Chapter 88 Expanding the production line
The affairs of the Tong family were widely spread in the commune. Tong Mingxin and Tong Nianqing were having an affair, so there was no way they could escape the blame.
As a victim, Chen Xiumei easily got divorced.
Tong's father secretly swapped babies and abandoned his own daughter, and was also paraded through the streets with a sign hanging over his head.
Tong's mother was the only one in the family who was criticized and educated and then released.
On the day they were paraded through the streets for criticism, Tong's mother rushed up and beat up Tong's father, and did not let Tong Nianqing go either.
After all, she didn't kill her own son, but thinking that he had known about the matter for a long time but helped Tong Jiang to hide it from her, the father and son watched her treat someone else's daughter as a treasure, and Tong's mother felt heartbroken.
"You bastard." Tong's mother slapped Tong Mingxin twice.
The onlookers picked up small stones from the roadside and threw them at the Tong family, causing them to have bloody heads.
Tong's mother kept cursing all the way and beat Tong Jiang whenever she found an opportunity.
She has been deceived for almost twenty years.
Her own daughter's life or death is unknown, but she treats someone else's daughter like a treasure.
Tong's mother completely exploded and became a little crazy, sometimes lucid and sometimes confused, but no matter what time, she was cursing Tong Jiang and his son and Tong Nianqing.
He cursed during the day and at night. The neighbors were so annoyed that they reported it to the commune.
Director Ji had no choice but to come over and take a look. Tong's mother was sitting in the yard with her hair disheveled. Her hair had turned completely white in just a few days, but she kept cursing.
When he saw Director Ji and others coming, he continued to curse.
She is the only one left at home now. The worst that can happen is that she will be arrested. As long as she can be locked up with those people, she will take them with her even if she dies.
"Lin Hongmian." Director Ji called her.
Lin Hongmian seemed not to hear and continued to curse. Even her hoarse voice did not stop her from cursing.
Director Ji said a lot, but Lin Hongmian didn't listen to a word.
Just as Director Ji was about to turn around and leave, Lin Hongmian spoke up, "Wait."
"What's wrong?" Director Ji turned around and looked at her.
Lin Hongmian got up from the ground, but she got up so quickly that her body swayed. Director Ji wanted to help her, but she dodged him and staggered into the house. When she came out, she was holding a box.
She laughed a little crazily, "This is something left by Tong Nianqing's biological mother. That bastard Tong Jiang has been keeping it for her. He never allowed me to touch it before. Hahahaha, I'll give it all to you, all to you."
As soon as the box was opened, Director Ji was stunned. It was full of small yellow croakers.
When the Landlord game was played back then, all the property had long been divided up. I didn’t expect that family still left this way out.
If Tong's mother didn't tell anyone, no one would know.
Seeing that Director Ji didn't respond, Tong's mother stuffed the box into her arms and said, "I want to report them. This is the evidence."
She was stupid, she didn't understand until now.
Nianqing Nianqing, the landlord’s daughter’s name contains the word “Qing”.
This box of things was also a way out for Tong Nianqing. However, Lin Hongmian just didn't want to do what they wanted. Even if they could be released after the labor reform, she would leave them with nothing.
In order to prevent them from having any tricks up their sleeves, Lin Hongmian dug up the inside of her house thoroughly. In addition to the box of small yellow croakers, she also dug out two antique vases and a pair of jade bracelets from under the bed.
She smashed them all and handed the broken pieces to Director Ji. This was the evidence of their guilt.
She won't let those people have an easy time.
Even the son she had carried for ten months did not stand by her, and she had never seen her daughter, who now did not know whether she was alive or dead. She had nothing left and did not care about those things at all.
She just wanted them all to die.
Director Ji tried to persuade Lin Hongmian to calm down, but she started to act crazy again. She picked up a stick from somewhere and waved it around, cursing as if there was someone next to her.
After returning, Director Ji handed all those things over to Secretary He for disposal.
Tong Jiang's crimes became more serious because he was associated with the five black categories and also hoarded these things, so he was sentenced to several more years.
However, when Tong Nianqing heard that the things left by his biological mother were smashed and handed over by Lin Hongmian, he was so angry that he fainted.
When the people woke up again, they seemed to be crazy, muttering that this shouldn't be like this, things shouldn't be like this.
But people around her didn't think she was really sick, they just thought she was lazy, so they kept a closer eye on her, forcing her to work as soon as she opened her eyes, and she didn't even have enough to eat.
After a while of making a fuss, Tong Nianqing finally calmed down and stopped talking nonsense.
Zhou Xian heard about it, but didn't pay any further attention to it.
According to the system, if the protagonist does something against the law, the halo will disappear.
Even if you are released from labor reform in the future, without the halo of a protagonist, unless you have the ability to make a career, you can only live your life like an ordinary person.
Chen Xiumei also knew about this, but she didn't care about it. They were divorced, so what did her ex-husband's family affairs have to do with her?
The only thing that bothers her is that people around her always want to introduce her to someone, and even if she refuses, there are still people who ask.
Fortunately, she refused firmly every time, and gradually no one brought it up again.
Chen Xiumei also felt relieved. She felt that Secretary Zhou was right. She couldn't control what others said about her, but she could control herself.
She never cared about the excitement of her ex-husband's family.
Secretary He reported the box of small yellow croakers handed in by Lin Hongmian to his superiors, and they handed it over to him. He had no control over how it was dealt with.
This incident caused quite a stir, and even the county leaders heard about it. When Secretary He went to the county town to hand in something, he was asked to talk to the leaders alone.
Fortunately, the leader knew about this and didn't mention it much. He just asked about the greenhouse vegetable and pickle factory run by their Baihua Commune.
He even got orders from outside the province, and his leader had long wanted to ask him about it.
Secretary He was a little embarrassed. "It's all the result of the hard work of the comrades below. Comrade Zhou Xian from our commune and Comrade Zhuo Yu from the educated youth have all made great efforts. I was thinking of reporting to you together at the end of the year."
The leader smiled and patted Secretary He on the shoulder. "That's also thanks to your leadership. You have to keep working hard and don't slack off at this juncture."
Secretary He had heard the leader's implicit meaning many times, and nodded vigorously, "Yes, I will definitely not let you down."
Zhou Xian was not surprised to see Secretary He's face glowing with joy after returning from his trip to the county town.
Every time Secretary He goes to the county town for a meeting, he comes back looking like this. You don’t have to guess to know that he must have been praised by his superiors.
After handing Secretary He a cup of tea, Zhou Xian returned to his seat.
The pickle factory is now operating normally and no longer needs her to keep an eye on it.
Many factories that have tasted their pickles will repurchase them, so orders will come in.
Some factories would suggest that they improve the taste of pickles. Local tastes are different, and Zhou Xian also knows this. Some places prefer sweeter tastes, while others prefer spicier tastes.
Zhou Xian will ask Yang Shengyi to try making it, and if possible, try to make it as suitable as possible to suit the local taste.
However, tomato sauce is very popular in many places and many factories buy it. Zhou Xian first asked Chef Qu from the commune canteen to try it and make sure the taste was ok. He also gave away several recipes for tomato sauce made by those factories.
Those who ate it gave very satisfied feedback.
It is inevitable that I have to write an article and send it to the newspaper to publicize this matter.
Their pickles are all sent to other provinces, and Zhou Xian directly delivers them to newspapers across the country. Maybe by promoting them in newspapers, he can get more orders.
In addition, as the weather gradually gets warmer, the variety of vegetables increases, and we can also buy some vegetables from the private plots of the brigades below and make them into pickles.
Other communes had long been coveting the developments of Baihua Commune. When they heard that they were purchasing vegetables, they directly called Secretary He's office.
Naturally, it was Zhou Xian who answered the phone. Ever since Secretary He received calls from two communes, he handed the matter over to Zhou Xian.
They naturally would not push away the money that could be made, not to mention that their Baihua Commune was now a popular commodity among the county leaders, and Secretary He would not ruin his image in front of the leaders, so he had to take care of the brother unit.
But he is busy now, so it is reasonable for him to let his secretary handle it.
Zhou Xian wrote down the information of the presidents of those communes and then gave it to Secretary He for review.
Secretary He looked at the messages. When Baihua Commune was not well-connected before, no one cared about it. Now that these people called him, he naturally felt happy.
However, he also knew in his heart that there must be a limit to being too aggressive, otherwise his leader would be unhappy. It would be troublesome if his leader thought he was arrogant.
"Xiao Zhou, what are you thinking? If we take all of them, isn't that too much? If things go wrong, the vegetables will rot in our hands, and we will suffer a huge loss."
Helping does not mean helping blindly, it must be within one's own ability.
"I also learned about the conditions of the communes that called me. Secretary He, I have marked them all. The conditions in these communes have always been very poor. We can purchase their vegetables first, which can not only increase the income of their members, but also show our brigade's willingness to help our brother units."
Secretary He nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad."
He helped the communes that were worse off than his own, and did not help the communes that were better off than his own. Even if the leaders knew about it, they would not say anything about him.
"I was thinking, should we open another production line?" Zhou Xian said again.
"For now, there shouldn't be any problem with making pickles, so why do we need to expand the production line?"
“Buy their eggs.”
Secretary He thought about it for a moment. They had previously purchased eggs from members of the brigade.
Zhou Xian said that he wanted to purchase eggs from these communes. It was impossible that he was contacting those factories to provide welfare benefits to buy so many eggs at once.
“What can you do with so many eggs?”
"We can pickle salted eggs, which is also a source of income."
Secretary He thought it was feasible. Making salted eggs requires a lot of eggs, and those people couldn't say that he wouldn't help them when the time comes.
They have a tractor here, so at worst we can just spend some fuel to haul the eggs back ourselves, saving them the trouble.
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