Just now, Li Wen quietly put some daily necessities such as flashlights into a bag and placed them in the carriage.

At this moment, the village cadres asked, and Li Wen immediately opened the sack and served the hard vegetables. Several village cadres were so shocked that they almost stopped standing.

"Here, these flashlights, porcelain basins, porcelain bowls, and grains can all be exchanged?" Secretary Liu was so shocked that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.

"Yes, I still have some food stamps here, which I can exchange with you, but I only need tea and good wild products." Li Wen nodded and said.

"Okay, Leader Li, you and we can go to the brigade headquarters first, and I'll ask someone to get the things." Secretary Liu discussed with several village cadres, and then drove towards the brigade headquarters with Li Wen.

"Secretary Liu, you don't need to call me leader. You are already as old as my father, so you should call me Xiao Li!"

Li Wen felt awkward when he saw that the brigade secretary, who was about sixty years old, kept calling him leader.

Through chatting, I learned that there are more than 600 men, women, and children in the Tea Mountain Brigade. The per capita cultivated land is less than half an acre, and most of them are terraced fields that have been opened in recent years.

The yield of the terraced fields is particularly low, and the fields are scattered. The yield of rice per acre is less than 600 kilograms.

However, these rice and tea mountain brigades mainly grow tea, and also go to the mountains to collect mountain products. After harvesting, they are handed over to the brigade, and then the brigade arranges to sell them to the supply and marketing cooperative in the town.

The Tea Mountain Brigade handed over relatively little public food, mainly tea leaves.

Because there was not enough food to eat, in addition to the task of handing in the tea every year, the leftover defective tea was also given to the members in exchange for resale grain.

The resale grain was definitely not enough to fill their stomachs, so the members had to go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables and use wild grass to satisfy their hunger. Life in the Chashan Brigade was indeed quite difficult.

However, after some understanding, Li Wen still felt that people in the south and mountainous areas were lucky, but in comparison, it was much more difficult in the north.

In the Jinzhou area, the annual minimum temperature is only minus three degrees Celsius. There are wild vegetables and green grass all year round. People can't have enough to eat at best. If they are really hungry, they can eat all kinds of wild vegetables, grass and leaves.

But Li Wen's hometown in the Qinzhong area was not so good. When Li Weng just crossed over, except for the green crops and reservoirs in Sanxing Village, the rest of the village had been dug up, and there was yellow soil everywhere.

There are very few wild vegetables and weeds in the woods, and they are usually dug up by children soon after they grow. This is why Li Wen was willing to exchange a penny fruit candy for pigweed.

If Li Wen was not generous, he would take the weeds dug up by his children and eat them himself, but he would not give them to him in vain.

Moreover, Li Wen also learned that there are many elderly people over sixty years old in this village, but there are not many in Li Wen's Sanxing Village.

The Li family in Sanxing Village has been relatively united since the late Qing Dynasty, but in this disaster year, there are not many elderly people in the village.

The past few years were particularly difficult. Many elderly people in the village who could not work were so hungry that they were skin and bones because they were saving food for their children and grandchildren. They did not survive the cold winter.

Even in the 21st century, the cold winter in the north is still a talisman for the elderly in rural areas. Every winter and spring, many elderly people die in the village.

The two chatted animatedly, and other cadres from the village came back pulling the cart.

Li Wen was lucky. The team had just organized members to make tea cakes for the autumn tea harvested this year. Before they could sell it, Li Wen caught up.

Li Wen took a look and saw that there were about two hundred kilograms of tea cakes left in the village, and the quality was similar to what the old man had just provided.

However, Li Wen did not offer the high price of 50 cents, but gave a price of 40 cents which was slightly higher than the price at the purchasing station.

Several village cadres were very surprised when they heard this price. They sold the tea to the supply and marketing cooperative for just over 30 cents, and it was not directly exchanged for food.

After the price was approved, Li Wen waved his hand and took all the more than 200 kilograms of tea bricks.

Next there were three carts of mountain goods, one cart was filled with fungi and medicinal herbs, and the other two carts were actually filled with walnuts, chestnuts and citrus.

Li Wen is very fond of things. Although he has a small world now, he hasn't planted many fruit trees yet. These things are worth every penny when exchanged for food.

After some calculations, Li Wen paid a total price of 230 yuan for the four-cart, which made the village officials very satisfied.

Li Wen gave them 90 kilograms of flour, 70 kilograms of corn flour, and 400 kilograms of sweet potatoes on the tricycle.

The maximum value of these grains was 80 yuan, which was certainly not enough, but Li Wen exchanged five handfuls for 16 yuan a handful, and other porcelain washbasins, such as those for his sister-in-law, were worth 50 yuan.

"Secretary Liu still has 20 yuan. Let me give you a 20-dollar ticket. I have various tickets for you to count for 20 yuan." Li Wen took out a handful of tickets for Secretary Liu and several cadres to choose.

"Why is there a radio ticket?" Secretary Liu's eyes turned green when he saw the radio ticket.

There was originally a radio in their village, but it broke last year. Even when they went to the county town to repair it, it was not repaired.

In this era, spiritual life was extremely scarce. Brigade cadres would listen to some current news and policies through the radio, and then convey them to the members.

But without the radio, they were completely blind. Their village was more than 20 miles away from the nearest town on a mountain road. Without a radio, they were completely blind without knowing the policy.

"Xiao Li, how much does this radio ticket cost? Is 20 yuan enough? If it's not enough, we can exchange it with something." Secretary Liu and several other cadres looked at Li Wen with eager faces.

"That's enough. A radio ticket costs about 20 yuan." Li Wen nodded, and he readily took out the radio ticket and handed it to Secretary Liu.

"That's great. Our brigade has a radio again. When I go to the town for a meeting later, let's see how Li Laowai laughs at me." Secretary Liu suddenly thought of Li Laowai, the secretary of the brigade next door.

"Secretary Liu, you also know that these votes are more useful than money. Do you have any rare items in your village? As long as you satisfy me, these votes can be exchanged for you." Li Wen saw several village cadres snapping at the bills in their hands.

Look, he said with a smile.

"Li Purchasing, can I exchange it privately?" At this time, the militia captain on the side asked sarcastically.

"As long as Secretary Liu agrees to this, I don't care. It's all about helping the members. It doesn't matter who sells it." Li Wen spread his hands and said nonchalantly.

"If you don't agree, as long as you are not speculating, you can exchange your own things and the brigade will not care." Secretary Liu waved his hand and said grandly.

"Okay, I'll accept whatever good stuff everyone has, but ordinary mushrooms and the like are fine. They're too big to be transported." Li Wen smiled and made his request.

"Li Purchasing, I have two wild boar cubs weighing more than ten kilograms, do you want them?" The militia captain looked at Li Wen eagerly.

"Oh! Wild boar? He's alive and dead." Li Wen looked at the militia captain with surprise on his face.

"Alive, alive, even if you die, you won't be able to survive now, but one of your legs is broken." The militia captain said with a worried look.

"It's okay. I want anything alive. Brother, please catch it quickly. I'll take a look. If it's suitable, I'll give you a high price." Li Wen said with excitement.

As soon as Li Wen finished speaking, the militia captain ran out of the brigade headquarters with excitement on his face.

"This wild boar was caught by Xiao Liu when he led a patrol some time ago. The two big ones were shot to death, and the remaining small ones were also prepared to be killed for meat.

When the pork was distributed, this guy insisted on catching piglets and raising them. You said that people in these days have nothing to eat, so why should he raise pigs? This wild boar is not easy to raise.
Chapter completed!