Siheyuan: The strongest point adding system is bound at the beginning

Grain in Ear in 61 should have been a happy day, a harvest season. But the wheat in the field looked wrinkled and the ears were not full at all. If you picked some of them, you could find some ears without any grain.

From the beginning of spring till now this year, there is not as much rain as last year, but you can't not give any rain at all!

These days, except for those living near reservoirs or rivers, farmers rely on God for their livelihood, and all they hope for is for it to rain at the right time.

The past few years have been difficult, with grain stored in good years and opened in bad years. However, after three years of natural disasters, the country is now unable to provide food.

However, the disaster lasted for three years, and even if the higher-ups were very indifferent to worldly matters, they finally reacted and started actively importing food from outside to alleviate the current famine situation on the mainland. After that, the annual food import volume continued to increase.

The grain storage companies with the word "种" in their names began to go down the road of hoarding grain and there was no turning back. The amount of grain imports continued to increase year by year and never decreased.

As for the result, the recent price of corn is the most true reflection. In some places, corn is even used as fuel, which is said to be more durable than firewood. If someone dares to use grain as fuel now, he may, no, definitely be beaten to death.

As for why we import so much grain every year, the people above us know what they are doing better than we do.

Is there not enough food in the country? Maybe not. The 18 billion mu of arable land is checked every year, so it is definitely not less, but how much of it is used to grow food is unclear. When Liu Pingan came, the land in his hometown was basically planted with cash crops, such as fruit trees, vegetables, and sweet potatoes. No one planted unprofitable food.

There is another reason, that is, the food outside is really cheap. As for the exact price, it varies according to different regions, but 1/3 is definitely there. No matter how expensive it is, I won’t buy yours.

Domestic grain is mainly purchased by grain stations in various counties and cities. Compared with the prices outside, the state is really losing money in purchasing. But it has to be purchased even if it loses money. You have to give farmers hope, right?

If there is really a shortage of food in the country, it will be severely slaughtered like a certain country in Southeast Asia. It is said that at least 220 billion US dollars in profit were reaped that time. The food war is so terrifying.

The mainland has always been a major importer, whether it is food or energy. It was only in recent years that the domestic industry has risen, relying on its low labor costs, that the trade deficit was reversed.

Besides, Liu Pingan's big pot meal, which lasted for several years, has gradually disbanded this year. The first shot was fired in Sichuan and Chongqing, and the effect was quite good.

As the capital of the country, Sijiucheng was definitely the first to popularize it after the successful pilot project. But the communes still existed, and farmers still had to rely on work points to make a living.

Qinjia Village in Mentougou, which had cooperated with Liu Ping'an for several years, also stopped trading fish with the steel mill last year. The main reason was that Li Huaide was not strong enough and could not withstand the pressure from the supply and marketing cooperative.

After all, you are under the management of the supply and marketing system, and in good years, you can still be treated with some respect. But in recent years, no one knows how long this will last.

Li Huaide tried hard and gave away a lot of tiger bone wine from his collection, but the supply chain was still cut off last year.

But this did not affect the enthusiasm of the people in Qinjia Village to sell their goods to Liu Ping'an. Every month when he went there, Liu Ping'an always received a lot of things. Most of them were fish. There are policies from above and countermeasures from below.

When we first went to the supply and marketing agency last year, we didn’t even have 1 catties of fish. You know, every year when we sold fish to the steel mill, we never had less than 2 catties, mainly because the supply and marketing agency was too aggressive in suppressing the price.

But there was nothing they could do. They couldn't just buy the fish from Qinjia Village at the retail price like the steel mills did! This was definitely a losing business, and only a fool would be willing to do it.

The whole village was killed in one bite. There were only so many fish. The supply and marketing cooperative also knew that the remaining fish would go into the pockets of the steel mill, but it was divided into 12 months a year. But there was no other way, so they had to hold their noses and accept it.

At this time, the villages named after surnames are the most difficult to deal with, just like the clans in the south. If not handled properly, trouble will arise.

The fish were delivered to the steel mill by the people of Qinjia Village every month, and they would personally meet with the accounting and finance staff in the logistics department. This was a big gift package that Liu Ping'an took the initiative to throw out, and the logistics staff were also happy to take this pie.

Every month, the fish weighing over a thousand kilograms would be covered with fishy smell and oily water after being handled by anyone. Only Liu Ping'an was like a fool and threw away such a good opportunity.

Emm, mainly because Liu Pingan dislikes the trouble. Not only is there not much money to be made, but he also has to go to Qinjia Village every month, which is not cost-effective and affects his - he is really slacking off.

At this time of the year, Liu Ping'an's work focus has gradually shifted to the management level. After all, he has been working under Li Huaide for so long, although in Liu Ping'an's view, the two of them are purely bound by interests.

But Li Huaide sincerely felt that he could be trained as his confidant.

At the beginning of this year, Liu Ping'an was promoted to the position of deputy section chief of the third purchasing section by using the method of work-for-work. Emmm, no, I am an administrative staff, so I cannot use the term "work-for-work".

But after the final notice from the factory was issued, Liu Pingan felt that there was nothing wrong with saying so. The main reason was that his work grade had not been promoted and was still level 22 (level clerk) at the beginning of the year. This position was just like Sha Zhu's current position as deputy director of the canteen, a nominal one.

But the salary has actually gone up, with a salary of more than 80 yuan for deputy section-level employees. Now I am definitely a high-income earner, but I don't know when I can get a permanent job.

If I could really get a permanent job, my current position would be neither too high nor too low, just right. Even if the wind picks up after 65, I would be able to stand firm with this identity.

This year is not only the last year of the famine, but also the beginning of the withdrawal of Soviet aid. Although the withdrawal of aid to China began in the second half of this year, we can more or less see some signs now.

Those Russian technicians in the steel mill are usually well fed and well cared for by Sha Zhu, the special chef who is the leader of the steel mill. However, they don't work hard at all, probably because they have received instructions from above.