60s: I have a store

Chapter 390 Village Chief Wang’s Little Abacus

As they chatted, Village Chief Wang even forgot the purpose of his visit.

The old Party Secretary asked at this time: "Village Chief Wang, what brings you here?"

After hearing what the old Party Secretary said, Village Chief Wang remembered the purpose of coming here: "No, I came here to look for Yimin."

Zhou Yimin was a little surprised: "Village Chief Wang, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Yimin, we have raised chickens in our village and we would like to ask you for help in purchasing some." Village Chief Wang finally remembered the important matter.

Zhou Yimin thought it was something else: "Village Chief Wang, don't worry, I will ask someone to come and buy it when the time comes."

Now it’s just a matter of making a phone call, and there’s no need to send someone specially or make the trip yourself.

Zhou Yimin saw that Village Chief Wang was still struggling, and it seemed that there was other things he could help with.

"Village Chief Wang, we are all so familiar with each other, just say everything at once."

Village Chief Wang made up his mind: "Yimin, our village also wants to purchase a batch of eggs and grain."

There is no way. Now we do more work and consume more food.

In addition, after experiencing such a severe food shortage last year, I am still worried, so I would like to store more food if I have the chance.

As the saying goes, if you have enough food, you won’t be worried.

Zhou Yimin thought for a moment and said, "Village Chief Wang, we may not be able to get food in a short time. We need to wait for a while."

"As for the eggs, I'll bring them back later and ask Village Chief Wang to come get them."

Although they had to wait, at least Zhou Yimin agreed. Village Chief Wang quickly thanked him: "Don't be afraid of waiting, as long as you don't forget it."

Because the food in the village can still last for a few months, we just want to store more food.

Village Chief Wang asked again: "Old Party Secretary, is your processing workshop still short of people?"

If we can send some people here to learn, after they learn it, we can build one in the village, and then we won’t have to ask others for help.

After all, it is not pleasant to be strangled. It would definitely be better if you could turn the tables and be the master.

The old Party Secretary said, "Village Chief Wang, we have enough people in the processing workshop, but we are still short of people to help with the work. Would you like your village to send some people over like Shuangtian Village did?"

I had discussed this with Zhou Yimin before. In order to keep the technology in the village, the staff in the processing workshop, except for those from the commune, people from other villages must not enter the processing workshop to work.

The processing workshop requires a lot of people. If all the people are transferred to the feed processing workshop, there will not be enough people to do farm work.

The amount of public grain that needs to be paid every year is not a small amount. In addition, selling vegetables is an important source of income for the village, which must not be interrupted.

So I had to find another village, come here to work, and get three meals provided.

As soon as this news spreads, people from nearby villages will definitely rush to work in Zhoujiazhuang.

In many villages, due to poor harvests, after paying the public grain tax, the remaining grain was not enough to last until the next harvest.

As long as you can work, you will have food to eat. I don’t know how many people will come to sign up. Rural people are least afraid of working as long as they can work and have food to eat.

Farmers can work you into bankruptcy! From this we can see that today's farmers are indeed hardworking and can endure hardships.

It’s a bit of a headache. I didn’t expect the old branch secretary to block this road that ended before it even started.

But when I heard that people were needed to do the work, didn't the opportunity come? When the time comes, send a few of the most "eye-catching" people in the village over. There will always be a chance to learn something secretly. Besides, this place is not sealed all around, so over time, you can also learn something.

And even if I can't learn it secretly, it's not a loss! It can be regarded as helping the village save a lot of food.

After all, food is still very precious now, and the more we can save, the better.

"Okay, old Party Secretary, how many people does your village need?"

Shangshui Village can still allocate some manpower and it will not affect the farm work in the village, so we have the confidence to say this.

The old Party secretary said directly: "Fifty people!"

Fifty people should be enough. If there are not enough, we can recruit more when the time comes. As Zhoujiazhuang grows bigger, more and more people will be needed.

When Village Chief Wang heard that fifty people were needed, he was relieved. He was afraid that Zhoujiazhuang would need one or two hundred people and that they would definitely not be able to mobilize so many people.

Unless all the labor force in the village is sent here, there will be no one to do the farm work.

"Okay, when does the old branch secretary want it?" asked Village Chief Wang.

"We need it tomorrow," the old branch secretary said directly.

Because the processing workshop starts working today, it basically cannot stop.

Moreover, the manpower had been determined last night. All men in the village who were over 18 years old and under 30 years old were eligible to work in the feed processing workshop.

Working in a feed processing workshop, there is no salary and wages are settled in centimeters, but the upper limit of centimeters is high.

Two centimeters in an hour, eight hours a day, that's equivalent to sixteen centimeters a day.

If we need to speed up the progress and work overtime, we can add more centimeters.

At first, many people in the village disagreed, saying that this was unfair.

Not every family has people of the right age, which means that every day they get a lot less than others, so when the money is distributed at the end of the year, they will definitely get less.

Nowadays, an adult man only earns ten centimeters a day.

It is equivalent to a worker in a feed processing plant. In one day, he can earn almost as much as others earn in two days.

Finally, the old branch secretary also came up with some additional measures, that is, for people who are not of the right age to work in the feed processing workshop, if a man is fully employed, he will be given an extra six centimeters a day, so that he will not earn less than the people in the feed processing workshop.

The old branch secretary also appealed to their emotions and explained to them with reason that this feed processing workshop was the most important asset of the village. If they could make money from the processing fees, they would be able to get a bigger share when the dividends were distributed at the end of the year.

Finally the villagers were persuaded and agreed.

As long as women meet the age requirements, they can also work in the processing workshops, but the amount of work they gain is not that much, only about ten centimeters in a full day.

This is equivalent to the time an adult man used to earn centimeters.

This proposal was made by Zhou Yimin. It is not like the ancient feudal society where women had a low status. Now women can also hold up half the sky.

Moreover, this move can also improve the status of women in Zhoujiazhuang. Then no one will say that girls are just money-losing goods. If they are married off early, they can get some gifts in return.

This move has caused many families that favor boys over girls to change their normal behavior. They are afraid that their daughters will be married off all of a sudden, and they all want them to help earn money for a few more years.

So my family status has improved a lot. Although there may still be some gap between me and my son, at least it is not as one-sided as before.

(End of this chapter)