Siheyuan: Domineering life

Chapter 242 Establishing a grain collection point

Lao Wei's work efficiency is quite high.

That afternoon, he reached an agreement with the supply and marketing cooperative.

A subordinate grain collection point was established under the name of the supply and marketing cooperative by employing people from the steel rolling mill.

However, the agreement stipulates the functions of this grain collection point.

The only function of this grain collection point is to purchase grain and other ingredients for the canteen of the steel rolling mill.

Of course, supply and marketing cooperatives are also unprofitable owners. They will not provide help for free. They require the steel rolling mill to hand over a management fee of 50 yuan every month and send special personnel to check the account books regularly.

Then, the steel rolling mill and the supply and marketing cooperative re-signed the supply contract, with the quota reduced by [-]% and the price increased by [-]%.

It’s not that the steel rolling mills are willing to suffer this loss, but that they can’t do it if they don’t sign.

Now the whole country is short of food, and the food standards of various units have been lowered. Even if the steel rolling mill disagrees, they can unilaterally break the contract, and you can't do anything to them.

In a word, there is no food.

What can you do with him?

That afternoon, Lao Wei sent the documents and procedures for establishing a grain collection point to Yang Jun's desk.

Now that the documents and procedures are in place, the next step is to rent a house and set up a grain collection point.

There is no need for Yang Jun to do this kind of thing, people from the housing management department will do it for him.

The next afternoon.

The people from the Housing Management Department sent the rental contract and door keys to the Purchasing Department, and then Lao Wei sent the keys to Yang Jun's office.

After returning home from get off work that night, Yang Jun called everyone to his yard.

He told Yang Anbang and others about his plan to set up a grain collection point, and then handed them the keys to the front house and the business license.

"Anbang, you will be the person in charge of this grain collection point from now on, and you will be responsible for purchasing grain."

"Ah, brother, I...I'm afraid that I can't do well, otherwise I'd better let me join the factory." Yang Anbang said with a grimace.

"You don't know how to collect grain?" Yang Jun was so angry that he wanted to slap him.

He tried so hard to think about them, but he still didn't appreciate it.

Do you have freedom outside when you go to work in a factory?Besides, if you join a factory as an apprentice at such an old age, if you dare to call someone a master, they won’t be willing to agree.

Apprentices generally start learning in their teens, and those at his age are veteran workers with more than ten years of service.

If you are almost [-] years old and ask someone who is younger than you to be a master, it will be too embarrassing for you to ask him, but he will also be too embarrassed to agree to it.

"Are you just collecting food?" Yang Anbang asked non-nosily.

"Yes, you only do one thing every day, which is to collect food."

Yang Jun explained: "Our grain collection point only collects grain and does not sell grain. As long as someone comes to sell it, you just accept it at the market price and don't worry about anything else."

"Then...that's good, I can do this."

When Yang Anbang heard this, he felt relieved.

If it is like what Yang Jun said, this is really an easy job, protected from wind and rain. Although he is not afraid of hardship, who wants to go into a factory and swing a sledgehammer.

"Zhao Hongmei and Zhou Miaomiao are also going to help. There are only three of you at the moment, and there will be one more person coming in in a few days."

When Yang Anbang's wife Zhao Hongmei and Zhou Miaomiao heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up.

"Brother, can we go to work too?"

Yang Jun nodded and said: "Yes, you should also get a salary. Zhao Hongmei, you can only be considered a temporary worker."

"But fortunately, you can also receive a salary of 18 yuan a month, which can help support your family."

"Thank God, I can finally get a salary. 18 yuan a month is a lot, and it can cover half a year's income in my village." Zhao Hongmei said excitedly with a red face.

"Yes, we are no longer young or old. I didn't expect us women to hold up half the sky." Zhou Miaomiao was also very excited.

Yang Anbang and Zhou Miaomiao are both regular workers in the steel rolling mill, but Zhao Hongmei is not. She can only be regarded as a temporary worker.

Fortunately, she doesn't care about this. After all, for a person who only earns work points, being able to earn 18 yuan a month is something she never dared to think about before.

Yang Anbang is a regular worker in the steel rolling mill, but Zhao Hongmei and her two children are not. They still have rural household registrations and just follow Yang Anbang to eat commercial grain in the city.

If we follow Yang Anbang's monthly ration of 24 kilograms, it is obviously not enough for the family. We can only go to the black market and exchange the white flour ration for steamed buns. Even then, it is not enough to eat.

Regardless of the fact that the third uncle Yan Bugui only earns 27 yuan a month, why can he afford to support his family, but Yang Anbang cannot?

That's because the third uncle's family has urban registered permanent residence, and all seven members of the family have food rations. However, only Yang Anbang's family has food rations, and his wife and children do not.

Now that I have this temporary job, my monthly salary of 18 yuan can help supplement my family income.

"Money and accounts must be separated. Zhao Hongmei is in charge of the money and tickets, and Zhou Miaomiao is in charge of the accounts. The money and accounts must be consistent, and there must never be a situation where the accounts cannot be reconciled. Do you understand?" Yang Jun explained.

"I understand, brother."

The two responded.

Early the next morning, several of them went to the grain collection point.

This spot is only 10 minutes away from where they live. This is also the house that Yang Jun specially asked the housing management department to rent nearby in order to be closer to home.

Yang Jun didn't go to work and drove them there directly.

This is a small courtyard, with an 80-square-meter facade room in the front and a living area in the back.

The front room had been cleaned and there was nothing inside.

There is a sign with black characters on a white background hanging on the side of the door, which reads,

"Jinshuiqiao Supply and Marketing Cooperative Branch Station."

Next to this line of large characters, there is a line of small characters that reads "Only collect, not sell."

There were no leading cadres to cut the ribbon and no people to watch. Yang Anbang set off a small firecracker at the door and it was open for business.The people from the supply and marketing cooperative came to take a look, gave some guidance and then went back.

Later, Hua Haitian, the head of the Finance Section, sent some money and food stamps. He walked around, curled his lips, and went back without saying anything.

He didn't believe that such a place could still receive food. He felt that it was completely redundant for the leaders to set up this food collection point.

Afterwards, Yang Anbang, Zhao Hongmei and Zhou Miaomiao sat in the store eagerly waiting for someone to come to sell food.

For several days, I didn't receive a grain of food.

As soon as they got home, the three of them reported the situation to Yang Jun with a grimace.

Yang Jun had never thought about what food they would receive. This was not the purpose of setting up this food collection point.

"Isn't it nice to be idle? Don't you get panicked after not working for two days?" Yang Jun said while eating food and looking at Yang Anbang who was squatting at the door smoking a cigarette.

"Brother, is it okay if this keeps going on? If we can't harvest a grain of grain, how will we be able to communicate with the factory at the end of the month?"

Yang Jun knew what he was thinking. He was simply afraid that his results would be so bad that the factory would withdraw from this position.

He is not afraid. The worst he can do is go into the factory and swing a sledgehammer, but what about Zhao Hongmei?
She is just a temporary worker. If this position is withdrawn, she will have no choice but to go home and take care of her children.

"What are you afraid of? Don't you still have me, your brother?"

Yang Jun smiled and said: "You can work with peace of mind. Your brother will take care of everything. Maybe the business will get better in a few days."

"Well, I hope so."

Yang Anbang sighed helplessly.

Two weeks have passed and the situation in the store has not improved.

After get off work every day, Yang Anbang reports on time to Yang Jun on the grain collection situation.

"Brother, I received the food today."

As soon as Yang Jun entered the house, before he could wash his hands and eat, Yang Anbang happily ran over to tell him the good news.

"Oh, how much did you charge?"

When Yang Jun heard this, he thought it was good and finally opened.

"Hmm...three pounds and two ounces of stick noodles." Yang Anbang said with a blush.

puff!

Yang Jun just picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and immediately spurted it out.

"Yes, this is a good start. Let's keep up the good work."

Yang Jun patted his shoulder and comforted him.

"Don't just think about collecting food. We also need to collect ingredients, such as cabbage, potatoes, pork, and even game from the mountains. We must broaden our thinking and think of ways to see how we can make the store more efficient." Business is picking up.”

"Brother, I just knelt down in front of them. I stood at the door and kept shouting every day, and my throat was filled with smoke. No one was selling food."

Yang Anbang scratched his head anxiously.

"You stood at the door and shouted?"

Yang Jun was shocked and asked.

"Hungry, the three of us are taking turns shouting."

Yang Jun rolled his eyes and was so angry that he wanted to slap him.

Now that the investigation is so strict, who would dare to come in if you give me such a shout?

"Stop shouting immediately. Don't do anything. If someone comes, just accept it. If no one comes, just rest. Do you understand?"

"Brother, why?" Yang Anbang asked confused.

"Where do you get so many? Why? Just do whatever I ask you to do."

Yang Anbang is a dull man. He is not as smart as his younger brother Yang Anguo. He cannot explain some truths to him, so he can only use commands to stipulate his behavior.

If you shout like this, if others don't cause trouble for you, I'm afraid the supply and marketing cooperative will.

Aren't you trying to steal business from them?
Which supply and marketing cooperative is not worried about food now?
The residents in the city asked for food from them, major factories and units asked for food from them, and their directors were forced to hide away. If you are here to fight for food with them, who will trouble you if they don't trouble you?
"Starting from tomorrow, we will open the door when we go to work and close the door when we get off work. We can collect as much food as we can. We are never allowed to go out and shout. Do you hear me?"

"I heard it, bro."

Although Yang Anbang didn't understand why Yang Jun did this, he still agreed.

After saying that, he didn't stay to eat and went back directly.

Since the establishment of this branch of the supply and marketing cooperative, Yang Anbang's family has moved there. First, they need someone to guard them, and second, they are not used to having three families crowded into one yard.

After Yang Anbang left.

He was smoking a cigarette alone.

There are now more than 2 employees in the steel rolling mill. Based on the ration of two taels per person per day, nearly [-] kilograms of grain are consumed a day.

One pound of noodles can steam 1.5 pounds of steamed buns. According to this standard, the real consumption per day is [-] pounds of grain.

The supply and marketing cooperative can only provide three thousand kilograms of grain every day, and the remaining three hundred kilograms gap can only be found by the steel rolling mill itself.

The steel rolling mill had no choice but to lower the food standard for workers and limit the supply every day. Each person only had a ration of one to two or seven yuan.

One or two seven dollars is just a small steamed bun, which is far from enough for workers who do heavy physical work.

Nowadays, most employees in the factory are complaining about the lowering of food standards, and there are even cases where employees make a fuss in the canteen.

Yang Jun knew that if this situation continued, something would happen sooner or later.

What we need to do now is to get as much food as possible, in addition to doing a good job in ideological work for the employees.

(End of this chapter)