Xiangyang Village killed a big wild boar and four small wild boars this time. One of the small wild boars was taken away by the village chief. Except for the old village chief, no one knew where Li Huan took the small wild boar.
But no one dared to object, because everyone knew that these five wild boars were killed by Li Huan alone, and if someone took them all away, they would have no way to stop him.
Ever since the big boar was sold to the national purchasing station, Li Huan from Xiangyang Village became famous. The head of Xiangqian Village and the person in charge of the national purchasing station came to Li Huan to discuss when to go up the mountain again.
But Li Huan refused outright. He pointed to the snow that was beginning to fall from the sky. In this kind of weather, organizing people to go up the mountain to hunt would definitely be a dead end, especially for ordinary people who had no hunting experience at all.
"Comrade Li Huan, let's be frank. We are in urgent need of pork, but now it is almost the end of the year and the supply of pork is really insufficient. You see..."
"My dear leader, I am also a good cook who can't cook without rice. Pork is such a scarce commodity, but human life is more valuable than pork. I can't joke about human life."
"I know that. If you don't want to hunt, then don't hunt. But I heard that you hunted five pigs this time, and sold us a big one and four small ones."
"Leaders are leaders, and they are well-informed. Of the four piglets, we need to raise one alive, and the remaining three may not be enough even if our village distributes them ourselves."
"Give me another one, no, just half a head, Comrade Li Huan, you are the village chief, you must shoulder the great cause of the Chinese nation and have the passionate blood of patriotism in your heart."
Li Huan: “…”
Chen Weidang, who was sitting on the sidelines, was getting very upset. He hated the person who betrayed the information. If he knew who leaked the information, he would definitely skin him alive.
A piglet weighs only 70 or 80 kilograms without skin or internal organs. The more than 30 people in the village who participated in the hunting were each given 2 kilograms of pork. The remaining pork was cooked into pig-killing dishes and had long been eaten by the villagers.
There were also two piglets. One was kept alive and given to Uncle Niu to raise, and the other was gutted that same day and sold to the villagers at the price of fifty cents per pound.
So how could they get half a head of wild boar meat to give to the person in charge of the purchasing station? Moreover, Chen Weidang knew this person in charge very well. Once the meat fell into his hands, it would definitely appear on the black market.
Seeing the atmosphere suddenly become tense, Li Huan could only rub his hands and ask Shouhou to buy 40 kilograms of pork and deliver it to the person in charge. Although he lost money, he could earn a small favor.
"Actually, it's like this. Wild boar meat is definitely not as delicious as domestic pork, so I asked a friend to exchange the remaining 40 kilograms of wild boar meat for domestic pork. I'll ask him to send it to you when the time comes."
The person in charge's eyes lit up. Domestic pork was more expensive than wild boar meat, so he nodded in agreement and left the village committee with a smile. Chen Weidang's face was gloomy. He knew that Li Huan was going to lose his own money to fill this loophole.
"Huanzi, it's all because of my incompetence. Once I find out who leaked the information, I will definitely not let him go."
Li Huan shook his head. There were so many people in the village. Even if they found out, what would happen? He would learn from his mistakes. If he encountered such things in the future, he would just prepare himself in advance.
"I called Shouhou and asked him to get 40 kilograms of pork. Anyway, I only lose 70 or 80 cents per kilogram of pork, which is only half a month's salary."
"I'll pay half."
"Okay, then it's settled. Don't worry, old village chief. We will have many ways to make money in the future. There's no need to rush."
Chen Weidang sighed. This child was stupid. How could farmers make money except digging for food in the fields? Even the wild boar he killed this time was more a result of luck.
When Shouhou received the call from Li Huan, he could hardly believe his ears, but he was also a person who often traveled outside, so he understood the concerns of the person in charge of the purchasing station.
Because they do their work secretly, they can only maintain good relationships with such people, otherwise if they are accidentally exposed one day, they will suffer the loss.
The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the weather was getting colder. Li Huan rang the village gong again. It was finally time to distribute food and money in Xiangyang Village. After the food was distributed, the whole village would enter the hibernation period.
Sure enough, although the price of grain did not increase this year, in previous years men could get 360 kilograms and women and children could get 280 kilograms, but this year both amounts have been reduced by half.
That is to say, men could get a maximum of 342 kilograms, while women and children could only get 266 kilograms. Fenqiu and others wanted to get angry, but when they saw the earthen warehouse on Li Huan's back, they shut their mouths.
"Fellow villagers, everyone knows about this year's harvest. It is impossible to distribute enough food like last year, but we have had great success in hunting this year, so we can use this to make up for the shortfall."
"How can I make up for it? There is only so much food. I would rather have food than money."
"That's right. Now that the year is almost over, the grain in the grain station has long been sold out. If you want grain, you can only buy it on the black market, which is extremely expensive."
Just as the villagers were complaining, Chen Weidang appeared, followed by a few young men pushing flatbed carts filled with bags of grain.
"Food, is it coarse grain or fine grain?"
"Wow, there must be at least several thousand kilograms of food here. Could it be that Huanzi got it?"
The villagers looked at the dozen or so young men pushing flatbed carts with arrogant looks, some of them were confused, but most of them guessed the reason.
"Fellow villagers, this year I sold the big boar and a piglet for 190 yuan, and I exchanged it all for sorghum rice. If you don't have enough food, you can buy it with money. Sorghum rice is three cents a pound. If you want to buy, please register. It will be gone after it is sold out."
Li Huan once again picked up the loudspeaker and spoke a lot. Except for the whistling sound of the north wind, the whole place in the threshing ground was silent.
"Thank you, Huan."
Aunt Wang was the first to stand up. Everyone knew that because there was not enough food this year, the villagers in the neighboring Xiangqian Village were already going crazy. The food, which was already insufficient to begin with, was now even more stretched.
The villagers of Xiangyang Village used the money they earned from hunting wild boars to exchange for food. All this was thanks to Li Huan. If it weren't for Li Huan, they would definitely be like the villagers of Xiangqian Village, and everyone would have to eat less at every meal.
The lively grain distribution began, and most people in Xiangyang Village were happy. There was food in the cellar, wild boar meat buried under the snow in the yard, and lard. They didn't have to worry about the New Year this year.
Just when everyone was happily carrying food home, a woman wearing a red headscarf came to the village entrance and asked everyone she met where the educated youth point was.