The strong young men did their work very well, and in less than half an hour, nearly 10,000 catties of grain were loaded onto the flatbed truck.

The group also knew the severity, even if they were excited and wanted to howl twice to express the joy in their hearts, they still tried their best to restrain their emotions and stayed quietly by the side of the car, not daring to make a sound to alarm the silent night.

After checking the scales, the village chief pulled the old accountant and climbed into the cab of the big truck together.

The two of them took the light of the flashlight, spread out the cloth bag that had been in their arms all night, and prepared to settle the food money for Gu Shinian.

The old accountant first handed the documents for registering the types of grain and the number of scales to Gu Shinian:

"Comrade Gu Xiao, this is the list that was weighed just now, fifteen bags of sweet potatoes, two thousand three hundred catties, and seven bags of big yam eggs, one thousand hundred catties. Husked sorghum rice, millet, buckwheat, oats, 4,300 catties, corn with cores, 1,100 catties, brown rice, 800 catties, you see if the scale is right. ”

Gu Shinian took out his notebook from the side of the seat, glanced at it, and nodded, "The village chief, the accountant, and the number of scales are all right, and my uncle's registration here is also this number." ”

The old accountant took out the abacus that he had sandwiched all night and dialed it for a long time, and finally shook his hands and counted five times before he counted out a stack of banknotes and handed it to Gu Shinian:

“…… Comrade Gu Xiao, this is 6,600 yuan, do you count it as if it is so much money, and then look at the amount of money. ”

The expression on the old accountant's face was extremely painful, and even when Gu Shinian took the money, the corners of his mouth grinned fiercely, if it weren't for the strong restraint, he would almost have to pounce and snatch the money back.

Yun Sheng looked next to him and wanted to laugh, so he quickly turned his head out of the car window and stopped looking at the old accountant's distorted face.

Gu Shinian counted it carefully, confirmed that the number was correct, put the money in the notebook, took out a blue cloth bag from the car, put it in it with the notebook and money, folded it carefully, and put it into his arms.

Seeing that the silver and goods were gone, the village chief sighed, and said to Gu Shinian with a happy face, "Comrade Gu Xiao, thanks to your early reminder, now the price of grain on the black market has risen by one percent, if it arrives after the New Year, it is estimated that the village will not be able to afford to buy grain." ”

The village chief is really not polite, now that the county is investigating tightly, there is no grain to buy on the black market, and the price is also rising again and again, if you wait until the end of the year, it is estimated that the price of grain will double again.

The centimeters in the village are worthless, and the families with a lot of strong labor can only share seventy or eighty yuan all year round, and where are they willing to spend a year's income to buy a month's rations.

Even if you want to buy it, you may not be able to find a way to buy food.

The accountant couldn't care about the money when he heard it, nodded again and again on the side, followed the village chief to say a few words of thanks, put the rest of the money into a cloth bag, jumped out of the car, and whispered to the convoy pulling grain to hurry up and transport the grain to the brigade headquarters as soon as possible.

Gu Shinian brought such a large sum of money with him, the village chief was very uneasy, and originally wanted to arrange someone to escort Gu Shinian to send the money to the town, but he was dispelled by a few words:

"Village chief, I really don't need it. My uncle didn't show up at night, first, he was tired from the journey and needed to make up for sleep. The second is that the limelight is tight now, and they are worried about insecurity...... I don't want to see the living, and I don't want people to know where to go. Besides, it's all this now, and there's no one outside, so I can't make a mistake here. ”

The village chief nodded understandingly, the other party had concerns, and it was normal for him to refuse to show up.

With such a large amount of grain trading, once the news leaks out, it will be a big deal for the head to lose.

Besides, there were more than 30 people in their village at once, and even if he could guarantee that everyone was credible, the other party couldn't rest assured of them.

If someone remembers his face and knows his workplace, it's a matter of telling a child.

The village chief didn't insist anymore, turned around and jumped out of the car, "Okay, then I won't arrange people, you hurry up and send the money to people, and let your uncle and them go back early, don't dare to delay time!" ”

Gu Shinian responded, put on a hat and scarf for Yunshang, and jumped out of the car, "Village chief, Ah Shang and I are estimated to go back later, and the convoy will enter the village later, and we will trouble the village chief to help unload the coal to the house." I told Grandpa Yun and Grandma Yun that they were waiting at home. ”

"Okay, as long as someone opens the door, it's fine. If no one is at home, this person is too distracted, and it is not safe. ”

The village chief explained a few more words to the two of them, and quickly chased after the convoy with a flashlight, while Yunshang and Gu Shinian also put the big truck into the space when the surroundings were quiet again, released the off-road vehicle, and galloped towards the county seat again.

The two returned the truck and returned the same way, and when they entered the village, the sky was already white.

The old lady was sitting on the kang, and saw Yunshang and Gu Shinian entering the door from the window, and hurriedly got off the kang, poured water for the two of them to wash their faces, and went to the pot to serve thick rice porridge, and muttered distressedly:

"My clothes and Comrade Gu Xiao suffer from old sins! On this cold day, I didn't sleep all night, and my body couldn't stand it! You have to make up for it......"

Yunshang was indeed tired, and after eating porridge, she climbed into the warm quilt and fell asleep soon. And Gu Shinian carefully reviewed the night's actions in his heart to confirm that there would be no mistakes, and then he fell asleep with peace of mind.

Different from the quiet and pleasant atmosphere at home, the village brigade was full of people at this time, and they were preparing to distribute grain.

Of course, the people who came with sacks in their hands and waited for the distribution of food were the heads of each household.

The old ladies in the village, I didn't see any of them.

At the door of the brigade's office was a table with a ledger and an abacus, and a large scale next to it.

The grain was piled up behind the table, stacked and stacked, as high as a hill.

The accountant sat behind the table and distributed the food to each family according to the previous registration of the captain of each team. Check the amount of grain registered by each family, then weigh the grain, and finally confirm that the grain has been received by pressing the fingerprint on the account book.

Old Man Yun also lined up in the line to receive grain with a sack, and the villagers in front and behind were teasing him:

"Brother Yun, why did you come here to get food by yourself? Didn't the village chief unload your house yesterday? ”

"That's it, how can you let the great hero come over and carry the food by himself, we have to beat the gong and drum to send the food to Brother Yun's home!"

Old Man Yun turned around and pretended to reprimand: "What are you talking about? It's all nonsense! Still beating gongs and drums, why don't you send me a pennant? ”

"You're beautiful! Beat the gong and drum and our big guys can do it, it doesn't cost money, and it can be lively! Can you do it without spending money to make a pennant? ”

Everyone around laughed.

Old Man Yun also smiled.

He clearly felt that in just one night, the attitude of the people in the village towards him had changed drastically compared to before.