Countercurrent 1978 starts with the production team

The county working group was established under the leadership of the newly appointed county magistrate this year.

A group of eight of them, led by Director Sun of the town revolutionary committee, came to Xiaohe Village.

Including Director Sun, there were a total of eleven people in the group. They were all stunned by the scene in Xiaohe Village as soon as they got off the car.

They have visited dozens of villages in the county over the past three months and have never seen anything like this.

"County Magistrate Zhou, this is Xiaohe Village."

Sun Liqun, director of the town revolutionary committee, introduced the leaders.

The leader is a cadre in his 40s, wearing the most fashionable cadre uniform of this era, with a pen in his breast pocket. It is Zhou Zhiyuan, the county magistrate of Yongfeng County who just took office this year.

This is his first time to Xiaohe Village, and he is not familiar with Xiaohe Village.

However, when he came here, he had already read the information about Xiaohe Village and knew that it was an ordinary village and its presence in the town was not high.

If we put together the more than 20 villages in the town, in terms of ranking, this Xiaohe Village is at the bottom, if not at the bottom.

However, the secretary of their village is still somewhat famous in the town, and I heard he is a fighting hero.

He came to Xiaohe Village today on a whim. The working group inspecting below received news that someone reported that Xiaohe Village had privately divided collective property. He happened to be in Changnian Town and came to take a look.

With the county magistrate already here, Sun Liqun naturally did not dare to neglect and acted as a guide himself, leading the working group to Xiaohe Village.

Originally, in Zhou Zhiyuan's mind, this should be a matter of village cadres seeking personal gain for others. The interests of Xiaohe Village members were harmed, and they complained a lot.

As a result, when I came to this Xiaohe Village, I found that it was not what I thought at all.

Everyone's face was filled with... a happy smile, yes, a happy smile, which he rarely saw on the faces of people in other villages.

Confused, he stopped an old man from the village and asked, "Old man, what are you doing with all this fanfare in your village?"

The old man he stopped looked to be between 80 and [-] years old. Looking at this group of people and their attire, it was unclear who they were.

The old man came from the old society. He was stunned when he heard him ask this question. He thought to himself: Where do these cadres come from who don't even know how to build a house?

But he still answered honestly: "I'm building a house."

"Whose family is building such a big battle to build a house?"

The old man thought that it was no wonder he asked this question, so he started to explain to the cadre.

"It's not someone else's house. This is a house built collectively by our village. Did you see it? Over there is a new school that our village is going to build."

Zhou Zhiyuan exclaimed: "It's such a big piece of land, so the school to be built in your village is not small."

"That's right, the country has held a science conference, and we must pay attention to education so that children can become literate people in the future."

The old man said proudly, looking at the entire Changnian Town, which village can compare with Xiaohe Village and have such a magnificent school.

Even Zhou Zhiyuan was a little surprised now. The National Science Conference was still being held, and he didn't expect that all the old men in Xiaohe Village were paying attention.

Just as he was about to ask more questions, two shabby-looking people came from a distance. They were Chu Jianghe and Chu Dayou.

"County Magistrate Zhou, those two are Comrade Chu Dayou, the secretary of Xiaohe Village, and Comrade Chu Jianghe, the deputy secretary."

Sun Liqun pointed to the two people who came over and said, when the two people arrived, they made introductions.

"Old Chu, Jiang He, this is County Magistrate Zhou of our county."

"Hello, comrades."

"Hello, County Magistrate Zhou."

Several people greeted each other and shook hands.

Sun Liqun introduced the members of the working group to them one by one and greeted them again.

County Magistrate Zhou saw that the two of them were looking disgraced and thought they were working just now.

"It seems that the two comrades are also doing labor in person. Why don't you go wash your faces first?"

Chu Jianghe and Chu Dayou knew that the working group was coming, but they didn't take it seriously.

In Chu Dayou's words: Just come, why don't you ask us to raise troops to hold you accountable and even beat gongs and drums to welcome you?

The dust was flying when I was working just now, so I became a little bit disgraced.

When I heard that the working group had arrived, I wiped my face casually and came over.

The tone of the county magistrate this week didn't sound like he was here to ask questions, which made Chu Dayou and Chu Jianghe a little embarrassed. After all, he was still the county magistrate, so it was somewhat rude for them to do this.

"County Magistrate Zhou, Director Sun, comrades, please come."

Chu Dayou led this group of people to the brigade headquarters. He asked them to sit down first and had them served with tea. Then he and Chu Jianghe went to wash their faces.

When they went out to wash their faces just now, County Magistrate Zhou made it clear that he was just here to take a look and just let the working group work normally.

When he entered the room again, he saw several people from the work team sitting upright, and the atmosphere in the room was a bit tense.

Chu Jianghe looked at the people sitting across from him, and he and his father were sitting on the other side, which seemed to be like a meeting between the three agencies.

However, Chu Jianghe didn't take it to heart and sat casually across from his father. He didn't notice that County Magistrate Zhou looked at him strangely.

Team leader Li of the working group opposite frowned a little when he saw the two people opposite him, not realizing they had made any mistakes at all.

I don’t know if these two people are used to being arrogant, or if they have something to rely on.

But then several people across from them opened their laptops and entered working mode.

Team leader Li said directly: "Comrades, we are here today mainly because we want to know something about the situation. Someone reported that you have contracted out the brick kiln in the village. Is this true?"

Without looking at the other side, Chu Dayou filled up his cigarette rod and started smoking slowly.

Chu Jianghe nodded and said, "This situation is true. It has indeed been contracted."

Team leader Li did not expect that such a bachelor would admit it, and continued to ask: "Then this brick kiln has become a brick factory. Is this true?"

Chu Jianghe said: "It's true. This brick kiln has indeed been built into a brick factory."

"So, I would like to ask, is this brick factory still operating normally?"

Chu Jianghe pondered for a while, then nodded: "Currently, the brick factory is still operating normally."

Following Chu Jianghe's answer, Director Sun became a little angry and couldn't sit still anymore.

"Old Chu, didn't I tell you to stop first? Why are you still doing it?"

After hearing Director Sun's question, Chu Dayou raised his eyes and looked at him and said, "Director Sun, I made it very clear yesterday. These are the fruits of the members' labor. I have no right to ask them to stop."

"you……"

Director Sun was speechless for a moment. This Chu Dayou was as smelly and hard as the stones in the pit.

I talked to him for a long time yesterday and still didn't regret it.

Didn't you see that everyone from the working group is here? The county magistrate is also beside you. You, Chu Dayou, are still holding on. I'll see how you end up later.

Director Sun sat back down in his seat angrily, panting heavily, and said no more.

Team Leader Li glanced at Director Sun, then at Chu Jianghe and Chu Dayou.

Through the few questions just now, I feel that I have a grasp of the situation. It seems that the reports received by the working group are true and correct.

He immediately said with a cold face and seriously: "Two comrades, do you know what the problem with your actions is? You are simply too bold. Unfortunately, Secretary Chu is still a veteran cadre for more than 20 years. You actually know that you have committed the crime and still don't know how to repent. Carving up collective assets without authorization, Allowing a small group of people to appropriate collective assets for their own benefit is a blatant attempt to undermine socialism!"

Team Leader Li said this in a very stern voice, and at the end of the sentence, he slapped the table.

Chu Dayou still had the same expression, concentrating on smoking his cigarette and ignoring Team Leader Li's words.

Chu Jianghe had a confused expression on his face and asked: "Team Leader Li, what you said is a bit serious, don't you know which section of the national law and party constitution we violated?"

Team Leader Li sneered in his heart, even though he was about to die, he was still so stubborn.

That's all, let them die with some understanding, so as not to still feel that they were wronged.

He immediately said loudly: "According to Article No. 13 of the "Regulations on the Work of Rural People's Communes": The commune management committee will generally not run enterprises in the next few years. Not only did you set up enterprises, but you also contracted them to a small group of people. You said, Isn’t this a blatant attempt to undermine socialism?”

Team Leader Li is proud of himself. He knows this article by heart. It depends on what you say.

Chu Jianghe sighed in his heart, knowing that he would do this.

The "Regulations on the Work of Rural People's Communes" has been revised several times, and the latest version was issued in 1962.

This work regulation has been the programmatic document guiding rural people's communes in the more than 20 years of history of the people's communes. It is also the most authoritative and important document. It is also commonly known as the "Sixty Articles on Agriculture."

Coincidentally, Chu Jianghe was also preparing to use this document to fight back.