1968: At the beginning, the beautiful sister-in-law came to borrow food! Chapter 083

“Goodness, there are quite a few people here!”

Li Yunfeng looked around and indeed, there were many people gambling here.

Not to mention, it was quite lively, with people yelling and shouting.

Many onlookers on the side were also quite interesting, no wonder everyone liked to come here to watch the excitement.

It was indeed very good, especially since there wasn’t much else interesting to do here.

“Yunfeng is here?”

“Want to play a couple of rounds?”

“Yeah, Comrade Educated Youth, want to play a couple of rounds?”

A group of people saw Li Yunfeng and the others walk in and started chatting with Li Yunfeng.

It was mainly because Li Yunfeng and Old Zhao’s “Zhao Mouth Battle” was too famous.

Their Red Flag Production Team hadn’t had anyone dare to fight at Old Zhao’s doorstep for such a long time.

Although Old Zhao and Second Zhao were beaten by someone named Marshal Ma last time, that was in the black market. According to the two brothers, Marshal Ma didn’t play fair and ambushed them. If it had been a head-on fight, they might not have been able to beat them.

“Forget it, forget it, I don’t know how to play.”

“I just brought my god-grandmother over to watch the fun.”

“My god-grandmother gets bored staying at home all day.”

“Coming out to enjoy the liveliness and take a stroll is good for her health.”

Li Yunfeng explained the situation to everyone with a smile.

“By the way, kid Yunfeng, how’s your greenhouse doing?”

“If yours works, our Fifth Group will also build greenhouses next year.”

“Then our group will chip in to buy some plastic sheeting or something.”

“If we can grow green vegetables in winter, they’ll be much more valuable than grain.”

Donkey’s grandpa, who was also the head of the logistics team, asked Li Yunfeng.

“You’ve asked the right person, sir. The green vegetables in our greenhouse have all grown up.”

“And they’re growing very well, almost ready for harvest.”

“In half a month at most, the beans and other things will be ready.”

Speaking of this, Li Yunfeng began to babble to everyone about building greenhouses.

To put it simply, the geographical location of the hot springs here was simply too good.

Without the hot springs, it would be impossible to build greenhouses here.

Even if a greenhouse was built, it would be impossible to keep the temperature inside so high.

“By the way, kid Yunfeng, about those terraced fields you mentioned.”

“Tell everyone about them!”

“When spring comes, we’ll start with our Fifth Group.”

“Once we’ve done it and it shows results, the other groups will naturally follow.”

After the old captain heard Li Yunfeng finish talking about the greenhouses, he asked about the terraced fields.

After all, terraced fields were rarely seen here, and everyone had many questions.

Now that Li Yunfeng was here, they could ask him about the terraced fields.

After clarifying everything, they would weigh the pros and cons.

Then they would decide whether to use terraced fields!

“Speaking of terraced fields!”

“This is most suitable for places like our large mountains.”

“Firstly, we are on the edge of a volcano, so the soil quality isn’t very good.”

“Secondly, the slopes here are quite steep.”

“Using terraced fields can make the land relatively flat.”

“Another benefit is that it reduces soil erosion here.”

“I’ve observed this place carefully. With such a large river surface and being in the mountains.”

“The annual rainfall is considerable. Sometimes, right after planting seeds, heavy rain can wash the soil away.”

“So, by using terraced fields, the land will be relatively flat, and the seeds won’t be washed away.”

“The most important point is that we only need to build a large dam at the entrance of our village.”

Li Yunfeng was not talking nonsense. This dam was a good thing.

With the dam, water could be stored during heavy rains for use during droughts.

Although this area wouldn’t experience droughts, water could also be released gradually.

This way, heavy rain wouldn’t wash over the ground all at once!

Crucially, fish could also be raised in the dam, and when cultivating rice paddies, some rice-flower fish could also be raised.

Whether the villagers ate these fish themselves or took them to the supply and marketing cooperative, or even waited for purchasing agents to come into the village later, it would be a considerable income.

After all, most of the villagers’ coupon income came from selling their household goods to purchasing agents in exchange for coupons.

“Hey? Don’t you say, don’t you say!”

“It still has to be the educated youth, they’re just cultured!”

“I’ll make sure my kids study hard and try to get into a good university in the future.”

“Isn’t that right, you have to be educated. Rough people like us really can’t do it.”

“Otherwise, why would they be called university students, educated youth?”

A group of people couldn’t help but start talking after hearing Li Yunfeng’s suggestion.

After all, if Li Yunfeng’s method succeeded, their Fifth Group would never lack money.

Whether it was raising fish in the reservoir or building greenhouses.

Although it might be a bit tiring, it wasn’t a big problem.

People in this era weren’t afraid of hardship or fatigue; they were afraid of not having enough grain at home.

Besides, growing vegetables and building reservoirs and terraced fields would only be tiring this year.

Next year, they could just wait to use them.

These things didn’t need to be repaired every year. Anyway, now, every year during the fallow season, they would also participate in voluntary labor, such as cutting trees on the mountain, clearing river channels, and helping the supply and marketing cooperative fish in the Tumen River. These were all free voluntary labor that didn’t earn work points. It was better for everyone to work in the village themselves.

As long as the commune’s procedures could be approved, there would be no problem. Just imagine those purchasing agents coming to the countryside in the middle of winter.

If they provided so many green vegetables, it would definitely be very profitable.

Moreover, many factories had hospitality meals at this time.

If the leaders ate green vegetables in winter, wouldn’t the purchasing agents also benefit?

Wouldn’t this be a win-win for everyone?

“Yunfeng, it has to be you, kid!”

“Isn’t that right, you kid are really something!”

“I have to say, you kid are truly a genius!”

“If this works out, I’ll give you twenty work points a day.”

In the countryside, twenty work points a day was considered quite a lot.

One person was equivalent to two and a half people working.

It’s important to know that in the Red Flag Production Team, there were mainly four ways to earn work points.

The first way was to go to the mountains to cut trees, providing timber for the commune. This type of work earned more work points, up to fifteen points a day.

But this was tiring! They were exhausted every day.

The key was that many people would work for two days and then need to rest. Those who weren’t strong laborers simply couldn’t keep it up.

The second way was for tractor drivers and other technical personnel. They could earn ten work points a day and were considered well-off families in the village.

Below that were those who farmed and grew vegetables. Ordinary men generally earned nine points a day.

Women earned eight points, and children earned about six or five points.

The last way was relatively easy, like herding cattle or feeding pigs.

This was usually done by children, earning only four work points a day.

With twenty work points a day, Li Yunfeng could practically strut around!