Chapter 41 Reassurance

Just like taking a reassurance pill, Xu Qiang's previously anxious heart finally calmed down at this time.

He couldn't imagine how the goods would be transported if there were no horse-drawn carriages at the peat field. After all, a truck these days could cost tens of thousands of yuan, and the most common Jiefang truck would cost more than 4 yuan. Xu Qiang could never afford this amount of money.

But now, his family also has a horse-drawn carriage, so the problem of transporting fertilizers in the future will naturally be solved.

"What did you draw?" Mother Zhang Fenglan asked quickly when she saw her son's ecstatic expression.

"Mom, you won the carriage for our team." Xu Qiang said excitedly.

"Why do we need a carriage? You can't drive one, and we don't know how to raise a mule, right?"

"You may not be able to raise it, but someone else will." Xu Qiang carefully put the piece of paper into his underwear pocket. The next step would be to use this piece of paper to exchange for the supplies they deserved.

"So what did you smoke?" Zhang Fenglan asked her son.

"Look for yourself." Xu Qiang handed his note to his mother.

"That's okay..."

After taking the note and taking a look at it, mother Zhang Fenglan's expression immediately eased.

In any case, their family finally got some land. As a farmer, as long as they have land, they have roots in the village.

In fact, according to Xu Qiang, there is little labor force in the family, only him and his mother. He also has to go to work and work in the peat field, so he has no time to go back to the village to farm. It would be better to raise livestock instead.

But now he has changed his mind. Since his mother feels she cannot live without the land, he might as well not exchange the land. Instead, he will rent it out to other people in the village to farm. There will be absolutely no problem with that.

The scene of drawing lots was very noisy at this time. Some families were crying loudly, while others were complacent. It was a real mix of all kinds of people in the world.

More people began to exchange the things they had drawn with other villagers on the spot, whispering to each other, just like a meeting of spies.

Seeing that it was already lunchtime, Zhao Xigui announced that the drawing of lots was over and everyone could go home to eat. The food would be officially distributed at 1 p.m. There was also another important matter, which was the election of the new village committee leaders.

After hearing this, everyone dispersed.

"Uncle, what did you smoke?" Liu Jun walked to Xu Qiang and asked.

"Tell me what you smoke first?" Xu Qiang asked back.

In fact, although Xu Qiang had arranged for Liu Jun to try to get the brigade's carriage last time, it was someone else's private matter after all, and Xu Qiang could not force it.

In fact, Liu Jun is also a good farmer. When the team does not need to use the car, he will go to the fields to work like everyone else. He is proficient in plowing the soil, sowing seeds, and transplanting rice seedlings. He is definitely a qualified farmer.

"I took a few acres of land in the east of the village, and a pig..."

"Sure, there's good land in the east, and our team's pigs will be ready for slaughter soon, right?" Xu Qiang congratulated.

"I have already changed out..."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"You told me before that our peat field needs a horse-drawn carriage to transport goods, but I didn't get one." Liu Jun had a helpless look on his face, and he continued, "But I heard that Qian Mazi, who lives in the east, got one, so I wanted to exchange with him, but he refused..." "That doesn't matter. My mother also got a horse-drawn carriage, so you can continue to drive it in the future," Xu Qiang said with a smile.

"Your family won the prize." Liu Jun breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Xu Qiang say this.

"Fortunately, my mother is lucky, otherwise, we wouldn't be able to transport goods to our peat farm." Xu Qiang patted Liu Jun on the shoulder and said, "From now on, you can continue to transport goods for our peat farm. You can use my car. Now you can work with peace of mind."

"I still want to exchange Qian Mazi's carriage..."

"Okay, there are only two horse-drawn carriages in our village. If we take both of them, we won't be able to work in the village." Xu Qiang smiled and continued, "We can't do anything too extreme. At least leave one for the village."

"I understand." Liu Jun nodded.

In fact, for the current peat field, only one horse carriage is enough. If the output increases in the later stage, Liu Jun can just make a few more trips. There is no need to compete with the village for these important assets.

Another point is that Xu Qiang is currently running his peat field business secretly and the villagers are unaware of it.

But once Xu Qiang took away both carriages in the village and did not work in the village, this would definitely arouse other people's suspicion, which was something Xu Qiang had always been avoiding.

Afterwards, Xu Qiang and his mother returned home to have lunch.

In the afternoon, the brigade first held an election for village committee cadres.

It was almost a foregone conclusion that Zhao Xigui, the former production team leader, was successfully elected as the director of the newly established village committee, and the other positions were basically filled by the original team members.

In fact, this does not mean that the villagers are very satisfied with Zhao Xigui, but because Zhao Xigui's family is a wealthy family. Over time, he has been using small favors to win over people in the village. Today, he finally got what he wanted and kept his position as village chief.

Among them, the most popular old village chief Xu Houcai directly declined the villagers' invitation because of his old age and poor health. He just wanted to spend his remaining years in peace.

Although Xu Qiang had some opinions about Zhao Xigui, he would not slap him in the face in front of the town leaders during the election. Besides, he now worked in a factory and did not participate in labor in the village, so he did not say a word when the vote was taken by raising his hands.

After the election, the formal distribution of things began.

Xu Qiang got what he wanted and brought the carriage he was assigned back home. Also brought back were a few chickens, a pig, six or seven bags of grain, some grain coupons, and more than 800 yuan in cash.

After working hard for the brigade for twenty or thirty years, it has finally come to an end.

"Mom, we will rent out our land in the future. The money I earn from work will be enough to support you." Xu Qiang said to his mother.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Zhang Fenglan said while gritting her teeth.

In fact, she also knew that with just the two of them, an orphan and a widow, it was impossible for them to cultivate the ten acres of land that was allocated to them. The most they could do was raise livestock.

Moreover, after hearing what her son said, Zhang Fenglan felt somewhat relieved. As long as Xu Qiang worked steadily in the factory, his income would be higher than that of people in the village, so there was no need to envy others.

That night, the whole village was silent, with only the newly established village committee brightly lit.

As soon as the next day dawned, all the villagers rushed to the fields with their farm tools, officially starting their dream of getting rich...

(End of this chapter)