Chapter 166
With the intention of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, and also wanting to vent Director Lin's anger, Xia Juhua was not afraid of today's incident becoming a big deal. So when Zhao Xianzhi opened the door and asked all the women to come out, Xia Juhua did not stop it. When everyone pointed at Secretary Tang and cursed his mother, Xia Juhua also let it go.
What a joke! She had racked her brains to come up with ways to make money. She acted like a salesperson at the expo, signed orders with people, and raised prices. She did this to make the people of Ping An Village live a good life, not to fatten up those who wanted to get their hands on the money right away!
Soon, the male members of Pingan Village gathered in the yard of the weaving team. They were all over fifty years old and looked a little thin. They were the ones who could not do heavy labor such as building instant noodle factories or vermicelli factories, so they stayed in the production team to do light work. Although there were not many people, everyone held the iron shovel tightly in their hands.
When the male member appeared, Secretary Tang finally couldn't keep up the composure he had put on his face: "Captain Xia, the old man taught us to fight with words instead of with fists."
Xia Juhua glanced at him lightly and said, "Don't provoke them. The members of Ping'an Village won't fight. During the movement, none of the members of our brigade participated in the fighting."
Officer Li looked into the yard and found that more and more people were coming in from the door. They were getting younger and younger, and all of them were holding shovels or pickaxes in their hands. He felt that Xia Juhua's words were worth discussing.
Not only was this matter worthy of discussion, but the increasing number of people in the distance also made Li's scalp tingle. He whispered to Secretary Tang, who was still trying to maintain his leadership, and pointed out the crowd that was approaching.
Secretary Tang's already pale face lost all color: "She is inciting the masses to attack state officials."
Li Keyuan wanted to slap Secretary Tang in the face. He still wanted to find fault with others. Think about whether he can leave Pingan Manor first. Li Keyuan suddenly remembered what Zhao Xianzhi said just now, "I'm afraid you can't leave Pingan Manor." It seems that she was not threatening, but telling them the facts in advance.
People who walked into the weaving group's yard asked the women what had happened, which made Zhao Xianzhi's loud voice come into full play. In recent years, she had dealt with many outsiders in order to buy reed poles for the weaving group. She knew which sentence to put first and which sentence to say in what tone to give herself the upper hand, so it was effortless for her to accuse Secretary Tang.
In Zhao Xianzhi's mouth, Secretary Tang is a villain who is greedy for money and can't stand Ping'an Manor living a good life. The weaving team has never said a good word to her except to sow discord between her and Xia Juhua, find fault with Xia Juhua, and try to take advantage of Ping'an Manor.
"He thought I had something against the captain because I saw that he was in a bad mood? Yes, I did have something against the captain. I couldn't bring myself to be angry with him, so I was polite to him. It's just like this. The more polite you are to him, the more he will get angry. How can I not be angry?"
Zhao Xianzhi's final speech was so irritating that Secretary Tang almost vomited blood. It turned out that he was just being sentimental and misunderstood Zhao Xianzhi's intentions. She was so open about it, but he thought he was about to succeed.
The biggest humiliation was that Zhao Xianzhi had made it clear to him. Not only did she make it clear, she also pointed at his nose and told him that his little thoughts were known to her and she was just playing with him like a monkey.
He wanted to jump out and argue with Zhao Xianzhi, but the overwhelming crowd frightened Secretary Tang - now his only hope of getting out of Ping'an Manor safely was Xia Juhua, whom he had just attempted to capture.
What a sad life this is.
Secretary Tang took a deep breath, and then another deep breath, trying to make his attitude more sincere: "Captain Xia, I think there really is some misunderstanding between us. I am a straightforward person, and I say whatever I think. I also think that we are all revolutionary comrades, and we should pull each other's sleeves and remind each other in time when we find problems. If you think there is any misunderstanding, please forgive me."
Such a high-sounding excuse. Xia Juhua calmly watched Secretary Tang's performance and turned her gaze to Li, "Li, do you think that Secretary Tang's words after entering the Ping'an Village weaving group were unclear or could easily cause misunderstanding?"
Officer Li hesitated for a while without making any clear statement - Secretary Tang had just been too confident, and his words were too full of confidence. Every word he said clearly showed his intention. Saying that Xia Juhua had misunderstood him was just a way of phrasing to ease the embarrassment. Officer Li couldn't say which specific sentence he had said.
Since we can't explain it, let's just stay here. Xia Juhua sat back in her chair and picked up the water, only to find that it was already cold. She stood up and poured it out, refilled herself with another cup, and drank it slowly.
Li Keyuan was almost going crazy. He pulled Secretary Tang's sleeve hard, indicating that it was getting late. If they didn't leave Pingan Manor, they would not only have no lunch, but they might be trapped in this room all night. There would be many people in Pingan Manor by then, and they could take turns to go home and rest. If the two of them were frozen all night, they would be like popsicles.
Secretary Tang understood what Officer Li meant. Xia Juhua's words just now also poured a bucket of cold water on him, making him more clearly aware that the rural woman in front of him was not afraid of him, a state cadre and secretary of the county supply and marketing cooperative!
Some people who bully others by taking advantage of their power are like this. When others respect them, they think they are the boss and he is the third in command. But when people don't take them seriously, they will find that there is nothing intimidating about them.
"Captain Xia," Secretary Tang's expression suddenly changed, and he looked as pitiful as he could be. "I just came to Pingde County and didn't understand the situation. I made the mistake of empiricism and dogmatism. If you are dissatisfied with anything, feel free to criticize me."
"But I still have a lot of work to do in the supply and marketing cooperative. If I stay in Ping'an Village, it will delay my work. Look, can you tell the members that our supply and marketing cooperative has no ill intentions towards Ping'an Village. We are all for the better development of Ping'an Village..."
Xia Juhua was amazed at how quickly his expression changed and how earnest his tone was. But she was determined to expose the matter today, and she could not be moved by Tang Shuji's temporary submission.
Didn't she know what Secretary Tang was thinking? Wasn't he just thinking of leaving Ping'an Manor first and then complaining to his superiors, putting several accusations on Ping'an Manor so that he would be in big trouble?
Xia Juhua finished the water in her cup, glanced at Secretary Tang and Li, and finally stood at the open door. When the members who were talking about Xia Juhua saw her, they all called the team leader and asked her if she was okay and whether she was irritated by the two people from the supply and marketing cooperative.
Liu Liqun stood outside the crowd and told Xia Juhua loudly that Li Changshun had already called the commune and reported to Secretary Zhang that someone had come to disrupt the production of Ping'an Village. It was estimated that Secretary Zhang would come to deal with it soon.
Secretary Tang in the room couldn't stop sweating when he heard this. How could he be considered to be disrupting the production of Ping An Village? But he didn't dare to stand at the door like Xia Juhua, for fear that the excited members would rush up and beat him up.
Xia Juhua stretched out her hand and pressed down hard several times before she suppressed the noisy voice. She said loudly to the members: "The person who came is Secretary Tang from the county supply and marketing cooperative. He said he came to Ping'an Village for research. Everyone has heard what Xianzhi said just now. He thinks I am not qualified to manage the weaving team, and he has opinions about my duties in the vermicelli factory and the instant noodle factory to be built."
"I also feel that I am interfering too much. Some people may have the same idea as Secretary Tang. Since Secretary Zhang will be coming over soon, I can ask for his and the commune's opinions. Anyone who has any opinions about me can express them to Secretary Zhang in person."
"If you all agree with Secretary Tang, then I will leave the weaving group, the vermicelli factory, or even Ping'an Manor. Anyway, my two sons have already moved to the city, so it shouldn't be a problem for them to support an old woman like me."
"Listen to his bullshit!" Zhao Xianzhi was so annoyed that he pointed at the door and started to curse: "Captain, you are not qualified to manage Ping An Manor. Who else can manage it? He thinks he can manage it well, so let him do it. Don't drag us from Ping An Manor into this. I have said this today. If you don't care, I can't do it anymore. Leave it to him and let him make up those orders himself."
"Yes, the captain is not doing anything, what else can we do? What can we do? Let him lose fans."
"Let him build his own instant noodle factory, and we can go home and farm."
The cursing suddenly became louder, and Secretary Tang could not even stand in the house, so Li Keyuan had to support him. The two of them retreated as far as possible into the house, wishing they had never been to Ping An Manor.
The reality cannot be changed. They stayed in the house for an hour. Xia Juhua neither looked back at them nor stopped the members from cursing. It was not until Uncle Qi and Secretary Zhang showed up that Li Changshun, who came with them, shouted at everyone to stop cursing and go home to eat and work.
Unfortunately, the members were really angry now. They didn't even listen to Li Changshun. They surrounded Uncle Qi and Secretary Zhang and demanded an explanation from them. They asked whether Xia Juhua could still be the captain of Ping'an Village and whether she would be in charge of the weaving group, vermicelli factory and instant noodle factory.
If she still manages it, then the two people in the room will have to be dealt with, otherwise they are afraid that after leaving Ping An Manor, they will cause trouble for Ping An Manor or Xia Juhua. If Xia Juhua is not in charge, then it is even better, everyone can just disband and start farming again, and let the secretary of the supply and marketing cooperative handle the orders from international friends and the support for the army construction, he is capable.
Uncle Qi looked at Xia Juhua, who remained silent, with some helplessness, and raised his voice to testify to the members of Ping'an Village that Comrade Xia Juhua had outstanding working ability and was dedicated to serving the public. The county would not be at ease with anyone else in charge of the Ping'an Village Brigade except her.
Secretary Tang, who had a glimmer of hope when he heard County Magistrate Qi coming, suddenly collapsed to the ground after Uncle Qi finished speaking. He thought that he was from the regional supply and marketing cooperative, and Uncle Qi had to stand on his side in order to have a good relationship with the regional supply and marketing cooperative. He didn't expect that Uncle Qi would directly deny his approach.
Even though the county supply and marketing cooperative does not have a direct leadership relationship with the Pingde County government, if the supply and marketing cooperative wants to achieve results, it still needs to cooperate in a friendly manner with the local government - the government is in charge of the people's livelihood of a county, and the supply and marketing cooperative's voice ultimately only works internally.
Once the relationship with the county government becomes strained, it will be impossible to achieve results.
People don't sell their local specialties to you, or they organize other sources of goods to bypass the supply and marketing cooperative. This has happened in other places before. In the end, the superiors couldn't even give both of them a slap on the wrist. There was no problem in the county, and the local supply and marketing cooperative was directly replaced.
Secretary Tang was able to come to Pingde County as secretary because he had the support of a deputy director in the regional supply and marketing cooperative. If he really ruined his relationship with Pingde County, the deputy director who was competing with Deputy Director Xue for the full-time position would definitely not protect him in order to gain the support of Pingde County.
After all, the deputy director also only has some power in the regional supply and marketing cooperative. Compared with a county government, he does not have much sense of superiority - others give you face, and if you are a regional leader, if you don’t give face, the regional supply and marketing cooperative has full-time positions, so just ask the full-time positions to solve any problems.
"Chief Qi," Secretary Tang was trembling as he greeted Uncle Qi in the room, "I think Captain Xia may have misunderstood me. Maybe I didn't express myself clearly, or maybe..."
Xia Juhua turned around and looked at Secretary Tang for the first time, glaring back all his possibilities.
The members, whose mood had been somewhat eased by Uncle Qi's statement, started to make noises again after hearing Secretary Tang's voice. A few young fools even ran through the crowd and wanted to enter the house to catch Secretary Tang so that he could be punished by the members of Ping An Village.
Xia Juhua's majesty was revealed at this moment. Uncle Qi and Secretary Zhang's entourage were unable to stop the few young men, and they slowed down their pace before approaching Xia Juhua. When Xia Juhua looked at them, they stopped unconsciously.
"People keep saying that I organized people to besiege state officials. Are you afraid that the blame is not firmly placed on me?" Xia Juhua looked at them coldly and said the words that Secretary Tang, who was trembling with fear, wanted to use to attack Xia Juhua in the future.
Secretary Tang was so angry that he gritted his teeth in the room: With Xia Juhua's words, if he repeats these words in the future, he will be considered to be unreasonable, and more seriously, it will make people doubt his character - Xia Juhua stopped the besieging people for him, and he also said that they organized it, and he still has no conscience!
What's even worse is that Xia Juhua seemed to know what he was thinking and continued to say to those young men, "Yes, even if I stop you now, people can still say that I am acting and trying to curry favor with the county leaders. But everyone has a scale in their hearts. I don't care how dirty other people's hearts are, but we in Ping'an Village must live up to our consciences."
"The commune has always supported Ping'an Village, and the county leaders have always helped Ping'an Village. Everyone in Ping'an Village, young and old, must remember this kindness. Today, County Chief Qi and Secretary Zhang came in person, and I believe they will give Ping'an Village justice."
"Today, County Magistrate Qi and Secretary Zhang are going to pick someone up. If there is anyone who stands in their way, it will mean that I, Xia Juhua, have failed to do my job as the team leader and I have no face to be the team leader anymore." After saying that, Xia Juhua moved aside and showed the door, as if letting them come in if they wanted and do whatever they wanted.
The young men didn't dare to say anything, so their parents stepped forward, pinched their ears and dragged them away. But before dragging them away, the parents walked to the door and spat into the house: "Bah, if it weren't for the captain's face, my son wouldn't have beaten you to death."
Uncle Qi was applauding Xia Juhua in his heart. The words "killing someone and destroying their heart" were referring to what Xia Juhua had just done.
Seeing Xia Juhua's rage, the members left the weaving group's yard one after another, and stopped after a few steps, waiting to see what would happen. But the women did not leave. As soon as Xia Juhua left the room, Zhao Xianzhi pulled her aside, and together they watched Uncle Qi and Secretary Zhang enter the room.
Uncle Qi came in and said nothing. Secretary Zhang looked even gloomier. Seeing that Secretary Tang and Li were able to stand up, he asked in a muffled voice, "Secretary Tang, right? It seems that you have great opinions on the management of our Red Star Commune? How about this, let's go back to the commune first. I will listen carefully to Secretary Tang's criticism when we get back to the commune."
Secretary Tang was of course eager to leave Ping An Village immediately, but Secretary Zhang's words did not go over well with him. He stammered to defend himself, "Secretary Zhang, you are too serious. I am only the secretary of the supply and marketing cooperative. How can I interfere with the work of the Red Star Commune?"
Secretary Zhang nodded with a dark face: "Oh, so Secretary Tang is the secretary of the supply and marketing cooperative. I heard people imitate Secretary Tang's words and thought you were the county party secretary."
Secretary Tang was almost choked and looked for help to his uncle Qi, the only person he was familiar with.
Uncle Qi's expression was not much better than Secretary Zhang's: "Let's go to the Red Star Commune first. It's convenient to make phone calls there."
Uncle Qi didn't say where he was calling, but Secretary Tang was trembling. He was careless, really careless today. Why did he think that he could suppress Xia Juhua, a rural woman, with his status? Uncle Qi, who had been chatting and laughing with him when he first took office, didn't seem to be as he expected, because his status as a cadre naturally stood on his side.
Secretary Tang, who realized the seriousness of the matter, got into Uncle Qi's jeep and kept reviewing his mistakes such as being too hasty in his work, using too simple methods, and not fully understanding the situation. He just didn't mention that he had proposed to Ping'an Village that the supply and marketing cooperative should take half of the profits of the weaving group.
But Uncle Qi had already received Secretary Zhang's report before he came, and Secretary Zhang got the information from Li Changshun, so naturally he told him all the situations that were unfavorable to Ping'an Village. How could he still believe Secretary Tang's one-sided words?
Yes, he and Secretary Tang did not have a direct leadership relationship, but someone could directly lead Secretary Tang. After arriving at the Red Star Commune, Uncle Qi called the director's office of the regional supply and marketing cooperative in front of Secretary Tang. The central idea was to find out whether the regional supply and marketing cooperative had any opinion on Pingde County.
Secretary Tang, who was listening to the content of the phone call, wanted to take Uncle Qi's call like an ant on a hot pot, but was frozen in place by a glance and dared not move - Uncle Qi, who had been in a leadership position for a long time, had an aura that Secretary Tang, who had just been promoted to a leadership position, could not contend with. He could only listen to the director on the phone, sweating, apologizing to Uncle Qi over and over.
Uncle Qi spoke very politely, admitting that Director Zheng's original intention was not to harm Ping'an Village: "After all, Comrade Xia Juhua's contribution to the provincial supply and marketing system is unknown to others, but the regional supply and marketing cooperatives from top to bottom should be aware of it." Uncle Qi laughed at the other end of the phone and asked, "That's why I wonder, did our Secretary Tang just start working at the supply and marketing cooperative?"
Secretary Tang's legs went weak again. It was very important that he didn't know Xia Juhua. It was precisely because he knew her that he wanted to make trouble for her. The deputy director who was competing with Deputy Director Xue for the full-time position felt that Xia Juhua's achievements were exaggerated by Deputy Director Xue in order to show off his ability to judge people. This time when Secretary Tang went to Pingde County, he should expose Deputy Director Xue's bragging.
If the Pinganzhuang weaving group can be controlled, it will be more beneficial to the deputy director after he is promoted. Now everyone knows that the Pinganzhuang weaving group was discovered by Deputy Director Xue, and it cannot be erased even after the deputy director is promoted. But it is different if the Pinganzhuang weaving group is controlled by the Pingde County Supply and Marketing Cooperative. It will be a stab in the heart of Deputy Director Xue. There is no need to worry that he will not accept the management of the newly promoted deputy director due to his seniority or other reasons.
No matter how much they planned, they had never expected that Xia Juhua had such a high reputation in Ping'an Village, and that the members supported her so wholeheartedly that all of Secretary Tang's attempts to instigate her became a joke.
Now, everyone in Pingde County, from top to bottom, has opinions about Secretary Tang. Even if he continues to be the secretary of the supply and marketing cooperative, he won't be able to carry out his work.
Secretary Tang's hands were shaking as he took the phone. He could imagine what Director Zheng would say to him, and when he heard the caller asking him to return to the district immediately to report on his duties, his eyes still turned red.
A grown man holding a phone with his hands shaking, his mouth trembling, and suspicious liquid in the corners of his eyes. To be honest, Uncle Qi and Secretary Zhang had never seen such a man before. They all had a question in their minds, that is, who had the foresight to recommend Secretary Tang to be the secretary of the Pingde County Supply and Marketing Cooperative?
Do you want to help him or harm him?
If someone wanted to harm him, in fact, Pingde County Supply and Marketing Cooperative has Xia Juhua's weaving group and vermicelli factory, so it is still easy to achieve results. Who wants to harm someone by pushing him to a place where it is easy to achieve results?
As for helping him, did the person who recommended him really not understand Secretary Tang's character? They let him come to Pingde County because they were afraid that Pinganzhuang's side business would fail?
Uncle Qi and Secretary Zhang looked at each other and saw determination in each other's eyes: whoever wanted to ruin Ping An Zhuang's side business would be their common enemy.
Not to mention the distant places, Pingan Village pulled electricity and built roads, which brought many passing brigades along. How much money did they earn? The sweet potatoes for the vermicelli factory were coordinated by the army, but the first thing they coordinated was the sweet potatoes from Pingde County. With this season's sweet potato harvest, did the entire Pingde County have an average income increase of more than yuan?
Don't underestimate these ten-odd yuan. Pingde County is a large agricultural county, and the rural population accounts for 90% of the county. Isn't the total amount scary?
Ping'an Village's wheat production is now among the highest in the county. All communes in the county are now using the wheat seeds left by Ping'an Village. They are using the combined harvesters that Xia Juhua coordinated to bring back, the seed drills that Engineer Xue designed for Ping'an Village and are now promoting throughout the county, and the tires that Xia Juhua requested from the provincial supply and marketing system...
It was this Secretary Tang who forced Xia Juhua to say that she wanted to look for her son to support her in her old age. If such a person were allowed to return to Pingde County, Uncle Qi felt that he could change his position as the county magistrate.
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