60s: I have a store

Chapter 405: All the seeds eaten

Village chief Huang had no other options. He searched all the nearby villages but couldn't get any seeds. This winter, he had no other options but to eat all the seeds and barely survive the winter.

At the beginning of spring, a solemn atmosphere permeated the village. In previous years, at this time, people would have been busy preparing for spring ploughing, but now, looking at the empty barn, everyone was filled with anxiety.

Village chief Huang looked at the worried villagers and made up his mind to find a solution.

If this problem is not solved, it will probably be troublesome.

There was no other choice but to go to the city and take all the money in the village with him to see if he could buy seeds.

They asked along the way where they could find seeds. After entering the city, they saw a market and thought of trying their luck. There were people coming and going, but the seeds were strictly controlled and there was no surplus supply for small villages like theirs.

I went to all the places in the city where I could buy seeds, but still couldn't buy any.

I could only return to the village with disappointment.

Seeing the villagers’ eyes full of hope, I felt reluctant to tell them the truth, but there was nothing I could do: “You can’t buy seeds in the city.”

After hearing the words of the village chief, the hope in the villagers' eyes turned into disappointment.

An older man asked: "Is God going to destroy Huangjia Village?"

When the people around heard the pessimistic words of the old man, they were suddenly filled with despair.

At this time, Huang Jianguo said: "Village Chief, can we try Zhoujiazhuang?"

When Village Chief Huang heard this, he asked, "Jianguo, why do you want to go to Zhoujiazhuang?"

"It seems that no one has ever heard of Zhoujiazhuang, and I don't know where it is?"

Huang Jianguo explained: "I have a younger sister who married to Zhoujiazhuang. During the Chinese New Year, she brought a lot of things to visit her relatives and also said that Zhoujiazhuang hired a lot of people from other villages to work."

When the people around heard Huang Jianguo's words, a fire of hope was immediately ignited in their hearts.

Village Chief Huang had no other choice but to go and take a look: "Okay! Let's go and take a look!"

"Jianguo, take me with you!"

He didn't know the way, and if he asked someone on the road, he would waste a lot of time.

Huang Jianguo nodded and agreed.

In order not to waste time, the two set off directly.

Since it was Huang Jianguo’s first time to go to Zhoujiazhuang, he only heard the approximate location from his sister, so he asked people on the road from time to time.

With the help of the people on the road and Huang Jianguo, they finally arrived at Zhoujiazhuang after more than five hours.

Village Chief Huang said angrily: "Jianguo, you led the way very well. Don't lead us next time."

A place that could have been walked in about three hours took more than five hours, almost six hours, which doubled the time.

Huang Jianguo felt a little embarrassed after hearing this, and could only scratch his head awkwardly: "I'm sorry, Village Chief, I don't know how to get to Zhoujiazhuang!"

"But don't worry, Village Chief, I won't do it again next time."

Village chief Huang shook his head, clearly indicating that there would not be a next time. He would rather ask someone else than let Huang Jianguo lead the way.

They soon arrived at the entrance of Zhoujiazhuang village, but were stopped before they could get close.

"Comrade, who are you?"

Village Chief Huang saw that Huang Jianguo was motionless, so he had to step forward and said, "Comrade, I am the village chief of Huangjia Village. I am here to look for the village chief of your village?"

After hearing this, Zhou Xuan'an felt a little strange, but still said, "Okay, wait a moment!"

Just as Zhou Xuan was about to leave, Village Chief Huang took out a box of Daqianmen, which he himself couldn't bear to smoke. After opening the package, he handed one to each of Zhou Xuan and the others. Seeing Daqianmen, he accepted it anyway.

After all, you are asking others to do something for you, so you still need to understand the ways of the world.

The old branch secretary was soon found.

When the old Party Secretary arrived at the entrance of the village, he said, "Hello, Village Chief Huang, I am the Party Secretary of Zhoujia Village!"

"I wonder what you want to talk to me about?"

After saying that, he looked at him carefully and found that he did not know this Village Chief Huang.

Although Village Chief Huang was a little embarrassed, he had to bite the bullet and said for the sake of the villagers: "In Huangjia Village, due to food shortage, in order to survive this winter, all the seeds in the village were eaten up, resulting in no seeds to plant in the spring."

The old branch secretary was a little confused when he heard this. At first he thought they were here to borrow grain, just like before, and just wanted to find some people in their village to come and work.

I didn't expect that he came to borrow seeds. Seeds are the foundation of a village.

It gives me a headache just thinking about this!

"Why don't you come in first, and I'll discuss it with the villagers!"

Village Chief Huang also understood the difficulty of borrowing seeds. Being able to get in meant that there was still room for negotiation.

Then he followed the old branch secretary into Zhoujiazhuang.

As soon as I arrived, I found that the faces of the villagers in Zhoujiazhuang were full of smiles. Moreover, no one looked thin and hungry as if they had endured hunger for a long time. There was no trace of paleness on their faces, which showed that the food must be very good.

When I looked up and saw the electric wires, I was immediately shocked. You know, electricity is a privilege only people in the city can enjoy.

"Secretary Zhou, is there electricity in your village?"

The old Party branch secretary answered truthfully: "Yes, we built a reservoir in the back mountain to generate electricity."

Although I knew the answer a long time ago, I didn’t expect Zhoujiazhuang to be so powerful that it could build a reservoir on its own.

You have to know that when a commune builds a reservoir, it has to call on villagers from nearby villages to help, and only then can it be built. A village can build it alone.

And they also built a hydroelectric power plant, which seems to be very important, otherwise such a thing would not be available.

Just at this moment, Huang Jianguo's stomach made a rumbling sound.

Village Chief Huang and Huang Jianguo's faces turned red all of a sudden.

If he knew that bringing Huang Jianguo here would make him so embarrassed, he would never bring Huang Jianguo here even if he was beaten to death. However, it was useless to say anything now.

We can only hope that the people in Zhoujiazhuang didn’t hear it.

The old branch secretary heard it, but did not say anything. Instead, he suggested: "I happen to be a little hungry, how about we eat and talk at the same time?"

Everyone will always have difficulties, but Zhoujiazhuang is lucky. With Zhou Yimin around, they don’t have to worry about food problems and can even eat meat occasionally.

Zhoujiazhuang is getting better and better now. As long as we continue to listen to Zhou Yimin, it will definitely get better and better in the future.

When Village Chief Huang heard this, he knew that the old branch secretary had heard it, but he did not expose it. Instead, he said that he was hungry and invited them to dinner.

I wanted to refuse at first, but then I thought, I had been walking all day and had eaten very little, so I must be hungry.

"Okay, that's troublesome."

The old branch secretary smiled and said, "It's not a problem. We are all comrades."

Then he took them to the village dining hall.

(End of this chapter)