The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

That's true, but I always feel that she is a little too anxious.

Not only Miao Shiwen, but Lu Mingzheng also had this feeling.

But when I saw her bulging belly, I thought about it from another perspective and expressed my understanding.

Her due date is at the end of October, which means there are only two months left. It will be even more inconvenient for her to go to the countryside once the baby is born, so it is understandable that she is in a hurry to arrange everything now.

On August 6, the basic construction of the food factory was completed. Xie Chengzhi and Xia Dongliang took back the two newly ordered machines and sent them to the food factory together with the original one.

The last group of strong laborers in the first team also withdrew, and Xia Laosan dispatched a team of militia to guard them.

On August 8, Zhu Xiaomin and all the brigade cadres took the educated youth to the food factory early.

The gate of the food factory was wide open, and the inside and outside had been cleaned up. Colorful flags were planted on both sides of the gate. The gongs and drums of the commune propaganda team were also moved over and were being beaten at the factory gate, creating a joyful scene.

Soon after, the branch secretaries and production team leaders of each brigade also arrived one after another. Looking at the neatly built factory buildings, everyone's faces were filled with excitement and anticipation.

At about nine o'clock, several jeeps and two cars drove over from the town.

As soon as Zhu Xiaomin saw the license plate in front, he called out to several team leaders and went to meet them. Xing Qingsheng rushed over to give orders, asking the car to drive off the road and park on the open space near the factory gate.

The doors of several cars opened, and the first car to get out was led by Pei Wenyuan, director of the administrative office, and Yang Haozhong, secretary of the administrative office commissioner, followed by their accompanying officer Zhao.

The second car brought out the county party committee office director Tang Xingning and a middle-aged man.

The people who got out of the jeeps were Yan Yimin, secretary of the county supply and marketing cooperative, Zheng Jianye, Ding Lifei, Lu Haigen, director and deputy director of the Agricultural Bureau of the administrative office, and Liu Zhuangzhi and Xu Xilin, director and deputy director of the second section.

After them came Tian Zhimin, secretary of Cijiaokou Commune, Jiang Jiancheng, director of the commune, and several reporters from Yunzhong Newspaper holding cameras.

Since Pei Wenyuan and Yang Haozhong would be coming, it was only natural for people from the Agriculture Bureau to accompany them. Zhu Xiaomin was not surprised. She smiled and walked forward to greet them one by one, solemnly introducing both parties.

When he came to Tang Xingning, Tang Xingning shook his hand and introduced the person next to him with a smile: "This is Comrade He Guohua, the deputy secretary of the county party committee."

Zhu Xiaomin was surprised by this and hurriedly shook hands with him: "Secretary He, you have worked hard."

He Guohua smiled and said: "Our county has made such great achievements. I must come to see it. I wish the officials, the educated youth and the villagers all hard work."

Everyone was speaking politely, and amid the flying colorful flags of the propaganda team, reporters from the Yunzhong Newspaper had already taken pictures of this scene.

He Guohua met with the brigade cadres again, turned around and saw Lu Mingzheng, and said with a smile: "Why is Xiao Lu standing at the back?"

Lu Mingzheng looked at Zhu Xiaomin with a smile: "Today I am a family member."

He Guohua burst into laughter and nodded repeatedly, saying, "I've heard that your wife is capable, and her reputation is well-deserved!" Then he said to Zhu Xiaomin, "Secretary Zhu, I'm afraid you don't know, Xiao Lu is a famous writer in our county, and she has solved many problems for us."

It refers to the few years when Lu Mingzheng was still in the countryside. At that time, she really didn't know anything.

Zhu Xiaomin looked at Lu Mingzheng, and seeing the brilliance in his eyes, she couldn't help but smile.

Above the factory gate, a plaque was covered with red silk. The auspicious time for the ceremony had not yet arrived, so everyone exchanged greetings. Xie Chengzhi took over Zhu Xiaomin's position and took everyone to visit the entire factory.

Zhu Xiaomin lagged behind a little, walked up to Lu Mingzheng, and whispered, "I knew Comrade Lu was capable. I didn't expect that he would be so famous even among the deputy secretary of the county party committee."

Lu Mingzheng glanced at her with a smile, lowered his hand, and quietly held her hand.

The visiting team walked to the canned food production workshop. Pei Wenyuan saw the chopping boards and tableware that had been prepared inside and asked Zhu Xiaomin, "When will it be officially put into operation?"

Zhu Xiaomin said: "The fruits on the mountain have reached maturity and are currently being shipped to the county and two neighboring counties. However, this year, the fruits of several teams have entered the peak fruit-bearing period, and these sales channels can no longer keep up with the speed of fruit maturity. The inauguration ceremony was held this morning. If the leaders have no urgent matters, you can see the work start here in the afternoon."

"The fruits have been delivered?" Yang Haozhong was surprised.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said, "It's still on the mountain. It will be delivered at noon." She pointed to the factory next to it and said, "The cans we ordered have been delivered. The stove will be turned on soon. We need to clean them first and then sterilize them at high temperature."

Pei Wenyuan nodded, smiled, turned around and said to He Guohua: "It seems that we have to stay in the county for another night."

He Guohua also smiled: "I couldn't ask for more."

After visiting the factory, Yang Haozhong saw a sloping hillside behind him. The bottom was built with stones, with steps on the side and several rows of houses on top. He asked, "What is that place?"

Chen Danqing, who was standing nearby, explained: "That's the staff dormitory that was built. The food factory is far from most brigades and we can't go back and forth every day, so we now use a shift system and live there when we go to work."

Yang Haozhong was puzzled: "It looks like there are dozens of them."

Chen Danqing nodded. "If it was just for dormitories, we wouldn't need so many. But considering the future development of the food factory, the workers will slowly select the most suitable permanent staff from the personnel sent by the current brigades. They can't go home for a long time, so there must be family rooms there. In fact, it's not enough now, but there is enough space for expansion at the back."

Yang Haozhong nodded repeatedly: "Yes, a company's employment will always gradually become fixed. Moreover, your company has passed the approval of the administrative office. After the staff is fixed, it will be necessary to formally recruit workers."

Chen Danqing said with a smile: "That's what Secretary Zhu said at the beginning."

He did not forget that when Zhu Xiaomin talked about this factory, she meant that if they had no other chance to return to the city, this factory would provide them with a safety net.

Near noon, several tractors from large teams drove over here. The tractors were loaded with fruits that had just been picked from the mountains. They went straight into the factory and all parked in the open space in front of the canning workshop.

There was no need for anyone to make arrangements. Several educated youth had already been assigned to different groups, with two people each responsible for a team. They were responsible for counting and weighing the baskets, and also for putting team labels on the baskets.

Pei Wenyuan was a little puzzled: "What's this for? This factory doesn't belong to the commune, so why are the fruits divided between you and me?"

At this time, Zhu Xiaomin was not far away, and she explained with a smile: "From the very beginning, our cannery has been strictly controlling the quality. Rotten fruits are absolutely not allowed to be sent in. These labels are affixed to investigate the responsibility when problems are found during the production process."