Returning to the oil mill production team from Lu'an Prefecture, there are more than 20 miles of national highways and more than 10 miles of rural machine farming roads.

After leaving the national highway, Weilan's nouveau riche mood slowly calmed down.

"If you carefully calculate our trip, we didn't make much money. You've been in for a month, and it's about the same as selling timber!Sekawa, I'm right?"

There was a light rain in the afternoon, and the loess road was no longer able to ride, and the husband and wife pushed the bicycle, and Wei Lan suddenly asked her husband.

"Hehe, Qi Dayan didn't rush over to drink porridge! You just understand!" Wang Shichuan laughed happily.

"But it's not! You used to sell wood in the mountains, and there was an income every two days, and you only had an income for a month when you collected and sold mountain goods! If you count it on a daily basis, it's about the same as before, and you don't make much more money! When you go back to Zhuangzi, don't show off, anyone asks you and say that it's about the same as the timber business, it's just that people are more relaxed!"

Wei Lan was completely sober and solemnly reminded her husband.

She knew that the cake of the current mountain goods supply in Red Rock Bay was so big, and if others mixed in, her husband's exclusive business would not be able to grow a rabbit's tail.

The problem they talk about is called "opportunity cost" in economics.

When people make any investment and make a risk-benefit trade-off, they must consider the opportunity cost.

For example, when a child goes to college, the tuition and miscellaneous expenses, living expenses, and pocket money are added together in four years, with an average of about 200,000 yuan, which is a visible cost.

If the child does not go to college and goes out to work, he earns a salary of 50,000 yuan a year, 200,000 yuan in four years, which is the opportunity cost of studying in college.

The sum of the two is a large amount, which is enough for the expenses of a rural child to marry a daughter-in-law and build a house.

As for Wang Shichuan's remark that "Qi Dayan drank porridge --- didn't rush over", it was widely spread in the Dabie Mountains in the northwest.

It is said that during the three-year difficult period, there was a shortage of food at the water conservancy site to control the Huai River, and the brown rice porridge every morning could not be filled, and the per capita could not spread two bowls.

There is a migrant worker named Qi Dayan, and every time he comes up, it is a big bowl. But by the time he finished drinking the gruel and went to fill the second bowl, the wooden rice bucket was already facing the sky.

This honest uncle was puzzled, why other migrant workers could drink a bowl and a half of gruel every meal, but when it was his turn, there was no more?

It turned out that everyone else was the first to fill half a bowl of porridge and drink it quickly before grabbing the second bowl, only his stupid first bowl was full, and when he went to serve it again, of course, there was only air left in the porridge bucket.

Everyone later laughed at him, and the joke of "Qi Dayan didn't rush over to drink porridge" slowly spread.

The Jianghuai land is the water conservancy hub of the history of navigation and water conservancy, which is the "Red Flag Canal" on the Taihang Mountain.

It was dug out with a shovel and shovel by thousands of Jianghuai sons and daughters who couldn't even drink porridge.

Hard work and foolish people moving mountains are not slogans, our ordinary fathers have been the true heroes who created this kind of miracle in the world.

When Wang Shichuan came to Hongshiwan Primary School again, it was already the beginning of May in the solar calendar.

His father, Principal Wang Yuanchu, was leading three colleagues and all the students in a labor class.

More than a dozen acres of school fields on the edge of the playground have been plowed over, and the maroon soil exudes the fragrance of the mountains, which can be smelled from afar.

In addition to the vegetable garden of about one acre, Wang Yuanchu plans to plant soybeans on all the remaining dry land.

When there is a canteen in the autumn semester, the children from far away bring rice to the school to steam rice, and the harvested soybeans can be used as vegetables for the next meal.

It is delicious, nutritious and hungry, boil a big pot and put some salt in it, and each lunch is provided free of charge.

It is so difficult for Shanliwa to read a book, and seeing that some of the little babies are cooking a potato at noon is a Chinese meal, Mr. Wang Yuanchu is very sad.

As a principal, he felt he should find a way to do something for them.

It just so happens that the school has this ready-made school field, and there are only a dozen little babies who stay in school because they are far away from home at noon, which is easy to overcome.

If it was a hundred and ten students in Hulala, he would have no way, and his salary would not be enough.

"Boss Wang is here! Come empty-handed, it seems that our mountain goods have been sold!"

"Second brother, how much money did you make from this order?"

Seeing Wang Shichuan pushing a bicycle from a distance, Lao Zhang and the car teacher were overjoyed to put down the farm tools and welcome him into the playground like a god.

Lao Wu was not as anxious as the two of them, threw down the cigarette butt in his hand, and followed with a hoe and Wang Yuanchu.

Wang Shichuan confidently set up the bicycle, opened the canvas bag in the bamboo basket, and took out two large front door cigarettes and a silk scarf from it.

He casually handed the cigarette to Mr. Zhang and Mr. Wu, two old smokers, and gave the silk scarf to Mr. Xiaoche.

"This was bought by your sister-in-law, and I don't know if you like it or not. ”

Wang Shichuan wiped the sweat on his face and said with a smile.

"Wow! There is also a meeting gift! I like it so much! Thank you, second brother! Thank you, sister-in-law Weilan on my behalf!" Teacher Xiao Che jumped up happily and couldn't wait to tie the pink silk scarf around his neck.

Lao Zhang and Lao Wu didn't expect Wang Shichuan to give them cigarettes, and they were both happy.

I went to the school field with a cigarette and informed the children that school was out early.

Wei Lan is better than Wang Shichuan, and before coming to Hongshi Bay, she went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy these gifts.

The partnership with Redstone Bay Elementary School greets you like the God of Wealth, but you don't say anything empty-handed, and it's not interesting.

All the gifts plus one piece are less than twenty yuan, the gift is light and affectionate, and the face of the adult father is also a little brighter.

Wang Shichuan poured a large pile of banknotes on the table, in the early summer of 1980, this 1,300 yuan banknote was already a huge amount of money for the car teacher, she grew so big or saw so much cash at one time.

"Old principal, our school is making a fortune now! You want to give us some bonuses!"

Lao Zhang took a cigarette in his mouth, happily lit the banknote, and shouted loudly.

Lao Wu didn't speak, looked at the banknotes with a smile and fell into reverie.

"Oh, it's rich! Hongshiwan Primary School is saved!" Wang Yuanchu sighed with emotion.

Build a school building, build a canteen, build a library, improve the learning and working environment of all teachers and students, and transform the current cowshed-like Hongshiwan Primary School into his ideal mountain academy.

After Lao Zhang counted the banknotes, the car teacher had already calculated that he needed to refund the mountain goods for each student.

With two reductions, there will probably be a balance of more than 500 yuan in this transaction. The District Education Commission's financial allocation for Hongshiwan Primary School has not been so much for two years.

Everyone is a cultural person, so whether it is Lao Wu, Lao Zhang, or Teacher Xiaoche, they didn't ask Wang Shichuan if he made money from this transaction

How much.

The 500 yuan input far exceeded the original expectations, and everyone was already very satisfied.

Just after the happy past, the supply of mountain goods has become an urgent problem.

It turned out that everyone had no bottom in their hearts, and there was no money to open and a house to store mountain goods. Therefore, except for the batch of mountain goods for students to pay for tuition, the acting manager, Mr. Xiaoche, is basically not open to the public these days.

"Second brother, I have failed you! I haven't received any mountain goods in the past few days!"

In the evening, around the hanging pot of vermicelli pork, everyone drank the beer brought by Wang Shichuan to celebrate the opening of the mountain goods store of Hongshiwan Primary School.

"It's okay, it's okay! Tea leaves in the city are the best to sell, and now that Gu Yu has just passed a few days, it is the right time to pick tea! I won't go back these days, we will hire someone to pick tea! Teacher Wu, in the future, I will have to trouble your old father-in-law to help us fry tea! I will pay my salary! I will give one yuan per catty of hard work for the camellia before and after Gu Yu!"

Wang Shichuan got up and made a bowl with the cart, and said to Teacher Wu while sifting wine for everyone.

He has already tasted the sweetness of the camellia market, and he can no longer look down on small batches of mountain goods such as honey and pine mushrooms.

"Don't get paid, don't get paid! My child's grandfather is also idle, he takes care of wine and food every day, you can buy two cigarettes for him every time you come over!"

Lao Wu probably didn't understand the tea market outside, and the teacher loved face, so he was embarrassed to mention money, so he waved his hand again and again. But it can also be seen that he is very satisfied with the salary quoted by Wang Shichuan.

"Forget it once in a while, how can you call the old man in vain if you fry tea every day in the future? Old Wu, it's so decided, you will implement it on your father-in-law's side. Car, go back and tell Secretary Che, find me a few bricklayer masters, our mountain goods store house must be built first, and there must be a place for roasting tea. ”

Wang Yuanchu had already understood what his son meant, and as he had predicted before, the camellia industry in Hongshi Bay was promising.

"Don't worry, old principal, my father-in-law is on call! Brother Shichuan, tea picking is just these days, and there will be no good tea after the mango planting! It's all the big-leaf tea that our countrymen drink, a few cents a pound! You are in a hurry to wait for the goods, do you want me to help you find a few tea pickers?"

Lao Wu began to pay attention to the business of the school's mountain goods store, and kindly asked Wang Shichuan.

"Second brother, I am an expert in tea picking! Leave this matter to me!" I heard that the tea picking, the car teacher came to the spirit and took the initiative to ask for help.

"Little car, don't forget your teacher's duty, hehe, you are responsible for weighing the newly harvested tea grass. ”

Wang Yuanchu went to the classroom to check the homework of the three children in the fifth grade, and when he turned around and heard that the car was going to be a tea picking girl, he hurriedly reminded him.

The current four teachers at Hongshiwan Primary School are almost one of the two of them, and they really don't have the time to pick tea part-time.

"This is easy to do, we people in the mountains know how to pick tea! Let the students go back to the village to publicize and publicize, how much is a pound of newly picked tea grass, and pay on the spot! Don't worry about us at all, just check the good quality of the car when it arrives!"

Regarding how to organize tea picking, Mr. Zhang gave the most perfect solution.

"How many catties of tea herbs can fry a catty of dry tea?"

Wang Shichuan listened carefully to the explanations of the three teachers, thinking about how much tea grass is and how much is the right purchase price, so he raised his head and asked everyone.

"Four catties of tea grass before Qingming can fry one pound of dry tea, and three catties of tea grass after the rain in the valley. Lao Wu replied without thinking, and he was also the most authoritative professional.

"Car, then the purchase price of our tea grass is one dollar and three catties, how much you charge!"

Wang Shichuan had a bottom in his heart and raised his head to ask for everyone's opinions.

"At most, I can pick 20 catties of tea grass a day, which is seven yuan! My salary for a month! Second brother, tea picking can't be publicized with great fanfare, and we can't collect so many goods! Leave this matter to me, I know which mountain in our brigade produces good tea, and which women pick tea herbs and fry them in good condition!"

The car interrupted Wang Shichuan's plan in real time, and this offer could mobilize the whole brigade of men, women and children.

Thousands of catties of tea grass poured in a day, and she couldn't eat so many goods in her newly opened mountain goods store.