mtl008 Chapter 325 Public Grain
Chapter 325 Public Grain
Ning Yuan didn't say much. He just glossed over it and then began to explain the purpose of his visit.
"Uncle Li, we're also moving to Fang Village. You can see the courtyard in the east. We've newly built the walls, and we've cleaned up the inside, so we can move in right away!"
As soon as Ning Yuan said this, Li Fugui immediately reacted, his face changed, and he asked in a higher voice.
"Wait, you said you were moving to Fang Village too? You, you, you went there this time, and those damn people in Fang Village didn't give you any trouble? Why are you taking the initiative to move there?"
"Kid, it's okay. If they push you, tell me and I'll bring all the men from Fu'an Township to settle accounts with those bastards! If I don't show up, they'll lose their composure!"
Li Fugui slammed the table, stood up and started yelling. He knew how bad the people in Fang Village were.
Just because of the things Ning Yuan gave him last time and this time, he couldn't just watch these kids fall into the tiger's mouth!
As for the little troubles Ning Yuan and the others had when they first arrived, it was nothing!
Li Fugui also follows orders from his superiors. Even if these people don't want to do it, he has no choice but to report to his superiors.
Besides, they later asked Xiao Hou's secretary to give the order.
The work points assessment of these educated youths is not counted in their village, so there is even less interest involved.
Now, Ning Yuan and his friends are actually going to move into Fang Village. Old Li would immediately think that they must have been forced by those bastards.
Ning Yuan didn't expect that this old man was such a tough guy.
To be honest, it also greatly changed his impression of Old Man Li.
After comforting him for a while, Ning Yuan couldn't make up any more stories. The old man didn't have any bad intentions. He was just asking questions because he was worried about the safety of Ning Yuan and the others.
Therefore, considering that the nature of this matter has been settled in the county, there is no need to conceal it.
"Alright Uncle Li, don't ask anymore. I'll explain everything to you!"
"Well, you kid, I don't believe it. Why do you have to go?"
Li Fugui pointed at Ning Yuan, looking very disappointed in him, and said angrily.
"Here's what happened. We just arrived at the gate of Fang Village two days ago and were stopped by them. They actually shot at us and even vaguely mentioned that all of our buddies who were assigned to Fang Village to work in the countryside were killed by them!"
"We just rushed in with guns drawn. They had a lot of men, but their weapons were just average!"
After Ning Yuan finished speaking, he picked up the bowl on the table and drank a bowl of boiled water happily.
But the old man Li Fugui became anxious and hurriedly asked what happened next.
"Hey, what's the point of repeating that?! These guys are actually spies of the Skinheads. Luckily we discovered them in time, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable!"
"Minister Zhang from the county led the militia directly over there. Anyone in Fang Village who dared to resist was shot dead!"
Ning Yuan slipped away and attributed his "achievements" to Zhang Desheng of the Armed Forces Department.
There must be something to be hidden from Li Fugui. For things like this, just make up a rough outline and it will be enough as long as everyone can get by.
Sure enough, after hearing what Ning Yuan said, Li Fugui no longer worried about this issue.
"Oh, that's the situation. That's fine, that's fine! By the way, now that you've moved over, are you in need of anything? See if there's anything I can help you with. Just ask!"
Ning Yuan was overjoyed to hear Li Fugui speak so righteously.
He was just wondering how to start talking, but he didn't expect the old man to put up the steps himself.
"Uncle Li, since you've said that, I won't be polite to you anymore!"
Li Fugui was subconsciously stunned, and then his expression changed from being generous just now to being embarrassed now.
"Well, kid, you see, our Fu'an Township is also quite... right? Then you~"
Ning Yuan looked at the old man who was cautiously testing him. It was a little funny, but there was also a hint of sadness in his expression.
She waved her hand to interrupt him and then spoke.
"Uncle, I know life is not easy for our village. I don't want any food or anything like that. I'm embarrassed to ask you for this. Could you please find us some food seeds?"
After thinking about it, Ning Yuan realized that it was unrealistic to take food from the people in these places.
It would be better to get some good seeds yourself, open some land on the back mountain of Fang Village, and grow your own food!
This place belongs to Lingnan, and has a tropical or subtropical climate with both high temperature and high humidity.
Wheat, rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes and cabbage can all be grown. If planted well, the yield is quite good.
In fact, if the people in these places are truly self-sufficient, they are also very wealthy.
However, in the era of planned economy, they had to pay guaranteed grain. So many people in the city relied on the bags of grain that the farmers had worked hard to grow to survive.
How many mouths does one person feed?
But it's pretty good. I paid taxes for twenty years, and once I reached a certain age, the government gave me a pension. It was about a hundred or two hundred a month! (Hey! That's a lot!)
As for Ningyuan and his people, they just need to be self-sufficient. As for paying public grain, it is definitely unavoidable.
After all, giving these educated youth such a large degree of autonomy was already a great kindness. Why was the public grain called "guaranteed grain"?
Because this is a red line and it cannot be moved in any way.
Of course, it can be replaced with work points or money.
For example, in your village, if you have a certain amount of land and produce enough food, what you pay over can be grain or bills of equal value.
There is a lot of water in it. For example, you hand in twenty bags of grain, which are worth forty yuan.
But when you really use 40 yuan to buy food, you may not be able to buy it.
After all, food is real stuff.
Don’t these farmers know that paying money is more appropriate than paying grain?
Of course I know, but the problem is, I have no money! I literally have no money!
They used food coupons, cloth coupons, and work points, and had no channels for cash income at all.
So, literally, there is no “money”!
But Ning Yuan and the others do have it. Not to mention that Ning Yuan still has several thousand dollars in cash in his space, let’s just talk about their Fang Village!
In addition to the two gold cakes given to Fan Lei and Zhang Desheng, he still had two in his hand.
This is something that can actually be exchanged for money.
Even if they cut off a little bit, it would be enough for them to pay their tax.
Li Fugui also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Ning Yuan just wanted some grain seeds!