"Meeting! Gather for a meeting!"
As soon as the captain's horn sounded, the team quickly became agitated, and people from each family went out one after another to gather.
Han Zheng went to a meeting in his grandfather's place and came over to greet them first. "Huaying, are you guys ready?"
"alright."
They stewed the pheasants they hunted yesterday tonight, and just boiled some hot water for washing their hair and taking a bath. After all the busy work, it was already seven o'clock.
Lin Shan and Jiang Yuan both have short hair, which dries easily after washing. Yun Huaying has medium-long hair, which she dried slightly with a towel, combed twice, and then hurried out.
When they arrived, the threshing ground was full of people. Everyone brought their own benches and held a palm-leaf fan.
Zhao Qingqing had already taken a seat, and there was still room for someone to sit next to her even if they squeezed in. She waved at them, "Yun Zhiqing, Brother Zheng, come sit here."
Yang Min originally wanted to ask them to sit over there with the educated youth, but when she saw the three of them had gone to Zhao Qingqing's side, she stopped talking.
Although the three of them were all educated youth, perhaps because they didn't live together, they didn't interact much, only chatting briefly while working. Relatively speaking, they had better relationships with the villagers, and their social skills made the older educated youth somewhat envious.
There was no electricity in the production team, but there was still some light in the sky. After everyone arrived, Zhao Xuelin didn't say any nonsense and went straight to the main topic of tonight's meeting.
"I believe everyone in the team already knows that Han Zheng helped us purchase and assemble a rice mill and an oil press. They have been tested and are now operational. The rice mill and oil press are located at the entrance of the village. We have already arranged for people to start working on them, and they will be completed in two or three days."
"We have the machines and the site. We're organizing a team meeting tonight to discuss the labor issue."
"Many members have come to me before, and I understand their intentions. However, this is a collective enterprise, and I can't make the final decision on my own. So, I'm organizing everyone to be present tonight, and we'll vote by show of hands."
His speech was unanimously approved by everyone, who shouted loudly: "Okay, raise your hands and vote."
Zhao Xuelin raised his hand for silence and continued, "Before we vote, I have something to say. As you all know, not every commune has a rice mill and an oil press. Han Zheng has been very helpful to us this time, and the commune leaders are very supportive and optimistic about us. Secretary Li even gave me a task, telling us in the Dongjiang Brigade to make sure these two collective workshops are up and running."
"I'm organizing a meeting today. Before we vote on the staff, I want everyone to come up with ideas on how to run the rice mill and oil press so that we can quickly make money and gain recognition from the commune leaders."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xiami, who was sitting in the corner, asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Rice comes to be milled, and rapeseed comes to be pressed for oil. Isn't that how the business is run?"
Others had the same idea as him, "Yeah, isn't that how it's done?"
Seeing that none of them understood what he meant, Zhao Xuelin had to explain more clearly: "Dongjiang Brigade has a rice mill and oil press here. Two or three neighboring brigades may choose to come here to mill rice and press oil, but the number is limited, and some people are already accustomed to going to the original rice mill. We have to find a way to integrate them all and bring them here to increase our income."
"Captain, this is a matter for your village cadres."
It was Liu Xiu who spoke first. She was still resentful of the captain's punishment, so she made her attitude clear and went against him.
Zhao Xuelin saw through her thoughts at a glance, and now he also saw through her character. Not only was she lazy and greedy, but she also had a lot of bad intentions. Such a person was a rat shit, very disgusting, so he was very rude when answering her.
"The rice mill and oil press are collective assets of the production team, not mine personally or as the private property of our village cadres. I'm organizing the entire team to discuss this matter with the goal of increasing their income. After all, once the rice mill and oil press are operational, there will be a considerable annual income, which will be distributed to each household. It's enough to buy each family two or three new sets of clothes by the end of the year."
"Of course, if someone in the team objects to building a rice mill and oil press, I respect her opinion and will definitely exclude her from the selection process. The team will definitely not force her into anything."
As soon as Zhao Xuelin finished speaking, Wang Huiyu rolled her eyes at Liu Xiu and said in a neither loud nor soft voice: "Idiot! Idiot!"
"Wang Huiyu, who are you talking about?" Liu Xiu immediately pointed the finger at her.
"Whoever responds will be the one."
Wang Huiyu wasn't afraid of her. She looked at her with disdain and deliberately raised her hand: "Team Leader, Liu Xiu's attitude clearly shows that she doesn't support the team's collective work. Although she has come to the countryside, she hasn't integrated into the team. She has serious individualistic thinking and only cares about her own comfort. She doesn't contribute to the team's collective efforts. Now she is holding the team back. People like this should be severely punished to correct their thinking and attitude."
"support!"
Lin Shan was the second to raise her hand, shouting in a low voice, "Team leader, fellow village cadres, Liu Xiu's thinking is not correct. He violates the original intention and significance of sending educated youth to the countryside. He deserves severe criticism and punishment."
"Lin Shan, stop talking nonsense. How have I gone against my original intention?" Liu Xiu jumped up and pointed at her and shouted.
Lin Shan sat upright in her chair, her neck tilted back as she shouted back, "The great Chairman said that educated youth should go to the countryside to receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants, using their acquired knowledge to support rural development and promote economic and cultural progress in the countryside. Now the team leader and village cadres have worked tirelessly to change the current situation in the production team, braving difficulties to lead the entire team out of poverty. They've already arranged a good path forward for everyone. As team members, we should be fully supporting them, but you're dragging your feet here."
"You don't take any action or contribute, you don't consider yourself a member of the production team, you don't consider the collective interests, and you put all the responsibility on the village cadres. You have serious ideological problems."
"Also, your actions indirectly hinder the development of the production team and affect the vital interests of the entire team. This goes against the original intention of the great Chairman to send educated youth to the countryside."
Liu Xiu was so choked by her words that his face turned red and he was very angry. His relatively handsome face was distorted by anger.
However, the village cadres' eyes were shining when they looked at Lin Shan. What a guy, he is indeed an educated person with high ideological awareness. His words are simply template excerpts from radio and newspapers.
“Pah pah pah…”
Yun Huaying pursed her lips and smiled, and was the first to applaud Lin Shan.
Immediately afterwards, the others began to applaud, and Wang Huiyu also stood up and said while clapping, "Lin Shan, you are absolutely right. Liu Xiu has serious ideological problems and should receive the most severe criticism and punishment."
"Shut up right there." Liu Xiu was so angry that he was going crazy.
Liu Ping, who was sitting next to her, couldn't stand her stupidity. This time, he was smart enough not to stand up to support her. When he lowered his head, there was obvious disgust and contempt in his eyes.
Zhao Xuelin mentally credited Lin Shan and Wang Huiyu, but seeing Liu Xiu's unhappy expression, he said, "Alright, let's discuss the collective affairs now. We can discuss your ideological issues later."
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