"You must not keep the cotton you planted, and it must be sent to the commune with gongs and drums, understand?"

Qiao's father understood, and Liu Dongfang asked him not to ask the commune's opinion, but to send the cotton and seeds directly to the commune.

Anyway, the cotton can't be kept, and the commune asks for it to be sent by the brigade, and the difference is very big.

"Then it's troublesome for Manager Liu to keep it secret first, so I'll go back and arrange it." ”

Qiao's father didn't dare to delay, if the brigade took the initiative, it was better than the commune coming to the door.

Fortunately, when the brigade planted cotton, it did not make a lot of publicity, and not many people knew about the success of cotton planting.

The members of the fourth team were very reluctant to hand over the cotton to the commune, which was so distressing!

But Qiao's father made it clear in the brigade headquarters that cotton is a cash crop and a strategic material, and they can't keep it, and they can't keep it.

When Chen Dongfang and Qiao Yibing went to the commune for a meeting this year, they knew that the commune was emphasizing strategic materials.

Even if they are very reluctant, the cadres of the brigade can also distinguish the priorities.

The members packed up the cotton, packed it in several cloth bags, carried it by tractor, and sent it to the commune with gongs and drums.

"The Alpine Brigade has succeeded in growing cotton!" the young man on the tractor shouted loudly and happily before entering the commune.

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By the time their tractor came to a halt in the commune office building, there were already a lot of people gathered here.

Li Xianghong didn't believe it when she heard the news at first, is it really fake?

It wasn't until the tractor stopped at the door that he and Liu Damin hurried out.

Li Xianghong saw the cotton in the open bag in the tractor, and his eyes couldn't help flashing, it turned out to be real!

At the end of last year, when the Gaoshan Brigade asked the commune for cotton seeds, they didn't care, and they didn't have time to pay attention, who knew that the Gaoshan Brigade would successfully plant them quietly.

Liu Damin and Li Xianghong immediately put everything aside and concentrated on dealing with the cotton matter.

The report must be beaten, and the seed must be kept, this is the merit of their commune, and there will definitely be a reward.

"But why is this cotton gray?" asked Liu Damin suspiciously.

"Because we were afraid that the cotton seeds would not survive, before sowing, we asked the researchers of the brigade to deal with them, and sure enough, they were all alive, but we didn't expect the color of the cotton to change. ”

"It's okay, it's just that the color is not white, and the quality is still very good. Li Xianghong touched the cotton in his hand and said.

"I think the matter of your alpine brigade planting cotton can be featured in the People's Daily. ”

Qiao's father didn't react when he heard this, but Chen Dongfang and Qiao Yibing are different, as soon as they heard that they could be on the People's Daily, they were so excited that they couldn't say anything this time.

"Really, really?"

"Newspapers, can you really get on the newspapers?"

Several people asked a few questions one after another, and then stood aside and smirked, as if they saw the day when they became famous.

Only Qiao's father frowned.

If the story of the Takayama Brigade planting cotton was in the newspapers, it would certainly attract attention in the southern region, and many brigades would definitely come to visit it.

There are many things in their brigade that are different from the outside, and those side hustles, in the eyes of other brigades, may be defined as capitalism.

Even if there isn't, doesn't the brigade that receives these visits need manpower and energy?

While the others were still happy, Qiao's father suddenly spoke: "I have an idea, our commune can set aside a large area of land to grow cotton next year and use it as a test field." ”

"As long as the brigade wants to visit, they can come, and the commune can arrange special people to receive them. ”

When a few people who were immersed in their fantasies heard this, they were like a bucket of ice water, pouring them cold.

The smile on Qiao Yibing's face was closed, his lips were pursed into a line, and he stared at Qiao's father, as if he was questioning Qiao's father: What do you mean by this?

Chen Dongfang was also surprised, he took a step forward slightly, and was separated between Qiao's father and Qiao Yibing, he was really afraid that the two would disagree and fight.

Li Xianghong and Liu Damin glanced at each other, and couldn't help but look at Qiao's father differently, this idea is very good!

Now that they can grow cotton here, it's not limited to any place.

If you put the planting base in the commune, you don't have to go to the alpine brigade if someone comes to visit or interview.

As the leaders of the commune, Li Xianghong and Liu Damin didn't want to go that far anyway.

"That's a good idea, and the Commune will need the support of your Alpine Brigade at that time. ”

Liu Damin laughed and pulled several cadres of the Gaoshan Brigade to discuss the details.

He could see that this idea was Qiao's father's own idea, and the rest of the Alpine Brigade was completely unprepared.

This matter that is good for the Commune naturally cannot be abandoned halfway, and everything can be put on the agenda when it is decided at this time.

Qiao Yibing was furious in his belly, and he couldn't lose his temper in front of the leaders of the commune, so he could only listen patiently, and the matter of building a cotton base was decided.

On the tractor back, the atmosphere was a little stagnant.

Qiao Zhigao operated the tractor front with both hands, and peeked at the car behind him from time to time, should the cadres of the brigade fight?

It was Chen Dongfang who spoke first: "I don't understand, why did you make this suggestion to the leaders of the commune? Isn't it good to put it in our brigade?"

As soon as Chen Dongfang opened his mouth, it was like opening the sluice gate of the reservoir, and everyone was puzzled or angry, and they smashed Qiao's father on the head one after another.

Father Qiao waited for everyone to say almost enough, and then he spoke: "If the news that our brigade can grow cotton spreads, the reputation will be there, but will this help our brigade?"

"How could it not be?" Qiao Yibing choked Qiao's father.

"Then what is there?" Father Qiao asked rhetorically, "They want seeds, can we sell them?"

"If somebody comes to visit, do they pay for it, will they do the work for us?"

"We can't ......" As soon as Chen Dongfang spoke, Qiao's father cut off the words.

"There must be a lot of people who come to visit, who is going to entertain? Do you have to charge money and food stamps for meals and lodging? Everyone has to ask about seeds and planting methods, can you explain it?"

"Won't the members be affected, and will they still be focused on production?......

On the bumpy tractor, Qiao's father smashed out questions one by one, and everyone else was a little confused, will there be so many problems?

"As soon as you can come up with solutions to these problems, I will immediately go and tell the commune leaders to build the base in our brigade. ”

Qiao Yibing counted it on his fingers and found that it was really difficult to control this matter.

As long as the cotton seeds and planting technology are handed over to the commune, and the commune has a cotton planting demonstration base, everything is taken care of by the commune.

On the other hand, they can also be compensated by the Commune, if nothing else, it would be good to have more cloth tickets!

After a long while, Qiao Tie broke his silence, "I agree with Zhengyu's opinion, the brigade is finally so stable, if there is a sudden matter of the base, the members will only be more impetuous, which is not good for us at all." ”

He didn't want to clean up any more messes.

Saving the face of a few people, but who can solve the troubles left behind? Simply strangled this possibility in the cradle from the beginning.

Everyone was silent and rocked on the tractor and returned to the brigade.

Some members of the club cared a few words, but they didn't ask much, and everyone had the ambition to hide this matter together.