Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

Chapter 185: Voluntary Labor Wins Popularity, Ignoring Safety
It took more than a week for everyone to be busy.

Fang Tao always followed his uncle and aunt into the mountains and persevered.

Fang Wei processed the herbs, left some of the much-needed herbs for Taoist Sun, and sold the rest to the purchasing station.

This time the harvest was quite big, as I happened to find several medicinal herbs being purchased at a higher price, and I earned a total of 2860 yuan.

After discussing it, Fang Wei and his wife decided to give the remaining 860 yuan to their nephew as a reward for his perseverance.

Fang Tao took the money and gave it to Tian Guihua after returning home.

"You kid, you want everything you give to me? You don't even know how to be humble."

Tian Guihua was speechless about Fang Ping and Fang Tao, father and son. Their personalities seemed to be carved from the same mold. They were straightforward in what they said and did, and they had no idea how to use the word "euphemistic".

"It was given to me by Manman and my aunt, not by an outsider. Why should I be modest?"

Fang Tao replied in a muffled voice, stuffed the money into Tian Guihua's hands and ran away.

Pan Lianhua and Fang Wei did not continue to go into the mountains. Picking herbs was not only hard work but also dangerous. Anyway, as long as the money at home was enough for them to spend, they were not greedy.

Fang Wei then often stayed in the afforestation area, supervising everyone in planting trees.

The shelterbelt created by the nanmu trees is already taking shape, and the rapid progress is thanks to the educated youth group. Jiang Xia leads them in voluntary labor every week, unpaid, to contribute to the tree planting project.

The actions of the educated youth group have won the favor of the members. It is estimated that when the work points are reassessed at the end of the year, many people will speak well of the educated youth.

"Lao Gao, let's go to the oil tea forest and take a look."

Fang Wei liked this positive atmosphere. He didn't say anything, but he credited the educated youth in his heart.

Then he and Gao Qingshan went to the oil tea forest, where the mountains were full of oil tea trees full of vitality.

All the tea oil trees on the mountain are wild varieties, but if you want to break them down, they can be divided into more than ten varieties.

This year, the oil tea trees that are flowering and bearing seeds account for more than 6% of the total. Due to the expansion of the planting area, the output this year will actually increase to a certain extent compared with last year.

Looking back, [Poultry House No. 1] on the hillside stands among the lush trees.

"Captain, the replacement of tea oil tree species and the expansion of plantings are fully completed, and the results are very good so far!"

Gao Qingshan felt that staying in the second team was like hiding in a paradise, and the ups and downs of the outside world had no effect on him at all.

He now likes this kind of rural life more and more. He has no worries about food and drink and can focus on forestry production.

After listening to the other party's work report, Fang Wei nodded and felt very satisfied.

"Lao Gao, we need to strengthen the management of the chestnut and oil-tea plantations. The Chinese herbal medicines planted beneath the trees are about to enter their harvest season, so they need even more careful care. Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll go check on the chicken farm."

Fang Wei never liked to talk nonsense. After finishing the business, he went to [Poultry House No. 1] alone.

At this time, Mr. Luo and several educated youth were busy and had no time to greet him.

Calculating the time, it was time to distribute eggs in the team. The eggs brought up the mountain were continuously transported down the mountain and stored in the warehouse.

Today, the poultry house produces around 1600 eggs per day, and production is increasing. They recently hatched 1000 chicks, bringing the total number of chicks in the flock to 4000. They're planning to cull and sell off a batch of chickens.

The high-quality laying hens are kept, while some roosters and chickens with poor egg production rates are sold as soon as possible. This is also to save costs and increase efficiency.

"Mr. Luo, I'm leaving now. Go ahead and get busy."

Fang Wei walked around the poultry house, and without disturbing anyone's work, turned around and went down the mountain.

in the afternoon.

The team began to distribute eggs to the members. The current standard is an average of 20 eggs per person per month, which means nearly 6800 eggs need to be distributed per month.

Of course, since eggs come in different sizes, they still need to be weighed before being divided, to be as fair as possible.

The poultry house produces around 50000 eggs per month, or about 5000 kilograms. Of the 700 kilograms distributed to members and 300 kilograms stored in the warehouse, the remaining 4000 kilograms are sold.

The current supply price of eggs (with coupons) is 0.71 yuan per catty, and if sold at the market, it can be sold for 0.8 yuan to 0.9 yuan (per catty).

The cement factory takes away 2000 kilograms of eggs every month, the coal mine takes away 1000 kilograms of eggs every month, and the remaining 1000 kilograms of eggs will be sold in the market.

The team's selling price is not expensive, 0.80 yuan per catty, and they are basically sold out as soon as they go to the market.

The eggs can bring the second team more than 3000 yuan in income every month, which means an annual income of 4 yuan.

Excluding costs, it is actually quite profitable.

There are three people in Fang Wei's family, and they were given about 70 eggs.

On average, our family can consume 2 and a half eggs a day, which is pretty good these days.

Even the educated youth with fewer work points could get 15 eggs, which was enough to eat one egg every two days on average.

"Huzi, the team is planning to sell 1000 chickens this time. How do you think we should distribute them?"

Fang Wei took the eggs home, then found Zheng Hu and discussed with him the distribution plan for the slaughtered chickens.

"Let's divide it by headcount, and deduct it from the work points later."

Zheng Hu is experienced, and the team's allocation has basically been handled by him over the years.

After the team distributes things, they will be deducted from the work points at the end of the year.

If there is any surplus, it will be distributed as dividends at the end of the year. If there is no surplus or even if the member owes money to the team, the member will have an additional debt in his name.

The key to the work point value is the team's total distributable income in a year. The specific calculation method is to divide the distributable income by the total number of work points of the entire team.

An individual's total work points represent the distribution ratio. The more a member works, the higher his work points will be, and the more materials and cash he will be allocated. Otherwise, he will get less.

The above is the basic distribution model of the current production team, which takes into account the principles of fairness and more work, more pay.

Fang Wei had no intention of changing anything, so this method was continued to be used.

"Okay! Then each of us will get one chicken. Notify Chenzhou Textile Factory and have Director Wu send someone to take the rest back."

Fang Wei agreed to Zheng Hu's plan and distributed about 340 chickens to the members.

Another 660 chickens were taken away by Chenzhou Textile Factory. Wu Di was naturally very happy. He felt that Fang Wei was a good person. In the future, if the factory had defective products or scraps of cloth, he could sell them to the second team with a clear conscience.

This is called "mutual benefit".

660 chickens earned 1980 yuan in cash. Now the supply price of live chickens has reached 0.89 yuan per catty, and half of them are sold to outsiders at 1 yuan per catty.

If you take it to the market, you can sell it for 1.1 yuan per catty.

The reason for these price differences is still the shortage of supplies, so some premium is normal. These prices are not the "black market" prices, which are not uncommon for black market prices to be double the supply price.

[Produces live chicken, points +9000]

[Produce eggs, points +15000]

Total points: 1003006.

[Poultry House No. 1] There are 3000 chickens left.

Later, Fang Wei calculated the output of [Poultry House No. 1] for the past three months, and then went to queue up to receive the chickens.

The members could eat the chickens they were given or sell them at the market, but they were not allowed to keep them at home for long periods of time. According to regulations, the chickens they were given had to be disposed of within a week, otherwise their work points would be deducted.

night.

Pan Lianhua said she wanted to eat stewed chicken, and after discussing with her man, she planned to go into the mountains to pick swan mushrooms tomorrow.

Fang Wei then went to ask his elder brother, Fang Ping said he didn't have time and asked Fang Tao to go with him.

In fact, Fang Ping is deliberately cultivating his son. Although he does not object to Taotao studying, he must have basic labor skills and life skills, right?

Compared with unrealistic fantasies, various skills are the foundation for making a living in the countryside.

"Brother, you're not busy now, let's go together tomorrow."

Fang Wei did not expose his brother's thoughts. He smiled and said that there were a lot of swan mushrooms over there. If they were not picked, they would disappear soon, which would be a waste.

Fang Ping then nodded and agreed.

Most people have been very idle recently, occasionally going to the fields to weed, irrigate and fertilize. Dry land and vegetable fields can be handled without much manpower, so Fang Wei relaxed a little.

The next day.

Early in the morning, after breakfast, everyone went into the mountains carrying their backpacks.

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua walked in front, Fang Ping and Fang Tao walked behind, and the four of them headed straight for the pine forest marked by Fang Wei.

On the shady side of the mountain, large areas of [Swan Mushroom] grow every year. Except for Fang Tao, the other three people have been here before.

Now everyone is still in the early stage of making ends meet, and things like [Swan Mushroom] are not a necessity, so the demand is not large and the price is not high.

Their main purpose of coming out to pick [Swan Mushrooms] this time was to satisfy their appetite.

"Wow, it's such a big forest, and there are swan mushrooms everywhere."

The group overcame all obstacles and finally arrived at the marked location.

Fang Tao took a look and found mushrooms growing in large areas in the pine forest.

[Swan Mushroom] This wild mushroom is delicious when stir-fried or stewed in soup. If you can’t finish it, you can dry it and use it as a seasoning.

Fang Tao ran over with his two hunting dogs, cheering as he ran.

"He's still a child after all! Come on, let's get to work."

Fang Wei and the other three slowly entered the pine forest and began to pick [Swan Mushrooms].

He himself also discovered a phenomenon that the [Swan Fungus] in the designated area were not only numerous, but also larger in size than anything he had ever seen before.

The added effect of attributes is very obvious in the wild forests.

Then, the four of them started to work.

It’s no wonder that after training in picking herbs, Fang Tao is now much more efficient at his work.

After all, he was a young man, he learned things quickly and had plenty of energy, so he quickly caught up with the three adults.

Finally, everyone filled their backpacks.

"Eat, I'm starving."

Everyone turned around and came to the mountain spring and started to make a fire to cook.

We are having "bamboo tube rice" today. We put some bacon and soaked bamboo shoots on the rice, and then cover it with a layer of washed swan mushrooms.

Soon, the aroma of bamboo tube rice wafted everywhere in the woods.

"Delicious! Auntie, your cooking skills are amazing."

While eating, Fang Tao wolfed down his food while praising Pan Lianhua's cooking skills.

Pan Lianhua was extremely happy. The dish she was best at cooking before was "bamboo tube rice", but now she can cook many other dishes.

To put it bluntly, her cooking skills improved after she got married. Before she got married, she could only cook one kind of food.

After dinner, Fang Ping put out the fire with water, and then everyone returned to the village.

night.

Fang Wei killed two chickens and called his eldest brother and his family to come over for dinner.

The chicken stewed with swan mushrooms is really delicious. This meal is a pleasure for everyone.

They'd brought back quite a few swan mushrooms; Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua each carried a large basket. They could fry some for the next two days, but since they were too lazy to sell the rest, they gave some to Guan Chongyang and Taoist Sun and dried the rest for storage.

Tian Guihua is very good at living. She took Taotao to the market early the next morning.

Fang Ping and Fang Tao sold most of the swan mushrooms they picked, earning more than 70 yuan.

Today, many educated youth also went to the market. They all saw Tian Guihua and Fang Tao selling [Swan Mushrooms] at the market. Some of them were so envious that they also wanted to try their luck in the mountains.

After dinner in the evening, they came to find Yu Hao.

"Tomorrow we are going to the mountains to pick mushrooms. You should come with us."

Yu Hao is older and stronger than them, and most importantly, he is a very loyal person.

They were not very familiar with the mountains, so they wanted to bring Yu Hao along, subconsciously thinking that it would provide more protection.

Yu Hao was about to agree, but Liang Xueqin in the room was unwilling.

"Yu Hao, I won't let you go. Many people say the mountains are dangerous, full of poisonous snakes and even ferocious beasts."

Liang Xueqin and Yu Hao lived together and usually ate together, but they didn't sleep together.

Everyone assumed that they were a couple, and no one spread gossip about them.

Normally, Liang Xueqin would listen to Hao's every word and never offend him in front of others. But this time, she was very firm because she was worried about his safety.

"I won't go there. Also, you guys better tell the team before you go into the mountains. Safety is the most important thing."

Yu Hao calmed down immediately after hearing Liang Xueqin's words.

What the other party said was right. Everyone said that the mountains were very dangerous. Villagers didn’t go into the mountains, and we educated youth were not familiar with the conditions in the mountains. What would we do if we encountered an accident?
He subconsciously rejected these people's invitation and reminded them to be careful.

"It's okay if you don't want to go. We will pay attention to safety."

Seeing that Yu Hao was unwilling to go, the few people stopped nagging him.

But they didn't take Liang Xueqin and Yu Hao's words seriously and decided to go into the mountains the next day.

Liang Xueqin stayed in Yu Hao's dormitory for a while and then returned to her own residence.

She was transferred to the second team later, and she was not familiar with those people, so naturally she didn't think too much about it. As long as Yu Hao didn't go, it would be fine.

The more Yu Hao thought about it in the dormitory, the more he felt something was wrong. He didn't know what was wrong with these guys today, as they insisted on going into the mountains to pick mushrooms.

But everyone says that the mountains are dangerous, it can't be groundless, right?
He wanted to tell Jiang Xia, but it was a little late now, so he planned to tell Jiang Xia early tomorrow morning.

(End of this chapter)