60s: I have a store

Chapter 369 Drawing lots to decide
Village chief Liang knew that Secretary Zhou sent the team leader away because he saw that he wanted to talk to Zhou Yimin alone, so he was quite grateful to this person who was traveling with him.

"Village Chief Liang, what do you want to say? Why don't you just get straight to the point?" Zhou Yimin.

Just now, when he saw Village Chief Liang hesitant to speak, he knew something must be wrong.

"Yimin, is it okay for me to call you that?" Village Chief Liang asked cautiously.

I was afraid that if I shouted at them, the other party would be unhappy and the plan to exchange food would be ruined.

Zhou Yimin nodded and said, "Of course."

It's just a name, and Village Chief Liang is older than him, so his name is Yimin, there's nothing wrong with that.

"Yimin, we have some bacon in our village. Could you please help us exchange it for food?" Village Chief Liang pleaded.

I really couldn't think of any other solution, so I could only seek Zhou Yimin's help.

He also made a point to learn more about Zhou Yimin. The more he learned about him, the more he realized how capable Zhou Yimin was.

Zhou Yimin pretended to be embarrassed: "Village Chief Liang, how much bacon do you want to exchange for food? If it's too much, I can't do anything about it."

He was not familiar with Shuangtian Village and did not dare to exchange too much food at one time, fearing that it would cause trouble.

"Not much. There are 100 kilograms of bacon in the village. It is not clear how much grain it can be exchanged for." Village chief Liang said in a low voice.

Zhou Yimin was thinking, one hundred kilograms of bacon, the current purchase price is about one yuan and fifty cents, that is one hundred and fifty yuan, and it cannot be sold at the previous price.

"Can I exchange it for 3,500 kilograms of sweet potatoes or potatoes?"

When Village Chief Liang heard this, he immediately said happily: "Of course, we want sweet potatoes."

This amount has exceeded my expectations. I thought it would be good if I could exchange it for one or two thousand kilograms of food. I didn't expect it to be able to exchange for 3,500 kilograms of food, which is almost double.

"Yimin, when will the food arrive?"

He didn't want to urge them, but the village was running out of food and there was nothing he could do.

"Maybe in a few days! I can't leave right now." Zhou Yimin gave the answer after thinking for a while.

At least the greenhouse should be built before delivering the food, and he did not want the people in Shuangtian Village to know that he could get so much food easily.

"Okay, thank you very much. If it weren't for you, our village wouldn't know what to do," said Village Chief Liang gratefully.

Village Chief Liang was so grateful that he didn't even stay for dinner, but went back to share the good news with the villagers.

After seeing Village Chief Liang leave, the old Party Secretary came up and asked, "Yimin, did Village Chief Liang just ask you to buy food?"

He knew it without even having to think about it.

"That's right, I exchanged one hundred kilograms of bacon for three thousand five hundred kilograms of sweet potatoes." Zhou Yimin answered the old branch secretary's question truthfully.

One hundred kilograms of cured meat can only be exchanged for three thousand five hundred kilograms of sweet potatoes. Previously, Shangshui Village could exchange one hundred kilograms of fresh meat for three thousand five hundred kilograms of grain. It seems that the price of grain has risen again.

He was wondering whether he should purchase more food in case the price went up again in the future.

After what happened last year, he developed a fear of food insecurity.

After Village Chief Liang brought Liang Zan back to Shuangtian Village, he immediately convened a village meeting.

Although many people went to the commune to build the reservoir, the situation is urgent now, and the personnel must be determined as soon as possible, and then go to the commune and Zhoujiazhuang to work tomorrow. When the villagers of Shuangtian Village heard that a village-wide meeting was to be held, they were a little reluctant, but when they heard about the issue of food, they were a little reluctant and disappeared without a trace.

In the cold wind, we can only stand together and lean against each other to resist the invasion of the cold wind.

Village Chief Liang did not say anything long-winded: "Today I went to Zhoujiazhuang, originally wanting to borrow grain. After hearing about it, the old party secretary of Zhoujiazhuang gave 20 quotas to go to the commune to build a reservoir.

There is also a project in Zhoujiazhuang that needs 50 people to help. The lottery is starting now. Families who are still working at the reservoir don’t need to come and draw lots.”

Because there was no drawing lots, everyone wanted to work in Zhoujiazhuang. The food in Zhoujiazhuang was better than in the commune, and after the project was completed, each person was given several kilograms of food. Even the commune did not have such treatment.

With good treatment, who would want to go somewhere worse?

Some people originally had objections, but when they heard the village chief propose fair distribution, they immediately became silent.

"I think it's unfair. We should draw lots again." Someone stood up to object.

Her husband was going to the commune to build a reservoir. He had been jealous of those who went to Zhoujiazhuang before, and now he has the opportunity to work in Zhoujiazhuang again. He must not miss this opportunity, as he didn't know when it would be their turn next time.

Those whose families had someone go to build the reservoir thought it made sense and wondered why not just draw lots again.

"When there were no jobs in Zhoujiazhuang, why didn't you say you wanted to draw lots again?
Now that there are benefits, everyone wants to go to Zhou's house. Also, the people in the commune all sign their names. They have been there for so long, do you think they will not recognize them? "Village Chief Liang got angry immediately.

It was the first time that everyone saw the village chief so angry, and they all quieted down immediately.

The person who was aggressive just now immediately lost his temper.

“No family that built the reservoir came up to draw lots.”

"If you draw red, you will go to the commune, and if you draw no color, you will go to Zhoujiazhuang."

Those families whose members had no one involved in the construction of the reservoir sent representatives to draw lots.

Everyone wanted to be selected to go to Zhoujiazhuang so that they could bring food back every night to eat with their families.

As one person after another came up to draw, there would be good luck and bad luck. Those who were drawn to go to Zhoujiazhuang were as happy as if they had won five million.

Those who were selected to go to the commune felt terrible, as if their energy had been sucked away.

Soon it was Liang Zan's turn. Now there was only one spot left to go to the commune and Zhoujiazhuang, so it all depended on Liang Zan's luck.

Liang Zan walked forward to draw the lot, feeling very nervous, hoping to be selected to work in Zhoujiazhuang.

This time is not like last time, there is still a "fool" who would change. Now everyone knows that the food in Zhoujiazhuang is better than that in the commune, how could they still change?
He simply closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and pulled out a stick. He opened his eyes nervously and saw a hint of red at the bottom of the stick. He was very disappointed. He didn't expect that he would not win even with a 50% chance.

All I can say is that I’m not destined to go to Zhoujiazhuang.

Liang Liang was the only one who hadn't drawn. Since there was only one lot left, it meant his chance to go to Zhoujiazhuang to work.

In the eyes of everyone, he looked like a general who had won a battle and was returning in triumph.

Those who were drawn to work in the commune were still very envious of Liang Liang. If they could switch, they would have rushed forward and snatched a stick.

"Okay, the lots have all been drawn. Wherever you draw, you'll go to work tomorrow!"

The villagers in both villages are familiar with them, so he doesn't need to lead them there personally this time.

(End of this chapter)