Chapter 68
The village cadres went to the commune to hold meetings for two consecutive days, and the members were all wondering if something big had happened.
The people in the processing workshop had asked Zhang Laosi and his team about it the day before, but it had not been officially announced yet. Zhang Laosi and his team were worried that if something went wrong, everyone would be disappointed, so they said mysteriously that they would wait for the leader's announcement.
The apprentices grumbled among themselves a few days ago about building a factory, but they felt that it wouldn't happen so soon, so they didn't take it seriously.
This time they went to a meeting again. When they entered the village, many members could not contain their excitement and came to ask questions.
What's going on? Why do you have to go to the commune for meetings?
Zhang Baosheng said with a smile, "That's great! Hurry up and get to work. You'll know sooner or later."
He had wanted to share all the good news, but before entering the village, Comrade Xiao Qiu reminded him, "Hasn't Director Zhai scheduled to come and make the announcement in person the day after tomorrow?" If he announced it now, once everyone's excitement wore off, the formal announcement wouldn't be lively enough.
I had to hold it in for now and let the cheers go to the leader.
When Zhou Jiani returned home, Zhao Mei came to deliver the goods to her. All the cloth shoes were finished.
Six pairs of men's shoes and eight pairs of women's shoes.
She gave a pair of men's shoes to her father, and a pair of women's shoes to herself, her mother and her grandmother. After all, it was in the name of her family and it would be a bit inappropriate if her family members didn't see it.
The group buying group bought five pairs of men's and women's shoes each.
Pack the shoes into a handbag and take them with you when you go to the provincial capital.
I also sorted out the existing things and put away everything that needed to be put away. I guess we can move when she comes back from the provincial capital.
The village has arranged people to help them repair the courtyard wall, and also found the village carpenter to help them with the doors and windows. Those that can be repaired are repaired, and those that cannot be repaired are made on the spot.
She and Yu Wanxia jointly ordered a wardrobe, a small table and chairs, and a cupboard for furniture, and they each made a cupboard with a lock.
It should be almost ready by the time she comes back from her business trip.
Zhou Jiani mentioned the factory's quality inspection to Zhao Mei. With full work points as compensation, it would be more cost-effective for her to exchange her salary for food with the village than to work in the fields to earn work points, and she could even have some surplus.
Moreover, as the factory grows in scale in the future, her salary will definitely increase as well. It won't be so tiring, and she will have free time to do some handicrafts.
Zhao Meixi's tears suddenly fell and she said, "Jia Ni, thank you so much." She knew that Zhou Jiani was helping her speak up inside.
Zhou Jiani waved her hand and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, don't be so polite to me. You have helped me a lot. Please don't make this matter public until it is officially announced."
I helped her make a lot of money, but I couldn't say it openly. However, it was real money that she could withdraw.
The eldest brother of the Zhao family helped her collect dried cowpeas, and she could earn more than a thousand yuan from this item alone, and the cost was so low that it was negligible.
Anyway, this time, with the group purchases she made and the vegetables, excluding costs and currency conversion fees, she made a net profit of more than 2,400 yuan.
The profit was so huge that she didn't dare to work hard. She would just organize a group every once in a while and the fees she charged were not very high.
But Zhao Mei didn't know all this, and she couldn't help but smile bitterly when she heard Zhou Jiani say that. She felt in her heart that it was Jiani who had been helping her all the time, making shoes and collecting things for her, and her hard work was not in vain.
She bought things for Huihui, let her brother earn money for her hard work, and now she helped her find a job. I really don’t know how to thank Jiani, so I quickly agreed.
At noon, Yu Wanxia and Sun Ping came back and asked her curiously, "Is that the thing they said a few days ago about opening a factory? Is our processing workshop really going to be turned into a factory?"
After all, everyone is talking about it, and many people are guessing this.
Zhou Jiani smiled and said, "Let's wait for the commune leaders to announce the details."
This is also a disguised admission.
Both of them were a little excited, although neither of them went into the processing workshop.
However, the better the rural areas develop, the better their lives will be.
"Nothing we say counts until the leadership officially announces it, and don't go out and make promises to anyone," Zhou Jiani said. "Once the factory opens, they'll definitely need to recruit more workers. If you two behave well for a while, you might be able to get jobs in the factory in the future."
The two nodded vigorously.
After they went to work in the afternoon, Zhou Jiani closed the door, opened a carton of milk and drank it first, then took out the solar charging panel to have a look. It was indeed quite large when unfolded, but this had to be tried in the sun, and definitely not indoors.
After putting away the charging plate, she took out the anti-wolf device and read the instructions before operating it.
She chose black as the color. It is not big and fits perfectly in her pocket. Zhou Jiani tried the baton function first. It is easy to operate and the design is also very safe.
Flashes, ordinary lighting, broken windows, and then high-voltage arcs.
Of course she wouldn't try it on herself. When she pressed the switch, there was a crisp crackling sound, and it could be used directly as a lighter.
Zhou Jiani found a piece of waste paper and tried it out, and it actually started a fire.
"Not bad!" Zhou Jiani was very satisfied and liked it. "I hope I can only use it for starting fires and lighting, and not for anything else."
Put away the artifact and take out the set of spray bottles.
The person who started the group purchase didn't set individual options, they were sold in groups of five, so Zhou Jiani simply bought a group.
First, crush the dried chilies collected in the past two days, soak them in a teacup, add some salt, and then bottle it after it is soaked.
She continued to organize things, especially the books, and tied them up in piles. If she didn't come back when moving, she would ask Yu Wanxia and others to help carry them.
The next morning at around 7:30, some members had just picked up their bowls and chopsticks, and some had just put them down after finishing their meals, when the village loudspeaker sounded. Zhang Baosheng announced on the loudspeaker that a members' meeting would be held at 9:00 a.m. and that they would gather in front of the threshing platform outside the village. The commune leaders were coming and had important news to announce.
Every household in the village was in an uproar.
Needless to say, it must be the incident where the villagers went to the commune for a meeting for two consecutive days.
Sun Ping and Yu Wanxia immediately looked at Zhou Jiani and asked expectantly, "Is it going to be officially announced?"
Zhou Jiani smiled and nodded: "It should be!"
Even Zhao Mei came in and asked whether the opening of the factory was going to be officially announced.
Everyone was a little impatient, so they put down their bowls and chopsticks and went to the village committee, and they also dragged Zhou Jiani with them.
Zhou Jiani said with a helpless smile: "I still have to pack my luggage. I have a business trip tonight."
The information officially announced today did not affect her business trip in the evening at all. She set off with the transport team's car to the provincial capital to deliver the goods and then look for sales channels for the storage stools.
Zhang Laosi and Liu Tong also went with them.
She didn't come back with the two of them, so Liu Tong and Zhang Laosi had to take care of her on the way, and she also had to bring back the payment for the goods.
If we can get the contract, we will let Zhang Baosheng go there.
It was only half past eight, and the threshing ground was already crowded with people.
Zhai Xiangqiang, Li Jingdang, and the newly appointed secretary Zhao Changhong arrived at the Forward Brigade together.
At nine o'clock, Zhai Xiangqiang took the stage with a loudspeaker and gave a speech on the village's weaving industry. At the end, he emphasized that the Qianjin Brigade would formally establish a weaving factory and construction would begin soon.
The people in the audience were either members of the commune or educated youth, and they cheered loudly when they heard the news.
Some people couldn't help but ask, will there be further recruitment after the factory is built?
Some people even asked, if a factory is built and people working there are treated the same as city dwellers?
Zhai Xiangqiang listened to everyone's questions with a smile, raised his hand to suppress them, and then answered everyone's questions one by one.
We will indeed recruit workers, but the specific positions will be announced after the factory is completed.
"The Qianjin Weaving Factory is just a rural enterprise. It's different from state-owned units, and it's also different from urban workers," Zhai Xiangqiang said. "As for wages, you can take the whole salary, or you can take a portion and give the rest to the village, which will be calculated as work points. You can then exchange the work points for food."
In fact, they still have to use their wages to buy food, and it is inconvenient to get their household registration, so they do not enjoy the treatment of workers.
Many people looked disappointed, but being able to earn money, especially those with large families, was the happiest. Those who could work in the factory did so, and those who couldn't could earn work points. Life would definitely be better than before.
Although the factory has not opened yet, many people already have happy faces.
Next, the appointment of cadres will be announced.
But Zhai Xiangqiang gave this task to Zhang Baosheng to announce.
Zhang Baosheng understood that this was to wait for everyone to question Li Jingdang so that he could explain.
I took the list and started reading...
As expected, the cheers from the audience died down when Li Jingdang was appointed as deputy factory director. Facing everyone's puzzled and questioning looks, Zhang Baosheng cleared his throat and talked about Li Jingdang's upcoming contribution plan to the village. To put it bluntly, the director wanted him to elevate Li Jingdang's importance. Although he was not as senior a cadre as Zhai Xiangqiang, the villagers were definitely more convinced of Zhang Baosheng.
It was just the sparse applause from the audience that was a bit awkward. Zhang Baosheng felt that he had failed his leader's trust and was so nervous that sweat broke out on his forehead. He subconsciously looked at Xiao Zhou over there and saw her mouthing, "Phone!" She even made a phone gesture.
Good! Zhang Baosheng perked up and said loudly, "For the sake of our weaving business, Director Zhai will help us apply for a telephone. After a while, our Qianjin Brigade will have a telephone installed."
The audience was boiling again. Even though many people had never made a phone call in their lives, they could not deny the pride this thing brought to everyone.
In their Xihe Commune, even the best brigade didn’t have a telephone.
Now that their team is going to install telephones, how can they not be proud?
But he didn't know that Comrade Xiao Li's mouth was almost cramping in the corner.
It seems he is not as good as a phone.
But he also felt some pressure. If he didn't do the work he promised well, it would not be easy to carry out his work in the Qianjin Brigade in the future.
Zhai Xiangqiang felt that it was also a kind of training for Xiao Li to bear a little pressure.
He has given Xiao Li the opportunity, and it depends on whether he can seize it. If he can develop this rural sideline business well and take the local employment industry abroad, no matter whether Xiao Li is transferred to the county or the city in the future, this achievement will be good no matter where he is.
He is still very optimistic about this young man.
The members were all in high spirits, but some of the old educated youth had complicated expressions, especially when they heard that Zhou Jiani and Qiu Zeming had become factory cadres. They must have felt a little uncomfortable.
Fortunately, everyone knows that it was these two who helped to build up this weaving industry, especially Zhou Jiani, who was even secretly called a lucky star by some aunts and sisters in the village.
So even though the old educated youth were jealous and jealous, they didn't say anything.
I feel a bit jealous and think that if they were ranked by seniority, Zhou Jiani and Qiu Zeming should be ranked behind these old educated youth.
But this matter is not based on seniority.
Liu Ailing in the crowd turned pale. This news was too sudden for her.
This should be her dream route. She would go to the countryside and mingle with the locals first, then find ways to show her own shining points, and then make her own way step by step.
She had just accepted the glory that Zhou Jiani had brought her before, but she didn't expect that she would take another big step forward and become a cadre directly.
But now there is no one around her who will respond to her, and many people know about the conflict between her and Zhou Jiani, especially the incident of them quarreling in public that day, which has also spread in the village. I guess if she mentions the name Zhou Jiani now, everyone will glance at her with meaningful eyes.
Liu Ailing bit her lip, suppressed the jealousy in her heart, turned around and squeezed out of the crowd.
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