Chapter 158 Technical Team in
Place The two staff members who were originally staying in the office came over to stop the fight immediately, "Engineer Hou, calm down, don't fight!"
The two of them tried to stop the fight but were biased, one pulled Hou Jianwen's arm and the other pushed his chest, asking him not to hit anyone.
Guan Zhiliang got up and hit Hou Jianwen back, punching him in the stomach. Hou Jianwen kicked him in the chest and knocked him down on the table, making a clanging sound, and teacups fell to the ground.
At this time, the commune secretary happened to come over with a few grassroots cadres, and saw the situation and shouted, "Stop it!" Guan Zhiliang and the others were ultimately the secretary's subordinates, so they didn't dare to make trouble in front of him. However,
Hou Jianwen took the opportunity to stop and stepped on Guan Zhiliang again.
During the ten days or so he spent in Chaoyang Commune, Hou Jianwen felt really frustrated.
When the leader was around, these brigade cadres and commune minions would just say "yes, yes, yes, we will definitely cooperate." But as soon as the leader turned his back, these shady people would start looking up at the sky, passing the buck, and playing Tai Chi.
He was asked to go to the leader for every little thing.
Secretary Zhao had a gloomy face and glared at Guan Zhiliang. "As a commune official, if you don't go to the countryside to help supervise the autumn harvest, and spend all day in the office drinking tea and reading newspapers, what can you achieve?"
"One person is enough to stay behind to answer the phone and be responsible for reception. The rest of you, I will go to the countryside to supervise the autumn harvest!"
Guan Zhiliang: "Secretary, it was Hou Gong who beat people! He didn't even ask why."
Hou Jianwen sneered, "Guan Zhiliang, I have tolerated you for more than a day or two. Since the day I brought people down, you have been gloomy and have a bad attitude."
Guan Zhiliang: "How could I not, I was..."
Hou Jianwen: "Why not? I went to the Hegouzi Brigade to arrange work. Did you tell them that I was a criminal exiled from the provincial capital and that I was punished for my merits, so they don't have to pay attention to me?"
"We went to Hegouzi Brigade to carry out hydraulic experiment projects, not to compete with you!"
"Also, my relative called me, why did you deliberately change the subject and not tell me?"
Secretary Zhao glanced at a few people, "What's going on?"
The other two wanted to pretend they didn't know. After all, they were from the same place as Guan Zhiliang, and they didn't want to hurt their relationship. After Secretary Zhao and Hou Jianwen left, they would still work together.
Didn't Secretary Zhao know about Guan Zhiliang's little tricks?
Of course he knew.
Guan Zhiliang bullied the subordinates and flattered the superiors, flattered the superiors, and was arrogant and domineering to the subordinates. Who didn't know?
At that time, the commune cadres loved to go to the countryside and interact with the people in the fields. How could they not hear what they said?
Secretary Zhao had only been here for a short time, and his main focus was on agricultural production, so he had no time to take care of the trivial affairs of the office.
He knew that Guan Zhiliang liked to bully some of the production teams in the countryside, and that he would take bribes every time he went to the countryside to work, so he asked Guan Zhiliang to stay in the office and not go to the countryside.
After Hou Jianwen came, he also knew that this was a good opportunity for Chaoyang Commune, but now the autumn harvest was in full swing, and there was no time to work on water power. He had to finish the autumn harvest and do this when the members were free.
It just so happened that Hou Jianwen and Guan Zhiliang had a fight today, and he had to take care of it no matter what.
Secretary Zhao asked for Hou Jianwen's clarification, and Guan Zhiliang told him about Lin Shu's call.
Hou Jianwen thought that there was something urgent at his mother-in-law's house, so he called back.
It was also a coincidence that after Lin Shu made the phone call in the morning, she did not go home immediately, but went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things.
In two days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Lu Shaotang will definitely bring Chen Yanming back to celebrate the festival.
Lin Shu got some soap tickets, kerosene tickets, red and white sugar tickets, etc. and exchanged them for physical objects. She also looked for anything that could be bought at the supply and marketing cooperative.
At the supply and marketing cooperative, she met Mrs. Fan the carpenter, who is the sister of Mrs. Ding Jiachang, and chatted with her casually.
She was about to ride her bike home, and the post office staff came out and saw her, and asked her to answer the phone.
Lin Shu then answered the call from her eldest brother-in-law.
Hearing that her eldest brother-in-law was a little hoarse when he spoke on the phone, she thought he was out of breath from running.
Hou Jianwen: "Third sister, is there something wrong at home? Wait a minute, I'll call your sister over."
Lin Shu hurriedly said, "It's not a family matter."
Hou Jianwen immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Shu told him what the brigade meant and asked him, "Brother-in-law, when will you succeed? Can you come to our brigade to have a look? Our brigade cadres are looking forward to your coming."
Lin Shu's words instantly made Hou Jianwen, who had always been excluded by the Hegouzi Brigade, tear up. See, not everyone dislikes them.
Isn't there someone vying for them?
Hou Jianwen made a decision instantly. Damn it, he didn't want to be bullied here, and went to Lujiazhuang.
Their technical team could have found the first test site by themselves, and after success, they could promote it throughout the province.
He told Lin Shu that he would pack up in the next two days and take the team members there.
Lin Shu immediately said, "Brother-in-law, do you have a lot of luggage? Do you have any machinery or anything? Our commune can send a tractor to pick you up."
Hou Jianwen thought about it and realized that there were six team members, and he and another person had their families with them, as well as luggage, so they said they needed to be picked up.
Lin Shu: "Okay, then we'll set off now, and we'll probably arrive tomorrow afternoon."
After hanging up the phone, Hou Jianwen didn't bother with Guan Zhiliang and the others, and only talked to Secretary Zhao.
Secretary Zhao was still reluctant to let him go, "Engineer Hou, when I have time, we can plan it well."
However, Hou Jianwen knew that Secretary Zhao could not control the work of Chaoyang Commune well at the moment, so he said, "Secretary Zhao, now we are just looking for a test site. When the test is mature, it will be promoted throughout the province, and our commune will not be left behind."
Secretary Zhao felt relieved when he heard this, and stretched out his hand to Hou Jianwen, "Then I wish Engineer Hou a successful test as soon as possible."
He knew that he had not yet smoothed out the work of the commune, which affected Hou Jianwen's performance, so he could only let him go to a more suitable commune.
Hou Jianwen took his people back to pack their luggage and tools, and waited for the tractor of the Fighting Commune to come
and pick them up. Guan Zhiliang felt a little uncomfortable when he saw this. Why was there someone vying for Hou Jianwen, whom they didn't want?
"Secretary Zhao, how can we let them go? They promised to help our commune..."
Secretary Zhao looked at him coldly and said unceremoniously: "Guan Zhiliang, your work is suspended. Go and study the ideological guidelines and the spirit of the meeting first, and report to me later."
Guan Zhiliang was stunned for a moment, "Secretary, I have already learned..."
Secretary Zhao interrupted him and said firmly: "That's it!"
I can't fire you, and it's okay for you to do self-criticism and study ideology and morality.
After the autumn harvest is over and the public grain is handed over, he will start to rectify the Hegouzi Brigade, and he will never let Zhai Xinqiang turn the collective into his own private power.
Not to mention Hou Jianwen went back to tell Sister Lin and others about going to Lujiazhuang, Lin Shu asked for the address and rode to the commune.
Director Qin was not there, so she went to find Secretary Jing.
Although Director Qin has a secretary, he never takes her with him everywhere. He always takes the section chiefs in charge of various tasks in the commune with him.
Secretary Jing stays in the office most of the time, responsible for documents, phone calls and other matters.
"Comrade Lin Shu, is there anything?" A deputy director of the commune greeted her.
Lin Shu recognized that this person was Song Bangyou, an old man in the commune, and like Ding Jiachang, he was originally from Dingjiazhuang.
Song Bangyou was originally the section chief in charge of the commune's economy and was expected to compete for the director. In the end, the secretary appointed by the higher-ups took on the position concurrently, and he and another person became deputy directors.
Since 1966, the selection and appointment of grassroots cadres have not been so formal. Many of them are directly appointed by their superiors without the need for grassroots elections.
Song Bangyou was not very satisfied with this, but of course he had no choice. Besides, after Director Qin came, he was devoted to the agricultural work in the countryside. He was not often in the office and did not engage in any office struggles. He would be transferred in a few years, so there was no need for him to make any small moves.
However, Lin Shu and his team's incense factory was a sideline business of the brigade, and it was Song Bangyou who was in charge.
Lin Shu greeted him and said that the brigade wanted to borrow a tractor to meet the hydraulic engineering technical team from the provincial capital.
Originally, she thought that it was just a matter of reporting, and the commune would definitely agree. After all, the commune did not need to worry about this matter, nor did it need to pay for it. The brigade would pay for the purchase of the water turbine pump. However,
Song Bangyou asked in great detail, as if he understood or wanted to take care of it.
Lin Shu just said that she didn't know much either, and she would have to wait until the technical team arrived. Song Bangyou smiled and
said, "It's a small problem. Come, I'll write a note for you, and you can contact the driver and the tractor yourself."
Lin Shu smiled and said, "Director Song, you are so busy, I'm sorry to bother you, I'll talk to Secretary Xiao Jing..."
"What's the trouble? We, the commune cadres, serve the people all the time." Song Bangyou smiled and walked into the office, quickly writing notes to Lin Shu, not allowing her to refuse.
When handing it to her, he called a young woman with two braids and a military uniform next to him and introduced her to Lin Shu: "This is Xiao Song, Song Youping, a new high school student in the commune."
Lin Shu saw that she looked to be about 19 or 20 years old. She just graduated from high school?
That's a long time to study.
At this time, some cadres' children had conditions to operate. In order to prevent their children from going to the countryside early, they let them study for a few more years in high school.
Although there is no job in high school, there is a food quota, and students are 26 kilograms per month.
The education system has been reformed. Now it is five years of primary school, two years of junior high school, and two more years if you can pass the high school entrance examination. Most people graduate at the age of 15 or 16, and at most 17, and go to the countryside to work.
Ding Guohua is now graduating and looking for a job. If he doesn't have a job, he has to go to the countryside. He can't even stay in the commune, he has to go to the production team to join the team.
Ding Jiachang has always wanted to ask Lu Shaotang for help to get Ding Guohua to the county, but unfortunately, whether Lu Shaotang goes home or not, he has never had the opportunity to meet him.
A few days ago, Lu's elder sister came back to her parents' home and said that she had arranged for Ding Guohua to be a liaison in the commune. If he goes to the county, he will be able to work in the county revolutionary committee after a long time.
It was Lu Shaotang who helped him speak up.
It is not so easy to enter the county committee. After all, Ding Jiachang is just a deputy director of a grain management office. There are seven communes in Qing County. Everyone wants to send their unemployed children to the county. How can there be so many positions?
It should be said that the county has already set up several redundant positions, which are specially arranged for some unavoidable family members.
Ding Jiachang naturally did not have the face to add one for his grandson, so he could only think of a solution from the commune.
The commune did give him an additional position, but no salary was paid, and he had to take care of everything himself.
This is equivalent to preparing to do something.
In this way, several people competed with Ding Guohua, and in the end Ding Jiachang was able to operate and snatched the position to Ding Guohua.
From this point of view, Song Bangyou is naturally more capable, and Song Youping can be arranged to work in the commune office as a salaried clerk.
Lin Shu smiled at Song Youping and exchanged a few words.
Song Bangyou: "Comrade Lin Shu, Pingping will be in charge of the brigade's sideline economy in the future. It's a good opportunity for her to visit your incense factory to learn and learn more about the situation of each brigade, which will be beneficial to her work in the future."
Lin Shu thought that Song Bangyou wanted to train Song Youping as his successor.
At this time, it was common for commune cadres to go to the countryside to work, and they were all serious work.
For example, now it is autumn harvest time, and the commune, from the secretary-general down, will go to each brigade to supervise and guide the autumn harvest until the public grain is delivered.
In the past, we had to go to the farm to give instructions, but because some people did not know how to give instructions blindly, this work requirement was later cancelled. Since
the commune had made arrangements, Lin Shu naturally could not refuse, but she would not blindly agree either. She smiled and said, "Welcome, Director Song, then you can talk to our brigade cadres and go directly there when the time comes. I am not a brigade cadre, so it is not easy to bypass the level."
Song Bangyou thought she was cautious and was afraid of what the brigade cadres would say, so he smiled and said, "Okay."
After taking the note, Lin Shu went to find Secretary Jing.
Secretary Jing saw the note, frowned slightly, and thought to himself: Old fox.
He chatted with Lin Shu for a few words and promised to help her talk to Director Qin. When Hou Jianwen's technical team came, they could arrange it in the commune and the brigade.
When Lin Shu left, she met Song Youping again.
Song Youping smiled at her, "Sister-in-law, are you leaving now?"
Lin Shu smiled and said goodbye.
Feng County was not their home city, the journey was far, and they had to stay overnight, so Lin Shu did not let her sister-in-law go.
She discussed it with the branch secretary and the team leader, and they sent two other men over, and Sister-in-law Lu continued to be in charge of the farmland.
Farming is a delicate and strenuous job, and none of the men can do it
as well as Lu Dasao. It is said that "an inch of deep plowing in autumn will produce a crop of manure." Some farm machinery operators do not plow the ground deep enough, and are not as good as Lu Dasao.
Whenever it is the team's turn to plow the land, the team leader will definitely ask Lu Dasao and Xu Guangmao to be responsible.
Lin Shu told Hou Bo and the others that their parents were coming over, and the children were very excited.
Panpan: "Hou Wei, take a bath quickly, you haven't taken a bath for a few days, you are so white? You look like a little gray monkey."
Little Hou Wei doesn't like to take a bath when it's cold. This is not a habit he developed in the countryside, but it's the same in the city.
He would only go to the bathhouse when his grandfather took him there. If his mother and grandmother heated water at home, he would definitely not take a bath.
Cold!
Little Hou Wei grabbed his clothes and sniffed them, "Does it stink? It doesn't stink, does it?"
Tiantian wrinkled her nose deliberately, "Oh, who smells so bad? When aunt and uncle come, they will think you have fallen into the pigpen?"
Little Hou Wei was anxious and insisted on taking a bath, "Third aunt, third aunt, I want to take a bath!"
Lin Shu smiled and said, "Okay, let's heat water for a bath after lunch."
Although the temperature difference is large now, it is still warm during the day, and the children will not catch a cold if they heat water to bathe in the house.
There was no big wooden or aluminum basin at home, let alone a bathtub, but this did not bother Lin Shu. She cleaned a wide, short clay pot, heated water and poured it into it to make it the right temperature, then threw the children in to wash them.
Hou Bo and Hou Ying naturally refused to wash with them. As the children grew older, there were differences between boys and girls. Hou Bo asked Lu An and Lu Ping to join them, and Hou Ying would wait until the evening to join Lin Shu.
Now they washed the three children together.
Panpan: "Boys should let girls go, Tiantian should wash first."
The main reason was that Tiantian was not dirty, so they could continue to wash with the water after washing. But little Hou Wei could not. The water turned black after he washed, so how could others wash? After
washing, changing clothes, and applying fragrance, the children were refreshed.
For two days, the three kids went to the south intersection to wait for the tractor to bring their aunt and uncle to come.
On the third day, the tractor finally arrived!
Sister Lin saw three beautiful kids on the roadside. Panpan was wearing a front hat and carrying a small water bottle. Tiantian was wearing a flower scarf and carrying a small flower bag. Her silly son had his hat tucked under his armpit. He was bald and gray. He held a bunch of flowers in his hand and was waving and jumping at them.
It was autumn, and the wind and sand were very strong. It was blowing so hard. Little Hou Wei refused to wear a hat. After waiting for two or three days, he would be dirty again.
"Aunt, uncle!"
"Mom, dad!"
There was a lot of chattering. It was very lively.
Sister Lin and Hou Jianwen went downstairs.
Hou Jianwen was holding Tiantian, but Sister Lin couldn't hold the two babies, so she asked Panpan and little Hou Wei to go together.
Little Hou Wei pestered his mother twice, but he didn't insist on hugging her, so he walked away with Panpan.
Sister Lin was surprised and said: "Hou Wei has become sensible."
Hou Jianwen was also very pleased: "It seems that the countryside really trains people. They should have been sent to the countryside long ago."
Sister Lin said angrily: "Where is the training of people in the countryside? It's my third sister She knows how to take care of children. "
The third sister is the one who has changed the most. She used to be shy and had a bad temper, but now she is really different. Not only is she self-taught, she is like a female cadre, and she is very good at dealing with children and the elderly.
When the second sister got divorced, it was thanks to the third sister's help.
My parents-in-law and their husbands also have their affairs thanks to the help of my third sister and her husband. If it weren't for them, the whole family would still be suffering on the farm.
The more Sister Lin thought about it, the
more excited she became. She wanted to go to her third sister's house as soon as possible. Hou Jianwen and several technicians also subconsciously looked at the surrounding environment. At first glance, Lujiazhuang was no different from other brigades. There were black land, rows of mud and thatched houses, and members were busy harvesting crops in the fields.
But after a closer look, they found the difference.
When they were in the Hegouzi Brigade, they found that many members did not work hard and slacked off. It took ten people several days to do such a small job.
Look at Lujiazhuang, there are only three or four people working on such a piece of land, and there is no laziness at all.
There are also houses on the roadside. Although most of them are made of adobe walls and mud and thatch roofs, the ones on the river ditch are in tatters. Some of the courtyard walls have collapsed in jagged and uneven shapes. The courtyard walls here
are very complete and well maintained. Next to the courtyard walls are either haystacks or palm-sized vegetable plots where onions and garlic are planted.
Although the houses are made of mud and thatch roofs, they are well maintained and not as ugly as the leprosy on the head of a bald man.
The most important thing is that the people in the Lujiazhuang Brigade they saw have different mental outlooks.
Each brigade has elderly people who are too old to work and stay at home to take care of their children. Most of these elderly people have wrinkles on their faces and look sad.
After all, they cannot work to earn work points, and can only rely on their children for support and food. They are definitely not full on weekdays and are reluctant to eat. They even have to look at the faces of their sons and daughters-in-law, which is naturally uncomfortable.
But it is different in Lujiazhuang Brigade. Although there are old people, these old people are happy. There is an old man who looks more than 90 years old and has lost all his teeth. He sits under a big tree with a happy face.
"Welcome technicians to our brigade to guide production."
"Welcome Hou Gong, welcome..."
The younger members all know what the brigade secretary and the brigade leader said. When they meet intellectuals from the provincial capital, they must greet them warmly and welcome them warmly to make people feel the sincerity of Lujiazhuang Brigade, so that they will not think that they are not sincere and are unwilling to stay.
The enthusiasm of the Lujiazhuang Brigade was in contrast to the indifference of the Hegouzi Brigade, which made Hou Jianwen and other technicians feel the difference between heaven and earth.
They exchanged glances and felt that there was a chance and they had come to the right place!
Hearing that the technicians had been brought in, the brigade secretary and the brigade leader hurried back to the brigade headquarters from the field to welcome them.
"Welcome everyone, come to our brigade just like you are at home, just ask if you need anything."
"Yes, I dare not say anything else, but the food and drink will definitely be provided."
The brigade leader was also responsible for arranging accommodation, so Hou Jianwen and Sister Lin naturally lived in the Lu family, and another couple was arranged to live in Lu Shaocai's home.
Like Lu's family, Lu Shaocai's family had seven main rooms, just enough to rent one room to the brigade. Other single technicians were arranged to stay
in the homes of the branch secretary, the brigade leader, Zhang Peijin, Aunt Li, and others. This was just like the cadres from the county and the commune who went to the countryside to work, eating food and staying in the house, and giving the host family fifty cents a day plus one pound of grain coupons. As long as the members had room in their homes, they were happy to do so, after all, this was an opportunity to make extra money. Zhao Meifeng was happy to do so, because it would be a relief to have technicians from the city living in her home, and she could get close to them, right? Ever since the bald thief was caught and almost implicated Lu Changfu, Zhao Meifeng and Lu Shaocai had been as quiet as a chicken, and there had been no noise for a long time. He was afraid that if he made a noise, he would attract attention, and then people would be jealous and report him. After all, Lu Shaocai had been reported for buying chickens, ducks and paper money. If it wasn't Lin Shu, then who was it? Until now, he still hasn't found out who reported him. Hou Jianwen was relieved to see that the team members were settled. The team members took their luggage and went to the hostel, while Hou Jianwen went to the infirmary to visit Old Man Lu first. Old Man Lu wanted to come over to see what was going on when he heard the noise, but he was giving an injection to an old man and couldn't give up halfway. After the injection, he asked others to wait while he went to say hello to his third daughter-in-law and eldest brother-in-law. As soon as he walked out the door, he saw a tall man named Hou Jianwen, wearing a blue four-pocket cadre uniform. Hou Jianwen was wearing a pair of old tortoise-shell frame glasses that he had bought for many years. The lenses were new. At first glance, he looked gentle and handsome. He was the type that Old Man Lu appreciated. "Brother-in-law, welcome." Hou Jianwen walked forward quickly, shook Old Man Lu's hand with both hands, and said, "Uncle, I have wanted to visit you for a long time. My parents also said that they must come to see you if they have the chance." Old Man Lu smiled and said, "You are welcome. Let your parents come to live here if they have the chance. Although our Lu Family Village is not as good as the city, it is not a bad place in the countryside. We can eat well." These days, being able to eat well is really a very outstanding advantage. Although Lu Family Village is currently also eating sweet potato chips, not pure cornmeal, let alone wheat flour. Sweet potato chips are also dry food, right? Being able to eat well is a skill. The two talked happily. Father Lu: "Go back and rest your feet first, and fill your stomach for a while. I'll go home after work." At this time, Lin Shu was chatting and cooking with Sister Lin at home. The children were very happy to see their parents coming. Hou Bo was very sensible and ran to the new house to clean up the room for his parents. They let the boys' room sleep in for his parents to sleep in. The girls' room could be divided into two by hanging a curtain on the kang and putting a cabinet in the middle, so that he, Sister Xiuxiu and Hou Ying could sleep in it. Hou Ying and Lu Xiuxiu helped Lin Shu cook. Little Hou Wei followed Panpan and Tiantian happily, and they were also busy picking vegetables, collecting firewood, pouring water... Seeing that the children were so sensible and hardworking, Sister Lin was very happy. She laughed quietly to Lin Shu and said, "They used to be so cute at home. They didn't even wash their own socks and underwear, and Yingying didn't know how to comb her hair." Lin Shu also whispered, "Now they can do it. When there is no autumn harvest, they go to school for half a day, and come back in the afternoon to help water the vegetable field, Yingying helps her sister make clothes and buttons, and helps me cook. Little Hou Wei doesn't need anyone to take care of him. He can take care of himself, which is worry-free." Sister Lin said with heartfelt emotion, "Third sister, you have really changed, and you have become amazing." This is the first time she has seen someone who can take care of children so well. Although Hou Bo and his friends look sensible, how can she, as their mother, not know their little problems? Hou Bo looks obedient, but he is actually stubborn and impulsive. If he doesn't agree with something, you can't move him no matter how many cows you have. Don't be angry with him. The same is true for Yingying. She looks gentle and kind, but she is actually quite lazy. She doesn't clean her room, wash her clothes, and doesn't know how to comb her hair. Now she looks so diligent and energetic, and she is completely different from before. Sister Lin suddenly had something to say to her parents-in-law and husband: It's not all bad for this family to have some trouble. At least the children are sensible. She thought this was a blessing in disguise. Of course, she still had to be careful and not be arrogant, in case good things are followed by bad things. Sister Lin was grateful for the care of her third sister's family for the children. When she got home, she helped Lin Shu cook without taking a minute to rest. Fang Dihua and other family members also welcomed them, "Auntie, when you come here, just treat it as your own home. Don't be restrained. We are too busy to take care of you. Just be casual." Sister Lin smiled and said, "Auntie, I am very down-to-earth. I am not restrained at all. Just be busy." In the evening, Lin Shu stewed a winter melon with salted meat, and also stewed a kelp with salted pork ribs, and then potatoes and beans. When Father Lu came back from work, everyone gathered together to eat and drink in a lively and noisy manner. The branch secretary and the team leader did not come to eat, but they were given food, a bottle of Lao Baigan, a bag of salted peanuts, and a small bowl of cold horsetails with sesame oil. They didn't send eggs to the Lu family because Lin Shu had more chickens than they did. Besides, Lu's father charged eggs for medical treatment, so there was no shortage of eggs at home. In addition to cooking for her family every day, Lin Shu also pickled salted eggs. Although they were not as delicious as salted duck eggs, they tasted okay. The next day, they didn't go to the commune, but went directly to the northwest slope to investigate the terrain, water source ditches, etc. Hou Jianwen took his technicians there to measure and draw, and went to every place, and even studied the soil. Although he was not a professional geologist, he had some exposure to it in college, and he knew more about it in theory than the branch secretary, the team leader and others. The soil here has a tendency to desertification due to long-term loss of water sources, and it needs to be improved urgently, otherwise it will gradually become poorer and poorer. Hou Jianwen and his team also had staff members who graduated from the Agricultural College and were transferred from the Agricultural Bureau. Huang Shaoye was a technician who specialized in agriculture. He proposed a series of effective methods to improve the soil. According to their understanding of the Lujiazhuang Brigade, these methods must be convenient, simple, and cheap. If they cost too much, forget it. They must be able to use local materials and not be troublesome.
In addition to digging river and pond silt, using dead grass, leaves and other fertilizers, and burning some useless broken grass and straw and mixing them with the soil, but they cannot be burned directly on the ground to avoid soil compaction.
In addition, there are methods such as rotation and fallow.
For example, after harvesting corn on this piece of land, don't continue to plant wheat, otherwise the land will become more barren. It is completely possible to leave it fallow in winter and wait until the spring of next year to plant spring land.
In this way, ditches can be dug for irrigation in autumn, and it will freeze in winter, freezing most pests and eggs to death, and reducing many pests and diseases in the spring of next year.
After setting the general guidelines, they began to act.
The team leader also specially sent several members to listen to their instructions and cooperate with the technical team to dig pits and waterways.
The technical team has found a suitable place, measured the dimensions, and drawn up blueprints to build a water turbine pump station.
At noon that day, Lin Shu and her elder sister cooked and went to the Northwest River to deliver food to the technical team.
Originally, they had agreed to come back to eat, but Hou Jianwen and his team were so busy with their work that they often forgot to eat, so they had to deliver it to them. Elder
sister Lin: "Your brother-in-law has this temper, he's stubborn."
Lin Shu smiled and said: "Brother-in-law loves what he does."
Hou Bo and Lu An both led their younger brothers and sisters to see it, because they were also curious.
When the two sisters delivered the food, the branch secretary and the team leader were also there, as well as Liu, a section chief in charge of the hydraulic river channel in the commune.
Liu was a little unconvinced, "Engineer Hou, you said that without oil or electricity, the water from the flat pond below can really be pumped up to the top?"
He measured it and found that there was really a drop of about ten meters.
Hou Jianwen said, "Of course, we can't come all the way here to fool people, can we?"
Section Chief Liu still didn't believe it.
The branch secretary and the team leader also found it incredible, but they knew that they had little knowledge and couldn't express their opinions casually, so as not to make fun of others. They decided to let the intellectuals do it.
Hou Jianwen and his team determined the location of the water tank of the water turbine pump station through precise measurements. In order to improve efficiency, they decided to build two here.
Lin Shu: "Brother-in-law, let's eat first, and then we
can get busy after dinner." It was a windy day, and the food got cold quickly.
Seeing this, Hou Jianwen realized that it was already noon. He quickly washed his hands and feet in the river, put on his shoes, and went ashore to eat in the sheltered thatched shed built by the team leader and his men.
Although Hou Jianwen used to be from a wealthy family, he was not as picky about food as Big Brother Lu. However, he also thought that Lin Shu's cooking was delicious, so he ate half a bowl of food more than usual.
After eating and drinking, he said to Lin Shu: "Third sister, the water-powered mill you mentioned before can be realized here."
Lin Shu was surprised and said: "Really?"
Hou Jianwen smiled and said: "Of course, the water level difference of two meters can drive the waterwheel to drive the stone mill. Grinding fragrant noodles and flour is all possible."
He has already explored that due to the terrain, the river channel here has formed several height differences, which is not only suitable for installing water turbine pumps, but also for installing water-powered mills.
Although Lujiazhuang will also be able to get electricity next year, the electricity in the village is only enough for lighting at the beginning, and it is a bit difficult to use it to pull the electric grinder.
First, the electricity bill is very expensive. Second, there are power outages every now and then, or even every day. The electricity is only available for two or three hours a day.
Therefore, it is not very realistic to use electricity to push the mill in the early stage. Water power is more convenient.
Seeing Lin Shu so happy, Sister Lin smiled and said, "What else do you want? Hurry up and ask your brother-in-law. No matter whether he can do it or not, ask first. Isn't it said that the courage of a person is the same as the productivity of the land. The more you ask, the more problems he can solve."
Lin Shu was not polite when she heard it, "Hehe, brother-in-law, you see that our team is quite poor. If there are other side jobs that are easy to do, please arrange them for us."
This is a person from the Agricultural Bureau of Qizhou Industrial Bureau! If
we don't squeeze out their surplus value, isn't it like leaving a gold mountain unmined or leaving a huge sheep unwooled?
Huang Shaoye came to find Hou Jianwen, and smiled when he heard what he said, "You can consider opening a farm in the brigade."
Lin Shu had certainly thought about it, but opening a farm requires a lot of connections, and you have to get a government license to purchase and sell.
After all, at this time, collective sideline businesses were not something you could do casually, and you had to get permission from your superiors.
Their brigade already had an incense factory, so it would be excessive to open a sideline, and the superiors would not approve it.
Because sideline businesses would take up labor, resources, etc., and now that grain is the main goal, some leaders of the county committee think that sideline businesses are dispensable, and they are considered the tail of capitalism and can be cut off at any time.
However, if there is a provincial unit to endorse it, such as giving their brigade a pilot unit, then their brigade will have great mobility and autonomy.
In a sense, the pilot units in the province are similar to the special zones in the country.
Huang Shaoye: "For example, raising Angora rabbits and pigs is actually possible."
If the local grass resources are abundant, sheep can also be raised. Even if they are not abundant enough, it is not a problem for a brigade to raise dozens of sheep.
Teenagers or the elderly can also herd sheep without occupying labor.
Lin Shu and others were discussing ideas here, and the branch secretary and the brigade leader also came over. They were secretly excited when they heard it.
One incense factory is enough to make other brigades and communes jealous. If a farm is opened, then... will the higher-ups approve it?
Lin Shu said to Hou Jianwen, "Brother-in-law, can you set up a pilot unit for agricultural mechanization? Look at our Fendou Commune, we have more tractors than other communes. We use harvesters to harvest wheat, not to mention ploughing the land. If wheat threshing and corn threshing can also be done by machines in the future, it will be even more labor-saving."
Hou Jianwen smiled and said, "Don't worry, we will help you find a solution one by one."
First, conduct research and experiments in Lujiazhuang. Once successful, you can apply to the unit, and then you can promote it throughout the province.
Lin Shu knew that this matter was stable.
After this, the grain production of the brigade will be higher and higher, every household can eat well, and they can get more money from side businesses. Everyone is willing to spend money on dressing up.
Wouldn't her life be prosperous then?
After all, everyone was poor, and she was the only one who had money. It was inconvenient for her to wear a flowery dress.
When everyone had money and dressed up, wouldn't she follow the local customs and dress up too?
When the technical team and members of Lujiazhuang Brigade were working hard, the Mid-Autumn Festival arrived again.
A pair of magpies chirped on the apricot tree early in the morning. Father Lu said, "Magpies chirp, guests are coming. Yes, Shaotang and Yanming are coming back."
Fang Dihua opened the lid of the water tank to scoop water to wash her face. Seeing a straw stick standing inside, she also said, "This must be guests."
Sure enough, Lin Shu was making breakfast when the sound of a jeep came from outside. Lu Shaotang and Chen Yanming came back together.
Finally, it was Panpan and Tiantian's turn to rush out, screaming.
Little Hou Wei also rushed out.
It is always exciting to have guests at home or people who have been away from home.
Looking at the gauze stuck on Chen Yanming's forehead, Lin Shu: "..."
Tiantian was held by Chen Yanming, and she said distressedly: "Father, did you fight with someone again?"
Chen Yanming sighed, "I didn't fight with anyone, I was beaten by a crazy woman."
No one held Panpan because he had to help Lu Shaotang move things.
Dad and father-in-law brought back a lot of things!
There is also half a sheep!
Wuhu, you can eat the grilled lamb skewers that mother said!