Early the next morning, after seeing off Zhou Mingshan and his party, Liu Yan and Zhou Haiyang arrived at the Yongfeng County Supply and Marketing Cooperative at the time agreed last night.

The supply and marketing cooperatives in China were the most impressive places for people in the 1960s and 1970s. In the era of planned economy, supply and marketing cooperatives were spread all over the country.

Supply and marketing cooperatives are run by the government and are state-owned units.

In the era of planned economy where materials were scarce, the supply and marketing cooperatives were everything in the daily life of the people. It can be said that "although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs". It has everything. The things of the supply and marketing cooperatives have never been worried about not being sold.

Many times, when a family needs brown sugar and eggs to give birth to a child, or to buy sewing machines, watches, bicycles and other large items for weddings, they need an approval slip from the director of the supply and marketing cooperative before they can buy them.

Therefore, working in a supply and marketing cooperative was quite prestigious, and it was a very popular profession in those days. As the director of a county supply and marketing cooperative, not to mention, even the main leaders in the county had to be polite when they met.

After Wang Qiang greeted his father in advance, he waited at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative early in the morning. After seeing Liu Yan and Zhou Haiyang, the three of them went straight to the office of Wang Qiang's father, Director Wang Yufeng.

In view of the fact that the three of them were once educated youths who jumped in the queue at Yuanping's educated youth center, and the relationship between Wang Qiang and his son, Liu Yan felt that there was no need to beat around the bush when meeting Wang Yufeng.

The main purpose of the first contact is to understand the current county supply and marketing cooperative's demand for the variety and quantity of bamboo products, purchase channels, purchase prices, as well as monthly sales volume and main customer groups.

In addition, Liu Yan plans to buy a few samples that are currently selling well and take them back, and ask Fan Lili's mother and several sisters-in-law to make similar things.

As long as the workmanship is better than the original purchase channel, the price is not higher than others, and you have Wang Qiang's personal connections, you don't have to worry about the supply and marketing cooperative not agreeing to cooperate.

On this basis, we can also make several special varieties that no one else has, such as Baizhang terraced bamboo products that are warm in winter and cool in summer, and have certain curative effects on arthritis and cervical vertebrae. This will help the county supply and marketing cooperative expand new markets and customers.

, it can also increase the income of Yuanping Village...

As long as Yuanping's bamboo products have advantages in craftsmanship, function, style and price, cooperation between the two parties will be absolutely beneficial to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Therefore, Liu Yan was confident in his visit this morning and was bound to succeed.

After Wang Qiang introduced the two parties, Liu Yan directly explained the purpose of his visit to Wang Yufeng.

As expected, after listening to Liu Yan's introduction, Wang Yufeng readily agreed: "The original bamboo products of the county supply and marketing cooperative mainly came from supply channels in neighboring provinces.

The biggest problem is that the products have a single style and rough workmanship. Although the unit price of the products is not expensive, the cost increases a lot with long-distance transportation.

If the problem of supply and supply can be solved locally, it will be beneficial to the supply and marketing cooperatives, both in terms of actual results and occupation of working capital.

Of course, if there can be breakthroughs and improvements in workmanship, style, and functionality, this will be a good thing for village-run factories and supply and marketing cooperatives!

"Director Wang, would you like to see if this works? Can you let us visit the current samples of bamboo products from the county supply and marketing cooperative? One is to learn, and the other is to buy a few samples back..."

"No problem, I'll take you to the sample room right now." Director Wang agreed very readily.

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It was almost noon when the three of them walked out of the county supply and marketing cooperative.

"The key to the bamboo factory now lies in Yuanping Village." Wang Qiang said.

"We will go back today and start making samples right away. Haiyang, when the work of making samples is assigned, you will be responsible for checking and accepting. We must not cut corners, and the raw materials cannot be shoddy.

Once the samples come out, contact Wang Qiang immediately. Wang Qiang, the county supply and marketing cooperative will rely on you from now on."

...

After breaking up with Wang Qiang, Liu Yan and Zhou Haiyang walked towards the county party committee compound...

The Yongfeng County Party Committee Courtyard was built in the early 1950s. After reconstruction in 1964, several dormitory buildings were added to the compound. Currently, the County Party Committee and the County Revolutionary Committee both work in the same compound.

When Liu Yan and Zhou Haiyang arrived, Pei Xiaohong was already waiting at the entrance of the compound.

When you walk into the courtyard, you will see three five-story office buildings in the front yard. When you enter the backyard, you will see three dormitory buildings of different specifications. All the buildings in the courtyard are made of blue bricks.

There are many tall trees in the yard that cannot be named and have been growing for many years.

Along the stone path between the green grass, we came to a three-story unit building.

There are a total of six families living in this building, two on each floor, and several major leaders of Yongfeng County live there.

Pei Changyuan's home is in a unit facing east on the second floor of this building.

This is a house with three bedrooms and two living rooms. At this time, Pei Xiaohong’s parents have not yet gotten off work.

"Xiaohong, we met your dad yesterday. He is quite nice, cheerful and approachable. I know your mom is the director of the county hospital, but this is the first time Liu Yan and I have met..." Zhou Haiyang said with a smile.

"You two have a very good impression on my dad. I heard him talking about you all the time last night, especially Liu Yan. As for my mom..." Pei Xiaohong smiled and continued generously: "In addition to the portraits and portraits of great men, our family

Apart from the quotations, no other photos should be hung.

But in the bookcase, there is a photo of my mother and her classmates in college. Come and take a look."

Pei Xiaohong said as she walked: "In the eyes of many people, my mother is a very principled person.

But anyone who has been in contact with her for a long time knows that she is very friendly and kind-hearted to people, especially ordinary people.

Speaking of this, I remembered a story related to our Yuanping Village.

Do you still remember Uncle Liu who reminds us of our sorrows and sweetness from time to time?"

"Why don't you remember? What you said about the bamboo in the 100-foot-long terraces of Madshan is so mysterious..." Liu Yan said with a smile.

"It happened during the days when Educated Youth Point sent you two to Madshan to protect the forest seedlings..." Pei Xiaohong continued:

Uncle Liu was bitten by an unknown insect on his waist and developed a large pustule. It accidentally burst and became inflamed, causing severe swelling.

He went to Tianyuan Commune Health Center several times but couldn't see anything good, so he asked Secretary Fan for leave and came to the county seat.

That day, he got up early, arrived at the outpatient hall of the county hospital, and went straight to a room at the front.

I opened the door and saw two doctors in white coats sitting there.

"Why did you just barge in?" a doctor asked.

"I have pain in my back, please ask a doctor to take a look."

The doctor patiently told him: "To see a doctor, you must first go to the outpatient clinic to register, then queue up to get your number, and then enter the room."

"I am a poor and lower-middle peasant, do I still need to register for medical treatment?"

"No matter who you are, you have to queue up to register. We don't do anything special here."

"I don't even want to see a doctor in the commune hospital." Uncle Liu muttered and walked out of the room very unhappy.

I only heard a "bang!" behind me, and the door closed.

Uncle Liu is right. Indeed, at that time, there were many local hospitals where poor and lower-middle peasants and workers received medical treatment just like soldiers had priority in medical treatment. They could receive special care without having to queue, and they could even jump in line at will.

But Yongfeng County Hospital does not have this rule.

According to the words of Pei Xiaohong’s mother: To save lives and heal the wounded, to implement revolutionary humanitarianism, everyone should be equal, regardless of origin, rich or poor, no matter how high or low they are.

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[Author's digression]: The long serial novel "Rebirth in 1976 Begins as an Educated Youth" begins in the 1970s and ends in the 21st century, with the main story line spanning more than forty years.

This work is different from many works that describe the official promotion of students from poor families. It mainly describes the children of cadres in Jiangning Province, represented by Liu Yan, who experienced the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. After graduating from university in the early 1980s, they voluntarily gave up their career in ministries and commissions and the province.

The opportunity of the municipal government requires the step-by-step growth process after entering rural grassroots work...

The experiences of that year enabled them to learn to calmly, comprehensively and deeply understand the national conditions and people's conditions, especially the actual situation in rural areas.

They have seen and experienced with their own eyes how huge the difference between urban and rural areas is, how unbalanced regional development is, how poor the vast rural areas are, and the contrast in people's ideological concepts and culture.

They have done their best in the movement to go to the mountains and countryside, in the social projects to change the poverty and backwardness of rural areas, and in the construction of material and spiritual civilization in rural areas, and have achieved indelible achievements.

At the same time, they also clearly realized a reality, that is: to completely change the face of rural poverty, it is not only about getting rid of material poverty, but also about spiritual poverty alleviation, and there is a long way to go.

Going to the mountains and countryside has made them consciously or unconsciously develop a belief in life that is unwilling to lag behind, unwilling to sink, and to forge ahead.

Cultivate the political character of understanding the national conditions and people's sentiments, caring about the destiny of the nation, and hoping for the steady development of the country.
Chapter completed!