Countercurrent 1978 starts with the production team

After dinner, Chu Jianghe and his father went to the brigade headquarters for a meeting.

We had already notified everyone during the day, and by the time they arrived, almost everyone had arrived.

The brigade headquarters in Xiaohe Village is a small courtyard house left by the previous landlord, and is now used as the office of the Xiaohe Village Committee.

At this time, there were more than forty people sitting in the north room of the brigade headquarters. Except for a few cadres from the village committee, the others were all members of the team led by Chu Jianghe.

Seeing that everyone was here, old secretary Chu Dayou knocked his cigarette rod on the sole of his shoe and cleared his throat.

"Today, I called everyone to a meeting to announce something to everyone and to solicit everyone's wishes."

"Comrade Chu Jianghe, the leader of our village's production team, proposed to me that we should contract the brick kiln on the south hill of our village in the name of the production team. I also solicited the opinions of each production team, and they all agreed."

"Now, I would like to ask Comrade Chu Jianghe to tell you about the specific contracting matters. Everyone is welcome."

After hearing what the old secretary said, the members of the production team were confused and didn't know what the young captain was going to do.

Contracting a brick kiln? Can that broken kiln still be used?

Following a burst of sparse applause, Chu Jianghe stood up from his seat and signaled to everyone present.

"Hello everyone, I am Chu Jianghe from our team. I believe that over the past six months, everyone has a clearer understanding of me. Today I mainly discuss my ideas with you. I want to contract our village in the name of our team. The brick kiln on Nangangzi also uses our time outside of agricultural production to lead us in the collective economy of our village. This brick factory will also be the first collective enterprise in our village."

After Chu Jianghe finished speaking, he wanted to see everyone's reaction. He said it was a discussion, but in fact he had already made up his mind. Even if no one supported it, he would do it and must do it well.

Sure enough, as soon as Chu Jianghe finished speaking, the members below began to whisper.

"That broken brick kiln has been out of service for so long. Can it still be fired?"

"That's right, the brick factory built in the village in the past few years has not made much money, and it has not seen things getting better. Why do you suddenly think of building a brick factory again? I want to see it, but it still doesn't work..."

"There's no chance for me to see it. The brick factories in the county are much bigger than ours. It's hard for our small brick kiln to work..."

"So what if it's burned? I don't know if it can be sold."

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Seeing everyone's busy discussion, Chu Jianghe roughly understood what the members were thinking, and then he pressed his hands to signal everyone to be quiet.

With his prestige, he was not able to respond to every call like his father, so he expected that the members would be worried.

Moreover, the brick factory was just established and could not accommodate many people. There must be some who were unwilling to work, and he would not force it.

Although he is determined to lead the villagers to live a good life, it depends on the attitude of the other party. If the other party is down-to-earth and willing to work, he will definitely give him a hand. I dare not say more. I believe that with his knowledge, he will not be able to live a well-off life. Next words.

If the other party is a sneaky person, then I'm sorry, I will roll as far as I can, and he won't take a second look at someone who can't be held up by mud.

You want to live a good life, want to eat delicious food and drink spicy food, but are you still waiting for others to feed it to your mouth?

How can there be such a good thing in the world!

"The plan of our brick factory is as follows. Due to the limited scale, we have tentatively planned 38 people. I have arranged it in this way. Each household can contribute one laborer to work in the brick factory, and the remaining three places must be given to brick-burning masters. I also need to be an accountant for the brick factory. Work will be recorded based on the daily work records, and unified accounting will be done at the end of the month, and remuneration will be paid. We follow the principle of voluntariness and will never force it. If you are interested, you can sign up with me now. The number of places is limited. Please cherish."

After Chu Jianghe finished speaking, the members below looked at each other with suspicion.

Listen to this, if you work in a brick factory, you will be paid on a monthly basis. Isn't this just like the city people who work in a factory and receive a monthly salary?

Many people were a little excited at the moment, but they looked at each other and no one moved, so they had no choice but to sit quietly. No one wanted to be the one who stood out.

"Jiang He, please don't mess with these useless things. Let me ask you, why does the policy allow us to do this? Don't let everyone's work go to waste."

A frivolous voice sounded, and Chu Jianghe saw that it was Wang Erniu in the village.

This Wang Erniu is well-known in the village for being a lazy worker. He also works hard and does not put in any effort when working. He can lie down and never sit down. He is 28 or [-] years old and is still a bachelor.

No matter in any era, there is no market for lazy people. Who would marry their girl to such a person?

There are people like this in every village, and Chu Jianghe ignored him. His opinions were never considered by Chu Jianghe.

Even if he signed up, Chu Jianghe would find a way to eliminate him. He didn't want to think about a rat droppings ruining the whole pot of soup in the brick factory.

This time Chu Dayou refused and came out to support his son.

"Humph, if anything happens, I'll be responsible for it, so what are you afraid of!"

Listening to his father's strong stance, Chu Jianghe felt warm in his heart. Although Chu Dayou was an old-fashioned man and was stern on the surface, he still cared about him in his heart, but he was someone with his personality who would not express it.

"Haha... Since the old secretary said so, it must be no problem."

Wang Erniu laughed apologetically and said something soft, but then he didn't dare to speak anymore. This showed Chu Dayou's prestige in the village.

"Our village is located in a low basin with many mountains. The output value of our village is not high, so the work points in our village are not valuable, so we have to find a way. We cannot only eat meat once or twice a year. During the New Year, our family The child can’t even afford new clothes.”

Chu Jianghe's words spoke to everyone's heart, and no one was rich.

Not to mention children's clothes, adults' clothes take three years to be new and three years old, and another three years to mend.

The work points in their village are not valuable, but there are valuable ones in other villages. In some villages, every 10 work points can be exchanged for one dollar. After this year, they can get a lot more money than them.

"I promise everyone that as long as you work hard, I guarantee that your daily wages will be no less than [-] cents!"

After hearing Chu Jianghe's assurance, the members made some plans in their minds.

If this is an extra [-] cents a day, after a year, I will have enough money to eat meat, I won’t have to worry about buying clothes, and my life will be more comfortable.

I saw a man who looked like a tower of iron smiled naively: "Jiang He, I definitely believe in you. You are capable, and I believe that it is right to follow you. Even if it doesn't work, it will only take a little effort."

This man's name is Chu Tiezhu, Chu Jianghe's elementary school classmate, and his family. He has been playing with Chu Jianghe since he was a child, and he is a simple and honest man.

Ever since Chu Jianghe entered high school, the two of them had been interacting less and less. Before time travel, Chu Jianghe had always looked down on this honest man, and the friendship between the two had become much weaker.

Chu Jianghe would not do this at this time, so he smiled approvingly at him.

"I believe in Jiang He too!"

Wang Daqiang also helped. Jiang He had helped him a lot today, and he was repaying his kindness.

"Hmph, what guarantee do you have?"

Wang Erniu was acting weird again, but when he saw Chu Dayou glared at him, he shrank his neck and didn't dare to speak anymore.

Chu Jianghe also saw the suspicious looks in everyone's eyes, and thought that he still lacked prestige and his words had no weight.

I saw him take out a stack of unity from his pocket and slap it on the table of the brigade headquarters with a fierce look on his face.

"I guarantee this! If by the end of the month, you don't get 100 cents a day as wages, I will make up for it, and then you can fill Chu Jianghe's more than [-] kilograms into the kiln mouth and burn it as firewood!"

Sure enough, a thick stack of large amounts of dough was slapped on the table, and the effect was better than what he had said for a long time.

The members were a little dumbfounded when they saw this thick stack of unity. It must be almost 1000 yuan.

Chu Tiezhu and Wang Daqiang signed up first. Seeing someone taking the lead, everyone could no longer sit still and stepped forward to sign up one after another.

After a while, a list of more than 60 people was registered in front of Chu Jianghe.

Even though some of the members still didn't believe Chu Jianghe, in fact, the members understood what he was thinking.

Tiezhu was right, it would take a little effort at most, but what's the point? Are farmers still afraid of putting in effort?

After listening to Chu Jianghe's assurance, and the old secretary beside him, plus the thick wad of money, there was nothing to be afraid of.

Chu Jianghe looked at the list of more than 60 people in front of him and couldn't help but shake his head and smile.