"Here, this is the approval slip. Just sign it, pay the money and you can take the tractor and leave. But is there anyone in your village who can drive a tractor?"
"this… "
"Also, you are no longer the village chief of Xiangyang Village. Someone from above has already allocated a quota for village chief to Xiangyang Commune, but I am holding back because I know you have your own people."
"He is my good brother. I propose that Wang Xiangyang be the village chief of Xiangyang Village. As for the other village chief position, let's give it to Xiangqian Village. The old village chief of Xiangqian Village is almost 70 years old this year. He will be the deputy first and then promoted in two years."
Li Huan knew that Wang Xiangyang had given up the assignment because the job assigned to him was really not a good one, so he gave up directly.
Xiangyang Commune governs five villages: Xiangyang Village, Xiangqian Village, Xianghou Village, Xiangrong Village, and Xiangshui Village. The five villages are located next to each other and are all surrounded by Xiangyang Mountain.
Li Huan is the village chief of Xiangyang Village. He usually has contact with the village chiefs of these villages. He knows Xiangqian Village best because Qian Longxin and Zhao Xiaobei were educated youth there.
The head of Xiangqian Village is old and frail, and is no longer suitable to be the head of the village. But if we rashly lay him off, and he dies because he can't bear the stimulation, it will lead to enmity.
Therefore, the person sent down from above is first arranged to be the deputy. As for whether he can replace the old village chief, it depends on his own ability.
The new secretary of the commune couldn't help but shake his head. The old secretary was right. Although he had been promoted to secretary, the old secretary still asked him to listen more to Li Huan's opinions.
"Secretary Gao, there is one more thing. The long-distance bus from our county to Chuncheng only runs once a day, which seems to be too few. If there is an emergency, we have to wait for another day, which is too inconvenient."
"What do you think we should do?"
"I'll write an application report. The number of buses to Spring City will be increased from one to two per day, one at 7 a.m. and one at 12 noon. The same applies for the return trip."
"My goodness, this doesn't mean we need to add two more vehicles. This is a passenger car, not a bicycle cart. Do you think this is okay?"
"How can a man say no? I'll draft it and you'll stamp it. Since the higher-ups trust us so much, we must do something to show them."
Director Gao felt uneasy, thinking that this was not doing anything, it seemed like he was committing suicide.
"Oh, Secretary Gao, I propose that the villagers of Xiangyang Village take on the task of raising pigs. The higher-ups want to develop the economy, so of course we have to start with people's livelihood."
"Pig raising mission, this..."
Director Gao was a little confused. With five villages, how many pigs should be raised? And how to calculate the sales volume? It seemed a bit cheap to sell them to the state, and would selling them to private individuals violate the policy
"Other villages should also develop together, such as raising chickens, ducks, rabbits, or doing side businesses. As long as you use your brain, there is nothing you can't do."
"How to start a side job?"
"Xiangrong Village seems to be planting sugarcane, so let them make sugar in the village. As for how to make sugar, we can hire a teacher and set up a workshop to do it."
"Xiangshui Village has abundant water resources, so let them raise fish and build fish ponds."
Secretary Gao broke out in sweat on his forehead. He felt that Li Huan was just promising him a lot. The cake had many different shapes and looked delicious, but he didn't know if he could really finish it.
Li Huan saw Secretary Gao looking at a loss and smiled triumphantly. He looked like this last night as well. These words were told to him by Cheng Qiao.
For those who have lived a second life, they certainly know how many opportunities to make money are waiting for them after the reform and opening up, but everyone just doesn’t know how to make use of them.
It is true that they raise pigs and chickens, but not in Xiangyang Village. Instead, it is in a rural area near Chuncheng. After only a few years of development, the area has become extremely wealthy, and every household has built a three-story tiled house.
And most importantly, Cheng Qiao remembered that in 1982 or 1983 in her previous life, all the communes were abolished and converted into township governments. This was the best time for Li Huan to escape.
Secretary Gao looked at Li Huan's smiling face and was confused for a moment. How come he had not thought of anything in the position of secretary for half a year
This guy reported for work on his first day and didn’t even have his work permit processed, but he had so many ideas. No wonder the old secretary told him to listen to him, and he was right.
"Li Huan, do you really think these things can be done?"
"Yes, you can help me with the formalities and I will write the report."
"Why… "
A commune secretary personally helped the director Li Huan to handle the formalities and handle personnel and financial matters, which confused everyone in the commune. Who exactly was the secretary
Applications were submitted one after another, but basically all of them fell on deaf ears. Secretary Gao felt much more relieved, because that was the right thing to do. There wasn't that much money available.
Besides, everything Li Huan proposed was no small matter. If something went wrong, not only would the villagers’ property suffer losses, but they would also be in big trouble.
Li Huan was not discouraged at all. He knew that these proposals would make the county leaders feel uncomfortable but reluctant to let go. The tight financial situation was their weak point, but he had sponsorship.
Cheng Qiao's uncle Zhao Hui has been looking for investment projects. In addition to buying houses and shops, there is also the large wholesale market here, and it seems that he can't find a better investment.
A week later, Li Huan walked into the county government with materials for attracting investment. The first business that was approved was the pig farming business in Xiangyang Village, and he also finalized the position of Wang Xiangyang as the village chief.
When Wang Xiangyang took the position of village chief, the first thing he did was to ask Ermao to take out all the money in the village, as well as the subsidies that Li Huan had applied for before, and exchange them for a tractor with the approval slip.
When Aunt Wang heard the news, she was so happy that she went crazy. She rummaged through boxes and drawers to find something. She wanted to treat everyone, she wanted to set off firecrackers, and she wanted to show off everywhere, because she was finally the mother of the village chief.
The tractor was finally bought, and Li Huan specially hired a driver who could drive the tractor. The two discussed who would drive the tractor in the future.
As the sound of "thump thump thump" got closer, all the villagers of Xiangyang Village stood on both sides of the path to welcome them. Li Huan and Wang Xiangyang stood in the cargo box behind the tractor, waving their right hands arrogantly.
They originally wanted to wave their hands, but the road was not very smooth and the tractor tire hit a rock and bounced, almost causing both of them to fall off the tractor bed, so they could only hold the wall of the car with one hand and wave with the other.
Aunt Wang couldn't contain her excitement, so she ran out with a group of old ladies, waving small colorful flags that she had bought with her own money. The tractor driver was so scared that he quickly braked.
The car did brake, but Wang Xiangyang and Li Huan almost fell out of the truck bed. They looked at Aunt Wang with dissatisfaction, but Aunt Wang had no idea what was going on. She just kept shouting and taking the lead in dancing the yangge.