noffsinger Chapter 133 Difficulties on Land and Sea
Chapter 133 Difficulties on Land and Sea
In the afternoon, Lu Hai was busy loading cargo.
At first, Lu Hai thought about asking the villagers for help. At most he could just pay them some wages.
After all, truck drivers won't help you load the goods.
However, Lu Hai still used the thinking method of later generations.
The trucks that come nowadays are not private trucks, but truck drivers from the factory.
They received instructions from Liu Guowei. After all, it was the factory director who gave the instructions personally, so naturally they had no intention of being lazy.
With the addition of the four people coming from Kyoto and his father, there were more manpower, so he gave up this idea.
After all, no one would complain about having too much money.
However, while they were moving, Lu Yuejin came to the door.
"Uncle Yuejin, why are you here?" Lu Hai saw Lu Yuejin coming and quickly greeted him.
When Lu Yuejin saw Lu Hai, all the thoughts he had prepared disappeared instantly.
For a moment, I didn't know how to start, especially when there were so many people here.
When Lu Hai saw Lu Yuejin's embarrassed look, he immediately knew what was going on.
So he said to Lu Yuejin, "Uncle Yuejin, let's go back to the house and talk."
Then he apologized to everyone and said that he had something urgent to do.
Naturally, no one cared and let Lu Hai take care of his own business first. After all, it would take a while to load 200,000 kilograms of mountain products.
Then, Lu Hai took Lu Yuejin into the house.
However, when Lu Yuejin saw Lu Hai's father Lu Guofu, he shouted again, "Guofu, come along too."
When Lu Guofu heard Lu Yuejin calling him again, he was confused for a moment. Why was he calling him again when he was looking for his son?
But he did not refuse. After throwing the bag of mountain products in his hand into the car, he clapped his hands and followed the two people.
When Lu Hai heard that he still had to call his father, he probably understood what was going on.
Most likely, someone from the village found Lu Yuejin and told him something.
After all, his father, Lu Guofu, is a member of the commune. If his father were still alive, he would probably say a few words on his behalf.
Not long after, the three of them returned to the house and sat down, and then Luo Shulan poured them a glass of water.
Lu Hai also said directly at this time, "Uncle Yuejin, are the villagers here looking for you?"
Lu Yuejin was stunned when he heard this. Before he could say anything, Lu Hai spoke up.
Then there is naturally no need to hide anything.
"Yes, Hai boy, that's what happened. Now is the slack season for farmers, everyone has time, and we have caught all the loaches in the fields..." Lu Yuejin said with embarrassment.
"So, the villagers plan to make some money with me?" Lu Hai said with a smile.
He didn't expect Lu Hai to say it so clearly. Although he was conflicted, Lu Yuejin still nodded.
"Yes, Hai boy, you are not in the village, so you don't know the current situation in the village. The harvest of the land is not very good this year, and the money and per capita food that everyone gets are not much."
"That's true. This year, the per capita ration for each member is only about 200 kilograms." Lu Guofu nodded and agreed.
"So little?" Lu Hai was a little surprised.
Two hundred kilograms of per capita food may seem like a lot, but nowadays an adult needs to consume about one kilogram of food a day. After all, there are fewer side dishes and fewer resources these days, so naturally more staple foods are eaten.
In later generations, because there was no shortage of vegetables, oil, salt and other things, the consumption of staple food was not that much.
Also, don’t forget, which household doesn’t have babies nowadays?
So to be honest, these two hundred kilograms of food are really not enough to eat.
"Yeah, otherwise no one would want to follow you, Hai boy, to make some money." Lu Yuejin said with a sigh.
"Then what do you think, Uncle Yuejin?" Lu Hai asked without expressing his opinion.
"Oh..." Lu Yuejin sighed, and then told Ergou everything he had been thinking just now.
When Lu Guofu, who was standing by, heard this idea, his eyes lit up and he thought this method was feasible.
Moreover, Lu Hai now has sufficient funds.
"What do you think, Hai boy?" Lu Yuejin asked after he finished speaking.
However, to his surprise, Lu Hai directly refused after hearing this.
"This method won't work."
When Lu Yuejin heard this, he was stunned. Even Lu Guofu didn't understand, "Why is this not possible?"
"The market is not that big. If every household raises aquatic products, do you think the city's supply and marketing cooperatives can collect so much? There are hundreds of households in our village. If every household raises aquatic products, the quantity will be too large and the market cannot consume it." Lu Hai explained.
"Besides, think about it, if all the land in the village is dug up to raise loaches, and no one grows crops, what will the people in the commune think? How will the village meet its production targets? Will they all rely on buying? When there is more aquatic product and supply exceeds sales, the price will definitely drop, and the money earned will be less. Then life in the village will be even more difficult."
After listening to this, Lu Yuejin immediately reacted.
Yes, at the beginning I just listened to the method and didn’t think about the consequences of doing so.
Now, after listening to Lu Hai's explanation, I felt a little scared.
If this were to happen, the price of loaches would drop and the cost of buying food would increase. It is estimated that the village would not only fail to make money but would even lose money.
After all, the cost of breeding is there.
"Then Hai boy, do you have any solution now?" Lu Yuejin asked with a sigh.
Lu Hai could only spread his hands and said, "Uncle Yuejin, it's not that I don't want to help, but there are so many people in this village. I'm not a god, how can I arrange it just like that?"
If there was a factory now, it would not be impossible to put hundreds of people in the workshop, but he doesn’t have one now!
After all, what is allowed now is the emergence of private economy and the permission for ordinary people to open shops.
However, the private economy is still blocked by policies, so there is no good solution for land and sea now.
"Hai boy, now that you have opened a shop in Kyoto, why don't you ask the villagers to help? You can pay them some wages or something..." Lu Yuejin said, still unwilling to give up.
Although Lu Yuejin didn't want to get involved in these matters at first, since he had agreed to do it for the village, he definitely wanted to do it well.
It can be said that he really risked his reputation for the sake of this village.
"Uncle Yuejin, how can I hire so many people to open a store? Besides, I still have the reputation of a capitalist. If I hire so many people, I will be arrested in minutes." Lu Hai sighed.
However, Lu Yuejin's words gave Lu Hai a flash of inspiration.
"Since there's nothing you can do, Hai boy, I'll go back and tell them..." Lu Yuejin said dejectedly.
However, just as Lu Yuejin was about to leave, Lu Hai called him down.
"Uncle Yuejin, I suddenly thought of an idea, but I don't know if it will work..."