"Yes, since Deputy Director Xu knows what I want to ask, why don't we sit down and talk?"
Xu Weiguo looked around and gestured for Zhang Jianhong to follow him.
After reaching a relatively quiet corner, Xu Weiguo said, "We will definitely keep our promise to you. However, now is not the best time yet, so please wait a little longer."
“Now that Xu Weimin has confessed, if we don’t take action, his unit’s house will be taken back, and it will be very difficult for him to buy it back.”
Zhang Jianhong felt that now was the best time, because Xu Weimin had been arrested, and the Xu family was now leaderless.
Xu Weiguo pointed in the direction of the Revolutionary Committee: "Have you forgotten which unit Xu Weimin works for?"
"As long as Fang Hui gives the word, it won't be difficult for them to delay taking possession of the house for ten or fifteen days."
“If you go there now, there’s no guarantee you’ll be able to buy the house. But in a couple of days, after Xu Weimin’s verdict comes out.”
"I can guarantee that you can buy their house in the village without any problems."
Zhang Jianhong was skeptical of his words: "Then I'll wait a few more days. If you haven't sent anyone to find me after five days, I'll go directly to the Xu family to find them."
"No problem, Xu Weimin's verdict will definitely be out within five days."
......
The first thing the brigade secretary and village chief Huang did upon returning to the village was to gather the educated youth together for a meeting.
Originally, according to Village Chief Huang's idea, only the three educated youths from Huangjia Village were to be assigned to the workshop.
However, on the way back, the brigade secretary talked to him, and in the end they decided to arrange for the three educated youth from Chenjia Village to work in the workshop as well.
The reason was simple: the second brigade only had three female educated youths, two of whom were in Chenjia Village. So they simply assigned them all to the educated youths from Chenjia Village.
Because after being sent to the countryside, I was very tired every day at work.
They were all a little dissatisfied when the lunch break finally arrived and they were called in for a meeting by the brigade.
But when they learned that they could actually work in the workshop, their dissatisfaction vanished!
"So, are you willing to work in the workshop? Let me make it clear first, the work points will definitely not be many, probably about the same as what you've earned in the last two days."
"If you're not willing, we won't force you..."
"Yes! Not at all forced!"
When the educated youth heard that there was such a good thing, how could they possibly refuse!
Several female educated youths were overjoyed; heaven knows how much they had suffered these past two days.
The people in the brigade were actually very kind to them; they didn't scold them, and no one looked down on them.
However, having lived in the city since childhood, they had never done farm work before, and in just two short days, their hands had already been injured several times.
They're already content to receive work points without having to do farm work. As for your comment about the low number of work points, so what?
They couldn't earn many work points working in the fields, so they might as well eat less, as long as they didn't starve.
The same applies to male educated youth. Although they are stronger than female educated youth, they are also not used to doing farm work.
Now that they have other options, they would definitely be willing to accept them. Even if they had the time, they couldn't earn a full set of work points like the villagers.
Seeing that none of the educated youth had any objections, the brigade secretary and Village Chief Huang nodded in satisfaction: "Alright, we'll contact you again once the workshop is officially operational."
"Xu Xiaofang, Chen Xiaoman, Chen Yingdi, Li Fangzhu, and Li Shun. The five of you are responsible for filling in the dates on the pickled vegetable labels."
“Song Mincheng, you are the accountant, responsible for keeping the books for the workshop. Your work points are the same.”
"Except for Song Mincheng, everyone else will continue working normally for the next few days. We will notify you when work officially starts."
The other five educated youths looked at Song Mincheng with great envy, not because they envied him for becoming an accountant, but because they envied him for being able to escape the fate of doing farm work a few days earlier.
......
For the next two days, everything seemed calm on the surface.
Xu Weiguo tried to urge Xu Weimin about the progress of his case, but was always given the runaround.
Xu Weiguo felt something was particularly wrong, because cases like this, with solid evidence and the perpetrator already confessing, usually close within one or two days.
This situation doesn't seem quite right. So Xu Weiguo went to find Fang Hui to see if he had any ideas.
After hearing what he said, Fang Hui exclaimed excitedly, "This is a good thing!"
"Think about it, in this situation, there are most likely people helping him out behind the scenes."
"But no matter what, he can't escape more than ten years of labor reform. We can also take this opportunity to see who is helping him behind the scenes."
“These people must have something on Xu Weimin’s hands. We can take this opportunity to write them down.”
Xu Weiguo frowned: "If that's the case, then we've wasted our efforts."
"Why would we waste our efforts? Even if Xu Weimin survives, he will definitely lose his job."
"Moreover, Xu Weimin may survive, but Xu Jingui certainly won't."
"Don't you think that after Xu Weimin has been sent to a labor camp for ten or eight years, he will eventually find out that his son has already passed away many years ago?"
"Wouldn't that be a bigger blow to him?"
Xu Weiguo wondered if this would be an even bigger blow to Xu Weimin.
But he knew that Fang Hui's heart was truly black!
Fang Hui was speechless under Xu Weiguo's gaze: "Seriously, what kind of look is that?"
"It's nothing, I just think you're particularly suited to this treacherous world. I feel like you and Zhang Jianhong must have a lot in common."
What Xu Weiguo didn't say was that he felt Fang Hui was just as ruthless as Zhang Jianhong.
......
Huang Qinqin went back to Huangjia Village these past two days and resolved the issues with the labels and bottles.
Then I went to find out about the progress of pickling the village's salted vegetables.
When Grandma Huang saw Huang Qinqin return, her first reaction was happiness.
My second reaction was: "Qinqin, how come your belly is so big?! Aren't you only about four months pregnant?"
Upon hearing this, Huang Qinqin looked down at her stomach and asked, "Grandma, is my stomach very big?"
"Wow, it's huge! And how did it get so big so fast? It looked perfectly normal just a few days ago. It looks like someone's belly is five or six months big now."
Huang Qinqin remembered that she had forgotten to tell Grandma Huang and the others that she was pregnant with twins!
She said somewhat guiltily, "That's normal, after all, I'm carrying twins..."
"What?! Twins?!"
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