Xiao Weiguo was still a little worried about his two children, as he had to come back to pick them up at noon. It was their first day of school.
Xiao Weiguo pedaled very fast on the road. It's great to be young. As long as you have a goal, you can unleash boundless energy.
It only took Xiao Weiguo about forty minutes to ride to Xiaotun.
The only person who could issue a letter of introduction was the old Party Secretary Xiao Wenjin, so Xiao Weiguo rode his car directly to his doorstep.
Xiao Wenjin rarely goes out. He is almost seventy years old and has basically retired to a secondary position.
He usually delegates tasks to other members of the village committee, and he doesn't usually get involved unless it's something important.
Recently, the higher authorities organized a rat extermination campaign, and every household had to be mobilized. As a result, the old Party Secretary had no choice but to step up again and lead the entire village in the effort.
Xiao Weiguo hadn't gone far when he saw Xiao Wenjin leading a group of people inspecting sanitation along the street.
If any area fails to meet the standards, immediately call the person in charge of that sanitation area and clean it up on the spot.
It must be said that the people's ability to execute orders was truly remarkable in that era.
The top leads by example; with a single command, everyone immediately responds.
The rodent control and epidemic prevention work in Shang County has been going on for several days, and the overall results are surprisingly good.
After the condition of the first batch of patients was brought under control, very few new patients appeared afterward.
Plague itself is not scary; what is scary is the lack of timely prevention.
It is generally not transmitted from person to person, which is very helpful in cutting off the source of infection.
Once rats and mosquitoes are largely eliminated, there will be virtually no way for the virus to spread.
Currently, there are very few rats in the house and the field, and the epidemic prevention work is coming to an end.
In this respect, it can be said that Comrade Xiao Weiguo made a great contribution. If it weren't for his timely discovery and feasible suggestions, the human tragedy of decades ago would have been repeated.
From afar, Xiao Weiguo saw that the village chief, Xiao Changsuo, was also there. As the village chief, it was only right that he take some action for the village.
After not seeing him for a while, Xiao Changsuo had clearly lost a lot of weight, and his overall mental state didn't look very good.
The group of people were all from the village, and Xiao Weiguo knew them all. He walked up to them, took out a box of Hongtashan cigarettes, and gave one to each person.
"Thank you for your hard work, leaders. Have a smoke."
When it was Xiao Changsuo's turn, he deliberately went around him.
The old man was scheming against him every day, so how could Xiao Weiguo give him a kind look?
This public humiliation undoubtedly caused Xiao Changsuo to lose face.
He stood at the back of the crowd, his fists clenched, his eyes fixed on Xiao Weiguo, making no attempt to hide his hatred for him.
Xiao Changsuo has had a very difficult time lately. Extremely difficult.
He bought nearly 50,000 pairs of socks from the sock factory workers for five to six cents each.
Seeing that they had brought Xiao Weiguo's business to a standstill, Xiao Changsuo and his family were overjoyed.
As soon as Xiao Weiguo stopped, Xiao Changsuo pulled a cart full of socks to Wu County.
He certainly couldn't pull off the door-to-door sales approach, nor could he bring himself to do it, so he had no choice but to set up a stall on the roadside.
Wu County was the first place where Xiao Weiguo sold socks, and also the place where he stayed the longest.
Xiao Weiguo has visited all the residential communities and family compounds with some purchasing power, and everyone there has bought a lot of socks. Who would still buy from street vendors?
Xiao Changsuo hawked his wares all day, but even after lowering the price of his socks to five or six cents per pair (cost price), he still didn't sell many pairs.
Helpless, he had to travel even further the next day, to a different county.
For several days in a row, the situation remained the same. Most of those who could afford to buy socks had already been patronized by Xiao Weiguo. Occasionally, a few pairs could be sold, but for more than 50,000 pairs of socks, it was simply a drop in the ocean.
Xiao Changsuo was dumbfounded.
It should be noted that his capital came not only from his own family and his two sons' families, but he also borrowed a lot from his relatives.
With such a huge pile of socks unsold, several relatives have already come to collect debts.
Xiao Changxiao had no choice but to use the fact that the batch of goods had not been sold as an excuse to keep making excuses.
But how could he possibly make a move? He had no idea. Although his two sons were both government employees, neither of them were cut out for business and couldn't help him at all.
The old man was really upset.
He didn't even set up his stall today; he just went out with the village committee members to handle some official business. After all, he still holds the title of village chief.
Under these circumstances, how could he not feel an intense hatred for Xiao Weiguo?
Watching Xiao Weiguo, dressed smartly, offer cigarettes to others, Xiao Changsuo cursed him countless times in his heart.
Xiao Weiguo had no interest in paying attention to him; he was back on business and didn't care what Xiao Changsuo was feeling.
Xiao Weiguo pulled the old Party Secretary aside and, when no one was looking, stuffed a pack of Hongtashan cigarettes he had hidden in his clothes into the old Party Secretary's pocket.
"Grandpa, I'm trying to open a middle school in the city, and I need a certificate from the village. Could you please do me a favor?"
They both have the surname Xiao and belong to the same clan. According to seniority, Xiao Weiguo should call Xiao Wenjin "Grandpa". In their area, if someone is not one's biological grandfather, then one should call him "Grandpa" based on his birth order.
For Xiao Wenjin, a certificate was simply a matter of writing a few words and stamping it.
We're all from the same village, we see each other all the time. As long as there's no deep-seated hatred, there's no need to make things difficult for others.
What's more, Xiao Weiguo is so sensible. A pack of Hongtashan cigarettes isn't cheap; it's equivalent to half a month's salary for an average person.
"Alright, come with me to the brigade headquarters."
After assigning tasks to the others, the old Party Secretary led Xiao Weiguo toward the village headquarters.
The other village committee members went back to work as instructed by the former Party Secretary.
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