"Why do you have to come back all the time? Just send a telegram. Why waste the fare?" The old man is always so frugal and calculated.

"Mom, that's a good thing. I found a job for the village to make a living, and I can't explain it clearly until I come back." Li Wen explained with a smile.

After work in the evening, Li Wen told the two brothers Li Deyou about the handicrafts, and they were also very excited.

There are not many farmers like them who know how to tie brooms and knit things.

Especially brooms, almost every household in Sanxing Village will tie them up. Every year after the sorghum harvest in the village, all the sorghum straws are divided and tied into brooms by the members, and then exchanged for some daily necessities.

In the past, you could sell it at a large market, but now speculation has been tightened and you can no longer buy and sell at will. Although you can sell it at a large market, you have to issue a certificate of self-production and sale. Farmers are afraid of this, so they basically sell to supply and marketing cooperatives.

The two brothers Li Deyou are also good at tying brooms. They can tie two brooms every time they come home from work, and even eleven or two on rainy days.

While talking to his father, Li Wen thought of his previous life when he was a child.

In my previous life, when I was young, five or six of the ten households in the village were tying brooms, and the rest were either lazy or went out to work.

In his previous life, Li Wen's grandfather was really busy tying brooms day and night. When there wasn't enough sorghum stalks in the village, he ordered tractors to go to the mountains to collect them.

Li Wen also listened to the old man telling stories about their youth. At that time, when there was no straw tied to a broom, they would pull a cart and travel hundreds of kilometers to buy sorghum stalks in the mountains to buy sorghum stalks.

[At that time, it wasn’t called buying, it was called engaging.]

The old man said that many people in the village earned their brick houses by tying brooms.

Indeed, the brooms at that time were really valuable and durable.

In his previous life, when he was a child, the old man often took Li Wen to the county town to sell brooms. He carried dozens of brooms on the back seat and Li Wen sat on the beam.

It must have been the 1990s! At that time, Li Liwen was only five or six years old. He followed the old man to sell brooms in the streets. A big broom cost six yuan, a small one cost two yuan, and one yuan and five.

After selling the brooms, the old man took Li Wen to the tofu stall next to the station to eat two bowls of 50-cent tofu.

The taste was wonderful to Li Wen just thinking about it. Even now that he was reborn, he would never forget it. He had to wipe the bowl with steamed buns after eating.

In the past few years, a large broom could be sold for more than 20 yuan at most, which is really profitable! However, the flowers are not as popular as a hundred days, and the people are no longer young.

With the development of industry and the popularity of unit buildings, traditional yards are becoming less and less common. Handmade brooms are gradually being replaced by industrial plastic brooms, which are also cheaper.

In his previous life, when Li Wen returned to the village, he could no longer see broom tying people. The old man at home said that there were only one or two families in the village who insisted on tying brooms.

[Having written this, I would like to take the liberty to ask, who has not been beaten with a broom when he was a child in school? If not, please raise your hand.]

Li Wen's thoughts couldn't help but go to heaven, until Li Deyou shouted and Li Wen came back to his senses.

"You kid, you are so dumbfounded, what are you thinking about? You don't even answer after I call you several times." Li Deyou scolded.

"Hey! I was distracted by my thoughts just now. Dad, what did you just say?" Li Wen scratched his head and asked with a smile.

"You just said that this matter is a big deal and we need to discuss it with your secretary. Let's go, hurry up." Li Deyou pulled Li Wen and walked out.

"Lao Wu, you go now, my uncle and the others are having dinner! Why don't you finish the meal first and then go with the baby?" Wang Chunmei, who was ready to cook, stood at the door of the kitchen and shouted.

"Mom, you and my mother-in-law eat first, and we can eat when we get back!" At this time, Li Deyou had already walked out with his hands behind his back, and Li Wen from behind smiled and replied.

"Coward!" Wang Chunmei shook the apron she took off and cursed.

"Uncle, are you at home?" Li Deyou shouted and pushed open the half-open wooden door.

"Deyou, Decai, and Xiaowen, you guys are here. Come over for dinner, your aunt is so confused and beautiful." The old man greeted with a smile.

At this time, Li Juncai and his family were eating in the front hall. When the seniors and juniors saw a few people coming in, they all stood up to say hello.

"Uncle, we won't eat. You eat quickly, and Wen Ziwa will tell you something after eating." Li Deyou found a bench and sat directly in the yard to enjoy the cool air.

In less than three minutes, the old man and his sons finished their porridge and walked to the yard carrying stools.

"Master, uncle, let's all smoke." Li Wen stood up and spread a circle of smoke with a smile.

"Why, what do Wen Wazi want to say? You have to talk about a partner and prepare for an engagement." Li Juncai said with a smile.

"Forehead!"

Li Wen choked directly.

"Then yes, it's something else. This coward has a good idea. He insists on negotiating a partner by himself and won't let him introduce her." Li Deyou rolled his eyes at Li Wen and said with a smile.

"Oh! What's that?" Li Juncai looked at Li Wen with a smile.

Li Wen didn't play casually, and told Li Juncai and others about the matter of winning his life again.

"Ouch!"

"Is this a good thing? Wen Wazi, you are really a good boy in our Sanxing Village. I will take care of this matter. I will hold a meeting tomorrow to inform you.

It would be great if our brooms made of straw could be sold abroad to earn money from foreigners." The old man slapped his thigh excitedly.

"Sir, take the time to go to your relatives' houses in the mountains in the past few days to collect more of the sorghum stalks they have stored. Our family will tie them up without waiting for notification," Li Wen said directly.

"Xiaowen, you just said that there is still a month until the results are announced.

Let’s tie him up first, what if we don’t take him back?” Li Dejun, Li Juncai’s second son, asked in confusion.

"It's too late to wait until the results come out. There are only four months left before the Autumn Canton Fair. Let's set an example and act first.

Master, I will notify the team tomorrow and let everyone practice and study their skills first. After all, the export cannot be as rough as we are now.

The things you export should be made more beautiful. The thickness of the broom should be even, and the straw should not be rotten. It is best to braid the head of the broom with a string, which will make it more beautiful.

I also contacted a channel here, and they gave me 50 cents for a broom. If the higher-ups don’t accept it, I’ll take all the 50 cents for the brooms tied in our village." Li Wen explained with a smile.

"What's there to say? Anyway, it's guaranteed. A broom can be sold for fifty cents, which is a huge price. Don't say anything, just do it." Several people laughed at the same time and took pictures.

Thighs lifted.

The next day, Li Juncai notified the news. The members who were harvesting in the summer were very excited and worked even harder. They wanted to finish their work immediately and go home to tie their brooms.

In order to make better brooms and knitting products, every night, men, women and children in the brigade gathered together to discuss.

The village even took out its collection of cloth tickets and bought the cotton thread and rope that Li Wen mentioned from the county supply and marketing cooperative, and used it on the broom in a luxurious way.

"These brooms are neatly arranged and tied into bunches with ropes. They are strong and beautiful." Everyone was talking around the several finished brooms.

Sun Lianying also acted quickly. As soon as the old man retired, he was transferred from the deputy general manager of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative to the Department of Commerce.

The first thing Sun Lianying did when he took up the job was cushions and handicrafts. When the leaders of the unit heard that these things could also earn foreign exchange, they immediately agreed.
Chapter completed!