80 plane Taobao master

Chapter 20 Improving Lives

"Cough cough...cough cough..." In an empty house, an old man sat on the bed and coughed violently, as if he wanted to cough up his lungs.

Hearing the sound of coughing and the sound of hurried footsteps outside, he opened the door and said excitedly, "Mother, you are not in good health, why did you get up again?"

"Hua'er," the old man looked up at him, "I'm fine, I just want to help you do something while this old bone is still moving."

"Mom, how can you say that, your illness will definitely get better, the doctor in the village also said that your illness should be cured as long as you have a good rest, but you can't do heavy work." The woman called Hua'er whispered , frowning tightly.

"Why can't you do heavy work? No one in the village dares to do it. I'm fine. You can relax if you do something for me." The old man said stubbornly, and he lifted the quilt and got out of bed.

From the actions of the old man, it can be seen that except for the severe cough, there is really no major problem with her body, but after all, the old man is old and sick, if he does heavy work again, what will happen is still unknown.

"Mother..." Hua'er frowned.

"Are you still listening to what mother said?" the old man scolded.

"Mom, I'm also doing it for your own good." Hua'er has long been used to resignation. Before the old man was sick, she had been listening to the old man. When the old man was sick, he finally mustered up the courage to confront the old man. Now when the old man yelled, she Backed away, he could only persuade the old man in a low voice, hoping that the old man could change his mind.

"All right, all right, I don't know what you're thinking yet, this home is not yours alone, if you let your daughter-in-law work, you will be stabbed in the back by the villagers." The old man frowned.

"Mother, no, you should have a good rest. If people in the village talk about mother, I will definitely explain it to them." Hua'er said quickly.

"How can you say it doesn't make sense, go out, don't hinder me from doing things!"

"mother--"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were still arguing in the house, and footsteps suddenly came from outside.

"Sister Hua'er, sister Hua'er, come out quickly!"

"Fangfang, I'm here," Hua'er said, and hurried out, seeing Fangfang running profusely, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

"The village chief said that a village meeting is going to be held. Go quickly. I have to notify the big guys." After the other party finished speaking, he immediately turned around and left.

Hua'er was full of confusion, but she turned around and went back to the house. After tidying up a little, she walked to the big square in the village with her mother.

When the two arrived, there were already many people waiting there. Seeing the two coming, they greeted them one after another, and asked the two if they had any inside information.

Hua'er shook her head: "I don't know, this girl Fangfang called me, and she just said let me come to the meeting, and didn't say anything else."

"Sure enough, you don't know, and you don't know what's going on with the village chief. It seems that you have called everyone in the village." Someone said.

"No, such a big scene should be a big deal."

"Hey, the village chief's wife is here, ask me what's going on?"

Hearing this, a group of people rushed in a certain direction.

"What's the matter with the village chief? Why did you call all the big guys here?"

"That's right, it's been a long time since I've seen such a big scene."

"Isn't it going back to three years ago?"

"Bah, crow's mouth."

"Actually, it's not bad like it was three years ago. If there is no food, the country will share it."

"Okay, okay, don't forget what we are here for. It's better to ask the village chief's wife what she said. Aunt Lian, what's going on here, can you tell me exactly what's going on?"

"Actually, I don't know," the village chief's wife shook her head. "As soon as my guy came back, he hurriedly asked you to call you. Since he came back, I haven't even said a word to him."

"Even you don't know?"

"No."

The same situation didn't just happen in this village, it happened in all the villages in the county, it's just that communication was inconvenient at this time, so the villagers who were still guessing didn't know that people in the nearby ten miles and eight villages had experienced the same They are in the same confusion period.

There are quite a few people in the village, but the advantage is that everyone is very orderly and doesn't have so many messy thoughts. After hearing that the village chief held a village meeting, they immediately rushed over from all corners of the village.

Most of the villagers who came to the meeting carried stools or chairs in their hands, found a seat and sat down directly, waiting for the village meeting to be held.

At this time, tables and chairs are the important property of many people. In order to avoid taking them by mistake or being stolen, these chairs and stools are engraved with names, even if they are just placed there, no one will admit their mistakes.

Not long after, almost all the people in the village had arrived, sitting seriously on chairs or stools, waiting for the village chief to speak.

After the village chief came to power, he received a lot of enthusiastic inquiries. The questions were nothing more than about the purpose of this meeting, and some simply talked to the village chief.

"Everyone be quiet, I have something very important to tell you this time." The village chief didn't make an unimportant joke with everyone like in the usual meeting, but kept his face straight.

"What's the matter, isn't something wrong?"

"We are all like this, what else can happen."

"That is, we are all so poor, what else can happen."

"Everyone," the village head suddenly spoke loudly, startling everyone, and his voice fell silent for a moment, "I'm going to the county for a meeting this time, and the county head has given us a difficult task."

The village chief frowned, as if something bad had really happened, and the people in the audience were too shocked to speak.

Originally, the village chief himself meant that he wanted to deal with this matter seriously, so he kept his face straight from the beginning.

Just seeing everyone's serious appearance, he couldn't hold back anymore, and couldn't help laughing out loud: "You don't need to be so serious, this task is a good thing."

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"What a good thing, village head?" someone asked.

"Great thing," the village chief said excitedly, "this time a person came from the county, pulled a truckload of things, and said he wanted to do business with us. We are in a village, and our village has also divided a lot of business, and the boss said that if we do well, there will be more business in the future.”

"Business? Can we do business too?"

"No, we have nothing here."

"If we can do it in the future, our life will be easier."

"Village chief, what kind of business is it? You don't want to keep it to yourself."

"Can we really do it?"

"I don't know anything else, but when this business comes to our village, I believe everyone will be able to do it well," the village head said decisively, "I've thought about it, life in our village is not easy, so I won't take special care of the work this time. Some families, so each family gets a dollar for the work, as long as you finish it, you can get a dollar for it.”

"You can really get one dollar, is it true or not?"

"Of course it's true. I brought everything." The village chief asked people to bring the things up and showed everyone what was in the box.

After all, there was nothing special in the box, just some red paper and cloth.

The village chief briefly stated his request, and the eyes of everyone in the audience really began to shine.

"It's been agreed in advance. Although I will allocate one yuan to each household, since we are going to do it, we must do it well. The boss Chu said that this is only the first batch. If it is good, then we will continue to cooperate. , If it’s not good, you won’t cooperate with us again, and you should think about it for yourself, whether you want to get the money only once, or if you want to get it every month.”

"Of course it's every month. This job is not difficult. One dollar a month is nothing."

The rest of the people were also very excited.

One dollar doesn't seem like much, and it can't last a long time, but at this time, one dollar can buy eight or nine catties of rice, and if you exchange it for coarse grains, you can buy more.

For farmers who have almost no extra income other than farming, an extra one yuan per month is not bad.

"If someone is not good at it, learn from other people in the village. If you want to make money, you should make it together. If I find out that someone handed in something bad, don't make the money next time."

In this day and age, the village head has the absolute right to speak in the village, and his vision is bigger than that of ordinary villagers.

Although each family can only earn one yuan a month after this work, but this one yuan will definitely bring about different changes in their village.

For the future of the village, he must play a black face at this time.

"Mother, I'm not good at embroidery and paper-cutting, so I'll leave this job to you from now on." Hua'er suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said to the old man beside her.

"You are right in saying that. In terms of manual work, no one in the village can compare to me." The old man said proudly, thinking that she was also famous for her ingenuity in the village when she was young.

"By the way, Miss Hua, when you were young, you were a well-known and clever daughter-in-law in ten miles and eight villages. When it comes to paper-cutting and embroidery, other people in our village are not as good as you. When you get a job later, you have to teach me." Me, I'll let my guy do the farm work for you."

"And me, I'll let my guy do the farm work for you, and teach me how to do it."

"Okay, teach them all, teach them all!" the old man said with a smile, the discomfort deep in his throat seemed to disappear suddenly.

Hua'er sat aside and listened, and couldn't help laughing when she saw her mother's happy face.

This day is so beautiful!

On this day, all the villages in the county held a vigorous village meeting. After the meeting, this well-known poverty-stricken county in the country also quietly changed. Not only the environment changed, but everyone's hearts also began to change.

Years later, when people came in for interviews asking about the turning point in their lives, almost all mentioned that day.

"Although it's only a one-dollar job, I feel at ease in my heart. From that day on, I firmly believe that the future will be better and better!"

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