Chapter 1477: Benefits

Lin County seat.

Near the market, there was a two-story building. Behind the building was a courtyard of nearly two hundred square meters, and behind that was a three-room bungalow. This used to be a shop selling ready-made clothes, but basically no one bought them. Now, with the more outstanding furniture sideline business of the Baidian Brigade, the county allocated it to the Baidian Brigade.

"Is this ours?" Old Old Liu still felt a bit unreal.

"It's not going anywhere." Secretary Zhang laughed. "Old Liu, your brigade has good luck. Where would we dare to dream of this? Not only did you bring the sideline business to the county, but you also have a shop in the county. The other communes are probably going to be so jealous they'll grind their teeth. Wang Yan, how do you plan to arrange it?"

Wang Yan, who was smoking on the side, said: "Any arrangement is fine, the main problem is the personnel arrangement of the brigade. There must be people selling goods and collecting money. I think it would be better to let female comrades do it.

In addition, we are forty-plus li away from the county seat, too far. Since we have a place in the city now, and the place isn't small, we can completely send some people over to produce here.

I see the bungalow in the back is quite big. Female comrades in one room, male comrades in one room, and the middle as a kitchen. As for the number of people, four or five female comrades and five or six male comrades doing the work is perfectly fine.

Who comes and who doesn't, that's not for me to say. Old Liu, go back and hold a big meeting to arrange it."

The smile on Old Old Liu's face disappeared, turning into sorrow.

This really wasn't easy to solve.

What is the thing rural people want to do most? Enter the city! Become a non-agricultural household. This matter lasted until the new millennium, and it wasn't until around 2010 that there was a change.

Although the Baidian Brigade's carpentry shop in the city didn't count as city people, people arrived in the city first. There were only a dozen or so spots in total, and there were dozens of young men and women of appropriate age in the village. Choosing who to pick and who not to pick was a huge problem.

For these spots to work in the city, the villagers of the Baidian Brigade could probably fight until their dog brains came out.

This relationship was relatively large, and if Old Old Liu couldn't solve the problem properly, it would really be a disaster.

Wang Yan had no way either. He would definitely continue to develop later, but currently, what was needed was to be able to come to the city together immediately, which was obviously impossible.

Even with his great ability, he had to carry out work bit by bit, developing step by step...

Wang Yan didn't care about Old Old Liu's sorrow, strolled around, and said to Secretary Zhang: "Uncle Zhang, the Baidian Brigade still needs to borrow another sum of money to buy some timber. We'll be making furniture sooner or later, and transporting the wood from our brigade over is really not worth it."

"I have a count." Secretary Zhang nodded with a smile. "Even if you didn't say it, I would have done it. The wood will be transported over in these two days. But I estimate we don't need the commune to pay. You guys have a big face now, the county is counting on you to write articles, so owing the timber factory some money is no big deal."

"Then Uncle Zhang, please trouble yourself to contact them."

"Are you scolding me? What trouble." Secretary Zhang seemed to glare unhappily, then laughed again. "If we could open the shop to the city, that would be great."

Wang Yan laughed: "Soon. After I write for another year or half a year, I estimate it will be about the same. I only wrote one article, and it was the province looking for the city, and the city looking for the county. If I write a few more, wouldn't that be something? The Daily's reply also told me to study hard and struggle hard, and welcomed me to continue submitting."

Secretary Zhang laughed, feeling beautiful...

Everyone went to the county government, met with cadres of all sizes, held a special meeting, and communicated about the development of the Hechuan Commune and the Baidian Brigade.

At the meeting, Wang Yan spoke, proposing three difficulties: first, the water problem; second, the road traffic problem; third, the soil problem of the Baidian Brigade.

He stated that it was difficult everywhere now, and the people of the Baidian Brigade had the courage and determination to overcome obstacles and struggle hard. Wells could be dug by themselves, and roads could be repaired by themselves, but regarding soil and planting, the county had to find a way.

He proposed that they should find some experts in geography and agricultural planting to see if the land in the Baidian Brigade that couldn't grow grain could grow other forest trees, fruit trees, etc. If they could grow fruit trees, it would be best, as it would both prevent wind and sand and increase income.

At the same time, the problem of digging wells in the Baidian Brigade also needed to be guided by geography experts to see where they could dig to get water...

Wang Yan's statement was approved, and it was also stated that they could first lend money to the Baidian Brigade to dig wells, and then slowly pay it back by selling furniture. At the same time, they would also find experts to come and see if they could grow some fruit trees.

Then it was the county arranging a shop to sell furniture, and also approving the Hechuan Commune to take offal and bones from the slaughterhouse, giving the Hechuan Commune another way to earn money.

Everything up to this point was very beautiful. So, while the Baidian Brigade was arguing and scrambling for the spots to stay in the city, Wang Yan wrote a second report in the cave dwelling and sent it to Beijing.

After the fifteenth of the first lunar month, the Baidian Brigade, which had been arguing for more than ten days, finally settled down, and the spots were finally determined.

There was no fixed candidate. For those in the brigade aged fifteen to twenty, all the boys learned carpentry, and the girls took turns to be waitresses in the county, five at a time, rotating every two months. Of course, the boys also rotated, seven in a round, also every two months.

Wang Yan's task was relatively heavy, having to run on both ends. He had to teach apprentices in the brigade and handle furniture, and he had to go to the county to teach apprentices and handle furniture.

It could be said that almost all the money of the Baidian Brigade was earned by him. Without him finally personally handling some processes, the grade of the furniture wouldn't go up.

However, Wang Yan had no complaints. He was voluntary, and he didn't ask for any return.

The shop in the county didn't need renovation. Finally, after the personnel problem was determined, all the old and young in the village exerted their strength, carrying and pulling all kinds of furniture, large and small, that Wang Yan had made in the last ten days, to the shop.

These were non-sale items, specifically displayed for people to see. At the same time, Wang Yan took time to get pigments and drew a more exquisite furniture booklet, with all kinds of things.

In addition, Wang Yan also trained the young girls, telling them how to introduce, what the price was, and how long the construction period was. How much was door-to-door delivery, and how much was coming to pick it up yourself.

Because there was a shop in the county, it wasn't necessary for the old and young of the brigade to go far to deliver to the door. This link could also be counted as money.

No matter how much people saved money, there was always a demand for delivery. After all, there were still many people buying large furniture. As long as the shipping fee was cheaper than the cost of them renting the brigade's donkey cart and finding neighbors to help, there was a market, and they could incidentally let the men of the Baidian Brigade earn more.

In fact, they earned quite a bit more.

Because over the period after the New Year, Wang Yan's article was published in the People's Daily, and the county allocated a shop to the Baidian Brigade to sell furniture, which had been transmitted to the masses by cadres through various meetings, and finally, plus visiting relatives and friends, the furniture made by the Baidian Brigade spread its reputation.

By the first day of the second lunar month, catching up with the big market, the various furniture made by Wang Yan had already filled the shop upstairs and downstairs, as well as the courtyard. The young girls selling goods had also finished training.

People came to the store to watch the excitement with curiosity, and as a result, they saw the furniture they liked. Those who could come to the market were naturally people who kept their word. After calculating their family background, they immediately paid the deposit and placed an order.

Even those who didn't bring money on the spot, after going home to ponder for a few days and chatting with people in the village, originally decided not to buy, but once the heart of comparison came up, looking at their own furniture, nothing looked right, and finally they had to come to the county. Even if it was a small item, they had to order one.

At the same time, Wang Yan was also quickly training apprentices. Where was there any rest to talk about? After eating in the morning, they had to work, and they couldn't end until it was dark in the evening.

By the time spring was approaching, a small part of the apprentices could be considered barely finished. They could rely on themselves to turn a pile of wood into the appearance of uncomplicated furniture, and the size was appropriate and relatively firm. These people were the carpentry seeds with a certain talent.

These people could independently handle most of the early problems, so Wang Yan let go even more, letting them lead other apprentices to work, and organized them into groups, all of whom became group leaders.

And he increased the work points for the group leaders, showing the difference, so that the apprentices below had a goal to strive for.

It was also during this period that Wang Yan's second report was published in the People's Daily. Compared to the first report, the influence caused by the second report was undoubtedly greater.

The reason was twofold: one was being able to be published continuously in the People's Daily, and the other was the content of the report.

Compared to the first report, the situation described in the second report was obviously a big deal. After all, it was just about to start before, and it had achieved some results in the vicinity, and immediately it had reached the county seat, opened a shop in the county, and the carpentry team had expanded to dozens of people.

Also, what was said about the county looking for experts to help, digging a well in the brigade, and asking experts to come and see if they could grow fruit trees, and what kind of fruit trees to grow.

As for the beautiful and lively northern Shaanxi Spring Festival written by Wang Yan in the letter, no one appreciated it. People only cared about Wang Yan trying every means to engage in development in the place where he was inserted...

"Is Wang Yan there?"

Postman Chen stopped his bicycle at the entrance of the Baidian Furniture Shop and carried a sack of letters inside.

"He's here, Brother Yan is in the backyard." A girl who was introducing furniture to someone replied, and then focused on explaining the different kinds of furniture to people.

Postman Chen ran to the backyard and saw Wang Yan drawing pictures with paper, occasionally taking a sip of canned tea.

"Wang Yan, another sack." He put the sack beside Wang Yan.

"It's all the support of the comrades." Wang Yan said with a smile, "You say the comrades are so enthusiastic, sending me so many letters, I have no way to reply one by one, and I can't afford to reply."

Postman Chen asked gossipingly: "I heard that some people even send you remittance slips?"

"Yes, saying it's for our brigade to dig a well, which isn't needed."

This was the trouble of becoming famous. People from all over the country sent him letters, some asking him how to do it to lead the development of the place where they were, some writing plans to ask him if it was feasible, some encouraging him, some supporting him, and some telling him their inner words.

It was like this on his side, and the People's Daily was even more lively. Although many people didn't have a count in the past, they always knew that the People's Daily wasn't so easy to submit to, especially the main edition. However, now that Wang Yan's two educated youth insertion reports were out, the People's Daily was probably already drowned by reports written by educated youth from all over the country...

"I really envy you, your brain is active, you have many ideas, and you dare to think and act." Postman Chen sighed.

Wang Yan let him have a cigarette and said: "It's just blind tossing."

"You're just too modest."

"I am a genius!"

Seeing Postman Chen's awkward look, Wang Yan smiled. "Look, modesty is still good."

The two chatted and laughed for a few sentences, smoked a cigarette, and Postman Chen left...

Near noon, Li Kuiyong, Qin Ling, and Tian Fang came to the shop.

"Brother Yan, busy."

Wang Yan looked at them and asked: "Why did you guys run to the county seat?"

"Agreed with Zhong Yuemin to go to our Hechuan Commune's mutton soup stall to rub a meal at noon." Li Kuiyong winked at Wang Yan.

"Did you agree with him?" Wang Yan said amusedly.

Qin Ling didn't hide it either: "If I came over by myself, what if something happened?"

Tian Fang went to flip through the sack: "Oh my, so many letters again?"

Li Kuiyong leaned over, looking honored: "Then what do you think? My Brother Yan is a celebrity now. Not to mention anything else, just in our Lin County, which educated youth doesn't come to the county seat to talk to Brother Yan?"

"That's not it, I just want to come and talk to Brother Yan."

Everyone turned their heads and saw Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong walking in together.

"I don't even want to talk about you, we're all our own people, who doesn't know who? You are now Sima Zhao's heart, known to everyone on the road." Li Kuiyong curled his lips.

Zhong Yuemin waved at Wang Yan, which counted as a greeting. He laughed and said to Li Kuiyong: "Let's not talk about each other, aren't you also thinking about Comrade Tian Fang?"

"Zhong Yuemin!" Tian Fang shouted, her face flushed red.

Li Kuiyong said: "Tian Fang, don't be like him, this grandson just has a cheap mouth."

Tian Fang's face was even redder: "You're still talking!"

Zheng Tong shouted: "I say, let's not stand here, everyone is here, so let's hurry up and eat, I'm starving to death."

"Brother Yan?" Zhong Yuemin asked proactively with great discernment.

"Let's go, it's noon, I'll eat a mouthful too." Wang Yan nodded with a smile, immediately drank the tea in the Song Dynasty Jian cup he had just received, put away the drawn drawings, got up, and followed everyone to eat.

Hechuan Mutton Soup, as the name suggests, is a sideline group selling mutton soup in Hechuan Commune. This matter was implemented very quickly, opened during the New Year, and has been until now.

In order to distinguish the mutton soup from other communes and not compete with each other, the mutton soup of Hechuan Commune was sold a bit more expensive.

As for why it was expensive, it was naturally because Wang Yan personally went out to teach these people how to make mutton soup. The soup was milky white and incredibly fragrant, attracting people who loved to eat it with its taste. According to Wang Yan, county cadres often came. They could afford it and loved to eat it.

By today, the base of the mutton soup had been bubbling for two months, absolutely the essence of high soup, which could really make people fragrant enough to fall down.

So even if today wasn't the big market day of the first or fifteenth, the business of Hechuan Mutton Soup was very hot...

?? Daily thanks to the good brothers who tipped, voted for monthly tickets, recommended tickets, and silently read the book for their strong support! ===== CHAPTER 1478 =====