Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

In a blink of an eye, more than 400 adult members and educated youth came to the open space in front of the brigade department.

The expansion of the youth cooperative is undoubtedly the issue that the members are most concerned about.

Almost every moment they had, everyone discussed how big the expansion would be, how much capital would be absorbed, who would be eligible to join and buy shares, and how much salary one could get for participating in factory construction.

After all, the youth cooperatives have opened up sales channels in Yanjing, canned yellow peaches and sesame candies are in great demand, and the members have seen the huge profits. Whether they are shareholders or workers, it is much better than farming.

The brigade cadres also brought out two tables, put tea cups on them, and pulled out microphones. Lin Zhengjun, Xu Zhigong, Lin Bingde and Wei Mingxuan took their seats on the rostrum.

Everyone was looking at Lin Zhengjun on the stage with anticipation. Lin Bingde didn't even need to remind them. The discipline in the meeting place was very good. It could be described as so silent that you could hear a pin drop.

Lin Bingde presided over the meeting and said with a smile: "This time, the director of the commune, Comrade Xu Zhigong, came to the meeting in person, which shows that the commune attaches great importance to our Hewan Brigade Youth Cooperative. Now, please invite Comrade Xu Zhigong to give a speech!"

As he spoke, he placed the microphone in front of Xu Zhigong.

"Crash!"

There was a burst of warm applause from the crowd.

"Comrade members, fellow educated youth, I still remember the last time we established the Youth Food Cooperative."

Xu Zhigong laughed and said, "At that members' meeting, everyone still had doubts about Comrade Zhengjun. They thought that the food cooperative could not be established and canned yellow peaches could not be produced. Even if they could be produced, the quality would not be very good and they could not be sold. There were quite a few people who made sarcastic remarks and jumped out to criticize us!"

Xu Zhigong continued, "But this time, the enthusiasm of everyone in the expansion of the food cooperative is very high! Has everyone's mind been liberated? Has the small peasant mentality been eliminated? Has awareness been raised?"

His words, which were both punitive and critical, made many members look ashamed.

"I don't think so!"

Xu Zhigong smiled and said: "In fact, it was Comrade Lin Zhengjun who dared to be a fighter who overcame difficulties and was not a clay Buddha who was afraid of wind and rain. With the spiritual realm of "success does not have to be mine", but the historical responsibility of "success must have my contribution", he made every effort to promote the establishment and operation of the Youth Food Cooperative, devised practical measures, made practical policies, did practical things, and sought practical results. He followed through to the end, implemented them and achieved results, and broke out a new path for the development of the collective economy."

"His actions have proven to us that this path is feasible. Everyone has seen the benefits of joining the cooperative, and their enthusiasm has soared!"

"Comrade Lin Zhengjun, this is really not easy!"

"I think, first of all, let us express our sincere congratulations and high respect to Comrade Lin Zhengjun for his contribution to the Youth Food Cooperative with warm applause!"

Wow!

There was a sudden burst of warm applause from the crowd. Everyone clapped hard, with looks of admiration on their faces.

"Next, Comrade Lin Zhengjun will introduce the expansion plan to everyone!" Xu Zhigong praised Lin Zhengjun a few more words and ended his speech.

Expectant and excited eyes were fixed on Lin Zhengjun.

Everyone listened attentively, with expectant and nervous looks on their faces.

Lin Zhengjun took the microphone and said, "This expansion plan includes the construction of more than 20 factories and warehouses, the purchase of equipment, and working capital. A total of yuan will be needed!"

"Fifty thousand yuan! Zhengjun is really generous!" Many members of the community suddenly widened their eyes and smacked their lips in amazement.

"With so much money, we must have a chance to buy shares!" Someone looked happy.

Lin Zhengjun continued, "This time, we plan to raise funds from a total of 40 members, including brigade cadres and more than members of the youth cooperative. Everyone is eligible to buy shares."

"Other members who want to buy shares should first report their names and the amount of shares to the brigade headquarters, and the brigade cadres will review and select them."

As soon as Lin Zhengjun said this, the entire meeting room fell silent. No one had expected this result.

Then, all the members were furious.

"No way! There are only a dozen new members who are qualified to join the club!"

“That’s not enough!”

"Fifty thousand yuan! How can a dozen members collect such a large amount of money?" one member asked in surprise.

This is a far cry from what everyone imagines.

Everyone originally thought that in order to raise so much money, it would take one or two hundred people to join the society to make it a success.

After all, most people are not rich nowadays and don’t have much savings, so it’s considered good if they can get one or two hundred yuan.

Wu Changshun's face was gloomy, and he snorted coldly: "Why not? Lin Zhengjun has made tens of thousands of yuan by himself, and he can build a youth food cooperative by himself!"

"I understand. He doesn't allow anyone to join the club because he wants to eat alone!"

Chen Laoshi suddenly understood, his face flushed with anger, he stabbed his hoe into the ground, pointed at Lin Zhengjun and shouted: "Lin Zhengjun, you are too despicable and shameless, you just want to be a capitalist and exploit everyone! I'm going to report him to the commune!"

"No, we can't go to the commune. Xu Zhigong has agreed. We have to go to the county. But even going to the county won't work. County Magistrate Bai is on good terms with him..."

Chen Laoshi's voice became smaller and smaller, and he suddenly felt a little numb.

Damn, this Lin Zhengjun is much harder to deal with than those old beasts from the Wei family. He really has all the connections!

I feel like a dog biting a hedgehog, with no idea where to start.

Wu Changshun shouted angrily: "There is one more thing. Let's be fair. All the educated youth are eligible to join the commune, but there are only about thirty local members who are eligible. Lin Zhengjun is really biased!"

"The regular army just looks down on us peasants!"

"It's great to be educated, it's great to be from the city, Lin Zhengjun is just scorning the poor and loving the rich, out of touch with the masses, don't you think, if we didn't vote for you, would you be qualified to be the youth captain?"

These two guys were quite inflammatory. For a moment, many members shouted angrily, venting their dissatisfaction.

Lin Zhengjun looked at everyone calmly and said, "Everyone, be quiet and listen to me!"

Chen Laoshi and Wu Changshun were still cursing, and the crowd was noisy and in an uproar.

"Oh!"

Lin Zhengjun slammed the table with great authority, making a loud noise, and cursed: "Damn it, can we still have a proper meeting? Those who don't want to attend the meeting, get out, and don't come to sign up for the factory building in the future. You are unorganized and undisciplined, and you are not qualified to be a worker!"

Everyone shuddered with fear, looked at Lin Zhengjun in horror, and fell completely silent.

Lin Zhengjun leaned back in his chair and said loudly, "Don't you feel guilty for saying that I favor the educated youth?"

"When the cooperative was first established and we were raising funds for the first time, I begged you to contribute money to join the cooperative, but you all refused to participate. However, you educated youth trusted me and were willing to join even if you had to borrow money!"

"Also, I look down on peasants? I am out of touch with the masses? Was Wei Hongqi richer than you? Wasn't his family three generations of poor peasants?"

"But he trusted me and supported me in the beginning. He was willing to go to the county town to sell blood in order to become a shareholder of the cooperative. Did I stop him from joining? Not only did I welcome him to join the cooperative with open arms, I also gave him the highest dividend!"

After these words were spoken, everyone was speechless!