The life of a female cannon fodder

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By the time Li Qiu and the Shi brothers and sisters returned to the team from the county department store, it was getting dark. Compared to the Shi brothers and sisters who were extremely excited, Li Qiu felt extremely tired.

She got up early in the morning, ate a few mouthfuls, and started to hurry. Although she didn't have to walk, it was torture to stay in the car for so long. From the commune, she took a bullock cart to the county. It was already past one o'clock when she delivered the mushrooms and paid the money. There was no time to waste, so she hurried back without stopping. She didn't even have lunch and ate the dry food given by the team on the way. Li Qiu's throat hurt because of the steamed bun stuck in her throat.

At this moment, she was tired, hungry, and sleepy. She just wanted to fall asleep and wait until she had rested enough to do anything else.

But it was impossible. The officers in the team were still waiting for her to report the situation. She had to wait until the work was done before she could come back and have a good rest.

She rubbed her face and forced herself to be energetic and followed the Shi brothers and sisters to the brigade's blindness-eliminating class.

The brigade leader and the brigade secretary were waiting in the brigade's small mud house. When they saw Li Qiu and the others, they all smiled. The brigade leader even poured water for Li Qiu with a mud bowl. After she drank the water and took a while to calm down, he began to ask about the mushroom sales today.

Li Qiu did not delay. After telling her about the things in the commune and the department store, she took out the money and receipts.

"There are a total of 52.35 yuan here, of which 7.35 yuan is the payment from the commune supply and marketing cooperative. They only wanted a basket of mushrooms, which weighed 49 kilograms, and the price was 1.5 yuan per kilogram. The remaining 45 yuan is the payment from the county department store, which weighed 150 kilograms, and the price was 30 yuan per kilogram." She gave the money and receipt to the team leader: "Here are the money and receipt."

The joy of the several old men waiting in the blind scanning class, including the team leader, faded when they heard the total income. As they grew older and experienced more, they realized what was going on after Li Qiu finished speaking.

The brigade secretary tapped his cigarette and said, "Okay, this income is not bad. You have worked hard, Xiao Li."

Li Qiu shook his head, with an indelible tiredness on his face: "Manager Sun of the county department store is very satisfied with our mushrooms. He said that as long as the appearance and quality are guaranteed, he will buy mushrooms at the current price of 30 cents and 60 cents in winter. We have agreed with Manager Sun to deliver goods every seven days. He said that we can deliver more and the county department store can eat it."

Several old men smiled again: "That's a good relationship. Xiao Li, you have worked so hard. If it weren't for you, our brigade would still have to dig for food in the fields."

"I am also a member of the brigade. "I am a member of the brigade, and it is my duty to contribute to the brigade." Li Qiu stroked the earthen bowl: "If there are too many mushrooms in the future and the county department stores can't eat them, we can make the extra mushrooms into dried mushrooms, package them well, put our brigade's brand on them, and sell them in the city and province."

"The remaining ones with poor appearance can be digested by our brigade." There is a lot of room for maneuver in what to do specifically, and the cadres in the team have to make the decision.

At this moment, the captain felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest. He looked at Li Qiu with gratitude and wanted to say something, but when he saw her tired face, he suppressed the words on his lips: "It's getting late, Li Zhiqing, go back and rest first, we will discuss the rest tomorrow, and we must come up with a charter for the future development of the mushroom factory."