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

The next morning, everyone checked out of the hotel. Chen Xudong and Xie Chengzhi went to buy train tickets first, while Zhu Xiaomin took Li Wenzhe and Huang Xiaojuan to the Agriculture Bureau.

Seeing her coming, Liu Zhuangzhi, Xu Xilin and others were all surprised and happy. They hurriedly offered their seats to her and poured her water. Even Zheng Jianye and Lu Haigen were alarmed and came over to take a look.

Zhu Xiaomin greeted them one by one, not wanting to mention Fang Qing's matter. She just said that she was going back to the factory for the holiday. She handed Xu Xilin a distribution situation report and said with a smile, "There are more than a dozen non-staple food stores and supply and marketing cooperatives in Beijing that have kept our products. I believe these sales channels can be opened up. If the factory wants to increase production in the future, it will still need the support of our bureau."

Xu Xilin nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course, the food factory is our first township-run enterprise. No matter what difficulties it encounters, we will support it."

Lü Haigen asked: "Xiao Zhu, what new ideas do you have in your factory?"

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and nodded, handed over a material, "My wife reminded me that our factory currently produces canned fruits and various desserts and snacks, most of which are used as breakfast or as a side dish on the table, but there are no high-calorie convenience foods suitable for people working outdoors to replenish energy, so I want to try to produce luncheon meat and ham sausage next."

"Ham sausage?" Everyone knew luncheon meat but not ham sausage, so several people couldn't help but ask.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "Luncheon meat is packaged in tin cans, which is convenient to eat, but more boxes mean more servings. I gave it a temporary name for ham sausage. I thought that it would be more convenient to make it similar to luncheon meat, but in the shape of sausage, wrapped in a thin layer of packaging to keep it hygienic, and then eaten after tearing it open?"

Xu Xilin was unsure: "What equipment do these... require?"

Zhu Xiaomin said: "The important thing now is not the equipment, but the material of the ham casing. I wonder if we can find relevant people in our bureau to do some research and make something like this?"

It will take another nine years for ham sausage to appear in China. The key is in the manufacturing of the sausage casing, but the process is not complicated. Now that I have proposed this concept, as long as someone studies it, there should be a breakthrough.

Xu Xilin asked: "Why must it be packaged like this? Can't it be sold in containers like other foods?"

Zhu Xiaomin shook her head: "The main reason I want to study this is because my wife said that when soldiers are fighting in the wild, there is really not much to eat, let alone meat. If it is in a normal container, they still can't carry it with them. But if it is tightly packaged outside, they can open it and eat it at any time, which will be much more convenient."

Is it for the soldiers?

Several people looked at each other, and Zheng Jianye nodded: "Let's think about this matter and see where we can contact experts for research. The box for luncheon meat is not difficult. If we need equipment later, we will find a way to contact them."

As long as the bureau supports it, it's fine.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "I will let the factory study the ingredients and taste first. Once there are no problems, I will start packaging."

After the matter was settled, Li Wenzhe and Huang Xiaojuan talked to Xu Xilin about the situation in the factory. Zhu Xiaomin was surrounded by several other people and asked about the situation in the university. Zhu Xiaomin answered them one by one.

After sitting there for more than two hours, they politely declined the invitation from the bureau, left the materials behind, and went to the station to meet up with Xie Chengzhi and Chen Xudong.

A few people had a simple lunch near the station and caught the afternoon long-distance bus to the county.

When they got off the bus in the county town, the tractor heading to the town had already left, so they went to find Yan Yimin again. Yan Yimin mobilized the supply and marketing cooperative's car to take them directly back to the factory.

The factory has not yet closed for work, and there are few people in the factory. There is only the faint roar of machines in the workshop, and no other sounds.

The gatekeeper heard the sound of a car horn, came out and saw Li Wenzhe, and hurriedly opened the door. When he saw Zhu Xiaomin, Xie Chengzhi and others getting out of the car, he was surprised and happy. He greeted them repeatedly and asked someone to notify Chang Hailiang.

As soon as Zhu Xiaomin and his companions entered the factory, they saw Chang Hailiang and Yang Junqing coming out to greet them. Seeing them busy greeting them, they explained, "Deputy Director Xia is watching over the production in the workshop. I have asked someone to call him."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "Don't disturb other people in the workshop, production is important." She followed them to the office and casually asked about the situation in the factory.

Chang Hailiang answered them one by one, invited everyone into his office, busied himself pouring water, and said apologetically: "I didn't know Director Zhu would come back, and the office was not cleaned up yet."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "We also made a temporary decision. It doesn't matter. What's important is to help us arrange accommodation."

The youth educated center is no longer the same as it used to be, so it is not easy to go back and live there. She has also resigned from the Agricultural Bureau, so it is not appropriate for her to trouble the commune, so it is most appropriate for her to live in the factory.

Yang Junqing hurriedly said: "There are still empty rooms in our factory. We have lit a fire to drive out the tide now. It will be just right for staying here tonight. I'll go and arrange it." As he said this, he hurried out.

A few people sat for a while and talked about the situation in the factory. Xia Dongliang had already rushed back from the workshop. Seeing the three people coming back, he was very excited. Without waiting for them to ask, he started talking about this year's production.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and listened to him for a while before saying, "It just so happens that we can go to the workshop now. I also want to know what has changed in the past six months."

This is a surprise inspection.

Xia Dongliang was a little nervous, but he nodded and led the way to the workshop.

The office is located closest to the factory gate. Considering the future expansion of the factory, three rows of offices were built, with more than a dozen rooms in each row.

Behind the office, a small garden was built with trees and flowers to alleviate the noise coming from the workshop.

Over on the other side of the small garden are large workshops where workers wearing uniform sleeves and hats are working intensively. Several grassroots managers are watching every process, while several middle-level managers are patrolling back and forth and conducting random inspections at any time.

Zhu Xiaomin had not come here very often since the factory was built, but Xie Chengzhi and Chen Xudong were there almost every day. They were also responsible for recruiting workers, so most people knew them. When they saw the two of them come in, almost everyone looked over eagerly. Seeing that the two were following a woman, they more or less guessed who it was, and then whispered to each other to confirm their guesses.

Zhu Xiaomin let everyone talk and watched every process herself. In addition to observing the workers' operations, what was more important was the hygiene conditions. Occasionally, if she saw something wrong, she would point it out to Xia Dongliang.

Xia Dongliang had sweat on his forehead. He agreed repeatedly and without waiting, waved to the nearest grassroots manager to come over and handle it immediately.

I walked past the first row of workshops and turned to the second row. Before I entered, I saw a young woman standing by the door of the workshop. She was chewing an apple and pointing inside: "What are those baskets for? Don't you see someone is going to pass through there?"

"Hey, please bring me a glass of freshly squeezed juice."

"You are too slow, just wash it casually."

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