Chapter 190 My Beloved Pig: I need to think of a solution that will solve the problem once and for all.
After the leaders who inspected the disaster area left, in addition to the commendations, another notice was issued:
"Feiyan Textile Factory, you should also quickly pack up your belongings and form 'relief supply packages' to support other brother units in the province..."
Waterproof and mildew-proof fabrics from Fei Yan Textile Factory, as well as oyster shell bags containing dye residue, became typhoon relief supplies, used to support other units and for related preventative measures.
It was precisely because of this that in 1974, in addition to receiving orders worth millions of foreign exchange, Feiyan Textile Factory also received a large number of domestic orders for disaster prevention products. Knowing that their waterproof and mildew-proof fabrics were good, everyone came to purchase them.
“A huge number of purchasing agents are coming to our factory soon, and we have to wait in line.”
"Factory manager, the steel mill, the silk mill, and so on... have all come to us asking for things."
"And hospitals..."
Feiyan Textile Factory was the first to resume production, working overtime to produce waterproof and mildew-proof cloth to provide disaster relief supplies. It was precisely because of all this support that Qin Xiangxiang shamelessly asked for an ultrasound machine.
Qin Xiangxiang said, "We've supported our sister company, so shouldn't they support us? Our factory is less than three years old, and the factory hospital is so dilapidated..."
At Qin Xiangxiang's insistence, a used ultrasound machine from a provincial hospital ended up in the hands of Feiyan Textile Factory.
Assistant He practically wanted to kneel down before his factory manager.
"Our factory hospital now has an ultrasound machine!"
This is great news for all the workers in the factory. Not to mention, if they get pregnant in the future, they will be able to have an ultrasound at the factory hospital. However, they will also need to train doctors to operate and use the ultrasound equipment.
Zhao Qiaoqiao was incredulous. "I've only been at the factory for a year, and our factory hospital already has an ultrasound machine!"
Zhao Qiaoqiao was excited and told her relatives and friends about it. Later, she thought of Lin Xiuqin and went to find her, but found that Lin Xiuqin was no longer at the clinic.
"What? She went to the textile factory too? Red Star Textile Factory... What? She became a textile worker?"
Zhao Qiaoqiao tried to contact Lin Xiuqin: "Why did you become a textile worker? Why don't you come to our factory?"
Lin Xiuqin: "Women textile workers have high wages."
Hongxing Textile Factory was also affected by the typhoon. Lin Xiuqin was happy to suffer the disaster, because it meant that the factory would be shut down and the factory would be closed for the holidays. She really wished that typhoons would come more often, just like when she was a child, when every flood was a happy time for the children.
Lin Xiuqin deeply regrets coming to Hongxing Textile Factory to work as a textile worker. It's too hard and exhausting. She used to be unwilling to work in a factory, but now she's voluntarily going. Looking back on herself, she thinks she's a complete idiot.
However, the only advantage of textile workers in that era was that they slept very well. After finishing their work, they would fall asleep as soon as they hit the bed. In addition, female textile workers were the highest-paid group in the factory, and the people around them were at a similar level, or even far behind. So, they were quite satisfied with their lives, at least they didn't suffer from mental exhaustion.
Zhao Qiaoqiao said proudly, "Our factory's disaster situation this time is really outstanding. We took proper precautions against the typhoon, and the factory suffered almost no losses. The leaders praised our factory director Qin Xiangxiang for his effective disaster relief!"
"Many people come to our factory to buy waterproof cloth. Let me tell you, our factory hospital even has an ultrasound machine now."
Lin Xiuqin: "Is Qin Xiangxiang really that amazing?"
"Of course our factory manager is amazing."
Lin Xiuqin had already adapted to her current life, but when she thought of Qin Xiangxiang, or even Zhao Yangyang in the family compound, especially Zhao Yangyang, she felt unhappy.
If only she had found Chen Ruifeng the moment she transmigrated, married him, and moved into the family compound, even a monthly salary of seventy or eighty yuan would have been enough to support the whole family. She wouldn't have needed to work; she could have survived until the resumption of the college entrance examination in 1977 on her husband's salary.
If you get into a big city like Shanghai after graduation, and find a way to stay there, even if you don't start a business and become the richest person, you'll still be a winner as you ride the wave of opening up.
Why choose the difficult way when there's an easy one?
At this point, Lin Xiuqin began to think about getting married. So, after much deliberation, she decided to get close to He Xiuxiu, who worked at the factory. He Xiuxiu's husband was a naval officer, and she lived in the same residential compound as Chen Ruifeng and Qin Xiangxiang.
Perhaps I can ask He Xiuxiu to introduce me to someone.
She will definitely live a more comfortable life than Qin Xiangxiang and the others. She will have the last laugh. If she can marry into the family compound, she will observe Qin Xiangxiang and her husband's relationship with her own eyes and watch the show from the sidelines.
By this time, Lin Xiuqin already knew that this naval family compound was full of juicy gossip, and she was sure she would get to know a lot of exciting gossip.
Xie Ankang and others continued to film movies at the textile factory and also helped with post-disaster reconstruction. Chen Wen, an actress who had participated in the film about the construction of the Great Northern Wilderness, was also a skilled farmer and worker.
Chen Wen: "Director Qin, your previous pigsty is no longer working. I suggest you improve it. If the island frequently experiences typhoons, you should consider this in advance."
"Whether it's drought or flood, every disaster is followed by a period of high incidence of disease."
Qin Xiangxiang nodded somewhat solemnly. Zhuang Xiaoman, whom they had found, did have some traditional methods for raising pigs, but the pigsty he built was still based on old rural methods and was not suitable for modern scientific pig farming methods. The pigsty had a big problem.
Furthermore, preventing disease outbreaks is also a very important matter.
If a swine fever outbreak wipes out all her precious piglets, then she'll be out of her year-end sausages.
Qin Xiangxiang, the salted fish, said firmly, "I need to think of a way to solve this once and for all."
She knew that she couldn't rely on herself or others, so she had to "borrow strength to fight back." Rather than figuring it out on her own, she should let professionals do it.
Qin Xiangxiang suddenly thought of the musical instrument teacher Xue Haiyang had found earlier, "That's right, I can also try to get a few overseas-educated professors who have been sent down to the countryside, this time to study chemistry!"
Now that Qin Xiangxiang has the "model worker halo," she doesn't need to be too secretive about inquiring about the professors who were sent down to the cowshed.
So Qin thought about it and asked the local officials, but he didn't expect that the local officials were worried about not being able to get rid of these "burdens".
Qin Xiangxiang said, “Our factory has built a new May 7th Farm. Raising pigs and ducks requires arithmetic. The factory is short of an accountant. We want to find someone who is educated, preferably someone who understands chemistry. We need someone like that to sweep up pig manure and compost.”
“Our old pigsty was half destroyed in the typhoon. We were planning to rebuild the pigsty on higher ground. When people came, we arranged for them to stay in the old pigsty.”
When the local officials heard this, they didn't see anything wrong with it, because at that time, people with bad class backgrounds in the village, such as landlords and fishing tyrants, were assigned to collect manure, especially the sons of those with bad class backgrounds, who were required to go door to door to collect urine and excrement.
"Director Qin, you've really saved us from a dire situation. We're out of housing here; the typhoon destroyed a lot of houses. Where are these intellectuals supposed to live? It would be perfect if you could arrange for them to stay in the pigsty."
It was quite a coincidence that there happened to be a chemistry professor who had been demoted to a lower level, named Shen Wenbo. He was originally a professor in the chemistry department of a famous university in Shanghai, an expert in polymer materials and organic synthesis, and had studied abroad.
He was criticized for his remarks at an academic conference, which were described as "productivity-oriented", and was subsequently demoted.
When Qin Xiangxiang received Professor Shen's information, she was just as bewildered as the local officials, because she didn't really understand what polymer materials and organic synthesis were either, and planned to go back and ask her deadbeat husband.
She was more interested in knowing whether the other party could actually raise pigs and prepare feed to prevent diseases.
"Director Qin, is there still room for people to live in your pigsty? There's also a reactionary medical authority here. Buy one get one free, take him with you."
Qin Xiang looked at the background information and found that this Dr. Ye was once the director of surgery at a designated hospital. He was an expert in hepatobiliary surgery. Because he performed liver surgery on a cadre who was a member of the "-capitalist" faction and saved his life, he was criticized for "extending the life of the "-capitalist" faction and was therefore demoted.
Oh dear—surgeon!
Qin Xiangxiang inwardly cheered, but said aloud, "This person must know how to castrate pigs, right?"
"Huh?!" The local officials were also a bit confused. They had heard that this person was a medical authority, but they didn't dare to believe it. However, he seemed to be the one who performed disembowelment. If it was castration of a pig, wouldn't it be enough to just find a craftsman from the countryside?
The local official hesitated and said, "It should be possible! If you have a use for Director Qin, then you should go and castrate the pigs."
Qin Xiangxiang said, "Then Dr. Ye can come to our Feiyan Textile Factory and work as a barefoot veterinarian."
So Qin thought for a moment and decided to take in two professors who had been sent down to the countryside, a farm warehouse manager, and a barefoot veterinarian.
"Alright, send the person to the textile factory tomorrow!"
These local officials were overjoyed, as if they were sending away a plague god and setting off firecrackers. The main concern was that they were afraid that Dr. Ye, who had studied abroad, would perform sorcery and cause panic.
After recruiting two people, Qin Xiangxiang was very happy. However, another problem arose: how to make these professors who had been relegated to lower levels of government work out their talents, protect them, and avoid drawing too much attention to them...
That depends on Qin Xiangxiang's performance.
Their factory has taken in a few troublemakers. As the factory manager, she's quite bold. She has to be careful to avoid getting herself into trouble.
"This typhoon is good because it allows us to move pigsties, freeing up these 'pig pens' for the professor to live in."
Actually, these pigsties were newly built this year, and they haven't even raised pigs for more than a few months. Now that people are living in them, the conditions aren't too bad, and they're not shabby if you tidy them up a bit.
In addition, Qin Xiangxiang used only the best materials and bricks to build the pigsty in order to take good care of her "beloved pig".
"Li Jianzhi, what exactly is this polymer material?" Qin Xiangxiang asked Li Jianzhi when she got home. She told him about the two old professors she had found to take care of her "beloved pig."
Li Jianzhi: "Plastics, rubber, and those chemical fibers are all polymer materials."
Li Jianzhi discovered that his wife was quite good at "Taobao shopping." Could this be part of his overpowered protagonist aura?
Qin Xiangxiang, this silly boy, doesn't understand physics and chemistry, but he knows how to apply for polyvinyl chloride. He knows a lot of rudimentary methods. Now that a real polymer materials expert has come, Li Jianzhi thinks that they can make use of the available materials and have the professor study the injection molding foaming process. He actually really wants a pair of slippers that feel like walking on clouds.
Plastic sandals from the 1970s were very stiff because the injection molding and foaming process was very rudimentary.
Qin Xiangxiang asked, "Can this professor research pig farming? Can he prepare pig feed and disinfectants to prevent swine fever and other diseases?"
Li Jianzhi: "..."
Is your 'darling pig' more important than me, the one you love?
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