In the hut, Chu Heng was immersed in cooking.
The breakfast made by Teng Erwei was not rich, just steamed buns, porridge with pickles, and not even an egg.
He doesn't like to eat this, but he can't be special at this time. He can only share the joys and sorrows with the others, and at most add some food he brought to it.
"Gudududu!"
Chu Heng ate the steamed bun in his hand in several mouthfuls, slurped down the porridge in the bowl, and finally finished it off with a mouthful of Liubiju's eight-treasure vegetables. This was a complete breakfast.
"This noodle must not have been sifted, it's so throaty!"
He took out a cigarette and lit it, looked at the sick Jiang Fanghao who was drinking porridge, and asked with concern: "Can you make it today? If not, I will arrange for someone else to do your job first."
"Need not!"
Jiang Fanghao quickly raised his head, his face was like gold paper, and he was weak, as if the banquet was about to start at any time, but he held on and said: "I just have a headache right now, just take it easy for a while. If you need anything, just ask me."
He has been working for many years and is an old man in the workplace. He has seen too many things where people who took over the job were promoted to the top in the end, and he did not want to be one of them.
When Chu Heng saw this, he didn't say anything. He smiled and said: "Then you will take a few people to Daxin Store to buy some food later. Remember to buy some good food. It must be meaty. The farmer brothers will come and help us with the work. , we can’t treat others badly.”
"Oh, I remember." Jiang Fanghao nodded, grabbed a steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth. He had to eat even if he couldn't eat it, otherwise he wouldn't have the energy to work later!
Then Chu Heng explained to him some more, got up and walked to the edge of the earthen kang, took out a thousand yuan from the money box placed at the end of the kang, and found Jin Jin and Tao Shuixia from Lu Yansong's group. The two only ladies gave the money to them to use for the expenses of the past few days. Later, when he was free, he would take them to Daxin Store and deposit the money in the box into the credit union. From now on, the money will be handed over to them for safekeeping.
These two were responsible for the accounting work in the team from the earliest days. During the meeting last night, Chu Hengzheng made the appointment. One of them is a cashier and the other is an accountant. They are temporarily responsible for the financial aspect.
After leaving Jin Jin and the others, Chu Heng went to find Lu Yansong and talked about the follow-up placement of the employees. The winery was just being built, and things were complicated, and he had to intervene in every one of them.
It was past seven o'clock, and the fog in the mountains dissipated, and the sun shone in. At the same time, members sent by the Daxindian Commune came over.
Led by Qiao Duo, secretary of the commune, there were more than 200 people in the group, all wearing rags and carrying various tools, like refugees fleeing famine.
After Chu Heng received the news, he quickly took Lu Yansong, Jiang Fanghao and other small leaders of the winery to greet him in person.
“Thank you for your hard work, comrades, for your help in our winery!”
"We meet again, Comrade Chu Heng." Qiao Duo was also one of those people who were forced to the ground yesterday. His condition looked extremely bad at the moment, his face was pale, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked listless.
After saying hello to Chu Heng, he introduced the captains of several production teams in the team behind him.
After the two sides chatted for a few words to get acquainted, Lu Yansong took several captains back to his house and discussed the assignment of tasks together. Then he called his employees and Daxin store members together to discuss the matter. The team's situation assigned the next task, and work started quickly.
Some people were weeding, some were fetching water, and some were digging holes. It was all very exciting for a while.
At the winery, except for the family members of employees who are not obliged to join the labor force, as long as they are receiving wages, they are basically working.
Even the old professors have joined in. They are the busiest. They have to instruct these people on technology and also run around to check whether the areas that each group is responsible for meet the standards. It can be said that they are extremely busy.
Chu Heng did not end up. At this time, he and Qiao Duo were drinking tea and chatting in the house.
"Don't leave today. Let's have a drink together at noon and let me enjoy the friendship of landlords." In front of the rough-made Eight Immortals table, Chu Heng happily handed Qiao Duo a cigarette and casually invited him.
"That's not possible. There is a mobilization meeting in the commune at ten o'clock. I have to go back to participate. Next time, next time." Qiao Duo declined him with a stiff smile.
In fact, even if he hadn't met, he wouldn't have stayed. After yesterday's drink, he was walking in a daze now. How could he have the guts to sit at the same wine table with him again?
"Mobilization meeting? What mobilization meeting?" Chu Heng asked curiously.
"Nothing, isn't it spring? The commune has to hold a production mobilization meeting for each brigade below and assign tasks. It happens every year." Qiao Duo explained with a smile.
"Are every brigade coming?" Chu Heng's eyes lit up.
"It must be coming. Spring plowing is such a big event, how dare they not come?" Qiao Duo looked at him doubtfully, wondering why this guy suddenly became excited.
"That's it."
Chu Heng rolled his eyes, stood up and said, "That's just right. I'll go to the commune with you. I have some money to save."
Immediately, he called Cen Hao, Jin Jin, Jiang Fanghao and others, and set off with Qiao Duo to Daxindian.
After arriving at the place, Jiang Fanghao took the money he received from the Jin Jin sisters and took people to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things. Chu Heng, Jin Jin and the others, accompanied by Qiao Duo, went to the credit union to save money.
The credit union in Daxindian is opposite the commune compound and consists of two low-rise bungalows.
When they entered, there was no one else inside, only a few employees gathered behind a counter to chat.
At this time, people still like to keep money in their own hands and don’t trust banking institutions very much. Moreover, credit unions are still targeting farmers who basically don’t have much money in their hands, so there are even fewer customers.
"Qiao Duo, why are you here?"
Seeing them entering the room, a man in his forties among the employees chatting stood up with a smile. He is the director here, Cui Jing.
"Director Cui." Qiao Duo stepped forward with a smile, handed over a cigarette, and introduced: "I'm here to take Comrade Chu Heng of Xiangyang Red Winery to save money."
"Xiang Yanghong?"
Cui Jing was stunned for a moment, and then quickly remembered what was going on at Xiangyang Red Winery. He quickly came out from behind the counter, stepped forward and shook hands with Chu Heng. The two of them greeted each other for a while before starting to do business.
"bump!"
Cen Hao put the box he was carrying on the counter and immediately opened the lid.
"so much?"
Cui Jing looked at the piles of money notes in the box and was very surprised. He had been working here for six or seven years, and this was the first time he had handled such a large deposit!
"Gudong!"
Qiao Duo looked straight in front of the box, swallowed hard, and felt a little anxious in his heart. If he wasn't afraid of being killed, he would have wanted to run away with the box in his arms.
"Stop chatting, come here quickly, it's time for a big job!"
Cui Jing quickly recovered from the shock and quickly asked someone to check the money. There was no money counting machine at this time, so they had to check manually. It was indeed a big job for them.
(End of chapter)
