Chapter 252: Can you make such a big noise even in the countryside?
After two days of intense harvesting and shelling, ten acres of land yielded a total of 4,528 kilograms of soybeans.
Looking at the piles of soybeans that filled the yard, Ning Yu and the others jumped in excitedly, swimming in the piles of soybeans like children, with joy beyond words.
There was also an endless stream of villagers who came to watch.
"I didn't expect that this bunch of educated youths would actually succeed."
"It's amazing. Otherwise, the people in the city must be knowledgeable. This kind of place is better than us."
The villagers' comments and praises also made the educated youth feel that their efforts in the previous five months were not in vain, and they felt a sense of accomplishment.
Before in the city, everything they had came from their parents, and they had never experienced what it was like to create value with their hands and gain recognition from others.
But at this moment, the villagers who had looked down on them and looked down on them sincerely praised them, making them feel what respect is.
The next day, the news reached the county. Director Ma from the Educated Youth Office immediately came over in a donkey cart. Looking at the piles of soybeans, he insisted on re-weighing the batch of soybeans.
But on second thought, Director Ma stopped the village party secretary again: "Let's wait first. I have already reported to the county leaders. The county leaders will come tomorrow. Then we will weigh the scale in front of the county leaders."
As expected, he is a member of the officialdom, and his thoughts are thoughtful.
Suddenly, a large group of people arrived. In addition to county leaders, there were also leaders from various towns and villages. Of course, reporters were indispensable. They took pictures all the time when they first entered the village.
"Comrade Xiao Qin, you gave us a big surprise!" The county leader patted Qin Hao on the shoulder and praised him.
The reporter pressed the shutter at the right time, and it is estimated that this photo will be published in the newspaper in the future.
Qin Hao completely became a mascot, taking photos with leaders at all levels in front of the soybean pile. Following the order from the county leader, the weighing began again. The soybeans were loaded into baskets by shovels, and then villagers carried them on the spot.
The scale is re-weighed.
What's amazing is that after a series of statistics, the final output was 5,035 kilograms. Well, there are zeros and there are rounded ones. It is a convincing number at first glance.
As for why there are so many extra kilograms, it must be that the leader feels that the figure of 4,500 kilograms is not as shocking as 5,000 kilograms.
No one raised any objection to the newly calculated number, and they all agreed that this number was more auspicious.
Finally, after struggling for a long time, during lunch, the county leader asked Qin Hao: "Comrade Xiao Qin, what do you plan to do with this batch of soybeans?"
"According to regulations, after we hand over 30% of the soybeans, the remaining soybeans will be used to extract oil and be sold to the outside world, and then we will buy seeds and put them into cultivation. We can plant another season of food before winter." Qin Hao was cursing his mother in his mind.
Just because these guys exaggerated their performance, he turned over more soybeans.
The county leader looked at Qin Hao in surprise: "Oh? You still squeeze oil by yourself?"
"I learned it all from books. I haven't tried it yet. Let's try it first." Qin Hao said.
The county leader nodded appreciatively: "Well, that's right. Apply what you have learned. Now the countryside needs educated youths like you who are knowledgeable and dare to work hard to build it."
Director Ma of the Educated Youth Office immediately echoed: "Look, these educated youths are highly educated, but they have no chance to display their talents in the city. When they come to the countryside, there is a vast world with great potential."
Everyone cooperated for a while, pushing the atmosphere to a climax. Qin Hao and other educated youths shook their heads. Since the countryside is so good, why don't these officials go to the countryside?
Almost a week later, the village party secretary came to Qin Hao with a newspaper and pointed at the cover excitedly.
"Xiao Qin, look, you've been in the newspaper."
Being able to be published in newspapers these days is definitely a great thing for honoring our ancestors.
Qin Hao took it and took a look. It was true. On the cover was a photo of Qin Hao and the county leaders standing in front of piles of soybeans. The piles of soybeans in the background made the two of them look a little small. This shooting angle was just right.
It's very sophisticated, I guess it was taken from top to bottom. As expected of a reporter, this is a professional meal.
As for the content of the article, it also praises the story of Qin Hao leading a group of educated youths who had to rely on their own hard work to become self-sufficient. Of course, the reporter's writing is quite good and he artistically processed the entire process.
For example, any droughts, heavy rains, insect plagues, etc. that could affect crop yields were basically written down. Then Qin Hao led the educated youth to overcome many difficulties and finally defeated these disasters and ensured high soybean yields.
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If this article were published in future generations, it would probably be criticized as a sieve, because the logic is not smooth, and many difficulties cannot be overcome by human power.
However, this was the 1960s, and man's victory over nature was a spirit recognized by the general public. It was this spirit that allowed us to create many miracles.
Therefore, the appearance of this article has caused considerable repercussions among the public, especially among the educated youth groups.
After many educated youths came to the countryside, they found that not only were the conditions here poor, but they also had insufficient food and clothing. It was almost like being in prison. They began to give up on themselves one by one, and some even became village gangsters, not stealing from Widow Wang's house.
The chicken is the dog that drags Old Man Li's family, which also greatly worsens the relationship between the educated youth and the local villagers.
The appearance of Qin Hao made the educated youth see that there was another way of living, and they could make a career with their own hands.
Of course, some educated youth think this is a fraud. How can we achieve self-sufficiency in five months? If farming is so easy, how come the villagers still don’t have enough to eat?
Zhong Yuemin is one of them. Seeing that the five-month deadline has passed three months, the group of educated youths led by Zhong Yuemin have not even cultivated wasteland, let alone farming.
On the contrary, since they no longer need to work in the team, many educated youths have become lazy. They go to the fields to dig twice a day and then hide somewhere to sleep.
As for not being able to receive food rations after five months? They are not worried. If they really have no food to eat, they will go to the county to beg for food like last time. If they can’t get food, they will go to the Educated Youth Office. No one will look at it.
Let them starve to death.
They all calculated very shrewdly, and even thought that Qin Hao and the others were fools. Why were they so tired when they could just lie down and wait for dinner?
There are many educated youths with similar thoughts to Zhong Yuemin and others, which has caused headaches in many places. However, these educated youths cannot be beaten or scolded. If they undermine the policy of educated youths going to the countryside, there will be no good fruits for them.
In this way, Qin Hao's deeds spread from the county to the city, and then began to spread throughout northern Shaanxi. Finally, the report was directly picked up by the propaganda departments of various provinces and cities, and began to spread across the country.
The country is lacking such a model. Suddenly, the name Qin Hao began to gain a high reputation among the educated youth groups across the country. Many places even organized educated youth to read newspapers and study, and everyone was required to write down their thoughts after reading.
, if the writing is not profound, it needs to be rewritten.
The educated youth who had not picked up a pen for many years had to pick up a pen again. Many educated youth gritted their teeth when they heard the name Qin Hao, wishing to give him a beating.
It's useless to just hate, you still have to write what you need to write. Many educated youths wrote their thoughts after reading while drawing circles and cursing Qin Hao behind his back.
There are also people who know Qin Hao, especially those from the big courtyard in the capital, who always look proud when mentioning Qin Hao.
"Qin Hao knows, that's my buddy, he's awesome, it's all in the newspapers."
Zhang Haiyang originally planned to come to the hospital to ask for sick leave, but when he was sitting on a chair at the door, he saw a patient's family member reading a newspaper. When he saw Qin Hao on the cover of the newspaper, he suddenly became interested and started talking to others.
Seeing that the other party didn't believe him, Zhang Haiyang stood up hastily.
"Zhang Haiyang?"
A female voice came. Zhang Haiyang turned around in confusion and saw that it was Zhou Xiaobai.
"why you?"
Zhou Xiaobai put his hands in his pockets with a smile: "I am a nurse here, what are you doing here?"
Zhang Haiyang slapped his head: "Oh, I forgot about the real thing in the excitement."
"You always like to deal with these crooked things." Zhou Xiaobai rolled her eyes at him angrily. She was in a military hospital and had been exposed to many deceitful soldiers these days. She could tell Zhang Haiyang's intention at a glance.
Zhang Haiyang didn't feel ashamed either: "What do you mean by evil ways? Our squad leader is just a bunch of old haters. He keeps pretending to be the squad leader all day long and treats us like stupid boys. I want to go against him!"
"Then you'd better give up. This is an army. You don't know how to follow orders in all actions!" Zhou Xiaobai's consciousness was still very high.
When Zhang Haiyang saw that Zhou Xiaobai was serious, he quickly changed the subject: "By the way, Brother Hao is famous, did you know that?"
Zhou Xiaobai blinked and looked confused. Recently, the army had recruited a lot of new soldiers and there were more patients. She was so busy that she had no time to pay attention to anything else.
Zhang Haiyang said directly to the patient's family sitting next to him: "Uncle, lend me this newspaper to read."
With that said, he snatched the newspaper and handed it to Zhou Xiaobai.
Zhou Xiaobai glared at him and had no choice but to apologize to the patient's family. The other party didn't care and waved his hand: "I've finished reading it, so I'll send it to you."
After taking the newspaper, Zhou Xiaobai recognized Qin Hao's photo at a glance.
"I just said that Brother Hao is not an ordinary person. He who goes to the countryside to become an educated youth can make such a big fuss." Zhang Haiyang has never admired anyone in his life, but he admires Qin Hao so much.
Zhou Xiaobai looked at the thin face in the photo and felt a little sad: "He lost weight."
The two chatted for a few more words, and then Zhang Haiyang was called and went to see a doctor. However, the doctor ruthlessly exposed him, which made Zhang Haiyang lose face and could only leave in disgrace.
Zhou Xiaobai took the newspaper, returned to the nurse's station, and used scissors to cut out the photo of Qin Hao on the cover.
"Hey, who is this? Are you cutting out other people's photos?"
Just when Zhou Xiaobai was about to put the photo in his wallet, he was suddenly snatched away. Looking back, he saw Luo Yun holding the wallet teasingly and shaking it at her.
"Give it to me!" Zhou Xiaobai was anxious and rushed forward to grab it.
Luo Yun made a face and evaded: "No, I want to see whose photos besides Qin Hao can enter your wallet."
"Hey, isn't this still Qin Hao?"
Zhou Xiaobai took the opportunity to grab the wallet and glared at Luo Yun: "It was always just him!"
"I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup that Qin Hao gave you. You still miss him. You have to know that he has gone to the countryside to become an educated youth. You don't know when he can go back. He might have to stay in the countryside all his life.
, you are different, you have joined the army and you have a bright future, so why bother getting entangled with him."
Luo Yun's family conditions are very ordinary, so she has been very realistic since she was a child. While she envies Zhou Xiaobai, she is also very jealous of her.
Everything she strives for is within easy reach for Zhou Xiaobai.
Zhou Xiaobai proudly threw the newspaper to Luo Yun: "Luo Yun, in this world, some people are destined to be extraordinary. No matter what environment you put them in, they can stand out!"
Luo Yun saw Qin Hao's name in the report and was speechless for a moment.
"How did this guy do it? Didn't he say that the place he went to was that remote rural area in northern Shaanxi?"
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The disturbances from the outside world did not have much impact on Qin Hao. 1,511 kilograms of soybeans were handed over to the village, and the remaining soybeans belonged to the educated youth collective.
Next, Qin Hao washed all the remaining 3,016 kilograms of soybeans, leaving 500 kilograms of soybeans to be dried first, and the rest were pressed for oil.
There are two methods for extracting soybean oil, one is the pressing method and the other is the leaching method.
Leaching method The leaching method uses solvent oil (No. 6 light gasoline) to fully soak the oil raw materials and then extract them at high temperature, and then processes them through the "six degreasing" process (ie, degreasing, degumming, dehydration, decolorization, deodorization, and deacidification).
The biggest feature is high oil yield and low production cost, which is one of the reasons why the price of soybean salad oil is generally lower than that of pressed oil.
Of course, due to environmental constraints, Qin Hao would definitely not be able to use this method, because such a complete set of equipment may not be available not only in the village, but also in the province.
Therefore, Qin Hao uses the pressing method, but unlike the ordinary ancient pressing method, Qin Hao uses the screw pressing method. Although the oil yield rate of this process cannot be compared with the leaching method, it is still better than the ancient pressing method.
Quite a few, usually with an oil yield of almost 8%.
Of course, before that, Qin Hao needed a screw press, which was definitely not available in the village, so he had to make it himself.
However, the first thing to solve is the material problem. First of all, the two rollers of the roller must be made of steel. This thing cannot be bought without batch strips. However, Qin Hao is not panic. If he has any questions, he can contact the leader.
This photo was taken, and the leader’s political achievements were achieved, so there must be some benefits, right?
"Pfft, what did you say? You want two four-meter-long steel rollers?" Director Ma almost sprayed a mouthful of tea on Qin Hao's face.
"What do you want that for?"
Qin Hao spread his hands and explained the situation.
Director Ma looked at him in surprise: "You mean, you want to make a screw press yourself? Will you still do this?"
"I happen to have learned a little bit."
"But your village doesn't have electricity, how can it be used?"
"I will make a driving device, and it will be the same if it is pulled by a donkey."
Director Ma was speechless: "I can't make the decision on this matter. I have to report it to the leader."
"It's okay. I'll be in the county town these days. I'll come back tomorrow." Qin Hao was not easily dismissed by his words.
Director Ma had a headache: "You, just cause me trouble."
Complaining was enough, Director Ma still went to the county leaders. The county leaders thought about it and finally agreed to help Qin Hao get two steel rollers. After all, this political achievement has not yet been counted. What if the superiors come down to inspect? Then we will tell you.
