Countercurrent 1978 starts with the production team

next day

After breakfast, Chu Jianghe and his father, Chu Dayou, sat together to discuss the brick kiln.

"Jiang He, you don't have to worry about the brick-burning masters you mentioned before. I found two veterans from the previous brick kiln. There will be no problem with them, but you have to arrange the work of these two people well. They are both old. I can’t do anything.”

Chu Dayou still held his old cigarette stick and puffed out smoke. Only this period of time was the most comfortable time of his day.

Chu Jianghe nodded. Coming from the 21st century, of course he understood what was most important these days, talent!

As for being unable to contribute, it’s not a problem at all. Just teach these amateurs how to make bricks and check the temperature of the brick kiln.

"No problem. Dad, I think this brick kiln still has to burn coal. The firewood is unstable and requires a lot of manpower. You have to come up with the coal at Jinjialing. The secretary at Jinjialing will tell you Very familiar."

Jinjialing is a village. There is a coal mine next to the village called Jinjialing Coal Mine. The output is not small, and it mainly supplies the thermal power plant in the county.

"Well, that's no problem. We don't use much. I'll go to Jinjialing later to look for Lao Hu."

Chu Dayou was not a sloppy person, so he agreed directly.

"Jiang He, have you thought about how to sell these bricks for takeout? The county's brick factory has been around for so many years. It's not easy to sell our bricks."

"Dad, don't worry. I know what I'm doing. Let's try firing a kiln first to see how it turns out. It won't cost much anyway."

"Then let me inform the other teams here. We will have a meeting tonight. Each household in your team will have a representative. We will decide on the brick kiln tonight."

"Okay, Dad."

After saying that, Chu Dayou knocked the ashes from his cigarette rod and walked slowly towards Jinjialing without riding a bicycle, holding his hands behind his back.

Chu Jianghe rested for a while and wanted to go to work. Unexpectedly, he was blocked by people as soon as he arrived at the door. The people who came were in a hurry, and the two of them almost bumped into each other.

"Ah, it's Jiang He. Is the old secretary at home? I have something to see him."

The visitor exclaimed, and when Chu Jianghe took a closer look, it turned out to be Wang's sister-in-law from his own production team.

An ordinary woman nearly 30 years old, wearing coarse clothes, with sweat on her face as she walked in a hurry. Judging from the look on her face, she looked behind her from time to time, as if there was something urgent.

"Oh, it's the Wang family's sister-in-law. What a coincidence, my father went out and has been gone for a while. I don't know when he will come back."

There was no cell phone at this time, and I couldn't contact him for a while. I guess his father was still on the way.

"Sister-in-law of the Wang family, if you are in a hurry, tell me if there is anything you need in advance and see if I can help you solve it. If not, go to my dad."

After all, he is a member of his own production team, so he should help if he can.

After hearing Chu Jianghe's words, the Wang family's sister-in-law stamped her feet in annoyance and sweated again in anxiety. What should I do? Why did she happen to run into the old secretary when she went out? However, there is really no other way at the moment. She can only try with the captain. .

He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention. He quickly pulled Chu Jianghe to the side and looked at Chu Jianghe at a loss. He looked like he wanted to speak, but he hesitated but said nothing.

Seeing her like this, Chu Jianghe felt unhappy. He hated dealing with such people the most. He frowned and said, "Sister-in-law of the Wang family, just tell me if you have any questions. You can't solve anything like this. It's inconvenient to tell me." If so, then wait until my father comes back, or you can go to Secretary Hu’s house in Jinjialing, I have to go to work now.”

After saying that, Chu Jianghe made a gesture to leave.

"No, Jiang He, Jiang He, captain, don't leave yet, I said..."

Wang's sister-in-law bit her lip, as if she had made up her mind, and said with a cry in her voice: "I... my wife went to town yesterday and said she wanted to take some things from home to exchange for some money. Who knows, there was no money last night? When I came back, I didn’t think much about it at first, maybe he spent the night at a friend’s house.”

"Then I thought about it, don't be caught as a speculator... I kept panicking. But in the morning, someone came to my house with an IOU and said that my family was detained by them because they owed them money. In their hands, let me use the money to ransom people.”

Chu Jianghe raised his eyebrows when he heard this and asked, "IOU? How much is it?"

Wang's sister-in-law couldn't hold it any longer and cried: "500 yuan... I don't know why I owe so much money outside."

Even Chu Jianghe was surprised when he heard the amount.

He knew the situation in the village very well. 500 yuan was not a small sum these days. There were only a few people in the village who could afford 500 yuan at once. As far as he knew, he could count them on one hand.

Besides, the eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Wang family had just separated from their brothers a few years ago. Even if they were frugal and frugal, it would take five years to save 100 yuan a year.

Besides, two people have three children to raise, so they may not be able to save 100 yuan throughout the year.

Even if it was a loan, given their family's conditions, it would be difficult for anyone to lend them such a large amount of money.

Chu Jianghe's heart was moved. The eldest brother of the Wang family had not returned home all night yesterday, and his person was also detained. This money... couldn't be gambling debts, right?

Otherwise, the eldest brother of the Wang family is usually a very honest person, how could he owe so much money out of thin air.

That's 500 yuan. In this era, the purchasing power is quite strong. You can even hear a sound when you drop it in water.

"Where's the person who took the IOU?"

"gone……"

"Did you say anything before leaving?"

"When I... left, I was asked to take the money and go to the town to redeem the person. Where can I find such money?" At this point, the Wang family's sister-in-law couldn't hold back at all and started sobbing.

Chu Jianghe also expressed his understanding of this. After all, she is an ordinary rural woman who usually stays at home. I am afraid she has not even been to the county a few times. How would she know what to do if she encounters such a thing suddenly.

"Did you tell me where to redeem someone?" Chu Jianghe asked patiently.

"Say... said it was in... the yard opposite the grain station on the road leading to Zhaojiazhuang... in the town..." the Wang family's sister-in-law said intermittently while sobbing.

"Okay, sister-in-law of the Wang family, you go home first. Don't you still have children at home? I'll go to the town first to see what's going on."

what?

"Jiang He, no, captain, are you going alone? Why don't you call two more people?"

Seeing that the young captain was going to town alone, the Wang family's sister-in-law didn't even bother to cry, and asked curiously with swollen eyes.

"It's not like we're going to fight. What's the use of having more people? Since people come here with IOUs, they just want money." Chu Jianghe said angrily.

"But……"

"But what? Can your family come up with 500 yuan? I guess this matter is not that simple. You wait at home first, and I will go to the town to have a look. If it doesn't work, we will find a way. If it doesn't work, then we can only Call the police.”

Wang's sister-in-law was at a loss for words. Where could her family come up with 500 yuan? Even if they could, they couldn't just hand over the 500 yuan so unclearly.

How long does it take her family to save 500 yuan?

As for calling the police?

It's not that she hasn't thought about it, it's just that her family went to the town to do something, which was considered speculative. It was too late for her family to hide, so how could she take the initiative to deliver it to her door.

After thinking about it, I came to the old secretary's house to see if there was anything he could do.

Chu Jianghe came into the house and said hello. He was afraid that his family would be worried, so he said that he had something to do and went to town by himself, and then he got on his bicycle and went to town.

Fortunately, my father did not go out on a bicycle, otherwise he would have to drive Route 11.

Wang's sister-in-law felt a little more at ease when she saw Chu Jianghe going to town. When she thought of the 500 yuan, she felt sad again. Forget it, let's treat a dead horse as a live doctor.

She originally wanted to go with Chu Jianghe, but she had several children at home who were not taken care of, so she had no choice but to go home first.