His mother had been worrying about her son these few days.
Ever since he became the accountant of the production team on National Day, he had been so busy from morning till night that his butt could not even touch the ground. However, if he was busy, then so be it, but he still had to offend people! Guo Qing's father, Zhong Rencheng, had been cautious all his life. He had never been a busybody or talkative person. He had never spoken loudly to anyone. No matter where he went, he was popular. But National Day had just entered society, and for the sake of the team, he did not care about his feelings. If he did not do it, he would offend people! Her mother's ears picked up some gossip in the alley, and her heart had been pounding for the past few days.
During breakfast, his second son Jianshe came back from work and complained that he was hungry. His daughter Jianzhen also waited to eat quickly and went to school early, but she couldn't wait for National Day. Anxious, her mother had no choice but to serve the food and let her younger siblings eat first. Then, she sat alone in the kitchen, anxiously waiting for the National Day holiday to come back.
"Dang dang dang". The clock for the afternoon work in the team had rung. It was National Day when they returned home in a hurry. As her mother served the food, her face darkened and she complained,"What's so important that you only came back at this time? Look, how busy have you been these past few days? He didn't even have time to eat! No matter how urgent the matter was, couldn't it be done after eating?”
"Hey, Mom, you don't know, but Jin Xi and I have been registering the furniture and assets of the two teams. In recent years, many farming tools have been placed in the homes of some cadres and members, so it's not easy to manage. If we go after dinner, everyone will be at work. Where are we going to find people?”
When her mother heard National Day's words, she was furious. She glared at him fiercely and said angrily,"No wonder someone said that you were too arrogant behind your back and called you a 'deathball'! Did you really go to someone else's house to ask for something from the team? He was already so old, yet he didn't have any brains at all! Was it worth it? The team has lost a lot of things in the past few years. Can a small accountant like you manage it? He had been a captain for several times, but he had closed his eyes. Only you could, only you dared to offend people! If you offend everyone in the alley, how are you going to go out in the future?”
"Mom, you're the one who's wrong. The club members have seen us going in and out to clean up the assets of the registration team these few days. They all agreed that if there's someone who doesn't understand for the time being and says a few words of gossip, you should ignore him.”Guo Xing picked up his bowl. Ciri explained to her mother as she ate.
However, his mother did not listen at all and continued,"If you continue to do this, you might as well not do it anymore. Otherwise, your family will be worried and angry with you!”
Guo Qing only smiled foolishly when he saw his mother's angry face. He kept stuffing rice into his mouth angrily. Before his mother could finish complaining, he wiped his mouth and left.
Not long after National Day, Third Aunt, who was next door, came in with her precious grandson. When she entered the door, she saw Fifth Aunt standing alone under the tung tree angrily. She smiled and asked,"Fifth sister-in-law, what were you nagging about with the child just now?”
"Third sister-in-law, you don't know. The country child is too straightforward and brainless. For the sake of some furniture in the team, he really went to other people's houses to ask for it, and he even had to register it one by one. These few days, he had almost offended all the people in our alley!”
"I heard what you said to Guobao in the alley. Guobao did the right thing, so you don't dare to complain. Since the members chose him to be an accountant, he has to take care of these things. If he only wears the name of a cadre and doesn't take care of these things, he will really offend people! The national child registered the furniture in the team. It was bought with everyone's money. It was not his own. What did they have to say? Did someone say anything in front of you? If he dares to say those unpleasant words to your face, I'll go find him!”
Hearing Third sister-in-law's words, her mother smiled and nodded."It's good that everyone thinks like you. Third sister-in-law, we have to be more careful and care about him. The country child is still too young, and his belly is not ripe yet!”
His mother's complaints and other people's gossip could not stop the National Day. He and Jin Xi insisted on going to every household and checking every household to see if they were keeping and using the furniture and property of the team. Those that were not in use at the moment were immediately sent back to the team's warehouse for unified registration and safekeeping. If they were still in use for the time being, they could be given a written receipt to the storekeeper and recorded clearly in the storekeeper's account book. After a few days, the forks, brooms, dustpans, windmills, guillotines, bulldozers, and ropes for the rubber-tyred vehicles were all handed over to the team's storeroom. Captain Chen Baoxing took a look at the storeroom when he passed by, and his eyes formed a line with a smile.
After clearing the warehouse and registering their assets, they began to publish the accounts for the past six months on National Day. According to the regulations of the county, the accounts of the team should be published once a month. However, the accounts of the second team of Green Pine Ridge had never been published. Therefore, on National Day, he decided to start with the accounting records he took over and announce them to the members in detail at the end of each month.
In order for the members to see it clearly, National Day copied the financial income and expenditure accounts of the past six months line by line on the pink paper with a brush, and then pasted it on the white lime wall under the big locust tree that the captain sent to work every day.
As soon as the five large pieces of paper were pasted, it immediately attracted a lot of discussion.
That day, Captain Chen Baoxing went out and was assigned by Vice-Captain Zhang Chengwa. After Zhang Chengwa rang the bell, she was discussing something with the captain of the women's team, Li Junlan. The club members who were waiting for the team leader to assign them work gathered under the pink paper and looked at it line by line. Some of them were quietly discussing,
"Aiya! If Director Ma of the Commune came, what delicacies would they eat? The meal cost more than 70 yuan.”
"That's right. A stick of ink chrysanthemum smoke is 29 yuan! Look, there's also bamboo leaf green wine."
" Look, look, go to the city and find someone to buy fertilizer. Give me two big bottles of sesame oil, a total of six catties, and 200 catties of wheat, equivalent to 38 yuan."
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Standing under the shade of the big locust tree, the team's famous wheelbarrow style, Zhang Huanxin, held a matchstick in his hand and was concentrating on picking the gaps between his teeth. When he heard the people's discussion, he could not help but interrupt,"A few days ago, Baoxing even boasted to us that they would give everyone 50 cents per working day this year. If they want to eat and give away like this, I think it's a waste!”
Zhang Guangzhi, who was standing beside him, echoed,"Not to mention five cents, I think even four cents is mysterious!”
When Zhang Chengwa, the vice-captain who was assigning work to the members, heard this, she felt a little angry. She curled her lips and said sarcastically to the two of them,"Ouch! Only you can! If you don't give me sesame oil, can you buy fertilizer? With the head of the community, it was strange to have a good meal. If you're not convinced, come and try for a few days! It's easy to say."
Zhang Huanxi was not easy to deal with. He immediately replied,"I didn't ask Director Ma to take the blame when he went to the countryside. He came to the countryside and ate more than 70 yuan for a meal. That's equivalent to us working hard for two to three months!”
Hearing this, Zhang Chengwa did not say anything. It was obvious that he had gone to dinner that day. He had smoked and drunk. He felt that he was in the wrong and his mouth softened. In order to get rid of the awkwardness, he shouted,"Stop looking, stop looking, go to work! Junlan, you haven't finished hoeing the cotton fields in Qianling, right? Then grab the hoe tightly. Second Brother Guang Zhi, you guys plow the field. Third Brother Huan Xi, you guys continue to deliver the manure. The other young men will follow me to plow the field.”
After hearing Cheng Wa's instructions, the crowd dispersed, but the discussion about the accounts was as lively as a pot.
On the night of the announcement of the accounting accounts, the lights of the production team were on until midnight. The officers of the second team held a midnight meeting to announce the accounts. National Day had never expected that such a trivial matter like the announcement of the accounts would cause such a huge uproar in the small production team.
When the sky turned dark that day, Chen Baoxing, the team leader who had gone out to purchase fertilizer, returned to the village happily. Under the old pagoda tree, he bumped into Zhang Chengwa, who was carrying a steel shovel and returning from work. Before Baoxing could tell him the good news of buying fertilizer, Zhang Chengwa blocked him in front of the old pagoda tree. He pointed at the five large sheets of paper on the wall and reported the discussion of the members in the afternoon in detail. He said angrily, He definitely couldn't let National Day continue to mess around like this. At this rate, who would still be a cadre? How?
Chen Baoxing was an old captain. After all, he was shrewd. Although he was as disgusted with the announcement of the accounts as Zhang Chengwa, Director Han of the Commune had repeatedly emphasized the importance of the announcement of the accounts at the "Three Leaders" meeting last year. As the captain of a production team, he knew very well that if the accounts of the team were announced, it would bring trouble to the leaders. He understood that once the team announced the situation of the team inviting guests and gifts to the public, it would restrict the hands and feet of the leaders and make them unable to entertain guests in the future. Making connections with outsiders and using the back door would bring a lot of trouble. Secondly, it will cut off many of our relationships with the outside world. Who will dare to interact with us in the future? Therefore, he adopted a soft and tough attitude and ignored Director Han's words. He didn't say anything, but he thought to himself, There are many production teams that haven't announced their accounts to their members. Calm down and get more food! Therefore, he patted Cheng Wa's shoulder and said confidently,""Don't say anymore. Go back and eat quickly. After you eat, immediately inform all the members of the team committee to come to the team headquarters for a meeting.”
The team committee meeting in the evening entered a stalemate. Several people, led by Chen Baoxing, Zhang Chengwa, and Old Man Man Cai from the Elderly Poor Association, firmly opposed the release of the accounts. Their reason was that they had done something for them, but they had posted their names on the wall and ruined their reputation. Wasn't that burning the bridge after crossing it? Who will work for us in the future? However, the political team leader, Old Man Qin Zhong, and the women's team leader, Li Junlan, said that it was good for the team's finances to be open! From now on, it must be announced once a month. They said that the announcement of the accounts was both a rule from the top and a request from the members. No one could justify not announcing the accounts!
Both sides insisted on their own words and refused to give in. They were both frozen there. Before they found new arguments and powerful wording, they all sat there with their heads lowered and did not say anything.
This was the first time Zhong Guoqing had attended a team committee meeting. He had never seen such a scene before. He had never expected that people would lose their emotions over such a small matter. Their saliva flew everywhere and they looked like they were going to fight. On National Day, he was responsible for taking minutes of the meeting. In addition, he had just become a team member and did not know the rules, so it was not convenient for him to speak. However, he felt that it was his duty to publish the accounts himself. To be a good accountant, he must first maintain the financial system. In the end, he couldn't suppress his excitement. His face turned red, and he stood up suddenly. With a trembling voice, he said,"Uncle Qin Zhong, Big Brother Bao Xing, can I say a few words?”
When everyone saw the new accountant, Zhong Guoqing, stand up to speak, they all fell silent. Chen Baoxing's face darkened as he nodded silently, indicating that he could speak.
"I just returned to the village, so I'm not sensible, but I think what everyone said makes sense. Brother Baoxing and Brother Chengwa were also doing this for the team! Wasn't it because he wanted to build a good relationship with the outside world to do a good job in the team and increase production as soon as possible? However, small principles should be subordinate to big principles. It was indeed a big deal for the higher-ups to announce the accounting records. It was also to let the masses understand that it was a democratic way of managing money and to do everyone's business well! You see, if our team had started to publish the accounts in the past, would the old accountant Wang Facai still be able to corrupt them? Once the accounts were announced every month, even if there was a small problem, wouldn't the members be able to find it earlier? If everyone came to supervise the accountant and cared about the team's accounts, those corruption, waste, and embezzling of public funds would not have happened. In the afternoon, when the members saw the accounts that I announced, they discussed it animatedly. I was listening in front of them. Everyone was afraid that if there were too many expenses that were not important, it would affect the year-end dividends and make your Brother Baoxing's wish for everyone unable to be fulfilled.”Speaking of this, Guo Qing looked up at the captain Chen Baoxing's face. He realized that Chen Baoxing's long and tense face had already relaxed and revealed a smile. At this moment, Guo Qing felt more confident and spoke more confidently than before. He smiled and looked at the expressions of the people around him. He said very sincerely,"I think it's all my fault for being inexperienced. There's a problem with the way I announce the accounts. I shouldn't have directly announced the names of the guests. When such expenses were announced, they should be summarized and explained to the members truthfully: What the team did, how many things were used, how much money was spent, and who was the one who approved it. He had to let everyone understand that money that should be spent must be spent, and money that should not be spent must not be spent recklessly. If it was an unreasonable expense, even if the money was spent, it was not allowed to be claimed. Isn't that right, everyone?"
Speaking of this, Guo Qing paused and looked at Qin Zhong. What does Qin Zhong do? His heart was clear. After listening to National Day's words, he immediately felt as sweet and comfortable as eating a spoonful of honey. This kid was not simple. He really could not tell! This accountant was not wrong!
Old Qin Zhong stood up, cleared his throat, and said calmly,""Did everyone hear that? How was National Day? I have 100 supporters. Young people are not simple! Baoxing, everyone has been talking for a long time. What should we do? Set the pitch."
Bao Xing was the leader of the team. He was also a sensible person. Seeing this situation, he tried his best to maintain a mature and prudent posture. He felt that at this critical moment, he had to show his absolute authority and leadership skills. Otherwise, how could he lead these hundreds of people? He stood up and said solemnly,"What else is there to say? National Day was right. After all, a cultured person had water in his stomach. We'll do as National Day says! Starting from next month, the accounts would be published once a month. But from now on, the expenses of the team should be strictly approved. I suggest that Uncle Qin Zhong and I should sign on all the expenses in the account. What do you think?”
"Alright!" "Good!" Everyone agreed in unison.
The team meeting ended. When everyone walked out of the team base, the surroundings were dark and quiet. It was already late at night. Guo Qing looked at everyone's dark backs in the dark, but he felt unusually excited. At the same time, he felt a heavy weight on his shoulders.
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