Chapter 240 What a huge pot!
The brigades involved in the accident were Hongqiding Brigade and Wuxingding Brigade.
The two brigades were adjacent to each other; the Hongqiding Brigade was closer to the sea, while the Wuxingding Brigade was closer to the mountain. However, since the two brigades shared the same hilltop, they usually used a few large rocks as a dividing line to better distinguish them, and they had been living in peace.
Unexpectedly, the typhoon came so suddenly that it blew the rock that served as the dividing line away from its original location.
The people of Hongqiding Brigade insist that the stone is tilted on their side and that to restore it to its original position, it needs to be moved a few meters towards Wuxingding Brigade.
The people from Wuxingding Brigade believed that the typhoon was blowing from the sea, and the rocks must have been carried by the sea breeze to their territory, so they should be moved a few meters towards Hongqiding Brigade.
The original spot where the stones were placed should have had stone imprints. But due to strong winds and heavy rains, and the fact that the hillside had just been cleared, the stone imprints were completely washed away by rainwater and mud, making them unrecognizable.
In addition, this place was originally a barren mountain, unsuitable for growing crops. Before the two brigades started planting medicinal herbs, they would never have argued over such a trivial matter.
But things are different now. This mountain has suddenly become a hot commodity. Don't underestimate those few meters. It may only seem like a few meters from here, but the entire hillside, from top to bottom, adds up to more than just a few meters. That's enough to grow a lot of medicinal herbs! That's all money, and it's all about the livelihood of the brigade! So neither brigade is willing to give in to the other.
What started as a minor argument between a few team members escalated into a physical fight, perhaps fueled by the typhoon. Both sides then called in reinforcements, and more and more people joined in.
It was a typhoon day, with strong winds and heavy rain. They were on a mountain, and a group of people were fighting at the foot of the mountain when suddenly a landslide occurred, burying more than twenty people in the ground.
Pei Jiuyan and his team arrived in time for the rescue, and since the landslide was not very serious, most of these people only suffered minor injuries. A few were slightly more seriously injured, but none of them were in life-threatening condition.
However, the brawl had such a terrible impact that both brigades were punished, and they will definitely not be considered for the advanced brigade award at the end of this year.
Because this matter involved medicinal herb cultivation, Qin Suisui, though at home, was inexplicably blamed. Commander Jia summoned her to his office and gave her a lecture, ordering her not to blindly guide land reclamation. After all, the landslide site was newly cleared land, but hadn't yet been composted or planted with medicinal herbs.
Qin Suisui felt utterly bewildered; that location wasn't the one she had chosen for planting medicinal herbs. It was probably a plot of land secretly set up by two production brigades to grow more medicinal herbs.
But she couldn't disobey the organization, so she had to take the blame. Fortunately, Commander Jia knew that Qin Suisui was indeed unaware of the matter, so she wasn't punished in any substantial way.
Perhaps knowing that this matter had implicated Qin Suisui, after the typhoon, Li Haisheng, the captain of the Hongqiding Brigade, and Li Gang, the captain of the Wuxingding Brigade, visited Qin Suisui twice, but neither of them saw her; Qin Suisui had gone to the laboratory.
The third time, they simply asked Medford to act as their advocate.
Since the medicinal herb cultivation began, Mai Defu's reputation among the team leaders has gradually increased. He also knew that Qin Suisui had been implicated in this matter, and he was very angry for Qin Suisui. When he saw the two of them, he didn't give them a friendly look.
Li Haisheng, who was more familiar with him, stepped forward and handed him a Daqianmen cigarette: "Brother, nobody wanted this to happen either. We all wanted to grow more medicinal herbs and improve everyone's living conditions, right? We all meant well. Who would have thought it would have such serious consequences?"
"Comrade Qin is familiar with you, so please help me and Gangzi reconcile, so that she doesn't have any complaints and it affects the medicinal herb planting of both brigades."
Li Gang quickly echoed this sentiment.
Madford felt he understood Qin Suisui quite well. Instead of accepting the large bottle of liquor, he tapped his pipe: "This whole thing was your own doing, which dragged that young girl into it, and now you're still being petty! Suisui is definitely not the kind of person who can't distinguish between public and private matters."
"In my opinion, it's good that she can't distinguish between public and private matters, so that you can all learn a lesson!"
"Before planting the medicinal herbs, didn't Sui Sui and the educated youth from our brigade repeatedly emphasize that areas not selected for planting should not be cleared, so as not to damage the soil structure, cause landslides, and harm the medicinal herbs? Didn't they say that repeatedly?"
Li Haisheng and Li Gang lowered their heads in shame. The main reason was that Qin Suisui and the others had indeed reminded them of this repeatedly. Moreover, in addition to the team members who were injured in the fight, the medicinal herbs planted by their two teams nearby were also damaged by the rocks. They had really brought this trouble upon themselves.
Of course, Medford didn't listen to them and took them to find Qin Suisui. However, when Qin Suisui came to the base the next day, he specifically told her about it.
Qin Suisui was somewhat amused and exasperated. She could only conclude that Li Gang and Li Haisheng's worries were unnecessary. Although she had been "educated" (taught a lesson), she had not received any substantial punishment.
Moreover, she actually understood the team members' feelings. In this era, no family was wealthy, and they wished they could dig out every possible place to grow food. Now that there was a way to make money by growing medicinal herbs, everyone would definitely want to grow as much as possible.
Therefore, she deliberately did not go to the laboratory the next morning and waited at home. Sure enough, around nine o'clock, Li Haisheng and Li Gang came to her door again with gifts.
Qin Suisui did not accept their gifts, but she explained the importance of the matter to them in detail. The two men were already regretting their actions, and after hearing Qin Suisui's words, they felt even more ashamed. They repeatedly promised to discipline their team members and follow orders before working in the future.
After seeing the two off, Qin Suisui was too lazy to go back to the lab. She simply took out a large bag of chestnuts from her spatial storage and prepared to make some candied chestnuts.
She used chestnuts from the chestnut trees in her space. The chestnuts she brought back from Changbai Mountain last year, along with those brought by Xu Shouquan and the others, had all been eaten by her, either roasted or given away.
She couldn't bear to touch the chestnuts her parents sent this year, and the chestnuts in her space were also plentiful, and both Zan Zan and she loved them, so she would fry a lot more so that Pei Jiu Yan could easily take them with him when he went out to sea.
The chestnuts in the space were exceptionally sweet, and Qin Suisui was generous with the ingredients; soon, the sweet aroma of roasted chestnuts wafted out.
The little baby next door, Aunt Tang's, is almost a year old. Smelling the aroma, he smacked his lips and pointed his little finger in the direction of Qin Suisui's house, babbling as he wanted to come over.
When Aunt Tang brought Xiao Bao over, she described the scene to Qin Suisui, and the two of them didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
But babies under one year old shouldn't eat things with added sugar. So Qin Suisui took out a handful of raw chestnuts, cut a cross on them with a knife, and boiled them directly in water, intending to mash them into a puree and feed it to the baby.
Aunt Tang held Xiao Bao's hand and taught him to speak: "Hurry up and thank your Aunt Sui Sui. You've grown up so much, how many good things have you eaten from your Aunt Sui Sui?"
Xiao Bao couldn't speak, but his bright eyes looked at Qin Sui Sui, gesturing wildly and drooling, as if he knew that something delicious was coming soon.
A moment later, Aunt Wu came over carrying a few pieces of cloth. As soon as she entered, she sniffed the air and exclaimed, "Oh, Sui Sui has roasted chestnuts again! They smell so good!"
Then, in a mysterious low voice, he said to Qin Suisui and Aunt Tang, "Do you two know? Shen Shen is getting married again!"
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