The grains have been planted, and the seedlings have been planted. The busy planting in spring has come to an end. The only thing left is to see the grass growing in the field and manually weed it - pull the weeds by hand and throw them away to prevent weeds.

Earn fertilizer for the seedlings.

Planting water, weeding, and fertilizing have become the main contents of field management. However, it is still quite leisurely.

When people are free, they will think. They will think about this and that. I am no exception. What I think about most is that it has been so long since I finished the exam, why is there no movement or news at all?

If it really doesn't work, I'll have to go out and find a way out.

You see, this kind of crops has been worked hard for a long time. A hailstorm will destroy them. But these bags of grain and seedlings have been planted. We can only pray for good weather and a good harvest.

After working hard for half a year on an acre of land, the maximum number of pounds of rice is 800 to 900 pounds. Each pound of rice costs seven to eighty cents. If it is processed into rice and sold, it is only one yuan and twenty cents per pound. One thousand pounds of rice is worth about 700 pounds.

Rice. Even if one acre of rice is calculated based on one thousand kilograms of rice, it is about seven to eight hundred yuan in gross income, excluding the food expenses for plowing the fields, buying seeds, buying fertilizers, buying pesticides, and planting and harvesting.

For expenses such as tobacco and alcohol, at least 150 yuan must be deducted as a cost. In total, it only costs 600 to 700 yuan, plus Xiaochun has an income of 300 to 400 yuan. In other words, one acre of land per year is enough.

That’s an income of 1,000 yuan. We haven’t mentioned expenses such as agricultural taxes and education surcharges. If we add these into the calculation, there will be no income of 1,000 yuan.

Farming, harvesting grain, and harvesting cabbage are not as high as farming income. Use the grain and vegetables received to raise pigs and chickens, and change it. If you raise two pigs, each pig will be counted as two hundred pounds of clean meat. "Bao"

The price of the warehouse is three yuan and seventy-eight pounds per catty. Two pigs are four hundred catties of meat, which is about fifteen hundred yuan. After deducting the cost of buying the piglets, which is about two hundred yuan, the remaining amount is about thirteen hundred yuan.

. This is still considered net money. The premise is that you only have this income if you don't eat a piece of meat and sell it all. If you eat it, you won't have this income. Of course, there will be no such "expense".

The chickens you raise don't count as money. They are used to offset the usual salt money.

In addition, there used to be some apple trees on the mountain, which could earn an income of several hundred yuan. However, now the adults are no longer at home. I don’t have the skills to manage them myself. The apples have been neglected and their varieties have deteriorated. I can only pick them back.

If you eat it yourself, you won't get much money from selling it.

This calculation makes it clear. After a year of hard work, effort, worry, and God's blessing, the weather is smooth and the grain is abundant. In the end, it is exhausting. Even if you have two acres of land, it is only 5,000 yuan.

The gross income of money. After excluding the expenses for food, drink, education, and favors, you must be healthy and free from illness, so that you can barely make ends meet and live a hard life. Therefore, there is no way out by simply growing crops. You can only make ends meet for the rest of your life.

To think of any "change" is simply a fantasy.

What's more, I don't have an inch of land of my own.

But if you work outside, you can still earn a few hundred yuan a month. If you are more flexible, you can earn a thousand yuan.

I have to face the situation of "a red heart, two hands prepared". In fact, I have always been in this situation, and I am in this situation at any time.

The money in my hand is getting less and less. I have to worry about the four yuan fare for taking the three-wheel train to the county seat and back again. Let's ride through the 28 big bars! This can save money.

I was afraid that it would be stolen when I rode to the county town. Fortunately, I had a relative like Aunt Cao who lived in the county town. I locked my broken bicycle in front of his house and asked Aunt Cao to look after it for me. I started asking for news along the way.

went.

But there is no news from Aunt Cao, Aunt Hai San, Aunt Hai, or the Personnel Bureau. Everyone has never heard of it and doesn't know.

This is troublesome.

Maybe it was "God's eyes opened"? While I was inquiring about the news, I bumped into a girl with a student haircut. She looked familiar, so I said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry I bumped into you. Are you?"

Are you not from Datang? I think you look familiar."

Girl: "Oh, I'm from Datang. You look familiar too. Are you from Datang too?"

Me: "Well. I am Mu Yi from Watang Village behind Datang Street. What about you?"

Girl: "I am Liu Ying from Heibao Village. My family just moved from Heibao to Watang this year. Principal Mao's family moved to the county seat, and his house was sold to my family."

Me: "Oh. Is it the house of Principal Mao's family on Xinshi Street?"

Liu Ying: "That's right, that's right. What are you doing in the city?"

Me: "Isn't it almost a year since I graduated? I took an exam just after the new year, but there is still no news. I don't know how many points I got in the exam, whether I have taken the exam or not."

Very anxious."

Liu Ying: "What a coincidence. I'm about to graduate a year ago. Which school did you graduate from?"

Me: "I graduated from Deyang Industrial School. What about you?"

Liu Ying: "Oh, it's a technical secondary school outside the state. It's awesome, it's awesome. I graduated from Jingchang Police Academy."

Me: "Oh. You are so awesome, policewoman."

Liu Ying smiled brightly and said, "It's very ugly. Which one is the policewoman? Why didn't I see it?"

Me: "Are you here to inquire about the news too?"

Liu Ying waved to me, and I leaned my head over.

Liu Ying: "Yes. There is news that I have been admitted. It seems that I will be assigned to the Datang Township Government."

Me: "That's great. You can work right outside your home."

Liu Ying: "This is just 'rumour'. However, I heard that the allocation notice has been printed. It's just that it hasn't been sent out yet."

I asked her eagerly: "Well, um, have you heard my news?"

Liu Ying: "That's not true. They just helped my family and only asked about my news."

I was discouraged as soon as I heard that. Yes. I am not related to the person, so why would they ask for information for me? This is human nature and normal.

Liu Ying: "Have you finished your business? If so, we will go back together."

Me: "I don't know what to do with my matter. I think it's done. How did you get here?"

Liu Ying: "I came here to catch the fire. What about you?"

Me: "I came here on a bicycle."

Liu Ying: "Well, I'm not busy anyway. You can take me back on your bicycle."

I think there's nothing going on anyway. Just take it, it's a convenient way.

The two of us walked to the door of Aunt Cao's mother's house and prepared to push the cart away.

Aunt Cao looked Liu Ying up and down, then looked at me and said, "Who is this?"

From the look in her eyes, I guessed that she had misunderstood my relationship with Liu Ying. I quickly explained: "Oh, auntie. This is Liu Ying from our village. She also took the exam and is waiting to be assigned a job."

Aunt Cao: "Oh. Not bad, not bad."

We said goodbye to Aunt Cao. We pushed the bicycles onto the road, and I asked: "Are you going to get on the 'dead bike' or the 'live bike'?"

The "dead bike" means that she gets on it first, and I. The "live bike" means that I slide the bike up first, and she jumps on it while holding on to the rear seat frame of the bike.

Liu Ying: "I'd better get on the 'death car'."

I quickly stopped and helped the bike, letting her sit sideways on the rear seat of the bike. Then I stepped on the pedal with my left foot and slowly slid the bike. After gaining some inertia, I stretched my right foot from the big bar on the left tripod to

He stepped on the pedal on the right side. The bicycle shook a few times and almost fell over. Liu Ying was so frightened that she screamed.

I said, "Don't be afraid, you can't fall over." I tightened my grip on the bicycle faucet and quickly gained control of my balance.

When we rode to the No. 15 Bridge outside the county town, it was very difficult to ride up a steep slope. Liu Ying jumped off the car understandingly, and I also got off the car and pushed the car onto the bridge. Then I got on her again.

We talked and laughed all the way back to Datang. When we arrived at her door, she jumped out of the car and I wanted to go back.

Liu Ying: "I see you are sweating profusely from riding. Park the car at the door, come in and have a drink of water before going back."

I'm a little hesitant.

Liu Ying: "Hey, you're a grown man, why are you so embarrassed? I won't eat you. Come in and have a drink of water."

While we were talking, a middle-aged woman came out. I guessed she was Liu Ying's mother.

Sure enough, Liu Ying shouted: "Mom, is the food ready? I'm starving to death."

Liu Ying's mother looked at me doubtfully.

Liu Ying quickly introduced: "Mom, he is Mu Yi from Watang Village. Because like me, he came back to take the exam after graduation and is waiting to be assigned a job."

When Liu's mother heard what Liu Ying said, she quickly said: "Come in and play."

I don’t think there’s anything going on anyway. I haven’t taken a good look at the inside of these big brick houses on the edge of Xinshi Street. I don’t know if it’s driven by curiosity, or I want to get close to Liu Ying and ask for some “gossip.”
Chapter completed!