Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

Before all the chickens were sold, another big event happened in the village.

The agricultural machinery station sent a walking tractor. This is what their production team ordered last year. One is delivered every three months.

This is the last one this year.

The driver was Zhang Sanxi. The villagers were inspecting the goods. Zhang Xiuhua pulled Zhang Sanxi aside and asked, "Do you have a combine harvester at your agricultural machinery station?"

"Yes! But it's expensive." Zhang Sanxi thought she didn't need to think about it. "A large combine harvester like that would cost at least 20,000 or 30,000 yuan. Do you have that much money?"

Zhang Xiuhua gasped. It was so expensive! She settled for the next best thing: "Do you have a corn planter?"

Zhang Sanxi's eyes widened. "Seeder? What do you need that for? Just dig a hole and sow the seeds in."

Zhang Xiuhua snorted, "I can tell you haven't studied it carefully. This thing has been available overseas for a long time. Sowing seeds on one or two acres is certainly not tiring. But we have so much land, if we have a seed drill, it would save us a lot of trouble."

Zhang Sanxi heard about it abroad. He thought carefully that this thing might really have a market, but he had no say. "This thing is not selling as well as the harvester for now. The amount of iron that our agricultural machinery station can apply for each year is fixed. If the higher-ups don't approve it, it's useless to design it. We have to take one step at a time. Don't be in a hurry."

Zhang Xiuhua sighed. The land would be divided next year, so she couldn't help but be anxious. She couldn't cultivate so many acres of land.

The matter of the agricultural machinery station is over.

As the twelfth lunar month approached, Zhang Xiuhua's chicken farm was finally cleared out.

Because it was snowing, it was difficult to clean, so we just put some lime inside to disinfect it. We will clean it up again next spring.

Zhang Xiuhua got the account book and called Zhuzhu and Jilin, two strong laborers, to help her with the accounting.

Finally, on the third day, all the calculations were completed and the account books were handed over to the brigade accountant.

The account book she has only contains the accounts of her chicken farm for two years.

The accounts of the chicken farm that Tielihua feeds are separate. They are not together because the investors are different.

Zhang Xiuhua owns 70% of the chicken farm, while the other members only own 30%.

Last year, I collected 2 eggs. This year, I collected 5 eggs. I earned 2 cents. After deducting the expenses of eggs, vaccines, wages, electricity, feed, etc., I still have about 5 cents left.

There are nearly 4 chickens, and the unit price is higher than broiler chickens, cents. Egg-laying chickens are much lighter than broiler chickens, weighing only more than three pounds, and the total income is cents.

All added up to 6 cents a piece. The production team took %, which was cents a piece.

You should know that the initial investment was 96.5 yuan, but now it has almost doubled. The net profit reached 48.25%. Of course, this is for two years, and the average annual rate is %.

The brigade cadres immediately called a meeting of all members.

Announce the good news to the members.

"Does that mean if you invested 1000, you could receive 1965?" someone asked.

The accountant of the brigade nodded, "Yes! That's what I mean. But last year we distributed the principal, this year we will only distribute the profit, that is, if you invest 1000, you will get 965."

This is undoubtedly good news, especially since many members have invested in Zhang Xiuhua's egg-laying chicken farm. Everyone can get a share of the money, and the whole village is very happy.

At this time, the strong laborers of each family had not returned yet, but this news undoubtedly excited everyone. It turned out that the profit of laying hens was much higher than that of broiler chickens.

So a member immediately proposed that their village’s chicken farm should raise laying hens again next year.

"Yes! Egg-laying chickens make money. Don't raise broiler chickens. I lost a lot of money last year."

In fact, broiler chickens did not lose money last year, but for the members, not making money was equivalent to losing money.

Zhang Xiuhua has already counted that three more production teams will set up chicken farms next year. Together with the previous three and these two, there will be eight in total.

Zhoujia Village has made money from broiler chickens this year, so they will definitely continue to raise broiler chickens. The three families raise laying hens, and next year will be the best year for egg production, so they will definitely continue to raise laying hens. I heard that two of the three newly built families will raise laying hens and one will raise broiler chickens.

Zhang Xiuhua thought about it and decided that it would be better to raise broiler chickens. The reason was that there were too many laying hens. And eggs were not as easy to transport as chickens. They had to be delivered every day, which wasted time.

The members talked at once, vying to express their suggestions.

“But if three families raise broiler chickens, will they not be able to sell them?”

"What if the chicken gets plague? We'll lose money again!"

The members all held their own opinions and had their own ideas. No one could say they were wrong. After all, broiler chickens were prone to accidents. The time limit was too tight.

The captain stood on the stage and gestured downward, indicating that everyone should go back and think about it first. It was still early. He would send people to each household to collect data tomorrow. The minority would obey the majority. We would decide then.

The members stopped discussing this matter.

The team leader talked about another important event. "A document has been issued from above. We will divide the land in the spring of next year. We will draw lots to decide then. Families with children should go to the police station to register immediately. Then we will divide the land according to the number of people in the household registration book."

The news immediately caused a sensation.

Although they had heard about the household contract responsibility system a long time ago and had relatives in the south who had also been allocated land, they were still somewhat nervous when it really came to them.

The lazy men looked confused and shouted at the top of their lungs, "It's so good to eat from a big pot. Why do we have to divide the land? I don't want to divide it!"

Families with large populations and many strong laborers applauded and said, "It should have been divided long ago. It would save us from fighting every day over a little work."

Other members asked for details. For example, the land has been divided, so how should the residential land be divided?

"It says it will be divided among households." The team leader pointed at the big field, "This area is for everyone to use as homesteads. First come, first served. You apply first, and we will divide it according to the order."

Hearing this, the members immediately crowded in front of the team leader and asked him to register now.

The team leader staggered and nearly fell down, and he became furious. He yelled, "First you divide the family and then the housing land! How can I give you housing land if you don't move your household registration out?"

So those who wanted residential land rolled their eyes and decided to split up the family after they returned.

They were not in a hurry to leave yet, as they wanted to know how to divide the land, because the land in Lijiatun was divided into many types.

Woodland (also called mountain land), dry land and paddy fields. Paddy fields are land used to grow rice. Wuchang rice in the northeast is famous throughout the country. They don't have many paddy fields, but the output from the paddy fields is undoubtedly greater.

The captain explained the situation: the share of forest land is 0.5, dry land is 1, and paddy field is 1.5.

Paddy fields can be used to grow rice, and one acre of ordinary rice can produce over a thousand kilograms. Dry land can only grow peanuts, corn, soybeans and the like, which have high yields, but their total value is only half of that of paddy fields.

There are not many paddy fields and forests in Lijiatun, so the team leader draws lots. Whoever draws the first lot can choose first. If the person behind is not satisfied with the result, he can discuss changing the land with the person in front. If the other party is not happy, there is nothing to do. The team does not care.

After the captain explained the rules, he asked each family to go back and prepare.

The land will be distributed in the early spring of next year. It is still not too late to do anything now.

After the meeting, the members went home in groups of three or four.

Some families were discussing the division of the family property on the way. They had to divide the family property. The land was divided only once every ten years, and we didn’t know when the next homestead would be divided. If we missed this opportunity, we would have to wait another ten years. We couldn’t miss such a good opportunity.

Some families regretted that their daughters got married too early. If their daughters had not married, their household registration would still be at home and they would have gotten more land.

Some families are glad that they have married a daughter-in-law, so that they can get more land in the future.

Some families go back to arrange to find a daughter-in-law and have her name written into the household registration book as soon as possible so that they can get more when the time comes.

There are also some families who, because the baby is still in the belly and has not been born yet, and the due date is not yet reached, they blame the baby for not coming earlier.

Some people are happy that someone is worried.