Feng Baosheng's mind was still replaying what Sheng Xiping had just said, and he couldn't help but ask a question.
"Oh, how am I supposed to put that? Aren't we not supposed to be concerned with these things now? We're talking about science now."
Zheng Xianyong was stunned for a moment, his expression stiffened, and after thinking for a while, he finally responded.
After asking the question, Feng Baosheng kept staring at Zheng Xianyong.
Seeing Zheng Xianyong hesitate, he immediately understood that there must have been a mountain-opening ceremony before, as it was a rule left by the old timber gang.
It's just that there was a lot of commotion in the past few years, and many old rules are no longer allowed to be mentioned.
Feng Baosheng felt a sudden sense of relief, realizing that this might be the reason why production during this year's winter transport season was so unsuccessful.
Isn't it said that tigers are mountain gods? Is this because everyone went into the mountains to work without worshipping the mountain god, which is why this happened?
The more Feng Baosheng thought about it, the more he realized it made sense.
Once a thought takes root in a person's heart, it's very difficult to get rid of it.
Feng Baosheng hurriedly finished his meal and returned to his dormitory. He then asked someone to bring the three foremanship leaders over and inquire about the matter of Sheng Xiping's teacher's wife.
One of the three foremanship leaders was Guo Chunsheng, the eldest son of the Guo family.
This person's personality is just like his mother's; he's cunning, lazy, greedy, and slippery. He's quite adept at being opportunistic and flattering, and he'll back down as soon as someone gives him a chance to exert himself.
Because he made a mistake at work and was disciplined by Zheng Xianyong, Guo Chunsheng was particularly dissatisfied with Zheng Xianyong.
After Feng Baosheng arrived at the forest farm, the Guo family members took the initiative to curry favor with him, flattering him in every way.
Feng Baosheng was worried about not having anyone to use, and the Guo family took the initiative to come forward, so he had to give them some benefits. So he promoted Guo Chunsheng to work team leader.
The Guo family are local residents of Qianchuan Forest Farm. Guo Chunsheng's father was among the first group of people to come to Qianchuan. There is no one and nothing related to Qianchuan Forest Farm that Guo Chunping does not know.
Upon hearing Feng Baosheng's question, Guo Chunping immediately began to recount the story of Sheng Xiping and Liu Changde's family.
"Chunsheng, I have something to ask of you."
Tomorrow morning, take a bus down the mountain, buy some things, and go to the Dajianchang area. Ask the Liu family about the old timber gang's mountain-opening ceremony and worship of the mountain god.
After listening to Guo Chunsheng's words, Feng Baosheng became even more determined in his thinking.
So he assigned Guo Chunsheng a task and took out twenty yuan from his pocket and handed it to Guo Chunsheng.
"Okay, I understand. Don't worry, Secretary, I'll definitely handle this." Guo Chunsheng took the money and put it in his pocket, agreeing repeatedly.
The next morning, the workers dared not go up the mountain to work, especially those who drove oxen and horses on sleds; they all shouted that they wanted to strike.
This thing is too dangerous. When the tiger roars, the cows and horses run wildly. If you try to drive the sled, they will be trampled to death by the horses before the tiger can even bite them.
No matter how Zheng Xianyong and Zhao Limin tried to persuade them, the twenty or thirty young men driving the sleds simply refused to work.
They all said they'd rather go up the mountain to clear the forest than ride a sled.
This really worried Zheng Xianyong and his team. There was no one to drive the sleds, and the cattle and horses needed to eat grass and be taken care of on the mountain. What could they do?
As luck would have it, just as they were having their worries, Liu Yujiang, the Party Secretary of the Alkali Field Brigade, led several team leaders up the mountain in a commuter bus.
It turned out that they had heard there were tigers in the mountains, and the horses they had rented to the forest farm had been injured. The forest farm was worried and planned to take back the cattle and horses to prevent them from being eaten by tigers.
You can't do without livestock in the farmyard. Even if the forest farm compensates you, it takes several years to raise a horse. Wouldn't that interfere with your work?
So no matter what the forest farm said, Liu Yujiang and the others insisted on taking the livestock away.
In the end, the forest farm had no choice but to agree and pay the rent according to the rental period, and also compensate the horse with the broken leg.
Then, they sent people to return all the livestock and sleds from the alkali field to the farm.
"Let's go, let's discuss how to proceed with this task."
Zheng Xianyong couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. Without oxen, horses, and sleds to gather timber, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to do any work at all.
Oh dear, this is so worrying. Everything has been going wrong this year. Why am I so unlucky?
Several leaders in the factory, along with the production scheduler and the team leaders of each work team, were all called together for a meeting.
At the meeting, Zheng Xianyong proposed again that the six work teams be organized into three, with each work team having two timber tractors, and the people who originally drove the sleds be assigned to work in the work teams.
With sufficient manpower, if everything goes smoothly from here on out, we should be able to achieve our production targets.
Would Feng Baosheng agree? If they were to form three work teams, they would definitely have to use the original work team leaders. What would happen to the people he promoted?
Therefore, Feng Baosheng insisted that there should still be six work teams, and those who drove the sleds should continue to work in the teams they originally belonged to, maintaining the status quo.
And so, Feng Baosheng and Zheng Xianyong argued until their faces turned red, neither willing to give in.
When others saw this, they quickly tried to mediate, saying that it was all for work and it wasn't worth arguing like this.
The most important thing right now is to solve the tiger problem. As long as the tiger stops causing trouble, whether it's three work teams or six work teams, as long as everyone works together, we can still complete this year's production target.
After being persuaded by others, Zheng Xianyong and Feng Baosheng managed to calm down.
"Alright, you're the Party Secretary, whatever you say goes. Six work teams are fine too. Let's get to work tomorrow."
We'll do it the same way as before: set off some firecrackers when we go into the mountains, set off a few more after lunch, and set off some more when we come down the mountain after finishing our work in the afternoon.
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