"Time is so tight! After more than ten days, all the peaches were finally canned before they softened." Li Junli breathed a sigh of relief and said happily as he looked at the cans stacked up in the warehouse.

"Well, everyone is working hard, day and night, and many people's hands are sore from being soaked in salt water," Li Wen also nodded and said.

"Today the female director cut two kilograms of meat, and everyone ate in the village canteen to celebrate our successful production." Li Junli said while looking at everyone in the workshop.

"Well, the captain is very impressive and his military strength is solid!" Everyone praised Li Junli one after another.

After dinner, Li Junli hurried to the commune on his bicycle to report the situation.

In the afternoon, a truck and a jeep drove into the village!

Many children had never been out of the village. They were surprised to see a carriage with four wheels and no cows or horses. They kept running and shouting after it.

"Hello, County Magistrate Wu, hello Director Zhang." Li Wen ran out of the workshop and saw two people getting out of Magistrate Wu's jeep. He hurriedly went up to shake hands and say hello.

"Comrade Li Wen, you are very good. I heard Director Zhang say that you are really an outstanding young man." County Magistrate Wu smiled and shook hands with Li Wen.

"Comrade Li Wen, this time I have not only made great contributions to your production team, but also to our commune. It's amazing." Director Zhang happily held Li Wen's hands and said with a smile.

"Thank you County Magistrate Wu and Director Zhang for your compliments. I am so ashamed of myself!"

"Two leaders, let's go in and talk," Li Wen said, inviting the two of them into the workshop.

Walking into the workshop, the cans in the small warehouse in the yard immediately came into view. The two leaders were shocked by the small mountain of cans.

"I didn't expect it, you guys really did it," County Magistrate Wu walked quickly to the warehouse and touched the cans and bottles, smiling happily.

Originally, County Magistrate Wu was a little skeptical after hearing Li Junli's report to the commune! But in the end, Li Junli kept urging the transportation vehicles to pick up the goods. Magistrate Wu was also curious and came to take a look.

But the scene before him, the real can, turned his doubts into belief.

"County Magistrate Wu, Director Zhang please taste it."

"This is a can we produced on the first day we opened. It has been soaked for a while now. The quality is still the same and it is more delicious than the new one. You two taste it. Li Junli said and took out a few cans from the last row.

Open it and hand it to the county magistrate and his party.

"How can this be done? A can is only a dollar less," everyone declined.

"Boss, we produce this ourselves. The cost of a bottle of canned food is just two peaches and a little rock sugar. The two leaders can eat it with confidence. Besides, this is just to let the two leaders taste and evaluate our canned food,"

Li Junli said with a smile.

"Okay, then I'll try it and see how the cans produced by our county are like," County Magistrate Wu said with a smile as he took the cans.

"Very good, these canned peaches are soft, glutinous and sweet, great, very successful," County Magistrate Wu said with a thumbs up after tasting a few mouthfuls.

Several other people who came with the county magistrate also praised it after tasting it, saying it was more delicious than the peaches from the supply and marketing cooperative.

"Very good, your production is very successful, then as we agreed at the beginning, our food company will take all these peaches."

The general manager of the food company who came with him was full of praise after tasting the canned food and made a direct decision to purchase it.

"no problem!"

Li Junli smiled and shook hands with Manager Sun of the food company, and said with a smile: "Without the rock candy that the food company supported us last time, we would not have succeeded."

"There are a total of more than 7,800 cans here. According to our 90% agreement, let's just put 7,300 bottles in, round up." Li Junli waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Haha, thank you, Captain Li."

The manager of the food company was very happy. These cans were very popular whether they were sold in branches in the province or exported to earn foreign exchange. He would definitely be willing to give more to him.

"Then let's start loading," Li Junli began to arrange for the workers in the workshop to load the truck!

"Captain Li, I heard that you have run out of peaches. Will your canning shop wait until next year or do you have next plans?" The members on the side were loading the truck. County Magistrate Wu, who was chatting with Director Zhang in the yard, looked at Li Junli and asked.

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"This," Li Junli scratched his head. He only had a second-grade elementary school diploma. Magistrate Wu immediately stumped him when he asked.

"Uncle Junli, let me tell you! Li Wen came over from the side."

"County Magistrate Wu, this is what I think. Our county is located in the north. Although there are few types of fruits and the planting area is small due to climate problems, there are still many fruits on the market every autumn."

"Now all the peaches in our village have been used up and sold out. But other villages and towns also have their own specialties, such as apples, pears, grapes, and hawthorns, which can be canned. And these fruits last longer than peaches.

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"If everyone has fulfilled the tasks of the purchasing station, leave the remaining fruits of average quality, small, and second-level to us."

"And our canning workshop purchases the second-grade fruit at the price. In this way, the otherwise useless fruit from other villages and towns can be bought at once, and our canning workshop does not lose money. Together, we will benefit," Li Wen said with a smile.

"Then the quality of cans made from defective fruits and small fruits is guaranteed?" County Magistrate Wu asked doubtfully.

"Defective and small fruits are not bad fruits. The fruits we purchase still need to be cleaned and screened, and then cut into small pieces and put into bottles. Otherwise, if you put a whole apple and peach in a can, it would still be called a can.

Really?" Li Wen said with a smile.

"If this is the case, it is indeed possible. The comrades of the commune members sold the goods for double money, and the canning workshop has also become a treasure."

"Yes! Kill two birds with one stone. I agree. I will send documents when I get back and ask other production team communes in the county to deliver these fruits to your village," County Magistrate Wu immediately agreed.

"Okay, thank you, leader. We will definitely remember our responsibilities and pay taxes on time," Li Junli said excitedly as Magistrate Wu shook hands.

After discussing the matter, County Magistrate Wu and Director Zhang stood up and left.

"Has it been arranged?" Li Junli looked at Li Wen and asked.

"Uncle, there are five people in total including the county magistrate and the driver. I have already given the driver two bottles of cans for each person. I put a few more bottles in and asked them to go back and distribute them among themselves," Li Wen said with a smile.

"That's good. Although we are sitting upright, we still have to walk where we should, and a few cans are not worth much," Li Junli smiled and nodded.

In more than an hour, all the cans were loaded into the car.

"Manager Sun, can we cooperate for a long time in the future?" Li Wen asked with a smile and looked at the food company manager who was sitting aside to rest.

"Oh! What kind of cooperation method?" Manager Sun also saw that Li Wen's status in the village was not low, so he did not look down upon him and asked with a smile.

"Just now, County Magistrate Wu has agreed that our canning workshop will continue to purchase fruits from other commune production teams for canning. A document will be issued to inform the entire county as soon as tomorrow."

"The rock sugar used for canning can only be purchased at your food company, department store and supply and marketing cooperative. We have already cooperated. I don't want to go to Director Sun of the supply and marketing cooperative or Director Zheng of the department store. Can Manager Sun

Will you continue to provide us with rock candy?" Li Wen said with a smile.

"You kid, you have quite a lot of connections. I know both Lao Sun and Lao Zheng," Manager Sun said with a laugh.

"I am friends with Director Sun's daughter and Director Zheng's son," Li Wen scratched his head and smiled.

"There's no need to look for them. Our food company provides the rock sugar from your cannery."

"Food all over the country goes through our system, and rock candy from supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores are also connected to us," Manager Sun said confidently, patting his chest.

"Okay, I wish us a happy cooperation," Li Wen smiled and shook hands with Manager Sun.

“A pleasure to work with!”

"Then let's go first. You can come to the county tomorrow with this note to collect the money." After chatting for a while, Manager Sun handed a receipt to Li Junli.

When the car was completely gone, everyone jumped up happily!

After dinner the next morning, Li Wen, Li Junli and accountant Li Dequan rode their bicycles to the food company to collect the money tickets.

A total of 1,790 yuan and some ten kilograms of candy stamps and food stamps subsidized by the food company made several people feel happy.

The total payment was 2,190 yuan, and the food company provided 500 kilograms of rock sugar at a flat price, free of charge! The cost was 400 yuan, and after deducting the 240 yuan for the cans and bottles, the balance was 1,550 yuan, and there were hundreds of bottles of cans. I made a huge profit.

(I don’t need to write the large figures in Chinese, it’s awkward! This way everyone can see it clearly.)

"We're going to do something big this year."

Back in the village, Li Junli held a mobilization meeting in front of all the commune members. He asked relatives and friends who were in the production teams of other communes to bring fruits to Sanxing Village.

The county went back to discuss it for two days, and Li Wen's proposal was approved!

After all, this is a good thing. The county took the lead. Li Wen and the others connected the sugar with the food company. The fruits of the members were resold, and the canning workshop made profits. The production team and the commune also had money, and they handed over the money.

There are more, and it really benefits many parties.

Through the county's document propaganda, all commune production teams flocked to Sanxing Village. For a time, people came and went, and it was busier than the county seat.

Throughout the fruit season, there are communes and production teams that use horse-drawn carriages, ox-carts, and street carts to sell fruits. There are also individuals who come with baskets on their backs, and there are even some children who carry baskets together and sell them for pocket money.

Sanxing Village spent nearly 100,000 yuan just to purchase these fruits. If it had not been doing business with food companies, department stores, and supply and marketing societies during this period, with one hand in and right out, Sanxing Village would have gone bankrupt.

After more than three months, the weather has slowly turned colder, and the fruit purchased in the warehouse has also bottomed out. Li Wen finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the last batch of cans being made in the warehouse.

In the past few months, in addition to retaining enough members to work in the fields, the village has mobilized hundreds of people to work in the canning factory.

Most of the male members are buying and carrying fruits, while the female members are cleaning and making cans. There is a clear division of labor.

In the past few months, the canning workshop has grown from a few pots to more than a dozen. It looks no different from a small factory.

"It's over," Li Junli said with emotion as he walked in the empty workshop.
Chapter completed!