Hard times have room

Chapter 760 Three catties of peanuts
Paulin hurried, and within half an hour, two pots of porridge were ready.

After returning the porridge to the space, Paulin smelled the aroma of the food in the kitchen, and quickly opened all the doors and windows of the kitchen to ventilate.

After thinking about it, she felt uneasy, and then washed the kitchen utensils such as the iron pan and spatula. Even if her mother cooks the next meal, she will never find any clues that something is wrong.

It was more than an hour after Su Hongying and Wang Jiandang came back. The two walked into their yard in silence, thinking about what the brigade leader and party secretary said at the brigade headquarters.

The two thought a lot in their hearts, but considering the people who were with them on the road, no matter how much they thought, they didn't really say it.

However, now that they are in their own yard, the two of them have no worries. They moved a small bench and sat directly in front of the door on both sides of their main room, planning to talk about what happened just now.

"Huh, what are your plans this time? Are our family involved?"

"If you really want to borrow food, how much is appropriate?" Su Hongying sat down on the stool and said with a grimacing face.

Today, the captain and party secretary gave them another big problem!
The team planned to borrow peanuts, beans, corn, and other grains from above, but it was delayed. Seeing that the weather is just right now, the time has come. As long as it rains, it will take a long time for the seeds to germinate. This year's weather Well, this is something that they couldn't hope for in the past few years. As a result, they were stumped on the issue of grain seeds at the beginning.

No, the top is unreliable, so the team leader and the party secretary put their ideas on the people below. During the meeting, they made it clear that each household should contribute, and the village should make an IOU to borrow grain from the villagers. When the harvest is harvested, it will be returned immediately. It is still paid. For example, at this time, Wang Jiandang lent the team a pound of peanut seeds. After the peanuts in the team are harvested, they will pay him back a pound and a half. .

This measure sounds good, but if it is really implemented and implemented, it will not be the case.

First of all, this year's harvest is not over yet, and it is still unknown whether they will be able to harvest grain in good weather!

Besides, no one is in short supply of food right now, so how can they lend the extra food to the village.

If the weather is good this year, and the grain can be brought back smoothly, let alone half of it, it sounds good, but if this is the case, it would be better to sell the grain directly now. How expensive is the grain now, and coarse grains are [-] cents. One pound more, and now I sell it and get the money, isn’t it better than the idea of ​​grain that I got later?

If the weather is good and the weather is good, the harvest will definitely not be bad. Similarly, the price of food will definitely plummet. It seems that borrowing food is not worth it.

Don't tell them about collective dedication and the like. They can't even fill their stomachs. They can't think of this. Now everyone is thinking about how to avoid losses, not to contribute to the team.

Although it is not ruled out that some people think this way, but if they can't be in charge of the family, it is a waste of thought, and they can only stay at the level of imagining or advising their family members in action. As for the rest, just think about it!
Besides, except for a few very special families in the village, no one has dozens or even hundreds of catties of grain.

The reason why the village has no seeds of peanuts, beans, and corn this year is because the people who came to pull food last year didn't give them any leftovers, including seeds.

The rice seeds in the village can be sprinkled in time, or because last year was too dry, it never rained when it should rain in the spring, and the fields were cracked by the sun. How could the villagers think about planting rice seeds or planting rice? thing.

Wang Jiandang is very entangled in this matter. He doesn't really want to participate. However, everyone in the village knows about his family's situation. If nothing else, there must be peanuts. Last year, many people knew that his family received money. I went back with a lot of peanuts.

So, if you really don't participate, you don't care about anything, there must be a lot of people gossiping, and it will be very annoying when everything is turned up and pointed.

Besides, after all, they are the elders and folks of a village, and they can't afford to lose face at all.

After deliberation, Wang Jiandang decided to borrow it, but he couldn't borrow too much. Whose food didn't come from the wind.

"Borrow, but you can't borrow too much, just borrow three catties of peanuts, the kind with shells, no more or no less, that's all."

"If you borrow less, the villagers will gossip, and if you borrow too much, some people will wonder how much food our family has, and then maybe people will come to borrow food, and maybe there will be something they can't hit. My relatives heard about it and came directly to the door."

"Oh, it's really troublesome!"

Wang Jiandang has always stayed away from things that would cause him trouble.

However, this time, I really can't escape. Who has food or not in the village, the two old men knew it in their hearts!
It's not going to do them any good if it's going to be deadlocked because of this.

"Okay, if you borrow three catties, you can borrow three catties. Anyway, the village will pay it back, so we can't be considered a disadvantage." Su Hongying said helplessly, if it was possible, she really didn't want to take out the food, but it couldn't be done!
Since Su Hongying followed suit, this matter is settled.

When Paulin came back with a basket of wild vegetables, she saw a parent sitting next to the gate, and her breath was called "depressed".

One was holding a small pebble on the ground, not knowing what she was doing, and the other was looking at her fingernails. The four fingers except the thumb were bent on the palm of her hand. Seeing her serious appearance, she was planning to look at her. It's a waste of time.

Even if Pauline came back and made some movements, such as the sound of footsteps, it only attracted their attention for a while, and then the husband and wife bowed their heads and went their separate ways.

"What's wrong? They're like radishes beaten by frost. Didn't they go to a meeting? Why did they slump as soon as they came back?" On the threshold, some curious asked.

They just finished digging the land the day before yesterday, and they didn't go to work for the past two days, so they couldn't be happy, and there was never a bad time.

When the two of them went, they were not fine, but when they came back, they were slumped. This is something!
"Don't mention it, the team asked each family to provide this year's grain seeds. Although there is no regulation on how much each family must provide, our family still has some grain. We all know that, we must not borrow some food!" Su Hongying was weak on the side. said.

Three kilograms of peanuts, peeled out the peanuts, mixed with mushrooms and wild vegetables to make soup, enough for their family to eat for a few days, so they borrowed it like this. When she thought of this, she had some meat buns to beat the dogs. A feeling of no return.

(End of this chapter)