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?"
Secretary Tang felt a little uncomfortable being looked at by her, but the fat meat in front of him was too tempting. He had laid so much foundation just to get a piece of the pie: "I said that the Pingan Village weaving team could not have achieved today's results without the help of the supply and marketing cooperative, and we should hand over a part of the profits to the supply and marketing cooperative."
"In addition," Secretary Tang gave Zhao Xianzhi an encouraging look and said, "Comrade Zhao has been in charge of the work of the weaving group. You should not hold on to the rights of the weaving group anymore, and you should not continue to participate in the allocation of the weaving group."
At the end, Secretary Tang looked at Zhao Xianzhi with confidence. He could see just now that this Zhao was very dissatisfied with Xia Juhua and always rolled his eyes at her behind her back.
Even if Zhao Xianzhi and Xia Juhua didn't turn against each other today, he believed that if he had more contact with Zhao Xianzhi, he would be able to persuade Zhao Xianzhi to take away Xia Juhua's power in the weaving group - the weaving group made so much money that they could become rich with just a little manipulation, and he didn't believe that Zhao Xianzhi, who was actually in charge of running the weaving group, would not be tempted. With him, the secretary of the county supply and marketing cooperative, backing him up, how could he be afraid of not being able to defeat a small captain?
Zhao Xianzhi really looked at Secretary Tang seriously and said in a bad tone: "Although I have always been in charge of the weaving team, without the captain, there would be no weaving team today. I have no objection to the captain participating in the allocation of the weaving team."
Did you hear that? It only said to participate in the distribution, but didn't say to continue the management. Secretary Tang was very happy, but his face was very serious: "Comrade Zhao, I don't agree with what you said. Captain Xia didn't participate in the weaving group's labor, but continued to participate in the weaving group's distribution. Isn't that encroaching on the interests of the members?"
Zhao Xianzhi glanced at him again, her face very ugly, and she stopped talking. Xia Juhua let them talk with a half-smile, and she said nothing, neither defending herself nor expressing whether she would still participate in the management and distribution of the weaving group in the future.
This made Secretary Tang feel like he had hit a cotton field with one punch. The fact that Director Lin's power was easily undermined in Pingde Supply and Marketing Cooperative overwhelmed Secretary Tang's mind, making him think that he was a leader with courage and determination, and that everyone should listen to what he said.
After all he had said, Xia Juhua still looked nonchalant, which really annoyed him. He spoke more sternly, "Comrade Xia Juhua, on behalf of the county supply and marketing cooperative, I want to inform you that you are no longer suitable to participate in any affairs of the Ping'anzhuang weaving group, nor can you participate in the distribution. Comrade Zhao, do you have the confidence to manage the weaving group well?"
He looked at Zhao Xianzhi expectantly, waiting for her to express her opinion to him - if she didn't know how to climb up the ladder even when it was placed at her feet, Secretary Tang wouldn't mind observing the weaving group for a few more days and finding someone who could see the situation more clearly than Zhao Xianzhi to cultivate.
Zhao Xianzhi's face was so gloomy that it was unbearable to look at. He looked at Xia Juhua intently and said thoughtfully: "Leader, the orders for our weaving group were all placed after the captain signed with international friends at the Expo. If the captain does not care about the weaving group, what will we do if they don't place additional orders?"
Secretary Tang was full of confidence: "With the county supply and marketing cooperative, what are you afraid of? Xia Juhua can participate in the expo, so can you. I will take you to the expo, and we will discuss orders together. The profits will be divided equally between the Pinganzhuang weaving team and the supply and marketing cooperative. What are you afraid of?"
"I'm afraid you won't be able to leave Ping'an Manor." Zhao Xianzhi sneered and stared into Secretary Tang's eyes: "What you said is that you are jealous of the profits of the weaving group and want to benefit from it, right? I tell you, dream on! Bah!"
Zhao Xianzhi suddenly changed her attitude and spat directly at Secretary Tang, shocking him: "You, comrade, why are you..." She changed her face so suddenly. Could it be that her face became increasingly gloomy just now because she was not dissatisfied with Xia Juhua but with herself?
"What's wrong with me? I was just about to ask you what's wrong with you. Are you still asleep and coming to Ping'an Manor to act delusional?" Zhao Xianzhi's hand was almost pointing at Secretary Tang's nose: "You are the secretary of a supply and marketing cooperative, what right do you have to take care of our Ping'an Manor?"
"Who do you think you are? Our commune secretary doesn't have as much control as you do, and the county head doesn't think our team leader did anything wrong. What do you think you are doing as a supply and marketing cooperative? We treat you politely because you are from the supply and marketing cooperative, but you are just pretending to be a monkey - do you really think you are a human being? Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? Who do you think you are? How dare you come to Ping'an Village to point fingers and make trouble?"
Secretary Tang's face flushed after being scolded by Zhao Xianzhi. He couldn't think of any words to respond for a moment. He looked at Xia Juhua angrily: "Captain Xia, you Ping'an Village members insulted state officials, and you don't do anything about it?" He is the secretary of the supply and marketing cooperative. Don't you want to sell Ping'an Village's textiles anymore? !
Xia Juhua didn't even bother to sneer and asked calmly: "Secretary Tang, didn't you just say that I was not suitable to participate in the management of the weaving group? Zhao Xianzhi is a member of the weaving group. According to you, I have no control over her." So you just continue to be scolded.
Secretary Tang was speechless. Zhao Xianzhi did not feel relieved because Secretary Tang could not reply. Instead, she felt as if a breath of air was stuck in her chest, and if she did not vent it, her chest would burst.
She flung open the door of the office and shouted into the yard, "Stop working! The secretary of the supply and marketing cooperative said that the team leader is not qualified to manage the weaving group and will not let the team leader work. He also said that the team leader should not get work points in the weaving group. If the team leader doesn't get work points, how can you still get work points? If you don't get work points, what else can you do?!"
This shout stirred up a hornet's nest. People from three rows of houses poked their heads out and shouted, "What did you say?"
"There's a guy who claims to be the secretary of the county supply and marketing cooperative. He stopped the captain from doing this so that he could share the profits of our weaving group equally." Zhao Xianzhi answered in an equally loud voice, pointing angrily at the office behind him: "That guy is in the room now."
Secretary Tang was confused. What Zhao Xianzhi said was indeed what he had just said, but the order was a little reversed. Even though it was not much different from his real meaning, why did it sound so uncomfortable to him?
Just as he was about to correct Zhao Xianzhi, a lot of people suddenly rushed out of the three rows of houses and surrounded the office in an instant: "Who is so shameless that he dares not let the captain take care of us?"
"It doesn't matter if we take care of you. Look at how you look. Are you worthy of being taken care of by the captain?"
"Without the captain leading us in weaving mats, what can you supply and marketing cooperative bring to the regional awards? Now that the weaving team is ready, you want to seize power. You are dreaming!"
"You are the ones who are being humiliated after you have done your job. Have we earned a penny from you?"
The voices of more than a hundred women stirred up the weaving team. Secretary Tang and Officer Li both turned pale with fright. No one had expected that a few words from Secretary Tang would cause such a stir in the weaving team.
The women in the weaving group, who had been quiet when they first arrived, suddenly exploded in such a terrifying way, swearing in so many different ways that some of them wanted to rush into the house and drag Secretary Tang out to bear everyone's anger, so the two of them didn't even dare to leave the house.
"Captain Xia, Comrade Zhao has misunderstood. Secretary Tang did not mean what she said." Officer Li stammered and asked Xia Juhua for help. Now only Xia Juhua could step in to prevent Secretary Tang from being scolded again.
Xia Juhua glanced at Li Keyuan. There was neither condemnation nor gloating in her eyes. Instead, there was a sharpness that could see through people's minds at a glance, forcing Li Keyuan to lower his head.
Secretary Tang tried to maintain his dignity and tried hard to stop his legs from shaking so badly. He said to Xia Juhua in a stern voice, "Captain Xia, I just came to Ping'an Village to inspect the weaving team. You organized so many people to besiege me. Are you trying to learn from the Little Red Soldiers to attack state officials?"
Who is lying with his eyes open like this? Is he imitating the Little Red Soldiers? Xia Juhua looked at Secretary Tang as if he were a fool: "Secretary Tang, are you sure that I organized people to attack you?"
Li didn't dare to let Secretary Tang speak anymore, and raised his head quickly: "Captain Xia, Secretary Tang didn't mean that. He said that if you have something to say, you can talk in a nice way and not make personal attacks."
"You can't attack me personally. When Secretary Tang saw that my niece was the accountant of the weaving group, he suspected that my mother and I were putting the money of the weaving group into our own pockets. What does that mean? And he said that I didn't participate in the management of the weaving group, but participated in the distribution of the weaving group and took more than I deserved. What does that mean?"
The angry voices of the women outside were getting louder and louder. Some even ran out of the yard and ran towards the brigade headquarters, while others ran towards the production team. Needless to say, they were all going to call for help. Li Keyuan was so scared that he almost pissed himself.
They can no longer deal with the people from the weaving group. If all the people from Ping An Village come, will the two of them be able to leave Ping An Village safely?
Li Keyuan was overwhelmed with unprecedented regret. He almost knelt down to Xia Juhua: "No matter what, Secretary Tang is also a state cadre. He came to Ping'an Manor to investigate. If anything happens to him, it will not be good for Ping'an Manor, Captain Xia."
Secretary Tang felt ashamed to see Li so angry. But he didn't dare to reprimand Li anymore, and reluctantly said to Xia Juhua: "It doesn't matter whether I am a state cadre or not. Even if I am just an ordinary visitor, Pingan Village shouldn't treat me like this, right? Captain Xia, if you have any opinions about me, we can sit down and communicate, and make personal attacks, just..."
"There is no personal attack. We just want to discuss with Secretary Tang." Li interrupted Secretary Tang and gave Xia Juhua a smile that was uglier than crying: "Captain Xia, can we let these people go back first?"
Xia Juhua knew that if Secretary Tang really got into trouble in Pingan Manor, no one would be in a good situation. But she just wanted Secretary Tang to know that the profits of Pingan Manor could only be obtained by the members of Pingan Manor, and no one else could take advantage of the power in their hands to get involved.
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!
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