The brick factory in Liangjiahe is run by the village. After the large-scale contract work, this brick factory is the only collective industry that has no share.

I heard those commune cadres discussing the issue of corporate losses. The reason why Liangjiahe Brick Factory was mentioned was because Liangjiahe Brick Factory has been losing money.

Now that the reform and opening up has begun, all walks of life are showing a good trend of recovery, especially the large-scale construction, whether it is factories, mines, enterprises or rural housing construction, they all need a large amount of red bricks.

In other words, as long as you bake the bricks, you don’t have to worry about selling them. You can sell as many bricks as you want. It’s not that the product cannot be sold, so how can it be possible to lose money?

Several cadres who inspected loss-making enterprises decided to go to Liangjiahe to inspect this afternoon, hoping to find out the reasons for the losses and serve as a reference for other loss-making enterprises.

Liang Jincang was far away, and he could vaguely hear a cadre saying emotionally:

"If it continues to suffer losses and the reasons cannot be identified and the losses cannot be turned into profits, although the village-run enterprises are not under the control of the commune, we should recommend that the village close the brick factory."

Liang Jincang knows better than anyone why the brick factory in this village is losing money.

Of course, I definitely didn’t know this before, but I have collected my memories over the past seventy years, and in that memory, I inspected the operation of the brick and tile factory when I was working in the county.

If it weren't for the constant trouble these days, he would have talked to Ercang about the brick factory.

Ercang and Jiandong, the eldest son of Ershu's family, both worked in the brick factory.

The brick factory was built more than two years ago. It has not made a profit since it was ignited and has been losing money.

Of course, when it was first built, people in the village did not think that the brick factory would suffer losses. Those whose families had spare labor were all trying to get into the brick factory.

Although the brick factory does not make as much money as construction.

The wages in the brick factory are 70 cents a day for male workers and 50 cents a day for female workers.

Not only is it not as good as the 80 cents a day for construction workers, but construction workers still have room for promotion. As long as they learn the skills well, they can gradually follow the bricklaying process and become a two-swordsman, which means they can earn two cents for one dollar.

After a few years of working as a bricklayer, the construction team in the village can give you two yuan. It is said that when you go to a big city to find a job, the salary of a skilled bricklayer can be as high as three yuan.

The dry brick factory has no technical content, so there is no room for promotion.

The reason why everyone has to squeeze their heads to get into the brick factory is because the brick factory is slightly lighter than the building, and there is no need to leave the village, and it can help the family with farm work morning and night.

Although in theory there is room for promotion in construction, but if you look at the construction teams in each village, how many are major workers and how many are minor workers?

Theory is one thing, but those who can truly learn bricklaying technology and advance to the next level are like the queen bee in a bee colony, very few.

The most important thing is that two years ago, Jiandong and Ercang were both fourteen years old. Although they were tall, they were too thin, had no body fat, and lacked energy, so they were not wanted by the construction team.

When they entered the brick factory, it was my second uncle who made several trips to the village chief's house and gave them some gifts before he managed to squeeze the two of them in.

In the first year after joining the brick factory, although there was a loss, the wages were still quite timely. People thought that when doing business, they would lose money first and then make profits. Once the brick factory got on the right track, it would start to make profits.

After more than a year, I couldn't get on the right track, and the village couldn't afford the wages, so I started to be in arrears with wages.

It has been more than half a year since my salary was paid.

But everyone is still working tirelessly in the brick factory, hoping to get on the right track and turn losses into profits.

If the mouse doesn't eat it, the cat will save it, and then he will make a lot of money at once.

Liang Jincang thought the same way before, so he encouraged Lao Er and Jiandong to work together in the brick factory. After all, it was not easy to find a job.

It wasn't until he picked up the old man's memory and analyzed the actual situation of the brick factory in his village that he understood the reason for the brick factory's losses.

There is no doubt that the brick factory in this village will not make a profit even if it works forever.

Then there is no need for Ercang and Jiandong to persist in the brick factory. They can quickly come down and find other jobs.

Now Liang Jincang heard that the commune cadres were planning to recommend the closure of the loss-making brick factory, and he felt that he would have to discuss the matter with Ercang and Jiandong when he returned at noon.

While the brick factory is still closed, if you resign, you may be able to get some salary, a little bit at a time.

If the brick factory shuts down, who will get half the year's salary?

The bicycles distributed by the Jia family have been confiscated, and Liang Jincang has resumed walking. Liangjiahe is twenty miles away from the commune station.

Walking back to the village, the family had already had lunch, but there was still a corn tortilla and two sweet potatoes in the pot, which were reserved for the eldest brother.

The boss asked the commune to call him. Although he assured his family that nothing would happen, the family was still worried.

Seeing him come back, the family finally breathed a sigh of relief again.

Uncharacteristically, Yingzi was happy to see her eldest brother back, but she did not immediately get busy and happily serve him dinner.

Instead, he pulled his eldest brother aside and whispered:

"Second brother ate a sweet potato for lunch today.

His mother asked him why he ate so little despite doing such heavy work.

He said he wasn't hungry.

I have been lying on the kang until now.

When he first came back, I saw that he must have been crying on his face, and he was very wilted all the time.

Brother, ask him!"

Ercang cried?

Hardly eaten?

This is something unique.

Liang Jincang knew as soon as he heard that something must be wrong.

Although he didn't know what happened to Ercang, he still couldn't help but feel guilty.

Ever since I let Widow Zhou make false accusations, my family has been constantly talking about right and wrong.

It's like falling into a huge mud pit.

I stopped working and produced, and just dealt with those mundane things all day long.

The family members were also in panic all day long and lost their money several times.

Although this is an unforeseen disaster for Liang Jincang himself, and the opponents he faces are the most powerful Song family and Jia family in the village.

Fortunately, I picked up the memory of a lifetime and helped me survive.

But he still felt that it was because of himself that he frightened his family.

He, the eldest brother, was originally the backbone of the family, but he didn't expect that he would become a drag on the family.

At this time, Ercang got up and came out of the house. It seemed that he was going to work in the brick factory.

"Second brother," Liang Jincang called him, "Why do I feel that something is wrong with you? Is there something wrong?"

Ercang glanced at his elder brother with a guilty conscience: "What's the matter?"

As he said that, he wanted to run away quickly.

"Stop, I haven't finished asking yet, why are you running?"

"Where are you running?" Ercang muttered, "If you ask anything, ask quickly, or else you'll be late."

At this time, Liang Jincang caught a glimpse of Jiandong, poking his head outside the courtyard gate, trying not to come in.

It's obvious that there's something wrong with this kid too.

He told Yingzi: "Go into the house with your second brother, and keep an eye on him and don't let him come out. I'll be right back."

"Brother, what do you mean-" Ercang became anxious.

"Get in!"

Several warehouses were afraid of Big Brother. Seeing how majestic Big Brother was, they had no choice but to let Yingzi escort them into the house.

When Jiandong saw his elder brother coming out, he was so panicked that he couldn't tell the difference between north and south. He wanted to hide behind the stack of firewood, but also wanted to hide in the corner over there.

"If you dare to run again, believe it or not, I'll kick you!" Liang Jincang shouted at him.

Jiandong was also afraid of his elder brother, so he had to stand still.

Liang Jincang came over and stared at Jiandong's face for a long time.

Jiandong's hair stood on end.

After careful observation, I found that there were tears on Jiandong's face that had not been wiped clean.

Suddenly, he saw a long, red and swollen scar on the side of Jiandong's neck, extending from his back.

"Tell me what happened again." Liang Jincang's face was as heavy as water.

"Say - what -" Jiandong stammered, feeling very guilty.

"Er Cang has already told me. Please tell me again. I just want to hear if you two can agree with what you said."

"Second brother - he said that?" Jiandong seemed a little unbelievable.

He didn't understand what his elder brother was using was called "Prisoner's Dilemma", but when he heard that his elder brother already knew it, he immediately broke his guard, his eye circles turned red, and tears streamed down his face.

"When we left the kiln this morning, my second brother and I had been working well. Wang Lianju came over and scolded us, saying that our brick stacks were crooked.

The scolding was very unpleasant, so we both yelled at him and asked him why he was scolding him. The stack of bricks was fine, but where was it crooked?

He got angry and said that I not only cursed people, but also beat them.

So he took a tree stick and pulled us both.

He had pulled off both of our gowns and fleece jackets, leaving our spines bare..."

Wang Lianju was hired by the brick factory to burn the kiln, and his position was deputy director and technician.

Although he is a deputy director and there is a director above him, he is the uncle and brother-in-law of Feitian Village Chief, so the director must also listen to him.

And because he was the only one who knew technology and threatened to quit his job at every turn, the villagers had no choice but to worship him as the God of Wealth.

I have been coming to this brick factory for two years and I am used to being arrogant and domineering.

Liang Jincang pulled Jiandong over and lifted his clothes to expose his back.

On his back, there were purple-red scars crisscrossing each other, which was shocking.
Chapter completed!