Chapter 165
Li was in a dilemma when Xia Juhua showed up in a hurry on a bicycle and asked Zhao Xianzhi who was standing at the gate from a distance: "Xianzhi, someone came to the brigade headquarters and told me that someone else wanted to steal the tricks. Where is he? Has he been caught?"
Zhao Xianzhi answered her loudly, "That's right. You think you can get into the weaving group just by looking well-dressed? You're dreaming! Cuiping and I are guarding the door every day to see what other tricks these shameless people have."
As they were talking, Xia Juhua had already ridden in front of them. She got off her bike and turned to look at the two people confronting Zhao Xianzhi. She said in surprise, "Isn't this Officer Li?"
Li nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, it's me, Captain Xia. This is our new Secretary Tang from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. He came to our Ping'an Village weaving group for an inspection and research today. I didn't expect that I would be mistaken for stealing the new design before I even entered the weaving group. Look at what a mess this is."
Xia Juhua quickly stopped the car and asked Officer Li in disbelief, "Is he really the new Secretary Tang?" He looked just as Zhao Xianzhi said, with a decent appearance, so why didn't he do his job?
Because Xia Juhua knew Director Lin's character well, Secretary Tang, who had sidelined Director Lin as soon as he arrived, was considered incompetent in Xia Juhua's eyes.
Section Chief Li thought Xia Juhua was surprised that Secretary Tang suddenly came to Ping'an Village, and nodded harder to prove the credibility of his words: "Of course, this is the new Secretary Tang from our supply and marketing cooperative. Secretary Tang heard that the weaving group of your production team has made great contributions to the county supply and marketing cooperative, so he came here today to conduct an investigation."
When facing Xia Juhua, Li does not think that he can be superior just because he is a staff member of the county supply and marketing cooperative. He knows very well in his heart that compared with others, he should stick to his duties as a clerk.
Xia Juhua's face turned pale at what Li said, and she apologized: "Secretary Tang, I'm so sorry. I didn't expect you to come to the Ping'an Village production team today. Why didn't you notify me in advance so that I could wait for you here?"
"Please don't blame the comrades in the weaving team for being too vigilant. These days, there are always people who want to steal our tricks under the pretext of visiting or studying. You also know that our weaving team relies on constantly developing new tricks to continuously receive orders and earn foreign exchange for the country. We really need others to learn from us..."
Secretary Tang tried hard to restore his expression to normal, slowly extended his hand to Xia Juhua and said, "Don't blame me. Comrades, you are very vigilant. Protecting your products is your responsibility to the collective."
Xia Juhua smiled and bowed to him, but did not shake hands with him, which made Secretary Tang's face, which had just recovered, look ugly again. Li Keyuan hurriedly leaned over to his ear and whispered to him that Xia Juhua would not shake hands with anyone even if she met the county head or Deputy Director Xue of the regional supply and marketing cooperative. Secretary Tang had to take back his hand, which was almost unable to be raised, and asked in a neither loud nor low voice: "Captain Xia, can we visit the weaving group now?"
"Of course." Xia Juhua glanced at Zhao Xianzhi and said in a negotiating tone: "Xianzhi, do you think Secretary Tang doesn't need to register?"
Zhao Xianzhi didn't give Xia Juhua face at all: "Why don't you register? The last time County Chief Qi came with Deputy Director Xue, they registered."
Tang Shuji wanted to just walk away and looked at Xia Juhua with dissatisfaction.
Xia Juhua's face suddenly became stern when she was looked at: "Comrade Zhao Xianzhi, I will guarantee it for Secretary Tang and Officer Li, okay?"
Zhao Xianzhi looked at her unconvinced, and finally succumbed to Xia Juhua's majesty, reluctantly moved aside the body blocking the door, and said stiffly: "Then come in with me. Where do you want to visit and what do you want to see? We have to make it clear first. Everyone is rushing to produce orders now. Don't make too much noise, and don't waste time talking nonsense with everyone."
Xia Juhua glared at her, and Zhao Xianzhi shut up. However, when Xia Juhua turned around and introduced the current personnel situation of the weaving group to Secretary Tang, Zhao Xianzhi glared back fiercely and was seen by Secretary Tang who was listening to Xia Juhua's introduction from the side.
Because of what Zhao Xianzhi had said before, even though Xia Juhua was leading the team herself, Secretary Tang and his party only stood outside the window, taking a look at everyone's production situation, the mountain-high piles of reeds, and the finished products that filled half of the warehouse.
Zhang Cuiping was guarding the finished product warehouse. Her attitude was similar to Zhao Xianzhi's. Anyone entering the warehouse had to register first. Even if Xia Juhua said she would guarantee it, it would not work. The atmosphere around Xia Juhua was visibly colder. Secretary Tang took the pen from Zhang Cuiping and wrote his name on the book that already had several pages registered: Tang Hongsheng.
In fact, if you want to see the finished product, you should go to the exhibition room of the weaving group. The last two times Li came with Director Lin, they never went into the warehouse of the weaving group. This time, Xia Juhua and others did not mention the exhibition room, and Secretary Tang walked in front of them in a very leadership style. Li thought he wanted to test the production capacity of the weaving group, so he did not remind him.
After looking at the warehouse, Zhao Xianzhi forced a smile and asked Xia Juhua: "Captain, do you think Secretary Tang will come to the brigade headquarters to listen to your report, or will he be in the weaving group..."
Secretary Tang forgot that he was about to walk away. Without waiting for Zhao Xianzhi to finish, he said, "I'm here to inspect the weaving group today, so I'll stay there to learn more about the situation. The people who know the situation of the weaving group best are those of us who have been working there, right?"
Seeing that Secretary Tang was unwilling to go to the brigade headquarters, Xia Juhua could not force him and had to take them to the only office of the weaving group, which was Hongcui's accounting office.
Because the production task was heavy, Hongcui did not stay in the accounting office, but locked the door and went to help the groups. Zhao Xianzhi went to call Hongcui to open the door. When Hongcui saw Xia Juhua, she happily called her "Auntie" and then opened the door to invite everyone in. After quickly pouring water, she said hello to Xia Juhua and went back to weaving.
Secretary Tang looked at Hongcui's back and asked, "Captain Xia, is this your niece? Is she in charge of the weaving group's accounts?"
Xia Juhua nodded as a matter of course: "Yes, she is my brother-in-law's daughter. She knows a lot of words and can calculate accounts clearly. She has been an accountant for more than two years."
"Isn't this somewhat inconsistent with financial regulations?" Secretary Tang looked at Xia Juhua and said in a long tone, "You are the captain and the actual leader of the weaving group. You actually let your own niece be the accountant. Aren't you afraid that people will suspect you?"
"What are you suspicious of?" Xia Juhua's face suddenly became serious, and her eyes looking at Secretary Tang suddenly became sharp: "Secretary Tang, you want to say that I am not afraid of people suspecting that my niece and I have teamed up to put all the public money into our own pockets, right?"
Secretary Tang felt a chill on his spine when Xia Juhua looked at him. He forced a smile and said, "Of course I believe in Captain Xia's character. I am just reminding Captain Xia according to general financial discipline."
Xia Juhua raised her chin slightly and glanced at Secretary Tang with half-closed eyes: "Secretary Tang is new to Pingde County and really doesn't know the situation in Pingan Village. You don't know that we didn't even have a primary school in Pingan Village a few years ago, and few children could read."
"We were able to pick out Hong Cui because she is studious. She secretly learned to read from our current teacher and learned to use an abacus from the production team leader. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to pick out even one accountant in the entire weaving group."
Secretary Tang was surprised that Ping'an Manor was in such a state a few years ago. He took a deep breath, and then another deep breath, swallowed the foul air that was stuck in his throat, and gave Xia Juhua an apologetic smile: "It seems that I should have come to Ping'an Manor for inspection earlier, otherwise I would not have made such a subjective mistake."
Xia Juhua shook her head to show that she didn't care, but her expression didn't improve much. Zhao Xianzhi remained silent after entering the room. Secretary Tang felt that he and Xia Juhua were not on the same page, so he turned to Zhao Xianzhi and asked, "What position does this comrade who was guarding the door just now in the weaving group hold?"
Hearing him ask her, Zhao Xianzhi first glanced at Xia Juhua, and seeing that she was drinking water with her head down, she said, "I am the leader of the weaving group. I usually assign tasks to everyone. Purchasing reed stems is also under my charge, and shipping is under the charge of Zhang Cuiping, who was in charge of the warehouse just now."
"Oh, you are responsible for quite a lot." Secretary Tang nodded and asked, "Then the distribution of the weaving group's income is also decided by you, right?"
"No." Zhao Xianzhi looked at Xia Juhua again and said, "The orders were all signed by our team leader, and the prices were also negotiated by the team leader, so how much money to charge and how to give everyone work points are all decided by our team leader."
Secretary Tang also glanced at Xia Juhua and asked, "Captain Xia, I heard that the Ping'anzhuang Brigade has built a vermicelli factory. You are the factory director. Now they are going to build an instant noodle factory. You also have to be the factory director. Do you still have the energy to do the work of the weaving group?"
"Secretary Tang, have you heard that I delayed any work?" Xia Juhua asked back, stumping Secretary Tang again. The more Li listened to the conversation between Secretary Tang and Xia Juhua, the more anxious he became. He wanted to remind Secretary Tang that Xia Juhua was the person in charge of these places because she had created them.
From technology to factory, nothing can be achieved without Xia Juhua. If you don't let her be in charge, who do you want to be in charge?
Secretary Tang chatted with Zhao Xianzhi for a few more sentences and learned that the weaving group only paid the production team for the goods, and the production team then paid the retention fee to the brigade. He asked Xia Juhua anxiously:
"Comrade Xia Juhua, from what I understand is that the reason why Ping'an Village's textiles have become famous in the region and even participated in the expo is largely due to the strong recommendation of the supply and marketing cooperative. How come the weaving group has pocketed all the income in the past few years and not handed over the profits to the supply and marketing cooperative?"
Xia Juhua stood up excitedly: "What did you say?"
唐書記被她看得有些不自在，可是眼前的肥肉實在太誘人，他鋪墊了這麽多，就是想分一杯羹：“我說平安莊編織組，能取得今天的成績，離不開供銷社的幫助，應該上交一部分利潤給供銷社。”
“另外，”唐書記鼓勵的看了趙仙枝一眼，挑拔道：“這位趙同志一直具體負責編織組的工作，你就不應該再把着編織組的權利不放，更不應該繼續參與編織組的分配。”
說到最後，唐書記很有信心的看着趙仙枝，剛才他可看出來了，這個姓趙的對夏菊花很不滿，老是背着沖她翻白眼。
哪怕今天趙仙枝跟夏菊花不反目，他相信多跟趙仙枝接觸幾次的話，就能說動趙仙枝把夏菊花在編織組的權奪下來——編織組這麽掙錢，稍微動一點手腳就能富得流油，他不相信實際負責運轉編織組的趙仙枝不動心。有他這個縣供銷社的書記在背後撐腰，還怕鬥不過一個小小的大隊長？
趙仙枝果然認真看了唐書記一眼，語氣不好的說：“雖然我一直管着編織組，可沒有大隊長，就沒有今天的編織組，大隊長參加編織組的分配，我沒有意見。”
聽到沒，只說參加分配，可沒說繼續管理。唐書記心裏樂開了花，臉上十分嚴肅：“趙同志，你這話我不贊同，夏大隊長都不參加編織組的勞動，卻繼續參與編織組的分配，那不是侵占了社員的利益嗎？”
趙仙枝又看了他一眼，臉色十分難看，不再說話。夏菊花似笑非笑的由着他們兩個交流，自己一言不發，即不替自己辯解，也不表态自己日後是不是還參與編織組的管理與分配。
這讓唐書記覺得自己一拳打在了棉花地上。在平德供銷社輕易架空林主任的權利，沖昏了唐書記的頭腦，讓他以為自己是一個有魄力有決斷的領導，說出來的話不管是誰都應該聽從。
現在他都說了這麽多，夏菊花還一臉無所謂的樣子，讓他實在惱火，語氣更嚴厲了：“夏菊花同志，我代表縣供銷社通知你，你不适合再參與平安莊編織組的任何事務，也不能再參與分配。趙同志，你有沒有信心管理好編織組？”
他期待的看着趙仙枝，等着她向自己表态——如果梯子架到腳下都不知道順着爬，唐書記不介意自己在編織組多考察兩天，找一個比趙仙枝更看得清局勢的人栽培。
趙仙枝臉都陰得沒法看了，用力看了夏菊花一眼，意意思思的說：“領導，我們編織組的訂單，都是大隊長在博覽會跟國際友人簽訂後，人家追加的。要是大隊長不管編織組的事兒，人家再不追加訂單咋辦？”
唐書記信心滿滿：“有縣供銷社在，你怕什麽。夏菊花能參加博覽會，你也同樣可以參加。到時我帶着你去博覽會，咱們一起談訂單，所得的利潤，由平安莊編織組與供銷社平分，你還怕什麽？”
“我怕你走不出平安莊。”趙仙枝冷笑着盯住唐書記的眼睛：“你說來說去，就是眼紅編織組的利潤，想從中得好處，才是最主要的吧？我告訴你，做夢！呸！”
突然改變态度的趙仙枝，直接對着唐書記啐了一口，把他給啐愣了：“你，你這個同志咋……”說變臉就變臉呢，難道剛才她臉越來越陰沉，不是對夏菊花而是對自己不滿？
“我咋啦，我還想問你咋啦呢。你是不是還沒睡醒，跑我們平安莊來撒臆症來哦啦？”趙仙枝的手都快指到唐書記的鼻子上了：“你一個供銷社的書記，管得着我們平安莊誰管啥事兒嗎？”
“你當你是誰呢？我們公社書記都沒你管的寬，縣長也沒覺得我們隊長做的不對，你個供銷社算幹嘛吃的？看你是供銷社來的，我們對你客氣點，你就猴戴帽子——真拿自己當個人啦？也不撒泡尿照照自己，你算個啥玩意，就敢到平安莊指手劃腳？”
唐書記被趙仙枝罵的滿面通紅，一時想不出啥話來回應，不由怒氣沖沖的看向夏菊花：“夏大隊長，你們平安莊社員辱罵國家幹部，你就不管管嗎？”自己可是供銷社的書記，平安莊的編織品，不想再往出銷售了嗎？！
夏菊花連冷笑都免了，平靜的問：“唐書記，剛才你不還說我不适合再參與編織組的管理嗎？趙仙枝是編織組的人，按你的說法我管不着她。”所以你就繼續挨罵吧。
唐書記被堵得啞口無言。趙仙枝那邊并沒有因為唐書記回不出話來，就覺得出氣，反而覺得一口氣堵在胸口，不發洩出來都要把胸口憋爆了。
她猛地拉開辦公室的門，沖着院子裏高喊：“都別幹活了！人家供銷社的書記說隊長不配管編織組，不讓隊長幹了。還說隊長不應該在編織組拿工分，隊長都不拿工分了，你們還好意思拿工分嗎？沒工分拿，還幹啥少？！”
這一嗓子算是捅了馬蜂窩，三排房子裏都有人探出頭來，大聲問：“你說啥？”
“有個說自己是縣供銷社書記的人，不讓隊長幹了，好平分咱們編織組的利潤。”趙仙枝用同樣大的聲音回答，氣憤的指着自己身後的辦公室：“那貨現在就在屋裏呢。”
唐書記都被嚷蒙了，趙仙枝說的的确是他剛才的話，可順序有些是颠倒的，哪怕跟他真實意思沒差多少，聽起來咋那麽讓他別扭呢？
正想糾正趙仙枝，三排房子裏突然湧出了不少人，一下子把辦公室給圍住了：“哪個不要臉的，敢不讓大隊長管我們？”
“不管我們管你呀，看看你長那樣，配讓大隊長管嗎？”
“沒有大隊長帶我們編席，你們供銷社拿啥到地區評獎？現在看着編織組好了，你們就想奪權，做夢呢吧！”
“卸磨殺驢說的就是你們吧，我們掙你們一分錢了嗎？？”
一百多名婦女的聲音，把編織組的地皮都掀起來了，唐書記和李科員兩個臉都吓白了，誰也沒想到唐書記幾句話，會讓編織組炸了窩。
剛來時安安靜靜的編織組婦女們，瞬間爆發起來如此可怕，罵人的花樣那麽多，有些人都想沖進屋子，拉唐書記出去承受大家的怒火，讓兩個人根本不敢走出屋子。
“夏大隊長，那位趙同志誤會了，唐書記不是她說的那個意思。”李科員嗑嗑巴巴向夏菊花求救，現在只有夏菊花出面，才能不讓唐書記再挨罵。
夏菊花看了李科員一眼，目光裏沒有譴責也沒有興災樂禍，有的是一眼看穿人心思的犀利，讓李科員不得不低下頭。
唐書記還妄圖維護自己的尊嚴，努力讓自己的腿不顫抖得那麽利害，聲色俱厲的向夏菊花說：“夏大隊長，我只是來平安莊編織組考察，你組織這麽些人圍攻我，是想學紅小兵沖擊國家幹部嗎？”
如此睜着眼說瞎話，是誰在學紅小兵？夏菊花看向唐書記的目光仿佛看一個傻子：“唐書記，你确定是我組織人圍攻你嗎？”
李科員可不敢再讓唐書記說話了，低着的頭迅速擡起來：“夏大隊長，唐書記不是這個意思，他是說大家有話可以好好說，不能進行人身攻擊。”
“不能人身攻擊，那唐書記一見我侄女當編織組的會計，就懷疑我們娘兩個把編織組的錢裝進自己兜裏，算啥？說我不參加編織組的管理，再參與編織組的分配是多吃多占，又算啥？”
外頭婦女們憤怒的聲音越來越大，甚至已經有人跑出院子，向大隊部那邊飛奔，也有人向生産隊跑。不用問，都是去叫人的，李科員都要被吓尿了。
編織組的人他們已經對付不了了，要是平安莊大隊所有人過來，他們兩個還能囫囵個離開平安莊嗎？
前所未有的後悔籠罩着李科員，他快給夏菊花跪下了：“不管咋說，唐書記也是國家幹部，來平安莊真是想考察的。要是他出了啥事，對平安莊也沒有好處呀，夏大隊長。”
見李科員如此之慫，唐書記覺得丢人。可他已經不敢訓斥李科員了，勉強向夏菊花說：“我是不是國家幹部不重要，哪怕我只是一名普通來參觀的人，平安莊也不應該如此對待我吧？夏大隊長，你對我有意見，我們可以坐下來溝通，搞人身攻擊，就……”
“沒有搞人身攻擊，大家就是想跟唐書記探讨交流。”李科員直接打斷唐書記的話，沖夏菊花擠出一個比哭還難看的笑：“夏大隊長，讓這些人先回去行不行？”
夏菊花當然知道，如果唐書記真在平安莊出啥事的話，大家都落不了啥好。可她就是想讓唐書記知道知道，平安莊的利潤，只能平安莊的社員得，任何人都別想借着手裏的權利染指。
Because she knew that within a few years there would be a period of management chaos, and some people would do anything to get what they wanted. If someone tried to take advantage of Ping An Zhuang for the first time, and she didn't hurt him, more and more people would try to take advantage of Ping An Zhuang in the future.
She and the members of Ping An Village had earned a good life and a good future through their own brains and hard work, so why should they allow these people with bad intentions to get involved? Today, she even used Secretary Tang as the monkey to scare the chickens!