60s: I have a store

Chapter 232 Village Meeting
People in Shangshui Village are busy, and people in Zhoujiazhuang are even busier.

After all, Zhoujiazhuang has many "industries". In addition to the vegetables grown in the riverbed, it also raises chickens and grows mushrooms.

Like other villages, they also needed to allocate manpower to help. The most important thing was that Zhoujiazhuang also had a project to do, which was to build a reservoir.

As soon as he returned to the village, the old party secretary held a village meeting while everyone was there.

Each household must have a representative to attend.

The village meeting was held in the village threshing ground. People who lived nearby brought stools, while those who lived far away had to stand. Of course, Zhou Yimin was the one who came to attend the meeting.

"Stop making noise, be quiet." the captain shouted.

The old branch secretary waved to Zhou Yimin: "Yimin, come and sit over here."

The villagers around Zhou Yimin made way for him.

Without thinking too much, Zhou Yimin walked over and sat next to the old Party branch secretary. He was mainly there to listen to the village meeting and had no intention of giving a speech.

"Okay, let me tell you one thing first. This year our village's grain payment went smoothly and was rated as first-class grain."

As soon as these words came out, the villagers who had not gone with them today immediately started talking about it, their faces filled with joy and pride. It was not easy to be rated as first-class grain.

Generally speaking, if the grain is rated as first-class, the commune will give commendation later.

There are some benefits to be gained, so everyone is so happy.

In addition, this is also a collective honor. In this era, everyone attaches great importance to collective honor. How can I not be happy to receive such an honor?
After paying the public grain tax this time, the old party secretary announced how much grain was left in the village. In addition to the amount kept by the villagers, he also told us how much each family could get.

This year's wheat harvest is not very good, but it is better than last year.

This is thanks to water pressure wells, etc.

If the village has no other "industries", the village will have to tighten its belt again. It is estimated that it will be difficult to make it to the next harvest with such little food.

But they in Zhoujiazhuang were not panicked at all and were even helping the people!

As long as they do a good job in their sideline businesses such as vegetables, chickens, and mushrooms, they will have money. With money, they can obtain food through the channels that benefit the people.

Besides, they also have other food on the other side of the riverbed! They all belong to the village and do not need to be handed over.

The villagers were talking and whispering to each other.

Soon, there was another sound of slapping the table.

The scene fell silent again.

The old Party Secretary went on to say, "The second thing is that the commune requires each of our villages to send people to repair the canal. The number of people has been determined, and our village will send 20 people.

Among these 20 people, let's discuss who will go."

One of the purposes of the meeting.

There was no pay for repairing the canal, but the commune provided meals. In previous years, people were reluctant to go. But this year, many villages had poor harvests, and after paying the public grain, there was not much left.

In this situation, people would of course be willing to go to the commune for meals, and some villages even wanted to cram more people in to reduce the pressure on the village.

Of course, this is the situation in other villages, not including their Zhoujiazhuang.

There is still enough food in Zhoujiazhuang now, and it has not reached that point yet.

"Secretary, I heard that other villages want to send more people." Someone said.

In ancient times, this was equivalent to corvée labor, and many people did not want to participate, as they were afraid of doing heavy work. But now it is different. The commune provides food, but many villages are short of food.

"Yes! There is such a thing." The old branch secretary nodded.

Some villages even went to the commune to ask for more places. Everyone knows the reason.

"In that case..." Zhou Yimin blurted out, but quickly stopped.

"Yimin, if you have any ideas, you may as well speak them out boldly. We are all family members here." The old branch secretary said. The team leader beside him also nodded in agreement.

If they were not our own people, they would have been driven out long ago. Zhoujiazhuang is now like an iron barrel. In difficult times, we must unite to overcome difficulties.

Zhou Yimin then continued what he had just said: "We can transfer Zhoujiazhuang's quota. There should be other villages willing to send people in place, right?"

They don't have enough staff in Zhoujiazhuang now. If 20 people, including young and middle-aged people, are transferred away, it will somewhat affect the future development plan of Zhoujiazhuang.

Therefore, Zhou Yimin felt that the village’s quota could be transferred.

Didn't other villages want to send more people to the commune to eat? He believed that there should be a village willing to replace Zhoujiazhuang with people without any cost.

As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers at the scene seemed to have suddenly been enlightened.

Yes!

This way, everyone is happy.

Other villages are happy to send people, and Zhoujiazhuang can retain more labor to do their own work and complete the commune's tasks, killing two birds with one stone!

The old branch secretary and the team leader's eyes also lit up and suddenly understood.

Isn't it? There's no need to discuss who should go.

Just as Yimin said, there must be other villages willing to take over.

"Secretary, I think it's okay." The team leader expressed his opinion first.

"Well! Then let's talk to other villages. When registering and filling in the names, you must fill in the names of the villagers in our village, just in case." The old branch secretary nodded.

He was more thoughtful.

"I'll go find out tomorrow," said the captain.

The old branch secretary began to talk about the next thing.

It's about the crops on the riverbed. The rapeseed that was picked before can be picked again. In addition, the beans are also ripe. The picking work will be handed over to the women in the village. The specific distribution of work will be announced tomorrow.

"Yimin..."

Zhou Yimin understood and nodded to the old branch secretary: "I know, I'll drive back tomorrow. You can pick more. The steel plant won't need so much. I can take it to the instant noodle factory."

There are now many workers in instant noodle factories, and the food consumption is extremely high.

The harvest in Zhoujiazhuang is really not good enough.

The old branch secretary kept the words of gratitude in his heart for the time being and continued to talk about other things, such as raising chickens and mushrooms.

Finally, it’s time to build the reservoir.

Yimin had already used his connections to find a small hydroelectric generator, and the research institute donated it to Zhoujiazhuang.

The small generator is still in the village warehouse!
After the reservoir is built, the old branch secretary and the team leader plan to dig a canal to divert part of the river water, fill the reservoir, and use it to generate electricity.

They plan to mobilize more than 80% of the able-bodied men in the village to work on the project, hoping to complete the repair of the reservoir by the end of the year.

It’s not a large reservoir, so it should be able to be completed.

"Construction will officially begin in three days," the old branch secretary announced.

The villagers had no objection and followed the arrangements.

As long as they can use electricity, they are willing to work harder. In fact, many people have already started to try it.

Today's village meeting ended just like that, without any delay.

(End of this chapter)