Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

Gu Siwei carried the little girl to the northeast corner of Caojiao, where a row of large pots were set up. There was now a steamer in the pot. When you leaned to the side, you could smell the strong aroma of wheat. You can tell from the smell that this is steamed buns.

"Auntie, auntie, have you steamed everything in the morning?"

Gu Siwei asked when he got here.

After hearing this, the second aunt of the Sun family immediately said: "Not yet, there will be three more times like this!"

"Siwei, is it too much?" Sister-in-law Guo Si, who was burning a fire next to her, asked.

Gu Siwei knew that many people still didn't understand why he did this, so he explained with a smile: "We are making money, so we can't be stingy. If we are making money here, it will still be like before. We live a miserable life. When people come to work here, we just give away a few roasted sweet potatoes. We go home and eat fish and meat. Is that a good meal?"

"You're right, but how can anyone offer Dabai steamed buns to anyone nowadays? Doesn't that mean working at someone else's house means celebrating the New Year?"

Gu Siwei heard this and smiled and said: "Why not? When everyone comes to work at my place, how often does it not get rice and flour?"

The white rice and white noodles mentioned here are not the kind of polished rice noodles that will be used decades later. The white rice and white noodles here are not pure white, but also a little gray, because the outer skin is not completely removed after grinding for decades. Therefore, the rice and noodles are a little grayish-yellow.

This time I used not only flour, but also mixed in some cornmeal, high-grain noodles and so on.

As for why it’s called white noodles, that’s because at this time, as long as you don’t add stones to the noodles, it’s considered polished rice noodles.

Only when the villagers come to work at Gu Siwei's house can they get real white rice and noodles. If the villagers find people to work and eat those things, the villagers will have to rebel against Gu Siwei.

"How can we compare with you? You are a literary star in the sky and a person who has read books. We are just ordinary old farmers. We will have no knowledge after spending our whole life in the mountains."

Someone immediately said when they heard Gu Siwei comparing himself to others.

This is not because everyone is being humble, but this is what many people think. Although Gu Siwei’s family is located in Zhuangzi and they live in Zhuangzi, and the villagers also recognize that Gu Siwei’s family is from Zhuangzi, but you say that they are the same as Zhuangzi. Gu Siwei is a spiritual person, and the folks really don't dare to think so.

In the eyes of the villagers, Gu Siwei was capable of being a worker but didn't want to go. He was also the disciple of the factory secretary's son at the factory, which proved that he was a truly capable person.

Those who know how to play with machines, can read and write, and even farm and raise pigs are better than these people. Even if they crush them, do you think most of the villagers can not put themselves in a low position?

Gu Siwei said: "What's not good about this? Not only do you have to compete with me, but we also have to compete with the city in the future. Not only do we compare with them, but we also have to surpass them. In the future, our village will have to generate its own electricity, and every household will We all need to have a small building, and we need to have floors on the ground at home, and we need to have a washing machine and maybe a TV at home.

In short, in one sentence, we must have what is available in the city, and we must have what is not available in the city.”

"Isn't that why we live better in the countryside than in the city?"

When Gu Siwei said this, the villagers felt that it was very enjoyable, but did they believe it? To be precise, they really can't believe it, they surpassed the city? Are you kidding me? Even my ancestors never dared to think about it like this.

Gu Siwei also knew about this situation, and he didn't say anything anymore. Lao Gu was confident.

Of course Lao Gu was confident that even if he spent money on it, he could create a scenic spot, not to mention that he had already planned for Zhuangzi.

At this time, someone's child shouted: "The little soldier is here!"

Nowadays, many people call them soldiers, which has a certain derogatory meaning. This does not mean that the soldiers have done anything bad, but that the folks here have always called soldiers this way, whether they are soldiers of the Qing Dynasty or soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. The soldiers of the Kingdom of Hades are all called this anyway.

Mountain people, when faced with serving as soldiers, there is a high probability that they will either be suppressed by bandits or suppressed by rebels. It is impossible to change this idea for a while.

However, Gu Siwei refused and immediately said loudly: "Whose Xiong Wazi is so rude! Whose family is responsible for cleaning up? If you let me hear it again, I will slap you in the face!"

Lao Xu, who was leading the team, smiled and said, "What's the point? You, the kid won't lose any meat if he screams twice!"

At this time, Gu Siwei hugged the girl and rushed forward.

"Hey, whose girl is so beautiful?"

"Uncle Xu!"

"Hey, who am I talking about?" Old Xu had obviously seen the girl before.

It's not surprising. In a bigger town, how could people like Lao Xu not know about Zhao Fangming's craftsmanship? And because of Gu Siwei's relationship, everyone is also connected, so it's not surprising that they know Zhao Fangming's daughter.

So the girl transferred from Gu Siwei's hand to Lao Xu's.

"Where is Li Zhengda?" Gu Siwei looked back and found that Li Zhengda had not come over.

Lao Xu said: "Lao Li went to the division headquarters. Didn't you ask for someone? He went to help you ask for someone."

"It's such a troublesome thing. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have asked for it," Gu Siwei said with a smile.

Lao Xu said: "No way!"

It was because the division headquarters knew about it that they took Li Zhengda over. There were people on his side who were reluctant to let go, but there were no people at the division headquarters?

The army is actually more humane than society. If there is no way, that's all. Now if there is a way, everyone will naturally take care of the subordinates as much as possible. Otherwise, how can we have friendship with classmates and that girl? They are considered to be the top three Iron.

But it was impossible for Lao Xu to tell Gu Siwei everything, saying that his division was rushing to share the profits and arrange quotas. That would not sound good.

Gu Siwei didn't care about this. He was just curious when Li Zhengda didn't come, and then forgot about it.

The first to come were the soldiers from the cooking class, a total of more than a dozen people. With a wave of Old Xu's hand, the soldiers dispersed the team with a smile and joined in the busy work.

Anyway, it wasn’t my first time here, and it wasn’t my first time interacting with the folks. It quickly became lively.

The cooks were all older women, and the young warriors in the cooking class were all around twenty years old. They were almost all children and grandchildren in terms of age, so it didn’t take long for these young warriors to taste the food. .

Therefore, the whole labor scene is not only lively, but also has a sense of harmony between fish and water.

Gu Siwei was satisfied with this, and Lao Xu was even more satisfied.

To be honest, the current radar station is a typical example. It is not only a typical example of the fish and water situation in the division headquarters, but also a typical example of the entire military division.

You can't kill pigs or cows, because cows are too expensive, so you can only kill sheep, but the fun is the same, and there is no one who knows how to drink three hundred cups, because you have to work during the day, and drinking is obviously inappropriate, even if you want to drink , and you have to finish your work at night.

Waiting for the sky to start to lighten, people coming to work from various villages, either by boat or with livestock carts, arrived one after another. It was not too late. Everyone came in time, and it was almost half the time The difference is only an hour.

At almost six o'clock, all the workers, led by the foremen of each village, counted everyone.

The first thing to do is to cook!

Breakfast is very simple, just enough big steamed buns mixed with whole grains, the steamed buns are served with mixed rice porridge, and the side dish is stewed fat pork with dried beans.

It's completely fat pork. For example, in Gu Siwei's era, even if you eat big meat, you should pay attention to 30% fat and 78% lean. But now, good meat is 80% fat and 20% lean, not even 20% lean. It's best to keep the skin thin and skinny, and take one bite and the lard will appear.

After decades of keeping this thing, to be honest, even migrant workers working in the city may not be able to eat it, but at this time, it is delicious.

Not only is it delicious, but it cannot be eaten open. Each person only has one piece, and this piece is not too small. It is about ten centimeters wide in the palm of your hand and about one knuckle thick.

If I eat such a big fat piece of meat, I estimate that one piece of it can last me a day without food and seven days without eating meat! Because the sight of meat makes me sick to my stomach.

But for the men and women who came to work in the mountains, it was the greatest delicacy.

There were about a hundred people, each steamed bun weighed about half a catty, and at least five of them ate not only steamed buns, but also meat and rice porridge.

Decades later, most people’s eyes would probably pop out when they saw such food. However, after living in this era for a long time, Gu Siwei was no longer surprised. The first time he saw such food, it was Benzhuangzi. The folks who came here to work, but now there are not many folks who have such food.

Because the villagers are almost full, but other people in Zhuangzi are still half-starved. At this time, people are like camels in the desert. They have not eaten for a long time. When they can eat, they will naturally Eat as much as possible because you never know when you will be full next time.

When you're full, go to work.

People at this time were quite honest. They would work hard when you were full. No one was lazy, and no one was cheating or cheating.

What's more, what Gu Siwei said here was the price of picking fruits based on quantity, a few cents per pound, and he was afraid that these people would pick randomly, so he directly ordered qualified fruits. If you pick small ones and immature ones, then If you don't pay me, you won't be able to make money, so no one will waste time picking those small, immature fruits.

What are the folks in Team 6 doing? Naturally, they were supervised and transported outside.

The first thing to pick today was Sun Laibao's garden. Gu Siwei, Sun Laibao, Yang Chuanwu and others directly moved a table to the edge of the orchard and placed a large iron scale next to it.

In addition to the iron scale, there is also a large flat slotted channel, which is composed of more than twenty wide slits of the same size. The two sides of each slit are slope-shaped. This large tool is hung on a wooden shelf. , connected with several ropes.

As long as the banker sees it, he will know what this thing is used for.

"Here, help me check the scale!"

After waiting for less than half an hour, a man came over carrying two bamboo baskets.

The foreman of the fourth team came here. He was in his fifties. He picked up two bamboo baskets of fruit that were very light. He shouted to Gu Siwei and the others from a distance.

As soon as Gu Siwei heard that the job was coming, he stood up from his chair.

Yang Chuanwu also stood up. After standing up, he and Gu Siwei took over the basket picked by the foreman of the fourth team.

After taking it, Gu Siwei and Yang Chuanwu carefully poured the basket into the fruit tray of the fruit sorter.

Waiting for the fruit to enter the plate, Gu Siwei and Yang Chuanwu gently shook the fruit selector, so that the unqualified fruit would fall along the seam into the large flat basket below.

Only fruits that are big enough can be left in the fruit selection plate.

After sifting for about ten times, all the qualified fruits were retained. This was not the final choice. What remained were G-level fruits and E-level fruits.

This was decided by the marketing team in Hong Kong. Gu Siwei's previous decision was rejected by them, and Gu Siwei was not angry because what they said made sense. Indeed, it is easier for people to distinguish between GREAT and EXCELLENT in English.

Of course, there are two types of E-grade fruits, one is E and the other is EE, and the prices are different.

E fruit is one cent more expensive per catty than G fruit, and EE fruit is two cents more expensive than E fruit. Therefore, picking EE fruit is the most profitable for pickers.

It is precisely because of this that the fruits that pass the sorting have to go through another sorting inspection.

After waiting for the fruits to be sorted according to the standards, Gu Siwei took the list handed over by the foreman and wrote down on it how many kilograms of fruit he had picked this time with stones, G\\E\\EE What are the levels? In this case, the wages of their team will be determined this time.