GBP Chapter 471 Never happen again
Chapter 471 Never happen again
In Shen Zhiqiu's opinion, the county magistrate's office today was almost as busy as Lord Mao's.
There were temporary tables on both sides, and the county magistrate and clerks were also working on the spot. Ever since they came in, the knocking sounds had never stopped, and the tables were banging "bang bang bang".
Whatever is decided here, just take it over there and press the card.
Seeing Shen Zhiqiu coming in, County Magistrate He called out, "Did someone give you news so soon?"
"Ok?"
Shen Zhiqiu was stunned by this question.
But County Magistrate He didn't have time to keep the secret, so he told them directly: "The notice just came down from above, asking you to deliver a batch of plastic cotton to the Warehouse Office within ten days."
"Didn't you say it would be delivered once a month?"
"Other things can wait a month, but plastic cotton can't. Once you send it in, it will be distributed immediately. Otherwise, how long will it take to make cotton clothes and quilts and send them to the north?"
It turned out that other clothing merchants were busy making cotton-padded clothes. He immediately replied:
"Okay, I'll make arrangements when I get home today, and try to get the villagers to work overtime. However, there are only 100 cotton machines in total, and it's impossible to produce more plastic cotton. Even if people can stand working day and night, the machines can't stand it!"
He County Magistrate obviously also knew this truth: "Okay, the Ministry of Revenue may add more cotton machines for you later, but you have to publicize the court's grain donation.
I know you don’t have any food in your fields right now, but you should also publicize the military supply village and its contributions to the court and the front lines.”
Shen Zhiqiu understood instantly that it was definitely a great political achievement for a county to have a military supply village.
It was seen that County Magistrate He came to their village every now and then. He was no less concerned about the plastic workshop than he was, and looked as if he was afraid that something might go wrong.
However, seeing that he had almost finished explaining everything, he hurriedly whispered his purpose to County Magistrate He.
He said that although Zhou Qian and his eldest son were not registered in their village, they had been helping to purchase various materials for their workshop, and he also planned to hand over the matter of delivering goods to the warehouse office to him in the future.
Of course, County Magistrate He is not a fool, and we cannot believe everything he says, but we can still give him face.
So the county magistrate did not ask any more questions and had Zhou Qian and his eldest brother's household registration moved to Tangjia Village, but he also said, "This will not happen again."
They both knew this very well, but if it wasn't to be a case of abuse, then it wouldn't happen again. To be honest, they had settled down not long ago and their relationships were in place, so there were only a few people that Shen Youyou or Shen Zhiqiu were concerned about.
Zhou Qian did it, but Chen Dongjia didn't need him because he had two younger sons who were not old enough for conscription.
There will be no conscription for labor service this time, and Chen Dongjia is the kind of person who can afford to pay the labor service.
As for the old man Yu who Shen Youyou is worried about, he is over the age of conscription and his little grandson at home is only seven or eight years old and is not within the scope of conscription at all.
Moreover, Old Yu has now occupied the stall where Shen Youyou and his friends had set up their stall. He and his wife set up a stall to sell shoe soles and hairpins. Their living conditions are getting better and better, so there is nothing to worry about.
Even if his grandson grows old and is conscripted, he only has one grandson, and the imperial court's conscription will not cut off the family line, and the little grandson's quota can be paid with food and money.
Zhou Qian and his son, as well as Zhou Qian's elder brother, who followed the whole process, were also extremely excited.
Zhou Qian was also extremely grateful in his heart. He didn't expect that at this critical moment, his brother Shen was still thinking about him.
However, after coming out of the government office, Shen Zhiqiu told him, "Brother Zhou, since you have been given the right to settle down in Tangjia Village, you and your elder brother should still buy a residential plot.
There are still two dilapidated yards in the village, some of which are used to make military rations for the front line, but you can buy them first.
Also, in the next few months, let’s bring my eldest brother and his family to the city instead of staying in the village.
Otherwise, if a village is expropriated and no one from your eldest brother's family leaves, some villagers might feel unbalanced and something else might happen."
Listening to his brother Shen's chatter, Zhou Qian lowered his head, not wanting to be seen crying, but tears fell to the ground one by one.
Unfortunately, his shaking shoulders from crying betrayed him.
His elder brother, a simple and honest man, also covered his face with his rough big hands, trying hard to suppress his sobs.
Zhou Hai even knelt down and kowtowed to Shen Zhiqiu.
Shen Zhiqiu immediately supported Zhou Qian with one hand and pulled Zhou Hai with the other: "Hurry up, there are pedestrians watching around, let's keep a low profile and don't let others guess anything."
He pulled Zhou Hai up and whispered to Zhou Qian, "The most important thing now is to bring Aunt and Brother's family to the county town. If living in the county town is not safe enough,
If you are afraid of being seen by others, you can move to Tangjia Village first. There are many rooms in the new workshop, and it is still large enough for your family to live in. "
Zhou Qian thought to himself: "Brother Shen is still so pragmatic and never says a word of nonsense."
But after his brother Shen gave a lot of instructions, he had to return quickly because there were still many things waiting for him at home.
Finally, he told her, "However, you and Hai Ge'er must report to Tangjia Village the day after tomorrow at the latest. I will make arrangements for you then."
He also pointed at the government office quietly and said: "County Magistrate He comes to the village every few days to inspect. He said before that you are one of us. It will be bad if we don't see you when the time comes."
Zhou Qian understood this principle without him explaining it, and nodded quickly, saying, "Tomorrow, I will take Dahai with me, and then ask my eldest brother and sister-in-law to bring me and my mother to live in the county, and my family will live in the village workshop, which will make it more convenient for us to work."
"Yes, that's it. Moving doesn't require any large or small bags. The village has everything."
After discussing the matter, Shen Zhiqiu left, but Zhou Qian told his son that we should always remember your uncle's kindness in the future. He also made a serious analysis:
"Your uncle didn't just exempt our family from labor service this time, he saved the lives of our entire family. As long as the situation does not change, our Zhou family... In short, in the future, we will risk our lives for your uncle."
Shen Zhiqiu returned to Tangjia Village and quickly entered the compressed biscuit workshop. There were six baking ovens on the first floor. Except for the entrance and exit doors, there were baking ovens all around.
There are sixteen in one room, and in the spacious open space in the middle is a huge workbench that can be used to knead dough and crush biscuits.
As for the machine for compressing biscuits, it is placed in a separate room. This machine can compress 120 biscuits at a time.
There is a separate female worker in charge. After the baked biscuits in other oven rooms are compressed, they are sent directly to this room for compression.
Shen Zhiqiu came here because the second floor of the biscuit workshop was empty and temporarily useless. He planned to tell his wife to let Zhou Qian and the others stay here when they arrived the next day or the day after tomorrow.
Anyway, there is a kang and a fire wall on the second floor.
Shen Youyou had joked before, "There's also a grill room downstairs, which is equivalent to floor heating. It must be warm to live here in winter."