Several hundred pigs died at the Honghe Pig Farm, and the piglets allocated to their brigade could only be temporarily supplied to the Honghe Pig Farm. As a result, the brigade's pig farming work had to be postponed again.
“In that case, let’s get the supply and marketing cooperative up and running first,” Lu Yuan said.
“Yes, yes, let’s get the supply and marketing cooperative up and running first. The soybean containers are almost ready,” Zhang Yong’an said.
Lu Guoan replied, "The goods and glass cabinets that the supply and marketing cooperative provided for us have not yet arrived."
"Then let's go and urge Secretary Feng," Lu Yuan said.
Lu Guoan glanced at him and said, "Why don't you come with me? One sentence from you is worth a hundred sentences from me."
The current secretary of the commune, Feng Tao, was the secretary of Luo Yaoguo, the former county magistrate. After the previous commune secretary was found to have problems, he was promoted to become the secretary of their commune.
Lu Yuan deserves a lot of credit for Feng Tao's appointment as secretary.
Besides, he knew Lu Yuan's identity, and Lu Yuan's words carried much more weight than Lu Guoan's.
Lu Yuan felt a jolt when he saw the eager looks from the brigade cadres, as if they were looking at their first love.
But we still have to refuse those we should refuse.
“Whether I go or not is the same. Even if my words carry weight, Secretary Feng knows the relationship between Uncle Brigade and me, and he wouldn’t neglect Uncle. The goods and glass cabinets haven’t been delivered yet, so there must be difficulties at the higher-ups.”
“Alright, I’ll go to the commune again and urge them,” Lu Guoan said.
Just two days later, the commune sent people in a truck to deliver glass cabinets and a lot of goods, and Lu Guoan and his men were overjoyed.
Now all the members of the commune knew that the brigade was going to set up a supply and marketing cooperative, and the whole brigade was in an uproar.
People with nothing to do all came to watch the excitement, and everyone chatted enthusiastically about the supply and marketing cooperative, their faces beaming with joy.
There aren't many brigades with their own supply and marketing cooperatives; this is practically unique in the surrounding area.
The brigade is getting better and better, and they are filled with joy and pride. In the future, when they visit other brigades, they will be able to hold their heads high.
"Oh my, it's so convenient to buy New Year's goods this year. Luckily, I haven't gone to the commune to buy them yet, or I would have lost out big time."
"It's not just about buying New Year's goods. Now that our brigade has a supply and marketing cooperative, we don't have to go to the commune to buy things anymore. It's so convenient."
"And my hometown brigade, they won't have to go to the commune to buy anything anymore. It's almost half the distance from here."
“Not only your hometown brigade, but several brigades in the vicinity are the same. It’s much closer to us than to the commune. We’ll definitely come to our brigade to buy things in the future. Our brigade will definitely be lively in the future.”
"I bet once our supply and marketing cooperative is up and running, the other production brigades will be green with envy, hahaha..."
"Not only that, they were already green with envy from the money our rabbit farm made, hahaha..."
The members chatted enthusiastically, their voices filled with laughter.
As we chatted, the conversation turned to sales clerks.
"Is there even a question? It has to be A Yuan's wife, she's the most suitable."
"Yes, I also think that A Yuan's wife is the most suitable to be this sales clerk."
Lin Xiaofang had been producing cow dung in the cowshed every day recently. Today, she finally managed to take a break and come to watch the excitement. As soon as she arrived, she heard that the saleswoman must be Wen Moxue, and she was immediately unhappy.
"Why do all the good things go to Lu Yuan and his wife? I heard that the brigade used to give her the easiest jobs, like driving a tractor to transport grain and being a scorekeeper. But after she got pregnant and had a baby, those easy jobs were given to others. Is that fair?"
Everyone looked at her, and immediately showed disdain.
"How is it unfair? They're capable and can bring benefits to our brigade, so what's wrong with them doing some easy work?"
"That's right. A-Yuan's wife is the only woman in our brigade who can drive a tractor. Isn't it normal to let her drive the tractor to transport grain? If we don't let her go, are we going to let you go? Do you even know how?"
"How could she possibly be anything? Besides pushing people and doing bad things behind their backs, what else can she do? She's nothing."
"No, wait, she also shovels cow dung, hahahaha..."
Everyone burst into laughter, while Lin Xiaofang became so angry that her face turned red and her neck bulged.
"You've gone too far. This is discrimination, xenophobia, and undermining unity."
When they can't win an argument, they resort to labeling others.
"Tch, when did we ever discriminate against outsiders? We're discriminating against you. You're the one who doesn't know how to behave, and you still have the nerve to blame others for not liking you."
"That's right, you're a bad seed. You're jealous of Hong Zhiqing getting a salary at the rabbit farm, so you maliciously wanted her to have a miscarriage. Your heart is too vicious."
"That's right, so you're the one who's undermining unity."
Everyone retorted, leaving Lin Xiaofang speechless and forced to retreat step by step. In the end, she could only stand aside, wiping away tears in frustration.
She originally wanted to leave, but when she thought about how her job as a sales clerk was still undecided, she stopped herself in her tracks.
Seeing that she had turned off the engine, everyone stopped paying attention to her and turned to confirm with Lu Guoan.
"Captain, is this saleswoman at the supply and marketing cooperative Ah Yuan's wife?"
Lu Guoan directed people to move goods and load them into containers, waving his hand with a smile whenever he had a spare moment.
"No, A-Yuan said his wife has to make medicine every day and take care of three children, so she can't manage and she's quit being a sales clerk."
Upon hearing this, some commune members felt regretful, but those who were literate but had no other work began to get excited, such as Lin Xiaofang.
There were several other educated youths as well.
This sales clerk is different from the feeders at rabbit farms and pig farms. Not just anyone can do it. The sales clerk needs to be literate, and most importantly, able to do arithmetic and keep accounts of the goods. This job is only suitable for people from their educated youth settlement.
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