60s: I have a store

Chapter 231: Paying Public Grain (Part )
The villages in front entered the venue in an orderly manner under the arrangement of their village chiefs.

I saw the grain station staff standing nearby using an iron thing to directly insert it into the sack full of grain, and the grain flowed out through the iron thing.

The staff member grabbed a few and threw them into his mouth, chewing them with a crunching sound. It was obvious that he was not satisfied with the result.

So he said directly: "The moisture content exceeds the limit, go to the side and dry it."

The man wanted to refute, but was stopped by their village chief.

The village chief quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, leader. Young people don't know much. I hope you don't mind. Let's go and dry it now."

After saying that, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and secretly stuffed it into her hand.

After seeing the smoke, the staff member's originally ugly expression improved a little. He didn't say much, but just directed the people behind him to continue walking in.

The village chief said sternly, "You want to kill us all! If I hadn't reacted quickly, all the food would have failed, or it would have had to be dried again, or there might have been some other reason."

"I'm sorry, Village Chief. I was impulsive." The man finally reacted at this time.

Sure enough, with the help of a pack of cigarettes, the subsequent standards were not that strict, but the difference was too big and there was nothing we could do, so we had to do what we had to do.

After working for nearly an hour, we finally completed the inspection of the grain in the first village.

There were only a dozen bags of grain to be dried, and two bags were not full enough due to quality problems, so they were criticized.

Fortunately, when we weighed it at the end, the total weight was enough, so we didn’t have to go back and fetch some more food to make up the weight.

Therefore, those who come here to pay their public grain will bring a little more in case it is not enough and they have to go back to get more. After all, it is not easy to make a round trip.

The second-ranked village was the one that transported food by large trucks. The village was very confident and did not bring many people with it. There were only a dozen people responsible for transporting the food.

It was probably the first time for the staff at the grain station to see a large truck coming to pay grain. Usually, the large trucks came to transport grain to other places, so the grain station was not as surprised by the large truck as other people.

In order to get along well with truck drivers, the inspection standards are not that strict. We just do a random check and find that the quality is good and the level is up to standard, so we don't make it too difficult and send them directly for weighing.

The people behind saw this scene and were very envious.

"Could it be that the people in this village are relatives of the leader of this grain station? They can just go and weigh them directly." One of them spoke up.

Another person said: "Even if he is not the leader of the grain station, he drove a big truck here, so he must have connections."

The people behind in the queue thought it made sense. Having a big truck driver in the village could be considered a matter of honor for the family.

As time passed, nearly three hours had passed before it was finally Zhoujiazhuang's turn.

The old branch secretary was seen leading the way, carrying a bag of grain and taking out two packs of Zhonghua cigarettes that he had hidden.

The staff at the grain station were slightly surprised when they saw Zhonghua. This was a good thing and it was impossible to buy it without any connections. It could be said to be one of the best cigarettes circulating on the market.

It can even be said that some Zhonghua cigarettes will not be circulated on the market, and some are specially supplied and ordinary people cannot get access to them at all.

He was a little curious about why the villages this year were more impressive than the others. Not only did they have big trucks to pay their taxes, they also sent Zhonghua cigarettes. But he wondered if there would be any other surprises.
He just silently turned his body sideways, leaving one pocket facing the old branch secretary.

The old secretary also understood and put both packs of Zhonghua into his pocket. But in order to make it less obvious, he directly inserted the iron thing into the bag of grain on the old secretary's body. When the wheat flowed out, he grabbed a few grains and threw them into his mouth. He found that there was no problem and the quality was not bad, so he said, "Pick it up and weigh it!"

The food at the back was checked from time to time, but no problems were found.

In less than twenty minutes, Zhoujiazhuang had completed the work of paying public grain this year, and the grain was rated as first-class grain.

You should know that in previous years, Zhoujiazhuang generally produced second-class grain, and even third-class grain was tried once.

There are significant differences between first-grade rice and second-grade rice in many aspects, mainly reflected in processing precision, nutritional content, eating quality and rice yield. The following are the main differences between first-grade rice and second-grade rice.

Processing precision: the cortex and endosperm of brown rice are basically removed during the processing of first-class rice. The back groove has no cortex or the cortex is extremely thin, and more than 90% of the rice germ and grain cortex are removed.

In comparison, the second-grade rice is slightly inferior in processing precision. There is skin on the back groove, and more than 85% of the rice germ and grain skin have been removed. The third-grade grain does not even reach 85%.

Zhou Xucai couldn't believe it and said, "I didn't expect that the work of paying the public grain this year would be so easy. You know, in previous years, it was already a good situation if it could be completed within one day."

"Don't you see what was sent in previous years? It was either eggs or some insoles. How could it be fast?" the captain said unhappily.

If I can receive Zhonghua myself, it may not be faster.

Besides, the commune probably has Chen Hua to say hello to him!
Zhou Xuqiang said: "It's a good thing anyway. After paying the public taxes, I can finally go back."

Other people in Zhoujiazhuang thought the same and walked out of the grain station gate happily.

When the people of Shangshui Village saw the people of Zhoujiazhuang coming out so quickly, Village Chief Wang asked, "Captain, have you paid your grain tax?"

The team leader said happily: "Village Chief Wang, that's right! We have paid the public grain tax."

Village chief Wang was shocked. Even if the village was sent by a big cast, it wouldn't be so fast.

And Zhou Yimin didn't come either, could it be that he sent something extraordinary? He asked in a low voice: "Captain, what did you send?"

"Zhonghua cigarettes." The captain replied in a low voice.

After all, this kind of thing cannot be said publicly.

Village chief Wang didn't expect it to be Zhonghua cigarettes. He thought Daqianmen was good enough, and their village had prepared Daqianmen.

There is no doubt that this Zhonghua must have been obtained from Zhou Yimin, otherwise no one else would have this relationship.

If I had known earlier, I would have shamelessly bought two bags so that my village could have paid the grain tax earlier. There is still a lot of farm work to do in the village!
After paying the public grain tax, the village had to select a dozen or twenty people to repair the canal.

The decision was made at a previous commune meeting.

In addition, there are vegetables and other things in the village that need to be taken care of.

In short, this year is busier than previous years. But they are happy because they have gained something and the work is not in vain.

(End of this chapter)