Reborn in 1977

No matter what kind of reform, it is never smooth sailing from the start.

This time is naturally no exception.

The discussions in the newspapers for several months before were just an appetizer.

Even if one side wins, it doesn't mean the other side is completely convinced.

No matter which aspect you look at it from, there will always be people who are unwilling to change, and these people often occupy leadership positions, able to dominate one side, at least the little territory they are in.

At this time, the importance of "starting an uprising" is most evident.

The so-called uprising is the first to take sides, with the advantages and disadvantages being obvious.

If it succeeds, they will be the backbone in the future; if it fails, they will be the first to suffer.

Chen Fan didn't expect that Secretary Qian, who had only been in office for a few years, would have this kind of understanding and determination.

What's even more rare is that under his leadership, the Nanhu Commune has become united, forming a sharp contrast with the relatively conservative county town.

Perhaps, it is also related to the fact that the Lu Jiawan's sideline company is still a commune and team enterprise?

But no matter what, having him in Nanhu is only beneficial to the development of Lu Jiawan.

An agreement was reached, but they were not in a hurry to act.

Even if Secretary Yang and the others were anxious, they could still afford to wait for more than a month.

On the other hand, the news that the Lu Jiawan Garment Factory and Food Factory were recruiting workers was released early.

Normally, enterprises run by production teams can only employ members of their own village and cannot recruit workers from outside. Otherwise, what kind of production team sideline would it be?

But what can I say?

Since it is a "commune and team unit," does that mean that members within the entire commune can enter?!

Anyway, it doesn't say: a sideline unit of a certain production team is not allowed to recruit members of the commune outside of the production team, right?

Another thing is that in this era, "people" are generally greater than regulations, and regulations are greater than laws.

When there are no clear regulations, the words of the person in charge of management are the regulations.

In short, the current trend is to do the opposite of what it was a few years ago.

Following this rhythm, there will be no problems no matter what.

For example, when Huaxi Village built a factory, the local government reported the situation to Mr. Li, and Mr. Li's evaluation at the time was: "This is a land of hope for the countryside."

Relying on this sentence, Huaxi Village safely survived for more than ten years and accumulated a large amount of original capital. In the 1980s, it finally soared into the sky.

But those who have this luck are limited to Huaxi Village.

Most other places have difficulty even developing sidelines, let alone building factories. Why?

Because that is the general trend.

So even Mr. Li's words cannot be used as a reference!

It's the same now.

As long as it's not too excessive, the commune leaders can make decisions in the Nanhugong Commune area.

If they are not enough, then add Lu Jiawan, who in the entire commune would dare to say no?

Even the cautious county town will only turn a blind eye.

It was under these circumstances that the recruitment of Lu Jiawan slowly began.

… …

November 8th, the eighth day of the tenth lunar month, Wednesday, Beginning of Winter.

From this day on, it officially enters winter.

The Beginning of Winter is usually accompanied by cooling, cold waves, and rainy weather. It may even snow in the north.

Fortunately, Nanhugong Commune is located in Jiangnan, and it has not reached the point of snowing. The temperature is also around 20 degrees Celsius. Even if it rains a little today, a thick jacket is enough, and you don't even need an umbrella.

At the junction of Nanhugong Commune and Ganjia Village, which is also the gathering place of the rural market, it is not Sunday today, and there is no market, but there are still many people here.

On the large open space next to the lake, more than 2,000 people are lined up in more than a dozen rows, with men and women separated... Uh, occasionally there are a few female comrades mixed in the men's team, and there are also one or two men in the women's team.

It's not that they lined up in the wrong place, but the positions they chose are so "gender-differentiated."

Today is the "recruitment fair" of Lu Jiawan's sideline company. Recruitment fairs are a bit rare. Most people understand what it means, but they have never seen it before, and even those who have heard of it are only a very few.

So, in addition to those who came to apply, there are countless onlookers inside and outside the venue.

A middle-aged man in his fifties straightened the sparse hair on the top of his head and said ostentatiously, "I have also participated in recruitment fairs. That was when the country was just founded, and several major factories in the district committee wanted to expand. There were not enough workers, so they openly recruited people.

It just so happened that I was working in the district committee office at that time, so I ran over to see the novelty. That scene, in fact, is nothing, just like today."

Speaking, he pointed to the recruitment site that was surrounded, "It's also like this today. Each unit sets up a table, and under the table, there is a large character poster, which writes what kind of people they want to recruit and what conditions are required. If you think you are qualified, you can go over and sign up for the application.

As long as you have experience, you can almost be hired. I was just watching the excitement at that time, and I never thought about going to work in the district committee. You think, if I went to work in the district committee, would I have to move over and marry a wife and settle down there in the future? What about my parents at home?

So I didn't go. Otherwise, I would be a person in the urban area of the district committee now. The conditions are different from those in the commune..."

The people around him listened to him telling old stories and bragging, and more people were talking about it.

An aunt pulled her friend and asked, "Aren't you a tailor? Why don't you try it?"

The woman in her thirties next to her had a few expectations flashing in her eyes, but her face showed disdain. Even the actress couldn't act out that expression. Hearing her friend's words, she said without thinking, "Forget it, my family doesn't lack those few dollars.

My parents-in-law and my man are all at work, with decent jobs. Although the salary is not as high as their sideline company, it is also guaranteed regardless of drought or flood, and they have retirement money when they are old.

Unlike their commune and team units, there is no guarantee at all. Don't look at them making a lot of money this year. Who knows if they will have it next year?"

Someone next to her picked up her words, "If there is this year, then earn this year. If there is no next year, then talk about it next year."

The woman still shook her head, "Forget it, people in our town have food stamps and wages. Unlike them in the countryside who depend on the weather for food, let's give the opportunity to them if there is a chance."

Someone not far away said again, "If you want me to say, what countryside town, aren't they all in the same commune.

Now that so many students have graduated, the commune can't arrange jobs. The few units in the town said last year that there were more people than jobs and that some people would be reduced. They also said that several poorly performing factories would be closed.

It's so scary, although it didn't close this year, who knows if it will close next year?

On the other hand, Lu Jiawan has been developing well in the past two years. Through Teacher Chen, they have also established a relationship with several major units in the district committee. Teacher Chen is also a great writer working in the province. As long as Teacher Chen doesn't let go, I don't think Lu Jiawan will fall. It's better to let the younger generation in the family go over and try it, so as not to be idle all day long. After a long time, people will be useless."

Outside the venue, people chattered, saying all sorts of things. Inside wasn't much better; you practically had to shout to be heard.

In front of a stall with the words "Luwan Garment Factory" written on it, 28-year-old Huang Xiuying held a mimeographed resume. She looked at the middle-aged man who had pulled out a stool and sat down, and said politely, "Master Hong, looking at your qualifications, you've been an apprentice since you were 12 years old, and you've been making clothes for 36 years. That's a long time.

It's just that you've always been helping people make clothes in the team. Have you ever gone outside to make clothes for department stores?"

Master Hong coughed awkwardly, resting his hands on his thighs, looking hesitant.

However, the desire to find a job ultimately overcame his pride. He mustered his courage and said, "I learned my craft in the old society. I finished my apprenticeship in the fifties. I went to Yunhu for a few years with my master, and I've been making clothes for 36 years since then… Later, I was sent back to the countryside, and that was twenty years ago.

As for department store clothes, I did make them in my early years. Although I haven't done it for twenty years, I'm sure there won't be any problems. This is my foundation…"

Huang Xiuying listened carefully to his self-introduction and put a "√" on the form. Then she smiled and said, "Master Hong, you've passed my stage. Please come again tomorrow for the next interview in our garment factory's training class. Then, we'll see your real skills."

Master Hong was very happy to hear this and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, I will definitely be there tomorrow, definitely."

Not far away, Secretary Yang, who looked like he was 50 or 60 years old but was actually only 48, nodded in satisfaction. He raised the cigarette in his hand and smiled at Team Leader Zhang, "We need to recruit more experienced masters like this. They have enough experience and can be put to use immediately, much better than apprentices."

Zhang Changjiang nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, I think so too."

After a pause, he smiled again, "Thanks to Xiao Chen's idea of holding this recruitment fair. If it were like before, with each unit, production team, and neighborhood committee sending in their own applications, we wouldn't even know who we were recruiting. How could we possibly find masters like this?!"

If Chen Fan were here, he would definitely be caught between laughter and tears.

He's already 48, and he's spent half his life farming. It would be good enough if his skills weren't rusty. How can you expect him to be that good?

The garment factory needs to develop in the long term, especially since this garment factory is being built by Chen Fan according to modern factory standards, and the sewing machines used are industrial sewing machines custom-made from the Yunhu Machinery Factory.

Will those old masters be able to use them?!

However, he's not on the scene now, so whatever he thinks is useless.

Of course, he didn't completely wash his hands of it. Before the recruitment fair, he repeatedly told Liu Lu that recruitment should focus on young female comrades, especially those with a cultural foundation, followed by experienced masters as a supplement.

Liu Lu also told Huang Xiuying and the others the same thing.

Well, hopefully, there will be a good result.

So, where is Chen Fan if he's not here?

At this time, he was squatting beside the irrigation canal in Lujiawan, smoking a cigarette and watching people catch soft-shelled turtles.

…

The irrigation canal in Lujiawan, with two main canals about 8 meters wide running north-south on both sides of the main road as the main lines, and 12 auxiliary canals about 4 meters wide for the 12 small teams as branch lines, and then extending from these branch lines to small canals only one meter wide, thus covering more than 3,000, nearly 4,000 mu of paddy fields.

According to the old rules, wherever there is water, there will definitely be fish farming.

Although it is not intensive farming like a fish pond, but extensive farming that only releases fish fry and does not feed them, there can be a lot of fish caught every year.

In the past, they just drained the water from the large and small irrigation canals, fished the fish, and then pumped water from the river to fill half of the main canal. After the spring, during the spring plowing, they would completely fill the canal.

But since Chen Fan brought the soft-shelled turtles, there has been an extra process in the middle, digging for soft-shelled turtles!

Chen Fan spat out a smoke ring and looked at Team Leader Yang, who was digging for soft-shelled turtles in the silt with a wooden shovel, and said, "You dug so many soft-shelled turtles last year, haven't you dug them to extinction?"

Team Leader Yang didn't even raise his head, holding the wooden handle with both hands, gently scraping away the surface layer of silt, and then using the wooden shovel to pick out a soft-shelled turtle the size of a bowl, and threw it in front of Chen Fan with a whoosh.

Only then did he raise his head and smile, "Look, is it extinct?"

Chen Fan tilted his butt back and moved his feet back half a foot, accurately avoiding the splashed silt. He looked at the soft-shelled turtle in front of him and smacked his lips, "This thing needs two pounds of potatoes to stew a pot."

"It's good enough to have one this big, you're still picky."

Liu Accountant, not far away, leaned on the wooden shovel and gasped for breath. He looked up at Chen Fan and smiled, "Everyone dug almost everything last year. Even if there are some left, they are very few. It's not so easy to find them.

These soft-shelled turtles are all collected from other production teams. When the fish fry grow up a little, we will put the soft-shelled turtle fry in, so that the fish fry will not be lost too much, and the soft-shelled turtles can be continuously produced.

But if you want big ones, don't even think about it."

Chen Fan nodded suddenly, "I was wondering why there were so many soft-shelled turtles. It turns out you released the fish fry."

Team Leader Yang propped the wooden shovel on the shore and sat down on the slope. He hooked his fingers back and took a cigarette from Chen Fan's hand, then put it on his dry tobacco pipe and lit it. He exhaled a long breath and happened to hear Chen Fan's words, so he said, "Don't hunt in spring, don't catch big ones or small ones, don't drain the pond to catch all the fish. These are all rules left by our ancestors.

Last year, we caught soft-shelled turtles too hard. In the past, we could often see soft-shelled turtles sunbathing by the water, but we haven't seen them much this spring. We knew there was a problem, so we found someone to buy soft-shelled turtle fry and release them."

Chen Fan raised his eyebrows slightly, his face full of smiles.

Two years ago, when he saw them digging for soft-shelled turtles, they didn't even let go of the soft-shelled turtle fry the size of a palm. He was worried that this thing would disappear in Lujiawan, and he had already prepared to set up a breeding base in a few years.

He didn't expect that he was just thinking about it, and they were already taking action.

Looking at the soft-shelled turtles in front of him, although they are nothing compared to those dug last year, it is still a good phenomenon.

This is sustainable development.

Team Leader Yang took a few puffs of his cigarette, turned to look at Chen Fan, and asked in a low voice, "Xiao Chen, let me ask you a question."

Chen Fan came back to his senses, "Yeah, go ahead."

Team Leader Yang asked in a low voice, "I know you do things for a reason, but why did you only leave half of the positions in the expansion of the sideline company to people from our team, and release the other half?

In fact, even if you leave 70% and only give them 30%, they would be laughing out loud. There's no need for so much."