Zhuang Jiaxiong got off the hot kang, put on his shoes and walked around the open space outside the conference room. However, after getting on the hot kang, he felt even more tired and felt like he just wanted to lie down and sleep. He yawned several times in succession.

However, the winter outside the customs is no joke. After a few yawns, he felt a big excitement. Zhuang Jiaxiong felt that all his sleepiness was gone and his mind became clearer.

After returning to the house and not daring to get on the kang again, Zhuang Jiaxiong pulled up a stool and sat by the kang, leaning his feet against the hot kang, feeling warm and energetic.

Han Haitao, the town's tax and commercial officer, asked with a straight face to the village cadres under the town: "Apart from the two villages that signed up, do other villages really not issue collar stamps?"

The village cadres all looked embarrassed. At this time, one of them said: "My wife is willing to do it, and she will get some for my family."

"Captain Li, is there anyone in your wife's family who is willing to do this together? Just one person will do." Han Haitao asked.

Militia captain Li Zhengqing immediately agreed, "If there is only one person, I can find him."

Zhuang Jiaxiong listened quietly and looked at other village cadres. As a southerner, even if he attended Tangshan Railway Official School for three years and suddenly came outside the customs, he could not fully adapt to the local accent immediately. Moreover, Zhuang Jiaxiong was deeply worried.

There are still some things that I don't understand. The government subcontracted the seal to the village this time and made it clear that they would be paid according to the quantity of grain.

It is not difficult to make collar badges. Zhuang Jiaxiong originally thought that the cadres were very happy to compete for the quota. However, the situation in front of him is that the villages outside the customs are not enthusiastic at all and are pushing back and forth. Is it because they think the remuneration for sewing collar badges is too low?

Faced with such indifference, the director Han Haitao did not force it, but asked the cadres of the three villages to quickly implement the agreement.

After the meeting ended, Zhuang Jiaxiong took an opportunity to chat with Han Haitao and expressed his doubts.

Han Haitao did not answer immediately. He smiled and asked: "Comrade Zhuang, judging from your accent, are you from Fujian?"

"Can you tell?" Zhuang Jiaxiong said happily. Northerners don't know much about the South. Just by listening to the accent, you can tell that you are from Fujian. This shows that Director Han is quite knowledgeable.

After chatting for a while, they learned that Director Han was in the teahouse business and had come to Siping from the capital. Zhuang Jiaxiong understood the reason. He praised: "Which street in Siping is Director Han's teahouse? I have to go there to drink it when I return to Siping."

A cup of tea. To be honest with Director Han, my family grows tea in Fujian, and I don’t know where the teahouses in Siping sell tea.”

"Haha, since I decided to follow Governor He, I have closed the teahouse, and the house has been lent to the government to be used as a police station."

Zhuang Jiaxiong knew that the Siping government required civil servants not to engage in business. He did not expect that Director Han would be so free and easy. Just as he was about to praise him, he heard Han Haitao, Director Han said: "Comrade Zhuang, you asked why the villagers didn't rush to get the collar stamp. That's not the case."

The villagers don’t want to make money, but they are afraid that the government will charge them, so they don’t dare to participate in these things.”

Zhuang Jiaxiong understood the meaning of apportionment, but he was even more puzzled. "The government has allocated land to the villagers. Do the villagers still not believe in the government?"

"I originally thought so, but after asking the cadres and villagers, I found out that this was our idea. The villagers felt that the government was dividing land and clarifying taxes. Since everyone has received such great benefits, the government must take it from the villagers.

There are no benefits."

"Haha." Zhuang Jiaxiong was amused. He only laughed once, but Zhuang Jiaxiong couldn't laugh, and he only felt uncomfortable in his heart.

But Han Haitao laughed and said: "That's how the government was in the past. The people were not wrong. Mayor Wu told the town that we only need to do our jobs well, and the people will gradually understand that the government in Siping has changed. Comrade Zhuang

, you escort the grain to the villages below the town, and after you arrive, you don’t have to make the villagers trust the government, you just need to ensure that the villagers know the system set by the government."

Zhuang Jiaxiong didn't expect Han Haitao to be so bold, so he couldn't help asking: "Really not necessary?"

On the way to escort the grain to the countryside, Zhuang Jiaxiong could only think about this matter. Even the snowy scene could not arouse his interest. Before his trip, his classmate Wu Youping did not say anything about the villagers' distrust of the government. This made Zhuang

Jiaxiong was a little angry.

The road was not easy to walk on a snowy day. Zhuang Jiaxiong became more and more tired as he walked. Looking at the white snow all around, except for the sun in the sky providing direction, and the road leaving traces and footprints proving that someone had passed by, there was nothing.

Know where you are at this time.

The team was walking through the vast snowfield. Zhuang Jiaxiong was very careful and still slipped several times. At this time, the unhappiness in his heart became less and less, and new ideas gradually emerged. How could he live in such a place?

If you are not careful, how can you blame others for being too cautious?

When the team arrived at the destination, Zhuang Jiaxiong couldn't help but no longer be dissatisfied with the villagers' choices, and even began to understand the thoughts of his classmate Wu Youping. Some things can only be understood through personal experience. Just like this time, if Wu Youping comes up and accuses the villagers

, Zhuang Jiaxiong would only think about how unreliable the villagers were, and probably wouldn't be in the same mood as he is now.

In the evening, everyone stayed at the village chief Zhang Qingshan's house. Zhang Qingshan enthusiastically asked when the training class would be held. Zhuang Jiaxiong didn't know much about it, so he listened attentively and gradually figured out something.

In the past, during spring plowing, each family prepared the crops to be planted and arranged their own farm work. Now after the land is divided, the village chiefs must prepare for plowing before spring plowing. By holding a spring plowing meeting, everyone can start spring plowing as early as possible.

In addition, there are water conservancy, seed arrangement, and other related village work. Just listening to it made Zhuang Jiaxiong, who had little farming experience, feel that the countryside outside Guanhai is not just a vast land with sparsely populated areas.

The next morning, the village chief called the villagers together. Zhang Qingshan jumped on the village platform and said loudly: "Young and old men, I will ask you again today whether the women in your family want to wear lapel badges. Don't do it, everyone."

Nonsense, just be happy and if you are willing to do it, come forward."

It seemed that the villagers had already made up their minds, and no one made any move. Zhang Qingshan sighed, "Oh, why don't everyone want to do such a good thing? Since everyone doesn't want to do it, only brother Li Zhengqing's wife is willing to do it in our village.

Make collar badges. We said before that twenty collar badges are exchanged for one pound of food. Sister-in-law of the Li family, how much can you do in half a month?"

A middle-aged woman wearing a heavy old cotton-padded jacket and a scarf on her head walked out of the queue and replied cheerfully: "Three hundred."

Zhang Qingshan uncovered the linen cloth beside him, revealing yellow and orange corn grits inside, and ordered the cadre next to him: "Bring a bucket and weigh 15 kilograms of corn grits for Sister-in-law Li."

After putting the corn grits into the bag, Zhang Qingshan took three more rolls of cloth and a box of needlework, but did not immediately hand them to Li Zhengqing's wife. Instead, he said loudly: "Sister-in-law, brother, let me ask again. Can sister-in-law follow the collar seal?"

If the finished collar badge looks different, and if something happens, the collar badge cannot be finished. I have to go to my sister-in-law’s house to get all the cornmeal. As for the cloth and needlework given to me, we have to get it from

The government will deduct it from Captain Li’s salary. When the time comes, my sister-in-law can’t say that my brother didn’t make it clear at the beginning, and in turn, he tricked my sister-in-law.”

Li's sister-in-law smiled cheerfully and said: "Qingshan, you are the only one who talks a lot. You are afraid of this and that. If you are really afraid, you should be afraid of something else."

Zhang Qingshan smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, what do you think I should be afraid of?"

"What you should be afraid of is that I did it too fast and continued to make more collar stamps after I finished it. Your little food is not enough for wages."

The villagers laughed loudly after hearing this, "Yes, how much grain is there? Is it enough for wages?"

Li Qingshan couldn't help but laughed instead of being angry, "Haha. My sister-in-law is so cheerful. Brother, I also put down my words. As long as the collar stamp is made the same as the appearance, it will be delivered on time. Sister-in-law, how much you want to make, brother will send it to my sister-in-law.

"

Li's sister-in-law didn't answer this, picked up cloth, needlework and food, and shouted to the women in the crowd: "Sister-in-law, sisters, it's time to go to literacy class. Let's go to class and do work while listening to the class."

The women followed Li's sister-in-law to a room. Zhang Qingshan called others to go to another room to attend a rural literacy class. Zhuang Jiaxiong looked at the back of the militia captain's wife and felt that something might happen next.
Chapter completed!