pjbooks Chapter 89 Be careful of the people around you
Chapter 89 Be careful of the people around you
"Okay, let's go talk to Uncle Tiancheng first."
Zhao Jieyuan said.
So the two of them walked together toward the village party secretary, Zhao Jianguo.
Zhao Jianguo went to the fields to fertilize.
Zhao Yuan and Zhao Jieyuan walked together toward the fields.
On the edge of the field, Zhao Yuan, Zhao Jieyuan, and Zhao Jianguo sat together, leisurely smoking and talking about the pig farm.
Zhao Yuan spoke first, saying, "Secretary, look at my pigs. They've only been raised for a little over two months, but they're already as big as pigs that have been raised for six months. I estimate that these pigs will be ready for market in about four to five months. In about two more months, my first batch of pigs will be ready for market."
Then, Zhao Yuan continued, "I run a food factory in the county town that specializes in producing ham sausages, which requires a lot of pork as raw material. However, our county does not have large-scale pig farms, so we have to transport pigs from other places. Therefore, I plan to expand the scale of my pig farm."
Zhao Jianguo immediately showed great interest and asked, "So what are your specific plans?"
Zhao Yuan smiled and explained in detail: "I have two options. The first is that I will fund the construction of the pig farm and then hire the villagers to help manage it, paying them a salary of thirty yuan per month. The second option is that the villagers build their own pig farms, and I will buy all the pigs they raise at market prices. In this way, everyone can benefit."
Zhao Jianguo nodded slightly in agreement and said, "These are all good things."
Zhao Yuan continued:
“I opened a food factory in the county town and need to hire ten workers for the first batch. Five of them must be educated youth who have returned to the city, which is what I promised County Chief Yang. The remaining five will be recruited from our village, and one of them must be able to drive a tractor. As it stands, only Zhao Jieyuan has a tractor driver’s license.”
Zhao Jieyuan smiled when he heard this.
Zhao Yuan continued:
"So now we need to hire four people from the village to clean pig offal, at 35 yuan a month. Uncle Tiancheng, could you please announce a meeting over the village loudspeaker later to discuss the pig farm and also mention my hiring? I'm in a hurry, and these things need to be settled as soon as possible today."
"These are all good things. I'll go back after I finish spreading this fertilizer."
Zhao Jianguo took a puff of his cigarette and said.
“Secretary, I’ll help you spread the word. Zhaoyuan has to go to Bingcheng again tomorrow, so you need to gather everyone together to discuss this as soon as possible. You also need to make it clear to everyone that this is Zhaoyuan taking care of the villagers, so that there won’t be a lot of jealous people jumping out later. The commune police came to Zhaoyuan’s house today, does Uncle Tiancheng know about this?”
As he spoke, Zhao Jieyuan rolled up his trousers, picked up some fertilizer, and began to spread it.
"Zhaoyuan, do you know who caused this mess at the police station today?"
Zhao Jianguo took a drag of his cigarette and said.
"I don't know, but it doesn't matter. If you're upright, you have nothing to fear."
Zhao Yuan smiled and said.
"That's good, just be careful of the people around you."
Zhao Jianguo said.
"Okay, I understand. Thank you for reminding me, Uncle Tiancheng."
The fertilizer for the entire field was quickly spread.
The three returned to the village office.
Soon, Zhao Tiancheng's voice came over the village loudspeaker:
"Attention all villagers, at least one person from each household must come to the village office for a meeting at 6:00 PM tonight. This meeting is important, so please make sure you attend."
Zhao Jianguo broadcast it twice more on the radio.
Before dinner, two policemen from the police station arrived again, riding on a large earthenware jar with two bottles of liquor hanging in front of it.
"Comrade Zhaoyuan, we apologize for disturbing you without verifying the authenticity of the report. We hope you will forgive our mistake."
The two policemen were noticeably less arrogant than they had been in the afternoon; they were carrying bottles of liquor and looked guilty.
Zhao Yuan glanced at the two bottles of wine, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes.
He did not accept the wine, but said seriously:
“My trillion-dollar fortune is all earned through my hard work, and I will not tolerate others slandering it.”
The police officers nodded repeatedly, looking embarrassed.
Zhao Yuan continued, "I hope you will be more meticulous in your work in the future and prevent similar misunderstandings from happening again. In addition, I hope the two police officers will investigate the true intentions of the person who made the report; I need an answer. Making a false report should be subject to legal consequences."
The police officers quickly agreed, saying they would definitely give Zhao Yuan a result, and then slunk away.
As Zhao Yuan watched their retreating figures, he secretly vowed to make those who had sabotaged him pay the price.
As night fell, the villagers gradually arrived at the village office meeting room after having dinner.
Because Secretary Zhao Jianguo had repeatedly emphasized the importance of this meeting on the radio and made it clear that only those who could make decisions in their families could attend.
As a result, many families came together as a couple, and some even brought their entire families, making the originally spacious village office meeting room extremely crowded.
Zhao Jianguo first introduced the specific plan for raising pigs.
After he finished explaining his pig-raising plan, the meeting room immediately became lively, as if a pot had exploded in excitement.
Most people believe that the first option is relatively stable and can provide a fixed monthly income;
Another small group of people believe that the second option has more potential, since being their own boss would give them more motivation.
However, building pigsties requires capital investment, and buying piglets also costs money. To successfully build a pig farm, the required funds are not small.
Furthermore, if pigs get sick or die, there could be huge losses.
For a moment, the conference room resembled a noisy market, with noise rising and falling.
Seeing this, Zhao Jianguo gently tapped the table, signaling everyone to keep quiet.
"If you build your own pig farm, I will provide the formula for biological feed for free. If there aren't many people willing to build a pig farm, I will build a large-scale pig farm myself and recruit people then, but the number of people needed for the first batch is limited, and I hope everyone understands."
Zhao Yuan said.
Under the organization of Secretary Zhao Jianguo, the villagers voted to express their wishes.
In the end, no one was willing to build a pig farm.
Zhao Yuan was not surprised at all by this result.
People in this era believe that only with a fixed salary can they feel secure.
"There is one more thing, which Comrade Zhaoyuan will announce to everyone."
Zhao Jianguo said.
Then Zhaoyuan recounted how he had built a small food factory in the county town and recruited 10 people in the first batch.
As soon as Zhao Yuan finished speaking, the meeting room erupted in chaos again.
Zhao Tiancheng tapped the table to signal for quiet and said:
"Regarding recruitment, Zhaoyuan reserved 5 positions for the village and offered a monthly salary of 35 yuan, which is already showing consideration for the villagers. As you know, the monthly salary for a city dweller is less than 30 yuan."
Zhao Jianguo continued: