Chapter 253
Zhou Jiani still lives in Zhao Mei's house.
During the day, I visited various households and talked with fellow villagers about their actual feelings about the household distribution of production. I also made a data comparison between the harvests of the past five years and this year's wheat production.
Without going too far in the comparison, this year's wheat output alone is equal to the total wheat output of the Qianjin Brigade in the past five years. Otherwise, Zhang Baosheng's voice would have been trembling with excitement when he called her that day.
Or go to the fields of your fellow villagers to see how their corn seedlings are growing.
I took some time to ride my bike to visit all the brigades under Xihe Commune, looked at the growth of corn seedlings in other brigades, and also found a few familiar villagers to ask about the harvest of the team this year.
These are the data she wants to investigate.
Everyone was familiar with her and was very enthusiastic when they saw her.
Many people heard about her ordering dried cowpeas from the Qianjin Brigade, and they even pulled her hand to ask whether they ever bought from their village. Zhou Jiani told them to go to the Dongwang Brigade to find Zhao Hai.
Liu Tong was in charge of the forward brigade, assisted by Zhao Mei, while Zhao Hai was in charge of the outer brigades. Zhao Hai had been helping her receive goods before and already had some experience.
Some people also heard that it was Zhou Jiani who first suggested the household distribution of land in Qianjin Brigade, and they asked a few simple questions about it.
Zhou Jiani supports the distribution of land to households, but she will not talk too much to the masses privately without communicating with local cadres, otherwise the village cadres will think she is here to incite.
He just responded vaguely with a few words.
However, Zhai Xiangqiang knew that she had returned, so he called her and asked her to go to the commune to talk.
On Zhai Xiangqiang's desk was a pile of departmental magazines sent back by Zhou Jiani.
It was precisely because of the boldness of the Huazhong University students in speaking their minds that Secretary Zhai did not interfere with the private actions of the Qianjin Brigade. He also wanted to see what surprises this change could bring.
On Secretary Zhai's desk was a newspaper from May of this year. On it was a sentence underlined in red pen. It was from Deng Xiaoping's speech "On Rural Policy Issues": "... the vast majority of production teams implemented the household contract responsibility system, and within a year they turned around and transformed their appearance..."
The Qianjin Brigade was not the first or second to do this, but was one of many production brigades that quietly carried out this practice.
And judging from the content of Mr. Deng’s conversation, he seemed to be supportive.
Although there were voices of opposition from above, Zhai Xiangqiang felt that a new policy was emerging and it would definitely be the ultimate winner.
So when I heard that Zhou Jiani had returned to the Qianjin Brigade, I wanted to hear her opinion.
Zhou Jiani did not hide her thoughts. Combining her past life experience with the signals continuously transmitted in this life, she expressed her views on farm economic reform.
She talked to Secretary Zhai about the report investigation she had done in the past few days. In addition to the wheat production of Qianjin Brigade this year, the corn seedlings being planted in the fields were also growing better than the corn seedlings in other brigades.
Can you take care of your own land with the same care as you take care of the land in the team?
Isn’t this a ready-made comparison?
I stayed there until the sun set before returning from the commune.
Although Secretary Zhai did not clearly state his next plan, Zhou Jiani felt that he recognized and was optimistic about the household contract responsibility system.
When she returned to the village, a little boy saw her and called out, "Sister Jiani, the team leader asked you to come back and go to the village committee."
I guess she guessed what the commune wanted to talk to her about, so she wanted to ask so that she could judge the direction of the wind.
Zhou Jiani went to the village committee.
As expected, Zhang Baosheng asked her about her trip to the commune. Zhou Jiani told him everything she wanted to know and analyzed her own observations.
Zhang Baosheng breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Jiani said, "Our wheat production this year is a perfect result. Leaders can't just abandon the high yield and go back to the previous model, right? You can rest assured."
When talking about this year's wheat yield, Zhang Baosheng smiled with wrinkles all over his face and nodded repeatedly: "I really didn't expect it."
It was a big surprise for everyone.
Although there has been no clear instruction from the higher-ups so far, Zhang Baosheng vaguely feels that they should also want to see the changes brought about by this reform.
After staying here for a few days, he personally loaded the goods he ordered onto the car, called Bai Haoyang in the capital to ask him to take over, and then took a car back to Qi Yang.
After staying in Qiyang for two days, she found the first and second spinning mills and bought some defective cloth. She used the excuse of sending a delivery truck to bring the cloth out on her bicycle and put it in the warehouse.
After that, I waited for my parents to finish their work, and took the twins who couldn't wait any longer to go to the capital by bus.
When the Qiu family knew that Jiani's parents were coming, they had to formally bring up the matter of their two children getting married again.
Du Yunxin spoke beautifully, and in front of her in-laws, she was very humble and apologized, "Let's just mention it verbally this time. When Zeming has some vacation time, we'll come to discuss the matter of having two children formally..."
He also took the Zhou family to see the courtyard in Shichahai and made it clear that the couple would live separately there after their marriage. If they wanted to go back to the courtyard for dinner, they could do so. If they didn't want to go back, they could live their own lives.
The Zhou family was naturally very satisfied.
Zhou Jiani took her parents and the twins to play in the capital for several days, and sent them and Bai Haoyang on the train back to Qi Yang.
After that, she stayed in the store and took Aunt Zhang and others to collect the loofah sponges, cut them in the middle, and piece them together bit by bit to make palm-sized dishcloths and steaming cloths of various sizes.
The dishcloth also has holes punched on the corners and a hemp rope threaded through it for easy hanging.
In order to make it easier to carry the steaming cloth, holes are punched on both sides and white cotton strips are threaded through it.
It’s amazing! After being tidied up like this, they looked quite presentable when put on the counter, and I sold four or five of them that day.
After being busy until mid-August, Qiu Zeming returned to the capital to report, stayed with Zhou Jiani for a few days, and then went to school for further studies.
Originally, Zhou Jiani thought it would be more convenient for them to meet after he returned to the capital, but it turned out that new students were not allowed to ask for leave or visit within three months of entering the school. Comrade Zhou was a little disappointed, but he quickly cheered up. He had often endured not seeing each other for half a year or even a year before, so a mere three months was nothing.
Besides, knowing that he is not that far away from me, I feel at ease for some reason.
As soon as the school started, Zhou Jiani submitted her investigation application report.
After talking to her, the department approved her application.
Not only Zhou Jiani in Class 2 is studying the rural reform topic, but Liang Bing and Fan Chengjun in the class are also focusing on this research topic.
The class teacher coordinated with the department and asked them to form a research team and go to Bin County together to complete the research work.
There were also two students in Class 1 doing research in this area. After coordination with the department, they were arranged into a group to carry out this practical learning together.
Therefore, the research group on rural reform in the Department of Economics was composed of Zhou Jiani, Liang Bing, Fan Chengjun, and Shi Hao and Zhang Lian from Class 1.
Before officially going there, several people spent every day in the library looking up information, relevant articles and reports, and studied the information for half a month without sleep or food. After that, they packed their luggage and took a bus to Bin County ahead of their roommates.
Zhou Jiani's extra work compared to the other team members is to discuss and coordinate with Bai Haoyang to arrange the store's turnover operations. Usually, her grandmother is here to help, and the two store clerks are also familiar with the job. The old man of the Qiu family has asked the guards to drive over more than once, so no one will come to cause trouble.
When she returns to Bin County, she can also take the opportunity to keep an eye on the production, receipt and delivery of dried cowpeas.
A batch of bamboo products should arrive at the store soon, and she'd already explained it to her grandmother and the others. Zhang Lihai would also be back, and Bai Haoyang had a rough idea of what goods he'd bring back. The amount of goods needed would depend on Zhang Lihai's next route...
In short, everything is in order, and she can do practical research work with peace of mind.
We arrived in Bin County just in time for the autumn harvest, and by the time we leave we should be able to get the autumn production data for the Qianjin Brigade.
Zhou Jiani also took a few classmates to the Qianjin Brigade to see everyone's enthusiasm for work after the household contract responsibility system was implemented, and then took everyone to several other brigades for inspection.
When they arrived at the Anyong Brigade, Hou Quansheng warmly invited these college students to his office for tea. When he heard that they were there to study the topic of farm reform, Hou Quansheng seized the opportunity to ask them a lot of questions.
Afterwards, he privately revealed the news to Zhou Jiani: "After the autumn harvest is over, our team has decided to follow the Qianjin Brigade's lead and divide the land among the members."
He added, "Comrade Zhou, you're in the capital, so you must have gotten the information much earlier than us old-fashioned people. Tell me the truth, have you heard some rumors a long time ago? We have a good relationship, so why don't you tell me a word..."
I heard that she had mobilized the Qianjin Brigade to divide the land a long time ago, but Old Man Zhang was timid and had never dared to implement it. Later, for some reason, he finally decided to do it. As a result, the wheat yield this year made many people jealous.
He was not only greedy, but also couldn't sleep at night.
Zhou Jiani joked, "Uncle, even if I did hear something, I wouldn't dare come to you and point fingers."
There is also a question of trust or distrust.
Zhou Jiani said, "It's not really a rumor. It's all based on the country's development. For example, you should be aware of the reform and opening up policy that has just begun. I believe many people know about it. It's a public matter, but how many people dare to be the first to speak out? Aren't they still just waiting and watching?"
So if she hadn't revealed it, not everyone would have dared to accept it. Even Zhang Baosheng had been considering it for more than a year.
Hou Quansheng also understood this logic. If Zhou Jiani had mentioned it to him earlier, he would probably be as hesitant as Old Man Zhang. Now he was simply greedy.
But Hou Quansheng welcomed these college students to stay in their team for investigation, and he also told them about things outside and what they learned in college.
However, Fan Chengjun and his colleagues declined Captain Hou's kind invitation. They believed that they could not write high-quality reports and papers by just staying in one team during research. They should cover a wider range, be exposed to more complex things, and be more research-oriented.
I don’t know whether to say that Zhou Jiani and her group are lucky or what.
At the end of September, the Central Committee issued the "Notice on Several Issues Concerning Further Strengthening and Improving the Agricultural Production Responsibility System", which mentioned the issue of "either contracting production to households or contracting work to households", triggering heated discussions in society.
As soon as this article came out, it calmed the hearts of those who were the first to try something new, like the Qianjin Brigade, and inspired the spirits of those in the developing Ernst & Young Brigade.
A heated discussion on the topic of "contracting output to households" was set off in various brigades.
Members of many brigades that did not have this plan approached the team, hoping that their own brigades could follow the example of Qianjin Brigade and Anyong Brigade and distribute the land among everyone.
But not all village cadres have this courage. Some people think they should continue to wait and see. Who knows whether the policy will change tomorrow?
There were also village cadres who rode their bikes to the Qianjin Brigade to learn from them. Zhang Baosheng would definitely not mobilize them relentlessly, as he would be blamed if something unexpected really happened.
Some people even approached the commune to directly question whether the household contract responsibility system was reasonable...
Secretary Zhai had just returned from a meeting in the county. Seeing this, he simply called a meeting of the captains of each brigade with only one purpose: no objection!
But it didn't say it fully supported it.
The article only mentioned "yes" and was not an official document. Even if he wanted to take on too much responsibility, there were many people in the commune who would stop him, so it would not be easy for him to officially start the work.
Not to mention the commune, the county and city were also divided into two factions, one supporting and the other suggesting waiting and seeing.
These are just existing examples, such as the Qianjin Brigade, which has already completed reforms privately and will not be dealt with.
It was under such circumstances that Zhou Jiani and her team collected a large amount of rich information.
She even contacted County Magistrate Wang and discussed rural reform with him over the phone, which could also be considered an interview.
County Magistrate Wang was undoubtedly supportive. He also praised the Qianjin Brigade for its courage to think and act, and especially praised this year's wheat production.
However, he showed his strong side in the development of greenhouse vegetables. Now many people in the county are keeping an eye on him, and the opposition to the household contract responsibility system this time is even stronger than when he developed greenhouse vegetables.
County Magistrate Wang was a little overwhelmed.
Fortunately, the greenhouse project he insisted on developing at that time developed very well, generating good profits in the winter, and also silenced many people.
Knowing that Zhou Jiani was arranged by the school to do the research with her classmates, they warmly welcomed them to investigate the greenhouse vegetable project in the county as well.
He joked lightheartedly on the phone, "Comrade Xiao Zhou, greenhouse vegetables are also part of rural economic reform. Don't just focus on the household contract responsibility system..."
Zhou Jiani laughed. They wanted them to help promote Bin County’s greenhouse vegetables.
However, she had previously published an article about the vegetable greenhouses in Bin County in the departmental journal, but it was worth writing another one. After all, the scale is different now, and it is also a project that the county strongly supports.
However, the main research focuses on economic reforms such as the household contract responsibility system.
Their investigation was not concentrated only in Xihe Commune. They divided the area and carried out activities throughout Bin County.
Zhou Jiani was entangled by the various brigades under Xihe Commune.
Knowing that Zhou Jiani had come back to conduct research on this topic based on the Central Committee's article, everyone wanted to invite her to the brigade to help them come up with ideas on whether to immediately implement the household contract responsibility system.
Some brigade cadres did not care about the grain output after the household contract responsibility system was implemented. They just kept agonizing over one issue and insisted that Zhou Jiani give everyone an affirmation: the implementation of this policy is safe and will not be repeated.
Regardless of whether Zhou Jiani knows the future development situation or not, she will not make such a guarantee.
What does that mean? Are you trying to get her to shoulder the responsibility and pressure?
There were also brigade cadres who were really confused and seriously asked Zhou Jiani to help analyze the situation so that they could decide for themselves whether to distribute the property to each household.
In response to this kind of attitude, Zhou Jiani will talk more seriously and give some possible problems that may arise during the implementation of the distribution of production to households, as well as the preparatory work needed in the early stage.
During her stay in Xihe Commune, Zhou Jiani helped five brigades complete the preliminary preparations for the household distribution of production; people from Donghe Commune also came to her, saying that three brigades there were planning to follow the trend and expected to implement the household distribution of production after the new year.
During this period, they also received requests for help from Liang Bing and Shi Hao. A brigade under a certain commune that had helped them investigate in the past had detailed the procedures required for distributing production to households.
When the research work was completed, they felt that their legs were thin from running, but they had gained a lot.
Zhou Jiani collected the dried cowpeas she had ordered from her fellow villagers, took a batch of rice noodles and vermicelli from Zhao Hai, and loaded a batch of woven products onto the truck, and returned to the capital with her classmates.
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