Chapter 107 Released

The kiln was built quickly, and they did not hire any extra workers. The six male educated youths, Fang Yuan, and two masters worked on it. It took three to five days for Master Hua to find the clay he was satisfied with.

Fang Yuan was really capable. When he returned from a trip, he brought back an almost new excavator. He drove it back himself, which made all the members of the commune lose interest in farming. Adults and children followed him everywhere.

An Zhixia was startled from the commune office and hurried over with her colleagues on bicycles to watch. When she arrived, the excavator had already dug a large pit and was digging out clay bucket by bucket.

"Today's machines are really powerful. If we rely on manpower, who knows how long it would take," the old master said with emotion. "Fang Xiaozi said that after this batch of bricks is ready, the commune will also buy an excavator and a truck for transporting goods! If I hadn't stopped him, saying that blue bricks are a slow and careful process, he would have also built a set of red brick mixing and pressing production line equipment."

"It's like the potato shreds shredded with a tool, they're not as delicious as the ones cut by hand, right?" An Zhixia asked.

Master Hua nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "Yes, many traditional crafts in our Xiahua country are very particular, and even a small detail cannot be sloppy. Take cooking, which everyone knows. The choice of ingredients, round eggplants and long eggplants are both eggplants, but the cooking methods are different. Stewing chicken with potatoes, cutting into pieces and slices is also very particular, and then what seasonings to put, what pot and fire to use, and the steps in the middle cannot be reversed. If one step is wrong, the food you get will be far from a delicacy.

When we mix mud, it is the same as kneading dough. The one made by hand is different from the one made by machine. Since you invited me to come, I will be persistent in my work.

I would rather do it slowly than ruin my lifelong reputation as a master brick-maker!"

"Master Hua, we are not in a hurry. We will burn bricks to build a school for the children first, then build a farm, build our own factory, and then build a better commune. The villagers can come here with work points, fruits and vegetables to exchange for bricks to build houses at home.

The original intention of the brick factory is to benefit the people. Once our own people can use the good bricks, we will export them and make your name famous! "

"Good, good, good, you are indeed a good kid from Xin Xia Hua!"

Although the brick kiln did not recruit new employees, some young people who had good relationships with the company and were full of enthusiasm came over to help for free after finishing a day's work.

For the first batch of blue bricks, everyone was extremely cautious and every step and every data was strictly recorded.

An Zhixia had nothing to do, so she and her brother carried food and fruits from the canteen to support everyone mentally. She was also observing how hard everyone worked. It must be said that people in this era were too honest. They really worked hard, sweat dripped, and the veins on their arms and necks bulged.

Even Zheng Lizhi, who didn't like taking on responsibilities but wanted to have a good reputation, didn't think of being lazy.

If this batch of bricks is ready, the agricultural and sideline products factory will have another business project, and more brick kilns will definitely be built to meet the needs of everyone, so recruiting workers is imperative. The current helpers can become the first batch of formal employees of the brick factory as long as they are willing, and enjoy a basic salary of 20 yuan per month, various benefits and performance bonuses.

As soon as she and her brother returned to the village with the empty baskets, they saw a group of people gathered under a tree, talking about something.

As soon as they saw the brother and sister coming, they immediately dispersed with awkward smiles, fearing that they would be put on An Zhixia's blacklist because of their gossip, which would affect the recruitment of young people in the family in the future.

However, one old lady couldn't help but whispered, "Director Xiao An, those three have been released. One had his head shaved, and the other two had short hair like men. Their faces were all bruised, as if they had committed a serious crime. It seems that Cui Goudan was fired by the factory, and they said that a person who was in police custody, no matter what the reason, would have a bad influence on other employees in the factory. In order not to affect the normal production of the factory, they can only give him some money and let him go home to farm."

"When they came back in the afternoon, someone from the commune came to tell the whole village about this matter, asking us to raise our awareness, not to make mistakes ourselves, and to supervise the villagers to prevent them from making mistakes. We must eliminate mistakes fundamentally. In the future, we will have to watch them correct their mistakes. If there are any signs of wrongdoing, we will send them to the police station!"

"You don't know how embarrassed we were when the cadres said these things. Three people from our village have been sent to jail. People from the surrounding villages have been laughing at us for two months, and there will be more jokes in the future."

The villagers were just talking, and they were not foolish enough to blame An Zhixia for this.

Before An Zhixia and the others could say anything, they saw Niu Wang running over with a group of friends, shouting anxiously at them, "Sister Xiao An, Uncle An, go and have a look! The Cui family is throwing feces and urine at your door and yard!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone got angry. Well, the Cui family was really desperate. They just got out of the police station and started making trouble. So the police station had no right to deal with such disputes?

An Zhixia gritted her teeth and rode her bike home with her brother.

From a distance, he saw the Cui family standing at the door of their house, with scarves on their faces, buckets and ladles in their hands. They glanced at him and then confidently poured the yellow liquid in the ladles toward the wall.

The front wall, door and top of the wall were all covered with these things, and the air was filled with a strong smell that made people hold their breath and gag.

Cui Chengjun and his wife did not come, nor did Cui Tianhao. Instead, it was Cui Tianhao's brother and sister-in-law and his cousin's sister-in-law who came. The one who splashed the most violently was Cui's eldest daughter-in-law, who was five or six months pregnant. She was pregnant, holding a ladle in her hand, glaring at An Zhixia, and splashing water, cursing: "What are you doing all day long, an outsider? Our ancestors have been farming peacefully for generations, but you come here to dig holes to raise fish and dig soil to make bricks. Bah, you bitch, you have seduced all the young and old men in the village to hang around you.

My brother-in-law is such an excellent man, but you can't hook up with him, so you push him to the police station. I have never seen a bitch as black-hearted as you!

If you don't let my family live well, I won't let you live well either. Ha, this is Hetang Village, not your Kyoto."

Another daughter-in-law also threw a tantrum: "Men dare not do anything to you, but my sister-in-law and I are not afraid. What face do we need when we have lost our dignity and money? If you don't pay 5,000 yuan in compensation, we will continue to fight with you and see who will suffer in the end!"

It’s not that there are people around who want to stop it, but when people move forward, others will use buckets to pour manure on them. No one wants to meddle in other people’s affairs while being covered in manure, right?

The An siblings were very angry. This was too shameless. Did they really think they were soft persimmons and there was no way to fight back?

It will be on the shelves tomorrow! It will be on the shelves tomorrow! It will be on the shelves tomorrow! It is important to say it three times. There will be more news.

(End of this chapter)