The Xiangyang Commune's territory was located in the hilly area at the front of Phoenix Mountain. It was undulating and uneven. A not-too-deep ravine ran from east to west, from shallow to deep. The thirteen production brigades of the entire Commune were scattered all over the valley, one after another, between the Mopan Mountains of different heights and shapes. It was ten li wide from north to south and twenty li long from east to west. The roads between the villages were rugged. When they went out, they would climb over mountains and ridges. They rode their bicycles to the countryside. They rode less and pushed more. It would take at least three days to go around the entire brigade.
When Guo Qing pushed his bicycle and followed Deputy Director Li Jianmin out of the credit union's door, he felt unusually fresh and excited. National Day kept reminding himself that he was not going to visit relatives or attend the temple fair today. He was going to work in the countryside as a credit union cadre. He was pumped up. There was a green " red book bag " embroidered with the words " serve the people " on the handle of his bicycle. Inside was a brand-new hardcover notebook that had not been written a word and the gold star pen that Li Zhen had given him when they exchanged gifts at the wedding ceremony. In his jacket pocket, there were ten yuan worth of wool tickets and a thick stack of brand-new food tickets that his father had specially prepared for him. Before she reported to the credit union, her mother repeatedly told her not to be stingy and not to take advantage of others. When going to the countryside to eat, one must not forget to pay for the meal and food stamps. The villagers were not rich. They only paid 30 cents a day and a catty of food stamps. Although it was not a lot, some people cared a lot. Don't let others say behind your back that the officers don't pay for their meals and food stamps!
After leaving the credit union, they left Li Village. They went up a big slope and then down another big slope. It was about five miles away from the Jingueta Brigade. This was a large village with eight production teams, more than 300 households, and more than 1500 people. After entering the village, Director Li brought Guo Qing straight to a clean and tidy farmhouse near the brigade headquarters. Pushing open the ajar door, the moment he entered the courtyard, he saw a young woman in her twenties coming out to welcome him. She had a slim figure and black hair. She was wearing a bright red sweater and a pair of grass green uniform pants. She was wearing a pair of black velveteen sneakers. She walked lightly and nimbly, like flowing water. When she saw Director Li and National Day, she immediately called out enthusiastically,"Chief Physician Li, come in and have a seat." As he spoke, he rushed over to lift the curtain, but the curtain was lifted. Guo Qing saw that the person who opened the curtain and walked out of the house was the brigade's accountant, Liu Jinbao. When Liu Jinbao saw the National Day, he was a little surprised and asked,"National Day, what brings you here today? Hurry up and enter the house!" When Director Li made the introduction and explained the purpose of his visit, Jin Bao nodded happily."Aiya, National Day has become my immediate superior. I have to take care of him in the future!”"Qing Zhi, pour some tea." Guo Qing is my friend. He is now working with Director Li at the credit union. Don't leave today. I'll arrange a place for you.”
"Accountant Liu, we won't stop today. We have an accounting meeting and have to leave after lunch!”Chief Physician Li said as he turned around and walked out.
"Alright then. I'm not too busy these few days. The accountant is all at home.”Liu Jinbao, Guo Qing, and the other two left his house and went to the brigade office beside the stage. Jin Bao turned on the loudspeaker, and the loudspeaker rang. First, it played a modern Peking opera, Red Lantern. Then, Jin Bao gave a notice to the production team's accounting meeting into the microphone.
There were a total of eight production teams in the Jingueta Brigade. In less than a cigarette, seven of them had arrived. Jin Bao said that there were still four accounting teams missing. It was a female comrade with a child. She would be a little late.
An old man was sitting near the office door. He was of medium height, bald, and had white hair. His eyes were especially lively on his thin face. He held a short pipe in his hand and smoked as he stared at National Day. Guo Qing quickly walked over and asked,"Uncle, you've been an accountant for many years, right?"”
He smiled." I'm old. I can't take it anymore. I've been doing this since I joined the club. It's been almost twenty years.”
Jinbao quickly came over and said,"Guoqing, guess how old the old accountant is this year?"”
"Almost 50?"
The old accountant laughed again.
Jin Bao said," He's 58 years old. He's been a brigade accountant for many years. He's also the team accountant of Team 5. I only took over his position last year. We youngsters were all brought up by him!”
"Oh! Uncle, you have to guide me in the future. I'm also your disciple!”Guo Qing said and sat down beside him affectionately.
"Sigh! You're the leader, so you have to guide us more!”
While they were talking, the female accountant of Team Four arrived. She was a young woman in her thirties, holding a baby who was about one year old. As soon as she entered, she blushed and looked at everyone, apologizing for being late. The brigade accountant, Liu Jinbao, nodded at her and motioned for her to sit down. Then, he announced the meeting. He introduced National Day to everyone. Then, starting from the first production team, he introduced the names, ages, and basic information of each team's accountant. Director Li further explained and clarified the tasks and terms of reference of the National Day. In the end, he emphasized," In the past, the financial and accounting management of our various brigades had always been handled by me and Director Lin. From now on, this work will be specially handled by Comrade National Day. In the future, he may often come to the various brigades to inspect and guide the financial work. I hope everyone will support him.”Then, he wanted to say a few words on National Day.
According to the requirements of the county documents, National Day first read out a document about strengthening the financial management of the community team, asking everyone to seriously implement the financial system formulated and announced by the county and the community, record the accounts, calculate the accounts, and so on. When they were done, he said," I haven't been an accountant for long, so I don't have any experience. I hope that everyone will criticize me. Today is only the first time we've met. In the future, we have to learn from each other and make progress together.”
Although there wasn't much to say on National Day, everyone listened very seriously, especially the old accountant. He smoked a pipe while staring at National Day and nodded silently.
He saw that the matters for National Day were basically done. Director Li took out his business notebook and worked out the spring loan and repayment plan in detail with each team.
At this moment, the old accountant who had been smoking put away his pipe and put it into his shirt pocket. He leaned in front of Director Li and smiled at Director Li's face."Director Li, Team Five's loan plan may have to be increased, mainly for liquid capital loans. The day before yesterday, the company had a meeting and promoted a new type of cotton seed. They had to take a loan!”
Chief Physician Li glanced at the notebook and said,"You still have more than 2000 yuan in your account, and you still want a loan?”
"The barn in the team's feeding area is not working. It's about to collapse. Today, the team had sent people to buy bricks and tiles, and they still had to exchange them for big grains. How could that little savings be enough? Don't worry, Team 5's expenses this year may be mostly in the first quarter. You can increase the loan quota by 2000 yuan in the first quarter. It will be repaid before the end of the year. Our wheat harvest this year will definitely be better than in previous years, and the cotton area has also expanded. By the end of the year, not only will we have to pay off the current capital loans, but we will also be able to pay off a portion of the fixed asset loans over the years.”
"Accountant Zhou, I know you've never missed an opportunity. I believe you." Director Li smiled. But you have to be a little tighter. I'm not the only one who has the final say in increasing the loan quota. I still have to go back and check with Director Lin. The credit plan for the whole year has been balanced. I have to increase the loan for you and adjust the deposit plan for the entire society!”
"Okay, okay, just adjust it. I know. We want to increase the loan, so you have to mobilize more savings. We'll also think of a way to help our club mobilize more savings.”
"That's good. In a few days, when we hold a meeting at the savings agency, I'll give you an additional 2000 yuan deposit task. You have to guarantee that you can complete it!”
"Alright, it's no problem to add 2000 yuan to the deposit. I'll keep my word.”
At this moment, the female accountant of Team 4, who was sitting next to the old accountant, whispered,""Old accountant, where can you mobilize 2000 yuan in savings? It had just passed the new year, and the club members were all lacking.”
"Sure. Old Han's eldest son came back from the army a few days ago. I heard that he brought a few thousand yuan with him. The team wants to borrow it, but they're afraid that they won't trust the team.”
"Oh! No wonder you were so confident." The female accountant smiled and nodded.
Guo Qing, who was listening to the old accountant's words, nodded in admiration. It seemed that he was not only good at the management of the production team, but also proficient in financial business.
Director Li and the other team's accountant also confirmed the spring credit plan and the capital requirements for the second quarter. Then, the meeting ended. After everyone left, Guo Qing asked Director Li,""What's the name of that old accountant? He seems to be quite capable!”
"His name is Zhou Bingzhong. He's been an accountant for many years. He's a very honest person and keeps his word. He's also a bank clerk of our credit union.”
After the meeting, the brigade accountant Liu Jinbao insisted that Director Li and Guoqing had a home-cooked meal at his house. After the meal, Guoqing and Director Li immediately set off.
After leaving Liu Jinbao's door, Guo Qing rode his bicycle and followed Director Li to the second target, the Phoenix Ridge Brigade. After leaving the golden lump, they first descended a large slope and came to the bottom of the ditch. The terrain here was flat, but there were large reeds on both sides of the road. This eight-foot-wide road was like a long corridor. The reeds that had not been harvested on both sides rustled in the breeze. Chief Physician Li pointed at the dried reeds that had yet to be harvested. They were scattered and were more than ten feet tall. He said,"When you come here in summer, you have to be more vigilant. It is said that wild wolves often appear in this large green reed marsh. Guo Qing's heart tightened when he heard that. He looked around and saw that there was an area of about 100 acres.
This long corridor was about two to three miles long. After walking out of the corridor, they came to the groove of Phoenix Ridge. To reach Phoenix Ridge, they had to climb a two-mile-long slope. Who could ride such a long and steep slope? Guo Qing and Director Li had no choice but to push the bicycle up slowly.
There were two production teams in Phoenix Ridge, with less than a hundred families and more than five hundred people. They were scattered on the east and west sides of a millstone ridge, which was two to three miles from east to west. Under Director Li's lead, Guo Qing first found the brigade's accountant, Zhao Guocai.
Zhao Guo was only about thirty years old. He had a burly figure, a square face, and a shiny black back hair. He was wearing a clean and well-shaped blue Chinese tunic suit. After graduating from junior high school, he returned to the village to work as a farmer. For more than ten years, he had been the accountant of the first production team and later became the accountant of the brigade. It wasn't until he was elected as the deputy director of the brigade two years ago and joined the party branch that he resigned from his position as the accountant of the first team, but he still served as the brigade accountant. Chief Physician Li did not understand the relationship between National Day and Zhao Guocai. When he saw Zhao Guocai, he was busy introducing him to National Day. However, once the two of them met, Director Li could not interrupt. When he heard that Guoqing had become an accounting counselor at the credit union, Zhao Guocai immediately became extremely enthusiastic. He kept calling Zhong Guoqing "Brother!"”He seemed a little too enthusiastic. He said,"Brother Guoqing, you've become the accounting counselor of the company this time. You must come to Phoenix Ridge more often to check and guide your work.”
Guo Qing felt his face heat up when he heard Guo Cai's words, because in his mind, Guo Cai was the most famous brigade accountant in the entire community. In the past, when he participated in accounting training in the community, Director Lin of the credit union often used Guo Cai's account book as a demonstration for everyone. National Day also asked him for advice a few times at the seminar.
After listening to Guo Cai, Guo Qing said humbly,""How can you talk about guidance? In the future, I will come and learn more. I'll have to trouble Brother Guocai to enlighten me.”
Zhao Guocai first led Guo Qing and Director Li to the house of Feng Lamei, the accountant of the first production team. Feng Lamei looked like she was twenty-two or twenty-three years old, but she was already the mother of two children. Her husband was a teacher in a county middle school. Her in-laws and two children were the only ones at home. There were two caves in the courtyard and a row of three tile-roofed houses. The windows were bright and clean, and they were orderly. One look and one could tell that they were a well-off family. When they saw the guests, the enthusiastic parents-in-law immediately came out of the cave to serve tea and water. They also took away their grandchildren who were still drinking milk from their daughter-in-law's arms and let the wintersweet talk to the guests.
Wintersweet was a junior high school graduate from before the " cultural revolution." She had married into the Phoenix Ridge Brigade from the Jinda Village of the local community two years ago. The next year, she had taken over the accounting procedures of Zhao Guocai's first production team. She had only been an accountant for more than a year, so she was still inexperienced. She was still not very standard in recording and managing accounts. When she stood in front of her desk and accidentally opened the drawer, National Day, who was standing nearby, saw a pile of messy receipt and receipt. He couldn't help but frown, but he was new here and couldn't tell her what to do. He only said,"Aiya, those documents haven't been recorded yet, right? You have to keep it well."
Wintersweet's face suddenly turned red. She quickly pressed an account book on the receipt and immediately closed the drawer.
The accountant of the second team was about 23 or 24 years old. His name was Zhang Zhijun. He was of medium height, had a dark and thin face, and a pair of big, blinking eyes, which revealed a shrewd and capable spirit. He had also been an accountant for four or five years. Although his educational level was not high, after a few years of study and speculation, he had handled the accounts cleanly and neatly. The account books, documents, and management were also in order.
They had dinner at the brigade accountant Zhao Guocai's house. Guocai's mother was a good cook. When the three of them returned home on National Day, Guocai arranged for them to cook for the guests. In more than half an hour, four plates, three hot and one cold, and a bowl of spinach egg sweet noodle soup were served. Guo Cai took out a bottle of Fen wine from the cabinet and told his wife to wash four wine glasses. He also asked his mother to sit at the table while his wife and two children sat at the side and ate.
Chief Physician Li saw that Guo Cai wanted to serve them wine and was a little embarrassed. He said,"Director Zhao, I don't dare to serve wine. It's not the New Year. Besides, if we go to the countryside to drink, the masses will reflect.”
"Director Li, you don't have to say anymore. The guest will follow the host. Today is a special occasion. National Day is my good friend.”
He drank a glass symbolically on National Day, then said that he couldn't hold his liquor and started eating.
After dinner, it was already late. Guocai's mother packed up two blankets in another cave and arranged for Director Li and National Day to rest. After a day of walking, she fell asleep on National Day.
The next day, they set off early in the morning. Before breakfast, they had already left for the upper and lower villages. The road was easier to walk, and the distance between the villages was also closer. After breakfast, they easily walked to Dongshan, Xishan, Shenlonggou, and Wangjiayu.
On the third day, he walked through Zhou Village, Erlang Ao, Guancunling, and Wenjiapo. After having lunch at Wenjiapo, Guo Qing and Director Li went to their hometown, Green Pine Ridge. Zhang Xiqing, the accountant of the Green Pine Ridge Brigade, was still the accountant of the first team. After the original cashier of the second team, Ji Yonggui, went to the credit union on National Day, he was selected as the accountant of the second team. The accountant of the third team was still Wang Wenquan. Guo Qing was very familiar with the situation in Green Pine Ridge. However, Director Li still had some things to explain briefly, and it was time for dinner.
The new brigade accountant, Zhang Xiqing, was also a junior high school student who had just graduated and returned to his hometown. He was also a fair, upright, and meticulous young man. He insisted on having Director Li and him over for dinner on National Day, but how could he agree to it? Guo Qing led Director Li back to his home. When his mother and Li Zhen saw the credit union leader arrive, they naturally welcomed him warmly. However, there was nothing ready-made at home, which stumped her mother. Li Zhen pulled open the cupboard and took a look."Mom, don't worry. We can still make enough money after three hot and three cold.”She fried eggs, tofu, and cabbage with vinegar. She fried a plate of peanuts and a small plate of leeks. Her mother went to her third aunt's house next door to cut a plate of pig's head meat. On National Day, she took out the persimmon wine that the team had distributed and poured it into a tin wine pot. She placed it beside the stove until it was hot and steaming before bringing it to the table.
After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Director Li was arranged to rest on the brick bed built by his younger brother on National Day. He returned to his mother's room and talked about the life and work situation of the credit union in the past few days. His mother advised him to take public affairs to heart and be careful not to let his family worry.
Guo Qing immediately closed the door after returning to his room, wanting to be intimate with Li Zhen. Li Zhen whispered into his ear,"You're going to be a father." Guo Qing was so excited that he hugged Li Zhen even tighter. Li Zhen felt dizzy and almost suffocated.
After they were intimate, Li Zhen talked about the innocent, naughty, and cute primary school students she taught in the village primary school."As a teacher, we must fulfill our responsibilities. We must not mislead the students. He could no longer treat the students like he did during the Cultural Revolution a few years ago. From now on, he had to start with these children who had just entered school and lay a good foundation so that they could become useful people in the future.”Guo Qing talked about his feelings after walking around the entire community. He talked to Li Zhen about the chaotic accounting accounts of some production teams and the lack of strict cash management. He felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders. He told Li Zhen to be prepared to suffer. In the future, he would definitely go home less often because he had to go to the accounts who were worried in a few days. He couldn't let these problems continue, or something would happen in the future. Li Zhen advised him,"I'm just going. Don't be in a hurry. Find out the situation first and then prescribe the right medicine."
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