your Maixiang Village set up an oil extraction workshop. You not only extract the oil yourself, but also give it back to Shili. The folks in Paxiang are pressing oil, and the scale is not small."

"Originally, I only planned to make one, but I was lucky when I went to the mountain. I found a few good logs, so I made three. The more the quantity, the faster the oil extraction speed." Wang Zhong explained.

"I'm a little curious. What do you think about leading the villagers to start an oil mill?" Zhou Yihu asked curiously.

Wang Zhongdao: "In recent years, we have done a good job in production. We produce a lot of peanuts and soybeans every year. It would be a pity to sell them directly. If they are used to extract oil, it will not only solve the problem of the villagers eating oil, but the remaining oil will The slag can not only be used as rations, but also can be used to feed livestock. If our scale increases, we can raise more pigs, cattle and sheep. If there are more livestock, there will be more manure, isn’t it? This old saying goes Alright, a farmer relies entirely on manure for a single flower, and we have solved the problem of fertilizer, so maybe the output can be raised even further!"

Zhou Yihu looked at Wang Zhong in surprise: "You can figure out how to grow the melon on your head."

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Isn't it a new era now? We peasants can't just keep holding on to the things left by our ancestors. Didn't the higher authorities also call on us to increase production and increase grain production! Let's You have to keep up with the times, too.”

"Hahaha!" Zhou Yihu happily patted Wang Zhong's shoulder with his remaining hand, "Your boy is really a good material for production, work hard, I'll wait for you to start the production of Maixiang Village, if you If you have any difficulties, just tell me that it can be solved, and I will definitely find a way to solve it for you."

"I really have something to ask the secretary for help," Wang Zhong said with a smile.

"What's the matter, tell me!" Zhou Yihu is also a vigorous man, he doesn't like procrastination, so he always has something to say.

Wang Zhongdao: "Our village still has a lot of mountains that are not convenient for watering. In winter, we can't grow so many cabbages and radishes. I want to try to grow some rapeseed. Come on, rape seedlings It can be eaten as a vegetable, and secondly, the oil yield of rapeseed is not low, and it can be planted in rotation with sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn."

"You want to ask me to help you get some rapeseed back?" Zhou Yihu looked at Wang Zhong with a smile and said.

Wang Zhongdao: "I read in the newspaper that our country has introduced some highly adaptable Brassica napus varieties from abroad in recent years, and the yield is not low!"

"Success!" Zhou Yihu said briskly, "I'll help you find it later!"

"Thank you, Secretary Zhou!" Wang Zhong said this sincerely.

"I heard from Wan Chun that your oil factory has a work point system?" Zhou Yihu asked curiously again.

Wang Zhong explained: "It's like this. Our oil mill is collectively owned by the village. The villagers who come to the oil mill to squeeze oil, whether they are from our village or outside the village, have to charge a certain amount of labor fees, but we squeeze oil The process is relatively complicated and requires a lot of manpower, and when the oil mill was built, the whole village was mobilized, which consumed a lot of manpower and material resources. We can't let the villagers work for nothing.

But we had no money, no food, and nothing to distribute to the folks, so I discussed with Ren Lian, Ren Li, and Daredevil, and applied the work point system we had in the cooperative to the oil workshop. When we work, we first accumulate work points, and then convert the work points into food, oil or money every year based on the profits of the oil workshop, and then distribute them to the villagers. In this way, the labor of the villagers will be rewarded, and the oil workshop will also operate. up. "

"It sounds a little different." Zhou Yihu gave a thumbs up: "Tell me more about your work point system, how it is accumulated, and how it is converted!"

The work point system originated from the collective farms of Big Brother. At present, although there are many places in China, they have not been thoroughly promoted. It was really fully implemented throughout the country after the establishment of the People’s Commune in 58. Now there are still For several years.

"It's like this. We have defined the number of work points according to the intensity of the work and the length of the working hours, for example..." Wang Zhong talked about it endlessly, Zhou Yihu and a group of people from the county The leaders all pricked up their ears and listened carefully. The accompanying young man, who was either a secretary or a recorder, kept recording Wang Zhong's words in his notebook with a pen.

That said, it was more than half an hour.

After seeing off Zhou Yihu and a group of leaders, Wang Zhong turned his head and plunged into the field. The summer harvest had just ended, and it was time to scramble for plowing and planting. Peanuts and soybeans can be used to extract oil after sowing in autumn.

Last year, after enjoying the bonus from the oil mill, the villagers are full of energy this year. They are all working hard, waiting for a variety of peanuts and soybeans to be used for oil extraction.

Jiang Hongguo didn't rest at home either. She took Ziping and Zian to the field and let the two brothers play in the field by themselves, while Jiang Hongguo worked with the villagers.

Looking at the entire Maixiangling area, dozens of villages have all advanced their wheat harvest time, and each village has suffered losses to varying degrees. There is only one Maixiang village. Had a bumper harvest.

Although Wang Zhong's actions earned him enough prestige and brought another bumper harvest to the folks in Maixiang Village, Wang Zhong's disobedience was real.

Fortunately, this is not a wartime, not on the battlefield, otherwise, Wang Zhong would have been shot to death for his behavior.

With the precedent of last year, the enthusiasm of the villagers to rush to plant this year is particularly high, and some people even proposed to plant all the fields with peanuts and soybeans.

Fortunately, not everyone is blinded by this short-term benefit. Wang Zhong understands that food is the foundation of this era. He can't even fill his stomach, so what else can he think about.

Before the wheat harvest started, the matter between Ma Renli and Yang Deng'er was settled. Yang Deng'er didn't agree at first, but Ma Renli's conditions were too attractive. All the grievances were gone, instead, he was focused on promoting Yang Deng'er and Ma Renli's marriage. After struggling for several days, Yang Deng'er finally agreed.

As soon as the wheat harvest was over and the newly planted wheat was put into the warehouse, Ma Renli and Yang Deng'er arranged the happy event.

For this reason, Ma Renli specially borrowed two donkeys and a cart from the club.

On the day of the wedding, basically everyone in the village went to watch. Ma Renli was wearing a brand new gown, made of satin, the fabric was extremely soft, with red flowers on his chest, and Yang Denger was also wearing a brand new red dress. Not only was there a red flower on her chest, but there was also a small red flower pinned to her head. Her face was washed clean, except for the black spots, her appearance was even a little more handsome than Qiao Yue's.

On the afternoon of the second day after the wedding, Ma Renli came to the door in person and invited Wang Zhong's family to drink at home.

In the evening, when it was still early, Wang Zhong and Ma Renli were sitting on the kang, Ziping and Zi'an brothers were also crawling around on the kang, Yang Denger and Jiang Hongguo were busy working on the stove outside.

After a while, the food was served on the table, three vegetarian dishes, one fried cucumber, one stir-fried bitter gourd, and one leek scrambled eggs. The main food was a large plate of dumplings and a grate of white flour steamed buns.

"Deng'er, you two have lost your money!" Wang Zhong said jokingly as he looked at the sumptuous meal.

"Renli is today, thanks to your support and care over the years, he has long wanted to treat you to a meal to express his gratitude, but he is not good at cooking, and the food he cooks is too unpalatable, so it has been delayed until now." Yang Deng'er said with a smile.

Wang Zhong's eyes flicked back and forth between Yang Deng'er and Ma Renli, and the smile on his face grew wider: "I really want to thank me, so just put in more effort and let's get the production going together."

"That's necessary." Ma Renli also said with a smile. After marrying a wife, becoming a man, and reconciling yin and yang, this person feels different: "Come, come, drink!"

As he spoke, he picked up the wine bottle and poured a bowl for Wang Zhong and himself. Brothers Ziping and Zi'an had already started to gnaw on the dumplings that Yang Denger made for them.

Although the two brothers are usually naughty, they are very active in eating. When the two brothers were one and a half years old, Wang Zhong began to teach them to eat by themselves. Although they didn't use chopsticks yet, they had already used quite a lot of spoons. up.

Seeing the tiger-headed and tiger-brained brothers burying their heads in eating, Yang Denger's face was also full of smiles.

Wang Zhong and Ma Renli ate the dumplings and drank a whole bottle of Baigan. Wang Zhong looked normal, but Ma Renli's face was flushed from the alcohol, his eyes were hazy, and he started talking nonsense.

"Deng'er, since you are married to Renli, the two of you will be a family from now on, so I'll just say something straight."

"Just say what you want!" Yang Deng'er said.

Wang Zhong looked at the drunken Ma Renli and said, "Renli is good at everything. He is educated, capable, and kind-hearted. Although he is a little timid, it doesn't hurt. The only thing is that he has suppressed his temper for too long. Of course Now, I can't blame him, but he has such a background. Although he has performed very well in the past few years, it is because he has not made any mistakes. How many pairs of eyes are staring at him behind his back.

From now on, you have to keep your eyes wide open, keep a close eye on him, and usually beat him more, don't let him make any mistakes, or you will be caught by the pigtails, and it will be troublesome. "

Yang Deng'er nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, I will watch him."

Yang Deng'er also knew the seriousness of the matter.

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Actually, I know all these benevolences in my heart. After all, he has been here all these years, but it is always right to be careful."

Yang Deng'er is a kind-hearted person, a good wife and mother, how can I put it, she is a bit too stubborn, she stares at Niu Bold alone, but the hatred between Niu Bold and her family is as deep as sea, even if She and Niu Bold can let go, and her father, the old donkey, can't let go, and she will never let her marry Niu Bold.

Instead of procrastinating and procrastinating, finally taking advantage of Zhao Youtian, and letting Qiao Yue cut off her scheming, it would be better to let Ma Renli marry Yang Deng'er. At least Ma Renli's talent and learning are real. In the difficult years, there is a place to show your talents.

And with Ma Renli's temperament of pity and pity, he will definitely treat Yang Deng'er well.

The most important point is what Wang Zhong and Ma Renli said just now. Ma Renli has a little lack of temperament, and he endured humiliation for a long time. What's the matter, with his status, he is still sensitive now, if he really asks Joe to get big, and someone grabs his tail and stabs him, maybe something bad will happen.

Although Yang Deng'er hadn't read many books, she had a good mind and a good personality without losing her strength. She would definitely be able to handle Ma Renli to death.

Behind this successful man, the help of a woman is inseparable. According to Wang Zhong, Yang Deng'er is far more suitable for Ma Renli than Qiao Yue, who can only draw eyebrows and pretend to be a demon.

In fact, it is not that Wang Zhong did not miss Yang Denger's idea at the beginning. After all, Yang Denger is the most handsome girl in Maixiang Village.

It's a pity that Yang Deng'er is too obsessed with Niu Bold, only Niu Bold is left in his mind, Wang Zhong has no chance to make a move, just in time to catch up with Jiang Hongguo who came to his door, but Jiang Hongguo is quite suitable regardless of his temperament and appearance Wang Zhong's spleen and stomach, although he was married, but Wang Zhong even accepted Ma Suqin, so he didn't particularly care about it.

After all, Wei Wu's legacy, but anyone who has tried it knows all kinds of fun.

When Wang Zhong and Jiang Hongguo came out of Ma Renli's house with their two sons, Ma Renli was so drunk that he didn't even talk nonsense, fell headlong on the kang, and fell asleep.

Yang Deng'er sent Wang Zhong's family of four out of the house before turning back to take care of Ma Renli and tidy up the house.

Looking at Ma Renli who was drunk on the kang and had already fallen asleep, Yang Deng'er's mood was still complicated.

As soon as the good deeds of Ma Renli and Yang Deng'er were over, the village organized a double scramble, scrambling for plowing and planting, and competing with God for time. The whole Maixiang Village, men, women, and children, were mobilized together. The strong laborers either drove the animals to plow the fields, or One person pulls the plow, and the other presses the plow behind. Parents, old people, and children work together to dig furrows and ridges with hoes, rakes, and shovels.

All of a sudden, more than [-] people in Maixiang Village fell into a tense and busy life.

Everyone got up early and returned late, and even ate lunch in the field. With the continuous land reclamation in the past few years, Maixiang Village already has nearly a thousand acres of land, and now it has more than [-] acres. On average, each person can There are about ten acres.

The double robbing is over, the public grain is paid, and the family's private land is handed over to the elderly and women to work. Wang Zhong leads people to widen and enlarge the cellar dug out last time in the village's grain depot. Ma Renli and Niu boldly lead people to use the squeezed oil , or the newly planted wheat in the field, in exchange for soybeans and peanuts from all over the world.

The oil-pressing workshop also started work in full swing. Today's Maixiang Village is like a clockwork machine, turning little by little, and even the most lazy and slippery eater Not full, but also working hard in the oil-pressing workshop.

The soybeans and peanuts exchanged for oil and wheat are then squeezed into oil, some of which are sent to the supply and marketing cooperatives in the county, and some are stored in the warehouses of the village. They are ready to be replaced with corn, soybeans and peanuts during the autumn harvest.

Seeing that autumn is coming and the autumn harvest is just around the corner, in the evening of this day, it suddenly rained heavily, pouring like heavy rain, and the houses of many folks in the village are all thatched roofs, and the rain leaked endlessly. , The rain was too heavy to be repaired, so the villagers could only use pots and pans to catch the rain in the house.

Wang Zhong used to be the Ma family's mansion, and it was the main courtyard, the roof was covered with gray tiles, not thatch, so naturally there is no such thing as rain leakage.

Jiang Hongguo helped Wang Zhong put on the coir raincoat, while exhorting: "It's raining so hard, the head of the house should be careful."

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "I just went to have a look, it doesn't have to be repaired."

Said that Jiang Hongguo had already handed it in his pocket, Wang Zhong put on the bamboo hat, trotted all the way and disappeared into the rain.

Jiang Hongguo closed the door, turned around and entered the back room.

Wang Zhong trotted all the way out from the main entrance, and went straight to the second grandfather's house.

"Second Grandpa! Second Grandpa!" Came outside the door of Second Grandpa's house, Wang Zhong shouted while knocking on the door.

"Here we come!" Second Grandpa's voice was full of oldness that could not be concealed.

"It's a big bug, it's raining so hard, what are you doing here!" Seeing Wang Zhong outside the door, the second grandfather was puzzled, but hurriedly greeted Wang Zhong inside: "Come in, come in!"

"It's raining so hard, I'm afraid your roof is leaking, come and have a look!"

Wang Zhong said with a smile, as soon as he entered the room, he saw several urns and wooden basins on the table and on the ground, and the rainwater dripped into them.

"The rain probably won't stop for a while, I'll mend the leak for you first, and you can help watch it in the house." Wang Zhong turned around and went out the door.

"It's raining so hard, don't get drenched, wait until the rain is lighter!" Second Grandpa was going to call Wang Zhong to stop.

"It's okay. I'm young and in good shape. It doesn't matter if I get a little rain." Wang Zhong's voice came into the room through the rain curtain, and the second grandfather wanted to persuade him again.

Wang Zhong took a ladder, tools, bundled straw and oilcloth in the courtyard, and went up to the roof.

Wang Zhong moved swiftly, and the leaks in the house were repaired in a short time. However, Wang Zhong's clothes were basically soaked, and his face was mixed with rain and sweat.

(End of this chapter)

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