Chapter 78 Punishment for those who hinder socialism
It really couldn't be washed off. Chen Jizhong tried soap, alcohol, and even gasoline used to wash paint, but the stain on his face was still very obvious.
The key is that the color is blue. Even if it is black, he can say that he has premature graying of hair and wants to use something to dye his hair but doesn't understand it.
Seeing his face so red and swollen that it looked like it was about to be washed off, his wife couldn't help but ask him, "What on earth were you doing last night?"
Chen Jizhong immediately glanced towards the door and said, "Keep your voice down!" for fear that the people in the opposite room would hear him.
After all, they lived in public housing, and the person living in the house opposite was not one of their own, but an employee of the food factory.
Of course, even if the team on the other side was his own, he couldn't explain it. He couldn't say that he wanted to trick Qi Fang and made Qi Fang fail, and then he was tricked by Qi Fang in the end, right?
And what on earth was that thing Qi Fang had gotten into? It couldn't be removed even with dry cleaning.
Chen Jizhong picked up the mirror again and felt that his face was not only blue, but also a little green.
The key point is that it’s already past six in the morning and it’s time to go to work.
He could only ask his wife, "Go ask for leave for me. Tell her my mom is sick and I'm going back to see her."
He really couldn't go out with his face so blue. His wife nodded and said, "I'll go get you one right away."
"Hurry up! Please finish your business and leave quickly before the train from the forest farm arrives."
Chen Jizhong added a sentence with a calm expression. Although his wife was a little confused, she didn't bother to ask and turned her fast walking into a jog.
However, when she hurried to the machine repair shop, she couldn't find anyone who could ask for leave. It was said that everyone had gone to the same workshop.
She went to the workshop again, and when she entered, she saw the factory director and other leaders were all there, surrounding a machine with serious expressions.
A young man with an extremely outstanding appearance, wearing gloves, was removing a part from a machine. "This is it."
He handed the item to a few people, and there was a familiar blue color on the gloves and parts.
When Chen Jizhong's lover saw her, her eyelids twitched.
As expected, after a few people took a look, their expressions became even darker. "Someone actually sabotaged it! They really don't take the factory seriously!"
The person who said this was the director of the machine repair factory. After all, the superiors had entrusted Qi Fang and the job to him.
Qi Fang's expression remained calm. "It's okay. I put some dye on it. Just check who has a blue face or who is absent from work."
Chen Jizhong's wife immediately felt that something was wrong. Her Jizhong had been cheated. The other party even anticipated that he would take leave.
Just as I was worrying about what to do, the man looked over at me from across the crowd. "There's a female comrade over there. She might be in trouble."
His voice was clear and his tone was cold, but his eyes looked straight at her, as if he could see into her heart.
After his reminder, the factory director and the others also realized that there was an outsider here. They immediately looked over and asked her, "What can I do for you?"
No matter who did it, it must have been done by someone inside the machine repair shop, and it would be impossible for an outsider to accurately find the part that Qi Fang mentioned.
Of course, matters within the machine repair shop must be resolved internally. Even if they have to be reported to the bureau in the end, no outsider can hear them and spread them around.
So the question is, should Chen Jizhong's wife continue to ask for leave and expose Chen Jizhong? Or should she not ask for leave and let Chen Jizhong miss work?
The problem was that even if she didn't ask for leave and let Chen Jizhong skip work, everyone would think it was him when they saw he wasn't there...
It wasn't even May yet, but Chen Jizhong's wife felt her palms sweating and couldn't say a single word.
This made the factory director feel that something was wrong. He frowned and asked, "Comrade, what brings you to the factory?"
There were also people present who knew the woman's identity and immediately reminded her: "This is Master Chen's lover."
The factory director looked over again, his eyes even sharper, and even a hint of inquiry, "Is there something wrong with Chen Jizhong?"
Chen Jizhong's wife was stared at by so many eyes that she could only bite the bullet and say what she had prepared before: "My old lady is sick. Jizhong went back to see her and can't come to work today."
Surprisingly, it didn't seem that surprising to everyone. Some even whispered, "What a coincidence."
The handsome young man looked at her and asked, "Where is your mother-in-law's house?"
The question was so quick and sharp that she didn't even think before answering, "In Wushuigou."
"When did you know she was sick? How did you know?"
Chen Jizhong's wife couldn't answer this question because Wushuigou was some distance away from Chengshui, and it was not very convenient to transmit information.
She racked her brains to think of how to make up a story, but she didn't answer it immediately. It was obvious that she couldn't answer it. Everyone present knew it.
So Qi Fang didn't say anything else, but the director of the machine repair factory looked at her deeply and asked, "Can we go to your house to take a look?"
Without waiting for her to refuse, he added, "It just so happens that there are no buses going to Wushuigou at this hour. Let's go over there and offer our condolences."
Chen Jizhong's wife had no choice but to take him back. After all, even if she didn't take him back, there were other people in the factory who knew her home address.
She only hoped that Chen Jizhong would be more cautious and find a way to hide away, but when she pushed the door open—
"Have you taken your leave from the factory? How come this crappy powder you bought can't cover anything?"
Chen Jizhong turned his head from the desk. His impatient face was swollen and blue, and covered with a thick layer of powder...
"Oh, you don't know, I was really scared at that time, just like a monster."
Afterwards, someone couldn't help but tell others at the factory, who were left sighing, "Really? Is it really that hard to wash?"
"I asked Master Xiao Qi about this. He said he could use some chloride to remove most of it. If I don't wash it off, I'll have to wait a month for it to be removed naturally."
"It'll take a month to fall off? Then can Master Chen still go out and see people?" "Even if he can wash it off, he can't see people. He's causing trouble for the bureau. He'll most likely be punished by the bureau."
After all, this is a job assigned by the bureau, and the bureau is planning to use it for road construction.
Otherwise, the factory director would not have given Chen Jizhong no face at all. He called him to the factory with his face still blue and gave him various criticisms and political education lessons.
Sure enough, the result of the handling came out faster than any other time. Chen Jizhong was sent to the forest farm for re-education because he maliciously obstructed the development of the bureau and destroyed the bureau's property.
"This is extremely ideologically incorrect behavior and must be taken seriously. I also hope that all comrades will take this as a warning and not hold back socialism!"
After everyone left, the factory even held a special meeting to criticize him for this matter, which shows that he really pissed off the higher-ups.
What's more ironic is that he had used some tricks to force Qi Fang to go to the forest farm below. Now the situation has changed, and he has to go to the forest farm for reform because of Qi Fang.
Qi Fang climbed back with his own ability. Although he is still in the small repair shop, everyone in the machine repair shop has to give him some face.
Moreover, given the importance the bureau attaches to him, as long as this modification is successful, it will be very easy for him to return to the machine repair shop. It just depends on whether he wants to.
Thinking about it this way, it seems that this little Master Qi is not so easy to mess with. This time, Chen Jizhong fell into his hands...
Because Qi Fang was young, some of his subordinates, relying on their seniority, had been less than enthusiastic about their work. But now they were completely disciplined. After receiving his disciplinary action, Qi Fang finally handed over the two modified machines to the bureau.
"He handed it in right away?" Director Liu was clearly skeptical. "How could the machine possibly work in such a short time?"
Anyway, he was the one who had been complaining about the slow progress, and now he was also the one questioning why things were being changed too quickly. Qu Mingli was too lazy to pay any attention to him.
Qu Mingli took his people directly to the machine repair shop for inspection. As soon as he entered, he saw that the two machines had changed drastically.
He had seen excavators and bulldozers before, and he knew from the appearance that they were generally fine. "Do you want to find an experienced technician to come and test drive them?"
"No, I can."
Qi Fang went straight to the machine and turned back to ask, "Does anyone want to come in and see how it works?"
Director Liu didn't dare to go up, but Qu Mingli trusted Qi Fang enough and said, "Let me do it."
The two men entered the operating room. The basic functions such as moving forward, turning, and shifting gears were already available on previous tractors. Qi Fang tried them out briefly and then demonstrated the new functions after the modification.
The excavator's mechanical arm extended and quickly arrived above the pre-drawn operating area, then opened the bucket and started digging.
There are no problems with the flexibility of the robotic arm and bucket, or the accuracy of the operation, and the bucket has enough force to dig the ground.
After a while, the bucket was lifted up with the soil, moved outside the operating area, and then the bucket was tilted back to let the soil fall down.
Qi Fang operated the excavator to dig a nearly three-meter-deep pit on the ground, then he and Qu Mingli switched to the bulldozer and pushed the soil back to flatten the surface.
"Excavators require high intensity and precision. I use the town's TDT-40, and most of the cost of the modification is spent on it. For bulldozers, an RT-12 will do."
When he came down, he told Qu Mingli not to care what Qu Mingli thought, but everyone else present fell into complete silence, especially Director Liu.
The changes are too big, especially the excavator. I heard that the one that the county successfully modified before was just a bulldozer.
This made many people re-examine Qi Fang, thinking that it was a waste of his talent for him to come to Jinchuan Forest Farm, no, it was a waste of his talent for him to come to their Chengshui Town.
However, thinking about the special circumstances of previous years, it seemed understandable, so everyone calmed down and prepared to go back to the meeting.
After all, the product has been modified, and it still needs to be tried out for a while to see if there are any areas that need improvement, and whether the other tractors in the bureau need to be modified as well.
Finally, due to cost and other considerations, it was decided not to modify the other tractors for the time being, but the road in the bureau could indeed be repaired.
After discussing the map for a long time, everyone decided to first build a road from Jinchuan Forest Farm to Wangshan Forest Farm on another small train line.
The two forest farms were right in the middle of the train route, a bit far from town, and separated only by a patch of woods and two hills. If they could be connected, a carriage trip would take less than half an hour, effectively connecting two small railway tracks.
Director Liu was silent throughout the meeting, and when he returned, he sat in his office and was sulking for a long time. He felt that everything had gone wrong for him since Qu Mingli came.
Fortunately, Qu Mingli was eager for quick success and created a big trouble in Jinchuan Forest Farm. Sooner or later, he will suffer the consequences.
Director Liu felt relieved at this point. After thinking about it, he contacted a few more people to find out how big the pilot project at Jinchuan Forest Farm was.
When he heard that they needed wood from three forest farms and also came to the town to buy a lot of bricks and cement, he made a rough estimate that the investment of Jinchuan Forest Farm this time must not be small.
This made him feel relieved, and he was just waiting to see Qu Mingli make a fool of himself when the financial statements were released at the end of this year, and to fan the flames at the same time.
In any case, before the afforestation was completed, the two machines were pulled to Jinchuan Forest Farm using internal combustion engines, and they were ready to start road construction as soon as the afforestation was completed.
At first, everyone thought that this was newly purchased by the bureau and was used to build roads for their Jinchuan Forest Farm as soon as it arrived, which made them feel very proud.
Later, I found out that it was not a new one, but Qi Fang modified it by taking an RT-12 from his previous forest farm and a TDT-40 from another forest farm.
That would be even more prestigious. So, besides Master Qi from their forest farm, who else could modify excavators and bulldozers? Who else?
Anyway, once people heard that the thing was modified from a tractor, they became more enthusiastic and looked for traces of the old tractors on the machine.
One person said they hadn't noticed before, but the changes to the machine weren't that major. Another said they found the spot behind the machine where the trailer used to be, and it was a beautiful touch. Someone else, on their way to the river to do laundry, passed by the pilot and praised her chef, Xiao Qi, to Yan Xue.
It just so happened that Yan Xue was about to get off work and was passing by there on her way home. Yan Xue helped Zhou Wenhui and went to take a look together.
It was May and Zhou Wenhui's due date was just a few days away. Huang Fengying also asked her to move around more so that she could give birth more easily.
Along the way, anyone who had worked short-term in the pilot project would always call the two of them "Technician Yan" and "Accountant Zhou" when they saw them, and then talk about Master Qi from Technician Yan's family.
This made Zhou Wenhui feel very different. "I remember they used to call you Xiao Yan or Xiao Qi's wife."
"So talented people need to have something to do," Yan Xue said with a smile, "otherwise people will only remember your other identities and ignore your name."
Seeing Zhou Wenhui thoughtful, she joked, "Once our pilot project is expanded, maybe one day when people mention Weiguo, they will all say Accountant Zhou's lover."
This made Zhou Wenhui laugh. "Then I have to work hard, even if not for myself, then for my future children."
Although Liu Weiguo was a good person and the Liu family was also very nice, she would always remember that her mother did not have a formal job and her father would glare at her if she even picked up an extra piece of food with her chopsticks.
I also remember when my father was about to take me away in exchange for his future, my mother could do nothing but secretly hug me and wipe away her tears...
I don’t know if it was because the day had come, or because I had joined in the fun of watching the excavators and bulldozers during the day, but I got so hungry that Zhou Wenhui started having sex as soon as she got home.
Huang Fengying went to ask the midwife from the forest farm overnight, and the next day Liu Weiguo came to announce the good news and gave her a few red eggs.
Seeing the disappointment on his face, Yan Xue teased him deliberately, "What's wrong? Is Wen Hui unhappy about giving birth to a girl?"
"It's not that I'm unhappy," Liu Weiguo scratched his head, "but don't we all have taller sons and shorter sons? I hope to have a son, right?"
Humans are social animals, and their thoughts are subtly influenced by society. Not to mention that the majority of the workforce in this era is still male, even in Yan Xue's previous life, in Northeast China, where gender equality is the most prevalent, if someone gave birth to a son as their first child, they would still be praised as a proud achievement.
At that time, a large number of people were only children. Girls were raised the same as boys, received the same education, had jobs, and supported their elderly parents in the same way.
Although he was a little disappointed, Liu Weiguo was still very happy that he had become a father. He called Qi Fang aside and shared his experience with him.
Zhou Wenhui's reaction to this matter was even greater. When Yan Xue went to see her, she directly asked when she could return to work at the pilot site.
The young girl had just become a mother, and her face still showed some postpartum weakness, but her eyes were determined, and she had completely lost the hesitation she had when she decided to become an accountant.
This made Yan Xue smile and glance at Liu Weiguo who was struggling with diapers next to her. "You can come back to work after you have taken forty days off. Then let Weiguo stay at home to look after the child."
Liu Weiguo had just finished speaking when he realized he had done something wrong and made the baby cry. He was so scared that he didn't know where to put his hands and looked at Zhou Wenhui for help.
Just as Zhou Wenhui was about to reach out her hand, Huang Fengying came in from outside, picked up her little granddaughter and said, "Oh, don't cry, don't cry, grandma will comfort you."
Then he glared at his son and said, "You can't even change a diaper. What's the use of you?" Liu Weiguo looked embarrassed.
After leaving Liu's house, Yan Xue couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Zhou Wenhui had really changed a lot.
Qi Fang was walking beside her. Seeing her lowering her head as if thinking about something, he suddenly said, "There is no one in Weiguo who doesn't like children."
Yan Xue was a little slow to react, but he continued, "He also said it was a good thing he had a girl, otherwise he would have had to call a bulldozer or an excavator."
This was something Liu Weiguo could really say. Yan Xue was amused. "Even if he's your son, you can't call him a bulldozer or excavator."
"Isn't the child born after watching bulldozers and excavators?" Qi Fang glanced at her and told a cold joke in a very flat tone.
"That can't be called a bulldozer or excavator. Will my future son be named Hydrostatic?"
"If I give birth to a daughter, I'll name her Mu..."
Before Qi Fang could finish his words, Yan Xue covered his mouth with hers. "Don't give my daughter a random name!"
It's so ugly to name a good kid like Mu'er.
"My son can't do that either. Can't you science students start with something nice?"
Qi Fang covered his mouth with her hand, neither saying a word nor hiding, just looking at her with his peach blossom eyes.
Yan Xue let go of her hand and said, "Don't worry, I know Wei Guo doesn't dislike children, and he doesn't worry about himself for this."
After all, Qi was already a widower in the original book, so how could he care about her giving birth to a son or a daughter? "I just think Wen Hui has changed a lot."
It’s hard for Qi Fang to comment on this. Whether Zhou Wenhui has changed a lot or not, she is still Liu Weiguo’s wife and has nothing to do with him.
Yan Xue still thought of him, after all, this man had changed even more than Zhou Wenhui.
When she first came, he was cold and indifferent, showing no interest in anything, and had a world-weary air, which made her wonder if he had any psychological problems.
Even at this time last year, he couldn't sleep late at night and ran to the yard to sit and count the stars.
Yan Xue was concerned about the man's health. "You haven't had insomnia recently, have you?"
If she hadn't said it, Qi Fang would have almost forgotten about it. "No." He paused and added, "No need to take medicine."
It seems that your dislike for taking medicine has not changed. Yan Xue arched her eyebrows and said, "It better be better. But don't let me catch you counting stars in the middle of the night again."
Qi Fang had a good memory and immediately remembered why he had gotten up in the middle of the night to count the stars. "Didn't you say I could live to be ninety-nine?"
Not wanting Yan Xue to think of someone, he changed the subject directly, "The wheelchair you mentioned last time is almost finished."
Yan Xue was not a professional, but Qi Fang was. When the man came back from town, she told him the specific style and function of the wheelchair.
Unexpectedly, the man moved so quickly. Yan Xue followed him to take a look and found that he was almost done, with only the small wheel and brake in front left.
"It's a bit like the structure of a bicycle. I modified it by getting two bicycle wheels." Qi Fang pushed the main body of the wheelchair.
After the items were finished and taken back, Xu Wanchang was so shocked that he couldn't speak clearly. "Give it to me?"
"I won't give it to you for free. It will be deducted from your salary." Yan Xue smiled and reassured him.
But Xu Wanchang remained silent for a while, his voice dry, "Thank you."
Yan Xue pretended not to notice the difference in his voice, and asked Qi Fang to help carry the man to the wheelchair. She then explained how to use it, "If the two wheels turn forward, you go forward, and if they turn backward, you go backward. If you want to turn, turn the left wheel backward and the right wheel forward to turn left, and vice versa to turn right."
For the past month or two, Xu Wanchang has been relying on his hands to move around. His arms have been very strong and he quickly adapted to the use of the wheelchair and found it very convenient.
This made his eyes more complicated when he looked at Yan Xue again, but he was not good at speaking and could not say anything except thank you.
Yan Xue didn't want to hear those nice words, a sincere thank you was enough. Just then, Yan Ji ran out of the breeding room, "The chick has hatched!"
After the fungus was completely inoculated, the breeding room became empty. The second old lady studied the appropriate temperature for a few days and moved the accumulated breeding eggs in.
The main reason was that the old lady used the most traditional method of artificial incubation of eggs, and she controlled the temperature entirely by touch, and she herself didn't know exactly what the temperature was.
Yan Xue followed Yan Jigang in, and sure enough, a yellow beak appeared in the box in front of the old lady. The wet little thing was holding the eggshell on its head and pecking hard.
The remaining eggs also had cracks on them. The second old lady watched them from the side, as if they were her own children. "The temperature in the incubator is still good. These can be kept for another month or so."
After the chicks hatch, they must be kept in a warm environment for a sufficient period of time before being released to roam free, otherwise they will easily get sick.
"Then keep them for another month or so." Yan Xue also felt that the old lady was more energetic after returning to her old craft. "The temperature in our breeding room is good, maybe we can prevent a few from dying."
When Zhou Wenhui returned to work after her maternity leave, the second old lady's chickens could already be released into the open air, and as Yan Xue had said, the mortality rate was indeed lower than in previous years.
The old lady fenced off a large area in the backyard specifically for raising them. She also had a small vegetable patch before. Every day was busy and fulfilling.
But the family is quite busy right now. As soon as mid-June arrives, the wood ear mushrooms begin to emerge. Yan Xue is busy with the pilot project and can't spare time for the family, so the harvest is entirely up to Qi Fang, Yan Jigang, the second old lady, and the Guo family who often visit.
Upon seeing the first batch of mature wood ear mushrooms, Secretary Lang immediately came over to take a look. After checking them out, he went back and called Qu Mingli, saying, "It's ready to harvest... Yes, they're growing well."
Qu Mingli has always attached great importance to this matter. Upon hearing this, he did not hesitate to deal with the work immediately and prepared to go to the forest farm in person to take a look.
The most taboo for cadres is to talk about things on paper. They must have seen and understood them before they can make good evaluations and plans for the next step.
But I didn't expect that as soon as I went out, I ran into Director Liu who came out to open the door because he felt it was too hot in the office.
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