Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1683 Butt Problem
"Your family has planted more than 200 mu of land, and you are a grain householder. You can't even get the dowry together when you marry a wife?" Yun Suji felt inconceivable.

"There is no food left in the grain households." Bai Puting smiled with mixed emotions, "The bride price here is too expensive. A woman is worth five or six cows, tsk tsk..."

"The dowry is so expensive?!" Yun Suji only knew that the dowry was very expensive now, but he didn't expect it to be so high.It often takes a year or two of frugality for farmers to tie up a large animal.Marrying a daughter-in-law is worth five or six cattle, which for most people simply eliminates the possibility of marrying a daughter-in-law.

He knew that in the past because there were more men than women in Lingao, the bride price was always high.In addition to importing labor, the engine plan also takes into account the balance of gender ratio.

Judging from the statistics of Minzhengkou, the gender ratio in Hainan has indeed improved. Although there are still more men than women, at least the disparity is not so great anymore.But at the grassroots level, the phenomenon of betrothal gifts has intensified.He noticed that the improvement in living conditions brought about by the resumption of production not only did not restrain the price of bride price, but continued to rise.Yun Suji knew that marrying a daughter-in-law in the past was just to satisfy "whether you have it or not". Now that life is stable and there is land, marrying a daughter-in-law also means that the family has an extra labor force, which is of great benefit to family production. That said, the loss is twofold.It's no wonder that the price of bride price is so high.

"Chief, I'm not afraid of your jokes. Now everyone is saying that it's useless to raise a son, you have to have a girl." A group leader next to him interrupted with a smile, "Otherwise, you won't even be able to marry a daughter-in-law!"

"What's so funny about it? Boys and girls are the same." Yun Suji said, "If you just want to raise a son, where can you get a daughter-in-law? They are all pointing at other people's homes to give birth to you? Last time the county sentenced a The one who drowned a baby girl, he still said that her daughter was useless, she lost money, and drowned cleanly. I said that her daughter was a loser, where did you get it? Your mother, your grandma is not a loser? Why didn’t she drown? Did you come out like you after being clean? He has nothing to say."

The group leaders all laughed a few times.

Yun Suji asked Fan Twelve again, "How many bachelors are there in your village?"

Now Fan Twelve was stunned. There were too many accounts and statistical forms issued by the county, and he was upset when he saw them.But even so, it seems that there is no account dedicated to counting bachelors.

He thought about it for a long time, tried hard on all the men in the village without wives, and said vaguely: "There are a lot of people who don't have wives, and some of them have lost their wives..."

Yun Suji also felt that his question was not rigorous enough, so he changed his words: "Let's talk about all the laborers in your village. How many people don't have wives?"

"That's quite a lot. Even those whose wives died, there are as few as one hundred."

"It's just that more than half of them don't have wives." Yun Suji thought to himself that this number is not small.Men without wives is a social problem!Moreover, rural areas are different from urban areas. In urban areas, they issue yellow tickets to attract prostitution businesses to meet the sexual needs of male workers, which can solve certain problems. However, in rural areas, marrying a daughter-in-law is not only to solve sexual problems, but also to organize a family. Labor needs are included.

Yun Suji asked Bai Puting how the production situation was, and what difficulties and opinions he had.

Seeing that the chief was very polite and approachable, Bai Puting became more courageous. He hesitated for a while and said, "Chief, I just don't understand the imperial affairs of the Senate. If you tell me, don't be offended..."

"Oh? Let's see what you said." Yun Suji immediately became interested. Currently in Hainan New District, after completing the re-measurement of the fields, the previous collection model has been completely abolished and changed to a progressive taxation system.This new tax system is very popular with the public because of the clear burden.

"Little one, I... I..." Bai Puting suddenly felt that he had said something wrong. Since ancient times, the imperial grain and national tax were set by the emperor's court. Chaozheng" is incredible!
Yun Suji said: "Hey, since you have an opinion, just raise it. I will never blame you."

Bai Puting boldly said: "This... Chief... the more land there is, the higher the tax rate, isn't it a bit inappropriate."

Yun Suji asked: "Why is it inappropriate?"

Bai Puting swallowed, and said: "Chief, in fact, I want to cultivate more land. It is not a problem to plant five or six hundred acres. I also want to borrow money to buy a farmer like the Tiandihui Machine Farming Team." Dude, tie up a few more oxen. Planting the land is fast, and it accumulates a lot of manure, and it does not consume manpower. The head of the Tiandihui also said that more land will be cultivated and there will be more support policies. But the more land is planted The heavier the tax, I will calculate it, and it will not count if there are more kinds..."

When he said this, several group leaders resonated:
"This progressive system makes hardworking people poor and lazy people cheap!"

"There is a family with little land and few people. They don't care much after planting rice seedlings. Anyway, they don't have to pay much tax for the rice harvested. It's enough for their family to chew on the grain. We dig mud and mow grass everywhere to accumulate manure. I have worked so hard to plant the land, but I have to pay several times the tax!"

"If you want them to work a few more jobs, you will have to beat the sky. If you don't work hard, why don't you just sleep at home!"

Fan Twelve was in a hurry when he heard this. The matter of labor labor was supposed to be a secret, but he didn't expect this brainless team leader to leak it out.

Fortunately, Chief Yun didn't delve into it. He knew in his heart that the distribution of labor here was tricky.He also asked about the production and living conditions of several other group leaders, and found that most of the group leaders were from families with large land, strong labor force, and good production conditions.The butt is different from the place where ordinary villagers sit.

When these people arrived in Hainan, they were all proletarians, and they depended on the relief of the Senate for food and clothing.However, in more than two years, there has been a divide between the rich and the poor.Both the small peasant consciousness and the landlord mindset have been released—Yun Suji secretly sighed, it seems that the "large-scale intensive farm" proposed by the Government Affairs Council is very necessary.

He asked some other questions and felt that it was almost done, so he said, "Go and see the poor households in your village."

Fan Twelve hurriedly agreed, and Yun Suji came out to take a look. The young man who had just beaten Old Meng's head ran away and hid. He had already known from the cadre roster that this was Liu Yuanhu, the village militia captain and security committee member, and shouted: " Liu Yuanhu! What are you hiding from? I am not a tiger, and even if I am a tiger, I will not eat your tiger."

Liu Yuanhu's face was flushed with shame, so he had no choice but to turn around and say: "The chief is laughing at you."

Yun Suji looked Liu Yuanhu up and down, and saw that he was in his early twenties, with broad shoulders and dark skin. He looked like a strong farmer.He is full of youthful vigor, unlike an old cunning like Fan Twelve.Well cultivated is a good cadre.

Even Fan Twelve and Han Daoguo, he didn't think they were too bad.As a village cadre, Fan Twelve is very capable, and he can be said to have a firm stance on the major policies of the Senate and strong execution; although Han Daoguo cannot avoid making troubles, it is remarkable that these account data can be kept in order up.

"I think you are a very capable person, but your methods are too rough. You still need to use your brain more when doing things." Yun Suji pointed to his head, "It's not enough to rely on a strong force."

"Yes, Chief."

"You lead the way."

Seeing that the chief did not accuse him of "colliding with the offender", Liu Yuanhu felt relieved for the most part, but what he said later made him a little worried, but it was too late to think about it, so he hurriedly led the way.

They first came to a household at the west end of the village.Fan Twelve introduced that this household was an old couple with a young grandson. They had a son who had been working in the fields not long after he settled down, and his foot was stabbed, and he died suddenly not long after.

Yun Suji thought it must be tetanus, but only the Qiongshan County Health Center could inject serum in Qiongshan, let alone most people don't know about tetanus at all.

"...No one grows his land: the old man suffers from asthma, and his grandson is young, so he has to be taken care of by his mother-in-law. They can only grow melons and vegetables and small miscellaneous grains." Fan Twelve introduced.

"Then what do they live on?"

"Give the land to others for farming, and the farmer gets [-]% of the land, and the rest goes to his family."

"What about public food?"

Yun Suji's sudden question disrupted Fan Shier's planned speech. He never thought that the chief would ask this question, and before he had time to think about it, he said casually: "The public grain is also paid for on behalf of the farmer..."

"Perhaps those who farm on behalf of others also provide labor labor?" Yun Suji smiled, "It's really a living thing."

Fan Twelve didn't know who the "****" was, but from the chief's tone and smile, he knew that the chief didn't believe it at all, but he didn't expose it face to face.

Yun Suji couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable looking at the old couple who were wearing new clothes that looked like they had just been taken out, and looked at him with fear on their faces.Looking at the children, they are only five or six years old, not sallow and emaciated, but their expressions are very dull, not at all lively like their peers.Looking at this deserted house again, except for some basic furniture that was distributed when they moved in, there was almost no furniture and daily necessities, but the house was too tidy - just like the clothes they wore, they were all prepared just now.He didn't even bother to look at the pancake farm and the grain cabinet, needless to say they were all full.

Yun Suji casually asked if there was enough food and how his life was, and the old man also said vaguely, "I'm doing well" and "there is a caretaker in the village."

"Go, let's go." Yun Suji said.

When he got outside, Yun Suji said, "Mr. Fan, you're not telling the truth."

Fan Twelve had a shock in his heart. He originally wanted to deny it, but when he thought about going to the county to watch the public trial last year, he hurriedly said, "Damn me! Damn me! I confess!"

"We are not the master Qingtian who came to investigate privately. You just tell me, how much food does the subcontractor farmer give to his family?"

Fan Twelve knew that he couldn't hide it, so he could only say: "The agreement is that regardless of whether it is rich or not, there will be 800 catties of brown rice per year. The public grain and labor will be borne by the farming households."

(End of this chapter)