The next day, after breakfast, Qin Zhongliang arranged farm work and went to attend the meeting of the captain of the production team.

The conference room was set up in the offices of the two committees, and in addition to two dusty tables and stools, there were also a few newspapers, followed by a plaque hanging on the wall. The militia battalion commander, chief and deputy secretary of the brigade were busy cleaning and finding benches.

"Captain Qin is really a long way to catch an early gathering, and the nearby captains haven't come yet, but you've already arrived." Wu Wei, the commander of the militia battalion, greeted Qin Zhongliang, who entered the door, and said, "Sit! ”

"After arranging the work of the members, it will come." Qin Zhongliang spoke, asking, "Has there been any change in the number of public grains this year?" ”

"Nope. It's still the same number as it was originally set. Wu Wei said.

As they spoke, seven or eight other captains arrived, greeting each other and asking about each other's harvests and losses.

"Everyone find a place to sit down, and the meeting will begin." The militia battalion commander said to several captains standing outside the door.

"Everyone's worked hard!" Ma Square, the secretary of the brigade, shook hands with the captains and said. He was followed by Cui Liangjin, deputy secretary of Cui.

"The secretary has also worked hard!" Everyone returned the courtesy and talked to the secretary.

"Today, we have gathered everyone together for a meeting, and there is only one content: pay the public grain. Speaking of which, for this one thing, there should be no labor for everyone to run this trip, not to mention the long way and the short, but the current field management is too busy, if you do not hurry up to manage the autumn crops and make up for the losses caused by the rain in the afternoon, I am afraid that the life of the members throughout the year will be difficult to guarantee. This is the case, but the task of public grain after the afternoon harvest is also urging from above, and workers, people in the city, government personnel, and soldiers guarding the border all need to eat, so they can only let everyone go together and talk about whether they can complete the task of public grain, whether there are any difficulties, whether there are enough seeds, and how to arrange the life of the members. Now give everyone twenty minutes to think about it, and then talk about it before you decide. Secretary Ma introduced the content and requirements of the meeting in brief words.

Everyone looked at each other and thought about how to distribute the food that the team had harvested before the rain.

"A good harvest and a poor harvest are a foregone conclusion, what to say." Secretary Ma saw that everyone was very embarrassed and said, "There is nothing bad to say." ”

"It's all to blame for me, the captain, for failing to organize the harvest when the wheat is eighty or ninety percent ripe, and it doesn't start until ten percent is ripe, and it rains within two days of harvesting, causing a large area of sprouts, and it is difficult for our team to complete the task with the grain before the rain." Chen Zhuo, the captain of Xiao Chen Zhuang, said.

"It's not a good situation for our team either. If the public grain is paid and enough seeds are left, the members can only eat the sprouts. Zhang Qinghe, the captain of Xiao Zhangzhuang, then said.

"Are you worthy of the trust placed in you by the brigade leader?" Deputy Secretary Cui patted the table and said, "What's the use of having a captain like you?" I can't complete the task every year, and I will drag the whole team back! The members of the club will suffer with you, and the cadres will lose face with you, so don't you know how to harvest and beat in advance? ”

"Don't get angry with them, let them be specific about the situation and work together to find a way to solve it. If it really can't be solved, I'll report the situation to Lu Shang. Secretary Ma stopped Cui Liangjin and said.

After a silence at the venue, Wang Huaili, the captain of Xiaowangzhuang, said: "Our team can complete the task, and after I go back, I will take someone to sell it, and I will never hold back." ”

"I'll pay it back when I go back." Tian Yuanfu, the captain of Datianzhuang, said.

"Qin Zhongliang! Your Daqinzhuang has the earliest harvest this year, and the loss is the smallest, can you complete the task? Deputy Secretary Cui asked.

"Yes." Qin Zhongliang replied.

"Can you extend a hand of friendship and help the team in difficulty sell more public food?"

"Can't! We also have losses, our team has more than 500 people to eat! ”

"Can't you?"

"I can't! I can't let the enthusiasm that the members have been waiting for for more than half a year turn into ice! ”

"I am your leader, I have the final say, I have to do it, I have to do it, you have to do it, you have to sell all your good grain, remove the seeds, and sell it all to the country!" Deputy Secretary Cui said, "Of course, I won't let you sell it in vain, and the production team that can't complete the task will exchange it with you with the wheat after the rain." ”

"I'll finish what we're supposed to do, and no one else can touch me with a grain of grain!" Qin Zhongliang was dissatisfied with Deputy Secretary Cui's use of power to oppress people.

"Don't think that if you get some results, you don't know who you are, without a little spirit of helping others, I don't think you want to do it as a captain!" Deputy Secretary Cui said.

The two quarreled at the venue.

"Cui Liangjin!" Secretary Ma has long been disgusted with the rough and arbitrary working methods of Deputy Secretary Cui Liangjin, but he only takes into account the coordination and face of working together, so he will not say anything if he has to say it. Today, seeing that the meeting was messed up by him and couldn't end it, he couldn't be silent anymore and lost his temper, "Do you treat subordinate cadres like this?" Isn't it okay to talk about some methods at work? Do your own thing! ”

"Okay, okay, I'll do my own thing, you can rush the public food up, I can pretend to be deaf and dumb!" Deputy Secretary Cui said unconvinced, "It's wrong that he doesn't have a sense of the overall situation!" ”

"Considering the overall situation, you should let people sell all the good grain in exchange for raw sprouts to eat? If other teams still have good food to eat, let a team with the most good food eat all the sprouts, not to mention that the captain does not agree, will the members and the masses agree? It has to be calculated by one production team and one production team, and the total is total, except for whether the seeds are enough to pay the public grain. It's better if it's enough, and it's better if it's not enough. This adjustment should be limited, it can only be a small number, not a large number. Otherwise, it will dampen the enthusiasm of the members and cause production to decline. Secretary Ma also made a detailed analysis of the drawbacks, disadvantages and consequences of the whole brigade leveling the good grain.

"Yes, yes, yes! I admit that the attitude is not good, the method is rude, and I will learn from you in the future! Cui Liangjin listened to Secretary Ma's analysis, felt reasonable, and nodded and said to Secretary Ma.

"Now, not to mention how much good grain Daqinzhuang received before the rain, the captains of other production teams truthfully reported how much grain their production team beat down before the rain, how much grain they hit after the rain, carefully calculate the number of catties, and leave 30 to 40 catties of seeds per mu. Like Daqinzhuang, Daliuzhuang, and Xiaowuzhuang, the captains of the production teams with little wheat sprouts should also carry forward a little style, agree to exchange a little for them, and complete the public grain. Public grain is the imperial grain, there are so many people who don't farm need to eat, guard the border for us, build this and that for our agriculture and peasants to support us, we would rather eat the raw sprouts ourselves, but also pay the good grain to the state and supply them. Secretary Ma said.

"Secretary Ma, I carefully calculated, we beat down the grain before the rain, multiply the number of buckets into the warehouse by the number of catties held in each bucket, and then subtract the number of acres of wheat planted in autumn by the product of the number of catties required per mu, and the number obtained is not much different from the number of public grains to be paid, but there is a shortage of more than 1,000 catties, I hope that the comrades who have consciousness will carry forward the spirit of communism and the spirit of Longjiang to help me tide over the difficulties." Chen Zhuo, the captain of Xiao Chen Zhuang, spoke first after Secretary Ma's speech.

"I'm done." Wang Huaili, the captain of Xiaowangzhuang, said, "I support Xiaochenzhuang for 500 catties. ”

"We can do it too." Liu Mingli, the captain of Daliuzhuang, said, "Xiao Chen is not enough, I will cover it." ”

"After I finish it, I will be responsible for the exchange of other teams with a gap of no more than 1,000 catties." Qin Zhongliang said, "However, I do not advocate catty for catty, two for two, and convert them according to their respective prices." ”

The captains of several other villages also reported their surplus and shortcomings. Secretary Ma made a total after writing it down in the notebook, and felt that it was generally balanced, and it was not difficult to complete the task of public grain in the afternoon season, so he announced the dismissal of the meeting and asked the production teams to hurry up and go to the grain station to pay the public grain.