Ji Changgeng's heart skipped a beat. What did that mean? Was he going to get rid of him?
We eat meat every day here and our stomachs are full. The educated youth site is close to here, and we can smell the fragrance of food at all three meals a day, either the smell of steamed buns or the smell of meat.
Among the educated youth, Shen Yan and several others who had conflicts with Ji Xia were not allowed to participate in the road and school construction this time.
Having lost such a good opportunity to eat a full meal, Shen Yan was so angry that she scolded Ji Xia in front of the educated youth center. Li Hua rushed in and whispered, "The commune secretary is here. Do you dare to expose Ji Changgeng's crimes in front of Secretary Luo?"
Shen Yan said impulsively, "Why not? It's already like this. It's obvious that no matter what good things happen in the future, it won't be our turn. Shouldn't we stand up and overthrow this bad atmosphere and eliminate this harm for the people?"
He Yaoming and Ye Huan also nodded. Chen Jingyi stood up suddenly. She had never been excluded like this since she was a child. It was not that she was greedy for rice and meat, but that she was being bullied too much.
Ji Changgeng was talking about his own difficulties. "Every day, the food is provided per person. This is also Ji Xia's way of giving back to our production team. After all, she came from us..."
Luo Mantang became even more annoyed. "So, should I give all the benefits of the commune to Team Five?"
Ji Changgeng thought to himself, isn’t this what you did?
The five people rushed over and started to complain without caring about what Luo Mantang and Ji Changgeng had said before. They simply said that Team Seven was excluding them and not allowing them to participate in production and construction.
Ji Changgeng's face darkened. "During the spring plowing, summer harvest, and autumn harvest, whenever it got busy, you would find ways to ask for leave, even injuring yourselves with sickles and shovels. Now that road construction is so tiring, there's no policy forcing you to participate. Is there anything wrong with me not letting you participate?"
"You are excluding us! You are destroying the great unity of the working people!" Chen Jingyi said righteously.
Shen Yan and others were cheering on the sidelines.
Ji Changgeng said, "The benefits this time are better. Those with some ideological problems in Team 7 don't have to participate. The same goes for the educated youth camp. The reason we didn't let you participate was the unanimous opinion of the production team, not my personal opinion."
"Secretary, look, you still say you're not ostracizing us." Shen Yan said to Luo Mantang, "What's wrong with our thinking? What have we done to warrant a problem?"
Ji Changgeng said with a dark face, "You have repeatedly framed Comrade Ji Xia. Logically, we should have handed you over to the public security, but considering the collective honor of the production team, Comrade Ji Xia did not bother with you.
This time, Comrade Ji Xia took the lead in allocating all the materials for the road and school construction. He asked several large factories in the county to donate them to the production team. He had the final say on who to hire and how to use these materials. No one, including me, had the right to allocate these materials.
He just said, "If you want to report me, just go ahead." After that, he turned around and left without paying any more attention.
After working together for more than a year, Ji Changgeng knew the uncle and nephew Luo Mantang too well. Two secretaries had already been squeezed out, and it seemed that it would be his turn to be the third one. In this case, there was no point in him staying with them!
Chen Jingyi asked in confusion, "How could Ji Xia possibly be so capable as to acquire so many supplies? Could it be that he has the final say over the factories in Bing County?"
Shen Yan angrily said to Luo Mantang, "Secretary Luo, we are reporting Comrade Ji Changgeng and Comrade Ji Xia for ostracizing and persecuting our fellow class members. If you don't deal with it, we will have no choice but to report it to the higher authorities!"
Luo Mantang was overjoyed. He pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Look at Comrade Ji Changgeng's attitude just now. He relied on the support of the county factory and didn't take me seriously. I suggest you report this to the higher authorities!"
He Yaoming also suffered a lot from Jijia Village. He was a scholar and an educated youth, but he was punished by the production team to carry manure just because he disliked Ji Xia.
"Hello, Secretary Luo. I'm He Yaoming, an educated youth from the Seventh Production Team. My father is the deputy director of the Shanghai Machinery Factory. We must report some of the problems in the Seventh Team, but we also need your support. If the county asks about it, we hope you can speak truthfully for us educated youth."
Luo Mantang nodded appreciatively. "He Zhiqing, what we need to do is seek truth from facts. As the secretary, from the perspective of the commune, I will never allow me to say anything unfair or do anything unfair."
After reaching an agreement, these people dispersed and went about their own business.
After a day's work, Shang Zhikun was able to finish the two pounds of food and three ounces of meat allocated to him every day.
After washing the dishes, he came back and saw Shen Yan and the others talking to Luo Mantang. A dark light flashed in his eyes. He returned to the big pot meal area and went to find Ji Changgeng.
"Secretary, I want to take half a day off tomorrow morning to go to the county to see Ji Xia. I need her help with something!"
This morning, Shang Zhikun got up and went to the cowshed but didn't see anyone. He was shocked, but when he saw that the luggage that Ji Xia had given him was gone, and the cowshed didn't look like it had been smashed or robbed, and the things that were not taken away were neatly packed, he felt a little relieved.
I asked the people in the cowshed at the back, and they said that a car came in the middle of the night and took away four people, namely Shang Zhikun's parents, and Ji Youlan and his wife.
Although he knew that it might be Ji Xia who did it, there was no need to ask why, just based on his feeling, but he still wanted to ask in person. After all, they were his parents, and he would not feel at ease unless he asked clearly.
Ji Changgeng also glanced over there and whispered, "When you go there, tell Xia Xia about the situation here."
He might lose his position as secretary, but it's better not to tell Ji Xia about this. She is just a child after all, and her contribution to Team 7 is unprecedented. It doesn't matter whether she can be the secretary or not, as long as her life gets better and better.
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