When Wang Wanchun heard the news that Maixiang Village had decided not to rush to harvest it in advance, he jumped to his feet angrily, and immediately rode a bicycle and went to Maixiang Village in person.

"Didn't you receive the order to collect it?" As soon as Wang Wanchun saw Wang Chong, he couldn't help but question. Wang Chongdao: "I received it, but now the wheat is not fully ripe, and if you harvest it in advance, the loss will be too great." ”

"When the time comes, the heavy rain will cause even greater damage!" Wang Wanchun said excitedly. Wang Chongdao: "The weather forecast only says that there will be extremely heavy rain in local areas, and does not name us to say that it is our Maixiangling area, and the left and right are going to lose, and there is no big difference between more and less, but what if we don't have a heavy rainstorm here?" ”

"Who do you think you are, more powerful than the experts from the provincial and county meteorological bureaus?" Wang Wanchun hated that iron could not become steel.

Wang Chong didn't say anything, pulled Wang Wanchun to the ground, looked at the wheat fields that had begun to mature all over the mountains and fields, and said: "Wanchun, you see, the wheat that grows so well is now the time when the grains are ripe, if you cut it in advance, the loss will be at least two percent, if it is more, three or four percent is not impossible!" ”

"That's three or four percent, how much food is this, this is all the villagers have worked hard for more than half a year, with a little bit of sweat to get it back."

"If it hadn't rained, wouldn't we all be blind!"

"But what if it rains!" Wang Wanchun also said with a very high attitude: "It is a very heavy rainstorm, and when the rainstorm comes, how much wheat will be left in the field?" ”

"You are also an old cropper, there are few people in the entire Maixiangling area who can compare to you, don't you understand such a simple truth?" Wang Chongdao: "Even if there is a heavy rainstorm, it will last for a few days at most, even if there is a loss, the top of the sky will be four or five percent, if we deal with it well, it may be less, I still believe that there will be no heavy rain in our Maixiangling area." ”

"You brainless, why didn't I find you so stubborn before!" Wang Wanchun was so angry that his teeth itched, and he pointed at Wang Dazhong and scolded.

"Wang Wanchun, Deputy District Mayor Wang, there is no need to discuss the matter of harvesting in advance." Wang Zhong said with a resolute face.

"Even if it really rains and the wheat in the field suffers heavy losses, that is also the matter of our Maixiang Village, this year our village should pay a grain of public grain, and we will never take those covered wheat to make up the number, will not make you embarrassed, if the above has to be investigated, no matter what the consequences, I will bear it, whether it is killing or chopping, I admit it."

"You ······" Wang Wanchun was angry, pointed at Wang Chong's nose and said, "Am I afraid of being responsible?" I think about it for the sake of the villagers, if such a good wheat is soaked by the rainstorm, what a pity it will be lost. Wang Chong pulled Wang Wanchun's hand down and smiled slightly: "I don't know who you are, you are also for our good, but we want to gamble, after all, there are so many wheat, if it is harvested in advance, the loss will be too great, and the big guys will feel like frying in oil." ”

"In the past few years, we have had a bumper harvest every year, even if it really rains this year, we can afford this loss, but if there is no heavy rain, you look at the wheat in this field, you look at the growth, this is a good year for a big harvest."

"Wan Chun, Deputy District Chief Wang, let us bet this time!" Wang Chong's words were sincere, and his eyes were full of sincerity: "If you don't bet this time, we big guys will not be reconciled!" ”

"Hey!" When Wang Wanchun's words came to his mouth, they all turned into a sigh: "You just be strong, just your donkey temper, and you have a bold virtue with a cow!" I'm out of luck with you. Wang Wanchun couldn't resist Wang Chong, and rode away on a bicycle angrily.

For the next few days, except for a light rain falling on the head, it was a continuous sunny day. The villagers also beat the drum in their hearts, worried about the heavy rain, but Wang Zhong did not say a word to let the harvest in advance, and the villagers were reluctant to harvest that little wheat, and wanted to harvest a little more.

The heavy ears of wheat bent the wheat, and the faces of the villagers also showed smiles.

In the entire Maixiangling District, except for Maixiang Village, dozens of other villages were all harvested in advance, and although the losses were not heavy, whether it was compared with previous years or with the bumper harvest of Maixiang Village, this gap was suddenly revealed.

Even Zhou Yihu, the number one in the county, personally led the team to Maixiang Village to inspect and praised Wang Chong and Niu Daring and others.

"Secretary Zhou, in fact, the main credit this time is Comrade Ma Renli, the vice president of our village West Society, if he hadn't insisted on observing and recording the weather all these years, and came to the news that there would be no heavy rain in our Maixiangling area this year, we would not dare to make such a decision."

"Ma Renli?" Zhou Yihu was a little surprised: "He still has this ability?" ”

"Secretary Zhou, how can I say that Ma Renli also went to the Agricultural College in Beiping and worked as a librarian, his ability is not small, not to mention anything else, just these water conservancy irrigation ditches in our village were designed by Ma Renli and me at the beginning, and our Maixiang Village has had a bumper harvest every year in recent years, and Comrade Ma Renli has contributed a lot."

"It seems that this Ma Renli is really a talent." Zhou Yihu said with deep belief that Zhou Yihu is the kind of person who is more open-minded and dedicated to the public.

Wang Chong led Zhou Yihu and everyone to the oil extraction workshop. Looking at the three large old-fashioned wooden oil presses in the row in the big house, Zhou Yihu's eyes showed a different color: "Last year, I heard that you Maixiang Village set up an oil extraction workshop, not only to extract oil yourself, but also to the villagers in ten miles and eight townships, this scale is not small." ”

"Originally, I only planned to make one, but I didn't want to go into the mountains when I was lucky, I found a few good woods, so I simply made three, the number is more, and the speed of oil extraction can be faster." Wang Zhong explained.

"I'm a little curious, what do you think, leading the villagers to start an oil mill?" Zhou Yihu asked curiously.

Wang Chongdao: "In recent years, our production has done a good job, every year to produce a lot of peanuts and soybeans, it would be a pity to sell it directly, if it is used to squeeze oil, not only to solve the problem of the villagers to eat oil, the remaining oil residue can not only be used as rations, but also used to feed livestock, if we wait for our scale up, but also to raise more pigs, cattle and sheep, this livestock is more, this manure is not more, this old saying is good, the dealer is a flower, all rely on the manure, we have solved the problem of fertilizer, Maybe it can be even higher! Zhou Yihu looked at Wang Chong with some surprise: "You kid can think of this kind of method." Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Isn't it a new era now, we Zhuanghu people can't always hold on to the little things left by our ancestors, and don't they also call on us to increase production and increase grain production!" We also have to keep up with the times, no. ”

"Hahaha!" Zhou Yihu happily patted Wang Chong's shoulder with his only remaining hand,

"You kid is really a good material for production, come on, I'm waiting for you to get the production of Maixiang Village up, if there are any difficulties, just tell me, if it can be solved, I will definitely find a way to solve it for you."

"I really have something to trouble the secretary to help," Wang Zhong said with a smile.

"What's the matter, say!" Zhou Yihu is also a vigorous and resolute person, he doesn't like to procrastinate, and he thinks about what to say.

Wang Chongdao: "Our village is still a lot, inconvenient watering of the mountains, in winter, this cabbage radish can not be planted so much, I want to try to plant some rape to see, first, rape seedlings can be eaten as vegetables, second, the oil yield of this rape is not low, and sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn rotation. ”

"You're trying to ask me to help you get some rape seeds?" Zhou Yihu looked at Wang Chongdao with a smile. Wang Chongdao: "I read in the newspaper that our country has introduced some highly adaptable cabbage rapeseed varieties from abroad in recent years, and the yield is not low! ”

"Done!" Zhou Yihu said happily: "I'll help you find it when I go back!" ”

"Thank you, Secretary Zhou!" Wang Chong said this sincerely.

"I heard Wan Chun say, your oil mill has a labor division system?" Zhou Yihu asked curiously again.

Wang Zhong explained: "That's the case, our oil mill is owned by the village collective, and the villagers who come to the oil mill to extract oil, whether it is in our village or outside the village, have to charge a certain amount of labor fees, but our oil extraction process is more complicated, which requires a lot of manpower, and when this oil mill was first built, the whole village was dispatched, which cost a lot of manpower and material resources, and we can't let the villagers work in vain." But we have no money, no food, and nothing to send to the villagers, so I discussed with Renlian, Renli and Daring, and we also used our work division system in the cooperative in the oil mill, which also accumulates labor points when we work, and then converts the labor points into grain, oil or money according to the profits of the oil mill every year, and then sends them to the villagers, so that the labor paid by the villagers has been harvested, and the oil mill has also operated. ”

"It sounds a little different." Zhou Yihu gave a thumbs up: "You can tell me more carefully about your work division system, how it is accumulated and converted!" "The division of labor system originated from the collective farms of Big Brother, and although it has been in many places in the country, it has not yet been thoroughly promoted, and it has really been thoroughly implemented in the whole country after the establishment of the People's Commune in 58, and there are still several years to go.

"That's right, we delineate the amount of work according to the different work intensity and the length of working hours, such as ······" Wang Chong talked endlessly, Zhou Yihu and the leaders from the county all pricked up their ears and listened carefully, and the young man who accompanied him, who didn't know whether he was a secretary or a recorder, kept recording Wang Chong's words in a notebook with a pen.

That's half an hour. Sent away Zhou Yihu and a group of leaders, Wang Chong turned his head and plunged into the ground, the summer harvest has just ended, it is the time to rush to plough and grab seeds, the villagers are eager to be rooted in the ground all day long, the peanuts and soybeans planted in this stubble, and after the autumn sowing, they can be used to extract oil.

Last year, I ate the dividends of the oil mill, and the villagers are full of energy this year, waiting for a variety of peanuts and soybeans to be used to extract oil.

Jiang Hongguo didn't rest at home, so he took Ziping and Zi'an to the field, and let the brothers play in the field by themselves, while Jiang Hongguo worked with the villagers.

Looking at the entire Maixiangling area, dozens of villages, all of them have advanced the time of wheat harvest, and each village has different degrees of losses.

Although Wang Chong's move earned him enough prestige and gave the villagers of Maixiang Village another bumper harvest, Wang Chong's disobedience was also real.

Thanks to this, this is not wartime, not on the battlefield, otherwise, Wang Chong's behavior is estimated to have been shot at that time.

With last year's precedent, this year's villagers' enthusiasm for planting is particularly high, and some even propose to simply plant peanuts and soybeans in the field.

Fortunately, not everyone was blinded by this short-term interest, and Wang Chong understood that one grain was the foundation of this era, and he couldn't even fill his stomach, so what else did he want.

Before the wheat harvest began, the matter between Ma Renli and Yang Deng'er was decided, Yang Deng'er didn't agree at first, but Ma Renli's conditions were too tempting, the old donkey not only had all the mustard for Ma Renli before, but he was bent on promoting the marriage of Yang Deng'er and Ma Renli, and he tossed for several days before Yang Deng'er agreed.

As soon as the wheat harvest was over, the new wheat was all in the warehouse, and Ma Renli and Yang Deng'er did the happy event.

For this reason, Ma Renli also specially borrowed two donkeys and a board cart from the society. On the day of the wedding, basically the whole village went to watch, Ma Renli was wearing a brand-new gown, made of satin, the fabric was very soft, and there was a red flower on his chest, Yang Deng'er was also wearing a brand-new red dress, not only with a red flower on his chest, but also a small red flower on his head, his face was clean, except for black spots, he looked even more handsome than Qiao Yue.

On the afternoon of the second day of marriage, Ma Renli personally came to the door and invited Wang Chong's family to drink at home. In the evening, it was still early, Wang Zhong and Ma Renli were sitting on the kang, Ziping and Zi'an brothers were also crawling around on the kang, and Yang Deng'er and Jiang Hongguo were busy working on the stove outside.

After a while, the meal was already on the table, three vegetarian dishes, one with cucumbers, one with fried bitter gourd, and one with scrambled eggs with leeks, and the main food was a large plate of dumplings and a grate of white flour steamed buns.

"Deng'er, you two are making a lot of money!" Wang Zhong looked at the sumptuous meal and said as if laughing.

"Renli can have today, thanks to your support and care over the years, he has long wanted to invite you to a meal to express his gratitude, but his craftsmanship is not good, and the food he cooks is too unpalatable, so it has been delayed until now." Yang Deng'er said with a smile.

Wang Chong's gaze wandered back and forth between Yang Deng'er and Ma Renli, and the smile on his face grew: "If you really want to thank me, just put more effort into it, let's work together to get production up." ”

"That's a must." Ma Renli also smiled and said, after marrying a daughter-in-law and becoming a man, after the yin and yang were reconciled, this person felt different: "Come on, come on, drink!" Saying that, he picked up the wine bottle and poured a bowl for Wang Chong and himself, and the two brothers Ziping and Zi'an had already begun to bury their heads in nibbling on the dumplings that Yang Deng'er sandwiched for them.

When the two brothers were one and a half years old, Wang Chong began to teach them to eat by themselves.

Looking at the tiger-headed brothers burying their heads in eating, Yang Deng'er's face was also full of smiles. Wang Chong and Ma Renli drank a whole bottle of white dry dumplings, Wang Chong's face was as usual, but Ma Renli had been smoked with wine, his face was red, his eyes were drunk, and he began to talk nonsense.

"Deng'er, since you are married to Renli, then the two of you will be a family in the future, and I will say some things directly."

"That's it!" Yang Deng'er said. Wang Zhong looked at the drunken Ma Renli and said: "Renli is good at everything, educated, capable, and kind-hearted, although he is a little timid, but it is harmless, the only thing is that this temperament has been suppressed for too long, of course, this can't be blamed on him, but he can't help it because he is from such a background, although he has performed very well in recent years, but that's because he didn't make mistakes, and he can't keep how many pairs of eyes are staring at him." In the future, you have to keep your eyes wide open, keep an eye on him, and beat him more often, don't let him make any mistakes, otherwise someone will catch the pigtails, and it will be troublesome. Yang Deng'er nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, I will watch him." Yang Deng'er also knew the seriousness of the matter.

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Actually, these benevolent gifts are all in my heart, after all, he has been here all these years, but it's always right to be careful." "Yang Deng'er is a kind-hearted person, a good wife and mother, how to say it, it's a little too dead-eyed, staring at Niu Daring alone, but the feud between Niu Daring and her family is as deep as the sea, even if she and Niu Daring can put it down, her father's old donkey head can't let go, and he will never let her marry Niu Daring.

Instead of dragging it around, and finally cheapened Zhao Youtian, and let Qiao Yue, who was scheming, cut off Hu, it was better to let Ma Renli marry Yang Deng'er, at least Ma Renli's talent is real, just wait for this hard time, and have a place to show his talents.

And with Ma Renli's pity and cherishing jade, he will definitely treat Yang Deng'er well. The most important point is what Wang Zhong and Ma Renli said just now, Ma Renli is a little deficient in his temperament, and he endures humiliation and steals his life, and he has been suffocated and aggrieved for so many years.

Although Yang Deng'er hasn't read many books, she has a positive mind, a good personality, and a strong personality, so she will definitely be able to handle Ma Renli to death.

Behind this successful man, it is inseparable from the help of women, according to Wang Chong, Yang Deng'er is far more suitable for Ma Renli than Qiao Yue, who can only paint eyebrows and be a demon.

In fact, at the beginning, Wang Chong did not have the idea of beating Yang Deng'er, after all, Yang Deng'er is the most handsome girl in Maixiang Village, and it is not an exaggeration to call the village flower, beating the three generations of the old, middle and young.

It's a pity that Yang Deng'er is too obsessed with Niu Daring, and only Niu Daring is left in his head, Wang Chong has no chance to start, and just caught up with a Jiang Hongguo sent to the door, but Jiang Hongguo is quite suitable for Wang Chong's spleen and stomach regardless of his temperament and appearance, although he is married, but Wang Chong even accepted Ma Suqin, and he didn't particularly care about this.

After all, Wei Wu has inherited the style, but anyone who has tried it knows all kinds of fun. When Wang Zhong and Jiang Hongguo came out of Ma Renli's house with their two sons, Ma Renli was already drunk and unconscious, and he didn't even talk nonsense, so he fell headlong on the kang and fell asleep.

Yang Deng'er sent Wang Chong's family of four out of the door, and then turned back to take care of Ma Renli and clean up the house.

Looking at Ma Renli, who was drunk on the kang and had already fallen asleep, Yang Deng'er's mood was still complicated.

As soon as the good deeds of Ma Renli and Yang Deng'er passed, the village organized a double robbery, rushing to plough and planting, and God grabbed time, and the whole Maixiang Village, men, women and children went out together, and the strong laborers either drove the cattle to plough the land, or one person pulled the plow, and one person pressed the plough at the back, and the parents, the elderly and the children, worked together to use hoes, rakes, and shovels to dig ditches and ridges.

All of a sudden, more than 100 people in the entire Maixiang Village fell into a tense and busy life. Everyone gets up early and returns late, even lunch is eaten in the field, with the successive reclamation in recent years, Maixiang Village has nearly 1,000 acres of land, and now there are more than 1,300 acres, on average, each person can have about 10 acres.

At the end of the double robbery, after handing over the public grain, the family's self-reserved land was handed over to the old man and woman to work, Wang Zhong led the people to widen the granary in the village and increase the cellar dug last time, Ma Renli and the cow boldly led the people, using the oil squeezed out, or the newly planted wheat in the field, ten miles and eight towns in exchange for soybeans and peanuts.

The oil mill is also in full swing, and now Maixiang Village, like a wind-up machine, is turning little by little, and even the most lazy and slippery ones on weekdays are not full, and they are also working hard in the oil mill.

The soybeans and peanuts exchanged for oil and wheat are then pressed into oil, some of which are sent to the county supply and marketing cooperatives, and some of which are stored in the village warehouse, ready to wait for the autumn harvest, and then exchanged for rice, soybeans and peanuts.

Seeing the autumn, the autumn harvest is imminent, this evening, the sky suddenly rained rain, the pouring rain is not over, many villagers in the village are thatched roofs, the rain leaks endlessly, the rain is too big, it is not easy to repair, the villagers can only use pots and pans to place in the house to receive the rain.

Wang Chong was originally the Ma family's mansion, and it was also the main courtyard, and the gray tiles covered on the roof were not thatched, so naturally there was no rain leakage.

Jiang Hongguo helped Wang Chong put on his coat and advised: "The rain is so heavy, be careful." Wang Zhong smiled and said, "I'm just going over to take a look, I don't have to fix it." Saying that, Jiang Hongguo had already handed over the pocket, Wang put on the hat, and trotted all the way and disappeared into the rain.

Jiang Hongguo closed the door and turned around and entered the back room. Wang Chong trotted all the way out of the main gate and went straight to the second grandfather's house.

"Second grandfather! Second grandfather! Coming to the door of the second grandfather's house, Wang Chong shouted while banging on the door.

"It's coming, it's coming!" The second grandfather's voice was full of old age.

"It's a big worm, it's raining so hard, what are you doing here!" Seeing Wang Chong outside the door, although the second grandfather was puzzled, he still hurriedly sent Wang Chong to the house to greet him: "Come into the house, come into the house!" ”

"It's raining so hard, I'm afraid your roof is leaking, come and take a look!" Wang Zhong said with a smile, and as soon as he entered the house, he saw several urns and wooden basins on the table and on the ground, and the rain was dripping down in them.

"This rain is estimated to be unstoppable for a while, I'll make up for the leak for you first, and you can help watch it in the house." With that, Wang Zhong turned around and went out.

"It's raining so hard, don't get wet, wait for the rain to light up and get it!" The second grandfather was about to stop Wang Chong.

"It's okay, I'm young, I'm in good shape, it's okay to get a little rain." Wang Chong's voice came into the house through the rain curtain, and the second grandfather wanted to persuade him again.

Wang Zhong took a ladder in the courtyard, took tools, took the bundled straw and oilcloth, and went up to the roof after dividing five by two.

Wang Chong's movements were swift, and after a while, several leaks in the house were repaired, but the clothes on Wang Chong's body were basically soaked, and the rain and sweat on his face were mixed together.