The captain nodded, "Yes, it's 1.7 cents more per catty than last year. It's a good year."
Xia Li: "I remember that sugar in the supply and marketing cooperative sold for fifty cents a pound?"
The captain smiled immediately after hearing this and looked at Xia Li like a silly child with clear eyes.
"How can it be the same? The supply and marketing cooperative sells ready-made candies. How can we know that?"
Xia Li bent his eyes and smiled, "I can."
Captain:...
Where did this encyclopedia come from? Why can she do everything?
The captain looked solemn and frowned slightly.
"Can our team also make sugar?"
Xia Li nodded, "I have a secret recipe for making sugar, and the production process is not too difficult.
I can also solve some complicated machinery. The most important thing is that we have to find a way to set up a factory.
Otherwise, every household would have to cook it themselves. Firstly, it would be unhygienic and of poor quality, and the commune would not want to collect it in the future.
Another is that there is no way to centralize management, which will definitely cause a lot of minor troubles. "
When the captain heard what Xia Li said, he immediately became concerned about the matter and unconsciously lowered his head in thought.
The price difference between the finished product and the raw materials is huge. If this could really be done, their team's income would definitely be doubled several times.
Nowadays, although personal buying and selling is not allowed, in the name of the brigade, one can negotiate with the public.
As long as they paid enough public grain, it made no difference to the commune whether they should hand over sugar cane to the brigade or white sugar.
But for the members of their South Island No. 1 team, the difference is huge!
If Xia Zhiqing really had the secret recipe for making sugar, he could still run this factory. Many people in his brigade could turn from farmers into workers and indirectly change their jobs!
The captain became more and more excited as he thought about it, but his face remained calm. He felt that as long as the investment was not too big, the commune would definitely support it.
After pondering for a moment, he said: "I have to discuss this matter with the commune."
As he said that, he looked at Xia Li and lowered his voice and said, "Xia Zhiqing can ask me if he has any requests. If I can help, I will definitely help."
No one is a fool. How long has Xia Li been here?
They have researched so many things just to stop working. Not to mention how comfortable they are in their small lives, why would they bother to help them set up a factory for no reason?
Xia Li smiled slightly, with a very warm expression, "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that I caused trouble for Xia Jianguo, his wife and Si Qiuyu in the bullpen some time ago.
I heard that people in the second shed have been targeting them recently, and the team members don't have a good impression of them.
I was the one who caused this incident, and I felt really bad about it, so I wanted to return the favor.
Captain, look, after the factory is built, how about you let the three of them find a job in the factory and work on the side? "
The captain had a straight face and looked at Xia Li with probing eyes, and did not leave for a long time.
Xia Li looked at her quietly, without evading his gaze, and looked calm.
Captain: "Tell me the truth, what is your relationship with Xia Jianguo and the others?"
Xia Li: "In a large courtyard, my "Xia" is after Xia Jianguo's surname."
Xia Li's roundabout answer immediately made the captain think too much.
He had heard someone from the Educated Youth Institute say before that Xia Li grew up in a military compound, and Xia Jianguo was a senior official in the army.
Xia Li took his surname probably because Xia Li was the orphan of one of Xia Jianguo's sacrificed comrades. He was raised by Xia Jianguo and took his surname.
There are many such cases in this era. During the war a few years ago, some sacrificed their lives for their comrades, who would help support their families after their comrades returned home.
The little girl was raised by Xia Jianguo. Now that Xia Jianguo was devolved, the little girl who could have married was grateful for Xia Jianguo's kindness. She took the money from her husband's family who broke off the engagement and came over to take care of Xia Jianguo.
Otherwise, with Xia Li's net worth, she would not be assigned to a remote place like theirs in South Island if she took the initiative to go to the countryside.
After thinking about it, the captain looked up at Xia Li with a bit of admiration and regret in his eyes.
This is a good and grateful child! If she can do this for her adoptive parents, she knows that she is an emotional person.
He sighed and said: "I will try my best to find a way, but I can't go too far.
I've been much stricter recently than before, and I don't want to be too obvious, otherwise it won't be good for other team members to know, or for someone to come down and investigate. "
Xia Li knew that the turbulent decade was coming soon, and the atmosphere would only become more and more tense after that.
She couldn't immediately vindicate her father, so she could only think of ways to make their lives better.
If you don't make a bad start, your life will not be so bad in the future.
When she met the captain, who showed her an expression of pity, he didn't explain it, and nodded in understanding.
"I understand, and I will never cause any trouble to the organization.
However, I hope the captain can keep my relationship with Xia Jianguo a secret for me.
You also know that I don’t have a good relationship with the Educated Youth Institute, and I’m afraid they might get into trouble. "
The captain also didn't like those educated youths who always made excuses, so he nodded, "Okay, don't worry, I won't tell anyone else."
The captain had an idea in mind and arranged for Xia Li to go to the supply and marketing cooperative with other team members, while he went to the commune secretary to discuss opening a sugar factory.
