Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

Xu Zhigong smiled and said, "Okay, now let's give a warm round of applause to welcome the youth team leader Comrade Lin Zhengjun to deliver his inaugural speech!"

Wow!

There was warm applause from below.

Xu Zhigong held his hands together, waited for the applause to subside, and said loudly: "Why did I let Comrade Lin Zhengjun deliver the inaugural speech alone? It's not because I'm partial, but because he is in charge of the family and collective sideline development!"

"As you all know, it is very difficult to increase grain production and income due to the shortage of fertilizers, seeds, tractors and other agricultural materials."

"But we can't just sit back and wait, and we can't complain about everything. Instead, we need to take the initiative, use our smart minds and deft hands to create conditions, and blaze a new trail in sideline businesses and diversified operations!"

"Comrade Zhengjun is an expert in running a family sideline business! His sesame candy business is booming and is a model for the entire county!"

All the expectant eyes fell on Lin Zhengjun.

Tang Xiaofu was a little worried about Lin Zhengjun.

He is so young, and this must be his first time to give a public speech in front of so many people. I hope he will be so nervous that he can't speak.

But she soon realized that she was worrying too much.

In his previous life, Lin Zhengjun was a big shot who was on the rich list. He had more than a dozen companies of all sizes and hundreds of thousands of employees under him. He had seen all kinds of big scenes.

A small members' meeting was nothing to him.

Lin Zhengjun was not nervous at all. He tapped the microphone and said calmly, "I just checked the brigade's accounts. Among all the production teams, the one with the most funds in the account is Team 264, with 25 yuan. The one with the least is Team , with a total of yuan!"

"The funds in the brigade's account totaled 200 yuan, and the only electrical appliances were a big speaker and three flashlights!"

"My only mechanical equipment is a tractor and a bicycle, both of which are Red Flag, a miscellaneous brand, and not as good as mine!"

There was a burst of good-natured laughter from the audience.

Everyone was attracted by Lin Zhengjun's speech. Lin Zhengjun did not use any empty words, but only down-to-earth analysis.

"The situation is pressing, comrades!"

"The brigade is too poor. We don't even have money to buy agricultural supplies. We can't even afford fertilizers and pesticides. How can we increase production and income?"

"We can't even withdraw our housing fund or public welfare fund. The classrooms in the village primary school have been in disrepair for a long time. The roof leaks and the wind leaks in from all sides. When winter comes, the breeze pierces the room like a knife. The children's hands are so cold that they are cracked and festering, and they are swollen like carrots. When the rainy season comes, it rains heavily outside and lightly inside!"

Hearing this, many members' eyes turned red.

Children are the apple of every parent’s eye!

"We rural kids are tough and can endure hardships, but what if the classroom collapses one day and something happens to the kids?"

Everyone in the audience was shocked, and the desire to change the status quo became even more urgent!

"Without the public welfare fund, we can't help the needy. Wei Hongbing's grandmother, her three children all died in the Korean War. She is the mother of a hero and the glory of our brigade!"

"But has our brigade ever given her a penny of aid over the years? No! She is left alone with Wei Hongbing, starving and having no money to see a doctor when she is sick!"

Wei Hongbing was the first to cry!

"Look at how thin she is. Don't we feel guilty?"

Everyone looked at Grandma Wei Hongbing's dark, skinny face, and her hands covered with calluses and scars, and felt distressed and ashamed, and their defenses broke down.

Many male members shed tears.

Many female members were crying and gasping for breath.

Xu Zhigong looked at Lin Zhengjun in surprise!

He has such a great eloquence, without any flowery or empty words, yet has the power to move people!

This kid is an all-rounder!

Tang Xiaofu's eyes also sparkled.

The way Lin Zhengjun spoke made her feel the leadership style that could only be found in senior officials of Yenching University.

Zhao Xueruo and other educated youth all showed admiration on their faces.

Lin Zhengjun was about the same age as them, but his steady demeanor and eloquent speech completely blew them away.

Lin Zhengjun said: "After talking about the collective, let's talk about the living conditions of the members. I want to ask, how much did everyone earn last year, how long has it been since you last ate meat, and how long has it been since you last ate white flour buns!"

A member of the production team stood up and said excitedly: "Last year, the dividends totaled 36 yuan. From the Chinese New Year to now, I haven't eaten meat or white flour buns. Even so, my income is still relatively high in our production team!"

There was another round of laughter from the audience. When they were full of hope, they didn't think such a small income was pitiful.

Another member named Wei Hongqi stood up and said, "I have many children and my wife is ill with ascites. I have to rely on myself to earn work points. After the grain was distributed last year, I still owed the brigade 30 kilograms of grain and yuan, and I still haven't paid it back yet!"

"Three children only have one pair of torn pants. Whoever goes out wears them, and the two children at home have to go bare-bottomed. My daughter has grown up, and she felt embarrassed, so she hanged herself last month. Fortunately, we found her in time..."

He was a man of eight feet tall, and he covered his face and cried inconsolably.

This time, no one laughed, and many people cried out loud!

It’s really too hard and too poor!

"Okay, Wei Hongqi, you're right, sit down!"

Lin Zhengjun slammed the table and said loudly: "This is what I am most dissatisfied with the team!"

"The members work so hard, but their income is not enough to buy their children new clothes for the New Year. They can't even afford to eat meat or even a few steamed buns. I also learned that some members' children have to borrow five yuan from relatives to pay for tuition and textbooks in school!"

"Our brigade is too poor. It's hard for young members to find wives. There are 22 young men in the brigade who are still unmarried at the age of . How can we carry on our family line and live up to our ancestors?"

There was another round of echoes from the audience!

After all, what members care most about is their own income.

Lin Zhengjun's words really touched their hearts and gained unprecedented strong resonance.

I have no money and can’t even find a wife. Even a sow looks pretty to me. It’s so uncomfortable to sleep alone at night!

"Since I am the captain of the youth team, I must achieve some results!"

Lin Zhengjun stood up, put one hand on his waist, waved his hand, and said loudly: "I promise that I will lead everyone to develop family and collective sideline businesses, feed back agricultural production, and achieve increased production and income!"

"In the future, everyone's granaries will be full of food, everyone will be well fed and clothed, eat fat meat, and even buy bicycles and build big tiled houses;"

"Repair the classrooms in the village primary school so that the children can study in a spacious and bright classroom and wear new clothes during the Chinese New Year;"

"The provident fund has enough public welfare funds, so poor families and lonely elderly people can get help. If they are sick, they have money to see a doctor, and if they are old, there will be someone to take care of them..."

Wow!

There was thunderous applause from the audience, and everyone was longing for the wonderful life that Lin Zhengjun described!

But some people showed shock and doubt on their faces. Is it possible for everyone to have enough food and warm clothes, for every family to live in a brick house and have a bicycle?

“Zhengjun, it’s not that I don’t believe you, it’s just that it’s not difficult for you to get rid of poverty and become rich on your own!”

Wei Hongqi couldn't help but say, "But it's not that easy to get everyone motivated! Can we really live like this?"

"can!"

Lin Zhengjun said firmly: "As long as everyone believes in me, cooperates with the team's arrangements, rolls up their sleeves and works hard, I promise that everything I say can be realized!"

At this time, the new women's director Zou Chunfang stood up and said, "Captain Lin, we are all willing to follow you, but you have been talking for a long time, do you have any specific solutions?"

The supporting actor is here!

Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "Director Zou asked a good question. One part is planning, and nine parts are implementation. The implementation is important, but also difficult. In fact, I do have a specific idea for developing a collective sideline business, which is to make canned yellow peaches in syrup!"

As soon as this statement came out, the audience was in an uproar.

"Canned peaches in syrup?"

"Well, isn't that something that can only be made by a large state-owned factory?"

"We're just a bunch of peasants, okay?"

The passion and expectation on the members' faces disappeared, and they all showed doubt and worry!