Countercurrent 1978 starts with the production team

"Then what kind of person do you think Secretary Chu is?"

As soon as Xu Chunyan raised this question, everyone started talking about it.

"Secretary Chu, you are a capable man. What was originally an abandoned brick kiln was turned into a piece of cake!"

"Secretary Chu, you have a brain! Our village of Xiaohe used to have nothing, but now we have built a pig farm and a school for the children."

"Secretary Chu is insightful. We used to envy those who worked in factories, but now this brick factory and pig farm are right in front of us, just a few steps away."

"Yes, we get money every month and have food at home. This was something we couldn't even imagine before."

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Everyone talked endlessly, as if they couldn't finish talking, but what came out of everyone's mouth were all good things about Chu Jianghe.

Xu Chunyan was secretly surprised that Secretary Chu, who was so young, actually had such prestige in Xiaohe Village. It seemed that his path of developing the collective economy had really captured the hearts of all members. Almost everyone praised him or not. Absolutely.

Then a different voice came out.

"Humph, if you ask me, he is a corrupt criminal."

Xu Chunyan was shocked by these words. Is he guilty of corruption? This is no small crime!

But finally there are people who disagree with him.

When someone heard others saying bad things about Secretary Chu, they immediately yelled: "Wang Erniu, what did you say?! What did Secretary Chu embezzle?"

This man is the lazy Wang Erniu in the village. He has long been famous. He is 28 or [-] years old, and no one dares to marry a girl to him.

Today's farmers are very simple in their thinking. If you want to live a good life, you have to work hard. If you still want to live a good life without working hard, you are not thinking about good things.

People like Wang Erniu are not popular in any era.

Wang Erniu looked at the angry eyes that glared at him, knowing that he had offended the public, but he would not back down.

Who told Chu Jianghe not to let me work in the brick factory? I should have been the only one to work in the brick factory!

Ever since Chu Jianghe removed him from the list of workers in the brick factory, he had been holding a grudge.

However, he was not popular in the village, and no one valued his opinions, so he never found a suitable opportunity.

There were no outsiders present, so he said it directly.

Xu Chunyan asked: "Is Secretary Chu really corrupt?"

Wang Erniu faced everyone's gaze and said with a frown on his neck: "If he were not corrupt, his family would be able to eat meat every day? What about chicken, duck, fish, mutton, beef, eggs, etc., not to mention, I’ve never seen his family break up. If it’s not corruption, where did his family get so much delicious food?”

After saying this, Wang Erniu couldn't help but swallow his saliva. He has never eaten such good food in his life.

"Fart, Secretary Chu doesn't steal or rob, but eating something good makes you jealous?"

"Yes, Secretary Chu paid for the eggs he bought from my house."

"The accounts of the brick factory and the pig farm are published on a regular basis. I think you just have a grudge against Secretary Chu, but you won't say such things after reading the accounts."

"You, Wang Erniu, are lazy and jealous of other people's good lives. You are an irritant and a laugher. Get out of here."

"We farmers are not in the mood to pick up the bowl to eat and then curse when we put it down. When we were eating a few days ago, I saw that the two cows belonging to you, the king, ate too much."

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Wang Erniu's words completely ignited the fire in the hearts of these men. They ridiculed him mercilessly one by one, and in the end they even turned into curses.

Once the men in the village started to curse, they would blurt out all kinds of bad words.

Wang Erniu, who was scolding, turned red and couldn't resist, so he ran away, making the men burst into laughter.

Xu Chunyan blushed with embarrassment after hearing their vulgar scoldings.

But I also understand that the guy just now is not a good person, and what he said cannot be taken seriously.

Everyone defends Secretary Chu like this, which shows that everyone is satisfied to the core with this Secretary Chu who does practical things and doesn't mess around.

After making money, Chu Jianghe's first thing was of course to improve his family's living conditions.

In addition to buying some supplies from Zhang Li from time to time, there are also many good things in this village, including chickens, eggs, etc. He also buys them, but they all cost real money.

There are no hormones these days. There are free-range chickens in this village. The meat is delicious and tastes particularly delicious.

The eggs are also all real local eggs. As long as there are chickens raised in the village, if the eggs are laid and they are reluctant to eat them, they will most likely be sold to Chu Jianghe.

Later, people in the village no longer went to the supply and marketing cooperative in the town to sell things. If they wanted anything, they would go to Secretary Chu’s house first.

But let Chu Jianghe satisfy his oral desires.

Secretary Chu's life seems luxurious to other members, but there are indeed older members and old party members who occasionally say something behind his back, including his wife Zhao Yufen.

They have all come from hard times and think that life should not be lived like this and they should be more economical.

Chu Jianghe laughed it off and continued to go his own way.

Why is he bothering? Isn't it just to make his family live a better life?

……

Xu Chunyan chatted with these men for a while, and stopped talking to them. After saying a few words, she turned around and returned to the brigade headquarters.

After a while, they saw Chu Jianghe bringing breakfast to them.

In the past, Chu Jianghe would have slept until eight or nine o'clock before getting up.

Now that two reporters were here, he couldn't sleep in. When breakfast was ready, his father urged him to bring it over.

"Reporter Xu, you got up so early, come and have breakfast."

"Secretary Chu, it's early for you too." Xu Chunyan also greeted with a smile.

Chu Jianghe was stunned for a moment, then returned to his original state.

Unexpectedly, after reporter Xu got up from a nap, he returned to the close look he had yesterday, and seemed to have a different kind of emotion.

How could he have imagined that Reporter Xu had gone out to inquire about information about him a long time ago and had already changed his mind about him.

Chu Jianghe was confused for a moment, thinking to himself that reporter Xu had taken the wrong medicine?

Yesterday when I left, I was stern with myself, but now I'm going to be nice again.

If he couldn't figure it out, he just stopped thinking about it. He was really not good at dealing with women. Who knew what Reporter Xu was thinking.

A woman's heart, a needle in the sea.

Chu Jianghe was carrying a basket containing millet porridge, a few freshly baked scallion pancakes, a few boiled eggs, and a plate of sesame oil pickles.

Chu Jianghe took another small square table, placed it in the yard, and then placed the items in the basket on the small table one by one.

Then he greeted reporter Guo who hadn’t gotten up yet.

"Reporter Guo, get up and have breakfast."

"Good."

Reporter Guo from the east wing saw that Secretary Chu had arrived with breakfast, and was too embarrassed to continue sleeping. He quickly got up and said hello to Chu Jianghe.

After washing up, the three of them sat at the table and started eating.

After taking one bite of the soft and mild scallion pancake, the aroma of wheat and chopped green onion immediately fills your mouth, as well as the perfectly pickled pickles, and when eaten with millet porridge, the whole person feels comfortable.

The morning sunshine, the sweet air without haze, and the delicious food can't help but make people feel good.

Chu Jianghe asked from the side: "Reporter Xu, what do you think we will do today?"