Rebirth 78: Hunting for Treasure in the Mountains, Spoiling My Wife and Daughter to the Heavens

I ate a big pot meal at Grandpa Zhao's place.

It has to be said, villages with the same surname are really great.

Old Master Zhao has absolute dominance.

Almost every family is related by marriage, and even many of the older generation are from other places.

However, as the next few generations interact with each other, ties also arise.

This meal, cooked in a large pot, felt like a family gathering.

Meanwhile, the young people, on whom their families placed high hopes, gathered around Lu Weiguo and his companion.

While eating, they kept a small notebook to ask questions and learn about the latest policies.

"Brother Lu, how do I go about the paperwork for the collective enterprise you mentioned?"

—"The county committee will handle the process uniformly; we'll take you to the business registration office for approval."

"Brother Lu, isn't this similar to the purchasing station in your Fendou Village?"

"Yes, but since you produce and sell your own products, your costs are lower and your income is higher. However, without the supply and marketing cooperative's oversight, you need to ensure the quality of your products yourself."

And look for products that are preferably free of contamination.

Since they are willing to learn, Lu Weiguo doesn't mind saying a little more.

As for how much they can absorb, that depends on their own abilities.

From product selection to procedures.

From product manufacturing to product sales.

Lu Weiguo would tell him everything he knew without reservation.

Moreover, the process skipped directly from land distribution to individual households to collective enterprises.

This can also prevent a situation where, after the land is distributed to individual households, the village collective loses its source of income, making grassroots governance increasingly difficult.

During the commune period, the collective relied on the unified management of land and the collective sideline businesses to generate income, which supported the operation of the village collective and the payment of village cadres' salaries.

After the land was distributed to individual households, the village collective had almost no income, so grassroots management was relatively weakened.

But collective enterprises directly revitalized the village collective.

This can be considered a great gift from Lu Weiguo to Old Master Zhao.

. . . . . . .

Same operation, same process.

Lu Weiguo and his companion swaggered through the streets and then moved on to another village.

The village chief was clearly not as righteous as Old Master Zhao.

This, on the contrary, gave Lu Weiguo's preparations a chance to be put to use.

"I know you can understand what I'm saying, but I can't understand your Korean."

I saw in the record that you said things like "it was all done by capitalists," you don't want to be out of touch with the masses.

Look at us now, standing arm in arm by the window, with so many villagers watching. They're smoking their pipes, and you're smoking the premium cigarettes I gave you.

If you disagree, I'll tell them we have a good relationship, and that the Korean ethnic group will genuinely support and trust you.

But what about the other ethnic groups in your village?

A Korean ethnic village.

Lu Weiguo unleashed his ultimate attack.

Aren't you publicly waving the banner of opposing the restoration of the bourgeoisie?

Internally, they fear the fragmentation of their power and the loss of control over the village.

In these multi-ethnic villages, the village chiefs are elected through internal voting, which is very fair and just.

Unlike Zhao Family Village and Fendou Village, it's not just a formality.

So Lu Weiguo first paraded through the streets, then let all the villagers see him with his arm around the village station, looking like they had a very good relationship.

This first impression comes to mind.

No matter how Chief Kim explains it, the seed of doubt will still be planted.

unless....

Then, following the commune's lead, they showed the villagers the beneficial relationship.

"You!! You beast! You shameless, you—!"

When Chief Kim got anxious, he started cursing in Korean.

Lu Weiguo really doesn't know how.

I learned the Russian language when I was young, and later, because of frequent communication, I learned quite a bit of it as well.

But North Korea and South Korea.

One reason is to prevent him from entering.

One reason was that he felt the place didn't fit the normal lifestyle of people.

I really have never had any contact with it.

Judging from Village Chief Jin's appearance, he must have been cursing quite filthily.

"If you properly promote the reforms in the village, I can apply for a Korean ethnic street for you, and set up a special street in the county town to sell Korean ethnic products."

For example, the soybean paste your old lady makes by stomping on it with her feet, and those kimchi.

You can curse all you want, I don't understand it anyway.

But....

You should understand what I'm saying.

As soon as Lu Weiguo said this...

The village chief immediately shut his mouth.

"Where."

He spoke those three words with perfect pronunciation, even more seriously than Lu Weiguo.

"It's next to Luomashi. Although it feels a bit remote now, there's a lot of population movement there. Most people from the county town go to the weekly market."

Coercion and inducement.

Lu Weiguo held the handle in his hand and pinched it.

When the two of them came out of the village carrying two bags of kimchi.

Zhao Jiahuan still looked shocked.

So that's two villages?

So fast?

The commune held a meeting to prepare, and had been talking to these village chiefs for half a year.

None of them had it as easy as Lu Weiguo's half-day.

and....

That so-called "Korean ethnic street," what on earth is that?

"Let's go, next village..."

"Aren't you going to rest?" Zhao Jia Huan asked, grimacing from exhaustion.

"I remember an old man in a village who liked to drink. If we hadn't gone over before dinner, we would have missed such a good opportunity."

Lu Weiguo knew what Zhao Jiahuan was thinking.

Honestly, this is what later generations often refer to as official oversight.

When announcing the new policy.

Even if you bring everyone together, some people might become restless.

In front of so many people.

How could he not care about saving face?

It's better to tackle them one by one, since everyone's needs are different.

The third village.

Lu Weiguo is the main attacker, Zhao Jiahuan is the supporting attacker!

In less than an hour, Lu Weiguo, who was not yet thirty, became sworn brothers with the seventy-year-old village chief Fan.

Not only did they not make any promises, but they also failed to deliver any of them.

That village chief wanted to appear like a big brother.

They even made all sorts of promises and guarantees.

Zhao Jia Huan took out his notebook and wrote everything down.

While the village chief is still able to write.

He signed his name at the last moment before he was completely drunk.

For three consecutive days.

Lu Weiguo and his companion visited no fewer than ten villages.

The village provides meals during the day, so I just eat a meal there.

If they don't provide food, they'll find an excuse to sneak into a fellow villager's house.

In Northeast China, if you ask for money, no one will believe you.

But if you ask to get a free meal, no restaurant will refuse.

At night, they could only sleep in the dump truck behind the tractor.

Fortunately, it's not autumn yet.

The temperature difference between day and night is not that great.

However, every night in the middle of the night, Zhao Jiahuan would still cling to Lu Weiguo like a koala.

In less than three days, their relationship improved rapidly.

Once back in the county government compound.

Even Kong Lihua noticed that something was off between the two.

But.....

Don't both of them have families?

Kong Lihua was completely bewildered.

However, it also proves the saying that children in the workplace fight with colleagues and bosses, thinking they are the best in the world.

In the adult workplace, there's the issue of having affairs, gossiping, and incidentally engaging in corruption...