Chapter 37: The Magical Whistle

The supreme power of the village is actually a very inconspicuous whistle.

It is recognized by every villager just like the general god of the "stove god" of every household.

In charge of this "whistle" is the production captain who is collectively elected by all the regular labor force.

I haven't heard that the contemporary management masters go to study the management system of the production team, and it may have no practical significance, but he has survived on his own for nearly 30 years.

Every year, after the village completes the year-end accounts, a very grand general meeting of members will be held to report the results of the final accounts and distribute "surplus grain money".

The households that received the money were all smiling, while the "grain arrears" who had been allocated for the year's work was insufficient, and they were worried. This is because the distribution of grain for the new year is closely linked to the final accounts of the previous year.

The results of the final accounts are also the basis for evaluating the performance of the current captain, and if the harvest is good, everyone will naturally ask him to succeed him, and the poor harvest will be very modest to let Xian.

If more than half of the regular workers with the right to raise their hands agree to be re-elected, they will be re-elected.

The incumbent captain will propose two candidates, vote by show of hands, and the one with the most votes will be elected.

Under normal circumstances, everyone will raise their hands to someone with a flexible brain, strong physical strength, and integrity, which will directly affect the harvest of the village in the coming year and affect the quality of life of each family.

After the production team leader is selected, he nominates and votes on the other four managers - accountants, bookkeepers, cash safekeepers, and physical safekeepers, known as the five generals.

The team leader has a subsidy of 20 workers, and the other personnel have 15 to 10 jobs.

I had the privilege of being elected as an accountant and learned a little bit about the organization.

That year, it was Youkang of the Teng family who served as the captain, which was also due to his father's proposal to let the younger generation put some burden on them, so that the post-50s generation began to enter the role of captain.

Youkang was not the most diligent among his peers, and was a bit clever, and some people nicknamed him "White-faced Scholar".

But once he became the captain, he had an extra responsibility.

Every morning, he would always get up earlier than the others, and look at the weather to decide whether to go to work that day, who to work, and what work to do.

If he is suitable for work, he will stand on the west edge of Tengjia Daotian, facing the direction of Zhangjia Daotian and Panjia Daotian, and blow the whistle in his hand continuously.

“juju… juju…”

After the crisp whistle, he would sometimes add a sentence of "women resting", which meant that people other than Zhenglao did not have to work.

When everyone hurried to gather under the camphor tree, he "sent workers and materials" according to the personnel of the day and the tasks planned to be completed.

Don't look at an inconspicuous captain, there are a lot of things to care about, just the crops in various fields and seasons, as a super good memory, I don't remember all of them clearly.

Rice varieties such as "hybrid rice", "Twenty-nine Green" and "Banjiao No. 2" have different requirements for sowing, transplanting, weeding, cultivation and insect repellent.

Soybeans, soybeans, peanuts, old bu, watermelon, and golden melons should be planted in the cotton field according to the season, and the rain in different years also has a certain emphasis on the varieties planted.

In addition to planting sweet potatoes once a year in the mountains, rapeseed, barley, and wheat should be planted in spring and summer to meet the needs of life.

And the sweet potato field should be planted with sorghum, corn and sunburn.

There are also reservoirs, sea ponds, cellars for sweet potato seeds, and so on.

There are some things that he can not decide alone, especially the "heads" and elders of large families still have a lot of right to speak.

In addition to the usual communication, there is also a conventional way, and I gave him a name, which is called "Midday Meeting".

After the noon whistle sounds, each family has to send one person to report to Dazhang Village first, and the others can be 15 minutes late.

There are a few stone bars under the camphor tree, and everyone discusses the production matters, generally friendly discussions, and there are also times when they are red-faced.

Households have different demographics and different needs for crops, but there are other reasons as well.

But in the end, it is the person who takes the "whistle" to set the tone.

Sometimes, in the "lunchtime meeting", the matter of "deducting work points" will also be discussed, mainly because the poultry of each household damages the crops, and according to the degree of damage, the captain will make a suggestion, and everyone will discuss and approve it.

There are no so-called "village rules and regulations" in the village, but there are still some rules, such as how much time you are late for is considered a part-time job, etc.