Rebirth 1975: My Wife is Love-Brained

Chen Yan looked at Li Lei and Qin Yihu in front of him, and his heart beat wildly.

Then he forced himself to suppress the excitement in his heart.

It's not that he doesn't want to be excited.

The original intention was to inspire two people's enthusiasm, but I ended up being infected myself and getting my blood boiling. This is not good.

After all, today's incident is just a small matter for Chen Yan, and there is still a long way to go in the future.

Where is this?

"Then let me tell you!" Chen Yan cleared his throat!

The two people in front of him nodded at the same time, and Han Meimei had already gone to clean up the kitchen.

If the popcorn business here is successful now, then the one in the cinema will be just a small business.

Han Meimei has already become familiar with the place, so there is no need to worry about anything.

Moreover, these days, the emphasis is on women staying out of men’s affairs.

Li Lei took out a pack of cigarettes from the drawer and shared them with the two of them with a smile. "Take your time, I'll ask your sister to make some tea later. Drink some tea after dinner to help digestion!"

Chen Yan smiled, "That's what I planned! Originally, I just wanted you to deliver the goods, but then I thought about it. If that's the case, we'll actually be in a passive position! There's no phone in the village, so it's inconvenient to contact each other. It's not convenient to go back and forth!"

Li Lei nodded, "That's right! Some brigades have thousands of people, some have only three to five hundred people, and some even have only a hundred or so people. It's true that different brigades are different! I was thinking before, should we not go to some very small or remote places!"

"Forget about those with a hundred or eighty people! What a waste of time! Instead of spending that time on them, you might as well take a good rest! Selling popcorn in the countryside is different from selling it in the cinema. People in the cinema can spend money to watch a movie, so they basically don't have much money and live a relatively good life. But those villages with a small population and remote areas probably don't even have much food rations. How are you going to sell it if you go there?" Chen Yan said.

"That's right! I did some statistics today. There are a total of 18 communes and 67 brigades in Lanshan County! Eleven of the brigades have basically no people!" said Li Lei.

In this era, the terms such as brigade and commune were actually similar to the later concepts of village and town.

However, in some large villages, one village may be divided into three or four teams, while in some villages, there are not many people in total, but it is also considered a team.

This depends on different divisions in different places.

As for why there are so few people in the team, Chen Yan and Li Lei don’t plan to sell popcorn.

Very simple!

These days, everyone’s economic and food sources all come from production in the brigade!

According to the principle of collective labor, the entire brigade's annual performance is calculated based on work points.

As the degree of mechanization of agricultural work is relatively low, it is basically carried out purely by manpower.

Those brigades with a large number of people are definitely better off than those brigades with a small number of people after working all year round.

This also caused some differences.

In some brigades, one work point could be worth 70 cents, while in other brigades, one work point might only be worth 20 cents, or even 10 cents!

Although it is the same collective, the same era, and the same sky, these objective factors still exist.

For example, the grasslands not far from Jinzhou and the Hetao region.

A few years ago, when people were starving in Arashiyama, others over there were able to be self-sufficient, and every household ate meat every now and then.

What do you say?

"So that makes the calculation! There are fifty-six teams in total. How are your projection teams arranged, brother-in-law?" Chen Yan calculated for a moment and asked Li Lei.

"Usually we go around once a month! Of course, it's impossible for all 56 teams to go. The larger teams may have to hold several shows in a row, and the smaller teams will just gather together in twos and threes if they are close to each other!"

Chen Yan nodded thoughtfully.

"This time is just right! Basically, a team can go there once a month! After going around the whole place, it will take more than 20 days, right?"

"almost!"

Chen Yan breathed a sigh of relief!

This time interval is just right.

Even popcorn is a rare thing for many people in the village.

But in comparison, it is still relatively expensive.

Many people may ask, why is it so expensive? When I was a child, I often saw people selling popcorn on the street. Sorry, that was in the 1980s and 1990s.

In 1975, most people were still worried about having enough to eat.

If the life of Chen Yan's family were to get out and spread, it would definitely be regarded as a capitalist life, and might even be caused by jealous people.

It can’t be more luxurious, okay?

Nowadays, every household has quite a few children.

You can suffer yourself but not your children. This is true for parents of all ages.

If you don’t have too much, you can save a few cents or a dimes at home to satisfy your child’s craving. Most people will not refuse this.

Especially when the entire brigade gathered together to watch the projection team show the movie.

Other families have it, but yours doesn't. Will your child still make a fuss? Will you feel sorry for your child?

This is why Chen Yan thought of going to the countryside with the projection team to show movies and starting the popcorn business.

One round per month, just enough for one wave to come down.

It’s too much, people can’t afford it, right?

perfect!

"In this way, the problem won't be a big deal! There are other things to pay attention to right now. What I thought before was to use your identity as my brother-in-law to sell this thing. It doesn't even have to be sold. If you have cash, give cash. If you have food coupons, give food coupons! If you have rations, just give them rations directly! You are from the projection team. If we do it in your name, no one will say anything. Those people in the village don't know about this!"

"That's fine! But you also said it was before, what about now?" Li Lei nodded, not thinking there was anything wrong.

It is true that the above-mentioned organizations are arresting speculators, but most of them are concentrated in county towns, engaging in reselling and so on.

In the village, most people actually have no idea about these things.

If you run out of food coupons, you can exchange some with me. If you run out of food rations, I can support you. This is called friendship among fellow villagers.

The people in the projection team were public servants who received salaries and ate commercial grain.

Who among the common people in the village would have nothing better to do than to seek such misfortune?

Needless to say, showing movies by the projection team is one of the few large-scale entertainment projects in every village.

If you piss them off, what will happen if they don’t let you show movies next time?

Therefore, every time there was a movie showing in the village, Li Lei, as the projectionist, was paid very well.

"Now, brother-in-law, can you talk to your leader in the cinema and tell him that he is too busy and that there is a relative at home who has nothing to do and wants to broaden his horizons and is willing to help! Let your second brother join the projection team, but he doesn't want a regular position and doesn't need to be paid. Just provide food and accommodation every time he goes there, that's enough?" Chen Yan asked Li Lei with his eyes rolling.