Reborn in 1977

August 7th, the 23rd day of the sixth lunar month, is the hottest time of the year.

But this day happened to be the Beginning of Autumn.

Chen Fan carried a bundle of bamboo into the panda enclosure, exhaling a breath of hot air, "This autumn tiger is really fierce, there's no coolness at all, it'll be hot for at least another month."

The panda, Gungun, waddled over, followed by two little balls of fur.

Jiang Lili handed a bamboo stalk to Gungun, squatted down, picked up Changchang, and happily gave it a squeeze, "Oh, you've gained weight again."

Then she looked up at Chen Fan and said with a smile, "A month is good, sometimes it doesn't cool down until the Mid-Autumn Festival, but even if it's hot, it's only during the day, it won't be so hot in the mornings and evenings."

Chen Fan turned around, lifted Gungun onto the wooden stump, and chuckled, "That's true."

After a pause, he stroked Gungun's big head and said with a smile, "They haven't been out for a walk for a month, being fed well every day, how could they not gain weight? But those two pigs haven't been eating enough, they seem to have lost a bit of weight this month."

During the double抢, almost everyone was busy taking care of the farm work in the fields, and only the elderly people who stayed at home to guard the house would take care of the poultry and livestock at home.

But how could Teacher Chen know how to cut pigweed?!

The two pigs at the educated youth spot were still being raised on rice bran that he exchanged from Master Liu with work points, but firstly, the amount of rice bran was not enough, only enough to barely feed them half full, and secondly, it's not good to only eat rice bran, that can easily lead to nutritional imbalance.

So, not only were the people at the educated youth spot thinner this month, but so were the two pigs.

But the other animals were fine. The two horses and two sheep could find their own food, and Gungun's bamboo was delivered every day, without interruption even during the double抢.

The production team really did what they said they would.

The rabbit feed was also delivered and fed by the workers at the breeding farm on a regular basis, and Chen Fan hardly had to worry about it.

Only the two pigs were hungry.

Jiang Lili put Changchang down, then picked up Shuishui, looked up and smiled, "It's okay, now that the double抢 is over, we're not so busy, we can cut a little more pigweed every day and raise the pigs to be fat."

Chen Fan looked at her, "Take care of yourself first. Look at yourself, you're as skinny as a monkey, if your sister sees you, she'll be heartbroken."

Jiang Lili grinned and said, "She can't see me anyway, by the time she comes to see me, I'll have already fattened up."

That's what she said, but she couldn't help but lower her head to look at her body, wondering in her heart, am I really that skinny?

Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly, "You only report good news, not bad."

The double抢 is in the summer, and Jiang Tiantian always comes to see her during the New Year, a few months away. As long as Jiang Lili pays a little attention, her tanned skin can regain its fairness, and she wears thick cotton-padded clothes in winter, so you can't tell if she's fat or thin, as long as her hands aren't showing blue veins, Jiang Tiantian definitely won't notice.

The two of them watched Gungun eat bamboo, chatted for a while, and teased the two panda cubs before leaving the panda enclosure, and Chen Fan turned around and locked the gate.

Duo Duo and Qiu Qiu squatted obediently to the side. They now knew that they couldn't secretly run to play with that big black and white bear, otherwise the little foal and the little sheep would also want to play, and the owner would be unhappy.

After packing up, Chen Fan and Jiang Lili walked towards the educated youth courtyard in front, with the two dogs following closely behind.

They had been living in this new house throughout the double抢 period, but they moved back the same day after the double抢 ended.

Perhaps it can't be said that they moved, because they had never brought their luggage up, just slept here, so there was naturally no question of moving.

Jiang Lili followed behind Chen Fan, her eyes darting around, and suddenly asked in a low voice, "Xiao Fan, the house is habitable, why are you still living downstairs?"

Chen Fan turned to look at her and smiled, "Don't I have to give you lessons every night? If I lived upstairs, I would have to run back, which is troublesome."

Jiang Lili pursed her lips, "Then we can come up, and go down after the lesson."

Chen Fan continued to walk down, "It's the same thing, it's just troublesome for you. Anyway, I'm alone, where can't I sleep? I'll just live downstairs first, and when I've finished teaching that set of textbooks, it'll be almost the end of the year, and then I'll move over according to the original plan."

Jiang Lili puffed out her cheeks, smiled and said nothing, but her eyes were wandering, obviously thinking about something.

Soon they arrived at the educated youth courtyard, entered from the back, Chen Fan routinely stroked the approaching little mare and foal, then turned to look at the two pigs, calculating as he said, "By the end of the year, see which pig is bigger, hand it over to the food station, and you won't have to do tasks for a few years. Slaughter the other one for meat, and when you go home to visit relatives, take more meat back with you."

Jiang Lili was slightly stunned, "Go home to visit relatives? I'm not going back."

Chen Fan turned to look at her and smiled, "Don't want to go back? Or dare not go back?"

Jiang Lili lowered her head and didn't say anything.

Chen Fan sighed softly and said softly, "This place is not far from Yunhu, it's only a two-hour bus ride. If you're worried about affecting your family, I can ask the brigade headquarters to issue you a letter of introduction for business. You can take the letter of introduction and find a hotel to stay in a place far away from your home, and then call your parents and sister over. Even if you just see them once, it's better than you shutting yourself up here and thinking wildly."

Jiang Lili bit her lip and still didn't say anything.

Her current idea is to avoid causing trouble for her family as much as possible. If her going home to visit relatives causes trouble for her family, then she would rather not go back.

As for the method Chen Fan said, ... well, she doesn't want to cause trouble for Chen Fan either.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Chen Fan didn't say much, and continued to walk forward, "Hey, after the double抢, is there nothing else very busy in the production team?"

It's impossible for the production team to have nothing to do, the difference is only in whether there are many or few things. The most things are undoubtedly the double抢. After the double抢, things should return to normal, right?

I can happily slack off again!

Jiang Lili took two quick steps to catch up with him, shook her head gently, and said, "Not really."

Chen Fan turned his head sharply to look at her, "There's more?"

Jiang Lili raised her head and smiled, "Of course there is, but it's not as long as the double抢, and it's not as tiring."

Seeing Chen Fan continue to walk forward, she walked and said, "For example, we are drying rice these two days. After the rice is dried, we have to hand in the public grain to the grain depot. Our team's public grain task is 65.8 jin per mu, a total of 350 mu, so we have to hand in 23,030 jin of public grain. In addition, we have to hand in 130 jin of purchase grain per mu, which is 45,500 jin.

Public grain is handed in free of charge, which is equivalent to paying taxes. Purchase grain is sold to the grain depot at the lowest price. In total, nearly 70,000 jin of grain has to be transported to the grain depot to be handed in. This is a heavy task."

The proportion of public grain paid is not fixed, but is calculated according to the land's output and the country's demand for grain, corresponding to the appropriate proportion.

In the early years, the average yield of paddy fields in Lujiawan was generally around 244.5 kilograms per mu, and the average tax rate set was 13.46%. After the tax rate is determined, in the next few years, as long as there are no special circumstances such as disaster reduction in production, the public grain to be paid is fixed at 65.8 jin per mu.

This standard will generally be maintained for 5 years, and will be re-evaluated and calculated after it expires.

The "purchase grain" is also determined according to the yield per mu, generally about twice the public grain.

The amount set for Lujiawan is 2.2, taking an integer which is 130 jin per mu.

In other words, based on the situation at the time, one mu of land in Lujiawan could yield about 489 jin of rice. Including public grain and purchased grain, 195.8 jin had to be handed over, leaving 293.2 jin for the production team to freely distribute in one season.

Even if Jiangnan grew two seasons of rice, the annual income would only be less than 600 jin. Calculated at 350 mu, the total would be more than 205,000 jin of rice.

This was previously the main income of the 6th team of Lujiawan throughout the year, and more than 300 people, old and young, in the entire team relied on this grain for their livelihood.

However, that was a few years ago. Starting from three years ago, the yield per mu in Lujiawan has maintained above 300 kilograms for three consecutive years, so the grain received has invisibly increased a lot.

That's why it's called a bumper harvest.

If the grain from the production team could be sold at a higher price instead of only being sold to the grain bureau at a low price, Lujiawan could make a small fortune just by growing rice.

Unfortunately, they can't!

Chen Fan had already learned about this basic information at the brigade headquarters a few days ago.

Listening to Jiang Lili's words, he nodded thoughtfully, "So, we're going to hand over the grain soon?"

Jiang Lili nodded, "If things go fast, it should be tomorrow or the day after."

Chen Fan couldn't help but click his tongue. The double抢 (qiang) harvest only ended the day before yesterday, and they're going to hand over the grain tomorrow. It's really rushed.

When they arrived at the front yard, Jiang Lili moved two chairs out of the room, and the two of them sat in front of the house chatting.

Jiang Lili looked at the open door, grinned and said, "I wonder how much stuff Huang Ying and the others can sell today."

Chen Fan shook his head with a smile, "Let's not think about that. Just sell as much as you can. Selling one set is a profit. If you can't sell it, just treat it as getting some fresh air."

Today is the first Sunday in August, which is also the market day in Nanhua Commune.

After a month of double抢 (qiang) labor, Chen Fan wanted them to rest for a few more days, but Huang Ying and the other two couldn't sit still. Taking advantage of the market today, they took the remaining pottery from before to sell.

Anyway, there weren't many things. Chen Fan let them go.

They didn't even have time to make pottery blanks this month, and they were still using the stock left over from before. However, the "toilet construction team" in the team had accumulated more than twenty squatting toilet orders. If they could complete these orders, they could earn another three or four hundred.

No wonder they were so enthusiastic.

At this time, Chen Fan suddenly thought of the new rice cakes that the mother who was coaxing her child had mentioned during the double抢 (qiang) harvest, so he turned to ask, "After handing over the grain, how will the remaining grain be handled?"

Jiang Lili immediately said, "After handing over enough to the state and keeping enough for the collective, the rest can be distributed according to the rules."

She counted on her fingers and said, "The production team itself must also keep reserve grain, including seeds for the next season, feed for livestock, grain handed over to the brigade headquarters, and hospitality grain. Like, An Ge eats hospitality grain."

Chen Fan couldn't help but be a little surprised, "Doesn't he pay for every meal?"

An Quan's meal standard here is 4 liang of grain coupons and an additional 1 jiao 5 fen per meal. Whoever cooks the meal gets the money and coupons. Even if Chen Fan invites him to drink and eat meat, he still gives this much. According to him, he only has so much budget in his pocket. If someone else made it so rich, he would definitely give more, but for Chen Fan, it's considered tuition for teaching him music.

Jiang Lili looked at him and smiled, "He paid, but the production team doesn't have grain coupons, let alone a grain quota. Where does the grain come from?"

Chen Fan almost choked when he heard this.

That's right, units in the city have quotas and grain coupons, but the production team can only keep enough hospitality grain for themselves. If the grain they keep is not enough, they may have to buy "returned grain."

Returned grain is grain that is more expensive than normal grain.

If the normal grain price is 1 mao 4 fen per jin, then the "purchased grain" price that the production team sells to the grain bureau is about 8 fen, while the price of returned grain is about 1 mao 8 to 2 mao.

Yeah, that's how it is.

However, with Lujiawan's grain yield this year, it should be far from the point of having to buy returned grain.

Jiang Lili continued, "After the state's and the collective's shares, the remaining grain can be distributed. Generally, this grain is distributed according to the '70% for people, 30% for labor' rule, which means that 70% is used as food rations, and the remaining 30% is calculated according to the value of work points and then distributed to individuals."

Chen Fan nodded slowly, "70% for people, 30% for labor, which means that even elderly people living alone, orphans, seriously ill patients, and other old, weak, sick, and disabled people with little labor can guarantee their food rations?"

Jiang Lili smiled and nodded gently, "That's right."

Sometimes she thinks that she is very lucky. Fortunately, she was born in Jiangnan and was assigned to Lujiawan. If it were in some poor areas, one mu of land would not produce much grain. After working hard all year round, they would not even be able to earn enough food rations and would still owe the production team money for grain. That would be terrible.

Unlike now, they don't have to worry about food or clothing, and they can save dozens of yuan at the end of the year. Especially after Chen Fan came, the savings in her hand have approached the two hundred mark. It's really good luck!

Chen Fan smiled, "That's pretty good too. At least it ensures that no one is left behind in the collective."

He thought to himself, if the grain is to be distributed at this time, should he receive his first salary?!

It's also pitiful to think about it. He has been working as a coordinator since January, and now it has been a full half a year, but he has not received a penny of salary. If this were in the future, who would work for you?!

The two sat in the yard, chatting casually, and before they knew it, it was noon.

Jiang Lili saw the sun in the sky, and then suddenly woke up, stood up and said, "Oh dear, I haven't cooked yet."

Then she walked towards the kitchen.

Chen Fan leaned on the back of the chair and stretched, finally returning to the days of having food served to him. It's so good.

Just then, a voice came from outside the courtyard wall, "Little Chen, is Little Chen at home?"

Before the voice fell, Zhang Wenliang jumped off his horse at the gate and walked inside.

When he saw Chen Fan still sitting on the chair stretching, he was immediately annoyed, "What are you still doing sitting here?"

Chen Fan was a little confused, "What's wrong? What's the matter?"

Zhang Wenliang pointed to the west and said, "The water tower is going to be built today, why aren't you over there?"

Chen Fan stood up with a jerk, "No one told me!"

Zhang Wenliang was stunned when he heard this, and then blinked. Could it be that he forgot to say it?

Then he quickly changed the subject, ran over and pulled Chen Fan away, "Stop talking, let's go now. How can you not be there when the water tower starts construction?!"

Chen Fan whistled, and the little mare in the backyard immediately neighed and ran out of the stable to the front. He then broke away from Zhang Wenliang's hand, "Wait for me to put on the saddle before going."

While walking, he muttered, "You guys are really funny, no one notified me when it's about to start, and you still have the nerve to say why I'm not there?!"

Zhang Wenliang waited for him to come out with the saddle, simply ignoring his words, "Okay, okay, let's go quickly."

Chen Fan quickly put on the saddle, and shouted to Jiang Lili at the kitchen door, "Cook the meal as usual, save it for me. If the brigade headquarters doesn't provide wine, I'll come back to eat."

Zhang Wenliang couldn't help but have black lines all over his head when he heard this, and walked forward with his head down. When he reached the door, he jumped on his horse, pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, still muttering, "You just want to get a drink out of me, okay, okay, I'll grant your wish today, I'll take care of lunch."

Chen Fan rode the little mare out and grinned and laughed, "That's more like it."

Then he flicked the reins and rushed out first.