"How kind of you, Director Jiang! You're too kind. We're all serving the people!" Seeing how polite Jiang Suisui was, Director Cheng's opinion of her improved. He had initially thought that someone so young, achieving such success, would be arrogant, but he hadn't expected...

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, the three got down to business.

To be precise, it was a battle between Jiang Suisui and Factory Director Cheng. The two went back and forth until they finally determined the quantity and amount of bricks and tiles, as well as the payment time.

Seeing that Director Hao was present, Jiang Suisui boldly proposed a condition to the brick and tile factory: to pay a deposit first, and to start construction only after all the bricks and tiles had arrived.

The first thing to do when building a factory is to dig the foundation. Jiang Suisui plans to use a combination of adobe bricks and blue bricks for the factory walls, and all the tiles will be red tiles from the brick and tile factory.

Jiang Suisui also wanted all the bricks to be blue, but she couldn't do it because she didn't have enough money. She had to save as much as possible, since there would be many other expenses in the future.

Just the large iron pots alone will require at least two more to be bought. The orders for bean product processing plants are increasing day by day, and the two large iron pots are no longer enough to meet the demand for making tofu.

There are also donkeys, and we need to buy soybeans, which requires cash.

Jiang Suisui drafted an agreement on the spot, and with Director Hao as a witness, she signed a contract with Director Cheng of the brick and tile factory.

After the contract was signed, Jiang Suisui took her leave, while Director Hao stayed at the brick and tile factory because he had other business to attend to.

Jiang Suisui was in a great mood all the way back to the brigade, and chatted casually with Lin Congcong.

It was already 1 p.m. when the two returned to Qingshan Brigade, which was lunchtime. Jiang Suisui and Lin Congcong went back to the educated youth settlement for lunch.

Jiang Suisui passed by Lin Qingxue's room, wanting to ask about the soybean purchase situation today, but found that Lin Qingxue's room was quiet all day. She didn't know if Lin Qingxue was sleeping in the room or not, so she didn't disturb her, since there was no rush.

The first thing Jiang Suisui did upon returning to her room was to pour herself a glass of water. Then she sat comfortably on a recliner and rested for a while. After all, the morning had been exhausting for her; she hadn't had a moment's rest, neither mentally nor physically.

Jiang Suisui didn't want to go through any more trouble for lunch, so she simply put a lot of cooked food she had made during the winter into her space. Jiang Suisui rummaged through her space and found a pot of chicken stew with mushrooms, and also took a bowl of rice. A simple lunch was ready.

Later, seeing that it was still early, Jiang Suisui decided to take a nap. She set her alarm, lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed), covered herself with the quilt, and drifted off to sleep.

Jiang Suisui took the contract to the processing plant in the afternoon.

At this moment, a table and a chair were placed at the entrance of the processing plant. Lin Qingxue was sitting in the chair, inspecting the soybeans in front of her. After the inspection was completed, Qi Jianshe weighed the soybeans, while Lin Qingxue continued to do the accounting.

Jiang Suisui waited for a while until the villager who was exchanging money left before she went up to ask what was going on.

"Qingxue, how's it going? How many villagers exchanged soybeans for money today? How many soybeans have you collected so far?"

Lin Qingxue said excitedly, "Sui Sui, you're back! At first, there wasn't much, but as more and more villagers exchanged their money for cash, and at a price one level higher than the market price, 13.2 cents, more and more came. So far, we've collected 426 jin."

Jiang Suisui picked up the ledger and glanced at it, quite satisfied, because this was just the beginning, and other villagers from other brigades would be exchanging soybeans for money in the future.

"Qingxue, this is the contract that Comrade Lin and I signed at the commune and the brick factory today. It shows the price and the deposit we paid. Please register it first. The bricks and tiles will be delivered soon. I'll go to the brigade later to discuss with them when it's appropriate to dig the foundation. Also, there's the villagers' wages." Jiang Suisui took the contract out of her shoulder bag and handed it to Lin Qingxue, asking him to keep track of it.

"The brick and tile problem is solved! That's fantastic! Our processing plant will finally have its own factory building!" Lin Qingxue exclaimed in surprise.

Jiang Suisui nodded solemnly, "That's right."

"Then I'll head to the brigade first. Qingxue, I'll leave you to work hard these next few days," Jiang Suisui said before rushing off to another location, the brigade headquarters.

Jiang Suisui had just arrived at the brigade headquarters and hadn't even had a chance to speak when the brigade leader spoke first, "Little Jiang, you've come at the right time. The brigade just received a call from the Nanshan brigade; they want to sell their donkeys, and now they hear that our Qingshan brigade wants to buy them."

They called us immediately, and I agreed. We'll go to Nanshan Brigade tomorrow to check on the donkey. Don't worry, Xiao Jiang, I've seen that donkey in Nanshan Brigade before; if nothing unexpected happens, it's a young donkey, perfect for your processing plant.”

Jiang Suisui nodded happily and said excitedly, "Okay, Captain."

He then took out a contract from his shoulder bag and handed it to Captain Su. "Captain, look, I went to the commune today and signed the contract with the brick and tile factory. They can supply us with goods anytime. I'm young and inexperienced. What do you think about the personnel for the construction plant and the price?"

Upon hearing this, Captain Su immediately made a decision with great joy: "Xiao Jiang, you just need to take care of the production at your processing plant. I'll take care of building the processing plant for you."

Jiang Suisui then took out a drawing from her bag, which she had completed after searching for information in her spatial dimension during the winter.

Jiang Suisui and the team leader discussed the construction of the processing plant, including its layout, size, and personnel arrangements.

At this time, asking the villagers for help wouldn't cost much money; it was just a matter of whoever was building a house and exchanging laborers to help.

It means that if your family needs help, my family can send one person to help for two days; if my family needs help, your family can also send one person.

But building a processing plant is different. It's for the collective, not for individuals, so it requires wages and meals aren't provided. This is unprecedented in the brigade. So the brigade leader said he would discuss it with the other brigade cadres. In any case, they couldn't let the villagers suffer losses, nor could they let the processing plant suffer losses.

Early the next morning, Jiang Suisui, along with Qi Jianshe and the brigade leader, rode bicycles to Nanshan Brigade. The three of them rode two old-fashioned bicycles; Jiang Suisui rode one herself, and Qi Jianshe rode the other with the brigade leader.

Jiang Suisui brought Qi Jianshe along so he could drive the donkeys. Originally, the brigade leader planned to have the villagers who knew how to drive donkeys come, but going to Nanshan Brigade would waste a day's work. Jiang Suisui already felt bad about making the brigade leader busy with the processing plant, so Qi Jianshe volunteered that he could do it too. So Jiang Suisui let Qi Jianshe come along.

However, once the processing plant is completed, Jiang Suisui plans to give the brigade leader a generous gift, even though he is also doing it for the sake of the brigade's development.

Jiang Suisui didn't know the way, so she followed Qi Jianshe on his horse.

The three of them soon arrived at the Nanshan Brigade.

The moment Jiang Suisui saw the donkey, she was very satisfied, because even someone like her who didn't know much about donkeys could tell that the donkey was very strong.

Captain Su knew about donkeys. He examined the donkey from all angles and quietly nodded to Jiang Suisui. Jiang Suisui immediately understood what Captain Su meant: the donkey could be bought.