Hearing that the brigade leader had returned, Huo Junshan came over to see him.

"Uncle, are you alright?"

The captain waved his hand: "It's nothing, just take me there to ask about the details, and then I'll come back!"

"It looks scary, but nothing's wrong with it."

Huo Junshan nodded: "That's good. Auntie was so worried. I even went to the city to ask Uncle Xiao."

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I'm back now, I just finished eating."

"I'm exhausted, and it scared me half to death too."

"I thought they were going to lock me up too!"

Huo Junshan laughed and said, "You're not a traitor, why should we bother with you? What happened to those two?"

Upon hearing this, the captain quickly went to close the door.

"It's estimated to take..."

As he spoke, he made a gesture, tracing lines across his neck.

"Then Yang Laidi shouldn't be one of them, right? Does she want one too?"

The captain sighed, "Yang Laidi is still pregnant. We don't know what will happen now, but she can't have the baby anyway. I doubt she'll survive even if she's released."

"How can she survive with such a huge hat on her head? She'd be drowned in spit!"

Huo Junshan nodded: "That's right, it's just a bit unlucky."

The captain started cursing again.

Was he really that angry?

"Tell me, Zhao Weiguo has really done something terrible! The baby will be born in a few months."

"Tell me, why would he do something that harms the country?"

"Everyone has a reason before doing anything, we just don't know it?"

"Perhaps it's for profit, perhaps it's out of necessity, maybe it's out of helplessness, or perhaps it's because they had no other choice!"

“Uncle, this matter is over, you must not think about it anymore. Yang Laidi was also seeking personal gain from his contact.”

"I heard that he sent a lot of money, coupons, and grain to Yang Laidi's family."

"This is called not being greedy for small gains and not being fooled. Be more careful in the future!"

The captain nodded.

Zhang Guihua laughed and said, "Third brother, you don't know, your eldest uncle has been cursing at home for ages, he's so angry."

Huo Junshan laughed and said, "Things have come to this point, let's see how the higher-ups handle it."

Eat and drink as you please, don't take it to heart.

The captain said angrily, "How can I not be angry?"

"We were hoping that our brigade would be recognized as an advanced brigade this year."

"I want to catch a couple more piglets."

"This is it, we're doomed."

Huo Junshan offered him a few more words of advice and then went back.

"Uncle, I'm going back. Ningning can't stay home alone."

"Okay, let's go back!"

Huo Junshan returned home and washed some fruit for Yun Ningyan.

Put it on the kang (heated brick bed) to warm it up; Yan Yan can't eat cold food.

"How are you? Is Uncle alright?"

"It's nothing, I'm just really angry."

"When I arrived, he was angrily cursing Zhao Weiguo."

"He was still cursing when he left."

Yun Ningyan nodded, anger flashing in her eyes: "A man like Zhao Weiguo deserves to be torn to pieces!"

The next day, Huo Junshan took his written proposal to Xiao Hongjun.

"Uncle Xiao, take a look at what I wrote. I just wrote a rough draft. Do you think it's okay?"

Xiao Hongjun glanced at it and nodded: "You've got some skills, kid. Not bad. I'll carry it upstairs. It's not just your brigade."

"There are a few more places that need support. We'll start together then. You'd better work hard. Come see me again next Monday. The results should be out by then."

"Okay! Uncle Xiao, can I ask how much money the higher-ups are allocating to us?"

Xiao Hongjun laughed and said, "It's not much, it's just support. You'll have to figure out the bulk of it yourself."

"We'll talk about it when I get back from the province. The main problem is the cost of building the factory."

"We'll see when the time comes. If it really doesn't work out, the county won't allocate them; we'll just transfer them to the commune."

"This way, the commune members can get more, and their lives will be a little easier."

Huo Junshan bowed deeply to Xiao Hongjun: "Uncle Xiao, on behalf of the members of the Hongxing Brigade, thank you!"