This is the key point, which is difficult to change.
If the boss says something, the people below will run around like crazy.
Taozhi didn't make any suggestions. After all, Secretary Chen was not that simple. He would solve it himself.
"I see." Liu Guizhuang glanced at Tao Zhi and said, "Comrade Xia, go gather the women to discuss this. After all, if the collective cafeteria is to be abolished, the opinions of the women are the most important. For men, having a place to eat is enough."
"I don't think so." Taozhi said calmly, "What the village chief said is true. Men are the ones who make the decisions here. What right do women have to speak? If men agree, how dare women disagree?"
Taozhi remembered that the village chief had always preached that men were the most important thing.
Why don’t you talk to a man about it now?
At this point, are women being asked to block submachine guns?
It can really be done.
Besides, let me speak for myself, I am deliberately looking for trouble with myself.
Liu Guizhuang frowned and said, "As a women's representative, you haven't set a good example for the women in the village. What's wrong with this?"
Taozhi said without any hesitation: "Then what example have you set as the village chief? Are you proud of teaching your own son to teach that useless person? Is this the example you set? Then you are really amazing."
Liu Guizhuang stared at her grimly: "You——"
Secretary Chen quickly interrupted him: "Alright, alright, Lao Liu!"
He rubbed his brows. "I'll handle this matter. I asked everyone to come here to make a decision. As for how to implement it, you don't have to be too forceful. This isn't something that can be discussed with just gays and lesbians. As a family, everyone can express their opinions."
Liu Guizhuang lit his pipe, sneered, and smoked without saying anything.
Taozhi opened the window and sat in her seat without expressing any opinion.
Secretary Chen looked at the two of them, feeling somewhat helpless. He looked at Liu Guizhuang, then at the others: "I'll have everyone stay for a meeting during dinner, and then everyone can cooperate."
"Branch Secretary." Liu Ming raised his hand. "I think a lot of people are worried about how to get industrial tickets if each household cooks their own meals. Are they given by the village, or do they have to be exchanged for work points?"
"Working is hard enough already, and this food is only enough to feed our family. If even buying these things requires a ticket..."
He felt a little sad, but he was not questioning the arrangement from above. He just felt that this was too hard for them, the farmers.
Moreover, things like industrial tickets are mostly issued to cities, but not to rural areas.
If you want a bowl, you can use an earthenware bowl; you can make your own ladle; if you want a pot, you can use an earthenware pot to cook rice and stir-fry vegetables.
These pots also take time to make. If the entire county cancels them all at once, how can we cope with it?
Secretary Chen nodded: "I understand all of this."
So if we want to solve this problem, the first thing we need to solve is the problem of pots and pans.
There were also meat tickets, oil tickets, coal tickets...
Even if coal can be replaced by firewood, it will be difficult to get other tickets into the hands of farmers.
Secretary Chen was in a dilemma. He had to work hard at the bottom, even though he had to ask for help.
Taozhi suddenly said, "Secretary, we can find someone to cooperate with."
Secretary Chen looked at her doubtfully: "Cooperation?"
"Yes." Taozhi said, "I know someone who can provide our village with pots, pans, and even other cooking supplies. However, he only wants food coupons and money, or gold and silver, nothing else."
"Hahahahaha." Liu Guizhuang laughed. "Little girl, you like to brag so much at such a young age. You even have friends who do this? Don't the villagers know what kind of person you are?"
Taozhi said calmly, "The villagers really don't know what I'm like. After all, I can get seeds, but they didn't expect that I can also get pots and pans. Unlike you, the village chief, the villagers know you very well. If you don't know anything, you will only raise a bad son. It's a good thing you don't teach anymore, otherwise you would be misleading the students."
She was just poking at his sore spot.
"Okay, Old Liu!" Seeing that he was about to lose his temper, Secretary Chen quickly stopped him. Really, he was in his forties or fifties, why was he arguing with a little girl?
Liu Guizhuang was extremely angry, but he could only shut up. Every time Xia Taozhi talked about how great her son was!
He had no way to refute it because his son had indeed embarrassed many people for him.
He was bullied by Xie Yan yesterday and couldn't even step forward.
Secretary Chen looked at Taozhi and said, "Taozhi, do you really have a solution?"
"Yes, but this time it's not free, but charged." The last time we gave grain seeds, it was because we wanted to exchange them for a place to build a house and separate the household registration.
This time is different, what she needs is money or gold and silver.
Secretary Chen was silent for a moment. "As for the money, I'll apply for it tomorrow. It shouldn't be a problem."
Taozhi nodded and said, "I'll ask my friend too. He sells these things in An City. If he sells them to our village, he can get them at a lower price."
"Peach branches." Secretary Chen looked at her and said, "This is no joke. If I get the application, you have to produce the goods."
"Don't worry, Secretary Chen." Taozhi smiled and said, "I can get something out."
"Okay!" Secretary Chen made the decision. "I won't tell the villagers about this for the next day. I'll write an application now and submit it tomorrow. Once it's approved, I'll discuss it with everyone."
"But this money needs to be put to good use. So, Taozhi, tell me about your friend. Does he own a factory? Or is there some other channel?"
Taozhi thought for a moment and said, "My friend's brother runs a factory outside the province. It's also a state-owned factory, so you can rest assured..."
"If we get it approved from Jingxi, it will take time. After all, it's not a small amount. If we go through other channels, it will be faster, at most it will arrive in a day. He can give us the goods in the warehouse first. Because the quality of the goods is so good and the price is high and it has been in stock for so long, I can ask him to give it to us at a low price, but he may need to go through special channels..."
Secretary Chen understood, this is the black market.
Many people would secretly take the goods piled up in the factories to the market to sell.
After all, if the accumulated goods are not sold, the factory will not be able to continue operating.
In this day and age, there are still too few people buying things.
Few people have tickets.
This step has to be handled by the people above...
Secretary Chen rubbed his brows and said, "It's okay. I'll write the application and figure out a solution. You just need to get the stuff for me."
He still believed in Taozhi, after all, she brought so many grain seeds last time.
By that day, several communes in the county had already planted buckwheat, corn, and potatoes. One could imagine they were in for a difficult year.
Some people also asked themselves where the grain seeds came from.
He didn't say anything.
So, he can still trust Taozhi now, she can get the pots and pans.
Secretary Chen asked, "Taozhi, do you know roughly how much a set of tableware costs?"
Taozhi took out her notebook and did some calculations: "I really don't know, because the population of each household is different."
Secretary Chen took out a thick book and handed it to her: "This is the current registration of our village. It covers the entire Liujia Village, including Villages 1, 2, and 3."
Taozhi shook her head: "That's not true, because many people who get married and marry into the family haven't registered, so it's not accurate. We can only re-count it."
This is a big project.
Secretary Chen was silent for two seconds. "Well, Lao Liu and Xiao Wang, you two will be responsible for the population count of every household in Village One. Xiao Ming and Xiao Yuan will be responsible for Village Two, and Xiao Gui and Xiao Rong will be responsible for Village Three. Give it to me by tomorrow morning. I'll discuss this with the leadership when I go to the meeting."
Liu Guizhuang frowned: "Why don't you look for Xia Taozhi?"
Isn’t she very capable?
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