My village can't be like this

Chapter 394 Sky-high price of grass
When Zhang An returned home, Fatty Lu and Xie Wentian were still fishing by the fish pond.

"Hey, I'm still pinching. I thought it was so late and you had already finished."

Although it's not dark yet, the sky is already much darker than when Zhang An went out.

He originally thought that it was now time for the villagers digging plantains on the mountain to call it a day.

But when he came back, he didn't see anyone. He still underestimated everyone's desire to make money.

Because there was no one to disturb them, Fatty Lu and Xie Wentian were so obsessed with fishing that they buried their heads in the pond.

"Oh, it's almost seven o'clock. It's so great to fish in your fish pond. Not only is the mouth of the fish very good, but the fish caught are also big ones. It's better than fishing in the big river at the entrance of your village. It was even more exciting that time, and it made people feel comfortable.”

Seeing that Zhang An's family had returned, Fatty Lu looked at the quartz watch in his hand and realized that they had been fishing here for two hours without knowing it.

However, they really didn't feel that time passed so fast. They just felt that they had just gotten started. It seems that fishing can really make people forget time.

"It seems that you have all achieved great results. Let me see how much you have caught."

Zhang An lifted the two fish guards from the water one after another and found that they had indeed caught quite a lot. Although there was no explosive guard, they were not far from the full guard.

"Oh, I really caught a lot. There have been many people who came to our house to fish before, but no one has caught as many as you."

Wang Fang couldn't help but be a little surprised when she saw that the two fish guards were all full.

She used to stay in the backyard every day, and she was very concerned about how many people caught every day.

"Is it true? Auntie, we think it's pretty good to catch. As soon as the hook was lowered, the fish bit the ditch."

After hearing what Zhang An's mother said, Fatty Lu's eyes immediately lit up.

He really didn't think the fish in this fish pond were difficult to catch. The mouth was really good, just like someone was hanging fish on the bottom of the water.

"Are we really fishing geniuses? We suddenly opened up the Ren and Du channels today?"

However, they didn't feel that Zhang An's mother was coaxing them to play, so they began to have obscene thoughts in their minds.

"Okay, okay, you are a fishing genius. I don't know how many pounds I have."

Seeing Fatty Lu's pigtails sticking up, Zhang An rolled his eyes.

This man really didn't know what he was doing. As far as his fishing skills were concerned, he could not be said to be a master, but at most he was just a beginner.

Although he is not an air force king, his level is beyond words.

When I came with Ding Yi a few times before, I was beaten by Ding Yi to a disgrace this time.

Zhang An was not surprised at all that they were able to catch so many fish today.

Because this is not a way to open up the two channels of Ren and Du, it is completely Zhang An's arrangement.

Zhang An was worried that they would be bored at home, and the fish in this fish pond were particularly difficult to catch.

So in order to let them have more fun, some ingredients were added to their bait.

If they were really allowed to rely on their own abilities, Xie Wentian and Zhang An didn't know, but Fatty Lu probably had to continue the Air Force in the past two hours.

Because it was getting late, the fish-catching incident between the two of them came to an end.

In the end, Fatty Lu won with an advantage of less than ten points.

It turns out that Xie Wentian is also a newbie in fishing. No wonder Fatty Lu looked like he was winning just now.

"Okay, you guys clean up and I'll prepare dinner for you."

It was just the two of them eating, and Zhang An was going to make a few simple stir-fries.

"Don't bother Zhang An, we will go to Boss Xiao Zhou's place to eat later, because the driver under Lao Xie is here. Besides, today we caught a five or six kilogram big bass in your fish pond. We will eat later. I’ll let Boss Xiao Zhou take care of it for us, I’ve been craving his craftsmanship for a long time.”

The two put all the fish they caught back into the fish pond, leaving only the bass that Fatty Lu was talking about.

Zhang An's house could actually make it, but they still wanted to take it to Zhou Yang's house.

After all, Zhang An's family had already eaten, and they didn't want to trouble others.

Moreover, they are both guests, so they can come at any time, but Xie Wentian's master who sells goods has the nerve to bring them all over.

"So hurry up and ask someone to pick out the dug ones and weigh them, otherwise they will all be crowded together later."

"That's it, you guys clean up. I'll go to the mountain to tell everyone to get off work. I just want to see how the digging is going while it's still dark."

It was almost dark, and no one was seen.

They were all children who grew up in the countryside. Zhang An naturally knew why they still didn't get off work when it was almost dark.

Because it was not long after the famine years, and it was not many years after the land was allocated to the hands.

When every farmer is working, he wants to work a little longer every day.

After all, no one wants to go through those years of starvation again.

So when they usually work in the fields, even if they are farming for their own family.

As long as you see people working in the fields, and if the work in your own fields is not finished, you will not leave first.

Instead, they planned to watch others leave, or yell when someone came home, and then they would go down the mountain and go home in groups.

Of course it was the same today, I was just waiting to see who would go first, and then I would follow.

But no matter what, their group of scroll kings all thought so, so they watched one by one, and in the end no one left work.

When Zhang An arrived at the orchard, he saw that everyone was energetically digging plantains in the orchard.

"Okay, okay, it's time for everyone to pack up and get ready to call it a day. It's dark, aren't you still hungry?"

Well, looking at Zhang An like this, if he didn't speak, they probably didn't want to call it a day and go home, and they might come digging all night with a flashlight later.

If it were someone else who would work hard all night, let alone until dark, they would all be laughing from ear to ear.

After all, every capitalist boss likes employees who work hard like this.

"Oh Zhang An, it's still early now. It's not even seven o'clock yet. Why are you in a hurry?"

Seeing Zhang An blowing the call to dismiss work, the children who came over after school were happy.

Because they didn't want to come in the first place, but they couldn't resist when the adults at home dragged them over.

When I heard that I was about to leave work, I felt like I was free again.

But those adults are on the contrary. They can dig forty or fifty kilograms an hour without any problem, and they can earn at least four or five yuan. Naturally, they are not willing to leave work early.

Such good work, which does not carry a heavy burden and is not tiring to do, cannot be found anywhere else.

"Yes, Zhang An, it's still early. Let's dig for another hour or two. It's not a tiring job."

Usually when I farm in the mountains, I don’t come back from the fields until seven or eight o’clock, and I don’t have dinner until nine o’clock.

I'm still working in the village today, and I only have a few minutes to go home, so I naturally want to stay a little longer.

"I say uncles and grandfathers, no matter what I say, there is no rush right now. Boss Xie is still waiting for you to pick them back and weigh them. If you work until eight or nine o'clock, it will be dark. Why don't you People need to rest when they have a rest.”

Even though it’s just a matter of weighing and checking out, this job also takes a lot of time.

After all, you still have to dig it out and take a look, because no one knows if there will be other things mixed in.

"This toad grows in the ground and won't fly away. You guys hurry down to the mountain and weigh it, then get the money and go home to have a good meal and have a good rest. Come back tomorrow morning."

When it comes to receiving money, everyone becomes more energetic.

Those who just wanted to stay on the mountain now packed up their things faster than anyone else.

They also know that they will probably be here tonight, so whoever goes down first will be able to weigh themselves, get money, and go home to eat and rest.Seeing everyone carrying a load weighing more than 100 kilograms each, they felt as if they were walking on flat ground.

Zhang An couldn't help but shake his head. It has to be the generation of his father's generation. The next generation after that, not to mention the choice, even if he carries a hundred pounds, he will be sweating profusely.

Although there were many people coming to weigh in, the scene was not chaotic.

Because Xie Wentian thanked the boss for bringing four or five people, Zhang An borrowed three more scales from the village.

A total of four scales weighed everyone together, and the speed was not too slow.

Especially Xie Wentian and his few employees did everything in an orderly manner, from inspection to weighing to reporting.

It is estimated that they have done this kind of work a lot, so they are very skilled.

But this is normal. People who work in this industry must have more experience than ordinary people to eat this bowl of rice.

"Wang Dawu, 670 pounds."

"Li Erfa, 690 three pounds."

"Yang Lianfa, 380 six pounds."

. . . . .

The wages are one for each worker, Xie Wentian's people are responsible for weighing, and Zhang An's family is responsible for distributing money to everyone.

In this way, there will be less trouble, and everyone can go home directly after receiving the money.

Finally, it was discovered that on the first day, everyone in the village had dug nearly [-] tons, nearly [-] kilograms.

There were so many plantains that the yard in front of Zhang An's house was filled with a huge pile.

Zhang An had never been exposed to these things before. Originally, he thought that not much could be dug out, but it would be good if he could dig out several thousand kilograms a day.

But he ignored that the reason why people usually dig less is because they search all over the mountains and fields, so naturally they cannot dig so much.

And his nearly one hundred acres of orchard is all planted with plantains, which is naturally very different from digging wild ones.

This is because plantain is mixed with alfalfa and other forages. Otherwise, if it is just plantain, one acre of land can dig three to four thousand kilograms of plantain.

Moreover, Xie Wentian had experience. He came over in the morning and saw so many people digging, so he immediately called and summoned people and cars.

After the weighing is completed tonight, these dozen tons will be hauled away overnight.

Otherwise, if I wait until tomorrow and dig all day long, I won’t be able to find anywhere to put it.

It took until 09:30 to send everyone in the village away.

"It's finally done. Let's go and eat. Everyone has worked hard. Later, Boss Zhou will prepare some hard dishes to reward everyone."

He hadn't finished his meal yet, and even Xie Wentian's own stomach began to growl with hunger.

As soon as he finished it, he took the people and ran to Zhou Yang's house.

Because Lu Jun just went to Zhou Yang's house and ordered the dishes.

It's probably all done by now, just wait for them to pass.

When they came back from dinner, they rested for a while in Zhang An's yard and then drove the truck over to load it.

The truck that Xie Wentian and the others drove over was not big, with fifteen tons of plantain loaded into two trucks, and there was still more than 1000 kilograms left.

They have to take these back overnight before the car is produced, because they have a factory there, and they can start processing them when they get back.

Pile up here, even if it doesn't rain at night, so many fresh raw materials are piled together in front of the car, and it is very easy to cover them up.

Moreover, Xie Wentian has his own factory for processing medicinal materials. When they collect the medicinal materials, they basically take them back to the hospital and process them themselves.

Because the difference between dry and wet prices is relatively large, even if it shrinks several times after drying, they will still make more than they do now.

Unless they go to a very far place, then they will think about collecting dry goods, because wet goods are easy to cover and damage.

The next morning, as soon as the rooster crowed and the sun was shining brightly, the villagers rushed over with their hoe bags in hand, at least two hours earlier than yesterday.

After all, I was stimulated by the salary I got yesterday, so I am even more motivated today.

It took four days of digging to finish digging the plantains in Zhang An's orchard.

"Zhang An, let's check the general ledger so that we can calculate the money for you, the big boss, later."

Watching the workers take the goods away, Xie Wentian stayed behind before leaving last.

Because the things had been taken away, but the money hadn't been given to Zhang An, so he couldn't leave.

"In the past few days, we have dug it out and hauled it away. A total of 55 tons were hauled away. Here are the account details."

Xie Wentian handed the account book in his hand to Zhang An. It was actually the details written down by his workers during the daily weighing.

Zhang An took the account book and did a rough calculation. It was not much different from the amount of wages he had spent in the past two days.

The total difference was only about a hundred kilograms, so I didn’t take out Zhang Jianguo’s own account book for reconciliation.

After all, dozens of tons were dug before and after, so a loss of a few hundred kilograms is within the tolerance range.

"According to the previous unit price of [-] cents, the total is a little more than [-]. In addition, there are so many of us eating at your house these days, so I made up the whole amount, [-], as food expenses. , maybe a little less, don’t dislike it.”

The price of plantain is now generally [-] cents per pound of plantain.

But this time the demand for goods was too urgent, so Xie Wentian doubled the price.

But even so, he can still make some money, just a little less than before.

"It's as much as it should be, and you have to include a few meals. Isn't this just a foreign policy?"

Although Zhang An knew that he could sell it for money, he never expected that he could sell it for so much money.

But then I thought about it and realized that he spent more than 1 yuan on wages alone, so it seemed normal to sell it for so much money.

As for food expenses, Zhang An has never cared about this, and now he and Xie Wentian are considered friends.

When a friend comes over for a few meals, why would he want to charge for food?

"That's not okay. There are so many of us, and we have been living with you for a few days. Even if we are friends, we still have to settle things. After all, brothers still have to settle accounts."

But even if Zhang An didn't mean it, Xie Wentian himself couldn't count it out.

Except for the first day they arrived, Zhang An and his family were not at home. They were at Zhou Yang's house to prepare food.

But in the next few days, the food and drink issues were all solved at Zhang An's house.

This is not just a matter of two meals. So many people eat for several days, and the food is so good every time.

For an ordinary family, the food expenses would be a lot of money.

"Okay, don't save money for me. I'll make a lot of money this time by charging you so much pre-payment fee. Then I'll have to send you a big red envelope to thank you."

What he can earn this time is not just the price difference of this batch of plantains.

He also has a relationship with a pharmaceutical company, so at least in the next few years, he won’t have to worry about orders.

Therefore, he was very grateful to Zhang An in his heart. If it weren't for Zhang An, he would probably still be thinking about where to get so many plantains, and how could he smile as brightly as he does now.

Then the two went to the county town, and Xie Wentian withdrew 7000 yuan from the bank and handed it to Zhang An.

When the staff of the bank next to him saw it, they tried to persuade Zhang An to deposit the money. After all, the money was not a small amount now.

However, Zhang An's impression of the bank was not very good and he declined the offer directly.Moreover, he has his own space. It is much safer to take it out and put it next to him than in the bank. It is also convenient to use and will not get stuck in the neck.

(End of this chapter)