After Captain Lu left, everyone in the office couldn't help but look gloomy.
After all, they are also leading cadres of the commune. How dare a small team leader disrespect them?
"Secretary Wang, look, this is how he acts as a team leader?
Isn't it normal to obey the leadership and follow the arrangements?"
A cadre with a short flat head and glasses was shaking with anger.
Secretary Wang calmly took a sip of tea and said, "When you proposed this suggestion this morning, what did I say?
No one would agree to this.
He invested money and effort, and even went into debt, to take over the orchard.
Do you want to reap the fruits of your labor just because you see a return on your investment?
There is no such good thing in the world.
Old Wu, am I right?"
Secretary Wang glanced at Director Wu, watched him without saying a word, and secretly despised him: What an old fox, letting him speak for everything.
“I think we should just do as we said before.
Now that the higher-ups have approved the construction of the cannery, we still need to discuss the specific funding.”
Director Wu said this lightly, leaving Secretary Wang speechless.
“We can afford to wait, but can others afford to wait?
Once this matter is settled, they can start making canned food even if the factory is not built yet.
Otherwise, we can't just watch all the fruits go to waste in the fields, right?"
Secretary Wang's words hit the nail on the head, causing the other people to start discussing.
"Then what do you think we should do?"
“The commune contributed 80 percent, and Dahe Village contributed 20 percent.
Just give them a position as director of sales.
The other part of the investment made by the commune will be paid from the public grain paid by the pear garden this year.
If it's not enough, we can fill it in. What do you think of doing this?"
Everyone's eyes lit up. According to the harvest from the pear orchard in Dahe Village, they couldn't offer much money.
I used to think that this amount of money was a considerable pressure on the commune, but now it seems that it is not a problem at all.
"Secretary Wang is the one who has the best idea."
"Yes, let the people in Dahe Village worry about the sales issues later."
The matter was settled in this way. When the specific documents were delivered to Captain Lu, he also knew that this was the best way to solve the matter.
Otherwise, he would have been in a stalemate with the commune, and his arms would never be able to twist the thighs.
Secretary He's calculations were clacking. He frowned and looked at Captain Lu: "This commune wants us to pay all the money. If we calculate it, all the harvest from the pear orchard this year will be lost.
Even part of the brigade’s funds will be included.”
Captain Lu squatted aside and smoked a pipe, and said helplessly: "What should we do? Anyway, the opera garden will hand over 40% of its revenue to the commune this year.
Just consider it as an advance payment. I will go to Lu Zhiye's house again and you can calculate the specific fees here."
When Captain Lu arrived at Lu Zhiye's house, Lu Zhiye was washing diapers there.
"Xiao Ye, the investment and construction of this canning factory will cost a lot of money.
Our team has emptied out all its resources to do this this time.
If the cans can’t be sold, it will be a waste of money.”
Captain Lu was still a little undecided about the canned food issue.
After all, a can of food costs just over one dollar, and there are at most two pears in it.
It is far less cost-effective than buying fresh fruits. He really doesn't understand who would be willing to spend that money on canned food.
Although the canned food is quite delicious, it costs more than pork, and Captain Lu feels he can't bear to part with it.
“Don’t worry, leave the sales to me.
Besides, don't underestimate these people in the educated youth site.
They are all children of workers who came from the city, and some of them are high-ranking officials.
You asked them to send some canned food to their home and mentioned something about the cooperative.
The state-owned factories in the city provide much more welfare than we do here."
Captain Lu clapped his hands. Yes, why didn’t he think of that!
These new educated youth all come from families with connections.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have said that he came to the opera house to help. He asked these educated youth to help sell canned food, which can also be considered as helping, right?
Captain Lu walked happily towards the brigade headquarters and met several educated youth on the way.
When the educated youth saw Captain Lu greeting them cheerfully, they subconsciously curled up the corners of their mouths.
When Captain Lu walked away, Li Hualin asked in confusion, "What's wrong with Captain Lu? He has never been so nice to us before."
"I'm not sure, maybe something happy happened?"
After Captain Lu handed in all the materials he was supposed to hand in, he started working on canning the food.
He cleared out the brigade headquarters and called over several female educated youths: "Don't you know how to make canned food? Come and teach these aunties.
Let's get this canned food ready soon."
Wen Sihe was also pulled over, and the other aunts watched the educated youth's actions with great interest.
When I saw handfuls of rock sugar being put into canning jars.
The aunts couldn't help but exclaim: "Oh my goodness, they are going to put so much sugar this time."
"Yeah, no wonder that can tasted so sweet to me just now."
The green-head scarf lady couldn't help but exclaim: "I heard from the educated youth Xiao Wen that this can of food costs more than one yuan. With so much sugar in it, it must be so expensive!"
Captain Lu's wife was also a little surprised: "My daughter-in-law said earlier that she wanted to eat canned food and asked me to make two cans.
Well, let alone what we have done, this handful of rock sugar is enough for us to drink for half a year."
Captain Lu's wife's words made all the ladies nod their heads. If a family used so much rock sugar, they would be criticized as a spendthrift!
The brigade used up piles of firewood and worked non-stop for a whole day to produce more than 500 cans.
It's November and it's already starting to frost, and there was even a little snow a few days ago.
But Captain Lu's wife and the others were sitting in the kitchen, sweating profusely.
"It's a pity that we're doing this in the middle of winter. If it were summer, no one would be able to enter the house."
"Who says it's not true? I saw some of the educated youth doing this before and thought it was simple.
Now it seems that this matter is not simple. "
The lady in the green headscarf took off her headscarf, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and added some firewood to the pot.
"If we really build a factory in the future, I will go there to work every day. I feel it will be more tiring than going to work."
"Do you think all the working women in this city are the same?
We only envy them, but they also envy us!"
Wu Yu, sitting at the side, smiled and replied, "Of course not. People in the city are all on rationed food. There is not enough food, and you need food coupons to buy food.
You have to queue up to use the toilet, it's not as comfortable as in the countryside."
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