"Qin Ling, it's your turn to cook today!" Come back and rest for a while, then it's time to cook.

Qin Ling looked troubled. It wasn't that she didn't know how to cook, but she was afraid of fetching water. Baidian Village was in an arid area and had been short of water since ancient times. The wells were drilled very deep, and the ropes used to lift the water were a hundred meters long. Qin Ling was so thin. It was not easy for the girl to lift the water. The first time she tried to lift the water, she was almost knocked into the well by the windlass. From then on, she shivered when she saw the windlass.

"Come on, let me tell you, everyone has seen the wells in the village. Not only can those with weak strength not be able to pull them up, but they are also in danger of falling. So I think we should divide the work. From now on, boys will be responsible for fetching water. Do you think it's appropriate for girls to help boys wash and mend clothes as compensation?" Shen Long called everyone over and said.

"I agree, my clothes have been torn for several days." Jiang Shaoan was the first to raise his hand in agreement.

"You have to bring your own socks and trousers." The girls also expressed their support. Qinling was not the only one who was afraid of fetching water.

"I'm so poor, and there are still trousers over there!" Hu Jianjun started to be funny, and the matter was settled in a noisy way. Qin Ling smiled gratefully at Shen Long, and this man's attentiveness impressed her again.

After dinner, a few educated youths who loved learning were reviewing their lessons in the cave dwellings, while the rest were huddled in bed bragging and chatting. Shen Longti slipped the things he bought from the county to Bai Mingchuan and said, "Zhishu Bai, I came back from the county. Okay, let me give you the account."

It happened that the accountant of the village was also there, and the three of them finished it without much effort. Bai Mingchuan said with emotion, "We finally have a school in the village, thanks to these children from the city."

"We have caused so much trouble to the village, so we should do something." Shen Long didn't want to be like other educated youths who returned to the city with nothing left behind but a song called "Xiao Fang".

"By the way, Party Secretary Bai, Accountant Wang, let me ask, is it convenient to buy things in our village?" The accountant's surname is Wang, and his name is Wang Mantang. He happens to have a daughter named Wang Shufen, but Shen Long inquired about it, this Wang Shufen's child She already knows how to make soy sauce, so she probably won’t be Li Kuiyong’s wife.

"It depends on what you want to buy. To buy some oil, salt, kerosene, etc., just walk twenty miles to the commune supply and marketing cooperative; if you want to buy other things, you have to go to the county seat." Wang Mantang replied.

"That's not close. It takes more than half a day to go to the commune and back. If you go to the city, you have to get up early and leave to smear the people before you can come back." Shen Long said, "When you come and go, you will be delayed for a day."

"That's right! I ran out of kerosene last time when I got home, so I asked Mingchuan to borrow it. It took three days to replace it, so Mingchuan didn't dare to light the lamp at night for fear of running out of kerosene." Wang Mantang took two puffs of dry cigarette. Complaining.

"Party Secretary, I have an immature idea, do you think it's okay with me?" Shen Long said his method, "Our village goes to the commune every month, and there are a lot of people in the county town shopping. Not only is it inconvenient for everyone, but it's also Affecting water conservancy repairs.”

"Well, that's what happened. There were at least twenty or thirty people who took leave last month to go shopping. How much less earth was dug?" Bai Mingchuan knew these things very well, "Do you have any ideas to solve this problem?"

"I'm afraid you have to come forward. When I was buying things, I discussed it with the leader of the supply and marketing cooperative. He said that if the village is willing to come forward, we can lend some matches, oil, salt, and kerosene, which are commonly used daily necessities in the village, on credit. Sales, and then settle with them once a month, and then ship back next month's items." Shen Long said his own method, which was also a method he found in the memoirs of educated youth.

"Can the county supply and marketing cooperative agree?" Bai Mingchuan, like most village cadres, is timid and constrained in doing things. When encountering changes, the first thing he thinks of is possible obstacles.

"I gave them good words for a long time, and they finally agreed. We are a business between the village party branch and the county supply and marketing cooperative. As long as we don't increase the price, we can sell it to the villagers at the original price. This does not conflict with the current policy. "Shen Long said it lightly, but in fact it took a lot of effort.

"This is a big deal. We need to convene an enlarged meeting of the party branch to discuss it carefully." Bai Mingchuan smoked dry cigarettes, but still did not make a decision easily.

"This is what it should be. In addition, the construction of this sales agency requires dedicated personnel. It is best to be lesbians who are literate and know how to keep accounts. Work points will be calculated for them. This will not affect the water conservancy work. If there is no suitable person in the village, I can Help with training." Shen Long is not in a hurry, he has already figured out Bai Mingchuan's temperament, and there is a high chance that this matter will be accomplished.

"Both your daughter and the daughter-in-law of the Mingli family can read, but they still need to be taught how to keep accounts." Wang Mantang now began to think about the issue of candidates, "Just let them learn it, and then take turns on duty." This is a job. But it’s much easier than going to a construction site. Who doesn’t want their children to live more comfortably?

Sure enough, Bai Mingchuan and Wang Mantang went door-to-door that night to summon people from the party branch. Shen Long held an enlarged meeting and finally decided to go to the county seat to ask questions in a few days.

When Bai Mingchuan went there, only Shen Long was sitting in the car. When he came back, the car was full of matches, kerosene, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, soap and other daily necessities. Not only that, Shen Long also got some supplies from the hospital. After returning with some regular medicines and a copy of "The Barefoot Doctor's Handbook", the village now not only has an additional sales point, but also a medical point.

From now on, people in the village don't have to go to the city if they want to buy something or have some minor illnesses treated. Sun Xiaoxia's parents are doctors, so they know a little bit about it. If you read this book, ordinary minor illnesses can be solved, at least better than now. many.

"Shen Long has done great things for Baidian Village this time." All the men, women, and children in the village crowded at the entrance of the consignment point, happily looking at the products inside, giving thumbs up and praising Shen Long.

Sun Xiaoxia was also very grateful to him. She could get work points by guarding the medical point, and she also had free time to read and study, which was much better than herding sheep and cooking. She even wrote a letter home specifically to ask her parents to send more medical books. To better serve the folks.

"Don't be envious, everyone. The chairman has said that there is a lot of potential in the vast countryside. It has just begun. As long as we are willing to work hard and think of ways, life will get better day by day." Seeing that other educated youths were a little disappointed, Shen Long comforted him. .

The weather was getting colder and colder, work on the construction site gradually stopped, and everyone in the village was idle. Shen Long didn't want to lie down for the winter, so he called a few educated youths who were willing to go, and went to the wilderness together.
Chapter completed!