Reborn to be rich

Chapter 19
"Your uncle looks like he doesn't want Mancang to be the village chief, and the captains of the other three teams don't want to choose him again. Your uncle said that I should be the captain of the big team. I think it's not very good, you five Uncle said that you are better than me, what do you think?"

The time has come. In October, the four teams will first elect their own team leader, and then in November, all the villagers will choose a team leader from among the four team leaders, who is the village chief of Zhangjialing Village.

"Dad, let's put aside the matter of competing for the captain! If I become the captain, what can I do, and why do others choose me. Let's see the situation in the next four months!"

Zhang Chenglin and Hu Yue'e's father listened silently. They had never heard the elder son speak from his heart. They didn't know the details of what his son had gone through while studying abroad for so many years.

"Uncle Wu's illness can no longer be taken care of. Even if he is cured, his health will be over for the rest of his life. I am thinking that this year I must take Uncle Wu to Xijing for treatment. The key is that the money may cost several thousand. I plan to go to the villages to collect some silver dollars after I’m busy for a while. Now a Yuan Datou in the county is already 12 yuan, and we only have 5 yuan here. Hasn’t the money for our village’s base not been handed in yet? I want to go Go around the villages."

The father did not answer Zhang Guodong's words, but he agreed in his heart. The younger brother's illness needs money, and only the eldest son can earn so much money to see the younger brother's doctor. It doesn't count if you say it.

In the afternoon, Zhang Guodong and his father fetched water from the well in the south of the village and carried it back with a pole. In many places on the Loess Plateau, the wells are hundreds of meters away. I made it myself, and the surrounding 40 or 4 villages often come here to carry water.

The two large water tanks, Zhang Guodong and his father, ran for more than a dozen times to fill them up, and then the father and son carried water to the wheat field to wet all the soft ground with water, and beat the ground piles and stones continuously. Things that must be done before wheat.

After working for more than two hours, the weeds in the whole wheat field have been cleaned up, and the loose and uneven ground has also been repaired by them. Uncle Zhang Guodong pushed a shelf cart from the village to go to his own wheat field to level the field.

"Third brother, are you and Guodong busy? This time, your second team earned a lot of money! Good guy bought 4 bicycles at a time, third brother, you brought them well!" Fourth uncle Zhang Chengdong is the first team of Zhangjialing The captain, the first team is the largest team in Zhangjialing, with 17 families, and is usually the wealthiest of several teams. He and Zhang Chenglin are cousins. At the same time, being the team leader actually means some competition.

"Fourth brother, you also go to the wheat field? It's not like you don't know what's going on in our village. It's too difficult to find a way to get everyone some money! If you have time, come to my house and I have something to tell you." Zhang Chenglin Two years older than Zhang Chengdong, the first and second teams accounted for more than 70% of the entire population of Zhangjialing, and discussions between the two brothers could basically determine the entire Zhangjialing.

"Okay, then you guys are busy first, I'll go there tonight!" Knowing that the other party has something to talk to him, Zhang Chengdong nodded and agreed.

There were many people passing by the wheat field. Everyone who saw Zhang Chenglin would ask him about the second team harvesting wheat to make a fortune. Everyone attributed the second team’s going out to harvest wheat to Zhang Chenglin. It is not difficult to hear the words and want to make money mean.

In the evening, the sun went down completely, and Zhang Ping walked home step by step from the intersection of Guanlu. She had just had a week off from work today, and as soon as she went to the intersection of Podingguan, she saw her father and elder brother working in the wheat field.

"Dad, big brother!" Zhang Ping happily came to her father and big brother with a cloth schoolbag on her back.

"How many days are you on vacation? When is the final exam?" Zhang Ping will be in the third year of junior high school in the second half of the year, and it is also a critical time.

"I have a seven-day busy holiday, and the final exam will be on July [-]. I finished all my homework at school." Zhang Ping replied that she is the most sensible of her brothers and sisters. She is doing it.

The wheat field is almost cleaned up, and we have to get up early tomorrow morning to clean up a little bit. The three of them walked home with tools on their shoulders under the moonlight.

The second brother had already woken up, and he didn't know where he had gone. He had already eaten stewed pork and sesame seed cakes when he woke up in the afternoon, so everyone was not waiting for him to start eating dinner.

"Is Third Brother here?" Just halfway through eating, Fourth Uncle's voice sounded from outside the door.

"Chengdong is here? Come in quickly, your third brother is waiting for you!" Seeing Zhang Chengdong coming in, Hu Yue'e got up hurriedly, Zhang Ping took her younger siblings and brought the bowls and chopsticks into the room to eat, and Hu Yuee quickly cleared the table.

"Sit!" Zhang Chenglin sat down, and Zhang Guodong hurriedly sent over a pair of chopsticks.

"That's right, this stewed meat is delicious! I've made money and I can eat big meat." Zhang Chengdong said as he ate it. Only during the Chinese New Year in Zhangjialing did people kill pigs in the village. At that time, each household could only eat a few bites of meat. , Usually even the stomach is not full, where is the meat to eat.

"Meat can't stop your mouth, and I'll clean up the dishes." Hearing Zhang Chenglin's words, Zhang Chengdong only ate meat, and then took two big sesame seed cakes and a bowl of porridge.

"Okay, I'm full!" After a long time, Zhang Chengdong wiped his mouth when he was full, and rolled up a grass cigarette very comfortably.

Rural people smoke with pipes or roll their own. The tobacco is ordinary herbal medicine with some small tobacco.

"I've seen the wheat this year. It's growing better than last year. It's not a big problem to pay the public grain. How did the first team discuss the road construction in the village?"

"How can we discuss it? For stones, everyone has to work harder. If there is a frame truck for 4 tons of yellow stones, it will take 2 to 3 months. However, everyone has a lot of opinions on going to Yaozipo for road construction. I will try to see if I can pay for it. .”

The biggest role of the village cadres at this time is to collect public grain. The first thing in the township to judge whether a village cadre is good or bad is to turn in the public grain as the basis, and most of the food reminders are the responsibility of the team leader.

"The second team is about the same..."

Zhang Chenglin and Zhang Chengdong were discussing the affairs of the village. At this time, most of the village cadres still put the collective interests first in their hearts, and they would deal with the problems with their hearts. Zhang Guodong listened silently, and he was also familiar with these trivial matters in the village. It is very clear that the essence of all problems is that farmers have low productivity, lack of production tools, and are unable to respond to policies that are originally beneficial to the country and the people.

"This year's re-election is about to come down, do you have a suitable candidate for the team leader?" The two talked about this year's re-election.

"I think you are more suitable, third brother. As long as you are willing to run for office, I believe that most people in the village will choose you." Zhang Chengdong thought that his cousin wanted to run for the village head this year, so he notified him.

"I won't run for office, it's Guodong who wants to be elected."

"Guodong?" Zhang Chengdong showed a surprised expression.

"right……"

"Guodong is educated and young, and he responds to the call of the village leaders. He is popular in the village, as long as we recommend him together, it is very likely, but it is best to discuss it with uncle and brother."

Zhangjialing Village is all related to relatives, and two of them are relatives, so things in the village are usually easy to discuss, and Zhang Guodong became the village captain in this way in his previous life.

The fourth uncle left, and the second brother came back on a bicycle. How can he not show off when he bought a new bicycle? He came back from harvesting wheat this time, but he had a lot of bullshit in his heart that he wanted to brag to his usual partners. It blew until after 9 o'clock in the evening.

Zhang Guodong really missed the days when there was electricity. There was no TV, no mobile phone, no fan and air conditioner, so he was so hot in bed that he couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning.

Zhang Guodong closed his eyes and thought about everything in the village in the future. If many things can be done earlier, the effect will definitely be different. The subcontracting to household policy has been implemented for four years. The life of the people is getting better little by little. There is no need to worry about eating too much. Next, in order to seek a better life, ordinary people will start to diversify from a single grain.

Zhang Guodong has many ways to get the villagers out of poverty. Regardless of the crops that have economic value in Zhangjialing in future generations, it is easy for each family to earn thousands of yuan a year. However, if you want to form a characteristic industry, you can lead more For many people to make a fortune, someone must lead them. What I lack now is funds.

It's a good idea to collect some gadgets handed down from farmers' families. If you are lucky, you will say that it is not impossible to double your assets in a week, but collecting silver dollars is also a dangerous job, and you may lose your life if you fail. , is there any way to get a sum of money?
"Qingyun Temple...tourism development... By the way, isn't an ancient tomb dug out of Tudou Mountain in Xigou? There are also gold armor and bronze swords dug out of it."

Yongkang County has records from the Warring States period. Some ancient tombs are often dug here, and many of these ancient tombs are from before the Tang Dynasty. The tomb of General Du Wei was dug out from Zhangjialing in 2002. At that time, it was relatively famous in the whole Qin Province. After discovering the ancient tomb, the villagers robbed the golden armor in the coffin. Finally, every family from the County Cultural Relics Bureau knocked on the door to ask for the armor. The bronze sword was hidden by the third team Zhang Manliang in his wheat straw team for more than a month. be found.

"The golden armor and bronze sword should be regarded as national treasures. I don't want to do tomb robbery. It seems that I can only find a way to find the location of the ancient tomb and hand it over to the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau. At that time, the state will give you as much reward as possible!"

The matter of the ancient tomb can be put aside later, but the silver dollars in Longhua Village can be found. A few years later, a few sheep children in Longhua Village were playing in Zuitou Mountain and found three jars of silver dollars in a tunnel. At that time, the child made the news known to everyone. When the child’s family rushed to dig, there were not many silver dollars left. Longhua Village has been the first thing that people from other villages think of when buying silver dollars for 30 consecutive years. place.

"There are only a dozen families in Longhua Village. If you want to find silver dollars, you'd better go there early. The tunnels in Zuitou Mountain are complicated, so you have to be prepared." Unknowingly, Zhang Guodong fell asleep slowly.

Early the next morning, Zhang Guodong and his second brother were woken up by their father. This morning was the last time to light the wheat fields. At that time, beat it again with piles of ground stones, and the wheat field is ready.

After Zhang Guotao finished his work, he wanted to ride a bicycle and go out to play again, but his father stopped him.A few days ago, the mulberry silkworm raised by my mother had cocooned. Before Zhang Guodong and his son came back, the silk had been boiled and coiled into bundles of silk balls. Today, my father was going to the countryside to buy a rack cart, and he wanted to sell the silk by the way. .

Early in the morning, the temperature in the yard was just right. Zhang Guodong supervised all his brothers and sisters to wash their hair, and then sat in the yard to help them cut their hair.

"Brother, can you know it! No, let my mother cut it for me."

It was Zhang Guotao who was worried that Zhang Guodong would be unreasonable. Zhang Ping and Zhang Xiaoyue were obediently waiting aside.

"You still have a big opinion on letting you get your first haircut. Sit down quickly, isn't this clipper as good as scissors? You'll know later!"

The second brother's hair is already very long, so Zhang Guotao straightened it short with a clipper, then cut it along the sides, and finally cut a hairy cut on the top of his head with scissors, and a handsome young man came out in an instant.

"Second brother, you are so handsome!" The third sister looked at Zhang Guodong and said with a smile.

"Go away!" Zhang Guotao was about to kick his sister, but Zhang Guodong slapped him on the back of the head.

"Sit down, get a haircut and jump!"

Zhang Guotao finished his haircut, and now he keeps looking in front of the mirror, and sometimes laughs foolishly, no one in the village is so handsome!
"Mom, where did I put the green military uniform that my brother bought for me last time?" Zhang Guotao found his new clothes from the cabinet, and Zhang Guotao in the mirror couldn't believe it was himself for a while.

"Brother, you also tell me that the second brother is so good-looking." Zhang Xiaoyue looked at the second brother and couldn't help being envious.

After Zhang Guodong finished his second brother's hair, he began to cut the third sister's hair.Without tools for perming, hair dryer or even shampoo, Zhang Guodong cut off the roots of the third sister's hair and trimmed her bangs, Zhang Ping was already very satisfied.

After getting his younger brother a crew cut, he finished cutting the hair of the four younger brothers and sisters. Zhang Guodong wanted to cut his mother's hair too, but she refused anyway. Finally, after repeated discussions, he let the third sister do it for his mother. look aside.

Zhang Guotao put on new clothes and left home, and Zhang Wenbin came after a while.

"Brother Guodong, help me cut my hair too! I want to be like my brother Tao."

"Ping'er is taking care of your third mother! I'll take care of you when it's over."

"Ping'er, cut my sisters' hair too!" Zhang Wenbin said to Zhang Ping.

"Go and call your sister."

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Originally, it was to cut the hair of the family members, but it was very annoying to harvest the wheat in the hot weather. The hair was too long. I didn't expect that after the haircuts of Zhang Wenbin and his four younger sisters were finished, the whole second team surrounded Zhang Guodong's house. At the door, everyone lined up one after another.

"Brother, you should do it! I'm not good at pushing!" Zhang Ping looked at Zhang Guodong with some unconfidence while holding the pusher.

"It's okay, just be more courageous, how well you reason!"

Don't pay for a free haircut, it's all about the third sister practicing handicrafts.

After more than ten haircuts in succession, I didn’t expect that more and more people lined up behind. Many people from the first team and the third team lined up. Zhang Guodong had to clean up quickly. The third sister was tired after more than 3 hours of haircuts. Yes, it would be a good idea to open a barber shop at Guanlukou in the future.

(End of this chapter)