After a few steps, they arrived at the ward of the health center. Zhao Tiechui consoled Li Daya and said, "Captain Li! Is this really the loss of your production team? Why do I find it hard to believe it?"
Holding the piece of paper, Zhao Tiechui looked at Li Daya with a smile and asked.
However, he asked this only to get further confirmation from Li Daya.
If the losses of these production brigades were much lower than those of other communes, what does that mean?
This shows that I, as the director of the commune, have made great contributions!
Otherwise, why would our commune suffer the least loss?
It must have been under the wise leadership of the commune that the rat plague was effectively dealt with!
However, when Li Daya heard this, he immediately thought that his lie was exposed.
He immediately looked embarrassed and began to argue:
"Ah? Director Zhao, you...what do you mean?
The losses of our production brigade are… those! There can’t be any false reports. We won’t… we won’t make false reports.”
It would have been better if he didn't say that. Once he said that, it showed how smart Zhao Tiechui was!
I immediately realized that there was something fishy and wrong.
He narrowed his eyes, his expression changed immediately, and he said to Li Daya sternly:
"Are you still going to hide it from me? I already know it.
If you confess now, I can still regard it as you being confused for a moment and not hold you responsible.
Otherwise, do you know what crime it is to falsely report these losses to the commune?"
"Ah! It's not me! I really didn't mean to make up a story!
Director Zhao, it was our team leader who told me to say this.
He said that since the rat plague had come, all the major production brigades would surely suffer.
Who knows how much our production brigade's real losses were? If we report a false figure, we can get more compensation and assistance from the commune.
He said, "Just say this, Director, you will never find out."
He was the one who tricked me! I didn’t want to do this. If I didn’t do this, the captain would have told me to quit as the vice-captain.”
Li Daya was so frightened that he immediately got up from the bed and answered tremblingly.
Although Zhao Tiechui's face was calm, his heart was immediately filled with turmoil. He immediately asked:
"Then tell me, what is the actual loss of your production team?"
Yes! Zhao Tiechui needs to find out the actual losses so that he can understand the situation of the rat plague and see how to report it in the best way for himself.
"The actual loss is less than... less than one-third of what was reported! There are still quite a few stubborn people who refuse to listen to our captain.
Otherwise, our captain could have taken the diesel lumps home and, when the rat plague came, ignited them to drive out and burn the rats to death, and there wouldn’t have been such a huge loss.”
Li Daya was so frightened that he told everything he knew without hiding anything.
Zhao Tiechui was even more shocked when he heard this: "What do you mean? Where did your captain get the diesel blocks? Could it be that... it was the ones that Lin Huowang applied for from the army? Did your production team really bring them back to the village later?"
"Yes! Director Zhao, our captain said so.
Not only our production team, but other team leaders also took the trouble to bring back all the diesel just in case.
Moreover, like our production team, they went door to door to tell the villagers that there might be a rat plague during the New Year.
Anyway, it is up to them whether to listen or not. But all the villagers who listened took some protective measures and avoided major losses when the rat plague came!
Most of those who died or were seriously injured were disobedient, so it’s not anyone else’s fault.
Our production team has fulfilled its obligation to remind people..."
Before Li Daya finished speaking, Zhao Tiechui immediately laughed excitedly:
"Haha! Okay! That's great!
If every production brigade did this, then wouldn't the losses of our Red Star Commune and the entire commune be very low?
This is truly a tremendous achievement!
This great achievement is mine, it was really sent to me by God..."
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