Ji Changgeng didn't know that someone was plotting against him, but even if he knew, it wouldn't matter. He didn't want to be the secretary of a commune. Wouldn't it be nice for him to be the secretary of Team Seven?
There are fewer people to manage, but he doesn't have to worry about anything. Seeing that Team Seven is thriving, he only needs to sit back and make money in the future.
Hearing that the county secretary had arrived, Ji Changgeng and Yang Muchun led several leaders of the production team to greet him. After welcoming him into the brigade headquarters, Yu Jianmin saw Ji Xia sitting still. Instead, Wei Zhenguo came forward to greet the two of them, and only then did Ji Xia and Qin Xiao stand up.
Yu Jianmin was very upset when he saw this, "Is this Comrade Ji Xia? He's so arrogant! He just sat there without moving even when we were here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the leaders of the Seventh Production Team were very unhappy and their faces turned cold on the spot. Wei Zhenguo was very embarrassed and said hurriedly, "Comrade Ji Xia is not feeling well, so let's not talk about this empty formality!"
Yu Jianmin said, "It's not that I'm being feudal. This is just basic etiquette. I didn't expect people from Team 7 to be so impolite."
Ji Xia didn't even know who this person was at this point, and Qin Xiao was the same, with a bad look in his eyes, "Secretary Wei, can you introduce him?"
Wei Zhenguo hurriedly said, "This is Yu Jianmin, the deputy secretary of the commune. Mr. Ji, Captain Qin is truly sorry. This may have been a misunderstanding."
Wei Zhenguo cursed Yu Jianmin in his heart. If he had known earlier, he would not have asked him to come.
Yu Jianmin even reached out to shake hands with Qin Xiao, "Ah, it's Captain Qin, nice to meet you!"
Qin Xiao gave him a cold look without extending his hand. "Are you dissatisfied with my wife? May I ask what you are dissatisfied with? I didn't go out to greet you? Have you not looked in the mirror? Are you worthy?"
Not to mention that his wife is already very remarkable, does Qin Xiao's wife need to come out to welcome this kind of stuff?
Yu Jianmin didn't have to curry favor with Qin Xiao. After all, they were in the military and civilian sectors, and they were not in the same system, so they had no control over each other. But he thought that Qin Xiao was a high-ranking officer after all, and he had reached this level in the army at such a young age. Whether it was his family background or personal qualities, he was indispensable. One more friend meant one more way.
Since Qin Xiao didn't give him face, he didn't bother to accept it. "Captain Qin, we are all contributing to socialism. There is no distinction between high and low labor, and there is no distinction between people of different classes. Are you trying to be feudal by saying this to me?"
"What about you? You think you are the deputy secretary of the commune and that you are being bureaucratic because my wife didn't go out to greet you?" Qin Xiao refused to give in.
Yu Jianmin couldn't win an argument with Qin Xiao, and angrily pointed at Wei Zhenguo and said, "When the county secretary comes to our Tuanjie Commune, we should go out to greet him, or at least show him the minimum respect. Ji Xia is a member of Tuanjie Commune, but she's being arrogant and refusing to obey our orders."
Qin Xiao said, "My wife is with the army, and her household registration and grain and oil relationship are no longer in the Tuanjie Commune. Besides, even if it were, do you think that as a deputy secretary, if you want the members to go east, they shouldn't go west?"
Yu Jianmin was about to say something, but Wei Zhenguo's face darkened. "Secretary Yu, as a county secretary, I don't care about these things. How can you, as a deputy secretary of a commune, be so demanding of appearances? Why don't you try to get the position of secretary of Heilongjiang Province?"
Yu Jianmin's face turned pale. "Secretary Wei, I'm saying this because I see that Comrade Ji Xia doesn't respect you."
Wei Zhenguo said, "I didn't care, why should you care? I've already said that Comrade Ji Xia is unwell, what else do you want?"
Yu Jianmin quickly took a few steps back, lowered his head and dared not say a word. However, he remembered Ji Xia and Team 7 in his heart.
Ji Changgeng and the others glared at Yu Jianmin fiercely. This was not the time to argue. They needed to get down to business first. They asked Ji Xia, "Xia Xia, do you want to go see the school first?"
Ji Xia asked Wei Zhenguo, "Secretary Wei, how about we go to the school first? I'd also like to hear your opinion on the school's operations."
The group walked out and not far away, they saw a beautiful building with red bricks and black tiles. Two rows of two-story buildings stood in front and back. It was located at the entrance of the village and was very conspicuous.
Seeing this school, Wei Zhenguo was also very happy. He said to Ji Changgeng and others, "This is all thanks to Comrade Ji Xia. You must let the team members remember her kindness. It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to cultivate a person. Comrade Ji Xia's support for education is a good example for us."
Ji Changgeng said, "Any team member who dares not to be grateful will be our sinner!"
When the team members saw Ji Xia coming, they cheered. Ji Xia waved to them, and everyone became even more excited. Ji Changgeng selected several village representatives to go and see the school together.
The school gate opened at this time, and the children rushed in, running up and down the teaching building, extremely happy.
The campus is still new and there are no signs of activity.
Ji Xia asked, "School hasn't started yet?"
Yang Muchun said, "It's just been built, and the teachers haven't been selected yet. Although Xia Xia you've said that you'll cover the teachers' salaries in the future, we've thought about it and feel that this isn't appropriate."
Ji Changgeng said, "Yes, how can you bear the burden alone forever? Over time, even if you are willing, we will feel bad. Secretary Wei is here, so we thought, let's see what the county says and see if we can be managed under a unified management."
Wei Zhenguo naturally supported this. "Comrade Ji Xia, I think the education department should take over. If you have any requests, please raise them. We will definitely respect your opinions."
Ji Xia thought for a moment and said, "I do have a request. Secretary Wei, I recently exchanged views with the leaders of several specialized factories. In the future, if the factories want to develop in the long term and take a leading position internationally, talent is indispensable.
This is also my original intention for running an education business. My requirements are simple: it must be full-time, and the teachers must be both competent and morally sound. We need people with real talent, and the selection process must be fair and impartial. I am responsible for the selection process.”
Ji Changgeng was more than happy to do so, and Yang Muchun nodded in satisfaction. To be honest, some of the teachers selected by the commune had only attended junior high school themselves, and their levels were shockingly poor.
This is the school in their Jijia Village, and he doesn't want to have a teacher like that teaching there.
Wei Zhenguo naturally agreed. As the county party secretary, he had some authority. "Comrade Ji Xia, I'll leave the selection of teachers to you. However, I also have an idea. Do you support it?"
Ji Xia already knew what he was going to say. When Ji Changgeng came to ask her how big the school should be, she asked for it to be bigger.
Jijia Village is backed by mountains and surrounded by several other brigades. After the road connects to the county, it is well connected and children from other brigades can come here to go to school.
She also considered something else. In the future, a factory would be built in Jijia Village. Once the factory was built, there would be children of employees. Therefore, the school had to be built a little bigger.
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