Chapter 92 Chapter 92 Comrade Liang Xin, you still owe me...
"Comrade Liang Xin, please be patient."
Minister Zou sighed, "The bakery's money is earned by the bakery itself. As we said at the beginning, how and where to use it is up to you. Comrade Liang Xin, I know you have feelings and righteousness, but this is a military camp, and the bakery is a temporary factory for military dependents. You want to build houses for the martyrs' families, which is rare in the history of the entire army."
Liang Xin understood what Minister Zou meant, and asked calmly, "Who provoked the martyr's family?"
"It really has nothing to do with you, so I say you are kind and righteous."
Minister Zou said: "The purpose of the military dependents factory was to solve the employment problem of military dependents, not to solve the employment problem of martyrs' families. Martyrs' families have government subsidies and local care. You also need to help them build houses. The 11th Division's military dependents factory has developed well, and other local factories are almost unable to make ends meet."
"Minister Zou means that the people who reported Jiangmen Farm were not from the 11th Division."
Minister Zou shook his head. "It's hard to say."
"It doesn't matter who reported it now, and I don't really care."
Liang Xin said, "The attitude of the school is also not to recommend building houses for the employees of the flour mill?"
"I definitely support you, Comrade Liang Xin."
Minister Zou first stated his position, "But building houses for martyrs' families is indeed a precedent that has never appeared in the military. If the current vicious cycle of military factories converting military to civilian use continues, more and more people will be jealous of the 11th Division Bakery. I have an idea."
Liang Xin said, "Please speak."
Minister Zou said: "Since the bakery is a temporary factory for dependents of the military, as long as you recruit more dependents of the military like the pharmaceutical factory, and help the local government solve some unemployed young people, then it will be worthy of the name, and the reason for reporting will naturally not be established. When the time comes to build staff dormitories, no matter how jealous others are, they will not be able to find fault with you."
Liang Xin looked at Minister Zou without saying anything.
Minister Zou was also silent for about a minute or two, unable to discern what Liang Xin meant, and advised: "Comrade Liang Xin, the bakery is a small business, no one will care, but the profits made by the bakery are really amazing. In the past, everyone ate ready-made meals and had no time to care about others. Now suddenly it has changed to finding rice for the pot, and the 11th Division has naturally been pushed to the cusp. You are a college student, you should understand this principle."
"Minister Zou."
Liang Xin raised her eyelids. "The first time the bakery opened the oven was for the families of soldiers. I have never insisted on only employing the families of martyrs. The bakery, flour mill and chicken farm under the temporary family factory employed many martyrs' families because the family of soldiers in the division will be given priority to be arranged in the pharmaceutical factory. We just don't have anyone to use. Whether it is to help the division find jobs for the family of soldiers or to help the local area find jobs for unemployed young people, I have no objection."
Minister Zou breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. "Comrade Liang Xin, that's no problem. The female comrades at the chicken farm are still too hard-working. I will contact the local authorities to arrange for a group of unemployed young people to go in and help. After that, we can approve your application report for the construction of staff dormitories. There is no reason for the Finance Department to block us anymore."
Liang Xin said, "In that case, can we remove the word 'temporary' from the name of the temporary factory for dependents of military personnel?"
Minister Zou was stunned. "The achievements of the bakery this year even surpassed those of the pharmaceutical factory. I went to the headquarters for a meeting before the New Year. The leaders of the General Logistics Department mentioned the bakery and praised it. Therefore, the temporary family factory could have become the second factory of the 11th Division's official military family factory. The reason why I didn't mention it is that once it is officially incorporated into the General Logistics Department, Comrade Liang Xin, the division will definitely arrange a military family factory director who meets the rank, so..."
"Then the bakery will be incorporated into Jiangmen Farm."
Liang Xin looked at Minister Zou's suddenly stunned face and continued, "We must fundamentally change the single structure of the military dependents factory and thoroughly learn from other military factories. The decision-making power of personnel, finance, and production and operation will also be completely delegated to the factory. The factory will be self-managed, responsible for its own profits and losses, and have independent accounting. It will directly participate in market competition and no longer rely on the 11th Division, just like military factories no longer rely on the army."
Minister Zou's expression went from stunned to stiff, and he was unable to speak for a long time.
Liang Xin smiled and said, "The flour mill and chicken farm have been built in Jiangmen Farm. Currently, there is only one bakery in the 11th Division. There is no need to move it. We can just treat the bakery of the 11th Division as a branch. With the reform and opening up, the contract responsibility system has been set up for each household. All major enterprises have changed the past situation of unified purchase and sale. After our bakery is incorporated into the farm, it will focus on agriculture and diversify its business. We will not only recruit military dependents and unemployed young people, but also recruit talents from the society to achieve the integration of agriculture, industry and trade and carry forward the Nanniwan spirit."
Minister Zou has been working in logistics for 20 to 30 years, but this was the first time he was shocked by the speed of someone's reaction. For a moment, he even felt helpless.
Liang Xin pushed the chair away and stood up. "I think the base and the General Logistics Department will definitely strongly support my proposal. Minister Zou, thank you for your support and care for the bakery over the past few years."
Minister Zou's cheeks flushed, and he quickly pushed his chair away and stood up, "Comrade Liang Xin, please stay."
Liang Xin stayed.
Minister Zou just breathed a sigh of relief, and his first reaction was that it was fortunate that Deputy Commander Lu was still in the 11th Division, and fortunately Liang Xin was Deputy Commander Lu's family member.
Liang Xin said sideways, "When the bakery was first established, it received some support from the division's logistics department. It was only natural that the profits were used to subsidize the troops' lives and make up for the lack of public funds. After the bakery was assigned to the farm, the division's logistics and finance department should not eat up all the bakery's hard-earned production profits. They should reserve a portion for the family factory to expand production and innovate and transform, right?"
Minister Zou looked anxious, "Comrade Liang Xin, don't worry about this matter..."
“No hurry.”
Liang Xin continued to walk out, "If Minister Zou, as a leader, cannot manage the Finance Department, he can directly hand it over to the higher-ups."
Minister Zou immediately chased after him.
"You ate all my oranges and didn't even touch any of your own!"
Lu Chongfeng peeled the orange and looked at Deputy Political Commissar Ji, "I have to take my oranges home to leave for my family."
Deputy Political Commissar Ji laughed angrily, "You have family members, but I don't have any?"
Lu Chongfeng peeled the orange and put it in his mouth. "Didn't you just say that your family members and two children don't like to eat oranges?"
Deputy Political Commissar Ji choked, "They don't like it. I didn't say I don't like it!"
Lu Chongfeng looked at Deputy Political Commissar Ji in confusion, "You don't want to take care of yourself after childbirth."
Deputy Political Commissar Ji: “….”
Deputy Political Commissar Ji was completely unable to follow the logical rhythm of Deputy Division Commander Lu.
"Your family member is also out of confinement!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Deputy Political Commissar Ji felt that what he said was wrong.
Before he could figure out what was wrong, a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes was thrown at him.
Lu Chongfeng picked up the oranges one by one and stuffed them into his net bag. "Do you want to eat oranges or cigarettes?"
Deputy Political Commissar Ji put the cigarette in his pocket.
Lu Chongfeng took a look and said, "I will tell your family when I get back that you secretly hid cigarettes!"
Deputy Political Commissar Ji's face instantly showed an expression of disbelief, and he looked at Lu Chongfeng, "You..."
"Unless you go get me two more oranges."
Deputy Political Commissar Ji pointed at Landing Charge with trembling fingers.
It is said that the Party commands the gun, but the relationship between him, the political commissar, and Deputy Division Commander Lu, the gunman, is always reversed.
Ever since the two of them served as military and political cadres in the 22nd Regiment, he would fall into Lu Chongfeng's trap and be controlled every now and then!
The good-tempered Deputy Political Commissar Ji was almost like a firecracker that would explode at any time when facing Lu Chongfeng. "Give me the cigarette!"
Divisional cadres have a monthly quota of cigarettes. Lu Chongfeng doesn't smoke, but he exchanged his saved cigarettes for a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes during the Chinese New Year when his daughter's full moon came. He then took out a pack of cigarettes from his desk drawer and threw it to Deputy Political Commissar Ji, "Give me more. My family loves oranges the most."
Deputy Political Commissar Ji took the cigarette and stood up. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Minister Zou chasing Liang Xin on the main road outside the window.
Minister Zou looked very anxious, but Liang Xin remained unmoved.
Then Minister Zou stopped, watched Liang Xin walk away, turned back to wipe the sweat off his forehead, and walked anxiously towards the division headquarters building.
"Liang Xin."
Lu Chongfeng stood up and looked out along the direction of Deputy Political Commissar Ji. He saw Liang Xin walking towards the division staff family compound. He looked at his watch and said, "That's enough for today. I'm going home to eat."
Deputy Political Commissar Ji seized the opportunity and said, "Liang Xin is still outside. Are you going to go home and starve?"
Lu Chongfeng picked up the black briefcase and said without turning his head: "Your eldest sister lives in our house."
Deputy Political Commissar Ji: “….”
Liang Xin went home and cleaned the abalone she bought from the service center first.
Sister Ji was at home, so she was only responsible for taking care of the children. The cooking was still done by the two of them as before.
At first, Sister Ji felt embarrassed, thinking that she should do all the housework while receiving a worker's salary every month.
But after tasting the dishes cooked by Liang Xin, you will know that your skills in making a random mess are not good enough.
Liang Xin and Deputy Commander Lu did not despise her and even cooked for her.
Sister Ji was deeply moved and treated Dudu as her own child. Her whole heart was almost devoted to Dudu.
Liang Xin walked out of the kitchen and found Dudu asleep. Sister Ji was watching beside him. "...Sister, take a rest and have a cup of tea. Dudu is asleep, so you don't have to watch over him."
Sister Ji didn't drink the tea and chose to knit a sweater for Dudu.
Liang Xin also asked her to read newspapers and books, but she would feel sleepy when she saw the words.
Fortunately, Liang Xin didn't force her.
The two-story building where the division-level cadres live eats chicken, duck, fish and meat in different ways for every meal. Dudu is very well-behaved and never cries easily. He sleeps most of the day.
Sister Ji felt that her life was like a dream.
"Sister, is Liang Xin back?"
Lu Chongfeng was carrying a net bag full of oranges and started shouting as soon as he entered the door.
Liang Xin came out of the bathroom and asked, "Why did you get off work so early today?"
"I saw you in the office."
Lu Chongfeng observed Liang Xin's expression and took out the orange first, "This month's welfare, your favorite food."
"so much."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "I'm cooking, we'll eat later."
Lu Chongfeng put the oranges on the coffee table, went to the bathroom to wash his hands, then walked to the stroller, looked at his sleeping daughter, touched his daughter's chubby little face with his hand, and went to the kitchen.
"What's burning?"
"Braised chicken with abalone, soybean and pig's trotter soup, and stir-fried vegetables."
Lu Chongfeng rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'll do the burning."
"It's easier for me to burn it myself than to tell you to."
Liang Xin picked up a knife and cut the abalone into pieces diagonally. "You cook the rice."
Lu Chongfeng walked to the cupboard, opened the lid of the rice cooker, took out the inner pot and scooped out the rice, "Do you want to steam the eggs?"
"Steam it if you want to eat it."
"You don't want to eat?"
"I've been eating eggs every day for more than a year."
Lu Chongfeng sat on the stool with the rice cooker in hand and picked up the rice. "Why are you angry when you go to the logistics department?"
Liang Xin looked back in surprise.
Lu Chongfeng said: "From the way you walk, I know you are unhappy."
Liang Xin was silent for a moment, and was really curious, "What position?"
"It's very slow."
Lu Chongfeng threw away the pebbles in the rice and said, "When others are angry, they would trample the road to pieces. But when you are unhappy, you walk in the opposite direction, slowly and steadily, to adjust and stabilize your emotions."
Liang Xin had never noticed this before. She mixed the chicken nuggets with wet starch and said, "I'm not angry. I'm just annoyed by what Minister Zou said."
Just as Lu Chongfeng was about to ask what was going on, Sister Ji called out from outside: "Deputy Division Commander Lu, Commander Yang and the others are here."
Liang Xin continued to mix the chicken pieces without stopping her hands.
Lu Chongfeng put the rice cooker pot on the cabinet, stood up and walked outside, standing at attention. Before he could say hello, Commander Yang waved his hand, "Where is Liang Xin?"
"What's up?"
Lu Chongfeng frowned and looked at Minister Zou, who was sweating profusely.
"I didn't express my meaning clearly, and Comrade Liang Xin may have misunderstood me."
Minister Zou said: "Deputy Commander Lu, please persuade Comrade Liang Xin. She is planning to assign the temporary family factory to Jiangmen Farm!"
Lu Chongfeng said slowly, "Jiangmen Farm is also the Jiangkou Base. The money earned by the temporary family factory is still used to subsidize the troops. Why is Minister Zou so anxious?"
Minister Zou frowned and said anxiously: "After the temporary family factory is assigned to Jiangmen Farm, the profits of independent accounting will be managed by the base. Even if it can still be used to subsidize the troops, the division must submit an application report to the base. You are not unaware of the base's financial department. Director Gong is a difficult person to deal with!"
Lu Chongfeng said "Oh" again slowly, "Then why did Comrade Liang Xin do this?"
Minister Zou stopped talking abruptly.
Commander Yang wanted to go into the kitchen, but Lu Chongfeng blocked his way at the door.
"This matter."
Commander Yang exhaled through his nose. "The report about Liang Xin wanting to help the martyrs' families at the bakery build houses was real. Minister Zou was worried that the bakery would be criticized for a long time, so he suggested solving the employment problems for military families and local unemployed youth. It's normal for Comrade Liang Xin to have emotions."
"Comrade Liang Xin never acts on emotion."
Lu Chongfeng knew what happened in the morning just by listening to Minister Zou's few words. "Since the beginning of the bakery, we have never asked for money from the division, let alone asked for money from the higher-ups. The income from the factory for temporary dependents of the troops is outside the division's plan. Liang Xin could have become a cadre in a key state unit after graduating from university. It was because of me that she gave up the opportunity to become a state cadre and helped the 11th Division develop the bakery because she wanted to do something for the army and help some dependents and martyrs' families."
The division leaders were silent.
"Comrade Liang Xin obtained patented technology. With the reform and opening up, she could have started her own business and made a fortune, but she chose to give the chicken farm that the military leaders said was for laying eggs to the 11th Division for free."
Lu Chongfeng's expression turned stern, and he looked at Minister Zou. "The bakery was reported, and the division logistics department tried to find a way to deal with it. This is understandable, but your logistics department's response was the same as the reporter's. You chose to attack the bakery and use this opportunity to achieve your own goals. Minister Zou, have you forgotten who originally proposed and promoted the model city for supporting the army and the people?"
Minister Zou shook his head quickly. "Deputy Division Commander Lu, I was not thoughtful enough in this matter, but I have always admired and supported Comrade Liang Xin. I would never help outsiders bully the bakery. However, the bakery handed over its profits to the division's finance department, and the chief of the finance department was replaced. I didn't expect that he would not approve the bakery's application report."
Hearing about the finance chief, Lu Chongfeng's expression was not only stern but also cold. "Since the division logistics chief can't do anything about the division finance department, then the division logistics chief and the division finance chief should go to the base logistics chief and the finance director to find a solution."
Commander Yang's face became even more anxious and ugly, and he was about to speak.
Lu Chongfeng added: "Instead of continuing to bully Liang Xin's kindness, it is better to go to the base leader and assign Jiangmen Farm to the 11th Division. In this way, even if the bakery is operated and accounted for independently, it will eventually be attributed to the 11th Division."
Commander Yang's brows relaxed, and he looked at Minister Zou, whose brows were knitted into a needle and sweat dripped down his cheeks. "Political Commissar Zheng has been promoted to the base now. Go there and think of a solution."
Minister Zou wiped his sweat and said, "The logistics of the base are not under the jurisdiction of Political Commissar Zheng."
"Then find a way to find Director Yu of the base's logistics department." Commander Yang waved his hand and walked out. "You didn't discuss this with the division headquarters before you went to find Liang Xin."
Minister Zou took a look at the kitchen and wanted to move forward, but was blocked by Lu Chongfeng.
Minister Zou felt so regretful that his intestines were boiling with sourness. He did not expect Liang Xin to react so quickly and directly remove the bakery from the 11th Division and hand it over to the base!
Remove the firewood from under the cauldron, leaving nothing behind!
And give them a long-lasting big problem!
Only then did Minister Zou deeply feel how tolerant and forgiving Liang Xin had been towards their division's logistics in the past. While he missed her terribly, he also realized that they could not persuade Liang Xin this time.
It seems that because of the achievements of the pharmaceutical factory and the bakery, he will finally be able to move up the position he has held for more than ten years. Therefore, this time he will be more cautious about the bakery business.
Unexpectedly, just at this moment... Minister Zou left Liang Xin's home with a tearful look on his face.
Liang Xin closed the lid of the casserole and looked at Lu Chongfeng.
"What does that expression of yours mean?"
Lu Chongfeng closed the kitchen door and pulled Liang Xin to sit on his lap. "Do you think I would let you suffer for the sake of my career?"
"no."
Liang Xin said slowly: "But I didn't expect you to be so decisive the first time."
"Comrade Liang Xin, you still don't know me well enough!"
Lu Chongfeng hugged Liang Xin's waist and looked at her face seriously. "Just because you never take the initiative to take credit doesn't mean I will forget every sacrifice you made for me. Remember, in my heart, you will always come before my career."
Liang Xin's mouth corners were about to lift up, and she raised her hand to hold Lu Chongfeng's chin, "I'm ahead of your career, how can you fulfill your promise to let me raise pigs in the military compound?"
Just as Lu Chongfeng was about to open his mouth, Liang Xin lowered her head and covered his mouth.
When they separated, Liang Xin whispered, "I'm glad to hear that, but there won't be such a choice between us, and there's no need to make assumptions. I didn't deliberately sacrifice anything for you, just like I didn't deliberately set up a family factory from the beginning. Everything I did was a natural outcome of time."
Lu Chongfeng hugged Liang Xin as if she were a treasure. After a long while, he said, "Then continue to do what you want to do. I will never stand against you."
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