Sure enough, not long after, Zhao Youcai returned with a smile on his face and his hands behind his back.
"Dad, are you alright?"
The Zhao family members, who had been so confident and carefree, all put down what they were doing and stood around Zhao Youcai.
Mr. and Mrs. Qi couldn't help but shake their heads and chuckle. This was what they called not worried? Even a dead duck couldn't keep up with their stubbornness.
"Alright, now that Brother Zhao is back, we won't bother you any longer. If you're too busy tomorrow, I'll help you sell those watches in the shop."
During this period, Boss Qi and Zhao Youcai's relationship has become increasingly close, and they have a good understanding of each other's temperaments and personalities.
Zhao Youcai smiled and nodded to Boss Qi. Anyway, the price tags for the watches in the store were all displayed. Boss Qi was just selling goods and doing the accounting. What could possibly go wrong?
"Then I'll have to trouble you. I actually have something to do and need to go back to town tomorrow."
...
The entire Zhao family set out early the next morning.
Zhao Youcai told his son and daughter-in-law to go back and do their own things, while he rode his bicycle straight to the town's public security bureau to find Captain Qi.
I made an appointment with Cao Meng yesterday to go to the breeding farm today to help the Revolutionary Committee investigate the cause of the accident.
Although the Revolutionary Committee had told him yesterday that he could go directly to the breeding farm, Zhao Youcai was still somewhat wary of those people from the Revolutionary Committee.
He didn't want to be implicated and get into trouble after he finished his business; he needed another force watching over him.
When Zhao Youcai and Qi Dui arrived at the entrance of the breeding farm, they saw several people wearing red armbands waiting at the entrance, looking in his direction.
"I'm sorry, I'm late."
The members of the Revolutionary Committee seemed to have expected that Zhao Youcai wouldn't come alone, and they weren't surprised. Instead, they smiled and proactively extended their hands to shake hands with Zhao Youcai.
"It's alright, it's alright, we just arrived not long ago."
Team Leader Qi was somewhat surprised; it was the first time he had ever seen those arrogant people from the Revolutionary Committee so fawning over ordinary people without official positions.
But upon closer reflection, it becomes clear: was Zhao Youcai just an ordinary person?
Team Leader Qi only wanted to come and see what the people from the county revolutionary committee were going to do, and he actually skipped over their town's public security bureau.
"Now that we're all here, let's go in and take care of this."
The group silently entered the farm manager's office, where the head of the finance department, who had already received the news, had been waiting for some time.
He was terrified at that moment, and he was the one who fabricated all the fake accounts in the entire factory.
Now that Director Zhu is being held in the county town and can't even send a message, the comrades from the Revolutionary Committee and the Public Security Bureau have actually come today.
At this point, he dared not hide anything and confessed everything he knew before anyone could ask.
Captain Qi then realized how much private profit the farm had secretly made over the years, and thankfully he had always been willing to lend a helping hand.
"Tell me, where did you buy the pigs that got the plague?"
Captain Qi was immediately startled. How come he didn't know about this?
The Revolutionary Committee member who came to handle some business glanced at Captain Qi and could tell from his surprised expression that he was startled.
That's understandable. After all, who would have thought that someone surnamed Zhu would be so audacious as to secretly raise so many livestock to make money? Now that things have gone wrong, no one can protect him.
Even though Captain Qi felt that the matter was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, the evidence from the farm kept being produced one after another.
Especially after the falsified accounts and the dozens of pigs whose numbers didn't match up were exposed, Captain Qi could only think that the pigs were indeed sick.
Under what circumstances would a farm manager risk underreporting the number of animals when reporting to higher authorities?
In Captain Qi's memory, the farm manager, Zhu, was always very generous. He would give gifts during holidays as if he didn't need to spend any money, without even blinking an eye.
Captain Qi naturally assumed that the person, who was not short of money, was not greedy for small gains.
Furthermore, with Zhao Youcai, whom he had always perceived as a positive figure, standing there, Captain Qi was even less likely to investigate further. All because of a single sentence from the leader of the Revolutionary Committee—
"A farm can't be left without an owner for a day. Since this farm is privately run, it's not appropriate to confiscate it directly. Comrade Zhao, I've heard you have a lot of experience in farming. Is it alright to hand this farm over to you?"
Zhao Youcai was taken aback. Although he had indeed thought about starting a business by building a factory, he never expected that the Revolutionary Committee would directly hand over the breeding farm to him. It was a pleasant surprise.
This was naturally a good thing for him; it was like a windfall, and of course he had no reason to refuse.
Since Director Zhu schemed against me so much, taking away what Director Zhu cared about most would be the greatest revenge against him.
Moreover, it's time to officially release the animals raised on the ranch in the game. There's too much meat in the warehouse; their whole family could eat it all in a lifetime.
However, one should still be polite when necessary, so as not to give others the impression that Zhao Youcai deliberately sent someone to scheme against Director Zhu's business.
After all, people at this time still valued their reputation, and Zhao Youcai didn't want to be labeled as someone who would seize by force and act unreasonably.
"This...this isn't quite right, after all, I'm just a country bumpkin, and this is such a big business..."
The purpose of the Revolutionary Committee comrades' visit was to cultivate a good relationship with Comrade Zhao Youcai; the higher-ups practically whispered this in his ear.
"It's settled then! If Comrade Zhao encounters any difficulties, just go to the county revolutionary committee and find our leaders."
After saying that, he looked at Captain Qi and said, "Of course, it would be best if the town leaders could resolve the issues in the town, wouldn't you agree, Captain Qi?"
Captain Qi naturally wouldn't refuse; Zhao Youcai taking over the town's breeding farm was a good thing for them.
Moreover, the meat cooked by Zhao Youcai's family is incredibly delicious, and the villagers of Zhaojiagou say that Zhao Youcai's animals are better raised than anyone else's.
With the farm handed over to Zhao Youcai, he figured that by the end of the year, he would receive more meat than in previous years.
Then consider that Zhao Youcai's family also has an instant noodle business in cooperation with the military region. With the breeding farm, perhaps they can get special approval from the military region and be given a quota to expand the breeding farm.
If we then research and develop a sausage factory or something, more people in the town will be able to work, and the economic level will improve, right?
For those of them who are employed within the administrative system, these are all tangible achievements.
Especially now that Zhao Youcai has taken over the farm, he no longer needs to worry about the Revolutionary Committee causing trouble.
It can be said that as long as Zhao Youcai does not do anything illegal or disorderly, he is protected openly by them and secretly by the Revolutionary Committee, so he can be said to have no worries.
"Comrade Zhao is reliable in handling affairs. This is not only true for us, but also for the military region."
The members of the Revolutionary Committee certainly understood the meaning behind Captain Qi's words.
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