Two months have passed in the blink of an eye after a busy day. April is the most pleasant season in Pingcheng, and the spring ploughing in the countryside is coming to an end.

All of Zhu Xiaomin's plans and reports had been approved, and the planning had been completed. He then wrote another report back to the village to start the construction of the food factory.

This time, without Lu Mingzheng as a strong laborer, and without having to bring a large number of wedding supplies, Zhu Xiaomin traveled light and returned to the village with only a small travel bag.

After getting off the tractor in the town, Zhu Xiaomin still went straight to the commune compound, found the commune director Jiang Jiancheng, gave him a copy of the plan, and said, "Please inform Director Jiang that the production team leaders of each brigade will go to the first brigade for a meeting the day after tomorrow morning. We will arrange the construction of the food factory."

Jiang Jiancheng was delighted to see that the canning factory had been transformed into a food factory, and that its business had obviously expanded greatly. He hurriedly said, "Why don't you call the people from each team to a meeting at the commune? I'll arrange accommodation for Secretary Zhu."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "The main force of this factory is the first team. I still have some things to discuss with them in advance. Besides, I am used to living there, so there is no need to bother the commune."

Jiang Jiancheng didn't force her anymore and nodded repeatedly. He also prepared a donkey cart for her and took her back to the team.

At this time, almost all the members of the first team were in the fields. As soon as the donkey cart approached the first team's territory, the members working in the fields saw her and immediately greeted her enthusiastically.

Zhu Xiaomin responded with a smile, got off the car at the threshing ground, thanked the driver, and carried her bag up the hill to the brigade headquarters.

Team leader Xia Dongliang was inspecting the work on the hillside. He saw her coming from afar and quickly rushed over. He followed her to the team headquarters and asked impatiently, "Zhu Zhiqing, have we decided to build a factory?"

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and nodded: "It's settled."

Xia Dongliang rubbed his hands excitedly: "During this period, everyone has been asking me about it. Now that you are back, everyone feels relieved."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said, "Captain Xia will have to work hard later."

Xia Dongliang waved his hands repeatedly: "This is our own business. The one who is working hard is Zhu Zhiqing."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled, and seeing that they had entered the yard of the brigade headquarters, she stopped being polite to him and went straight to Gu Mancang's office.

It was almost noon, and Gu Mancang had just returned from the fields. He had just had a sip of water when he saw her come in. He exclaimed, "Yeah!" and hurriedly opened the door, saying with a smile, "I thought you should be back. I was just talking about it, and you're here."

Zhu Xiaomin also laughed: "The spring ploughing will be finished in a few days."

Xia Dongliang nodded: "We'll just finish it in the next few days, and it will be finished the day after tomorrow."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded, took out a document and said, "I have asked the commune to notify all teams to hold a meeting the day after tomorrow. This is the detailed charter I have revised. Captain Xia should have an idea in mind."

Xia Dongliang nodded, opened it and read it carefully.

But he only had an elementary school education and found it very difficult to read. Zhu Xiaomin listened to his constant questions and patiently explained them to him.

Gu Mancang was listening nearby and couldn't help asking, "Why do you want all the strong men in the team to participate?"

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "This is the first year, and we can only predict the income from the cannery, which should be quite a lot. But the factory is just being built, and the initial work will be very hard. If we use the same team of people, and the work points are the same as elsewhere, there will be a serious imbalance in the distribution of the points."

In the era of the big pot, this is a very important issue.

Xia Dongliang nodded: "Then, transfer people according to production teams?"

Zhu Xiaomin was helpless: "Other production teams can do it, but the educated youth can't. They still have to manage the base and the orchard, but they can't just not go there. They still have to be used for management."

Gu Mancang smoked his pipe and thought for a long time before saying, "Well, let Captain Xia take charge of the other production teams. As for the educated youth production team, I think we should give it to Captain Xie. The educated youth all trust him, so I don't think there will be any conflicts."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "I will also study it carefully with everyone. Besides, the children still have classes, so we can't miss anything."

It sounds like the educated youth were indeed very busy.

When talking about the children's classes, Gu Mancang remembered another thing and asked Zhu Xiaomin: "Do you know that other brigades also want to run primary schools?"

Zhu Xiaomin asked: "Have you applied?"

Gu Mancang nodded: "Except for the seventh and eighth brigades, all other brigades have submitted applications, but the commune has not approved it yet. How come you came from the commune and I didn't ask for your opinion?"

Zhu Xiaomin said with a smile: "I was only in there for about ten minutes, and I said a few words, which took time for a donkey cart. Firstly, I didn't have enough time, and secondly, this was not within my authority."

Gu Mancang frowned: "Then...what do you think about this matter?"

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "Of course it would be good if all the children in the commune had the opportunity to go to school."

"But in this case, those primary school teachers will probably have to be transferred from the educated youth points." Gu Mancang frowned even more tightly.

Over the years, these educated youth did not play much of a role here, and no brigade needed them. But in recent years, the development of the First Brigade has become inseparable from them, and the other brigades have started to compete with them for people.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "When they held literacy classes in the winter, they discussed it with the educated youth who used to give lectures, so they came up with this idea."

Gu Mancang looked at her and sighed helplessly.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said, "Uncle Mancang, whether it is running a literacy class or a primary school, it is good for the development of the entire commune. Apart from anything else, the number of educated youth is limited after all. Now that we have built the base and the food factory, we have to find talents to take over after a few years, otherwise it will be abandoned again. Where do these talents come from? Aren't they selected from the members here?"

Gu Mancang listened and nodded sullenly.

Xia Dongliang was helpless: "But the food factory hasn't started construction yet, and we need people right now. It's not a good idea for them to come and ask for people at this time."

Zhu Xiaomin waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, we will properly allocate manpower for this matter. No matter where it is, we will not let it down."

The idea of ​​going to teach in the various brigades was the new educated youth's idea, as they were not deeply involved in the few tasks that the educated youth were responsible for.

The two of them felt relieved after hearing her confident words.

At noon, the sisters-in-law brought food to the fields. Knowing that Zhu Xiaomin had returned, Xie Chengzhi and Chen Xudong returned to the brigade headquarters. Together with Chen Danqing, they ate with the cadres of the brigade headquarters and Zhu Xiaomin, and they also discussed the matter of building a factory.

Afterwards, the four of them went to Chen Danqing's office, and Zhu Xiaomin asked about the primary schools in each brigade: "Except for the children of the seventh and eighth brigades who can go to the town, the children of the second and third brigades go to school here, so there are only seven brigades left, and some of them are very close to each other. Why do we need to build seven primary schools?"

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