Chapter 84 Rise and Independence

Little Coconut yelled in a baby voice, then ran towards his mother on his two tiny legs, grabbing his mother's legs and hugging them tightly.

The crowd in the state-owned hotel could not help but be alert when they heard the noise. Human traffickers are hated by everyone! Especially who dares to kidnap children at the gate of the army, where so many soldiers are? Isn't this courting death?

Unexpectedly, everyone looked in the direction of Xiao Yezi's finger, and hey, isn't this Chief Zhou from the Northwest Military Region, and the second uncle of the bride this time? How did he become a trafficker?

Zhou Shengqiang's old face turned red, and he almost found a hole to crawl into. Being bullied by his own granddaughter, he could only smile awkwardly at the people around who were watching the excitement.

Lin Xiang understood the whole story and didn't say much. She just stroked the girl's head and praised her: "Our little Linlin is quite smart. You must be more careful when you meet strangers in the future. Don't eat candy casually or follow strangers."

"I know~" Little Coconut looked up and asked his father again, "Ba Ba, am I smart?"

He Hongyuan just caught a glimpse of Zhou Shengqiang's stiff face, and a sense of relief spread in his heart. He picked up the girl and held her on his lap, pinching her chubby little face: "Smart, as smart as your mother!"

Little Coconut never knew when to stop, and turned to his grandmother to take credit: "Grandma, am I, am I smart?"

He Guifang takes care of Xiao Yezi every day, spending more time with her than her parents, and loves her even more: "He must be smart, much smarter than your father."

"Ba Ba, grandma said I'm smarter than you~"

He Hongyuan put his hands under the lady's armpits and swayed her up and down in the air, causing Little Coconut to laugh out loud like a silver bell: "Yes, each generation is better than the previous one. No one is smarter than you."

There was constant laughter and joy here. In the crowd sitting opposite, Zhou Hongfei stared at He Hongyuan and his daughter, then turned around and fired at his old man: "Dad, if you are really greedy, just go over and say hello, and see if He Hongyuan is willing to let his daughter call you grandpa and let you hug her for a while."

Zhou Hongfei is a murderer and a heartbreaker. He knew his father and wanted to recognize He Hongyuan a few years ago. However, He Hongyuan ignored him completely. Now the old man is eager to be the grandfather.

Zhou Shengqiang's depression had not yet dissipated. When his own son confronted him, his anger rose: "How dare you say that! If you have the guts, get married and have kids now! Let me be the grandfather."

In the residual light, he saw the lovely little girl climbing from He Hongyuan's legs to He Guifang, asking her grandmother to hold her. She put her arms around her grandmother's neck and whispered affectionately to her with her little mouth.

As he gets older and his health deteriorates due to long-term injuries, Zhou Shengqiang no longer has the desire to work hard. He will retire in a few years and instead envies his comrades who enjoy a life of enjoying their grandchildren.

But the eldest son doesn't acknowledge him, the granddaughter keeps saying that grandfather died a long time ago, and the youngest son is still unmarried and has no children, so how can he be a grandfather!

Zhou Hongfei hadn't had enough fun yet: "Dad, just wait patiently."

Wei Minhui was caught in the middle and it was difficult to deal with it. In recent years, the conflicts between her husband and son had become increasingly serious, and they would quarrel at the slightest disagreement.

In the past, it was mostly the husband who scolded their son, but now the son talks back more often, and she can't tell who is winning and who is losing.

The two quarreled until it was time to return. Due to busy official duties, Zhou Shengqiang and his family stayed at Zhou Shenghuai's home that night and took the train back to the Northwest Military Region early the next morning.

The next morning, Zhou Shengqiang was resting at the door after breakfast. He saw the family of three with the baby. Little Yezi was jumping around and asked her parents to hold her hands respectively. She also asked her grandmother to count how many times she jumped. After sending her parents to the gate of the family compound, she waved goodbye to them with her little hand and then went out with her grandmother to buy vegetables.

Zhou Hongfei watched coldly from the sidelines, and said to his mother, "Mom, look at Dad, his eyeballs are almost falling into the house."

"How do you talk to your dad?" Wei Minhui gave her son a look, asking him to be quiet.

But his words made Zhou Shengqiang angry again. When the father and son were dragged by Wei Minhui back to the Zhou family's guest room to pack their luggage, they were still arguing and there was no peace and quiet for a while.

"If you have some ability, you should stop causing trouble for me all day long and be more capable! Marry and have kids sooner rather than later, and I will scold you for nothing today!"

"You see, I will never be able to do anything. Why don't you just go to 119 and live with He Hongyuan's family?"

"What did you say!" Zhou Shengqiang was furious. He slapped the chest of drawers in the guest room of his third brother's house and lost his temper with his own son who was stiff-necked. In the end, it was Wei Minhui who pulled the father and son together and they finally calmed down.

Zhou Shengqiang pointed at the unfilial son and gasped: "Zhou Hongfei, if you have the ability, don't go out and do things under my name. I let you off once for those things two years ago, especially the guy surnamed Wang. Don't think I don't know what you have done! What have you learned from me? You actually took some evil ways and paid people to steal information for you!"

Zhou Hongfei's eyelids twitched, and he stuttered back, "You, what are you saying? I don't understand."

"Hmph. You've already made trouble to the Public Security Bureau, and you think I don't know?" Zhou Shengqiang calmed down and sat down at the table again, educating his son earnestly, "Please collect your thoughts and do things in a down-to-earth manner. Don't I always think about you and me wiping your ass!”

Zhou Hongfei bowed his head and said "hmm" reluctantly.

——

After getting married, Zhou Yuezhu moved into the wedding house applied for by Shen Jianming. He was a battalion commander and had a quota for a separate house for his troops. Their house was not far from Zhou Yuezhu's parents' home, just a few minutes' walk away.

Everyone teased Zhou Yuezhu, saying that going back to her parents' home was a hassle and no one was as relaxed as she was.

Not only is her mother's home close by, but there are also relatives and friends living in the courtyard. Zhou Yuezhu's life is really good these days.

A few days after the wedding, I came to my cousin's house to play, mainly to see my little niece.

Lin Xiang and He Hongyuan are usually busy at the factory and in the army respectively. They only have Sundays to rest and spend more time at home. On this day, little Yezi will also stick to his parents.

When Zhou Yuezhu and Shen Jianming came to visit, the family was preparing stuffing for fried meatballs.

On the square table, shrimps, diced carrots, green beans, and corn kernels were mixed in flour, and He Hongyuan and Lin Xiang were carrying small coconut balls.

The children used their small hands to rub the balls vigorously, and when they saw small dots of red, pink, green or yellow appear in the middle of the white balls, they smiled happily with two small smiles.

The shrimp and vegetable pancakes are fried in oil until the surface is golden and crispy, and then served on two plates.

In front of Little Yezi was a plate with three meatballs in it, and another plate with a dozen or so. Lin Xiang invited Yuezhu and her husband to taste them: "This kid asked for fried meatballs early in the morning. He's really greedy."

Zhou Yuezhu and Shen Jianming had breakfast before going out. They took a bite of the fried meatballs, which were crispy and fragrant at first, and soft and sweet inside. "These meatballs are delicious. No wonder Coconut likes them!"

Little Coconut was concentrating on eating. He found it difficult to use the spoon, so he just held the meatballs in his two little hands and ate them very attentively.

"How do you feel after marriage?" Lin Xiang and Zhou Yuezhu were talking. On the other side, Shen Jianming and He Hongyuan were discussing military affairs.

"It's OK. I feel like my life is pretty much the same as before." Zhou Yuezhu has gone home to eat several meals. This is mainly because her mother couldn't bear to leave her, and the two families live close to each other, so she prepares dinner every day for the young couple to come back for dinner.

"That's great. Look how many people in our family compound envy you. It's so convenient for you to go back to your parents' home."

"That's right~" Zhou Yuezhu was also quite satisfied. Her parents' home was close, and her husband's home was far away. It was simply perfect.

As the two were talking, Zhou Yuezhu started gossiping again.

"You don't know, on the day of my wedding, my second uncle and his family stayed at my parents' house that night. They were leaving early the next morning, and Jianming and I went to see them off. But when we got home, we heard my second uncle and Zhou Hongfei arguing in the house."

"Ah?" Lin Xiang was in the mood to listen to gossip. "How can these two people quarrel even when they are visiting someone else?"

"That's right." Zhou Yuezhu recalled what she heard the day before yesterday morning, and repeated a few sentences to her cousin's wife. Finally, she couldn't help but say, "But Zhou Hongfei was quite arrogant at first, until my second uncle mentioned something like I'll clean up your mess, deal with the case of Wang who was arrested by the police station, and buy information. Zhou Hongfei immediately became dispirited and didn't dare to talk back to my second uncle. I don't know what happened, but I immediately said the truth to Zhou Hongfei."

king?

Being taken to the police station?

Somehow, Lin Xiang suddenly thought of someone in her mind.

"Yuezhu, what's the name of that man surnamed Wang? What else did you hear?" Lin Xiang couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know what it's called." Zhou Yuezhu also vaguely heard the loud quarreling through the wooden door. "It seems that Zhou Hongfei used the name of Second Uncle to get connections outside, and was scolded. As for the man surnamed Wang, it should be that Zhou Hongfei did something bad, and he was accused of buying some information."

This reminded me of the news He Hongyuan had inquired about last time. That year, Wang Qifa was caught in Factory 1 and was convicted of a robbery. He admitted to stealing and selling the location of the coconut raw materials from Factory 2 and the news that they were about to develop kumquat water, as well as stealing the recipe from Factory 1 and selling it to Shiwei.

Could it be that this was all a deal between Zhou Hongfei and Wang Qifa?

That's why when Wang Qifa was arrested, Zhou Hongfei was eager to use Zhou Shengqiang's connections to help, just to prevent Wang Qifa from betraying him.

After Zhou Yuezhu and Shen Jianming left, Lin Xiang talked about this with He Hongyuan: "Two years ago, Wang Qifa was arrested. I thought that Shiwei asked Zhou Hongfei to help deal with the aftermath, using Zhou Shengqiang's connections. But after listening to Yuezhu's words today, Zhou Shengqiang seemed to mean that Zhou Hongfei took the initiative to spend money to buy the information that Wang Qifa dug out."

He Hongyuan had never expected Zhou Hongfei to have such thoughts. He sneered, "Zhou Shengqiang really has a good son. He does a lot of things all day long. Since the breakthrough point is with Zhou Hongfei, I'll ask someone to find out."

"Okay." Lin Xiang was still thinking about the bad guy who had never been found that year, so it turned out that this person was really Zhou Hongfei?

Lin Xiang went to bed with many doubts in his mind. The scene of catching the traitor two years ago kept turning over in his mind, and he gradually came to a guess.

It is possible that Zhou Hongfei bribed Wang Qifa in order to steal the information about the 119 Food Factory. However, Wang Qifa was later arrested. In order to silence Wang Qifa, Zhou Hongfei used his father, Chief Zhou's name, to get all the connections and sent Wang Qifa back to his hometown.

The matter was finally dropped. Factory 119 did not find out any follow-up, nor did they find any solid evidence of the person who contacted Shiwei and Wang Qifa.

This conjecture makes sense, and no wonder Zhou Shengqiang was so furious.

Just when Lin Xiang was awake late at night and her mind was still thinking quickly, a rustling sound was heard beside her.

Little Coconut was not asleep yet. After playing all day, he excitedly kicked his legs like lotus roots, and came to his mother's side. He raised his little hands to touch his mother's face, and then immediately complained to his father: "Baba, Mommy doesn't sleep either."

Lin Xiang: "..."

He Hongyuan chuckled in the darkness: "Then you urge your mother to go to sleep."

"Okay~" Little Coconut twisted his little body to get closer to his mother, patting her belly with his little hands, "Go to sleep quickly, Mommy."

Seeing that the girl had learned the tricks he used to coax her to sleep, Lin Xiang couldn't help but curl her lips and said, "Okay, go to sleep, let's sleep."

——

The next day, the ground was covered with golden fragments, the white curtains dancing in the wind formed beautiful arcs, and the bright morning sun gently bathed the mother and daughter who were sleeping soundly on the bed.

He Hongyuan dressed neatly, putting on his military jacket at last. He lowered his brows and looked deeply at his wife and daughter-in-law who were hugging each other, with a smile in his eyes, and then he went to the troops.

An hour later, Lin Xiang was awakened by the lively and active lady. She looked at her watch and it was time to get up, so she took her lady downstairs.

She washed up quickly, had breakfast and went to work.

Little Coconut was still sitting at the dining table in a daze, drinking porridge obediently with a small spoon and waving goodbye to his mother.

But he didn't even raise his head, thinking that food was more important.

Lin Xiang kissed her daughter on the face and said to her mother-in-law, "Mom, I'm leaving now."

"Okay, let's have fish tonight. You all like it. Come back early." He Guifang was about to take her granddaughter to buy fish.

......

With the morning sun as her companion, the salty sea breeze blew across the blue waves, creating sparkling ripples. Lin Xiang walked into the second factory and happened to meet Jiang Wenfang who was following closely behind her on the way.

Jiang Wenfang has performed outstandingly in the past two years. He learns quickly and is meticulous in his work. He has been promoted by Qiu Hongxia to become a team leader.

Dressed in a smart red shirt and black skinny pants, Jiang Wenfang smiled and greeted Lin Xiang, her eyes full of ease and satisfaction.

Now that several children have gone to school one after another, only the youngest daughter is still at home, being taken care of by her parents-in-law. Since her husband had a sterilization, her parents-in-law can no longer urge her to have a son. Jiang Wenfang feels that her days are numbered.

"The workshop has been busy lately. I have to hurry over there."

"Okay, get busy." Lin Xiang watched Sister-in-law Jiang working busily. She never imagined that two years ago, she looked pale and was trapped at home on her one-third acre of land.

The Spanish mackerel sauce workshop was also expanded. On the left was the factory office building. Lin Xiang went up to the second floor and walked into the office. He was the first to mention his guess to his colleagues.

Zhao Jianjun, Kong Zhenzhen, Ma Defa and others were not clear about the relationship between Zhou Hongfei and Lin Xiang's husband. They only knew that the man was a foodie and a popular figure around Director Qiu. It was said that he had an extraordinary family background.

Zhao Jianjun pondered for a moment and then said, "I'll ask someone. If it was done by the son of some leader, he can be punished with a pot of wine."

Kong Zhenzhen was puzzled: "What's the point of such a family doing such little things? Don't you think it's embarrassing for his father?"

Lin Xiang probably knew what Zhou Hongfei was thinking. This person had been secretly competing with her husband, but since it involved private matters, she didn't say anything.

It was summer, the time when fruit soda was in full swing. In addition to pushing for the independence of the second factory and investigating the incident involving Wang Qifa, the second factory's more important mission was to ensure a stable supply of soda.

Coconut juice has become a well-known brand in the south. According to subsequent statistical summary, it ranks first in market share, surpassing the nationally famous Arctic Ocean soda and local sodas from various places, and is the best-selling brand.

In addition, the salted yellow skin water launched in the summer is still very popular, and the Spanish mackerel sauce is also selling well. The performance of Factory 2 in June, July and August still exceeded that of Factory 1, consolidating its position as the leader of 119 Food Factory.

Lin Xiang, Kong Zhenzhen and Ma Defa were in charge of the distribution of tasks from purchasing raw materials to subsequent production. Even the coconut plantation in Wudaogou had begun to bear fruit.

Now Wudaogou can make money, and the members can really fill their stomachs. Not many people are engaged in farming and fishing, and the whole team has devoted themselves to coconut planting. The plantation is constantly expanding and is developing rapidly.

"The supply of coconut juice in the provincial capital needs to be replenished within five days. Xiao Zhong, go to the coconut juice production workshop to make arrangements. The quantity is 5,000 bottles." Lin Xiang checked the feedback on the replenishment needs one by one, and then arranged with Xiao Xiang, "Xiao Xiang, the supply of coconut juice in these three provinces needs to be followed up. Let's see the sales situation this month."

"good."

"clear."

As for the production of Spanish mackerel sauce, this canned seafood sauce, which has been on par with the 119 shrimp sauce cans that have been popular for many years, is even more popular.

Lin Xiang went to the Spanish mackerel sauce production workshop to find Qiu Hongxia to discuss the next month's production tasks, but she didn't see anyone around.

"Mrs. Jiang, where is Director Qiu?"

Jiang Wenfang was training the new employees who had joined the factory this year. Hearing this, she smiled and replied, "It seems that she went to arrange a blind date for her daughter. She will not be here this afternoon. Do you have anything urgent to do with her?"

"So that's how it is." Lin Xiang thought of Hongxia's daughter Zhang Yafen, who was also a capable comrade, and left immediately, "Okay, then I'll come find her tomorrow, it's not that urgent."

The next day, when Lin Xiang talked to Qiu Hongxia about work, she saw that Sister Guazi was worried. She was usually cheerful, but now her brows were knotted.

"Sister Hongxia, what's wrong with you?"

Qiu Hongxia complained to Lin Xiang: "I'm worried about my daughter. I've arranged three or four blind dates for her, but she didn't like any of them! Tell me, are you worried or not?"

Lin Xiang could only comfort her: "Young people have many ideas, so it's normal for them to be picky. Just take your time to look for someone. Your daughter Yafen is young, so there's no need to rush."

"Yeah, I can only wait and see. I just don't know what kind of person this girl wants to find. How can she be dissatisfied with everyone?"

That night, Lin Xiang mentioned this to her family at the dinner table. Her mother-in-law He Guifang felt the same way: "Fathers and mothers always worry about these things. I think Hongyuan was more stubborn back then. If your grandfather hadn't arranged a childhood marriage for you and I hadn't gone to the city to find Xiangxiang, you might not be married yet."

Lin Xiang glanced at He Hongyuan at the same time: "Did you hear that? Look how worried mother is."

He Hongyuansi was not bothered by her mother and daughter-in-law's teasing and said seriously, "So, marriage still has to be arranged by the elders."

Turning around, he said to the two-year-old Xiao Yezi, "Did you hear me, Comrade He Lin?"

Little Coconut was trying hard to eat corn cakes, with a few crumbs on the corners of his mouth. He ate a cat-faced cat and nodded in confusion when he heard the words: "Ah, yeah!"

Lin Xiang: ...

Isn't it too early to worry about your daughter's future affairs now?

After taking a shower and resting at night, Lin Xiang sat in front of the dressing table in plaid pajamas and applied vanishing cream on her face and neck. She even rubbed the remaining cream on her arms. Without turning her head, she said to the man lying on the bed behind her: "You are talking about these things to a two-year-old girl, and you expect her to understand now?"

But the man behind him did not move.

Lin Xiang repeated it again, but still did not hear He Hongyuan's reply.

After she had tidied herself, she got up and lay down on the bed, but she saw He Hongyuan was in a daze. She didn't know what he was thinking about, and he looked like he was in deep thought.

"What are you thinking about? Didn't you hear me just now?" Lin Xiang touched his arm.

He Hongyuan seemed to come back to his senses: "Ah? What did you just say?"

"You're telling Linlin all this now, do you expect her to understand?"

He Hongyuan smiled and said, "It's better to take precautions before they happen."

"So what were you thinking about just now? You were so focused that you didn't even hear me talking."

He Hongyuan was stunned by his lover's question, and his mind flashed back to what Yang Lu said when he was called to the office this afternoon.

Yang Lu made his position clear and prepared to transfer He Hongyuan to the capital for further study for two years.

Today is a peaceful era. Unlike the past when you had to work hard on the battlefield to gain military merits and get promoted quickly, what matters now is the transformation from a wild army to a regular army. This requires systematic and standardized training to cultivate talents. The transformation of the army is already on the agenda.

Such opportunities for further study are extremely rare, and it is almost a clear indication that He Hongyuan will be trained as a successor and that his future will be smooth.

However, when He Hongyuan was transferred from Phnom Penh to the capital to study for two years, he was excited, but he immediately thought of his family and struggled for a while.

"It's something about the army." He Hongyuan said vaguely.

Lin Xiang did not ask any further questions. Things in the man’s army might involve confidential information, so she usually would not ask too many questions.

However, He Hongyuan looked as if he was about to say something, which aroused her interest: "What's wrong? Is there something serious?"

On the side, Little Coconut, who was still awake and playing with his tiger hat, babbled, "Something big is going to happen!"

He Hongyuan tentatively asked, "If you were allowed to leave Factory 2..."

Lin Xiang was stunned: "Why? Why do you want me to leave Factory 2?"

"I just said that casually." He Hongyuan pursed his thin lips, struggling in his heart, "Forget it, go to sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow."

Lin Xiang was confused by He Hongyuan's words. Before she could ask more questions, she was entangled by the lady who crawled between the two of them.

Little Coconut lay down obediently, and took great pains to pull the quilt over his belly: "Mommy, please coax me to sleep."

As she spoke, she took her mother's hand to her belly and patted it twice.

Lin Xiang smiled, and began to gently pat her daughter's belly to coax her to sleep.

——

At the end of August, the 119 factory distributed August wages. While receiving their wages and receipts, the workers also discussed some news that had been circulating recently from somewhere.

"I heard that there is no such thing. It seems that the second factory wants to become independent."

"Is this true? Factory No. 2 wants to be the boss?"

"That won't work. We can't let them get past our factory!"

"Do you think Factory 2 is willing to be managed by Factory 1 for the rest of its life?"

"If they want to leave, let them leave. As if we want them to stay."

Inside the factory, the workers were discussing various issues, while in the factory director's office, Zhao Jianjun handed the performance report for the past six months to Director Huang and Secretary Tang.

"Director, Secretary, it's not easy for our Factory 2 to develop to where it is today. However, in the past one or two years, we had to ask Factory 1 for instructions everywhere, and there were many cases where we almost delayed things because of the process of waiting for approval. Last year, Heshan Province signed a yellow paper water-signed order with our factory, but we almost delayed the time because we had to wait for Factory 1 to approve the purchase of ingredients. We almost couldn't deliver the goods on time... Such things happen from time to time. Our Factory 2 also insists on independence for better development."

Zhao Jianjun had proposed this several times, but this was the first time he listed the issues that were delayed by Factory 1. Factory Director Huang remained silent, and Secretary Tang blushed with anger.

"Zhao Jianjun, what do you mean? Do you think the first factory has delayed you?" Secretary Tang had never been so angry before.

"Secretary Tang, that's not what I meant. I just wanted to say that it would be better to separate Factory 1 and Factory 2. I believe the troops are willing to do so."

Factory Director Huang knows full well that Factory 2 is now almost as powerful as Factory 1. If the current situation continues, it will do more harm than good to Factory 2.

"Mr. Tang, I agree that the second factory should be independent." Factory Director Huang said firmly.

"Old Huang, you..." Secretary Tang did not expect his old partner to turn against him directly.

"Listen to me." Factory Director Huang put down the information in his hand and explained slowly, "I am not standing from the perspective of Factory 1 or Factory 2. Think about it, from the perspective of the troops, is it better to separate Factory 1 and Factory 2? What is the original intention of our factory? That is, the 119 Food Factory was established for the sustainable development of the troops. If Factory 1 and Factory 2 are separated, they are still brother factories, which can develop better and provide more opportunities for feeding back to the troops. So, I agree."

Factory Director Huang made the same statement again at a leadership meeting a few days later.

This time, Secretary Tang remained silent, and the attitudes of the other workshop directors also seemed to change. It was because Factory 2 was so insistent that Factory 1 seemed to be relying on them if it continued to disagree.

Song Ming, the director of the second canned fish workshop, was the first to speak up, indignantly: "Well, if we want to split up, don't make it seem like we can't leave the second factory. Now the workers outside don't know how they got to know about this, but they're spreading the word. They say we can't let the people in the second factory look down on us, and it's too embarrassing to beg and plead to disagree."

This is true. In the past few days, the news has spread to Factory 1 and Factory 2. Even the security department at the gate knows about it. The workers from Factory 2, who were looked down upon everywhere in the past, went to Factory 1 to show off a little.

"Didn't you, Factory One, look down on our Factory Two before? Why are you still holding on to it now?"

The workers in the factory are used to being arrogant and their sense of collective honor is very strong. How can they tolerate such words!

They were immediately angry and returned to the workshop to support the separation of Factory 2.

The two fish canning workshops were in turmoil, and the director of workshop one, Yu Zhixin, and the director of workshop two, Song Ming, naturally listened to the workers' voices.

"Then just separate them. There's no point in forcing them to stay." Director Yu didn't care much.

Director Song also waved his hand and said, "Let's split it. I will vote in favor at the monthly meeting tomorrow!"

"Director Qin, will you vote for or against tomorrow?" He Zhigang, the leader of the fermentation group in the shrimp sauce workshop, was curious. "Everyone is discussing this matter."

Qin Yangbo did not express his opinion last time. He knew that the second factory was now quite capable. Both soda and Spanish mackerel sauce were selling well, and the benefits they created were astonishing.

Although from the perspective of one factory, it is naturally better to keep the first and second factories together, but if the troops are really the priority, it is better to separate them.

Liu Qingshan, deputy director of the shrimp sauce workshop, was just as curious as He Zhigang: "Now the workers are saying, if they want to divide it, then divide it! They feel that they are looked down upon by the second factory, so they need to save face."

Qin Yangbo also knew that the second factory could not be retained: "Indeed, it has to be divided."

At the beginning of September, at the monthly meeting of the 119 Food Factory, a proposal was voted on to separate the two factories and become independent.

This time, there were five votes in favor, three votes against, and one abstention.

Director Huang glanced at Old Tang who had abstained from voting, and knew that he had accepted the proposal, so he immediately proposed: "Everyone has seen the voting results, so I will report to the troops and apply for it. From now on, the first and second factories of 119 Food Factory will be completely separated, independent of each other, and will not interfere with each other, but they will still be brother factories, developing and making progress together."

A week later, Zhao Jianjun returned to Factory 2 with the documents signed by the military leaders and Director Huang, and officially announced: "From now on, Factory 2 will be officially independent! We will make all the decisions ourselves! Factory 1 will no longer be able to control us!"

In the office, Kong Zhenzhen almost cried when she finally heard these words. Who could have thought of this a few years ago?

Ma Defa clapped his hands silently, holding the collection of poems and sighing: "The revolution really succeeded."

Lin Xiang's mind quickly flashed back to the situation when she came to the island three years ago. At that time, everyone in Factory 2 despised her and she was struggling to survive at the tail end of Factory 1. She even came to Factory 2 by accident.

At that time, I would never have thought that one day I would be willing to stay here, and I would never have thought that the Second Factory has actually risen and become independent and a real factory!