After all, many factory and mine workers now use treasury bills to buy things.
Xu Erlong nodded. Indeed, when he said that he could use treasury bonds to buy things, he wanted to use it as a gimmick to attract more people to come here to buy things.
If someone else's treasury bills circulate, they can be circulated into his hands, but currently there is no way to circulate them.
We have only been in business for a short time now, so funds are not tight, and cash flow is flowing in every day.
But after a while, this problem will gradually become serious.
Don’t expect that all your hands will be treasury bills by then, right?
"Well, I will find a way to do this." Xu Erlong kept this in mind.
He has to find a suitable way to solve the problem of capital chain.
****
Principal Shi finally got the news about the preliminary exam.
In their school, thirty-eight people actually passed the preliminaries.
When hearing the news, Principal Shi couldn't believe it and pinched his thigh hard.
Really, it's true.
That's right, thirty-eight people.
Think about it, last year there were only eight people, this year there are 38 people.
This is simply a historic breakthrough.
Principal Shi wanted to set off a bunch of firecrackers at the school gate.
Not only was he shocked, but the county leaders were also shocked.
This Yunzhong Middle School was always one of the ninth-rate schools in the county. It was so quiet. Why did it suddenly come to the fore and have so many people take the preliminaries?
After all, the number of places for this preliminary exam is limited.
If there are more places here, there will naturally be fewer places in other schools.
"It must be holding back, it must be holding back." Everyone almost said this directly.
But in the end, he still didn't say it.
Principal Shi didn't care and quickly informed the students who had passed the pre-examination to come back and continue their review to prepare for the official college entrance examination.
Xu Erlong also received the notice that he passed the preliminary examination.
This is really an unprecedented good thing.
"Erlong, you are really good." Wen Ye looked at him with a smile: "I knew you could do it."
"Don't you already know whether I can do it or not?" Xu Erlong leaned over and asked with a smile.
Wen Ye smiled shyly and gave him a gentle push.
It’s just these two days, I’ll let you indulge for a while, huh, I’ll continue my review later, and I won’t be distracted anymore.
Xu Erlong rode his bicycle and took Wen Ye to school.
"Is it hot?" Wen Ye was behind, holding a handkerchief to fan him, lest he get hot.
"It's not hot." Xu Erlong smiled.
He is now one step closer to his college dream.
This is the best proof if you can pass the preliminary exam.
Next, he has to make the final sprint for the college entrance examination.
As for the college entrance examination, he didn't have much confidence.
In his previous life, he never took the college entrance examination and had no idea what the questions were.
However, the only thing that impressed me was the Chinese composition question.
After all, after the college entrance examination every year, many essay questions will be discussed.
This 1983 college entrance examination essay question was in the form of a cartoon, probably about digging a well.
Does this count as giving me an advantage?
Xu Erlong secretly thought that he could reveal this to Wen Ye so that his wife could also get high marks in the exam.
"Wen Ye, if the weather is hot and you are asked to dig a well, how will you dig it?" Xu Erlong asked her.
"Dig a well?" Wen Ye was stunned for a moment. She had never thought about digging a well.
"We are not short of water, right?" Wen Ye asked.
"What if the water in the river dries up?" Xu Erlong laughed secretly: "We have to dig a well."
However, after saying this, he couldn't laugh anymore.
Here, the water in the river will really dry up, and there will be a drought.
From 1978 to 1983, due to abnormal weather conditions, varying degrees of drought occurred across the country.
It lasted for a long time and caused heavy losses. The north was the main disaster area, causing almost no crops.
Although there are many river systems here, they have also been affected this year.
Even the Taohua River, where people used to swim, was so dry that there was no water. Many reservoirs were in critical condition, making it difficult for people to drink water.
Xu Erlong stopped the car.
This sudden braking caught Wen Ye off guard and he quickly hugged Xu Erlong's waist tightly.
In the past, Xu Erlong liked to play tricks like this, rubbing each other, which was also a kind of sentiment.
But now, he has no such mood at all.
Since he knew that there was going to be a severe drought and it would be difficult for everyone to drink water, he had to do something.
If we don’t prepare in advance, will everyone really carry buckets and go to the Yangtze River to fetch water when the drought becomes severe?
It doesn't matter if it's close to the river, but what about the ones far away from the river?
What about those crops?
It was only then that household production quotas were implemented, and everyone could barely have enough to eat. If there was a severe drought, the damaged farmers would not be able to bear the consequences.
Xu Erlong wants to do something for everyone.
Even if he is called a holy mother, he will still do it.
"Wen Ye, do you know about the drought in the north?" Xu Erlong asked: "If there is a drought here this year, what will you do?"
"Of course we are trying to find ways to fight the drought and provide disaster relief." Wen Ye answered matter-of-factly.
Isn’t that what is advertised in newspapers and on the radio?
But how to resist?
Xu Erlong thought seriously about this issue again.
Although the drought is severe and it never rains, they still have water systems here.
The only option is to find a way to divert water from the river system to water the crops.
Thanks to those years of collective construction, many reservoirs and ditches were built to ensure irrigation.
Xu Erlong sent Wen Ye to school, and he left on his bicycle.
"Xu Erlong." Principal Shi cursed angrily.
Only then did I feel that he was a teachable kid. During this time, he had a correct attitude, studied seriously, and could advance to the finals.
As a result, he just came to school and ran away without any praise?
When Xu Erlong rode his bicycle, the first place he ran to was his own village.
When it comes to everything, always think about the people around you first, and then think about the people elsewhere.
"Erlong, you are really a busy man. Why do you want to come back today?" Huang Zhengnong asked: "What kind of proof are you trying to prove?"
Apart from proving it, he couldn't think of any reason why Xu Erlong came back to him.
Xu Erlong smiled and said: "I really didn't come here to prove it to you today."
He handed Huang Zhengnong a cigarette and asked directly: "Captain Huang, you are an old farmer. Can you tell me how the weather is doing this year?"
In an era when science and technology was underdeveloped, working people also accumulated a lot of experience based on the weather and passed it on orally in the form of proverbs.
For example, if you don’t go out when the morning glow comes, the sunset will travel a thousand miles.
There are carp spots in the sky, but there is no need to turn over the rice tomorrow.
Xiaoman was dissatisfied because there was no water to wash the dishes.
These easy-to-understand proverbs can be regarded as providing a lot of scientific basis for the working people. People will use these proverbs to predict weather and carry out farming.
Huang Zhengnong smoked a cigarette and frowned: "It seems that there is less rain this year than in previous years."
"Captain Huang, I feel that there will be a severe drought this year. You need to tell everyone to prepare for drought in advance." Xu Erlong reminded Huang Zhengnong.
"Severe drought?" Huang Zhengnong muttered.
Little rain and severe drought are two different concepts.