Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

Lin Zhengjun said with a smile: "I have the People's Daily as my golden statue. Who in Huaibian County would dare to challenge me? Don't worry, I will be fine."

"Besides, in Huaibian County, brides are always picked up before dawn, so not many people will notice it."

Tang Xiaofu stopped talking, her heart full of sweetness.

"You make a phone call tomorrow and discuss it with Professor Zhou first so that I can notify the relatives and prepare the banquet. We also need to buy everything that needs to be bought." Lin Sanhuai said while smoking.

"The banquet cannot be prepared poorly. There must be chicken, fish, and meat, and the liquor must be either Moutai, Wuliangye, or Yangshao."

"Use Yangshao. People in our village recognize it and think it is a good wine. Even if you use Moutai or Wuliangye, they won't be able to tell the difference!" said Lin Sanhuai.

"Who do you want to invite, Master Chef?" Zhang Shuqin asked.

Lin Hongmei volunteered, "Mom and Dad, let me do it! I've finished my confinement and will be opening a restaurant soon, so this is a good opportunity to practice!"

"That's fine!" Lin Sanhuai nodded: "Besides relatives, who else should we invite?"

"All the adults and children in the whole brigade should come, and every household should place a notice!"

Lin Zhengjun said: "Especially the lonely elderly people in the village, whether they are related to us or not, please invite them to dinner."

"Except for relatives, we won't charge any money for anyone who comes, we just want to make it lively and festive. But in the future, if there is a happy event in their family, we will go and give gifts and eat at the banquet!"

"That means we have to invite everyone in the village, which means 800 people. Add relatives and friends, it will be estimated to be 900 people, and we need 90 tables. According to your banquet standards, each table will cost 20 yuan, which means nearly yuan! Do you really want to do this?" Lin Hongmei was shocked.

Lin Sanhuai estimated it in his mind and felt a little painful.

If what Lin Zhengjun said was true, it would cost at least three thousand yuan to marry this daughter-in-law.

After all, I have already invested more than 1,200 yuan in the house.

Adding the cost of the wedding banquet, even three thousand yuan is not enough.

You have to know that these days, for an average family to marry a wife, all the expenses are at most two or three hundred yuan, and some people only spend one or two hundred yuan to bring someone home.

Zhang Shuqin was even more puzzled and said, "If we don't collect membership fees, we will be at a great disadvantage!"

"Zheng Jun has his reasons for doing this!"

Lin Sanhuai thought for a while before nodding and saying, "I just want to use this opportunity to give the villagers some benefits. I don't want to be known as a rich but unkind person!"

"Last time when the cooperative joined, many members who had not joined did not understand and were upset. They said you were eating alone. This time you can shut them up. Everyone has a scale in their heart!"

Hearing this, Zhang Shuqin said nothing.

"Xiao Fu, take it!" Lin Zhengjun took out the two thousand yuan from Zhou Shoucheng and handed it to Tang Xiaofu.

"What are you doing for me? Isn't this a dowry?"

"It's a dowry, yes, but you have to keep it for yourself!" Lin Zhengjun said with a smile.

Zhou Shoucheng and his wife were kind and righteous. They took back the betrothal gifts intact and even gave some extra money, but Lin Zhengjun could not monopolize even this small amount of money.

"Zhengjun, I don't need money. I have royalties, and you let me own shares in the cooperative, that's big money!" Tang Xiaofu said.

"Hey, don't argue with me. I've already earned royalties from Hong Kong. Do I need this little money?" Lin Zhengjun said domineeringly.

"Xiao Fu, just take it. Otherwise, Zhengjun will get angry and be unhappy again." Zhang Shuqin advised.

"Okay, then I'll keep it first. I'll give it to you when you need it!" Tang Xiaofu had no choice but to accept it.

While they were discussing, Wei Hongbing, Lin Tiedan, Wu Shuanzhu, Zhao Laipi and a few other brats strolled in.

"Ha! The top scholar is back. Come on, let's go to my house for a drink and welcome you!" Wei Hongbing said with a smile.

"Let's go!"

Lin Zhengjun hadn't seen these friends for many days and missed them a little, so he readily agreed.

"You should drink less. You have been drinking all the time in Yanjing these days, every day!" Tang Xiaofu warned from behind.

"Don't worry, we won't let him drink too much." Wei Hongbing said with a smile.

After leaving the yard, Lin Zhengjun asked, "How is the construction of the factory going? Are you guys showing any positive performance?"

"We are at the construction site every day and have never been idle. The factory building has been completed." Wei Hongbing said with a smile.

"So fast?" Lin Zhengjun was shocked.

Wei Hongbing said: "In order to speed up the progress, Wei Shuangxi not only hired people from our team, but also from Linhe Team and other teams. At the most, there were more than 300 people working at the construction site at the same time. They were all experienced and capable people. They were paid 50 cents a day and had three meals a day. They worked very hard!"

"Let's go! Take a look!"

Lin Zhengjun walked towards the factory building in the back mountain.

In an area below the new house on the back hill, more than twenty factories have sprung up in four rows.

The wall is only half built and not completely sealed, so you can see what's inside.

The factory area is divided into functional areas including office area, raw material area, production workshop, storage area, employee canteen and dormitory.

The houses are made of blue bricks and red tiles, are spacious and bright, have glass windows, cement floors, and even small flower beds, making them look presentable.

The Fire Temple warehouse will not be wasted and can be used as a backup warehouse.

Seeing Lin Zhengjun coming over, Wei Shuangxi, who was cleaning up construction waste, came over with a shovel and said with a smile: "Zhengjun, you're back?"

"came back."

Lin Zhengjun gave him a cigarette and said, "The factory building is almost finished, and the progress is quite fast."

"We have to be quick. Three days after you left, the County Supply and Marketing Cooperative came to urge us twice, saying that Yanjing called again to order more goods..." Wei Shuangxi said with a smile.

“When will the equipment be delivered to the factory?”

"It's almost dry, so we can bring the equipment in now. Currently the equipment is kept in the warehouse of the Fire God Temple!" Wei Shuangxi took the cigarette and lit it up.

Lin Zhengjun asked: "Did we overspend on building the factory?"

"The original estimate was 30,000 yuan, but we actually spent 27,000 yuan. This was mainly because when we were purchasing bricks, sand, cement and other materials, Director Xu Zhigong went with us and helped us negotiate the price and gave us a discount," Wei Shuangxi said with a smile.

Lin Zhengjun asked: "How are the educated youths doing?"

"They are very active and hardworking. The male educated youth come to the construction site to work, and the female educated youth follow Chunfang to collect fish, smoke fish and prepare various spices. They are not squeamish at all." Wei Shuangxi said with a smile.

In fact, Lin Zhengjun has already trained Wei Shuangxi as the future leader of the Hewan Brigade production base.

In his heart, he is undoubtedly closest to Wei Hongbing and his friends.

But in terms of overall quality, Wei Shuangxi is currently the best, while Wei Hongbing and others still need to hone their skills and grow.

"How's the smoked fish?"

"Some time ago, the reservoir was opened to release water, and the communities along the river downstream were all fishing. Chunfang led the team to collect fish. We collected more than 10,000 kilograms of fish and spent about 4,000 yuan. The finished smoked fish should weigh 7,000 to 8,000 kilograms."

Wei Shuangxi said: "It's not easy. I get up early and go to bed late every day. I didn't come back for lunch at noon. I just ate some steamed bread and drank some boiled water..."

"Where's the smoked fish?"

"Also in the Fire Temple warehouse."

"Let's go and have a look!"

Arrive at the Fire Temple warehouse and open the door of the warehouse.

There were tall wooden racks with brand new mats laid out in layers, and on them were pieces of golden smoked fish cut into long strips.

A rich aroma of smoked fish filled his nose. Lin Zhengjun picked up a piece, tore off a strand of fish meat and put it in his mouth to taste it. It was chewy, springy, salty and delicious.

Based on Lin Zhengjun's experience, this smoked fish must be of very good quality. After simple frying and packaging, it can be put on the market for sale.

In addition, there are several baskets of spices such as dried chili peppers, bay leaves and star anise, which also look of good quality.

Out of the Fire Temple warehouse.

Seeing Wei Shuangxi's thin face and dishevelled appearance, he must have suffered a lot during this period. Lin Zhengjun said with a smile, "Let's go and have a drink!"

"Damn it, the construction waste hasn't been cleared away yet. Production is important and we can't wait." Wei Shuangxi wanted to slip away.

"You have to take care of your health, combine work and rest, and take a rest today!" Lin Zhengjun pulled him away.

"All right!"

Feeling Lin Zhengjun's heartfelt concern, Wei Shuangxi felt touched and agreed.