The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

The discussion was fruitless, so Zhu Xiaomin still couldn't make a decision. Fortunately, she was busy with the autumn harvest these days, and everyone was as busy as fighting, so she didn't have much time to worry about it.

By the 5th, most of the grain had been harvested. With last year’s experience, the team no longer had to hold meetings to study and directly contacted the mill in town for preliminary processing of the grain.

Chen Xudong returned with the eggs and said to Zhu Xiaomin: "Secretary Yan said that this year's new cotton is already available. If I ask you how much you want, he will keep it for you."

Zhu Xiaomin hurriedly said: "Of course, the more, the better."

How much is more better?

Chen Xudong was stunned.

Zhu Xiaomin also found that what he said was the same as what he didn't say, and added: "We have counted those cotton coupons. The time when the most people earn base work points is when picking sunflower cakes. After calculation, everyone can always get our work points. One or two kilograms, at least thirty kilograms, fifty kilograms would be best."

Chen Xudong was surprised: "Why do you need so much cotton?"

Zhu Xiaomin spread her hands: "It's not for eating."

Chen Xudong: "..."

Ok.

So, taking a chance the next day, Zhu Xiaomin went to Gumancang and said, "The autumn harvest is coming soon, and everyone can finally relax a little. The weather is getting colder, and it happens to be the time to unpack and wash it. Why not put the cotton first?" One point for coupons and cloth tickets.”

"Cotton coupons and cloth coupons only give points for earning base work points. Isn't that bad?" Gu Mancang was a little embarrassed.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "We have to wait until the end of the year to divide. Firstly, it is too chaotic. Secondly, the accountant is too busy. We might as well divide what can be divided first."

What can be divided now are cotton coupons, cloth coupons and oil.

Gu Mancang thought for a while and nodded: "Jujubes and hawthorns can also be harvested these days. We will harvest them and see how many will be sent to the supply and marketing cooperative and how many will be kept for distribution. In general, we will divide the batch first."

Oil and dates are distributed per head.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "Hawthorn is only what children like to eat, so there shouldn't be much. I'll ask everyone later, or I'll take it to the county to try. Also, in addition to dates and hawthorn, there are also eggs that can be given away. The supply and marketing cooperative doesn't have much income anymore, so the money can actually be divided. Anyway, we still have to keep the collective's development fund, and all the money that will be credited in the future will be pooled into the collective."

Gu Mancang nodded repeatedly, but also said: "Let's hold a small meeting first, then organize people to beat dates, and then let Accountant Huang calculate the account."

"Okay!" Zhu Xiaomin agreed and rushed to find Huang Xiaojuan.

When Huang Xiaojuan heard that cotton coupons and cloth coupons had to be divided, she nodded: "Well, it's too late to divide these two things at the end of the year. We just need to calculate the work points before October 1st."

Fortunately, whether it is cotton coupons, cloth coupons or oil, they are all one-time income. There are detailed records when they are first entered into the account. Now the main thing to calculate is money.

During lunch, Gu Mancang called several brigade cadres together and held a small meeting.

Naturally, everyone had no objections to this specific work. They just went through the process and unanimously approved it.

After the notice was sent, Zhu Xiaomin immediately called Miao Shiwen and Xia Chunhua over, and worked with Huang Xiaojuan to calculate the work points of both parties.

In fact, both sides record work points in the same way, and both earn about the same amount of work points. The ones who earn the least are the aunts and ladies who peel sunflower seeds in the threshing floor.

On the other side, Xia Dongliang has arranged for two production teams to harvest dates and hawthorns.

It only took two days to calculate the work points and collect the dates and hawthorns. I asked during the assignment of tasks. Last year, one person had two kilograms of dates. Most of them were eaten by the middle of the year. So I added some more, making three pounds per person. Jin, eat less hawthorn, just grab some when dividing dates.

Everything was sorted out and the notice was sent out. Since there were still production tasks, everyone was not required to wait, so they were collected in different time periods according to the production team.

Upon hearing that something was about to be divided, a large team exploded.

Everything else is not important, but for each pound of oil and full work points, each person can receive more than 100 yuan, which is indescribably exciting.

In previous years, during the Chinese New Year, grains would be exchanged for oil. This year, thanks to the planting of sunflower seeds, one kilogram per head would be used to keep people fat throughout the Chinese New Year.

There is also the one hundred yuan. Let alone earning it in previous years, I have never even seen it, let alone the family has so much savings. If there are two or three laborers in the family, the amount they get is even more unexpected. .

Under these two surprises, dates, hawthorns, cotton coupons, and cloth coupons were completely unimportant.

So, according to the arrangement of the brigade, everyone happily carried the oil bottle and a small bag, poured the oil into the bottle, put the money into the inner pocket of their pants that had been sewn overnight, and put dates in the small pocket. and Hawthorn, returning home with the spring breeze on their faces.

Of course, there are also those who care about their work points. Xia Chunhua and Miao Shiwen took the notebooks to record their work points and calculated them separately.

The aunts and ladies who peeled sunflower seeds also received work points from the base. It was only a three-day round, and only half of the work points were recorded. The time was less than two months, but with a few dollars in their hands, they could also buy some new year's goods by the end of the year. , not to mention the half-catty cotton coupons shared by several people.

There were also those who took cotton coupons and cloth coupons and didn't want them. Zhu Xiaomin discounted the price and took them all over.

After all these things were done, it soon arrived on the 15th. Chen Xudong asked someone to move the emptied oil drums and brought eggs. Zhu Xiaomin moved a basket of red dates, a small basket of hawthorns, and carried the cotton coupons and cloth coupons distributed to the educated youth. , and entered the city together.

After delivering the message last time, knowing that she was coming this time, Yan Yimin had been waiting early in the morning. Seeing that she had brought dates and hawthorns, he pinched a date to taste first, nodded, then looked at the hawthorns and shook his head: "I'm afraid this thing won't sell. move."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "So I only brought a basket to add some fun to the supply and marketing cooperative." Knowing that we couldn't negotiate the price, we didn't bother much. The red dates cost five cents a pound, and I would add or subtract it later depending on the situation. I won't talk about the price for the hawthorns yet. , stay here and try to sell it.

It was quickly agreed that Chen Xudong was asked to handle the eggs and oil drums. Zhu Xiaomin followed Yan Yimin into the office and immediately asked: "I wonder how much cotton is left for me?"

Yan Yimin said with a smile: "This new cotton has just come out, and it hasn't been sold much yet. I guess you can get as much as you want."

Zhu Xiaomin immediately said: "I want fifty pounds first. Also, I want to know if there is fine cotton cloth. The cheapest one will be fine."

Yan Yimin was startled: "Why do you want the cheapest one? Your team has made a lot of money this year."

He also obtained the cloth tickets himself.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "I use it to make cotton-padded clothes, but they don't need to be worn outside. The quality is the same, so of course I buy the cheaper one. That's all my hard-earned money."

Fine cotton is soft and comfortable to wear. The difference between the cheap and expensive ones is usually only one design and color, or there may be some defects. The cloth with four wool and one foot will be missing by two or three points.

Yan Yimin smiled and nodded, and asked casually: "To make cotton-padded clothes, adults need two meters per piece. How many meters do you want to buy?"

"There are thirty-five of us, seventy meters away." Zhu Xiaomin answered smoothly.

Yan Yimin almost choked on his saliva and asked in disbelief: "How much?"