Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

At the bottom of the stairs, a young man shouted, "Who are you? Why should I listen to you?"

Lin Zhengjun said: "Don't worry about who I am, I can solve your yellow peach sales problem anyway!"

The young man was stunned for a moment and asked, "How do you want to solve it?"

"Zhang Yang, his name is Lin Zhengjun, he's a second-rate guy!"

"He is from the River Bend Brigade and is nicknamed 'Three Work Points'!"

Before Lin Zhengjun could say anything, someone in the audience recognized him.

"Get lost! What are you doing here, you second-rate guy?"

The young man named Zhang Yang cursed immediately.

"That's right, you are just a second-rate member, what are you bragging about? You can't even untie your belt to solve our yellow peach sales problem!"

"You're just bragging. How did you solve it? What? You're such a big eater. Can you finish all our tens of thousands of kilograms of yellow peaches?"

"Get out of here now, don't waste your time!"

The crowd burst into laughter and started to make a noise.

Look at what happened... Lin Zhengjun was a little embarrassed.

I was so disappointing before that my bad reputation spread to the neighboring team.

Everyone ignored Lin Zhengjun and continued to attack Xu Zhigong and Hao Jianguo. The crowd was excited and waved their carrying poles and smashed them hard, like they were playing whack-a-mole.

"There's a bumper crop of yellow peaches now, why don't you pick some!"

"Yes, if you don't accept it, who are we going to sell it to?"

"Fellow villagers, this is indeed our negligence in our work!"

Hao Jianguo held his head in his hands and tried to persuade them: "The mountains of Linhe Brigade are at a high altitude and the temperature is low, so the yellow peaches mature later. By the time everyone's yellow peaches are harvested, it will be mid-September. The weather is cold and they won't be able to sell at all!"

"In order to sell the products to you, I have been running around all the units in the county these days. My legs have become thinner, but I still managed to sell tens of thousands of kilograms!"

"I implore all members to raise their awareness, understand our difficulties, and work together to overcome the difficulties..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the members were completely furious.

"Enlightenment? I want to be paid a few dozen yuan a month like you, and have no worries about food and clothing. My enlightenment is higher than yours!"

"You blindly gave orders in order to achieve political achievements, and now we have to bear all the responsibility!"

"We don't care. We must buy it according to the contract price. It's 1.7 cents per pound. We won't take even a pound less!"

"If you dare not accept it, I will beat you to death!"

The members rushed towards Hao Jianguo like a tide. Several salesmen who were maintaining order quickly stopped them and started pushing and shoving them.

Zhang Yang picked up the yellow peach from the basket and threw it over.

Bang!

Hao Jianguo was hit all over the face, and he covered his nose and screamed in pain, looking so miserable.

"Haha, good fight!"

"I'm going to smash them to death with yellow peaches today!"

The crowd burst into laughter, becoming more and more agitated and crazy, and they all picked up yellow peaches and threw them over.

"Calm down, folks!"

"Let's talk it over nicely. Hitting people is against the law!"

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Hao Jianguo and Xu Zhigong became increasingly uneasy and wanted to escape.

"Everyone stop it, I know you are anxious, but please don't be impatient!"

At this time, Lin Zhengjun stood up again, put one hand on his waist, waved his hand with great momentum, and said: "What's the use of your anxiety? Even if we kill them now, can we sell the yellow peaches?"

He said loudly and firmly: "Everyone, trust me. Give me five minutes to discuss this with Director Xu and Director Hao. I will definitely be able to solve the problem of your unsalable yellow peaches. If I can't solve it, I will break my promise. You can beat me, scold me, kill me, or chop me up as you please. I will never fight back!"

Everyone was stunned by Lin Zhengjun's domineering words.

For a moment, they looked at each other in disbelief!

Hao Jianguo stood up to endorse Lin Zhengjun, saying loudly: "As the old saying goes, a man should be looked at with new eyes after three days of absence. Don't look at him with old eyes! Comrade Lin Zhengjun is not just a three-point worker, but a model of family sideline production recognized by the county supply and marketing general cooperative. He makes more than 2,000 yuan a month by making hemp candy and selling mountain products. He has bought three turns and one ring, and four large tiled houses are about to be built!"

The crowd was silent, completely stunned by this terrifying number!

"Is this true? He made over 2,000 yuan a month, which is equivalent to my income for 20 years!"

"I guess it's true. I heard a little bit about it."

"I just saw him. He came here on a bicycle and was wearing a golden watch!"

"Yes, I saw a large tiled house on the hill behind. It was very impressive. I heard it belonged to Lin Zhengjun!"

“That’s awesome!”

Everyone couldn't believe it, and then they looked carefully at Lin Zhengjun's watch, dacron shirt and bicycle, with expressions of shock and envy on their faces, and at the same time they also began to trust Lin Zhengjun!

Seeing that everyone's emotions had calmed down, Xu Zhigong hurriedly said, "Comrades, Comrade Lin Zhengjun is an expert in sideline businesses and diversified operations. He has a quick mind and is knowledgeable and educated. Maybe he can help us come up with some ideas!"

"Come on, calm down and listen to what Lin Zhengjun has to say."

"He's so good at making money, what a capable person! Maybe he can really help us find a market for it!"

After a while of whispering, the crowd gradually quieted down.

"Five minutes is just five minutes! Let them discuss it. If they can't come up with a set of rules, we will give them a good beating!" Zhang Yang said with his neck stiff.

Lin Zhengjun and the other two walked into the supply and marketing cooperative. Hao Jianguo anxiously asked, "Zhengjun, what are your plans? What are your sales channels? Tell me quickly!"

“Canning!”

"You should take a break!"

Hao Jianguo was disappointed and shook his head, saying, "There is no canning factory in our county. If we want to sell fruit, we have to find one in the city!"

"As soon as summer arrives, all kinds of fruits are harvested. The city canning factory has been running at full capacity since June and has not stopped at all. I asked them about it, but they clearly said that they have no spare production lines and are unwilling to accept any more!"

"Who said we should sell it to the cannery? I will produce it myself!"

Lin Zhengjun said: "Currently, a 500-gram can of syrupy fruit can be sold for 1 yuan on the market, and popular products such as lychees and yellow peaches can be sold for 5 yuan."

"I need 370 grams of pure fruit pulp, and I estimate that fresh fruit is 400 grams. The best yellow peaches are cents per pound, so the cost is cents. Add the glass jar, sugar water and labor costs, and the cost is estimated to be cents. With four times the profit, wouldn't you be stupid not to do it?"

"This is a good idea!"

Xu Zhigong's eyes sparkled with excitement, and he slapped his thigh and said, "Zhengjun is really bold and daring. Since the cannery won't accept us, why don't we set up a cannery cooperative ourselves!"

"Zhengjun, canned fruit, do you know the technique?"

Hao Jianguo frowned and said, "For example, sterilization and quality preservation? If the quality is not good, you will be in vain for a month's work!"

“Haha, this thing doesn’t require any technical content. It involves pre-cooking and sterilization, high-temperature steaming and sterilization, and negative air pressure formed by rapid cooling, that’s it.” Lin Zhengjun said with a smile.

Xu Zhigong and Hao Jianguo looked at each other and nodded slowly.

Although this method is a bit risky, there seems to be no better way now!

"I can help you with the canning problem. Our commune's collective glass products factory has a large backlog of canning bottles, and we haven't been able to sell them. The price is negotiable!" said Xu Zhigong.

"Okay!" Lin Zhengjun was not surprised.

He had heard about this matter a long time ago. The unsale of cans had become a laughing stock of the entire commune. From then on, no one wanted to engage in collective handicraft industry.

"The county supply and marketing cooperative will help you with the sugar, citric acid and **!" Hao Jianguo also patted his chest.

"By the way, how many unsaleable yellow peaches are there in Linhe Brigade?" Lin Zhengjun asked.

"Their total output is about 100,000 catties. The Supply and Marketing Cooperative helped sell some of it. Currently, there are about 60,000 catties that are unsold. There are 20,000 catties on site, and there are estimated to be 40,000 catties on the trees, and they are almost ripe!" said Hao Jianguo.

"Sixty thousand kilograms. Excluding the bad ones of poor quality, there are probably fifty thousand kilograms of good fruit!" Lin Zhengjun felt mixed emotions when he heard this.

The good news is that he only needs to can all the yellow peaches and sell them, and he won’t have to do anything else this year and will earn tens of thousands of yuan, easily crossing the ten thousand yuan mark!

The worrying thing is that yellow peaches have a shelf life, and the 20,000 kilograms must be produced within five days, which is a small challenge for production organization!

After all, there was no factory or skilled workers now, and Lin Zhengjun was building a huge building from scratch!

Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "Director Xu, if you want me to deal with this batch of unsalable yellow peaches, I have two conditions."

"Just tell me, as long as you can deal with this batch of yellow peaches, you will be my real father!" Xu Zhigong said anxiously.

"First, the purchase price of all the yellow peaches is about 10,000 yuan, and I only have 2,000 yuan in savings. I may have to go to the commune credit union to borrow 10,000 yuan!"

"No problem, interest-free loan!" Xu Zhigong agreed readily.

"Second, I want to hire the idle labor force of the brigade, 20 to 30 people, for a short period of time, just a dozen days. Director Xu, you have to protect me, but it can't be considered exploitation."

"That definitely can't be considered exploitation!"

Xu Zhigong said arrogantly: "You have saved the Linhe Brigade, helped our commune and the Supply and Marketing Cooperative solve a big problem, and brought happiness to the members. But you are still exploiting us. If anyone dares to show off, I will destroy him!"

"That's settled. Let's start sorting the fruits and weighing them for purchase!" said Lin Zhengjun.

Seeing him turn around and try to leave, Xu Zhigong grabbed him and said embarrassedly: "Zhengjun, I have a little idea for your reference!"

"If the leader has any instructions, feel free to tell me." Lin Zhengjun said with a smile.