After dinner, we chatted for a while, and Hu Li had to go to work in the afternoon.
Li Bowen returned directly to his village. He originally wanted to go for a walk, but when he thought about going with the fox tomorrow, he became too lazy.
There was nothing to do when we got home. All the things needed for the banquet were prepared. We had agreed to pick up the meat from the butcher’s shop the day before and purchase and collect things in the village. The third aunt and The three sisters were all married. Li Bowen wanted to go fishing in the reservoir with his third uncle, but the old man and the old lady firmly disagreed.
In the end, I had no choice but to find a bamboo pole, use a large needle to make a fishhook, and use a fine hemp rope to make a thread. I carried a bucket and ran to the edge of the reservoir to fish.
It would be strange for a person who has never fished in his life to catch fish with a broken bamboo pole.
Now fishing is just to pass the time. I sit on the steps on the shore of the reservoir, hang a small earthworm on the hook, throw it into the water, hold a cigarette in my mouth and sit there, thinking I started to check my own space.
The space has changed more or less today. In the area half covered by fog, it feels like the fog has become lighter. I can vaguely see something inside, but I can’t see clearly. What is it.
This made Li Bowen full of curiosity. He didn't know what was in it, whether it was good or bad.
The most critical issue is that you say this is a space upgrade, but you don’t know what the conditions for the upgrade are!
This makes people uncomfortable. People are full of fear and curiosity about things they cannot control. Li Bowen is especially serious now, because the situation at this position appears in his conscious space.
I stayed up until dark without catching a single fish, so I returned home carrying an empty bucket.
Early the next morning, Hu Li came to see Li Bowen as promised.
First, I told him the results of the meeting with the members last night. Everyone was very happy to be able to exchange things for food. Each family's private land can produce something more or less, and they can also produce some things. There are chickens and ducks raised at home, and the chicken butt bank is not called for nothing in these days.
Basically every family is reluctant to eat eggs, and they are all waiting to save up and sell them to the supply and marketing cooperative in exchange for some money.
Now that Li Bowen comes directly to the village to collect it at a price higher than the purchase price of the supply and marketing cooperative, of course it will be sold to him!
According to Hu Li's statistics, for this first purchase, he can get about two thousand eggs from the village, and there can also be more than ten or twenty chickens and ducks, but they are all male and female. The villagers are reluctant to sell them, they are all keeping them for laying eggs. Various vegetables can be bought for more than a hundred kilograms. Don’t even think about pork, beef and mutton for now. No one will be willing to sell them at this time, and they are all waiting to keep them for a long time. During the Chinese New Year.
It would be nice to have these gains.
After that, the two people rode a tricycle to Lao Zhu and Er Gouzi's village.
The four brothers got together again, and it was naturally very lively. Li Bowen also responded to everything without any stumbling. Although the two of them are not the production captains in the village like Hu Li, they are also from big families, and there are many heads of family in the village.
In fact, in every village, people from different units in the city will come to collect things. This depends on the buyer’s ability. Those who are relevant can receive more, and those who are not relevant can only receive more. Running in vain.
Now that Li Bowen has these brothers as the intermediary, it will be no problem to collect the things. No one can say anything, and they all know the basics. Naturally, the villagers are more willing to sell things to acquaintances. .
In this era, although large collectives were implemented in rural areas, the state still encouraged peasant families to raise chickens, ducks, rabbits, pigs and other poultry and livestock, and farmers were also allowed to buy and sell them, but the quantities were regulated. For example, each family cannot raise more than 5 chickens. If more chickens are raised, only the village collective can raise them. If an individual raises more chickens, it will be regarded as the tail end of capitalism.
When raising pigs, if a farmer raises one pig, he must sell it to the supply and marketing cooperative. In addition to giving money, the supply and marketing cooperative will also give meat stamps, supplementary stamps, etc.; if he raises two pigs, then in After selling a pig to the collective, you can slaughter one yourself. In this way, the interests of the country, the collective and the individual must be taken into consideration.
However, not many families can afford to raise pigs now. A village, that is, the village collective can raise a few animals. In addition to serving meat to the members during the New Year, the more important thing is the task.
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"Cut off the tail of capitalism" means to strictly investigate people without legitimate employment or people who act as second-tier dealers, buying from farmers at low prices and then reselling them at high prices. Strictly speaking, Li Bowen now belongs to It's a cut off category, but since he has a letter of introduction from the factory and a space, there's no need to worry.
When he got home in the evening, Li Bowen took stock.
There are a total of seven to eight hundred households in the four villages. Almost every household has poultry such as chickens and ducks. They can still get a thousand eggs and duck eggs a day. Of course, not everyone will sell them to themselves. , Li Bowen made a discount, 300 eggs should be no problem, and it would be more than 2,000 eggs in seven days.
It’s enough to collect three to five chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, etc. every week. As for seasonal vegetables, there is no shortage of them now. Every house has them planted under the walls. For vegetables, if one family charges a little, they can still get a few hundred kilograms.
Coupled with the fish caught from the reservoir, I can easily complete my monthly purchasing tasks. If I sell the rest, my brothers can share some. money.
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In the blink of an eye, it’s the day to get married.
In the early morning, before it was fully light, Li Bowen, who was still staring in confusion, was gathered up to get ready. After the preparations were completed, he went to pick up the bride surrounded by everyone.
BecauseBecause they were all from the same village and the distance was too close, in order to wait for the time, they made a long circuit outside the village before arriving at Chen Qiao's house. After picking up Chen Qiao, they circled back from the other side to get married. The rule is not to follow the same path again.
The card happened to enter the door at the calculated time.
The ceremony after entering the door is not as complicated as before. The previous worship of heaven and earth has been changed to swearing to the elderly that the two of them will live a good life in the future, and then worshiping in the high hall and entering the bridal chamber.
After sending Chen Qiao into the new house, the banquet officially began.
In difficult times, although it is not much better, at least there is some meat on every table, and everyone can have a full meal. It is also a rare banquet, where you can have enough wine and food. After that, the people who came to sit down slowly dispersed.
After the sun went down, the old lady urged Li Bowen: "Grandson, hurry up and see your wife, and try to give grandma a big, fat grandson as soon as possible!"
Amid the laughter of everyone, Li Bowen was pushed into the room.
Hu Li and the others still wanted to listen to the roots of the house, but the old lady took a walking stick and stood outside the door: "No one can disturb my eldest grandson's bridal chamber."
In the new house, Li Bowen looked at Chen Qiao wearing a bright red wedding dress and sitting on the Kang through the dim light, and suddenly felt that she was extremely beautiful.
Gently walked forward and took Chen Qiao's hand: "We are getting married!"
"Well, I will be your wife from now on!"
"Then let's take a rest early and complete the tasks assigned by the old lady!" Li Bowen smiled and stuck to Chen Qiao's side.
The beauty is shy and has no words to say, everything is in silence.
The next morning, Li Bowen exclaimed: "Why are you still a girl! How is this possible?"