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

The picking team walked for more than two hours and arrived at the wild loquat forest.

In the past, Team 1000 was short of manpower, so a lot of wild loquats were wasted. This time, a -person picking team was organized, so the first thing they did was pick loquats.

Picking is not difficult, and many people fill their backpacks in less than an hour.

Next, everyone started eating and drinking water, and after resting for more than half an hour, they started to walk back.

It was relatively easy when we came, but when we went back, we had to carry a lot of weight, so our speed naturally slowed down.

Chu Linlin and Jiang Xia were both carrying 50 kilograms of weight. Pan Lianhua's backpack was filled with about 60 kilograms of fruit, while Fang Wei was carrying 100 kilograms.

When we got back to the team, it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon.

After weighing, 79000 kilograms of loquats were picked today, with an average of 79 kilograms picked by each person.

After three days of hard work, a total of 24 kilograms of loquats were picked.

This number even shocked Fang Wei. He didn't know the output of wild loquat forests before. In recent years, the area of wild forests has been expanding and the yield has been increasing.

A total of 4 kilograms of loquats were first distributed to the members, with an average of 20 kilograms per person.

The rest was handed over to the sideline team, and Fang Yunying organized people to dry it and then make it into loquat paste.

Fresh loquats cannot be sold at a high price, but you can make more money after processing.

There are still 1000 people left in the team. Excluding the 100 people who are involved in road construction, it is not a problem to select some people to make loquat paste.

Fang Wei ordered everyone to have a good rest for a day, and then started picking wild chestnuts and wild tea seeds.

This time the battle was completed in just three days. If it weren't for the special cleanup work, the picking could have been completed in two days.

After final statistics, a total of 71800 kilograms of wild chestnuts and 59340 kilograms of wild tea seeds were picked.

The number has increased significantly compared to last year.

[Picking loquats, points +79000]

[Picking wild camellia seeds, points +59340]

[Picking wild chestnuts, points +71800]

Total points: 5148845.

Fang Wei asked everyone to rest for two days before going to pick tea seeds and chestnuts for the team.

Many people envy the Xiatang Brigade, after all, their living standards are high. However, many people overlook one thing: the members of the Xiatang Brigade and the educated youth worked harder than the average person.

This is because the brigade has tried its best to popularize agricultural machinery within its capacity, otherwise many people might not be able to handle it.

There is a reward for every effort, and everyone in Xiatang Brigade actually enjoys it.

Fang Wei also rested at home for two days, playing with his children every day. He also took a day off to visit the county town with Pan Lianhua, Wang Zhuyun and Xiaobao.

In his opinion, there was nothing interesting to see in the county town now, but the two women and a child were very interested.

It just so happened that he had saved up quite a bit of food coupons, so he ordered a few dishes at a restaurant and had a delicious meal at noon.

After returning from the county town, Fang Wei started to upgrade.

First was [Poultry House No. 7]. This facility was currently only level 1, so he spent 1166640 points to upgrade it to level 11.

Then it was merged with the previous poultry house, and another 100 million points were spent to upgrade the merged poultry house to level 12.

[Temporary facilities] → [Production facilities] → [Poultry houses (No. 1-7)]

[Facility Level: (Level 12, 0\500 million)]

[Facility attributes: disease prevention, strengthening, accelerated growth, increased egg production, nesting]

[Raising chickens in this building will increase all attributes by an additional 60%]

Total points: 2982205.

The next step is naturally to continue to improve the [Planting Area]. This is Fang Wei's foundation, and everything else has to take a back seat.

So he spent 100 million points to upgrade the [Planting Area] to level 12. Since he still had some points left, he chose the [Pig Farm] as the upgrade target.

However, the current level of the [Pig Farm] is only level 10, so upgrading it to level 12 will require 150 million points.

[Owned (temporary) land] → [Farmland] → [Planting area]

【Regional area: 5000 million square meters (7.5 mu)】

[Regional Level: (Level 12, 0\500 million)]

[Regional attributes: drought resistance, flood resistance, disease and pest resistance, accelerated growth, increased production and income]

[Planting in this area increases all attributes by an additional 120% (60%), and breeding genetic stability by +1]

[Temporary facilities] → [Production facilities] → [Pig farm]

[Facility Level: (Level 12, 0\500 million)]

[Facility attributes: disease prevention, strengthening, fattening, accelerated growth, digestion and absorption, breeding techniques]

[Raising pigs in this building will increase all attributes by an additional 60%]

Total points: 482205.

After all this operation, there are not many points left.

He actually had another major project: building composting sites in each production team. He hadn't gotten around to it at the beginning of the year, but now he could.

Therefore, there is no need to upgrade the second team's [compost yard] for the time being. 11 [compost yards] will be built later, and it will be a headache to upgrade them at that time.

After two days of rest, everyone recovered and started picking chestnuts and tea seeds in the team.

Last year, a significant number of tea oil trees hadn't produced seeds, but this year the situation has improved significantly. The chestnut trees are laden with fruit, and a glance at them shows that production has increased significantly.

Because there is no need to walk such a long mountain road, the picking efficiency is greatly improved.

On the hillside where the tractor could reach, Gao Wenshu and Fang Wenshu brought a group of people to register and weigh the chestnuts, pulling cartload after cartload of chestnuts back to the warehouse.

The efficiency of picking was greatly improved, and the picking was completed in only one and a half days, half of which was used for finishing work.

The next step was to move to the oil tea forest and pick oil tea seeds, and the battle was also over within two days.

It took a total of four days to pick all the tea seeds and chestnuts on the mountain.

Picking Camellia Seeds, Points +54230

[Chestnut Picking, Points +248600]

Total points: 785035.

The output of tea seeds increased significantly, and the output of chestnuts also increased to a certain extent, and the harvest exceeded expectations.

The picking season is over, and now Zheng Hu, Accountant Liu, Gao Wenshu and others will be responsible for the distribution and sales, as well as the oil pressing.

There were 71800 kilograms of wild chestnuts, and the team decided to distribute them to everyone in the brigade, with an average of 10 kilograms per person, for a total of 20000 kilograms.

Of the remaining wild chestnuts, 1800 kilograms were selected as seeds, and the remaining 50000 kilograms were sold at the market.

Wild chestnuts like this are still very popular. The county has had bumper harvests of grain for many years, so everyone's economic situation has improved and their purchasing power has increased.

However, the price of chestnuts is not high. 5 kilograms of wild chestnuts were sold for only 2.43 yuan.

The brigade's economic forest produced a total of 248600 kilograms of chestnuts, all of which were sold to the purchasing station, earning a total of 82038 yuan in cash.

The harvested tea seeds were then pressed for oil, yielding a total of 34000 kilograms of tea oil. The brigade retained 4000 kilograms for storage, and the remaining 3 kilograms were distributed according to the coefficient.

On average, each person has 15 kilograms of tea oil, plus the rapeseed oil distributed after the Spring Festival, which is more than enough cooking oil for everyone for a year.

Fang Ping returned home with the tea oil he had received. He and Tian Guihua shared a total of 35 kilograms of tea oil.

Fang Tao went to the provincial capital to attend university, where he received rations. Fang Tingting went to the county town to attend junior high school this year, where she also received rations. So, when the team distributes cooking oil and rations, they won't be considered from now on.

Of course, in addition to food rations and cooking oil, other supplies still have to be distributed to Fang Tingting, such as the chestnuts distributed this time, as well as the meat distributed during festivals and holidays, and the eggs distributed every month, all of which she has a share.

Fang Tao had absolutely nothing. After all, he had a ration at school and a living allowance from the government.

It can be said that Fang Tao not only does not have to spend his family's money to study at university, but he can even have some money left over if he saves a little.

Fang Ping and Tian Guihua suddenly felt very uncomfortable. Their two children had gone out to school, and the house had become very quiet, so quiet that it was difficult to adapt.

Fortunately, Tingting comes back once every two weeks.

"Head of the house, please bring some eggs and fried chestnuts to Tingting. The food at school is not good, and the child must have lost weight."

"How do you know the school food is bad? Did you see it with your own eyes?" "Huh? You old devil, you're always trying to argue with me, right? Taotao and Tingting both said the school food is bad. Could they be lying?"

"Well, then tomorrow, I'll make a trip tomorrow."

Tian Guihua usually has the final say on trivial matters at home, and only Fang Ping makes decisions on major matters.

At this time, Pan Lianhua walked in from outside and said, "You two are both in the room. That's perfect. Let's go to my room for lunch later."

"Okay, I haven't started cooking yet anyway."

Tian Guihua agreed with a smile, Pan Lianhua nodded, and turned to leave.

Later, Fang Ping scooped a pot of wine, and the couple went to visit their third brother.

"Brother, if you don't like being a team leader, why not go to the bamboo factory?"

While eating, the two brothers drank a few glasses of wine together.

Fang Wei doesn't like drinking much, but Fang Ping drinks a little almost every day.

After a few drinks, Fang Wei suddenly said this. He didn't say it on a whim; it was because Fang Ping had no interest in being a team leader.

He knew that his eldest brother had always wanted to be a carpenter, but later due to the sudden death of his parents, he had to stay at home.

"Gong Wen and Lianhua are at the bamboo factory. Do you think I can help?"

Fang Ping was stunned for a moment when he heard his third brother's words, then asked uncertainly.

Tian Guihua was indifferent. She never cared about men in this kind of situation and accepted any choice.

Pan Lianhua took over the conversation and said, "Brother, Mr. Wen will leave sooner or later, and I'm not good at management. If you are interested in coming to the bamboo factory, the factory will have to rely on you to manage it in the future."

She spoke the truth, that Mr. Wen, Mr. Luo, and others, including Gao Qingshan, would sooner or later leave the countryside and return to the city.

They were different from the educated youth who were sent down to the countryside for re-education, and their household registration had not been transferred here. Their supply was merely temporarily stopped. As long as the situation changed slightly, they would have the possibility of returning to the city.

"That's fine too. The work points are the same anyway. It's more comfortable than being a team leader."

Fang Ping quickly made a decision and said he wanted to go to the bamboo factory.

Two days passed.

Team 2 reshuffled its leadership, with Fang Ping going directly to the Bamboo Products Factory and becoming the factory director. Pan Lianhua was the deputy director, and Wen Gong was the technical advisor.

Deng Yuanen became the director of public security of the second team. This guy is well-educated and has a flexible mind, so he will definitely be able to do the job.

The entire brigade is not short of tractor drivers now, so it makes no difference whether he is there or not.

For the next period of time, the entire brigade was relatively idle. Fang Wei asked Zheng Hu and Accountant Liu to go to the public office to collect public grain and sell 100 live pigs at the purchasing station.

Handing over more pigs is, on the one hand, to shut other people up, and on the other hand, also to make some contribution.

Zheng Hu and others went to the commune to hand over the annual public grain, a total of 84.5 kilograms of rice, and there were still 276.9 million kilograms of rice left in stock.

[Pigs are produced, points +32600, total points: 817635 points.]

There are still 985 pigs left in the pig farm, and the brigade has an additional cash income of 20538 yuan.

Don’t rush to sell the rice in stock, wait until after the autumn harvest.

Early in the morning, wisps of smoke rose from the second team's cafeteria as they began preparing drinks and meals for the day.

Zheng Hu and other team cadres led the entire brigade's labor force to the road construction site, planning a month-long campaign.

The entire road project has now completed 73% of the total project and is not far from completion.

Faced with the sudden increase in the number of workers, technicians and construction workers adjusted their daily construction plans to ensure the rational use of the newly added labor.

"Captain Fang, if we keep going like this, the project will definitely be completed ahead of schedule."

The construction manager pulled Fang Wei aside and gave him a brief introduction to the project.

With the addition of thousands of laborers, he estimated that the project would be basically completed within a month. After all, these were rural roads with low grades, which was enough to speed up the construction process.

Fang Wei also meant the same thing. It would be better to finish it quickly, otherwise he would always feel uneasy if he kept procrastinating.

In the morning, Jiang Xia and Chu Linlin led a team to deliver mung bean soup. They will come to deliver meals later. The logistical service is very good.

For a period of time thereafter, Fang Wei had to work at the road construction site for half a day every day, and the remaining half day was used to handle other matters.

Twenty-seven days later.

The internal roads of Xiatang Brigade and the connecting lines to the main highway have all been completed.

To celebrate this meaningful moment, the entire brigade had a big pot meal together in the second team cafeteria for the first time.

The canteen of the second team was not big enough, and there were not even enough tables and chairs, so the villagers and educated youth brought their own tables and chairs over.

Those who came to eat the big pot meal brought their families with them and even brought their own tableware.

Fang Wei had 10 pigs slaughtered in advance. Since it was to celebrate the opening of the road, people had to have some meat to eat, right?

In the end, everyone was eating with their mouths full. Some members who brought their own drinks even drank happily.

[Pigs are produced, points +3260, total points: 820895 points.]

There are 975 pigs left on the farm.

Fang Wei felt that through several periods of high-intensity collective labor, coupled with the gradual convergence of living standards, the Xiatang Brigade had basically become one at this moment.

The members and educated youth were able to maintain a strong fighting spirit. No matter what kind of work it was, everyone rushed to do it, and the phenomenon of cheating was almost rare.

Because everyone feels there is hope, life is indeed getting better day by day.

At present, the "brigade accounting system" implemented in Xiatang Brigade is successful, but it still needs further verification over time.

morning.

Fang Wei was handling some matters in the office when someone from the commune informed him that he should go to the county because Wu Yaoyang wanted to see him.

He immediately stopped the work at hand and rode his bicycle to the county town.

"Captain Fang, the county is planning to establish a breeding base, specifically in Xiangyang Commune. However, we lack personnel proficient in hybrid rice technology. I hope you can give up and provide me with three candidates.

The second thing is, the county furniture factory has been languishing in recent years, with production declining year by year. It's become a difficult unit under the Light Industry Bureau. The county is considering merging the furniture factory with your bamboo furniture factory. What are your thoughts?

Fang Wei came to Wu Yaoyang's office and the other party happened to be there.

As soon as he sat down, Wu Yaoyang explained the purpose of calling him here. To put it bluntly, he wanted people and companies from him.

Fang Wei did not refuse outright, but asked, "If I agree, what conditions can the county offer?"

"Those who are eligible for the breeding program will have their household registration changed from rural to non-rural, and will be granted official state cadre status. As for the bamboo factory, after the merger, the Xiatang Brigade will receive appropriate compensation, and will also be given 10 quotas for rural to non-rural status, 2 quotas for official state cadres, and 8 quotas for workers."

There is no such thing as controlling stake or participating in shares these days. To put it nicely, it is a merger, to put it bluntly, it is just someone else taking advantage of you.

But Wu Yaoyang was not doing this for personal gain, but rather wanted to revitalize the county furniture factory, and he even offered very generous conditions.

Fang Wei wasn't optimistic about this plan at all. The furniture factory already had a ton of idle workers, and the bamboo factory would eventually run into trouble if they were left alone. But the 10 rural-to-urban transition quotas were so tempting, he decided he should go back and discuss it.

"Director Wu, the breeding base needs talent. I can promise you this right now. I guarantee that I will recommend comrades who are both red and professional. However, I need to go back and discuss the merger of the furniture factory and the bamboo factory with everyone."

Fang Wei did not express his opinion on the merger, but only said that he would go back to discuss it.

Wu Yaoyang didn't want to just bow his head, so he nodded and said, "Alright, go back and explain it to everyone clearly, and lay out the conditions so that everyone can weigh the pros and cons."

"Okay, Director Wu, I'll be back then."

Fang Wei didn't stay long and stood up to say goodbye and leave.

When he returned to the team and told the cadres about it, they were immediately outraged.

Although the living standards in the team are good, if they have the chance to eat "commercial grain", everyone will run faster than rabbits.

Putting aside the fact that the breeding base needs technical personnel, if the bamboo factory can be merged with the county furniture factory, it will mean that there will be 10 more agricultural-to-non-agricultural conversion indicators. Who wouldn't be tempted?

Fang Wei was speechless listening to them talking there.

His way of thinking was different from these people. The first thing he thought of was that if the Hexian Furniture Factory was merged, it would definitely drag down the Bamboo Factory.

But these people are always arguing about the indicators for agricultural-to-non-agricultural conversion.

Yes, being able to eat commercial grain is indeed a beautiful wish of most people now.

But they don’t think about it. Even if they get the quota for agricultural-to-non-agricultural conversion and the problem of recruiting workers is solved, what if the factory collapses in the future?

If that day ever comes, I'll just be living my life in vain. (End of this chapter)