Chapter 194 The Coffin Shop Anecdote
"Comrade Hua Chenggang said it very well. I looked at your information and found that you have participated in a working group in Emei before. The work process should be clear. Why don't you give suggestions to Team Leader Zhou in situations like this?"
Hua Chenggang's face turned red, and he was grinning and speechless. After a long while, he said: "I am not educated. I only know Braille from a literacy class. I think Team Leader Zhou must know more than me..."
Zhang Xueyi felt that Hua Chenggang was someone who could be cultivated. He said, "Comrade Hua Chenggang, we are fighting for the common people. We do not want you to be a good gentleman. The reason why we want you to be the deputy leader is because we want you to be a good gentleman." You learn from each other's strengths and complement each other's weaknesses, and work together to do a good job. Speak out your ideas, whether they are right or wrong, and you will understand after a discussion. Even if it is wrong, it is not over after you change it. Let others avoid detours, comrades! We can throw our heads and blood even without our lives, but do we have to worry about that little bit of face?"
Hua Chenggang looked ashamed: "I was wrong and I will definitely change it."
Zhang Xueyi nodded with satisfaction. Today's meeting was very meaningful and the problems discovered were solved in a timely manner.
Zhang Xueyi is from Qingxi, and he is also a scholar with no fame.
After studying for so many years, my family has become poor. I can’t even find a job to support my family.
Fortunately, Renyi Society came, and he was one of the first scholars to join the Qingxi Land Reform Working Group. He gradually distinguished himself at work, and later followed Hongyi to the Second Regiment.
The Second Regiment treats men as livestock, but it does train people. Currently, Zhang Xueyi has become an outstanding grassroots cadre of Renyi Society.
Zhou Huaiming figured out the problem and said it would be rectified immediately.
He has also observed and participated in the Emei working group before. But watching others do it is very different from his own actual operation.
The work plan was re-drafted and the working group once again invested in grassroots work.
Chen Qingqing went to make friends with the women. She originally came from a farmer's family and was good at cooking, feeding pigs, putting insoles and grassing shoes, and she quickly became involved with the women.
Hua Chenggang mingled with the bearers Master Chen and Master Liang.
Master Chen sent the president's wife to Emei some time ago, and now he talks about how good Renyi Society is to everyone he meets. He tells people about his experiences in Emei, and from time to time he reveals how he and the president, Mr. Xia, ate and drank together.
The bearer of the chair is miserable, the bearer of the chair is tired, and the bearer of the chair suffers the sin of ease in his life.
If you are a cheap bearer, you will be looked down upon. You will be disliked wherever you go.
I couldn't finish talking about the hardships of the sedan bearers for three days and three nights.
"...We just earn some money, but those crooked people not only don't give us money, but also beat us up. Some even deliberately find trouble, saying that we are not walking well, giving them stomachaches, and asking us for money for soup and medicine..."
Talking about these makes me feel sad.
Hua Chenggang was filled with righteous indignation: "Don't worry, our Renyi Society wants to unite. If we poor people unite, how can those crooked people dare to be so arrogant? So I will discuss with everyone, what's the point of setting up a farmers' association?" Our farmers' association will discuss the matter. If someone wants to bully others, the farmers' association will definitely not do it..."
"Next we have to divide the land, but it's not me who has the final say on how to divide the land. It should be the big farmers' association that has the final say. Only after the farmers' association is established can we get a charter for dividing the land..."
Such heart-to-heart talks are carried out in every household in the village.
The owner of the house where Zhou Huaiming and Zeng Fanming are now is called Tang Dingzhong.
Tang Dingzhong burst into tears whenever he mentioned hardships.
"Ordinarily, my family and Tang Mingxuan's family are still related. He is not a human being. He does not recognize any relatives and has done many bad things. He deserves to be suppressed this time." Tang Dingzhong gritted his teeth.
What's going on? Tang Dingzhong came one by one.
Tang Dingzhong's carpentry skills were passed down in his family. His father was kind and his son was filial. He first helped people make furniture and coffins in Liujiang. He was hard-working, frugal, and smart.
Later, he borrowed money to open a coffin shop by himself.
He operated with integrity, and after more than ten years of hard work, he finally achieved some success. He renovated his home, bought some land, and finally lived a well-off life.
Liujiang produces good wood, but Zhennan and Runnan are very similar, but their prices are very different. In addition to making coffins, Tang Dingzhong also helps customers who come here to buy wood, appraise the coffins, and collects commissions.
For a while, he took a big salt merchant to buy a nanmu coffin here for 10,000 yuan.
So Tang Dingzhong also wanted to see the right time and make a fortune.
Soon someone was selling a thousand-year-old nanmu for 4,000 yuan. Tang Dingzhong thought it was profitable. He took out all his assets and borrowed some money to buy it.
After his skillful processing, a square coffin was produced.
The square coffin has a bottom, a lid, and two sides made of a single piece of nanmu. It is the best among coffins.
Tang Dingzhong also made the front and back rails of the coffin from the roots of thousand-year-old nanmu trees. The tree rings on the front and back rails are fully visible, which symbolizes reincarnation in Buddhism.
Then, the coffin is carved with exquisite wood carvings, painted, and a beautiful coffin is completed.
This coffin has become the best among the best, attracting people's attention.
Tang Dingzhong felt that his dream of getting rich was about to come true. He put a price of 10,000 yuan, but he felt that he could sell it no matter what.
He Shaobai took a fancy to this coffin and wanted to make a fortune with it. He found Tang Dingzhong and bought the coffin for 5,000 yuan.
This was Tang Dingzhong's entire dream. After much thought, he still rejected He Shaobai.
It's not easy for He Shaobai to use force. After all, rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests. It's too difficult to eat. No one will dare to do business with him in the future.
So he found someone to spread a rumor: This coffin is responsible for evil. Unless it is someone who can hold it, if anyone owns it, someone in the family will die.
This rumor spread more and more, and even though he knew it was He Shaobai who was responsible, there was nothing he could do about it.
His peers also laughed at him, and whenever outsiders came to see the coffin, they tried their best to slander him.
As a result, the coffin money was not used for three years, but it affected the sales of ordinary coffins.
Part of the money was borrowed, and the creditors pressed hard, so Tang Dingzhong had to lower the price again and again, from ten thousand to eight thousand, six thousand, five thousand and finally four thousand.
Tang Dingzhong was about to cry, but no one took over.
One day, the clerk of the household in Hongya County came to Tang Dingzhong and said that the county magistrate wanted to buy this coffin at a price of 4,000 yuan. Tang Dingzhong, who was so burned by the coffin, agreed.
The scribe told Tang Dingzhong that payment would not be made until Hong Ya brought the coffin.
Tang Dingzhong firmly disagreed. Everyone knows that the goods will die when they reach the ground.
Later, Tang Mingxuan, the helmsman of Huaxi, acted as guarantee, and Tang Dingzhong agreed to transport the coffin to Hongya County.
We chartered a boat and went down the river to a place called Wanqu. The boss of the boat wanted to get off the boat for dinner. Tang Dingzhong was afraid that the coffin would be damaged and he did not dare to leave the boat. It was raining lightly. Tang Dingzhong said that he would sleep in the coffin and wait for them to come back.
He opened a crack in the coffin, lay down in the coffin, and fell asleep unconsciously.
The boss of the boat and the boatman returned to the boat after dinner, and brought with them the two hoteliers who had hitched a ride.
The two gentlemen were frightened when they saw a coffin on the boat, but since they were already there and they were on a free boat, they suppressed their fear and didn't say anything.
The boat passed the Lianhua Dam and entered the Qingyi River and went down the river. It was already evening and we could reach Hongya before dark.
Tang Dingzhong didn't know how long he slept. When he woke up, the boat was bumping. Knowing that it was still on the water, he removed the coffin lid and stretched out a hand to test whether it was still raining.
When the coffin lid creaked and moved away, the father and his son shivered with fear. In a hazy state, a hand stretched out from the coffin and flew in the air.
The father and son in the hotel were so excited that they shouted "Ghost".
Hearing the shouts, Tang Dingzhong knew something was wrong and hurriedly opened the coffin lid and sat up.
When the father and son saw a ghost coming out of the hotel, they were even more frightened. No matter what, they jumped into the river.
Chapter completed!