Chapter 176: Sharing the Money
Yike and Ziyi checked the backpacks one by one, and then settled the accounts with the team leaders.
"Captain, the school bags in the supply and marketing cooperative are one yuan each. This bag is bigger than a school bag and uses more materials, so we will temporarily price it at two yuan each. After deducting the cost of two cents, we can make one yuan and eighty cents for each bag. We will give eighty cents to everyone first, and then give them the rest of the money after they are sold." Questioning and Yike put away all the bags that passed the inspection, and then said to the captains.
"Can they sell so many?" asked Wang Hongjun, the captain of the team, doubtfully.
"Yeah, isn't this too expensive? What if it's too expensive and can't be sold?" The captain of the second team also said.
"It should be a little less, how about one yuan and two cents?" the captain of Team Three suggested.
Neither the secretary nor the team leader said anything. The accountant's eyes were half-closed, and he was obviously considering whether he could sell it.
"Knock, knock." There was a knock on the door of the courtyard. Everyone's face turned pale with fear, and the captains hurriedly pushed Ziyi to hide the bag quickly.
Ziyi signaled everyone not to panic. He walked out and opened the door while asking, "Who is it?"
"It's me, open the door." The voice of the women's director came from outside the door.
Everyone in the main room felt like their necks were being twisted and they couldn't breathe, but now they were suddenly relaxed. The feeling of suffocation made everyone very angry at the women's director who had not yet entered the room.
When the director of the women's department came in carrying a backpack, she saw the big creature's eyes staring at her, as if it wanted to eat her. She was so scared that she almost wanted to run away.
The director of women's affairs stammered, "You, you, what do you want to do?"
The secretary said viciously: "What do you think we want to do? You almost took my life."
The director of the Women's Department was puzzled and said aggrievedly, "How dare I take your life?"
Yi Ke hurried forward to smooth things over: "Auntie, are you ready too?"
"Yes, I thought I'd send it to you as soon as possible to see if there is any cloth left so I can take some back to make it." The head of the women's department put down the backpack and said, "Please check and see if this is how it is made."
Ziyi took out both bags from the backpack and checked them together with Yike, one each.
"Aunt, your needlework is so good and the work is so beautiful." Yi Ke praised. The head of the women's department said embarrassedly, "No, no, it's just so-so. The one in Ziyi's hand was made by my eldest daughter, Lihua. Please check it carefully. I'm afraid she didn't do it well. If you find out, I can correct it."
"I say, Yi Ke, you gave her two bags of cloth, and the others only had one. If others knew about it, it would have a bad impact." The secretary turned to criticize the director of women's affairs, "The little girl Yi Ke didn't know the reason, and you haven't known it after being a cadre for so many years?"
"I'm sorry, I just thought that my daughter Lihua could do it, so, hey, I'll pay attention next time." Yi Ke wanted to explain that she was the one who gave it, but the director of the women's department spoke first.
"Secretary, this is my fault. I remembered the account incorrectly and cut too much, so I gave it to my aunt." The director of women's affairs didn't want to bear this unfair reputation, so she explained.
Ziyi got angry and saw that Yike was being wronged, so he said before the secretary could speak: "So, in the future, there will be no limit on how much cloth each family can take. This time, we are mainly worried that there will not be enough cloth to go around. In the future, we will distribute it on a first-come, first-served basis. You can decide how much to take, as long as you finish it within the specified time."
The captains all looked happy. Two of the three captains had many daughters in their families, so they would be able to receive more when the time comes. After the women's director's interruption, the team leaders forgot that they thought the price was too high and they were afraid that the products wouldn't sell.
"Come, sit down, everyone. I will settle the money with the team leader, and he can distribute it after work." Ziyi went to the side room to get the money, and started distributing it to the team leaders one by one.
Team one had eleven backpacks, and they were given a total of eight yuan and eighty cents; Team two had thirteen backpacks, and they were given ten yuan and forty cents; Team three had the most, with a total of fifteen backpacks, and they were given twelve yuan. Ziyi gave out a total of thirty-one yuan and twenty cents.
Ziyi also gave the women's director one yuan and sixty cents separately. She was so happy that she couldn't control her trembling hands and just kept expressing her gratitude while holding the money.
Among the cadres present, the women's director's family was the poorest. Her husband injured his leg while repairing a reservoir and has been unable to work in the fields ever since. The family relied on her and her parents-in-law to work, and they had three children. The oldest girl was only thirteen years old, which was the age when she should have gone to school, but because of the family situation, she stayed at home to help earn work points. Her family was one of the first to run out of food.
Yike gave the waist bags that he had made last night to the captains and told them that since there was not enough fabric, he could only make smaller waist bags.
"Captain, I won't go to work today. I'll ask my friend to sell these backpacks and see if I can buy some cloth there." Ziyi asked the captain for leave.
"Go ahead, go ahead. This is your office." Team 1 leader Wang Jianjun said straightforwardly, and then asked the team leader and secretary, "Should the team subsidize Ziyi's travel expenses and food expenses? We can't let him work for nothing."
The captain nodded and said, "I personally think that he should be given money. Eating, drinking, defecating and urinating all cost money. We can't let Ziyi work hard and worry, and still have to pay for it himself. But we will decide how much to give him after we go back and discuss it."
"I don't need this. It's difficult to go to the team. I'll forget about it. I'll go there by bike. It's not troublesome. You can give it to someone else in the future." Ziyi hurriedly refused.
"Let's forget it this time. We'll compensate you when the brigade has money in the future. Ziyi, thank you. You have solved the food problem for the brigade members, and also solved the problem for us cadres. If you have any problems in the future, our brigade will definitely help solve them." The secretary, the brigade leader and other cadres all expressed their gratitude to the couple.
Everyone happily took the money given to them by Ziyi back to the team, and tried to distribute the money and the waist bag before going to work. Ziyi also told the team leader to tell the members that if anyone wanted to exchange the money from making bags for food, they could come and do so.
The women's director got one yuan and sixty cents at once, and she was excited and thrilled. After everyone left, he pulled Yike aside and said, "Ziyi, the way you came up with to make money has saved many families. To be honest, my family ran out of food after the Chinese New Year, and my mother-in-law even said that if we ran out of food again, we could use Lihua to exchange for some food. You saved both my Lihua's life and mine."
"Aunt, this shows that Lihua is lucky. I just happened to think of this idea." Yike went to the side room and took out four more waist bags. "Take these four home and make them. Bring them back when you are done."
"Okay, thank you! Thank you!" The director of women's affairs wiped her eyes and said, "Next time I will be careful when I come and not let those people see me. I didn't expect them to come so early today. I thought no one would come in the morning, but who knew they would run into me. I'm sorry for causing you trouble!"
"It's okay. The secretary and the others are just scared, so they're taking it out on you. They're not really angry, so don't take it to heart." It was funny to think of the changed expressions of several cadres.
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