Chapter 131 How dare you brag
After dinner, the family members went to the fields or made incense.
Lin Shu asked Jiang Weidong, "Brother Jiang, are you in a hurry to go back? If not, why not stay overnight? I want to make some steamed cakes for my aunt."
Many elderly people have experienced hunger, poor nutrition, and early tooth loss. Especially at this age, Mrs. Jiang likes to eat something soft, rotten, and sweet.
It is too wasteful to steam and cook rice directly, so she decided to soak the milled rice and ferment it, and then make red date rice cakes directly.
Jiang Weidong turned his head to look at Lin Xia. If she wanted to stay overnight at her third sister's house, then he could stay overnight.
He cherished the time he could meet and spend time with her, even if they were with a group of people, it didn't matter. It didn't have to be alone.
It is better to be alone than to be with the family, because she will be nervous when she is alone, and he is also a little nervous. Although he will not do anything to her, he can't help but think about it. It is still a test of his self-control.
He has never held her hand yet.
He really wants to hold her hand.
Seeing that he has something to do, he will go to his second sister. Lin Shu is very happy and said, "Okay, stay overnight. It's a good opportunity to help our family plan the wiring. We will follow this later."
Hearing this, Jiang Weidong took a pen and paper and helped Lin Xia measure the size of the house, estimate how many meters of wires, how many sockets, and where to install the switch.
Chen Yanming also brought his two children to watch and help.
When planning the house, Lin Xia and Jiang Weidong were surprised to hear Lin Shu ask for so many sockets. Lin
Xia: "Third sister, why do you need so many sockets?"
Lin Shu: "If I buy a big tape recorder, a TV, an electric fan, a refrigerator, a washing machine, etc., I will need more sockets."
Several people: "…………"
My God, you are so bold!
People in the city don't dare to think so.
Chen Yanming: You are worthy of being the wife of old Lu! She looks so knowledgeable and dares to think more than others!
They were busy, and sure enough, someone drove to pick up Chen Yanming.
Lu Shaotang didn't come back, he sent two team members.
Chen Yanming saw that Lu Shaotang had not returned and felt that the situation was a bit serious. He talked to the team members and learned that Lu Shaotang had personally led people to the neighboring province.
Chen Yanming did not delay any longer and said goodbye to Lin Shu and the children. He was afraid that Lin Shu would worry, so he whispered to her that it was okay and it was a simple task.
Lin Shu was grateful for his comfort. She knew that what they were doing was definitely not a simple task, but since her husband was in this line of work, she had to treat it as if it was nothing. No matter what task they were doing, it was just going to work for her.
She was looking forward to his next home reunion.
Panpan and Tiantian were quite regretful, "Godfather, you can't even eat rice cakes."
Chen Yanming got in the car and said with a smile, "Next time I come, I will also bring some rice, and we will make rice cakes together."
On the way, Chen Yanming's smile gradually faded after listening to the report from the signalman.
Zhou Qiaofeng suddenly bit her tongue to commit suicide, and the chemical plant they were monitoring in the neighboring province exploded. The two seemingly unrelated things were inevitably connected in the eyes of these people.
They had to find the connection as soon as possible.
Lu Shaotang had already rushed over to deal with it, and he needed to be responsible for this.
He suddenly felt a little irritated. These nails were in endless clusters. When you pulled out one
, there would be a bunch of them underneath, just like cockroaches. When you see one, there might be a nest around it. The same goes for nails. When you pull out one, there will be a bunch of them around it, because no nail is isolated. The action of a nail needs the cooperation of other nails.
He soon calmed down.
This is their job. The enemy's infiltration cannot be relaxed at any time.
After a while, he said to the signalman, "Help me generate electricity for the logistics. From now on, I will give 10 yuan of my salary to my parents every month. My brothers and sisters will not give any more. The rest will be given to my wife in the army."
He wanted to buy various electrical appliances for his wife in the army. That was not something he could do just by saying it.
Although the signalman was puzzled, he did not ask any more questions and just obeyed the order.
He calculated that Captain Chen used to make 69 yuan a month, and he gave 30 yuan to his parents, and also gave some to his brothers and sisters, so he had less than 10 yuan left for himself every month.
Last year, when Lu came back, everyone's salary increased, and Captain Chen's salary also increased to 92.
Because Captain Chen didn't specifically say that all the salary should be remitted to his hometown, maybe he tacitly agreed to this meaning, but as long as there was no clear order, he would still remit the money according to the previous amount.
So during this period, he saved a sum of money for Captain Chen.
So from now on, it will be calculated based on 92 yuan, and he will remit 10 yuan to his hometown, and the rest will be given to Lu's wife?
Why give it to Lu's wife? The signalman didn't think much about it. After all, Lu and Captain Chen have a good relationship. He can even give his life to her, so money is nothing.
Lin Shu didn't know about this. She was trying out the new tools Jiang Weidong brought at home.
In order to save money, they used aluminum alloy, but the quality is very good and it feels like it can be used for decades without breaking down.
In the past few days, the second brother Lu has become more calm and steady when squeezing incense sticks with a syringe. Now he is getting more and more comfortable with this mold.
They squeezed in the south room that was set aside for making incense. Jiang Weidong and Lin Xia also took turns to try squeezing incense.
Lin Shu taught her second sister how to make incense coils.
So Jiang Weidong helped squeeze out the incense mud, and the two sisters coiled it in circles.
The coiling was not done randomly. Lin Shu had already drawn the size diagram, and Brother Lu nailed it and coiled it into a fragrant snake along the track.
With the help of the ready-made mold, they squeezed the incense many times faster.
Lin Shu took out a handful of toilet incense that had been stored in the cellar a few days ago, put it in the room and lit it, so that everyone could experience and comment on it.
"Give me some suggestions and see where we need to improve."
The ingredients of toilet incense include cypress, wild chrysanthemum, mint, calamus, etc., which have the effects of refreshing the mind, removing mold and deodorizing. The production is very mature, and the appearance, taste and quality are no worse than those outside.
Mosquito coils are mainly made of mugwort, pyrethrum and other materials. They are still in the trial stage and cannot be sold.
The mosquito coils available on the market currently mainly rely on synthetic pyrethroids to kill mosquitoes. Pyrethroids are less harmful to humans and are many times safer than some people's use of pesticides to spray mosquitoes.
The mosquito coils that rely solely on pyrethroids to repel mosquitoes may not be ideal, but they can also add a certain mosquito repellent effect on the basis of deodorization. The smaller the space, the better the effect.
They are small-scale businesses and it is impossible to extract pyrethroids by themselves. They can only buy chemicals from chemical plants that produce pyrethroids.
It's not too late to talk about this after the sanitary incense makes money.
Everyone smelled it and thought it smelled good.
Lin Xia: "I smell that our sanitary incense is better than the one produced by the factory."
She asked Jiang Weidong to feel it and try it.
Jiang Weidong nodded slightly, "That's true."
The toilet incense distributed to ordinary employees in the factory is the cheapest kind, with ordinary materials and slightly rough workmanship. The higher-end ones are more expensive, and the factory will only distribute them to guesthouses, offices, and conference rooms.
Jiang Weidong also suggested that a packaging paper bag should be designed, printed with eye-catching patterns, slogans, brand names, etc.
Lin Shu: "I have almost come up with the idea, Brother Jiang and Sister Two, please take a look together."
Panpan and Tiantian have already run to the room to take out Lin Shu's hand-made sketchbook, which contains clothing patterns and patterns, and a paper pattern of a toilet incense packaging bag.
The paper bag is about five centimeters wide and about thirty-three centimeters long.
The front side is printed with the brand, pattern, factory name and address, and the back side is the promotional slogan, such as: Refreshing, deodorizing, mold-removing, hygienic and healthy.
In fact, she also modified it according to the sanitary sachets on the market.
Jiang Weidong nodded: "Very good, there is nothing to change, just add a name."
As for what to call it, it has to be discussed with the brigade cadres.
Originally, Lin Shu wanted Brother Lu to take the samples to the brigade to discuss with the cadres. Since Jiang Weidong and the second sister are here, let Xu Erzhu go to the brigade to invite the secretary and the brigade leader, as well as Brother Lu and the production team leader to discuss together.
Soon the secretary and others came together, but the production team leader did not come. He has little education and can't read.
Spring planting has ended, and the branch secretary and the team leader are more relaxed. Recently, they have been busy going to the commune to negotiate the matter of sending electricity to each village to raise funds.
They are worried about money.
The branch secretary hopes that Lin Shu will bring her family to make incense and sell it.
Before, Brother Lu meant that the team would run a factory, and the incense-making team members would receive work points and salary subsidies, and the money earned would all belong to the brigade or production team.
Later, the branch secretary thought about it and realized that if they just worked for the brigade and got work points, then... it would not be a good way to mobilize enthusiasm.
It's like a barefoot doctor who just gets work points. He will just fool around when treating members. If he is allowed to share the consultation fees, he will treat members more attentively, hoping to make more money.
Father Lu might not treat her differently, but it was obvious to Zhang Peijin.
The secretary felt that the incense-making team was like this too, and there was something he was too embarrassed to say: Why should Lin Shu contribute to the brigade for free?
Shouldn't the brigade give her some benefits? Shouldn't they show some appreciation?
If they simply gave her work points, then Lin Shu might not pay attention to thinking of new formulas in the future.
If they gave the Lu family dividends, then Lin Shu would definitely pay more attention in the future, after all, if the products sold well, she would make money, right? When
the secretary made up his mind, he would let the brigade leader know in advance, so that he wouldn't stop her like a fool when he brought it up himself.
The brigade leader had a low level of education and a shallow vision, and he couldn't see the long-term things in the future.
After the secretary said that the Lu family would be given a dividend, the team leader was stunned for a moment, and then he tried to test: "Secretary, then do you think we can also buy shares? Even if we don't get that much..."
The secretary glared at him, "What are you thinking? The formula technology was provided by Lin Shu, and the work was done by the incense-making team. We didn't do anything, and Qing is waiting for a share of the credit, and we still want dividends?"
The team leader was embarrassed to mention it again after he said that.
Secretary: "If incense-making really makes money, at least half of the money will belong to the collective. Whether it is to distribute dividends to members or to improve the conditions of the team, won't we all benefit?" If the members'
scores are raised, not only the commune, but also the whole county will show up and be proud.
If the conditions of the team are improved, then when we pull the electricity, we will have more money than other teams, right?
After listening to this, the team leader understood and agreed with the branch secretary's meaning.
The two followed Brother Lu to the Lu family.
As soon as they entered the door, they found a big change.
As the weather gets hotter, there should be more mosquitoes, but because of the scent of pyrethrum in the air from the incense making, there are not many mosquitoes.
The branch secretary's confidence in making money increased by another 20%.
The team leader sniffed vigorously, "Hmm, this smell is quite nice!"
They first greeted Jiang Weidong.
If it weren't for Lin Shu's relationship, would they want to meet the director of the steel rolling plant? That would be difficult.
They are not in the same system and have no friendship, so it is really not easy to meet.
Knowing that Jiang Weidong helped to make the mold, the two were very grateful, thanked him repeatedly, and wanted to treat him to a couple of drinks.
Jiang Weidong was very kind to Lin Xia's sisters and relatives, and he didn't put on airs at all. In front of the brigade cadres, he naturally had the aura of a unit leader, and he definitely didn't make people feel that he was too easy to talk to and could get away with.
He also gave people a feeling that it was an honor to be able to socialize with him.
The branch secretary and the brigade leader checked the sample incense and praised it non-stop on the spot.
"This is not worse than the ones bought outside, and I smell that ours is even better."
And looking at the Lu family's incense, it was smoother and more delicate, and the workmanship was fine. It was the work of Lu's second brother.
The brigade leader felt that this full work share was not unfair at all.
Before the wheat harvest after the spring planting, there was not much work for the members. Even the strongest workers could only earn seven or eight work points a day, but Brother Lu and his two brothers earned full work points.
This is a necessary investment in the cost of the sideline business.
Now that he has seen the finished product, the team leader feels that the investment is worth it!
The branch secretary is also very satisfied.
Originally, Lin Shu's suggestion was to give the incense-making members a processing subsidy for full work points, similar to accounting, and the profit would be counted as the team's.
Now the team leader directly expressed the secretary's intention, "We thought about it. You are the ones who started this incense. In the future, you will have to change the formula and so on. The team will just benefit from it."
If it weren't for the policy restrictions, they could have done it without the team.
So they have to return the favor and not be too rigid and stick to the so-called policy.
The team's sideline business is very flexible, and the team cadres have the final say.
The incense-making team members still get full work points and no subsidies, but after deducting the cost, the profits are divided in half.
Half goes to the landowners, and half goes to the production team.
The production team's half is divided into three parts, one part is put into the production team's total income to participate in the members' dividends, one part is kept in the production team to purchase fertilizers, etc., and one part is kept by the team.
The brigade is responsible for various policy inclinations.
Lin Shu didn't expect the brigade to be so generous.
Many brigades would like to take all the sideline business led by a member in their hands and not give any to others, but the Lujiazhuang brigade is really different.
Lin Shu thought: No wonder I am always willing to consider things for the brigade and make plans for them. It's because they are good people, and I can't help but return the favor.
Since the brigade has decided so, Lin Shu didn't say anything like we should ask for less.
She said: "Then we will give the salary subsidy to the incense-making team members in the future."
It doesn't matter if they don't give it. After all, full work points are much better than other members, and the work of making incense is easier than working hard in the fields.
But in order to motivate employees, bonuses must be given.
The branch secretary and the team leader were also very happy to hear her say this. Lin Shu's perspective was different. She knew it without them telling her.
After agreeing on the dividends, Lin Shu showed them the packaging bags and asked the branch secretary and the team leader to discuss the name of the factory and the incense.
The name of the factory and the incense?
The branch secretary said "Jasmine Fragrance", the team leader said "Red Light Brand", and Brother Lu suggested Fengshou Brand.
In the end, they were all brand names of other products, and even the names of cigarettes and fertilizers came up.
The team leader smiled and said, "Okay, we are not educated enough, why don't we ask Director Jiang to help?"
Jiang Weidong smiled and said, "I don't have any experience in this area either. If it doesn't work, we can call it Fendou brand sanitary incense or Tuanjie brand sanitary incense."
The branch secretary clapped his hands and said, "Tuanjie brand is good!"
They started a sideline business just to make a lot of money!
The meaning is good, the hidden meaning is good, this name is good!
Lin Shu and Brother Lu also came back to their senses and said yes.
Decide on the brand name, and then name the factory.
The team leader and the branch secretary are still a little embarrassed. After all, it is a factory run by a brigade, and... there are only three or four members and workers in the factory. What kind of factory name should be given? I'm embarrassed.
Big Brother Lu: "Then I'll throw out a brick to attract jade. Let's call it Lujiazhuang No. 1 Incense Factory. Maybe we can have the second or third factory in the future."
Jiang Weidong: "The content of incense making is too simple. We can have a bigger name."
Fang Dihua: "Then we can call it Lujiazhuang No. 1 Chemical Factory. The full name is xx Province xx City xx County Lujiazhuang No. 1 Chemical Factory."
Father Lu learned a lot when he went to the city to attend the Model Workers Conference. Whether it was the leaders or the representatives of the big factories, they sounded very impressive. They would talk about the first factory, the main factory, the branch factories, etc.
When he couldn't sleep at night, he talked to Fang Dihua a lot. After listening to it so much, Fang Dihua also remembered what the old man said.
Big Brother Lu looked at his mother in astonishment. Good man, you are so bold to brag!
Chemical factory!
Jiang Weidong said, "We can call it a chemical factory."
Chemistry is a very high-sounding and mysterious word for the country folk of that era, and it is not very impressive.
The secretary still felt a little guilty, but seeing Jiang Weidong's matter-of-fact expression, he felt that he was being petty.
What are you afraid of!
The director of the steel mill said that they can call it a chemical factory, so let's call it a chemical factory!
Maybe they make incense today, and soap tomorrow?
Is making soap a chemical factory?
Or does it have to make fertilizers and pesticides to be a chemical factory?
Oh, never mind, just call it a chemical factory!
Everyone thought it was a good idea, so they called it the Lujiazhuang First Chemical Factory.
Brother Lu joked, "People who don't know this would think that Lujiazhuang is as big as Shijiazhuang."
The team leader was very happy, "It has to be big, so that it will sound loud, and people will be convinced and willing to buy from us. If you tell them that we are a small factory with three or five people in the production team, they won't want to buy from us!" After
discussing this, everyone was very excited and felt that they would make a lot of money in the next step.
Seeing that the atmosphere was just right, Jiang Weidong smiled and said, "I tried this incense myself, and I know the quality and effect. I'm going to order 100 large bags now."
Each unit has different benefits for employees based on its own benefits.
The steel rolling plant is a large state-owned plant, so there are more benefits.
Every year, they distribute a certain amount of soap, tissue paper, hand towels, sanitary incense and other items to their employees. The demand for sanitary incense is still huge.
Especially in guest houses, offices, toilets, canteens, kitchens and other places, the consumption of sanitary incense is particularly high.
Of course, this is the first time Jiang Weidong decided to buy it with his own money, go back and share it with the secretary, factory director and others, and then send some samples to his close friends to try. If the other party likes it, he can continue to place orders.
If it is very popular, maybe Lujiazhuang Brigade will have to expand its business scale.
There is no incense factory in this city, and the sanitary incense purchased by various units and supply and marketing cooperatives comes from other places.
Tiger brand sanitary incense from the supply and marketing cooperative costs 1.5 yuan per box, with ten packs in a box, and retails at 0.17 per pack.
I am a handmade workshop in Dadu, which is different from other regular factories. I aim to provide high-quality products at low prices. Of course, the price must be low to sell well.
Based on the calculated cost, Lin Shu decided not to make exquisite packaging boxes first, but to use paper bags directly.
A small paper bag can hold 20 sticks, and a large paper bag can hold 10 bags.
A small bag retails for 0.15 yuan, and a large bag is 1.3 yuan.
Don't underestimate the cheap two cents, that's a box of matches.
A large bag can be 20 cents cheaper, that's nearly two small bags.
This discount is still good.
Although it's not much for a steel mill, it adds up to a lot, and it's not a small amount of money in a year.
Other units will naturally have the same idea.
The branch secretary and the team leader didn't expect Jiang Weidong to be so straightforward. Regardless of whether it was a favor or not, he made them firmly believe that the incense factory can make money!
Lin Shu smiled and said, "Why don't you ask Director Jiang to buy it for the first time? When the time comes, we will send 200 bags over and ask Director Jiang and Secretary Li to promote it on our behalf."
Jiang Weidong sympathized that they were a small business and they might not even have 500 yuan when they just started. How could he let them give it away for free?
"Business is business, let's keep it to ourselves, let's settle it."
Lin Shu handed the invoice for the custom-made incense-squeezing tools to Brother Lu in front of the brigade secretary and the brigade leader, and asked him to pay the money for the tools to Factory Manager Jiang.
Jiang Weidong did not refuse, after all, it was a business-to-business transaction, not for Lin Shu personally. If it was for an individual, he would definitely not ask for money.
Brother Lu held his briefcase, receiving the invoice with one hand and paying with the other.
The team leader was very happy to see that the business was opened before the official production. He looked at the south room and felt that it was a bit low and cramped. "Do you want the team to allocate two rooms for you to use?"
The branch secretary said, "The accountant's yard is very spacious, so let's use it here." There
is also a formula for making incense. It is not easy for others to learn it if you make it at home, but it is hard to say in the team.
The branch secretary still thought far-sightedly. Since it is convenient for the Lu family, it is better to be a good person to the end.
He said to Lin Shu, "Did I hear Doctor Lu say he wanted to build two more houses?"
Lin Shu nodded, "Yes, we'll prepare them for Lu Ping to marry."
The secretary said, "If we have enough money, we can build them after the wheat harvest. In the meantime, we'll prepare the materials." He said to the team leader, "The team still has some green bricks and adobes. We'll use them to build the incense-making house. We'll pay the rent."
The team leader agreed, "After the wheat harvest, let Xu Laonian and Qiu Jintian lead the construction in a few days."
They were both bricklayers.
This way, the Lu family wouldn't have to owe him a favor, nor would they have to provide him with food.
If we built a house and used it as an incense-making house for a few years, it would be like the team benefiting from it. So it was reasonable to give them some green bricks and adobes and do some labor.
He was responsible for informing the members about this matter, letting them know that the profits made by the incense-making team would be included in the dividends of the production team.
If there was money to share, the members would support it.
After the charter was set, the branch secretary asked Brother Lu to take the introduction letter and money, and take the packaging bag samples drawn by Lin Shu to the county printing factory to print a batch of packaging bags.
The first batch should be at least 5,000. After making money, we can make more and learn to make some paper boxes from regular factories.
The quality and taste of the incense, the attitudes of Lin Shu and Brother Lu Fang Dihua and others, and the support and recognition of Jiang Weidong all gave the branch secretary great confidence.
It will definitely make money!
In order to rush for time, the party secretary asked Brother Lu to leave for the county in the afternoon. He could stay in the county Revolutionary Committee dormitory at night without spending any money. He would go directly to the printing factory tomorrow.
The printing factory is not big and the work efficiency is limited. Let him try to cultivate connections and get it done early.
The party secretary believes that Brother Lu is the material.