Chapter 112 (1)
"Captain Liang, what brings you here?" Xia Juhua seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness of a few days ago and greeted the visitor with a smile.
Captain Liang of the Advance Brigade was also very capable. He also said with a smile: "It was the smell of the powder leaked by your Ping'anzhuang Brigade that attracted me here. Captain Xia, why did you leave that day when we hadn't reached an agreement yet? I was very nervous these two days, but I couldn't wait to see you, so I came here on my own."
"Ah, you mean that thing?" Xia Juhua said in surprise, "Our Ping'an Village Brigade just wanted the members to have a taste of vermicelli after a whole winter of eating it. But the sweet potatoes in your brigade are too expensive, so we can't afford them."
Don't want it? Captain Liang was anxious: "Captain Xia, we can't do this. I have prepared all the sweet potatoes for you. How can you just say you don't want them?"
Xia Juhua smiled calmly, but she was unyielding in her words: "If I had agreed to the price you mentioned, it would have been understandable for you to go to the brigade to prepare sweet potatoes. But I clearly remember that I left without agreeing that day, so why are you still preparing sweet potatoes?"
Captain Liang was at a loss for words, but the smile on his face deepened: "Captain Xia, I know I was a little rude that day, but I was just kidding you. As for the price, I thought that the sweet potatoes would lose some moisture after being stored for such a long time, so I charged a little more. If you think it's not okay, we can still discuss it."
Xia Juhua was obviously embarrassed by what Captain Liang said: "Captain Liang, look at what happened. I thought about it after I came back, and discussed it with several production captains. They all said that the members are too busy collecting vermicelli from various grain stations to think about tasting vermicelli themselves."
"Forget it," Xia Juhua said with great regret, "I worried for nothing. Fortunately, we didn't make a decision that day, otherwise I would be in trouble."
"Captain Xia, do you think we can discuss this further?" Captain Liang wished he could go back to the day when Xia Juhua found the Qianjin Brigade so he could cover his mouth with his hand and let Xia Juhua take whatever price she offered and sell the brigade's sweet potatoes to the Ping'anzhuang Brigade.
While the two were arguing, Captain Wang of the Victory Brigade also arrived. When he saw Captain Liang was there, he immediately understood what he was here for. He stopped beating around the bush and stopped pretending that he had something and that if he wanted it, he would have to let me name the price. He smiled and said to Xia Juhua:
"Captain Xia, you see, Lao Liang and I have come to you to beg you for help. You have to give us this face. Otherwise, we won't be able to go back to the brigade, and we will have to eat and drink for free in your Ping'an Village Brigade."
Faced with such a threat, Xia Juhuasi did not take it seriously at all. After asking people to sit down and pour water, she talked to the two people casually about this year's performance, next year's prospects, and what crops to plant in the spring.
In short, they talked about all the topics that were normal between the captains, and they all had a very good chat. The two captains, Liang Wang, looked at each other and both felt that with Xia Juhua's attitude, it was time for her to go to their team to harvest sweet potatoes, and they unconsciously flattered her a little.
As they were talking excitedly, they heard hurried footsteps outside and a young man pushed the door open and came in: "Captain, please go to the educated youth camp and take a look. Deng Chunlin and his gang are about to start a fight."
"What?" Xia Juhua stood up suddenly: "We were just letting them study the great man's works, why did they start fighting?"
"It's all about arranging shifts to go home for the New Year. None of them want to stay on duty, but they all want to leave early, and they're getting angry as they talk." The man panted and urged Xia Juhua: "Captain, go and take a look. If a fight really breaks out, the Youth League Office of the commune will have to..."
Xia Juhua looked at the two captains sheepishly and said, "Captain Liang, Captain Wang, I'm so sorry. I wanted to have a good talk with you, but..."
The two captains had dealt with the educated youth in their respective brigades before, so they knew that when it came to the educated youth, they had to take it very seriously. They urged Xia Juhua to go quickly, "Why should we be polite? Go quickly. We can't let them really fight. But Captain Xia, why are the educated youth in your brigade going home for the New Year at this time?"
Xia Juhua said helplessly: "They wanted to ask for leave to go home a few days ago, but it was winter and we couldn't leave without anyone on duty at the educated youth site. I asked them to arrange their own shifts, but who knew it would turn out like this? I'm sorry to embarrass you."
Although Xia Juhua did not explain the reason why the educated youth from Qingping'anzhuang Brigade asked for leave early, as they were neighboring brigades, the two brigade leaders also figured out the twists and turns and followed Xia Juhua out of the brigade headquarters. Only when they got on their bicycles did they realize that the purpose of their visit had not yet been finalized.
Now everyone is on their way back to their own brigade, and they can't really go back. They have to stay in Ping'anzhuang Brigade to eat and drink for free, so they have to come to see Xia Juhua another day.
Xia Juhua had also arrived at the educated youth's place. When she heard the noisy arguments inside, she did not go in immediately, nor did she shout to stop them. Instead, she asked the educated youth who had called her, "Xiao Hu, do you and Li Youguang want to go home now?"
Hu Zhongshan and Li Youguang were the two educated youths that Li Changshun had favored and wanted to employ as primary school teachers in the brigade. They were also two educated youths who could see things clearly. They usually did not get involved in the petty fights of the educated youths, but just kept their heads down and did their own things.
Deng Chunlin and his friends certainly looked down on their way of staying out of the matter, and often treated them in a sarcastic way. However, the conditions of their families were good among the educated youth, and they would send some things to them from time to time, which made Deng Chunlin and his friends cautious and dared not to be too excessive in public. Usually, the two of them worked in line with the crowd, had no worries about food, and did not fight or compete when encountering problems, so Deng Chunlin could do nothing about them.
When Xia Juhua asked them if they also wanted to go home for the New Year, Hu Zhongshan was startled. He smiled and said, "Who doesn't want to go home for the New Year? But you know our situation at the Youth League Center. I'm afraid it's not our turn to go back first."
Worried only about not being able to return first, but not about having to stay at the educated youth camp for the New Year, Xia Juhua had a deeper impression of Hu Zhongshan and Li Youguang's status among the educated youth: "It's okay if I don't return first. There are only ten days of vacation a year. If I go back first, I have to come back first."
Ten days of vacation a year, why haven't I heard of it before? Hu Zhongshan looked at Xia Juhua in confusion, and she smiled and said, "I've looked at the Youth Management Measures of the County Youth Office these days, and there are requirements for your vacation time. You should all know that, right?" Xia Juhua nodded at Hu Zhongshan.
Seeing Hu Zhongshan nod in agreement, Xia Juhua smiled calmly and said to him, "You are from the city, so you must know more than us rural people. If I were you, I would not waste time going home for the New Year, but read more books and study more. What do you think?"
"Captain, you want me and Li Youguang to..." Hu Zhongshan became more curious about Xia Juhua. He suppressed the shock he had just felt when he heard her talk about the management methods for educated youth, and understood what Xia Juhua meant.
The smile on Xia Juhua's face gradually disappeared, and she looked at Hu Zhongshan with a deep gaze: "I didn't think about anything. This should be decided by you and Li Youguang. I just made a suggestion. I personally think that instead of wasting time on quarrels and travel, it is better to do a few more questions and memorize more books."
Hu Zhongshan had a thoughtful expression on his face and said nothing more. When Xia Juhua pushed the door and entered the educated youth center, he followed her silently. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Li Youguang standing alone outside the crowd. The two of them quietly took a step back and whispered to each other.
"Deng Chunlin, what's the matter with you educated youth?" Xia Juhua was not polite to Deng Chunlin as she was to Hu Zhongshan. Her face was so stern that it looked like water was dripping from it when she spoke.
The educated youth who had just been arguing in a mess realized that Xia Juhua had arrived when they heard her voice. Deng Chunlin, who was called by name, was a little embarrassed: "Captain, we were discussing going home for the New Year..."
Xia Juhua snorted: "It's just a shift for going home. How many days have you, the leader of the educated youth group, been unable to arrange it?"
Deng Chunlin was secretly angry. If he hadn't thought about the fact that he would need Xia Juhua to approve his leave and write a letter of introduction, he would have started to yell. After holding back, Deng Chunlin chose to bow to reality: "Captain, we will discuss it right away. I will report the shift arrangement to you in a while."
"Well, when scheduling shifts, please pay attention to the distance. For teams that are too far away, you can consider adding a few days of travel on top of the ten-day holiday."
"What do you mean by ten days off? Don't we all have a month off?"
"That's right. We've been taking a month-long vacation these years. Why did you cut it to ten days?"
Xia Juhua ignored Zheng Hongbing and the others who were noisy and only spoke to Deng Chunlin: "Deng Chunlin, don't discuss how to arrange the shifts for now. Today you will organize the educated youth and relearn the management methods of the county educated youth office. When you have learned and memorized the contents, you can report to the brigade to arrange the shifts."
When they heard Xia Juhua say a few words about the management methods for educated youth, Zheng Hongbing and the others wilted. They looked at each other, and finally focused their attention on Deng Chunlin.
Deng Chunlin saw Xia Juhua had already turned around to leave, so he forced a smile and called out, "Captain, wait a moment. You see, when Captain Li was here, we educated youth all had a one-month vacation. Do we still have that now?"
Xia Juhua turned around and looked at him and said, "Deng Chunlin, I remember that you submitted an application to join the party to the brigade, and asked several times why they didn't recruit you."
鄧春林愣了，直到夏菊花走出了知青點還沒回過神來。他想不明白夏菊花剛才提到申請書究竟有幾個意思，是在威脅他還是暗示什麽。
“鄧春林，你交了入黨申請書，我咋不知道？”鄭紅兵是不會讓鄧春林有足夠的時間，考慮夏菊花的意圖，氣乎乎的問：“我想交申請書的時候，你不是說大隊一年也沒有兩個名額，咋也不會落到知青頭上嘛，你自己咋交了呢？”
“我，我……”鄧春林覺得自己腦子昏了，不知道該咋回答鄭紅兵的問題才好。
夏菊花給知青們抛了一個炸/彈，就由着他們自己解決去——李長順當大隊長的時候不待見知青，巴不得眼不見心不煩，所以批假也批得越來越多。
等到夏菊花當了大隊長之後，基本延續了李長順對知青的管理态度，前兩年仍按一個月給他們批假。結果這些人蹬鼻子上臉，離過年還有一個多月呢就開始請假，那就別怪她按制度辦事了。
有跟他們磨牙的時間，她回家多炒點兒花生不好嗎？
并不是夏菊花突然又自私了起來，而是平安莊大隊現在都忙着漏粉兒呢，紅薯也有齊衛東悄悄收了送來，沒啥太需要她盯在大隊部的事兒，真有事兒的話常會計也會到平安莊來找她。
而家裏的花生還堆着那麽多，不快點炒的話縣供銷社鄭主任都要住到平安莊等着了。再說小滿懷着孕，哪怕過了頭三個月也不能太累了，夏菊花要是不在家裏看着點兒的話，她敢一天都站在竈臺前頭。
人是累的，成果同樣是喜人的。有了夏菊花的加入，加上王彩鳳晚上的配合，每天炒出來的花生總有四五百斤。等到常會計來找夏菊花，說知青那邊已經把班排好了時，供銷社的花生已經炒完送走了。
“你們兩一會把下午用的花生泡泡洗出來就行，不許再炒了知道沒？”夏菊花走前叮囑小滿和紅翠。
見那兩點頭，夏菊花才放心的跟常會計回到大隊部，鄧春林正坐立不安的在院子裏繞圈子呢。
進屋夏菊花也不跟他扯別的，把手一伸問：“你們班是咋排的，都簽字了沒？誰頭一個回家，家是哪兒的，需要幾天路途？”
一連串的問話，鄧春林不得不把排班表遞給夏菊花看，好讓自己能捊捊思緒，一一回答她的問題：“陳開武和董進步先回，他們家都是A省南鄉地區的，路上有三天就夠了。”
“你把他們的請假條帶來了沒？”
“大隊長，通過學習，我們知青深刻的認識到，這些年大隊對我們知青的照顧，所以他們兩個提出想晚走幾天，多為大隊建設做幾天貢獻。”
夏菊花笑了，小夥子挺會說話，要不是李長順和她都是只看別人咋做、不聽說得多好聽的人，他肯定比現在混得開。
可惜呀，這麽會說話，咋沒有一句落到實地上呢：“行，具體時間你們自己安排就行，只要你們內部沒有意見就好。鄧春林，你是知青組組長，可不能只挂名不為知青服務啊。”
鄧春林的臉就有些紅：“是，我虛心接受大隊長的批評。大隊長，我們這幾天除了學習知青管理辦法以外，還深入挖掘了一下自己靈魂深處……”
夏菊花連忙沖他擺手，可別說啥靈魂不靈魂的了，上輩子她一聽從靈魂深處爆發革命都瘆得慌。
見她臉上的表情不對，鄧春林連忙說自己準備今年留在知青點過年，請大隊放心，他會把知青點看的好好的，不會讓壞分子破壞知青點的一草一木。
夏菊花聽得有些雲山霧罩的：“你們知青裏出現了壞分子，是誰，用不用上報公社知青辦？”
對于永遠聽不清自己話裏重點的夏菊花，鄧春林也是服氣了，咋跟她對個話就這麽難呢，明明自己每次去公社知青辦彙報工作，知青辦的同志都對自己贊賞有加。
肯定是因為夏菊花這個農村婦女，思想水平不夠，理解不了他話裏深刻含義。鄧春林決定不跟夏菊花計較，一副好脾氣的樣子給她解釋：
“不是說我們知青中出現了壞分子。而是我擔心過年前後，會有人想要不勞而獲，對知青點兒下手。”
夏菊花可就不幹了：“你聽誰說要不勞而獲？咱們平安莊大隊的社員現在都在忙着幫各糧站漏粉，人人忙的腳不沾地，咋就不勞而獲了？”
“不是大隊長，我不是說我們平安莊大隊的人。”鄧春林只覺得，自己跟夏菊花越說越說不清楚，腦門上生生急出汗來。
夏菊花還不高興呢，咋地，為了襯托你大公無私，別人就成了潛在的賊？可別忘了在天災的時候，夏菊花用了多少心思，才讓縣裏同意他們動用儲備糧，給巡邏的民兵晚上吃上一口，為的就是保住他們一年的收成不被人惦記。
也是在那一年，平安莊大隊民兵抓到過幾個膽大又餓得狠的人，都給送到公社紅小隊教育去了，算是打出了名聲，現在整個紅星公社的二流子和手腳不幹淨的人，都繞着平安莊大隊走。
你鄧春林竟然懷疑有人要對知青點下手，那不就是懷疑平安莊大隊的社員裏，有手腳不幹淨的嗎？這是往平安莊大隊頭上扣屎盆子！
“鄧春林同志，你為了緩和知青內部矛盾，留下過年的出發點是好的。不過我覺得你擔心有人對知青點下手，大可不必。”夏菊花的臉色可以說是十分嚴肅了：
“做為平安莊大隊的大隊長，我敢保證，我們平安莊大隊的社員，現在沒有一個人對你們知青點兒的那點兒糧食感興趣，更沒有一個人有時間對你們知青點下手。”
夏菊花的表情太吓人，鄧春林不由打了個哆嗦，加之剛出了一頭的汗，後背更是一陣陣發涼，表情都扭曲了：“大隊長，我不是懷疑咱們大隊的社員……”
“行了，你不用解釋了。既然你們不急着回家過年，那就把地平一平，該上豬圈推肥推肥。好好的地都讓你們給種成啥樣了。”夏菊花不耐煩的讓鄧春林快點離開自己的眼前。
想賣好沒賣出去的鄧春林，只能一肚子火回了知青點兒，把所有怨氣都發到知青們身上。第二天早早把人都召集起來，帶着人去翻地了。
大冬天的翻地可不是啥好活計，知青們自然怨聲載道，就連社員們都覺得新奇，相互打聽着這些知青咋轉性了，秋收後不說平地，非得趕現在表現，是不是上頭又有工農兵大學名額或是招工指标了。
不過他們也沒打聽到有用的，加之漏粉用的紅薯只見多不見少，很快也就顧不上議論了。
可前進大隊和勝利大隊兩個坐不住的大隊長，卻拿這事兒做由頭，把夏菊花管理知青有辦法誇了又誇，目的還是想讓平安莊大隊收他們的紅薯。
兩人這是第三趟跑平安莊大隊了，夏菊花就不再敷衍，等他們誇的想不出新詞了，突然問：“梁大隊長、王大隊長，你們大隊能拿出多少紅薯來跟我們換？”
注意，是換哦，平安莊大隊可不是投機倒把的買。
兩個大隊長心總算能落下一半，小心翼翼的報出了自己大隊的數目：“……就這麽點兒，你們大隊幾個生産隊一分不算啥。”
的确不多，一個大隊将将一萬斤。夏菊花心裏清楚，他們說的，就是各生産隊糧倉裏存的那點兒。
不過她還是帶着點為難說：“這可真是不少，一個生産隊咋也得四千斤。還不知道他們手裏有沒有……”
王大隊長一下子急了：“夏大隊長，咱們明人也不說暗話了，你們平安莊大隊最少的工分值都到一毛四了，哪個生産隊的家底，都夠把我們兩大隊加起來的紅薯換走了。”
夏菊花可無奈可無奈的笑了一下：“王大隊長，各生産隊的家底，都是留着來年買種子化肥的，哪能都換了紅薯。對了，你們大隊想咋個換法？”
前兩次的失敗，讓王大隊長和梁大隊長一起讨論了好久，得出的結論都是平安莊大隊這是想壓價呢，所以現在王大隊長可不敢再要高價了：“一斤四分錢。”
跟夏菊花當初想收的價格一樣，可把夏菊花給為難壞了：“這可比糧站收高出一倍了，我怕各生産隊不同意呀。”
梁大隊長也急了：“夏大隊長，別說我們的紅薯都放了這麽長時間，該跑的水份都跑完了，跟交公糧的時候比減了不少稱。就算是推到大集上，也得四分錢呢。”
夏菊花奇怪的看了梁大隊長一眼：“生産隊糧倉裏的紅薯，還能推到大集上賣去？”那都是社員們自己小打小鬧才能辦的事兒。
兩大隊長又無話可說了，沉默了好一會兒，夏菊花才悠悠的嘆了一口氣：“算了，誰讓咱們都是當大隊長的。我也知道你們的難處，今年就先把你們的紅薯都換了。不過來年我們大隊紅薯估計還不會種多少，要是再想收你們的紅薯，你們可別又……”
梁王兩個已經被夏菊花搓磨的一點脾氣都沒有了，連連搖頭說：“不能不能，只要是平安莊大隊換，我們肯定都是這個價錢。”
夏菊花笑了：“要是糧站收的價格提高了，平安莊也不會虧了你們。”
兩人只把這話一聽一過，這麽老些年了，啥時候糧食的價漲過，又不是鬧旱災那會兒。
想是這麽想，兩人沒敢把這層意思帶出來，還得感謝夏菊花替他們着想。回去的路上，兩人沒急着分開，商量了一下覺得自己費勁巴力才讓夏菊花同意收大隊的紅薯，要真的只送一萬斤過來，太虧了。
咋也得多送一些，才對得起他們浪費的唾沫。于是商定回去跟自己親近的人家說一聲，不願意吃紅薯的，都把自家的紅薯放到大隊一起，給平安莊送來。
至于跟夏菊花說好了一個大隊一萬斤，就說自己記錯了呗，每個生産隊糧倉裏存的多了，既然收還不一起收着？
不想回到大隊跟人一說，人人都說自己家裏的紅薯都推到集上賣光了，把梁王兩人氣得一愣一愣的——雖然他們是大隊長，不直接管着生産隊批假的事兒，可一個生産隊住着，誰上個集走個親戚，他們還能一點兒風聽不着？
誰家秋天不是分了好幾百斤紅薯，那可不是二三斤豆子，往籃子裏一裝蓋塊布誰也看不出來，運沒運到集上去，他們心裏沒數？！
再說趕集去的也都是農村人，誰家能一下子買那老些紅薯？
撒謊都不會撒！
可他們說得着的，都是關系很親近的人，哪怕明知道那些人的紅薯去處有問題，兩個大隊長也只好暗自生氣——那些人嘴嚴實着呢，任他們咋套話，竟然都不說紅薯去哪兒了。
氣死他們了。
那頭都跟夏菊花說好了，兩個大隊長再生氣，也得把各生産隊的紅薯集中起來，帶人送到平安莊去——夏菊花都說了，來年平安莊還不打算種紅薯，肯定還得跟他們換。要是這次說好了他們又不送了，下年再跑八趟平安莊大隊夏菊花也不可能松口了。
那個女人牙口硬着呢！
還真讓他們猜着了，夏菊花所以松口讓他們把紅薯運到平安莊來，就是起個遮人耳目和廣而告知的做用：想建個粉條廠，自然得讓別人知道平安莊大隊需要紅薯，更得讓人知道他們紅薯是有來歷的。
有前進大隊和勝利大隊一送紅薯，這不馬上有好幾個聽到風聲的大隊，也來平安莊打聽消息，并表示也想把紅薯送過來了？
李長順看得膽戰心驚：“你還真想把他們紅薯都收了？”
夏菊花多心安理得呀，她笑着說：“都收了前進和勝利大隊的了，都是一個公社的，不收他們的不好。”
“可是咱們這些紅薯漏着都費勁，我聽說給各糧站的粉條還差着一大截呢。”一心為公的李長順覺得，啥也沒有先完成糧站的任務重要。
人家也不是白讓他們幹活，一斤粉條給二斤紅薯的工錢呢。
夏菊花心裏想，糧站的粉條當然要差一大截，現在各生産隊漏的粉都快被齊衛東拉走三分之一了。不過這話可不敢當着李長順講，只能敷衍的說：“也快了，再說糧站不是說了，不超過二月底交粉條就行嘛。”
說話間，李大牛找到大隊部來了，一見李長順和夏菊花都在，可算是找到組織了，嘴一下咧的老大：“大隊長，你們都在呢，我想跟你們商量點事兒。”
見兩人都看自己，李大牛就向他們訴起苦來，總之就是現在他們生産隊社員還是各漏各的粉兒，雖然把規格統一了，可家家戶戶自己的人手就顯得單薄了。他到平安莊看過漏粉房之後，那叫一個心動，就想着也建上一個。
還沒說完，三隊牛隊長也來了，跟李大牛的意思差不多。李長順就看夏菊花，明顯想讓她拿個主意。
夏菊花自然知道不會放過這個機會，直接說：“既然各生産隊都想建，那不如大隊統一建一個大的漏粉房。統一安排人過來漏粉兒。”
全大隊的人一起漏粉兒，那得建個多大的地方。幾個大老爺們看着夏菊花侃侃而談：“就在大隊部的邊上建吧，正好有地方，離幾個生産隊都不遠。到時候跟農機站多定上幾臺絞漿機，再跟平安莊似的來上它幾個大漏勺，多弄上幾間烘幹房……”
“大隊長，我聽你這麽一說，叫漏粉房不合适，應該叫粉條廠！”牛隊長被夏菊花說的兩眼放光，一如既往的緊随她暢想：“這要是咱們大隊建了粉條廠，社員們天天按時上下班，那可就跟城裏人一樣了。”
李長順和李大牛眼前也是一亮，對呀，夏菊花描述的，分明就是一個粉條廠呀。現在雖然不讓個人投機倒把，可大隊搞集體副業還是允許甚至被提倡的。
那他們平安莊大隊，為啥不能建一個粉條廠。
李長順帶着些意動問：“咱們大隊的地都是水澆地，種紅薯太可惜了。”
對于老一輩人來說，能種小麥的地不會拿來種玉米，能種玉米的也不會種紅薯，總希望土地能産生最大價值。
夏菊花此時不能告訴李長順，以後還會出現專門用來種苗圃的地呢，那樣會把他心疼死，只說：“現在各大隊不是都想跟咱們換紅薯嘛，以後咱們有了粉條廠，就可以直接收他們的紅薯。咱們不種，他們也會送過來的。”
李長順就點點頭不說話了。牛隊長則問：“要是大隊建了粉條廠，各戶自己想漏點粉的話還能漏嗎？”
夏菊花看了一眼李長順，見他沒有回答的意思，自己說：“當然能漏，不過咱們要是建粉條廠的話，需要的絞漿機不少，各生産隊的絞漿機啥的都得統一放到粉條廠來。”
“那平安莊能幹嗎？”李大牛可不覺得，夏菊花會眼看着平安莊生産隊吃虧——平安莊自己就有六臺絞漿機，別的生産隊還不到他們的一半呢。
夏菊花笑了：“當然是按各生産隊的投入算股。”
一下子幾個大老爺們都不說話了，誰讓他們都知道，自己生産隊的家底沒有平安莊的厚，将來出的錢也不如平安莊的多呢。
不過這事兒太大，不是他們幾個一商量就行的，還得叫上陳秋生和四隊、五隊的生産隊長，以及劉力群和孫慶林這常會計這些個大隊幹部，一起開會研究了才行。
對于建粉條廠的事兒大家都沒意見，可是對廠子建成之後該由誰管理，一個生産隊出多少個人參與漏粉兒，是該拿工資還是記工分等等，就不是一天能讨論完的。
在別人讨論的時候，夏菊花給薛技術員去了一封信，除了想問問他關于脫水的技術之外，再就要問問他有沒有啥好辦法，讓粉條成粉別那麽費勁——對薛技術員的本事，夏菊花有莫明的信心，總覺得沒有他解決不了的難題。
當然，夏菊花不是那種光指使人幹活的，随信還給薛技術員寄去了十包她自己做的簡易版方便酸辣粉兒——人家薛技術員離開平安莊好幾年了，來信就跟她說想吃她做的酸辣粉兒。以前沒想到也就算了，現在有辦法了就讓人嘗嘗。
幾個生産隊長加上大隊幹部吵了幾天，才算是把建粉條廠的事兒給吵出了個大體模樣：平安莊生産隊出一臺絞漿機（留下一臺給社員自己漏粉兒用）外加五百塊錢，另外四個生産隊各出兩臺絞漿機外加二百塊錢，一共是十三臺絞漿機一千三百塊錢。大隊用家底再買七臺絞漿機另出七百塊錢，合計二十臺絞漿機兩千塊錢，辦一個隊辦粉條廠。
至于将來的利潤分配，則是大隊占三成，平安莊占兩成，其它四個生産隊各占一成二，剩下的那零點零五成，由大隊管理，統一用到小學和五保戶身上。
別以為兩千塊錢少，在這個時代，一個大隊敢拿出這麽些錢、能拿出這麽些錢來搞副業，全平德縣都沒有一份。
至于人手，每個生産隊先出五十個人到粉條廠上班，每個月工資暫定二十塊錢。把工資定到二十塊錢，夏菊花是考慮過的，別看平安莊去年一年的工分值達到了二毛六，可別的生産隊工分值才一毛四五。
再說他們這是隊辦廠，要是比城裏人的工資還高，就該有人動心思了。算下來其實并不比社員們種地記工分掙得多，這樣就免除了一開始，人人争着進廠的麻煩。
But Xia Juhua was confident that when the spring breeze blew, the wages of the vermicelli factory workers would increase rapidly. Moreover, the profits of the vermicelli factory had to be divided among the production teams and brigades, and the profits of the production teams had to be distributed to the members as dividends. However, the members who entered the factory only had to pay half of the food rations and work points, but they could get the same amount of food rations as other members!
All in all, the factory members did not suffer any loss - except for Ping'anzhuang, the other four production teams still had ration points deducted according to 2,000 work points per person per year. How much money is that?
As for the Ping'an Village production team, after they received their share of the profits from the vermicelli factory, they would naturally not mistreat the new members who joined the factory. Xia Juhua had already discussed this with Master Wu and Chen Qiu Sheng.
Moreover, the production of sweet potatoes was limited, and storage was another limitation, which meant that the number of people who could enter the work site could only be from October of the autumn harvest to March of the following year at most. During the remaining six months, they could still join the production team and earn work points.
Since the discussion was done, Accountant Chang wrote a report in an orderly and formal manner, which was three pages long. Xia Juhua once again appeared outside Director Zhang's office with these three pages.
As soon as Director Zhang saw Xia Juhua, he warned her: "The whole county is trying to clear up the poison. Don't cause trouble for me."
Xia Juhua always thought that she was a good comrade who shared the commune's worries and cared about the commune. She really didn't know why Director Zhang had such a big prejudice against her: "Director Zhang, I came to report to you about our brigade's sideline development plan. How can I find trouble for you?"
"You haven't caused me any trouble yet. Let me ask you, you have harvested the sweet potatoes from those brigades, so shouldn't the vermicelli at the grain station have all leaked out? If they haven't leaked out yet, why are you harvesting such old sweet potatoes first?" Director Zhang gave Xia Juhua an unpleasant look. She didn't even cover up when she was harvesting the sweet potatoes from the fields, and someone even came to complain to him.
Xia Juhua did not argue with him, and directly placed the three pages of paper she had in her hand on Director Zhang's desk: "Why haven't we completed the task of the grain station? It's clearly written here. Director, take a look."
After saying that, she turned around and left the room without stopping, which really made Director Zhang very angry. But he still had to read the three pages of paper left by Xia Juhua. As he read them, he could not bear to be angry with Xia Juhua, so he called Director Qi's office.
That's right. With the deepening of the cleansing work, Uncle Qi is no longer the deputy director of the county revolutionary committee, but the director of the revolutionary committee. Director Zhang feels that it is necessary to report this bold idea of the Ping'anzhuang Brigade to Director Qi.
When he heard Director Qi's decision to personally visit Ping'an Village for an inspection, he knew that what he had reported was correct, and he happily agreed to wait for Director Qi at the commune the next day to go to Ping'an Village together to catch Xia Juhua off guard.
Seeing the two leaders suddenly appear, Xia Juhua felt a little embarrassed: Who asked her to fry peanuts in front of her stove at home when she should have been watching other people giving birth?
The two leaders in front of them all knew that Xia Juhua earned the money from frying peanuts herself and it had nothing to do with the Ping'anzhuang Brigade.
So even though Director Zhang had already nodded his approval for her to fry the peanuts, she still felt a little embarrassed.
Uncle Qi is rare