The golden age began in 1977

Chapter 178 Director Qian, I want to report this.
Having successfully taken office, Qian Jin was already quite satisfied, even though he was still the acting director.

Regardless of what the leaders think of him, everyone in the Zidian Commune now looks at him with new respect.

He already has experience as a leader, and now that he's back in a leadership position, he knows what to do next.

Three fires for the new official to take office!
He chose to make his first move during a rural research trip.

However, the weather was not cooperating. The day after Liu Xinhui delivered the appointment notice, Haibin City welcomed its first spring rain.

They say spring rain is as precious as oil, but this year's first spring rain was quite heavy.

I don't know what the weather is like elsewhere, but in Zidian Commune, it's as if someone has poked a hole in the sky, and rain is pouring down incessantly.

The weather was gloomy, with thick, leaden clouds, making daytime seem like night—the perfect time for a plot.

With no one at the medical station in this weather, Li Weiguo went out to an old warehouse.

When he arrived, water droplets on his raincoat were dripping down in a stream. He looked up at the sky and saw that the lead-gray clouds were very low, like an overturned iron pot covering the Zidian Commune.

At the warehouse entrance, Chen Kai, a sales agent for the Shuangdai store of the Dachen Production Brigade, had his Liberation Shoes half-soaked and was constantly switching between his feet.

It can still be quite cold when it rains in spring.

"Old Li, we've been waiting for you." Chen Kai's face lit up with joy when he saw Li Weiguo arrive.

He was assigned to go outside to pick up people and keep watch, and that day really wore him out.

As Li Weiguo entered the warehouse, he glanced at both ends of the alley out of the corner of his eye.

It was overcast, rainy, and chilly; no one came out, and no one discovered their secret meeting.

Seeing this, Chen Kai breathed a sigh of relief. The economy brand cigarette he was holding had become soggy from the rain that it was almost impossible to light.

Chen Kai entered the warehouse and closed the door, the hinges of which creaked as if in a dying groan.

The old warehouse had no electricity; at this moment, there was only a GAZ lamp on the table in the middle.

The lights were dim, and seven or eight blurry figures were either standing or sitting. The damp air was filled with the sour smell of cheap tobacco and rubber shoes.

Wei Quanmin, the station manager of the Zidian Commune repurchase station, squatted on a stack of fertilizer bags, his enamel mug steaming, with tea stalks piled up at the bottom.

"The county's document has been issued?" Li Weiguo took off his raincoat and shook it, the water droplets splashing onto the muddy ground and turning into dark spots.

Accountant Zhang from the joint venture store took out a folded copy of the "Haibin Daily" from his pocket. On the bottom right corner of the front page of April 21, there was a small news item circled in red and blue pencil.

This daily newspaper has a dedicated section for recording notices of appointment and removal of cadres in government agencies, factories, and government departments.

He looked at Yu Zhenfeng, the person in charge of the store.

Yu Zhenfeng nodded calmly, and then showed the newspaper to the reporter.

Li Weiguo leaned over to take a look.

Wei Quanmin stood up, his protruding belly bulging the buttons of his faded Zhongshan suit tightly: "No need to look anymore, Qian Jin has now replaced Director Ma, damn it, he's sitting on Director Ma's throne!"

"That Qian Jin brat!" Accountant Zhang gritted his teeth, the newspaper trembling in his hand. "What happened to Director Ma? Has he really fallen for this bastard?"

"Does Qian Jin really have that much ability?"

Suddenly, lightning flashed across the sky.

The warehouse lit up briefly, and then the distant rumble of thunder reached their ears.

Zhao Ze'an, the sales agent of Shuangdai Store in Changgou Brigade, trembled as he struck the match, the flame casting a flickering shadow on his deeply lined face.

The old sales agent of this dual-agency store squatted by the door, like a tree stump hollowed out by insects.

Someone called out to him, "Old Zhao, you've been working with Director Ma for a long time, don't stay silent, say something!"

Zhao Ze'an took a drag of his cigarette and said with a wry smile, "If we're talking about who's been with Director Ma the longest, who can compare to Fatty Wang? But where is Fatty Wang now?"

"It's said he's going to be sentenced at the county public security bureau," someone sighed.

Li Weiguo sneered, "Who told him to lose control of his crotch? I knew he and that slut Cao Lihua weren't clean."

"Hmm, where is Cao Lihua?"

Chen Kai said, "She didn't come. I went to inform her of the meeting, and she immediately said, 'Did you inform Director Qian of the meeting? If not, I will go and inform him.'"

"That slut, she's probably already in that bastard Qian Jin's bed, and he's probably making her wet every night with his cock!"

He was practically gritting his teeth as he spoke.

Li Weiguo shook his head: "Do you think Qian Jin is like you? Do you think everyone wants to have an affair with Cao Lihua like you?"

"Let me tell you, I've met Qian Jin's girlfriend. Cao Lihua's face isn't even as pretty as her butt. She's from a real big city..."

"What the hell are you guys doing here today?" Wei Quanmin was furious.

He slammed his teacup down on the fertilizer bag and said, "Are we here today to discuss women or how to deal with Qian Jin?"

"Anyway, the list of spring farming supplies is all here." Li Weiguo pulled a stack of forms from his synthetic leather briefcase; the pages were damp and curled at the edges. "We're short twelve tons of pesticides, a third of ammonia fertilizer, and double-furrow plows..."

"Who the hell asked you that!" Wei Quanmin suddenly slammed his teacup on the ground, splashing tea leaves onto Accountant Zhang's trouser leg. "The important thing now is to figure out how to deal with Qian Jin. Are you really going to let him sit comfortably in the director's seat?"

"You fucking think this through. If he really becomes the director, all those dirty deeds we did with Director Ma will be found out sooner or later..."

The conversation abruptly ended.

Everyone looked in unison at the pile of sacks in the corner of the warehouse, where the purchasing weights that had been tampered with during last year's autumn harvest were hidden.

For a moment, no one spoke.

Rainwater leaked from the roof, forming small puddles on the muddy ground.

The rain is getting heavier.

The atmosphere was somber.

Li Weiguo pulled out a pack of Daqianmen cigarettes from his pocket and handed one to everyone present.
"Do you think we could take the initiative to confess to Director Qian and then pin all the blame on Ma Defu?"

Wei Quanmin glared and said, "What are you talking about? We are all cadres promoted by Director Ma!"

Li Weiguo muttered, "We're nothing but a bunch of lowly cadres."

Now that Qian Jin has taken office, he is most anxious because a few days ago Qian Jin came to him to check on the preparations for spring farming supplies, and he had been trying to fool Qian Jin.

Zhao Zean said, "We don't need to rush. Rushing makes it easy to make mistakes."

"Director Ma wasn't dismissed or arrested. We all know Director Ma's background, so we believe he can make a comeback."

"So what we need to do is help him make a comeback. We need to make sure Qian Jin can't stay in the director's position, and that Director Ma can get back in, otherwise..."

“Otherwise, without Director Ma, we’ll probably have a hard time.” Li Guo lit a match for Chen Kai next to him first, and then for himself.

Smoke quickly filled the small space.

Chen Kai took a deep breath, squinted his eyes, and said, "Qian Jin is a formidable guy. I think his background might be quite extraordinary as well."

"Think about it, he beat up Director Ma twice already."

Li Weiguo nodded: "I've been thinking about this too. You all know Director Ma's personality better than I do. Yet he was beaten up by Qian Jin twice and there was nothing he could do about it?"

“I even tried to subtly inquire with Liu Jianguo. Liu Jianguo didn’t dare to offend Qian Jin. He has ears everywhere and must know something.”

Wei Quanmin said, "I don't believe Qian Jin's background is comparable to the Pang family behind Director Ma. Director Ma is really something else; he rose to power because of the Pang family, and we also rely on the Pang family for our livelihood, yet he cheated on his wife with a nurse in the county town..."

"Shh!" Chen Kai gestured for silence. "We can't talk about this now. Let's not talk about them, let's talk about ourselves first."

"What should we do? Qian Jin is a new official, and he's bound to make a big splash in his new role."

Wang Dalong squatted in the corner and said in a muffled voice, "What can he do to us? We haven't done anything seriously wrong."

Li Weiguo sneered: "No mistakes? Old Wei's 'losses' at the purchasing station, Old Chen's 'internal special supplies' at the store, and my medical station's 'reserve medicines'—which one of them can withstand scrutiny?"

"When Director Ma was around, he turned a blind eye, but now that he's replaced him with the 'iron-fisted' Qian Jin, hehe."

Wang Dalong's eyes darted around.

He cursed inwardly.

Oh, you guys get so many benefits all the time? I haven't enjoyed any of these benefits, and now I don't have to be afraid like you are!
The warehouse fell silent for a moment, with only the sound of rain dripping from the eaves.

None of them were particularly capable.

They kept smoking and sighing, clearly not knowing how to deal with Qian Jin.

Originally, it was Director Ma who was going to deal with Qian Jin, but in the end, Director Ma was dismissed.

Director Ma had previously arranged for Fatty Wang to contact them to deal with Qian Jin, but Fatty Wang ended up being sentenced.

What can they do?
"How about we cause him some trouble?" Chen Kai said, scratching his head. "Spring plowing has started. If there's even a small problem with fertilizer, pesticides, or farm tools, it'll be enough to give him a hard time."

Wei Quanmin's eyes lit up: "Yes!"

"Fertilizer supply can be delayed by saying there are transportation problems. Pesticide distribution can also be manipulated by hiding the good ones first."

"Are you all crazy?" Wang Dalong stood up instinctively. "This is sabotage of production! If it gets discovered..."

"Who said we did it?" Li Weiguo slowly flicked his cigarette ash. "It was going to rain, the roads were difficult to travel, the fertilizer got damp and clumped together, and the pesticide labels were mislabeled. These were all accidents."

Wang Dalong scratched his head: "What about our own production team? Spring plowing can't be delayed."

"Don't worry," Chen Kai said confidently, "We've already set aside our own share. As for the other brigades—let them worry about the money going in."

A few smug laughs rang out from inside the warehouse.

Although it was getting darker, they felt their future was beginning to brighten.

However, as the rain intensified, the pounding against the dilapidated roof of the warehouse sounded like an ominous premonition.

Zhao Ze'an's question suddenly stunned everyone: "By the way, does Director Ma have a secret ledger?"

The others stared at him in surprise: "You saw it?"

Zhao Ze'an snorted: "If I had seen it, would I be asking you? What I want to know now is, does such a ledger exist?"

"If we had such a ledger, we couldn't let it fall into Qian Jin's hands, or we'd be finished!"

A few people began to discuss it in hushed tones.

Some say that Director Ma mentioned this thing when he was drunk, while others say that Director Ma wouldn't be so foolish as to create trouble for himself.

Li Weiguo coughed and said, "Anyway, Qian Jin is now in Director Ma's office. I've heard that he's staying there."

"But Director Ma wouldn't leave the secret ledger in his office, would he? I bet he hasn't found it. Otherwise, would he still be letting us live like this? He would have taken us all out of business by now!"

"By the way, what do you guys have left of Director Ma?"

Wei Quanmin asked him, "What did you keep?"

Li Weiguo frankly said, "There were two boxes of veterinary penicillin. He swapped the real medicine for the fake medicine and had me hide the real medicine in the cellar, thinking that when the livestock were prone to illness during the spring and summer transition, he would sell it on the black market for a good price."

While the others remained silent, Li Weiguo flew into a rage.

He looked at Chen Kai beside him: "You're in charge of the joint venture store, so you'll definitely have the most stuff there!"

Chen Kai muttered, "What is it? It's just some diesel fuel from the Xiping Brigade that's stored with me."

Wang Dalong asked, "What about the pesticides? Xiping Brigade has always been rationed pesticides at 70%, right? Where did the other 30% go? I heard that those troublemakers in the Dongwa production team of their brigade are going to cause trouble."

"Isn't this perfect?" Xu Ping, who had been silent until now, suddenly brightened up. "They're definitely going to cause trouble for Qian Jin."

Wei Quanmin cursed at him: "Are you an idiot? Why are they making trouble for Qian Jin? Qian Jin just became the director. Did he refuse to provide the things that were lacking before?"

Xu Ping immediately lowered his head.

The others remained silent for a moment.

Rainwater seeped in through the cracks in the wall, leaving marks on the burlap sack like dark maps.

Wei Quanmin stared blankly at the water stains on the ground.

Last summer, on a rainy night when Ma Defu led them to resell urea, it was also like this.

The leaks in the warehouse are the result of their own actions back then, because the leaks in the warehouse allowed for a "loss" entry in the urea ledger.

"Let me ask something important first. The tractor station needs to pick up engine oil tomorrow," Accountant Zhang suddenly said, his fingers unconsciously tracing the edge of the newspaper. "The inventory list is with me. So, what do you mean, should I supply it or not?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the warehouse door was suddenly kicked open.

Everyone seemed to be put on pause, and more than a dozen terrified eyes turned towards them.

Wang Dalong reached out and grasped the sickle beside him.

As it turned out, a lame stray dog ​​wobbled in, trying to get shelter from the rain. When it saw so many people inside, it howled and ran out again.

Chen Kai let out a long sigh and said, "Comrades, we shouldn't stay here any longer. Let's finish this quickly and get out of here."

"Just as Director Ma arranged before he left, we'll first give Qian Jin some trouble. As usual, we'll deduct 20% from the ammonia fertilizer in Dongwa Village."

"Diesel engine parts for the Xiping Brigade." Wei Quanmin squinted. "Just say the regional allocation hasn't arrived yet."

Li Weiguo threw the cigarette butt on the ground and rubbed it hard.

He recalled the way Qian Jin's eagle-like eyes swept across the medicine shelves when he last came to the pharmacy for an inspection.

The others got more and more excited as they talked, and they were all using underhanded tactics:

“Dalong, you still have twenty bags of fertilizer powder in your warehouse. They’ve clumped together so tightly they could kill someone.”

Chen Kai made a sowing motion, "When the commune members take the seeds back and find that they don't sprout, hehe."

Wang Dalong shook his head repeatedly:
"That won't do. Last year, Director Ma told me to mix stones into the urea, which caused the Jingou brigade to reduce its production by 30%. At that time, the Jingou brigade suspected that there was something wrong with the supplies I was supplying. Things are really going to get out of hand..."

He made a handcuff gesture: "We'll all have to go with Fatty Wang to the Northwest to plant trees and control sandstorms!"

Xu Ping timidly raised his hand again: "How about we tamper with the allocation order? The Jingou Brigade needs ten tons of urea, but we'll record it as five tons. Once they find out..."

“Are we targeting our entire brigade?” Wang Dalong said unhappily. “Besides, do you think Qian Jin is as blind as Director Ma? That kid studied accounting in the city; he can spot problems even if you look at the ledgers upside down.”

"He also studied accounting?" Li Weiguo asked. Wang Dalong nodded seriously: "Yes, I asked around, and he was also a teacher."

"Accountants are the hardest to fool." Several people started to gasp as if they had a toothache.

Silence fell over the warehouse again.

Silence enveloped everyone like a damp cotton-padded coat.

Wei Quanmin suddenly pointed at Li Weiguo: "I know you have a brown bottle that contains sedatives for livestock. I've heard you say that people will die if they drink it."

Li Weiguo jumped up: "Damn you, Lao Wei, I've never hurt you, have I? You want my life! You want the lives of all of us!"

Seeing the change in everyone's expression, Wei Quanmin quickly added, "It's not that we really intend to poison them! We'll just say that there was a mistake in the inventory count, and these medicines were mistakenly distributed to the production team as digestive medicine to feed the livestock..."

"And then?" Li Weiguo looked at him grimly. "And then wait for Qian Jin to bring people to audit the accounts?"

"Please, stop giving me bad advice. If you don't have any ideas, just shut up and listen to what others say. Don't give me any more bad advice!"

"If you ask me, let's just be honest and wait for Director Ma to show up and follow his orders!"

"But what about Director Ma? Can anyone get in touch with him?" Zhao Ze'an exhaled a puff of smoke, which lingered in the humid air for a long time.

Even the hot-tempered Wei Quanmin was dejected at this moment: "Alas, a train runs fast because of its locomotive."

After some hesitation, Chen Kai said, "If you ask me, let's just honestly get through the spring planting season, and then deal with Director Ma's matter..."

He made a cutting gesture.

Li Weiguo asked, "And then what? What do we do in the end?"

Chen Kai said in a low voice, "Haven't you heard the saying? If this place doesn't want me, there's always another place that will. If no place wants me, I'll join the Red Army!"

“Our People’s Army is a righteous army, an army of the people. They don’t accept traitors,” Xu Ping suddenly said.

Wei Quanmin tried to grab the teacup and throw it at him, but missed. He could only curse, "Who are you calling a traitor? At most, we're Ma Defu's henchmen. Besides, even if there's a conflict between Ma Defu and Qian Jin, it's a conflict among the people..."

He was talking.

The small windows of the warehouse made a rattling sound, as if someone were banging on them.

Everyone was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat.

It turned out that a sudden gust of wind blew water droplets onto the small window.

Li Weiguo got scared and said, "Let's get out of here."

Chen Kai nodded: "Let's stop here for today. Anyway, we already know what to do."

"The first thing to do is to call Director Ma back. So, Zhao Ze'an, you'll be in charge of this."

Then he opened the door and left.

Zhao Ze'an: "Fuck your mother!"

The others also put on raincoats or straw raincoats and left one after another: "Zhao Ze'an, you take care of it."

Zhao Ze'an: "I'll fuck your mothers one by one!"

The group left the warehouse and went their separate ways.

The clouds grew thicker, and the sky turned pitch black; it was clear that the rain wasn't going to stop today.

After returning to the medical station, Li Weiguo's eyes kept darting around.

He paced back and forth in the house with his hands behind his back, his mind filled with the malicious smile on Qian Jin's face when he came over to take inventory a few days ago.

Director Ma can't be relied on.

Director Qian took the stage.

He finally clapped his hands and decided to strike first: I'm going to invest in Director Qian.

Because of the heavy rain, the commune was deserted, and there wasn't a single person on the streets.

He stared at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative for a while, and when he found that no one was buying anything, he put on his raincoat and straw hat and went out.

The raindrops, illuminated by the lights in front of the supply and marketing cooperative, looked like splashes of mercury seeping into the mud.

Li Weiguo jogged through the puddles, not caring that his trousers were covered in mud.

He entered the supply and marketing cooperative through the back door and went straight to the director's office to knock on the door.

As soon as his knuckles touched the door, a clear voice came from inside: "Come in, Station Chief Li."

Li Weiguo's heart skipped a beat.

what happened?

How did Qian Jin know it was him outside?

Is he spying on us?

A terrifying thought crossed Li Weiguo's mind.

Qian Jin wasn't monitoring anyone; he only had Zhang Aijun under his control and couldn't send anyone else out.

However, Li Weiguo came from the back street, and the back window of the director's office could see the situation on the back street.

It's been raining all day, and there aren't many people on the streets. Just now, Qian Jin spotted Li Weiguo rushing over.

Li Weiguo was in a state of utter confusion.

He pushed the door open and almost tripped over the threshold.

Under the lamplight, Qian Jin was looking through the spring farming supplies allocation list, his blue cotton sleeves rolled up to his elbows, revealing the strong muscles on his forearms.

"Director Qian," Li Weiguo said, taking off his straw hat and unbuttoning his raincoat, his face beaming with a smile, "You're still busy in this weather? You're truly dedicated and conscientious..."

Qian Jin tapped the ledger with the end of his pen: "We can't afford to be idle; spring plowing is the lifeblood of the nation's livelihood and people's lives."

"The urea demand reported by several brigades does not match the inventory."

Then he suddenly looked up, his gaze like two nails piercing Li Weiguo: "Station Chief Li, did you come all this way in the rain because the medical station is short of any supplies?"

Rainwater trickled down Li Weiguo's trouser legs and pooled on the floor, forming small puddles.

He swallowed hard, made up his mind, stamped his foot, and shouted, "I'm here to confess to the organization!"

The sound was so loud it startled even himself. He quickly shrank back and said, "Director Qian, I have something to say..."

"Wait a minute." Qian Jin calmly fiddled with a machine behind his desk.

It looks like a radio.

Qian Jin said, "Go on, tell me more."

Li Weiguo glanced at the radio curiously and said, "It's like this, Director Qian, I want to report Chen Kai and Wei Quanmin. They are plotting to sabotage the spring plowing work!"

"I want to report this and earn merit; I want to rid the people of this scourge!"

As he spoke, he took out an envelope that was stuck to his chest.

A crumpled piece of paper slid out of the envelope, bearing the signatures and red handprints of several people.

When Qian Jin opened the document, the title was clearly "Joint Statement on Resisting Qian Jin's Wrongful Work Practices," and Ma Defu was even listed as the signatory!

In other words, this statement is from several days ago.

"These are things I found in Fatty Wang's food store. I just found them today and brought them to you, Director Qian."

"In addition, some other things happened today that I must report to you..."

"Chen Kai wants to distribute the clumped fertilizer powder as chemical fertilizer, and Wei Quanmin is planning to tamper with the allocation order." Li Weiguo spoke faster and faster, spittle splattering onto the ledger.

"Wang Dalong is the most vicious; he said he wanted to mix gasoline into kerosene!"

Qian Jin suddenly laughed and tapped his fingers lightly on the table: "Didn't Station Chief Li also put his fingerprint on it?"

"I've been enduring humiliation and working undercover all along!" Li Weiguo hurriedly reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out a small notebook. "Look, I've written down everything they said!"

The notebook was filled with notes about the secret meeting that day, such as "8:45 Chen Kai said the fertilizer was mixed with sand" and "8:51 Wang Dalong cursed Director Qian as a lackey of the county leaders," etc.

Qian Jin sealed the letter and stood up, startling Li Weiguo so much that he leaned back.

"Station Chief Li, sit down, come sit here at the table." Qian Jin took a new enamel mug from the tin cabinet, poured himself a strong cup of tea, and pushed it over. "I see in your notes that some comrades said Ma Defu would make a triumphant return?"

"What do you mean, 'The King Returns'?" Li Weiguo, who had just sat down, was taken aback.

Qian Jin said, "That means he can come back as director."

Li Weiguo held the teacup in his hands to warm it, but upon hearing this, he spilled most of the tea on the table. (From the People's Daily)

"That's just Wei Quanmin bragging! How could Ma Defu possibly come back? Right, Director Qian?"

If Ma Defu comes back, he's doomed!

From the moment he stepped into the office today, no one in the entire commune wanted Ma Defu to be finished more than him.

He knew very well how petty Ma Defu was. If Ma Defu found out that Li Weiguo had betrayed the Ma family army, he would break both of Li Weiguo's legs!

Li Weiguo seized the opportunity to report Ma Defu: "Wei Quanmin secretly gave Ma Defu's wife a lot of things, and I can testify to that!"

Qian Jin didn't speak, but looked at him with a smile.

The raindrops pounded against the tiles with a clanging sound.

Listen quietly to the sound of spring rain.

Li Weiguo felt uneasy under his gaze, and with a heavy heart, he revealed everything he knew:
"Ma Defu was corrupt and accepted bribes on a regular basis. Take the time before he left, for example. He withheld some of the veterinary penicillin that was issued to the brigade and hid it in my medical station, intending to... well, he planned to take it to the black market in the city and sell it later..."

Qian Jin took out a notebook and a pen and handed them to him: "Don't just talk, write it down."

Finally, the fatal blow to Madfu has been delivered!
He was quite upset when he learned that Ma Defu hadn't been fired, and he was thinking about how to get rid of the guy.

Jin Hai and the other two did support Qian Jin and were indeed willing to sever ties with Ma Defu. However, since they were not Ma Defu's confidants before, they did not have any concrete evidence of Ma Defu's crimes.

Furthermore, even if they had access to it, they wouldn't dare to record it.

If it gets exposed, it will cause a lot of trouble.

Zhao Dazhu and Jin Hai are both locals who don't care about promotions; they just want stable jobs.

Liu Xiulan was a young girl, and she dared not offend her superiors.

Therefore, Qianjin does need these people from the secondary distribution stations to break through the current predicament.

He was still figuring out how to deal with these people and find a breakthrough when Li Weiguo delivered himself right to his doorstep!
Li Weiguo wrote a few paragraphs and handed them to Qian Jin, then bowed and scraped, waiting for the other party to give him orders.

He hadn't noticed the few drops of water that had seeped into his neck from his raincoat, but now the water droplets inside his collar were trickling down his spine, as cold as live snakes.

He was very brave in the warehouse just now, and he shouted the loudest "Fight that kid Qian Jin to the end!"

But now he's changed his mind; all he can think about right now are those two boxes of burning penicillin in his cellar.

As long as Qian Jin gives the order, he is willing to brave the rain to deliver penicillin to each brigade.

As a result, Qian Jin fell silent again. After reading what he had written, he gave a cold smile, seemingly dissatisfied with his attitude.

Li Weiguo inwardly groaned.

He did have a lot of information about Ma Defu's misconduct, but he also committed misconduct within the organization. If it were written down, Ma Defu would be finished, and so would he!

So he racked his brains and wrote down some details about Ma Defu's and others' embezzlement and bribery, exonerating himself completely.

"Director Qian, I think the most important thing right now is to ensure the supply of all kinds of materials for spring farming. This is an emergency." Li Weiguo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and tried to change the subject.

He also presented concrete evidence to support his argument: "The Xiping Production Brigade must be quite anxious. They're the furthest from our commune. Last year, two of their cows died from malaria, and they'll probably need livestock for spring planting this year..."

Qian Jin asked, "Can you guarantee them livestock?"

Li Weiguo chuckled and said, "Spring plowing is tiring, and the weather is unpredictable, so livestock are prone to getting sick. I can provide veterinary medicine so that sick livestock can be treated as soon as possible."

Qian Jin snorted.

He felt that Li Weiguo was too cunning and needed to be warned.

So he patted his notebook and said, "The drug supply must be ensured, not only for veterinary drugs, but also for human medications such as glucose."

"I went to your place for a checkup that day, but I didn't find any glucose powder."

Li Weiguo straightened his back this time: "Today, the county didn't have enough glucose, so I distributed it all to the various brigades."

“However,” he chuckled again, as was his habit, “it might have been shortchanged at the Shuangdai store.”

"Director Qian, there are quite a few bad people in Shuangdai Store, like Zhao Ze'an and Wang Dalong. They're all in cahoots with that Ma Defu..."

Starting with veteran sales agent Zhao Ze'an, he reviewed the sales agents of each production brigade one by one.

He doesn't have any good people in his eyes.

Qian Jin recorded a lot of dirty secrets.

However, it's hard to say whether it's true or false.

After Li Weiguo finished drinking a glass of water and speaking, he pushed the notebook over and said, "Then you can sign and put your fingerprint on it."

Li Weiguo stammered.

Qian Jin laughed: "It's fine if you don't sign. If you doubt someone, don't use them; if you use someone, don't doubt them."

Li Weiguo smiled obsequiously, "Yes, yes, Director Qian is right."

Qian Jin picked up the tape recorder from the table, flipped the tape over, and pressed play:
"It's like this, Director Qian, I want to report... I'm reporting Chen Kai and Wei Quanmin... They're plotting to sabotage spring planting..."

It's my own voice!

Li Weiguo was stunned on the spot!

(End of this chapter)