He rushed back to his office, where Vice Mayor Qiu was still waiting. Upon seeing him return, Qiu asked, "You're back so soon?"
Secretary Song lowered her head and said, "I was worried that there would be things to do here, so I came back early."
Mayor Qiu flipped through the documents as he asked, "What's the situation?"
"The construction of the houses is going smoothly, and the textile factory has taken the right step. I think they'll be able to move in soon. I heard they're even planning a relocation ceremony to celebrate. I suggest the municipal party committee attend, so that other factories can see the municipal party committee's attitude and the textile factory workers can feel the government's concern."
"Yes, I'll consider that," Vice Mayor Qiu nodded. "Is there anything else?"
"Yes, although it's not under the jurisdiction of the municipal party committee, I think the problem is quite obvious."
"Come and listen."
"The policy of taking back private plots and banning poultry farming is causing some dissatisfaction among farmers. Especially after last year's poor harvest, everyone is feeling uncertain."
Upon hearing this news, Mayor Qiu was quite displeased. Although the matter was under regional management, as a veteran revolutionary and a cadre, he was still very worried about the situation.
"Song, do you have any good ideas?"
“Since the higher authorities have made the request, I think the private plots can be taken back, but they can be distinguished from collective land. Collective land requires the payment of grain taxes, while private plots do not. In that case, the existing private plots can be concentrated together for collective cultivation. The harvest can also be distributed according to the number of people, which is in line with communist ideology. The private plots are not large and will not affect the cultivation of collective land, giving the farmers something to look forward to. As for poultry, they can be temporarily raised together, and skilled workers can be found to handle it.”
"Isn't this just like a farm?"
"Yes, but my idea stemmed from Comrade Su's... the construction of staff housing for the textile factory. We borrowed money from farmers to set up a poultry farm. Part of the chickens and ducks raised would be used to pay off the debts owed to the farmers, and the rest would go to the collective."
Upon hearing Secretary Song's idea, Vice Mayor Qiu smiled and nodded slightly. "Song, it seems you learn quite a bit from frequently going to the grassroots level. However, your idea doesn't quite align with the concept of common prosperity."
Secretary Song smiled and said, "Boss, I think that as long as everyone is doing well, then everyone is prosperous. It's just that the degree of prosperity is different. Even within the same family, siblings can have different quality of life because of parental favoritism, let alone so many of us. If we want to live a good life, we still have to work hard."
"Well, I'll consider these things." Vice Mayor Qiu didn't give a direct answer. He could only understand one aspect of many things, and actual implementation would require some twists and turns.
"By the way, Song, Director Qin called to check on you."
Director Qin? Secretary Song suddenly realized what was going on, and his head was filled with black lines. Why the hell was he calling the boss?
Vice Mayor Qiu said, "Have you been under a lot of pressure lately?"
Secretary Song quickly shook her head, "No, no, boss, I don't feel any pressure. My job is very easy now."
"Oh, that's good. It's the beginning of the year and there's not much to do, so you can relax a bit. By the way, take care of your personal life as soon as possible. I'm going to give you more responsibilities in a couple of years. I won't feel comfortable entrusting you with important tasks until you've settled your personal life."
"..."
After finally getting out of the office, Secretary Song was already sweating profusely.
I had just come downstairs to catch my breath when I ran into Director Li from the Education Bureau, who was there to report on the start of the school year.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Secretary Song watched as Director Li went upstairs. She then remembered seeing Su Yu doing math problems that morning.
It seems this woman really is going to take the college entrance exam.
When Secretary Song got home that evening, without even having dinner, he rushed into his room and dug out his old math textbook. Finding it too outdated, he went to borrow one from Director Li next door. He quickly returned with the latest version of the math textbook.
Back in my room, I flipped through the materials and found that the knowledge had indeed changed a bit. At first glance, some of the questions were quite unfamiliar…
So, during dinner that evening, Secretary Song began to relearn the math textbook.
Song's mother and father looked at him in surprise as they ate their meal.
Song's mother asked curiously, "Dong, why are you studying math again?"
While eating, Secretary Song said, "I feel like I've forgotten too much knowledge. I need to review it again."
"Oh, then I'll go see if I can find any pig brains tomorrow, and I'll buy some and stew them for you. Let's have a good nourishing meal."
"..."
Mr. Song said, "Why are you eating this again?"
Song's mother slammed her hand on the table in displeasure, "What's wrong with this? It's a good thing. Dong relied on this to get into university."
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