Chapter 146 Zhou Yong's little thoughts were guessed by Xu Jianmin
"Brother, it's easy to solve this problem. Just add more grocery stores to each village. Wouldn't that solve the problem of unemployed people?"
As long as the village adds a grocery store, the commune will have to add a group of staff, and someone will be responsible for delivering goods, reconciling accounts, and counting inventory.
Moreover, the commune does not need to pay for opening a grocery store in the village, and each village brigade is responsible for paying the expenses.
Zhou Yong's words made Xu Jianmin frown: "But the policy doesn't allow it?"
The interests of the commune's grocery stores and supply and marketing cooperatives must be protected, so grocery stores or supply and marketing cooperatives are not allowed to open if they do not meet the requirements.
Zhou Yong glanced at his senior brother and said, "Policies are dead, but people are alive, right? Besides, it's already 1975, so policies should be used flexibly..."
If you follow the rules, your path will only become narrower and narrower. You need to learn to be flexible.
Xu Jianmin nodded. He felt that what Zhou Yong said made sense.
In addition to adding grocery stores to each village, there is also the medical sector. As long as we use our brains, the problem of unemployment can be easily solved.
There is no need to focus on assigning staff to those existing units; we can find another way.
After listening to Zhou Yong's words, Xu Jianmin felt as if his Ren and Du meridians were opened up, and he had a sense of enlightenment.
"Junior brother, you have more ideas. I know this trip will not be in vain..."
Zhou Yong raised his lips and smiled: "Brother, please go back and tell Secretary Zhang that in order to support his work, Huaixi Village is willing to add a grocery store, and as for medical staff, we can add a medical staff member..."
Xu Jianmin looked at Zhou Yong and chuckled softly, "You're killing two birds with one stone, kid. Do you really think that I didn't see anything?"
Huaixi Village applied for approval for a grocery store several times but failed. Now Zhou Yong took this opportunity to not only help Secretary Zhang solve the problem of unemployment, but also to bring benefits to the villagers.
With the grocery store, the people of Huaixi Village no longer have to go to the commune to purchase daily necessities. It is so convenient to buy things at their doorstep.
Zhou Yong was not embarrassed even though his little thoughts were discovered. After all, it was a matter of benefiting both himself and others, and everyone would benefit from his doing this.
Zhou Yong shrugged his shoulders: "Brother, I don't understand what you are saying."
Xu Jianmin raised his eyebrows, feeling that his fellow apprentice was becoming more and more cunning.
The matter was resolved, and Zhou Yong changed the subject and talked with Xu Jianmin about bringing electricity to Huaixi Village.
Nowadays, people with better conditions no longer use kerosene lamps and use candles instead, but Zhou Yong prefers to use electricity.
Xu Jianmin smiled bitterly: "Calculate the cost of drawing electricity from the commune. There is no money in the government at present. How can we provide electricity to Huaixi Village? Moreover, if Huaixi Village is electrified, other villages will also need electricity. This is a huge expense. Secretary Zhang will not agree..."
Zhou Yong looked at his senior brother and was at a loss for words. To be honest, he didn't know what those officials were doing.
We said we would seek benefits for the people, but what kind of life are the people living now?
Zhou Yong narrowed his eyes and said, "What if our village pulls the wires ourselves?"
Xu Jianmin was shocked: "The village can pull the wires themselves, but it will cost a lot of money. Can the village afford it?"
Huaixi Village paid for its own electricity supply, and even if other villages knew about it, they would not say anything.
Zhou Yong frowned slightly: "The money can't be opened at the moment, I'm just asking first."
If the brick factory had not been opened, the money in the brigade's account would have been enough to provide electricity to the village.
But the brick factory is the cornerstone of building a new countryside. Zhou Yong's idea is to wait until the brick factory is operating on track and there is money before providing electricity.
Xu Jianmin was in turmoil after hearing Zhou Yong's words: "Brother, tell me the truth, how much money is in the brigade's account now?"
Zhou Yong smiled and said, "Brother, what do you want to do?"
Xu Jianmin didn't want to do anything. He just wanted to know the current financial situation of Huaixi Village and advise his junior fellow apprentice to be more low-key in his conduct and work so as to avoid being targeted by certain people and becoming someone's money bag.
Zhou Yong looked at Xu Jianmin who was thinking about him, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Brother, don't worry. As long as I am here, Huaixi Village will not become anyone's money bag..."
As soon as Zhou Yong had money in the brigade's account, he started construction. Don't even think about getting money from him.
Xu Jianmin looked at Zhou Yong who was avoiding the main point and smiled helplessly: "Just know the answer yourself, I won't ask any more questions."
The reason why Zhou Yong did not tell the truth to his senior brother was that he had his own concerns.
Xu Jianmin is absolutely a good person, but he has one bad point: when he is drunk, he will say anything. If Secretary Zhang knows the true financial situation of Huaixi Village, the good days of Huaixi Village will be over.
After the brothers finished talking about business and chatted about family matters, Zhou Yong looked at the time and arranged to take Xu Jianmin home for dinner.
Xu Jianmin had other things to do, so he declined Zhou Yong's invitation and returned to the commune at around two o'clock.
After seeing Xu Jianmin off, Zhou Yong returned home with the brick factory approval documents.
Li Baotian read the document and laughed happily.
"The approval has finally been passed. If everyone knew about this, they would definitely be very happy..."
Zhou Yong looked at the excited Li Baotian and really didn't want to say anything that would awkwardly fool the audience, but there were some things he had to say.
"Dad, it's good to be approved for the brick factory, but hiring people is a difficult issue..."
As Zhou Yong spoke, the smile on Li Baotian's face gradually froze.
"Indeed, we need to carefully consider who to use and who not to use..."
There are more than 500 households and more than 3,000 people. The brick factory is not large and there are at most 40 to 50 workers. How are the jobs allocated?
Before a good solution is found, the approval of the brick factory cannot be announced to the public to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Li Baotian nodded continuously: "How about calling a meeting of the village cadres?"
Zhou Yong frowned: "Dad, what problems can a meeting solve? It will only make things more complicated..."
Every village cadre counts as one, and who doesn’t have several relatives?
If they are asked to reserve a job quota at that time, how will Zhou Yong and Li Baotian respond?
It's not the same thing to refuse outright, and it's not the same thing to agree to it.
Li Baotian thought about Zhou Yong's words and a look of distress appeared on his face.
"You're right. Let's not talk about the others. If your uncle, fourth uncle, and fifth uncle talk to Dad, I don't know what to do..."
There are hundreds of people in the Li family. How many quotas should be given to them?
These things need to be thought about in advance, otherwise you will offend many people.
The father-in-law and son-in-law were discussing ways to solve the problem in the east room when Li Jingchu pushed the door and walked in crying.
Li Baotian stood up from the edge of the kang, picked up his eldest grandson, and wiped the child's tears: "What happened?"
Five-year-old Li Jingchu hugged his grandfather's neck and began to complain.
Zhou Yong listened quietly, looking at his eldest son, and then he looked up at the roof.
Without waiting for Li Jingchu to finish his words, Li Jingen rushed into the house angrily, pointed at his elder brother and complained about his grievances.
Li Jingchu and Li Jingen started arguing. Li Baotian looked at the two brothers and couldn't get a word in.
Zhou Yong rubbed his face, unable to bear it any longer: "Shut up, everyone. Tell me what's going on, one by one."
When Li Jingchu and Li Jingen saw Zhou Yong got angry, the two boys finally calmed down.
Zhou Yong said with a stern face: "Goudan, you speak first."
Li Jingchu sobbed and observed Zhou Yong's expression: "Dad, he hit me with a snowball, it hurt."
Zhou Yong raised his eyebrows: "And then?"
Li Jingen curled his lips, looking unconvinced: "But didn't you hit me too?"
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