Chapter 145 Huaixi Village Brick Factory Procedures Approved
The Sun family lives a very difficult life in Huaixi Village. Sun Qing is now a warehouse manager, with a monthly salary and food allowance. Shao Hongmei's niece doesn't even look down on a man with such conditions. Ma San can only say that she is ambitious.
After three rounds of drinking, the party ended and everyone went home to see their mothers.
The next day, Xing Laoqi got up early and went to his eldest brother-in-law's house. As soon as he heard the story, his eldest brother-in-law and his wife hurried to his mother-in-law's house.
Shao Hongmei's niece thought Sun Qing had good personal conditions and agreed to meet him. Xing Laoqi hurried back to Huaixi Village and found Accountant Sun again.
Sun Qing's marriage has almost become a concern for the Sun family. The young man is handsome and has something to offer in all aspects. He has looked at several candidates, but he doesn't like any of them.
After being persuaded by Accountant Sun, Sun Qing agreed to meet a girl, but he did not hold high hopes for this marriage.
The blind date was scheduled for three days later. On the day of the blind date, Xing Laoqi and his wife, his eldest brother-in-law and his wife, and their daughter came to Sun's house.
Shao Hongmei's niece is as pretty as a flower, with a good figure and a slender stature. There is no reason for Sun Qing to look down on her.
The marriage was arranged smoothly. The Shao family was afraid that there would be more trouble if the wedding was not arranged, so they explained the situation to the Sun family. After the two families discussed it, the wedding was scheduled for August 16th of the Gregorian calendar and June 26th of the lunar calendar.
In the leap May of 1971, autumn preparations began to take place in September, so if the wedding could not be scheduled in August, it would have to be scheduled in October or later.
People feel happy when they are happy. Since Sun Qing got engaged, this boy has been smiling all day long. Zhou Yong and Li Hongjun tease him from time to time.
Living a simple and warm life day after day, every household in Huaixi Village leads a prosperous life.
It can be said that as long as you are not lazy when living in Huaixi Village, you can have enough food to eat and every household will have some extra money to live on.
The villagers’ current life is all thanks to Zhou Yong, so since it started, adults and children in Huaixi Village have become very close to him.
Zhou Yong noticed the changes in the villagers, but he didn't take it to heart.
In September 1972, after three years of unremitting efforts, Dongshan was finally razed to the ground.
The villagers cheered. What they paid for this day was not only their sweat, but more importantly, their expectations for the future.
However, what the villagers did not expect was that after a meeting of village cadres, they unanimously decided to move Nanshan.
Many villagers were puzzled by this decision. After all, in the eyes of many people, as long as the East Mountain was moved without affecting everyone's travel, there was no need to move the South Mountain.
Zhou Yong explained that moving the land area of Nanshan Huaixi Village would not only increase it by dozens of times, but the villagers would have better development in the future.
If it were in the past, Zhou Yong's words would have been questioned and opposed by the villagers. However, now under his leadership, the lives of the villagers are getting better and better, and many people have blindly trusted and followed him.
On September 15th, blasting sounds were heard at Nanshan. The villagers had accumulated three years of experience in moving mountains, and they seemed to be at ease when faced with this kind of work again.
Spring went and winter came, and it took two whole years for Nanshan to turn into a flat land.
During the Spring Festival of 1975, after Zhou Yong's repeated efforts, the procedures for opening a brick factory in Huaixi Village were finally approved.
The moment he received the approval document, Zhou Yong was so happy that he hugged his senior brother Xu Jianmin excitedly.
"Look how happy you are."
He ran around a lot to open the brick factory, and had to beg everyone for approval. Just imagine how Zhou Yong felt at that moment.
Zhou Yong let go of his senior brother, put down the documents in his hand and poured water for Xu Jianmin.
"Don't bother, I'm not an outsider."
Originally, Xu Jianmin didn't need to deliver the approval document in person, but in order to give his junior fellow apprentice a surprise, he took on the job of delivering the letter.
Zhou Yong smiled brightly: "How can that be possible? Senior Brother, you are a very busy man. It's rare for you to come to Huaixi Village. I have to flatter you..."
Xu Jianmin shook his head and said with a smile: "Even my senior brother joked that you are becoming more and more disrespectful."
Zhou Yong smiled and handed a cup of boiled water to Xu Jianmin, who took it with both hands.
"Although the brick factory matter has been settled, I heard from Secretary Zhang that he is going to put a group of unemployed people in the brick factory..."
Before Xu Jianmin came, he found Secretary Zhang and asked him if he had any message for his junior fellow apprentice.
What he didn't expect was that Secretary Zhang actually had something to say to Zhou Yong, wanting to arrange a group of unemployed people to go to the brick factory.
Zhou Yong's smile faded a little, and there was a sneer in his eyes: "We don't have to pay a penny, and we have to do everything ourselves. It's a dream to let the unemployed people go..."
If the county pays for opening a brick factory, Secretary Zhang can hire as many unemployed people as he wants without paying a penny. If he wants to profit from the factory after it's done, Zhou Yong won't do it!
Xu Jianmin frowned after hearing what his junior said: "It's a public matter, why do you have to make things difficult for Secretary Zhang? It will be good for you to do him a favor."
Zhou Yong understood the truth, but this matter made him feel aggrieved.
As for the original intention of opening the brick factory, Zhou Yong wanted to build a new countryside because he found that building houses with stone bricks was too time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Zhou Yong glanced at Xu Jianmin and said something ambiguous: "Brother, you know how many people there are in Huaixi Village. Workers can only be selected from the villagers. If outsiders are used, I will not be responsible for any trouble..."
Xu Jianmin looked solemn, he knew that his junior fellow apprentice was not exaggerating.
There are limited jobs in the brick factory, and with more than 3,000 villagers in Huaixi Village, it is difficult to allocate the positions. One can imagine how the villagers feel when outsiders get involved.
Suppressing and excluding outsiders is secondary. If someone dies, both Secretary Zhang and Zhou Yong will be in trouble.
Xu Jianmin fell into deep thought: "The problem is that there are too many unemployed people now. I go to the commune every day to find them. Secretary Zhang has no other choice but to send the unemployed people to the brick factory..."
Zhou Yong understands Secretary Zhang’s difficulties, but the problem is that he also has his own difficulties.
Zhou Yong thought for a moment and said, "If that doesn't work, let Secretary Zhang open a few more brick factories. Wouldn't that solve all the problems?"
Xu Jianmin's smile was bitter: "It's easy for you to say that, but isn't the problem that the commune has no money?"
The finance department has been complaining about being poor and having no money every year, and the only ones who suffer are the lower-level people and cadres like them.
Zhou Yong frowned and drank a sip of water slowly. He was trying to find a way to solve the problem for Secretary Zhang.
Secretary Zhang was very helpful to Zhou Yong in public and also treated him well in private.
No matter how you look at these things, Zhou Yong can't just sit back and watch.
But how easy is it to solve this problem?
Unless Zhou Yong builds the factory with his own money, which he absolutely cannot do.
If he were to take out a large sum of money in his own name, he would be the first one to be in trouble.
No one is stupid, Zhou Yong would not do anything to dig his own grave.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yong was in a dilemma. Xu Jianmin looked at him and said, "Junior brother, have you thought of a solution?"
Zhou Yong looked at Xu Jianmin with complicated eyes, let alone he really had an idea.
However, this idea is somewhat difficult to implement and requires cooperation from leaders of various departments.
However, these matters are not within Zhou Yong's scope of concern. He has given the idea, and the rest depends on Secretary Zhang's own ability.
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