After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 58, Episode 0058: A Lively Harvest of Mountain Goods

Whether the village officials are capable or not was fully demonstrated in today's purchase of mountain products.

Although the villagers came to trade with their prepared mountain goods in a noisy manner, the order was maintained. Some carried small items with their own courage, while others pulled them onto carts. There was no scrambling or pushing, but rather an orderly queue.

The liveliness was limited to chatting among themselves; the crowd was so dense that from a distance it looked like a giant ant colony moving house.

“Oh, Uncle Bangen, you’ve really harvested a lot this year. This cartload looks like it weighs several hundred pounds.”

“This is nothing. I still have some at home. I’ll push a cart here to queue up first, and they can pick the rest later.”

“That’s true. This year, the brigade leader allowed us to get more mountain products. My whole family, except for my parents, went up the mountain. There’s a mountain of them in the yard. At the price of the purchasing store, I can get ten yuan this year.”

They hadn't received the money yet, but their faces were already beaming with happy smiles.

Ordinary people are really easy to please!
Li Dayou, the brigade leader, is truly loyal to the villagers; he can be described as "wholeheartedly serving the people."

About twenty days ago, after Liu Huailai confirmed that he could help sell the mountain products in the name of the brigade, Li Dayou urgently discussed with the old Party Secretary and others, and finally decided that if they were to be scolded, the commune would scold them. After all, they had been scolded before. On the contrary, they had been scolded enough over the years, so one or two more times wouldn't make a difference.

Let's get the villagers' pockets full first, so we stopped limiting the amount of mountain goods they could bring home.

No one can bear the guilt of 'digging up the tail of capitalism,' but we can still find ways to circumvent it.

A portion is handed over to the village, and the rest belongs to the villagers. This has always been the principle of the Hongxing Brigade in distributing resources from the surrounding mountains to the villagers.

Every household can pay less; they used to pay 80%, now they pay 60%, so the villagers can earn more.

There's not much work to do in the fields now. One or two people from each family can work each day. People who used to stay in the mountains were idle at home, and those who were idle often caused trouble. Nobody would turn down money. Now all these people have gone up the mountain. Look how quiet the village is lately.

If villagers can earn more, they will be more motivated and hand over more mountain products, so the village will earn more this year.

Win-win!

Li Dayou watched as everyone busily traded mountain products, his mouth never closing in a smile. This year, the houses of those impoverished households in the village could be repaired, and the school, riddled with holes, could also be fixed.

Actually, what he really wanted was to trade in his old tractor for a new one. He had heard that the county would be getting a few new tractors this year, and he wondered if the commune could manage to snag one or two. He wanted to trade in his old one for a new one.

This machine in the village has been running for eight or nine years, and it always breaks down. If it weren't for his son working at a machinery factory and being able to hire someone to fix it, that precious metal thing would really just be a decorative object if it broke.

"Don't cut in line, everyone line up properly, don't make a mess. Write down what you paid and how much you paid, it will be calculated together with the work points at the end of the year. Don't rush, you won't be short of money."

A middle-aged man grinned and roared, "Captain, we trust you. Don't worry, we won't do anything reckless. Look, these are all the best ones my wife and daughters-in-law picked out to hand over. We'll keep the bad ones for ourselves."

"And my family too, and my family too, Captain, please take care of it, I guarantee it won't bring shame to our brigade."

Several other people immediately echoed this sentiment, all stating that the mountain produce they brought was of high quality.

The market is coming to collect them, we can't let our heroic village lose face! Also, the brigade leader gave us instructions beforehand: everyone should pick out the best quality mountain produce at home first, and if they bring bad quality, the brigade won't accept their mountain produce in the future.

As I said before, nobody turns down money.

Of course, the village cadres have a high level of credibility in the village. The villagers believe that if the brigade leader says they can make money, they definitely can. They are just afraid that the village will stop buying their mountain products in the future and they will lose their way to make money.

Moreover, mountain produce is not rare for them; there's plenty of it in the mountains. With a bit of strength and a little diligence, they can gather as much as they want.

Every year they would go up the mountain to collect wild produce, and every year they would send any excess they collected to the commune's purchasing store. In previous years, chestnuts were sold for one cent for five catties, and dried mushrooms, regardless of their type, were sold for two cents for one catty. Even the more precious termite mushrooms were sold for the same price.

It was really cheap, but what could you do? Private individuals couldn't buy or sell it. The entire commune only had one purchasing shop that bought mountain products. If you didn't want to, the villagers wouldn't even have that little bit of income. At least if you could earn a few dollars, you could buy a piece of cloth to make a new outfit for your child.

The villagers didn't know what price the special buyers would pay, but the brigade leader said it would be a bit higher than what the purchasing shops would offer, and that was enough. Even if they could earn a few more yuan, it would be a great joy for the villagers, and they couldn't bear to lose this opportunity in the future.

Whether you're getting married, have someone in your family who's already engaged and want to build a new house, or want to have an extra meal of meat during the New Year, money is no object; every penny counts.

While the buying of mountain goods was in full swing here, the Fourth Brigade was also bustling with activity, but the atmosphere was different, giving the impression of a gathering of an evil cult.

Dog Egg ran to the brigade leader's side with a look of terror on his face. The kid was quite sensible and knew the importance of collecting mountain goods. Instead of making a fuss, he first tugged at the brigade leader's pants.

The captain looked down and saw that Gou Dan's expression was off, and he knew that someone must have been making things difficult for him again.

Seriously, is it really impossible for him, as the captain, to retire?
Maybe we should go to the commune again tomorrow to ask.

He didn't want to go to class for even a single day anymore.

Despite his inner turmoil, he still subtly glanced around. Luckily, he had just had a cigarette and was some distance away from the people from the other side of the market. They were all busy inspecting the mountain goods and no one noticed him.

She crouched down and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong, Gou Dan? Didn't you go to visit your mother's family? What happened?"

Were you bullied by your family?

No way, I've heard that Dog Egg's mother's family has always treated her well.

"Captain, something really happened! Someone in the Fourth Brigade had an affair last night. My mother told me to come back and tell you right away."

The captain was so angry he almost swelled up. Hadn't he already notified several brigades to behave themselves?
Since he is the captain of the entire Red Star Brigade, he naturally wouldn't only care about making money for his own village; he would also have to consider the Second, Third, and Fourth Brigades.

He himself didn't know when the people from Haishi would arrive. To be more precise, he himself was unsure about the matter and felt that Huang was more likely to be the one to arrive. After all, Heilongjiang Province was not far from Haishi, and the Red Star Brigade was located in a relatively remote area under Heilongjiang Province, which was even further away. It would take three days to get to the city by train, and then another ten hours or so from the city to their place.

So he didn't tell the captains the truth. He only told them that something big might happen soon, which would be a great thing for their team. He told them to be careful, manage their subordinates, and not cause any trouble.

He also notified them to remind others to pick out the high-quality mountain produce, just as he had reminded the villagers in the first brigade, without bias.

Anyone with a brain would know that the important matter he's talking about is related to mountain products!