"Wasn't it all very lively just now?"
Director Han took a leisurely sip of tea.
"Why aren't you talking now?"
Everyone in the audience was avoiding his gaze, except for a certain boy who was "drunk-eyed" and seemed to have only a silly smile on his face.
Seeing that his subordinates were pretending to be dead, the deputy director simply spoke directly.
"It's been a quarter since the XPCC reform. Previously, everyone was busy with spring plowing, so the bureau didn't assign this task to us."
"Now that the spring plowing task has been completed, the burden left by our Corps can only be borne by our agricultural reclamation department."
"Are you pretending to be deaf and dumb? I'm telling you, it's no use!"
After hearing this, the directors, both big and small, in the audience had faces filled with resistance and bitterness.
The deputy director had a sullen face.
"I advise everyone to be proactive and don't let me single you out for assignment. There will be no room for bargaining then!"
At this time, a brave farm director finally spoke loudly.
"Leaders, it's not that we don't want to cooperate with the bureau's work, but these people are completely useless to us."
"That's right, those old men and women couldn't even carry anything. They almost starved to death when they were working on the farm..."
"Besides, we've already finished all the work on our farm, and there's no one else who needs their help. If they're assigned here at this time, wouldn't they just be eating and drinking for free?"
There was even a scoundrel farm director who spoke in a pinched voice.
"The people have already been taken away, why are you still trying to retreat?"
The task that the bureau had just assigned was to forcibly distribute a portion of the farms to the lower-level FANG personnel who had been temporarily transferred to the Corps Headquarters before the restructuring.
Because these old men and women were not included in the educated youth system, all units and departments gave priority to the allocation of educated youth during the integration process. As a result, this group of old men and women with low labor force became a burden that no one cared about.
In addition, most of them were not in very good physical condition, so none of the farm directors in the audience were willing to take on this hot potato.
No matter how much noise there is, the task assignment must still be carried out.
The Department of Agricultural Reclamation has forcibly assigned the tasks to each agricultural reclamation bureau, and Director Han and his colleagues naturally followed suit and forcibly distributed the tasks downwards.
After more than ten minutes of commotion, the directors of the major farms could only hold their noses and pick and choose from the list.
No one is a fool. No one chooses those old men and women who are in poor health, stubborn and too old.
After careful selection among hundreds of farm directors, there were still thirteen people left who no one was interested in.
Director Han frowned and started knocking on the table again.
"So, are you planning to leave these thirteen people to the bureau?"
"No matter how you guys make a fuss today or how you guys discuss things, these thirteen people must be assigned to me!"
The people in the audience immediately began to blame each other and flatter their colleagues.
Whose director respects the elderly and loves the young, whose farm has a high yield, whose farm has less work to do but kind people...
Zhang Hongcheng, who had nothing to do with the Hongqi Wetland Farm, was dancing the most happily under the influence of alcohol.
He recommended more than ten farm directors sitting around him one by one, and these people were so angry that they glared at Zhang Hongcheng with red faces and thick necks.
Suddenly, the farm director who was staring at Zhang Hongcheng seemed to think of something and his eyes lit up instantly.
The man grabbed Director Zhang, who was acting crazy while drunk, stood up and started shouting at the stage.
"Several leaders, please look over here!"
"Director Xiao Zhang is so enthusiastic, how could such a good thing be left out?"
Another farm director also reacted and hurriedly helped the man to support Zhang Hongcheng who was about to hide.
"That's right!"
"Leaders, if we talk about farms with little work, isn't Hongqi Wetland Farm the one with the least?"
"Well, I agree with this suggestion. Most of the young people at the Hongqi Wetland Farm are from Shanghai. I heard they are gentle and good-tempered."
"Exactly. I heard the water just receded and the soil at Hongqi Farm is so soft that even old men and women can dig it up with their feet!"
Zhang Hongcheng seemed to be frightened and hurriedly pretended to be a quail and tried to shrink back.
But seven or eight pairs of strong hands around him stopped him with a smile.
Director Han and the deputy director looked at each other in surprise.
yes!
Among all the farms, only Hongqi Farm has no production tasks.
Director Han had already found out that Zhang Hongcheng had hidden a huge amount of food in the wetland farm, so adding a dozen mouths to feed the elderly men and women was no big deal.
Moreover, I heard that the educated youths at the wetland farm have been learning and making progress. How can they not take care of a dozen old men and women when they have nothing to do?
Speaking of which, Zhang Hongcheng's character and ability are impeccable, especially his mouth, which is perfect for fooling those stubborn old men and women!
The deputy director lowered his voice with a flickering look in his eyes.
"Old Han, I think Xiao Zhang's land is pretty good. There's only one road in and out of Hongqi Wetland, so there's no need to worry about these people running away."
"If these thirteen half-disabled old men and women didn't work at any other farm, they would definitely be complained by the educated youth, but Hongqi Wetland Farm has no production tasks this year!"
Upon hearing this, Director Han smiled at Zhang Hongcheng, who was trembling with fear and regret in the audience.
"Director Xiao Zhang, you brought this up yourself!"
"If you can't drink, then stop showing off. Look! Haven't you incurred public wrath?"
"It's all thanks to you. Since the Construction Corps days, no one in our bureau has received so much support."
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