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Chapter 53 is completely unyielding.
Liu Lan stopped her, saying, "No need to trouble yourself. We'll just say a few words to your uncle and then go back to the commune."

"This is Li Yanhong, the accountant of Team Six, and Captain Ma's niece."

Ji Sisi smiled and extended her hand in greeting, "Hello, Comrade Li Yanhong, I am Ji Sisi, the new liaison officer of the commune."

Li Yanhong paused for a second, then quickly extended her hand to shake his. "Hello."

"Sister Xiaolan and I are here today to inform Captain Ma that he needs to go to the commune today to report to Director Yan on the growth of potatoes in the experimental plot over the past week. Since Captain Ma has been dragging his feet for too long, today is the deadline. If he doesn't go soon, Director Yan may be held accountable by his superiors."

Li Yanhong's smile froze for a moment, but quickly returned to normal.

“My uncle isn’t in the office. The villagers just started work, so he’s probably still working in the dam area. I’ll take you to find him.”

Upon hearing the word "accountability," Li Yanhong immediately panicked.

She knew that her uncle was just upset and felt that the commune was unfair, and he was standing up for the team, which was why she had been perfunctory a few times. No one expected it to get so serious that it would lead to accountability.

"You're really bold, saying whatever comes to mind. Who told you that Director Yan is going to be held accountable?"

Liu Lan lowered her voice and spoke to Ji Sisi from behind.

Ji Sisi replied, "If Captain Ma drags this out any longer, Director Yan will be next."

Ji Sisi's words were true, and Liu Lan nodded in approval.

She thought highly of Ji Sisi; she didn't seem like someone Zhang Qiang could bully.
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When they arrived at the field, Ji Sisi finally understood why the Sixth Locust Flower Team had such a strong sense of resentment.

The experimental site was occupied, and the commune allocated a large piece of wasteland to the sixth team. However, the wasteland in front of them was just as its name suggested, with not a blade of grass growing and the soil so dry that cracks appeared.

"This isn't even wasteland, is it?" Ji Sisi frowned deeply, moved by the scene before her.

The sun was blazing overhead, and although the temperature wasn't high, the sunlight was extremely dazzling.

Shouts urging the oxen to hurry up came from the field. The three oxen plowed the land together, while the female and male commune members behind them used hoes and shovels to break up the hard clods of earth.

When you tap a clod of earth, it makes a loud thud, which shows how hard it is.

Can food be grown on this kind of land?
Li Yanhong jogged over and called the man standing not far away.

The man, wearing a straw hat and a white jacket that revealed his thin, dark arms, walked over with a towel around his neck, radiating heat.

After a brief introduction, Ji Sisi directly stated her purpose, repeating the same words she had just said to Li Yanhong.

Captain Ma, however, was not afraid. "Comrade Ji, as you can see, I am indeed too busy to spare any time here."

"If we don't hurry up and clear the land, it will be too late to plant sesame. Our sixth team is already not as good as the other teams, so please don't make things difficult for me. I will definitely make time to go after I finish clearing the land, even if it is the middle of the night!"

Ma Weimin was already angry that his good land had been taken away. Now, seeing the commune members working themselves to the bone to reclaim the wasteland, he felt both sorry for them and helpless. And just then, someone came to ask about the experimental land.

Ji Sisi tried to persuade Ma Weimin several times, but he remained unmoved.

Left with no other choice, she had to speak more harshly.

"Captain Ma, this is a new variety that the Agricultural Supplies Institute has spent countless efforts cultivating, with the aim of improving everyone's lives and enabling them to live a better life."

The fact that our commune was chosen by the higher authorities shows they think highly of us, don't mind that we're poor, and are willing to develop our area first.

It's unreasonable for you to keep making excuses and not go. If it affects the data from the agricultural input institute, at best you're delaying progress, and at worst you're hindering the agricultural development of our country. If everyone is busy, how can we advance the Four Modernizations?

Although Ji Sisi was smiling, her eyes were firm, and her tone of voice left no room for doubt.

Ma Weimin's expression turned serious, and he looked at Ji Sisi with a mixture of belief and doubt.

Is it really that serious? But he didn't say anything every time he refused Zhang Da, which made him think it wasn't a big deal.

Zhang Da, we're all from the same production team, and they didn't even remind him. It's a wonder they watched him grow up, what an ingrate!
Ma Weimin nervously wiped his sweat with a handkerchief and offered a dry explanation, "The sun is really strong."

“I really can’t leave. I’ve entrusted the experimental site entirely to the deputy captain. He’s definitely more familiar with it than I am. I’ll have him come back to the commune with you to find Director Yan. Comrade Ji, what do you think of this?”

Ji Sisi nodded, "Okay, as long as you can answer Director Yan's questions, then there's no problem."

Ma Weimin silently wiped away his sweat again.

The girl in front of me doesn't look very old, but why do I feel so insecure talking to her?
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It was noon when they arrived at the commune, and the three of them went to have lunch first.

Zhang Qiang sat in his office, enjoying the coolness brought by the ceiling fan. He exhaled a breath of stale air and looked out the window at the sweltering heat outside.

Ji Sisi and Liu Lan walked in, followed by Ma Dawei, the deputy leader of the production team.

When Zhang Qiang saw Ma Dawei, he jumped up.

"Brother Dawei, why did you come with them?"

Zhang Qiang was taken aback, took off his black-rimmed glasses, and rubbed his eyes vigorously.

He called out at least three times, five times or more, but neither the captain nor the vice-captain responded. Yet Ji Sisi, who had only been there for a day, managed to bring the person along.

"I've come to report on the situation at the experimental site to Director Yan."

Ma Dawei scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed, after all, he had rejected Zhang Qiang several times before.

He didn't know why his older brother suddenly wanted him to come.

“Brother Dawei, you probably don’t know Director Yan either. I happen to have some documents that I need to take to him, so let’s go together.”

With that, Zhang Qiang took a few forms and left the office with Ma Dawei.

Ji Sisi and Liu Lan sat calmly in the office, enjoying the ceiling fan.

After obtaining Director Yan's permission, Zhang Qiang pushed open the door and walked in with a fawning expression. "Director Yan, this is the deputy captain of our sixth team. Didn't you ask us to notify them to come and report? I've brought him here."

"Luckily, I'm from Team Six, otherwise it would have been really difficult to bring people over. The team has been busy with land reclamation lately, and I had to go several times before the captain agreed to let the deputy captain come over. Please understand our team, Director Yan."

Zhang Qiang smugly adjusted his glasses and continued talking to himself, completely unaware of Director Yan's emotional change or Ma Dawei's puzzled expression behind him.

"By the way, I've finished writing this document. Please take a look, Director Yan."

Director Yan's expression was indifferent. He hummed in agreement and said, "Leave it there. Have Xiao Qi send a telegram to the agricultural supplies institute to notify them to come over as soon as possible."

Zhang Qiang nodded happily.

“Okay!” Zhang Qiang showed no sign of leaving, turning to Ma Dawei and saying, “Brother Dawei, this is Director Yan, whom I’ve often mentioned to you. Director Yan is…”

Yan Hongbing couldn't stand Zhang Qiang's flattery any longer and spoke up to remind him.

"We've already met, so there's no need for you to introduce us. Please go down now."

Zhang Qiang was stunned, and the smile on his lips froze. "When did you two meet?"

Ma Dawei was tall and had an honest-looking face. When he met Zhang Qiang's 'concerned' gaze, he smiled shyly.

"When Comrade Ji and Comrade Liu took me to lunch just now, we ran into Director Yan. Speaking of which, Director Yan treated us to lunch today."

There will be an extra chapter tonight!
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