Xiang Jin kept her promise, but after making two delicious meals of fried noodles and bone soup for the dog, the dog started to hang around her every day, especially every time she went to Huangye Bay.
After that, it came all the way towards her, wagging its tail.
Today, it was the same when Xiang Jin boiled water and brought it out. Xiang Jin was a little speechless and said to it, "There's nothing to eat."
Then the guard looked at her and barked "woof", as if he was accusing her of why she didn't bring him something delicious?
Xiang Jin frowned and stared at it, "Why do you think you are so delicious? We can't even eat salty and flavorful food every day, so why are you still counting on it?"
As she said that, she squatted down, patted its head and taught it a lesson, "I'm telling you, if you continue to taste so delicious, be careful that a bad guy will take a meat bun filled with pesticides and drug you!"
The guard immediately drooped his ears and whined, looking aggrieved. Xiang Jin patted him again and comforted him, "Don't worry, as long as you are obedient and guard our things well here, and don't let strangers and others."
When bad guys get close, I'll wait a few days and dig up some medicinal materials, then go to the street to cut the meat and kill the bones for you to eat."
"Woof, woof!" Hu Cai seemed to understand what she said, wagging his tail in response, then turned around and ran away, hiding in a slightly shady place and lying down.
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However, no suspicious person was found later, so this matter is still pending.
In the past ninety years, the entire country was still very poor, and social and economic development had just begun. The economy of the entire society was still at its weakest stage. If the country wanted to develop, it still had to rely on the power of the people.
Therefore, people in this era have relatively heavy taxes, such as agricultural taxes, withdrawals, etc., which must be paid.
Farmers need to pay public grain to the state after producing grain every season.
For example: when wheat comes out, hand over wheat; when rapeseed comes out, hand over rapeseed; when corn comes out, hand over corn; when rice comes out, hand over millet.
Those who raise pigs at home will have to pay another slaughter tax when the pigs are slaughtered.
The standard for paying public grain to Xiang Jin and others is 20% of the local average grain output per mu per capita.
Now that the corn has come out, it is obvious that corn will be delivered again soon.
Although the village cadres and social cadres have not come to inform you how much you will have to pay this year, it will probably not be lower than in previous years, because this year is barely a good year.
The local government here implements a reward and punishment system for tax payment, and the ratio is based on 3%. This means that if you pay your food tax early and do it proactively, then the government will give you 3% of the previous tax per person.
The head gives you a reward, and you can get some back.
If you pay late, late, or even default on your food payment, you will have to pay a late payment fee, which will be an additional three percent increase on the share you were supposed to pay.
After Xiang Jin's corn cobs were dried in the sun for two days, she peeled them.
She originally thought that peeling corn would be an easy task, but she had only peeled two small buckets of corn kernels, and her hands were already extremely red, especially the inner sides of her thumbs, which were even more burning.
Burning pain.
There is no other reason than that the corn is simply too difficult to peel. It is not improved corn, but soil seed corn.
The characteristic of that kind of corn is that the corn kernels on the whole cob are of inconsistent size, the kernels are not very full, and there are a lot of open-nosed corns inside. Almost the top part of each corn cob, about three to five centimeters in length, is full of corn kernels.
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The kind of rice seeds on the stick are very strong, and it is the most difficult to peel them off every time.
In his previous life, Xiang Jin wouldn't have peeled corn like that and would have just thrown it away. However, in this time, nearly thirty years ago, when the social economy and farmers' living standards were not very high, he threw away the corn.
pity.
Although this kind of corn cannot be used to provide public grain to the country, it can be used to make feed for pigs, chickens, ducks and geese, and other livestock and poultry.
But no matter how hard it is to peel, she still has to peel it, because her mother doesn't have time to peel it, so she and Xiang Nan have to peel it, otherwise it will be the turn to pay the public grain, and their corn kernels haven't been peeled out yet.
Oh no.
But it is better to rely on Xiang Nan than to rely on her to cook the pot, because that girl is more delicate than she is. After peeling three or five corn cobs, she said that her hands hurt a lot, and then she threw away the corn cobs and stopped peeling them.
Xiang Jin saw that her hands were indeed red, so it was hard to force her.
Yan Chen brought over the meat and bones they asked his grandfather to help cut in the town that morning, and he happened to see her dragging a small bench and sitting in the shade at the head of the courtyard, peeling corn kernels.
When Xiang Jin saw him, his eyes lit up immediately, and he immediately stood up from the small bench, and then walked towards him, "Oh, so soon, Grandpa Zeng is back?"
"Well, I just got back," Yan Chen nodded and handed her the meat and ribs.
Xiang Jin reached out to take it, and then Yan Chen saw that her hands were already red from peeling the corn, and his brows frowned involuntarily.
Xiang Jin said, "Thank you. Also, help me say thank you to Grandpa Zeng. Thank you to him?"
Yan Chen curled his lips slightly, "You're welcome," and then he looked towards the dustpan filled with corn cobs on the ground, "Are you peeling corn kernels?"
Xiang Jin turned sideways, and then followed his gaze and said, "Well, we will finish the food in a while. Let's peel it there first."
"Is it easy to peel?"
Xiang Jin shook his head and said truthfully, "It's not easy to peel."
Her hands now hurt whenever she touches something. Shelling corn is really not a good job.
Yan Chen nodded, and then said, "I'm going back."
"good!"
Two days later, Yan Chen came to her with two small objects. One was a small bamboo tube with several nails nailed on it, and the other was something similar to a drill bit.
Xiang Jin was a little confused, "What's this?"
Yan Chen said, "That day you said that the corn kernels were not easy to peel. I guess our corn will not be easy to peel by then, so I made a small object for my grandma to peel corn, but our corn is still not easy to peel."
It will take some time to mature.
I don’t know how effective it is, so I wanted to give it a try here.”
"Okay, try whatever you want," Xiang Jin nodded, then turned away.
Yan Chen walked over, picked up a corn cob from the dustpan, and then inserted the corn cob on the drill bit, and put the other end into the bamboo tube with nails, and then the small switch on the small drill bit
As soon as it was opened, the corn kernels fell off the corn cob automatically, as if no one exerted any effort during the whole process.
Yan Chen tried several times in a row, but all the corn kernels fell off completely easily. Xiang Jin was very surprised and became interested immediately.
After Yan Chen saw it, he handed her the small object, "Would you like to try it?"
"Okay," Xiang Jin took it without politeness, and after she tried it a few times, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips.
"Hey, this thing of yours is really easy to use. Not only does it peel corn kernels quickly, but it's also not strenuous at all. Most importantly, it doesn't hurt your hands at all."
Yan Chen said, "Then take it and use it!"
"Ah? I'll use it? Didn't you say it was made for your grandma?" Xiang Jin was suddenly surprised.
Yan Chen said, "It will take some time for our corn to mature. I will make another one later."
"Isn't this good?" Xiang Jin felt a little embarrassed, but she really liked this thing. It was so convenient and effortless, so she said again, "Otherwise, how much does it cost?
Shall I buy it from you?"
Yan Chen said, "No, it's not a valuable thing, and it's actually quite simple to make. It doesn't take much trouble at all."
Xiang Jin took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and suddenly said excitedly, "Is this a dual-use battery and electricity?"
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, you can add a battery or connect it to electricity. If you are outside, adding a battery is easier to carry. If you are at home, it is faster to receive a wire transfer. After all, the voltage of the electricity is constant, but the battery has been used for a long time.
It will weaken the voltage, resulting in a drop in power, and the use will not be as smooth as before."
"You are very thoughtful and very powerful at the same time." Xiang Jin nodded and cast a look of admiration without hesitation. Suddenly she seemed to have thought of something, so she said to him again, "
Well, you can make more of this and sell it on the street. I believe the business will be very popular."
The corners of Yan Chen's lips raised, "That's not necessary. Just make one for you and my grandma."
Xiang Jin nodded. Children from rich families don't need to worry about their livelihood, so she added, "You are so smart and have such strong hands-on skills. You can become an outstanding scientist in the future."
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Yan Chen stared at her and asked, "Do you think I'm smart?"
"Of course!" Xiang Jin nodded to him without hesitation. She thought she was very smart, but she never thought that she could make such an easy-to-use corn shucking artifact, but he
But he did it, and the principle is very simple, and the materials used are also very simple, so he is a smart young man.
Yan Chen's lips curled up, and then he said goodbye to her, "Okay, I'll go back first."