Chapter 9 Future Planning
"Po, I understand. I just want our family to live a better life so that everyone can have enough to eat."
"There have been famines in the past few years, the harvest has been bad, and we have a large family, so everyone is hungry all day long."
"The night before the high school entrance examination, I was so hungry that I was so exhausted from eating raw food that I didn't go to high school. Originally, I wanted to repeat another year of high school this year, but in the past few days at home, I thought about it. Even if I take the test
When you go to high school, we may not be able to find a job after graduating from the rural household registration. It is better to go home early to help you and your father support the family." Li Wen meaningfully discussed his opinions.
In fact, Li Wen knew that the vigorous movement was going to start in a few years. At most, going to high school and going to college would be in vain, so there was no point in continuing to go to school. It was better to enter the society as early as possible.
"Baby, you have really grown up! After listening to this, the old lady gently stroked Li Wen's hair and said with emotion."
Li Wen was lying on the pig pen thinking, watching the two pigs eating the grass bit by bit. He was thinking about his next step, whether to stay in the village and farm, or to find connections and work in a factory in the city.
Worker!
Farming in the village will not change much in the next ten years due to the influence of current policies. If he gets ahead of himself, he will be beaten and his family will be implicated.
Go to the city to work as a worker. Judging from the materials in his warehouse, he can find a factory to work in and spread water!
After all, in these days, workers in the city are not short of money, but they are short of food, clothing and some rare supplies! It is easy to find a job as long as you take out some supplies.
But working on the front line at two o'clock every day is not what he likes. In his previous life, he liked to mess around. After graduation, he only worked for half a year before starting his own business.
How to take care of both ends, being able to work freely and take care of his family at the same time, so Li Wen has been thinking about it these days. He was a bookworm in his previous life, and he already had a suspicion in his mind.
Some people have asked, there are so many supplies in the warehouse, why not just take them out secretly and use them at home?
Things in the warehouse, some small things can be taken out for home use and explained, but some larger items or taken out frequently will be noticed by people with ulterior motives, and everyone will have a hard time. Just your family has a lot of food and fish all day long.
No matter who you are checking, after all, it was only a few years ago from that movement.
"Po, I'm going out for a walk. Li Wen said hello to the old lady and walked out of the house." After walking into the woods at the entrance of the village, Li Wen ducked back to the warehouse.
After looking at the fish caught at noon, they were all swimming happily in the small reservoir. I took out a bag of leftover dog food from my previous dog and fed them to them.
The fish, which had been hungry for a long time, started fighting for it, and water splashed all over the room. Li Wen planned to use this small reservoir as a small breeding area, which he could use anytime he needed it in the future.
After walking around in the space, Li Wen made a plan. He planned to use another room in the front gatehouse and the front hall as an area for raising poultry and rabbits. By then, all the cages could be used to raise a lot of them.
There is a small storage room next to the kitchen, about ten square meters. It was originally reserved by the landlord as a bathroom, but Li Wen did not use it, so it was left idle before.
Now Li Wen plans to use it to store grain. When the time comes, he can store some grain crops purchased here. It is next to the kitchen, so it is more convenient to use.
There is an aisle in the backyard, although it is a bit narrow, but it is still 20 square meters, and can raise five to six pigs. There will be a commune meeting in a few days, and we will catch a few piglets and raise them.
The storage area was not much modified. The shelves and warehouse were not full originally. Li Wen packed up a few sets of shelves to facilitate the storage of fresh meat, fruits and vegetables in the future. After all, the warehouse space is constant and easier to use than the refrigerator.
Beside the garden, Li Wen was surprised to find that the vegetables planted yesterday had sprouted. He was very surprised. Could the garden shorten the growth time of crops?
It must be true. Normally, these vegetable seeds usually take three to five days to germinate. Now they actually germinate in less than a day, which means the maturity time is shortened by three to five times. These vegetables will mature in six to ten days.
Just wait until the vegetables are ripe. After confirming the specific time, Li Wen was overjoyed. He discovered another space function.
He came to the second floor with joy. The entire second floor is now empty. There are four rooms and a large living room. Li Wen hasn't figured out what to use it for yet, so he can only use it as a storage room first.
Li Wen took out a pen and kept writing on the paper. He nodded and decided to make arrangements like this for the time being. He would start taking action in the next few days.
At half past seven in the evening, when the sky had darkened, Li Wen emerged from the woods and walked towards home.
At this time, people had already started to leave work, and groups of adults and children began to rush home. After a busy day, they just wanted to go home and have a good rest.
A group of young people aged 18 or 19 were bragging and farting in front of a small supply and marketing store in the village.
Seeing Li Wen coming, a young man shouted enthusiastically, "Wenzi, I heard that you caught a lot of big fish in the reservoir today, when will you lend me the fishing line and hook to Brother Shishi? ωωw..net"
"It's Brother Shoucai," Li Wen looked at the young man and said with a smile! My fishing line and hook were borrowed from a classmate. His father bought them from Shanghai. They cost two yuan a pair. I gave them to the classmate.
He lent me his homework for a few days to play with."
"Brother, you can use it if you want. You can come to my house tomorrow afternoon, but you have to be careful. If you lose it, you have to pay the price. Of course, try not to lose it. That thing is quite rare."
Li Wen had known for a long time that he couldn't hide his fishing, so he simply raised his price to make most people quit.
"Ah! A pair of fishing gear costs two yuan. These things are really valuable. Okay, we agreed that I will go to your house to pick up the fishing gear after work is done tomorrow afternoon."
Looking at the crowd that had gathered around him, Li Wen nodded and said a few words, then hurriedly walked back home, fearing that he would be entangled again.
Sanxing Village is a large village with thousands of people. There is a small supply and marketing store opened by the supply and marketing cooperative, which usually sells some daily necessities to the villagers. The supply and marketing store is equivalent to a CBD-like existence in the village. It is also a place where people gather and news is gathered.
The person who borrowed fishing gear from Li Wen today was Li Shoucai, the eldest son of Zhaodi's uncle's family, who was also a member of Li Wen's five tribes. Li Wen had already made a plan to lend it to anyone who wanted to borrow it. If he didn't agree, he would definitely offend others.
Fishing seems simple, but it is a technical job. In addition, without good fishing rods, fishing with traditional methods consumes a lot of fishing lines and hooks, and they will be pulled away by the fish at every turn. When the time comes, Li Shoucai will be frightened when he loses money.
People who think too much will retreat when faced with difficulties.
The village's reservoir production team is only used for irrigation, and the fish in it are all wild. Fishing is allowed, but net fishing is not allowed because the commune organizes fishing boats to pull nets every few years.
Moreover, the fish caught in the reservoir can only be eaten by yourself and are not allowed to be sold in the market. If you are found to be a speculator, the villagers will only be able to borrow fish hooks to catch and eat themselves. If you lose the fish hook, you will have to pay for it. There will definitely not be much money.
I am personally willing to borrow it from Li Wen.
When I opened the courtyard door, I saw that the whole family had returned home from work and were washing up.
"Awen is back. Wash your hands and eat quickly. You have something to do in the evening," his father Li Deyou said taking care of him.
Because the whole family was here and Li's father didn't say anything, today's dinner was still sumptuous, with two large pots of boiled fish remaining for lunch.
"There will be no steamed buns for the staple food tonight, only cornmeal paste. Let's just make do with it. We don't have much food at home." The old lady looked at everyone staring at the boiled fish, and they all looked at the cornmeal paste with disgust.
He said heavily.
Everyone who was smiling just now suddenly fell silent. In the past few years, there has not been enough food to eat. In order to save food in winter, they often eat one meal a day. Fortunately, in the countryside, people do not work in winter, and everyone sleeps more to cope with hunger.
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However, from February to March, when the harvest is lean, food begins to bottom out. At this time, spring is often cold, and many elderly people survive the winter but fail in the spring.
Their family's conditions are relatively good. After spring, the whole family goes out to dig wild vegetables. In addition, my father and second uncle used to work in the city and know friends in flour mills. They can get some unplanned coarse grains, and the aunt in the city is helping them.
If you do it, you can wait until the summer harvest to distribute the grain.
In the past few years, every time when there is no food, everyone gets panicked. After all, no one wants to go hungry.
I've seen this summer's harvest, and it's just average. There's been a lot of public grain in recent years, so I guess the grain distribution won't be much. The grain harvested in the autumn will definitely not be enough for next summer's harvest. We have to make plans early, said my mother, Wang Chunmei, with a worried look on her face!
Seeing everyone's sad faces, Li Wen smiled and broke the silence and said: "Don't worry too much, I know how to fish. I have caught more fish recently. We can definitely eat until the summer harvest is over. Then we can think of a solution together."
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Seeing Li Wen hesitate to speak, Father Li must have had an idea in his mind. Looking at the fish and corn paste on the table, he nodded and said with a smile: Eat, eat, your second uncle and I will find a solution for the food matter.
, you just need to be obedient and work hard." This brought everyone's thoughts back from the sky.
"Oh! It's time for dinner, let's eat some fish," Xiao Lijuan shouted carelessly.
Everyone looked at the little guy's carefree look, had a lot of fun, and relaxed.
Dinner was another scene of swords and swords. Today's delicious food really satisfied the whole family.
After dinner, it was already late, and the adults and children who had been working all day were all exhausted. After all the children went to bed, a group of adults sat in the dining room to rest and chat, and worry about the food for the next day.
Two hours later, it was late at night, and Li Wen came to the dining room with his eldest brother, second sister, and second brother.
"Dad, let's have a rest. The boss, Li Wu, looked at the elders and said softly.
"Well! Boss, you and your second uncle are going to dig a water tank. Your second aunt, your mother, and Xiaoxia will help you. Awen, Aquan, I, and I are going to go fishing in the reservoir." Everyone tried to be as gentle as possible at night.
Chapter completed!