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

Chapter 95 A huge sum of yuan
"Brother, send some soybeans to my second sister and your father-in-law. I'll find a way to sell the rest for money, besides saving them for seeds and enough for our family."

This season's soybean yield reached the maximum limit of the variety, with a yield of 503 kilograms per mu.

In short, there has been some progress in soybean planting this time, including fertilizer and field management.

But the limit of the variety is there. Even with the advent of chemical fertilizers in the future, the yield per mu will never exceed 550 kilograms.

[Harvest crops, points +503, total points: 13017]

There were still some leftover soybeans at home, so he started picking out the seeds and storing the ones he had picked out together with the previous soybeans.

The family couldn't eat so many soybeans, so Fang Wei asked his eldest brother to ride his bike to Tian Guihua's parents' home and second sister's home and deliver 20 kilograms to each of them.

This time he does not plan to sell soybeans at a low price, but will directly sell "high-yield soybean seeds".

Even the supply and marketing cooperatives will purchase high-yield seeds at a negotiated price, so there will be no problem of not being able to sell them, and there will be no risk.

During those years, the policy of "unified purchase and sale" was implemented. Although there were still fairs, the small trading volume had no impact on anything. It was just a matter of exchanging what was available between individuals.

This is the reason why Fang Wei has been making small moves all the time.

"Third brother, I came back from Tian's house and went to the supply and marketing cooperative. They said the purchase price of soybean seeds is between 3 yuan and 3.8 yuan per catty. It's more cost-effective to sell it to individuals."

"If we sell to someone, it has to be someone we know well. If we don't, they won't trust us. So forget it. We'll just take the loss."

Seeds are different. There is nothing wrong with individuals selling some agricultural and sideline products, but selling seeds may cause trouble.

Therefore, Fang Wei decided to sell the soybean seeds to the supply and marketing cooperative, starting with 100 kilograms.

In fact, Fang Wei was also quite frustrated. The economic value of the high-yield soybeans he produced was immeasurable, but since there was no cash flow channel, he couldn't sell the good stuff at a good price.

There is a big difference between seeds and grains. The quality of grains can be judged at a glance, but seeds need to be planted to know the specific yield of crops.

The supply and marketing cooperatives have a set of purchasing criteria for seeds, and they keep the prices low so they won’t lose money.

Fang Ping sighed helplessly and said nothing more.

the next day.

Fang Ping loaded 100 kilograms of soybean seeds onto his bicycle and went to the supply and marketing cooperative, intending to sell them.

The supply and marketing cooperative didn't ask too many questions, but there was a problem in the valuation process.

"Your soybean seeds are average, so we can only give you 3 yuan per catty."

Fang Ping got furious when he heard this. Even though he was supposed to give an average price, he ended up giving the lowest price.

He suppressed his anger and explained to others that his seeds were definitely good seeds and the yield per mu reached 500 kilograms that year.

But they were met with sneers. 500 kilograms? He must be dreaming. They had never heard of such a high-yield variety.

After all, the production team's main production task is to grow rice, and soybeans are just a sideline. [Yaoling Soybeans] have not become famous at all, and not many people know about it even locally.

“I’m not selling it anymore!”

Fang Ping is also a person with a bad temper. Since he can't convince me, can't I just not sell it?
So he carried it out again and prepared to take it home.

"Boss, what are you doing here?"

At this time, Guo Yongqing passed by on his bicycle and saw Fang Ping at a glance.

He stopped the car and asked with a smile.

"Uncle Guo, I came to sell soybean seeds, but they don't know the value of them. They only give me 3 yuan per pound of such high-yield soybean seeds. So I won't sell them anymore and plan to take them home and keep them."

Fang Ping was a little angry, so he talked to Guo Yongqing for a few more words.

When Guo Yongqing heard about this, he said that he could not help because he was not familiar with the people at the purchasing point.

"But, I heard that the third brother has developed a high-yield soybean called [Yaoling Soybean]. Is that the kind?"

Guo Yongqing works in the county and often travels to various communes, so he is well-informed.

He had heard Tang Ze mention it last time and remembered the name [Yaoling Yellow Beans], but he just didn't think of it just now.

"Yes, that's the kind of soybean."

Fang Ping nodded. He didn't feel like chatting at the moment, so he prepared to leave.

"Can you wait a moment and let me take a look?"

Guo Yongqing couldn't help but feel curious and wanted to see what high-yield soybeans looked like.

Fang Ping couldn't refuse, so he opened the bag and showed it to the other party.

Guo Yongqing grabbed a handful of soybeans and observed them carefully in his hand. It turned out that the soybeans were plump and glossy in color. At least they looked very good.

"Are these bastards blind? Boss, don't sell them. Leave this to me."

Guo Yongqing, remembering that the Fang brothers had helped him a lot during difficult times, volunteered to help Fang Ping solve this problem.

What else could Fang Ping say but to express his gratitude.

Guo Yongqing asked Fang Ping to go home and wait, and there would be news in a few days.

Fang Ping rode his bike back home and carried the soybeans into the house angrily.

"Brother, why did you bring it back? Didn't you sell it?"

Fang Wei had just returned from the experimental field. He planned to continue the cultivation of the "sterile line" and prepare for next year's rice hybridization work.

At present, he still has too few natural male sterile plants, and it will take multiple rounds of breeding to reach a certain scale. This cannot be rushed, so he can only conduct experiments step by step.

He was still thinking about hybrid rice when his eldest brother walked into the house carrying a sack.

Fang Wei was very surprised and didn't know what went wrong.

"What are you selling? A bunch of blind dogs."

Fang Ping cursed and then told about what happened today.

Fang Wei was immediately amused. High-yield soybeans like this are hard to find even with a lantern. If someone who knows the goods finds them, wouldn't they be sold for ten or eight yuan per pound?
I sold it to them for three dollars and eighty cents, but they still tried to lower the price.

"Forget it, just put it aside for now. Someone will come to buy it later."

Fang Wei advised his elder brother not to be angry.

However, when he heard that Guo Yongqing was willing to help make the contact, he felt a little moved and had some expectations.

Two days later, Guo Yongqing came to the house with a young man in grass-green military uniform.

"This is Captain Yang, who's in charge of the military's logistics base. They're looking for high-quality soybean varieties, and I recommend Yaoling Soybeans."

The county does not have a logistics base like the military, and no one knows where Guo Yongqing found these people.

Guo Yongqing did not give a detailed introduction and went straight to the point as soon as he entered.

"Uncle Guo, Captain Yang, please take a seat."

Fang Wei politely asked the two to sit down. When Tian Guihua heard the noise, she immediately went to make tea.

Fang Ping immediately went to get some soybean seeds and placed them on the table. He didn't bother explaining them; it would be useless to say more; it would just depend on whether the other party knew the value. Captain Yang grabbed a handful of soybeans, examined them carefully, and after a long moment, returned them to the basin.

"The seeds are great! Tell us what the per-acre yield of this variety of soybeans has been. Then we can talk about other things. But I have to be frank upfront: don't falsify the data. You can't afford the consequences of false reporting."

Captain Yang was a quick-witted man, and he started talking a lot right away.

Moreover, his words were very rude. I don’t know if he doesn’t know how to speak or is just used to being arrogant.

Fang Ping was a little unhappy, but didn't say anything.

Fang Wei was not happy and said:
"Captain Yang, why are you trying to compete with us? We grow these beans at home. If you trust them, buy them. If you don't, don't buy them. Don't act like you're the boss."

Captain Yang was stunned. "Am I not telling the truth? Who is acting like a lord?"
"Third brother, Xiao Yang is just like that. He speaks bluntly and doesn't know how to adapt. Please don't mind."

Guo Yongqing didn't expect Captain Yang to speak like this. He wanted to kick him.

If it weren't for the fact that the other party was a soldier led by himself, he would have been driven out now.

"Third brother, stop talking. Uncle Guo, the soybean variety planted by the team was developed by my third brother. The [Nanguang No. 1] rice variety planted by the entire Yaoling Commune was also developed by my third brother. He doesn't care about using such a small thing to deceive others."

Fang Ping signaled his third brother to stop talking, and then, without even looking at Captain Yang, he laid out the facts.

When Captain Yang heard this, he found it unbelievable.

He had never heard of the name [Yaoling Soybean], but [Nanguang No. 1] was very famous, and even the news spread to their base.

He had originally been thinking of waiting until after the autumn harvest to see if he could get a batch of [Nan Guang No. 1] rice seeds, but it turned out that the person who developed [Nan Guang No. 1] was sitting in front of him.

He glanced at the old leader, and Guo Yongqing nodded firmly.

Captain Yang was so ashamed that he wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into. He wasn't a rude person, but he was just afraid of being cheated after searching for food for the past two years.

"I'm sorry! I made an empiricist mistake and spoke without understanding the situation. I apologize."

Captain Yang realized his mistake and immediately stood up to apologize.

Fang Wei's impression of him immediately improved a lot. He had been very angry recently, otherwise he wouldn't have reacted so violently.

"It's alright, we've known each other for a long time. Captain Yang, you haven't told me how many soybean seeds your base needs? And what's the price you're willing to pay?"

"The more the better! But I'll take even a small amount. I'll buy it when you have 5 kilograms. The price is negotiable, yuan per kilogram."

After a few words, the attitudes of both sides softened.

After all, there is no principled conflict between us. Whether it is a misunderstanding or not, we still have to discuss the real business.

"I have 200 kilograms of soybean seeds here. Take them if you want. Captain Yang, let me tell you the truth. The soybeans the team planted before were the seeds I provided. Last season, the yield per mu reached 460 kilograms. If you don't believe me, go ask the team."

Seeing that the other party started to speak nicely, Fang Wei became much more polite.

Captain Yang was amazed. The existing soybean varieties only have a maximum yield of about 200 kilograms per mu. Wow, this has doubled.

He immediately decided to buy 200 kilograms of seeds and planned to plant them vigorously after returning home. The logistics work in the past two years has been difficult. Although he didn't go hungry, he was still far from having enough to eat.

Captain Yang paid 1000 yuan and asked Fang Ping to give him a receipt.

Afterwards, Captain Yang and Guo Yongqing left together with the soybeans.

The Fang brothers couldn't help laughing as they held so many banknotes.

This amount of money is definitely a huge sum for a rural family, and even not many urban families can afford it.

"Third brother, save this money for your wedding. Our family's financial situation is much better now, and we don't have much expenses on a daily basis."

Fang Ping felt that his life was promising now. His family had enough food and clothing, and his children were in school peacefully, so he didn't need too much money.

On the contrary, my third brother has not yet started a family, and he will need more money in the future.

"I've already saved quite a bit. How can we live without money? Big brother, take this 500 yuan and help my sister-in-law make our lives better."

Seeing that the elder brother was still pushing the issue back and forth, Fang Wei became a little impatient. He counted out 500 yuan and stuffed it into the other person's hand, then stood up and left.

He returned to his residence, took out the 500 yuan in his pocket, put it away, and then counted it.

His personal savings previously amounted to 760 yuan, and after spending some of it, he still had a little over 700 yuan. Now, with this 500 yuan, not counting the decimals, his personal savings have reached 1200 yuan.

This is an exaggeration.

These days, the average monthly salary for city dwellers is only more than 173 yuan. If you include the vast rural areas, the average annual income of ordinary people across the country is only yuan. He can be considered a rich man.

However, nowadays you need tickets to buy anything, such as meat tickets, tobacco tickets, wine tickets, industrial coupons, cloth tickets, grain tickets, etc.

He doesn't have any large items to buy for the time being, but he can bring back two thermos bottles next time he goes to the supply and marketing cooperative.

night.

Tian Guihua was still counting money in bed. She could never count enough bills, and her eyes became red as she kept counting.

When she got married, her family saved money and scraped together enough money for a long time to buy her two new quilts as a dowry.

If we had so much money at the beginning, why would our family have to suffer so much?
"Little brother has been so good to us, so we shouldn't be too stingy. Take some time to buy him a pair of shoes tomorrow. Look, his Liberation shoes have his toes showing at the front.

Also, I need to buy Taotao a lunch box so he can bring his lunch with him after school starts. Tingting has been growing fast lately, and I still have some cloth coupons left. I'll buy her two yards of cloth and have some clothes altered for her."

Tian Guihua then rambled on and on, and Fang Ping agreed to everything without objection.

The next day at noon, Fang Wei received a pair of brand new Liberation shoes.

There is definitely no problem with the size, it fits perfectly. Tian Guihua was also thoughtful enough to put a pair of insoles inside.

She made the insoles herself from scraps of cloth, and they were just the right size.

"Thank you, brother, thank you, sister-in-law, for your trouble."

Fang Wei was very happy and started to say nice things.

Tian Guihua chuckled and said, "Save those nice words for Sister Lianhua. Why are we as a family so distant?"

Fang Wei was also happy, and then took Taotao back to his residence to feed the chickens, ducks and two puppies.

The beagles have adapted to their current life. The kennel provides them with a large enough safe space, so they are much more lively than when they were first brought home.

As soon as the two of them walked into the yard, they ran over and grabbed their trouser legs.

"Manman, Mom said she would give me money to pay for tuition when school starts, and she won't let me ask you for money."

Fang Tao played with the puppies for a while and then prepared to feed them.

He suddenly thought of something and turned to his uncle.

"It's the same. Your family pays for it anyway. Just study hard and don't worry about anything else."

Fang Wei was very happy to see his sister-in-law's transformation. The tuition fee was not much, the key was the attitude of the family, who must support the child to go to school.

　There are so few monthly tickets. If you have monthly tickets, please give me a few.

　　Thank you for your support!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)