The old year is bid farewell amidst the crackling of firecrackers, and the new year arrives with the popping of firecrackers.
The children have grown another year older, happily receiving their lucky money. The older folks, amidst the laughter and joy, also sigh, "Time flies, and we all grow old."
After eating dumplings on New Year's Eve, it's already the first day of the Lunar New Year.
There was an accident at the forest farm this year, which caused quite a stir, so there weren't many celebrations. Most people just went out to visit relatives and friends and exchange New Year's greetings.
Those who are close will treat each other to meals. Three or five friends will get together, cook a few dishes, drink and chat, and can easily spend an afternoon talking about anything and everything.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, there happened to be a miniature train running, so Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan took their two children to Songjiang River.
Wang Jianshe's wife, Li Xue, is eight months pregnant and has difficulty moving around, so she won't be going back to her parents' home on the third day of the Lunar New Year this year.
In previous years, Li Xue would return to her parents' home on the third day of the Lunar New Year, and Zhao Juan and Chen Weiguo would also go together to wish her aunt and uncle a Happy New Year.
Zhao Juan gave birth to another baby boy before the Lunar New Year, and he's not even a month old yet, so the couple can't go to Songjiang River this year.
Originally, Zhou Qingyang was supposed to come back for the Chinese New Year and discuss his marriage with Chen Jie.
As a result, just before the Lunar New Year, the family suddenly received a telegram saying that Zhou Qingyang had an urgent mission and could not come back, so his marriage to Chen Jie would have to be postponed for the time being.
Sheng Xiping stayed with his wife at her parents' home for two days. On the morning of the sixth day of the first lunar month, he took a car back first, leaving Zhou Qinglan and the children to stay at Zhou's house for a few more days.
As soon as Sheng Xiping got off the miniature train, he was stopped by Zheng Xianyong's eldest son.
"Brother, my dad wants to see you. He wants you to go to the farm headquarters right away."
It seems Zheng Shouhua was specifically waiting for Sheng Xiping, which is why he came to the small train station so precisely to ambush him.
Sheng Xiping was taken aback, wondering why Zheng Xianyong wanted to see him, so he went to the farm headquarters with Zheng Shouhua.
"Director Zheng, you were looking for me?"
Upon arriving at the headquarters, Sheng Xiping found a large number of people there. Not knowing what was going on, he asked a question.
"Boss, you can't call him 'Director' anymore, you have to call him 'Secretary Zheng'."
"Well, the bureau has issued a document. Director Zheng is now acting as the Party Secretary, and your Uncle Zhao, who was originally the production manager, has been promoted to deputy manager."
Sheng Liancheng was also present, and he quickly pulled Sheng Xiping aside and whispered something.
Upon hearing this, Sheng Xiping's eyes lit up. This was great! With Zheng Xianyong acting as secretary, there would be no need to transfer a secretary from elsewhere.
This also prevents the newly arrived secretary from being unfamiliar with the area and having difficulty carrying out his work.
The current appointment as an agent is probably just a transitional step; after a while, he'll be the official secretary of the forest farm. Hmm, that's good.
"Xiping, it's good that you're back. I need to talk to you about something. Come, come, sit down. Let's have a little meeting and discuss production issues after the New Year."
Zheng Xianyong waved to Sheng Xiping, signaling him to come and sit down, and the others also found places to sit.
"As everyone knows, our farm's winter operations this year have been fraught with difficulties from the very beginning, and those dozen or so injured people are still recovering at the Forestry Bureau Hospital."
Winter production waits for no one. We haven't even completed half of our production target for this year yet, so we really need to hurry up.
"I called you all here to discuss how to proceed with this year's project." Zheng Xianyong nodded to everyone and began the discussion.
"Everyone is welcome to speak freely about their ideas. We are all doing this for the good of the factory, so we must come up with a plan as soon as possible and get production started quickly."
Zheng Xianyong looked around and nodded to Zhao Limin, Sun Hanwu and others, signaling them to speak.
The winter production at Qianchuan Forest Farm this year has been slow due to a series of blunders by Feng Baosheng.
Now more than a dozen workers have been seriously injured and hospitalized, leaving behind a mess.
It's a headache for everyone to even think about, so how can anyone come up with a solution right now? Everyone looked at each other, shook their heads and sighed, there was no plan.
"Xiping, you were originally the captain of the educated youth team. For those two years, the team won the annual production championship. The assembly line work method you pioneered was also quite good. Why don't you tell me about it?"
Zheng Xianyong is intentionally giving Sheng Xiping a prominent position and deliberately making him stand out.
Sheng Xi was already quite surprised to be called to the meeting, and then she was called out by name, leaving her stunned.
"Secretary Zheng, everyone in this room is a leader, and they are all more experienced than me. What could I possibly have any ideas about?"
Everyone else is keeping quiet, so why should he be the first to speak up? If his idea is good, that's fine, but if it's bad, people might not say it to his face, but they'll probably curse him behind his back.
"Hey, Xiping, don't say that. Young people should have ideas and abilities, and they should be bolder."
We all think highly of you. Why don't you give it a try? It's not a big deal.
Beside him, Zhao Limin, who had just been promoted to deputy director, also spoke up. Sun Hanwu, the production scheduler, nodded repeatedly in agreement.
"Isn't this like forcing a duck onto a shelf? You are all seniors, older and more experienced than me. What am I doing here pointing fingers?"
Sheng Xiping raised his hand and scratched his head, smiling sheepishly. He really didn't want to be in the limelight.
"We just had a meeting and discussed it. Given your consistently outstanding work performance, the factory has decided to appoint you as the production scheduler."
Xiping, you mustn't let the leaders down.
Zheng Xianyong deliberately arranged for his son to ambush Sheng Xiping at the small train station today, just for this reason.
Sheng Xiping had been performing well since he started working, and Zheng Xianyong had always intended to promote him.
However, Feng Baosheng's actions caused many things to be delayed.
When the commuter bus accident occurred, none of the relevant leaders were present. Sheng Xiping remained calm and directed the operation on-site, arranging everything in an orderly manner. More than a dozen seriously injured people were successfully sent to the hospital for treatment.
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