60s: I have a store

Chapter 366 Voting
When the people who stayed in the village saw this scene, they all came out to greet them, but more people were welcoming the fish that were being carried on their shoulders.

Many children gathered around, wanting to join in the fun and see if they could touch the fish.

After returning to the village, the old party secretary immediately convened a village meeting to discuss how to deal with the fish.

The weather is cold now, so there is no need to worry about it going bad, but it still needs to be dealt with as soon as possible.

When they heard that they were discussing how to deal with the fish, everyone joined in.

"Do you want to sell these fish? Or keep them in the village to eat?" When the old party secretary saw that everyone was gathered, he went straight to the point.

The surrounding villagers immediately started arguing after hearing this, each saying their own thing.

Some people want to sell it so that they can get more money at the end of the year.

All I can say is that I am afraid of being poor. As long as I have money, it doesn’t matter if I don’t have meat to eat.

Another group of people wanted to keep the fish in the village so that every household could get a good share, and the rest could be placed in the dining hall, and they could have an extra dish.

Since they received a lot of money last year, they didn't care so much about money. They also believed that if the village continued to develop, the money distributed at the end of the year would definitely not be less than last year.

Seeing this scene, the old branch secretary felt overwhelmed. He was most afraid of such moments of difference of opinion.

Sometimes, being too democratic is not a good thing, as it will lead to low efficiency.

There are advantages to having the final say.

There is no choice but to raise hands and vote.

"Raise your hands if you agree to sell!"

As soon as the old branch secretary finished speaking, many people raised their hands. Some people even wanted to fish in troubled waters and simply raised both hands to see if they could get away with it.

The old party secretary asked Zhou Zhiming to do a statistics to see whether more people were in favor of selling the fish or keeping it for eating.

Zhou Zhiming began to count, exposed those who were trying to take advantage of the situation, scolded them, and did not include them in the count.

"You can put it down. Those who agree to stay in the village to eat, raise your hands."

As soon as some people put their hands down, more people raised their hands.

Zhou Zhiming immediately started the next round of statistics, counting one by one how many people raised their hands.

After two rounds of statistics, the results were finally obtained.

When the old Party secretary saw this, he said, "After everyone's vote, the minority obeys the majority, and these fish will stay in the village."

As the old branch secretary finished speaking, those who agreed to stay in the village were immediately happy.

When some people are happy, others are disappointed. Those who are in favor of selling can only bear it silently.

The old Party secretary then said, "There are 2153 catties of fish in total. There are 11.53 households in the village, so each household gets 1153 catties, which is catties. There is still catties left. We will keep it in the dining hall as a dish for everyone."

Originally there were less than a hundred households in the village, but recently some people split up.

That's how the family branched out.

"What do you think of this idea?"

The villagers thought this was a good idea and had no objection.

At this moment, Zhou Yimin stood up and asked, "Can I say a few words?"

He had never thought that there would be fish in the dark river, and such big ones at that. He had seen fish in dark rivers in his previous life, but they were all small fish.

Everyone present was a little confused. They didn't expect Zhou Yimin to stand up.

Zhou Yimin has a very special status in the village.

The old branch secretary quickly asked: "Yimin, do you have a better way to distribute it?"

He also knew that Zhou Yimin often had different ideas. If it were someone else, they would have slapped him in the face and told him to go home and calm down.

"Actually, I want to buy some, is that okay?" Zhou Yimin expressed his thoughts.

After hearing this, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief. So that's how it was.

"Yimin, how much do you want? Just take it back, why else buy it?" someone said.

"Yes! Last year, you helped the village a lot."

"It's just some fish. If it weren't for Yimin, there would be no reservoir, no underground river, and no fish."

……

At that moment, everyone understood clearly that they could live their current life thanks to Zhou Yimin. Zhou Yimin shook his head: "I am also giving it to others, so I'd better give you money! If I eat it at home, I won't be polite to you."

The old Party Secretary thought for a moment and asked, "Yimin, how much do you want to buy?"

This was one of the few times that Yimin made a request to the village, and it certainly couldn't be refused, even if it was a gift, let alone a purchase.

"Not much, just two hundred and thirty kilograms, and the price is fifty cents per kilogram." Zhou Yimin is not a stingy person.

The current price of fish is around 20 to 50 cents, so he just goes for the highest price to avoid leaving a bad impression for such a small amount of money.

When the old branch secretary heard the price, he immediately said, "This price is too high."

"Yimin, the village cannot take advantage of you." The old branch secretary immediately explained.

The villagers also agreed that at fifty cents per pound, the village was indeed getting a good deal.

In the past, when the village was in trouble, they just took advantage of it. But now that the village is getting better, we can't do this anymore, or people will point fingers at us and say that the people in our village are taking advantage of us.

Before, when Yimin was on a business trip, the village held a special meeting to discuss this matter.

When the situation in the village improves, we will slowly repay the favor to the people.

In short, Zhou Yimin's words are more effective than those of the old branch secretary. The entire Zhoujiazhuang is run according to Zhou Yimin's will.

Even if Zhou Yimin married several wives in the village, no one would say a word. Even if he killed someone, there would be someone else to take his place.

Over the past six months, Zhou Yimin’s management of Zhoujiazhuang has not been in vain.

"The current market price is 20 cents per pound, so 230 pounds is 46 yuan."

Zhou Yimin wanted to refute, but it was of no use. The old branch secretary's attitude was very tough. If the price was higher than this, he would not sell it.

In the end, there was no choice but to follow the old branch secretary's instructions.

Zhou Yimin gave the villagers forty-six yuan in exchange for two hundred and thirty kilograms of fish.

Seeing that it was getting late, he said goodbye to his grandparents, left 30 kilograms of fish at home, and then headed to the city with the remaining 200 kilograms of fish.

As soon as he left Zhoujiazhuang, he put the fish into the store space.

Zhou Yimin is not a masochist. If there is an easier way, why not use it?

Then when we were almost in the city, we found a secluded corner, took out the fish, and put it on the back seat of the bicycle.

After looking around and seeing that no one noticed him, he rode towards the courtyard.

After a while, he returned to the courtyard. Just as Dapeng and Li Youde were about to go out, they saw Zhou Yimin carrying so many things, and hurried forward to help.

"Yi Min, what on earth is so heavy?"

Zhou Yimin explained without any hesitation: "Two hundred kilograms of fish, of course it's heavy."

If they had helped Zhou Yimin ship the goods over the past six months, they would probably be shocked by so many fish. To Zhou Yimin, two hundred kilograms of fish was like two kilograms of cabbage.

However, they are now calm.

People who have seen the world are different.

With two more people helping, things will be faster and the fish will be moved back to the yard in no time.

Zhou Yimin first went to look for the old man, but found that he had not come back from get off work yet. Then he said to the old woman, "Wait until the old man gets off work. Please tell him that I will look for him."

"Okay, Yimin." The aunt agreed immediately.

Then he and Dapeng and the other two brought half a pound of fish back into the house.

"How many do you want?"

Dapeng and Li Youde thought for a while and said, "Ten kilograms!"

They also knew that these fish were probably sold to the people in the courtyard, so they couldn't take too many at once. Moreover, during this period of time, they helped Zhou Yimin with the shipment, and the food at home was much better than before, so the fish were not that attractive.

Zhou Yimin nodded and picked out a few larger fish from the two hundred kilograms of fish. Each fish weighed at least four or five kilograms. He gave three to each person, which was definitely more than ten kilograms.

Originally, Li Youde and Dapeng wanted to give money, but were driven away by Zhou Yimin. He had to deliver it to Uncle Zhang's house and Aunt Li's house as well.

You will inevitably have to trouble others in the future, so it is necessary to stabilize the relationship appropriately.

Zhou Yimin's family picked three big fish, which were not smaller than the fish Dapeng and his family caught just now, and were even slightly larger.

(End of this chapter)