Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

"Hey, what brings you all here? We just finished setting up this machine and haven't had a chance to tell everyone the good news yet!"

He turned to Liu Shuqing and said, "Shuqing, go get the loudspeaker and tell everyone in the corps to line up now and bring their bundles of wheat to the threshing ground! Tell them that Comrade Su Wanqing has helped the whole village coordinate the arrival of a generator, so we don't have to use hand-operated millstones to thresh and grind flour anymore! The machine will run 24 hours a day, and we'll proceed according to the order arranged by each production team to ensure fairness! Let everyone have a good rest and catch their breath today!"

"Okay, Master!" Liu Shuqing replied loudly and turned to run away.

"Wait!" Chen Weidong exclaimed anxiously, quickly stopping him and pointing to the generator on the ground.

"Secretary Li, look, I've also brought a generator for the regiment!"

He was so angry he felt like he was going to vomit blood. If Secretary Li had broadcast it throughout the whole regiment, wouldn't all the credit have gone to Su Wanqing? Damn it! If only he had brought the generator here directly earlier, instead of going to the threshing ground to show off, he wasted so much time!

Su Wanqing stood behind Secretary Li, her head down, afraid that she would burst out laughing if she looked up.

Party Secretary Li is a real veteran actor! Look at how convincing his acting is!

They've been setting up the machine for a while now, just waiting for Chen Weidong to walk right into their trap! Poor Chen Weidong still looks regretful, like he's "just a step too late" and his efforts have been in vain.

Party Secretary Li's face showed just the right amount of embarrassment: "First of all, Chen, on behalf of the 65th Regiment, I thank you for your concern for the collective and for bringing the generator. But as you can see, Comrade Su Wanqing delivered the generator before you, and our threshing yard only needs one generator right now; there's nowhere to use the extra one."

Chen Weidong was so angry that his chest heaved. He had spent ten times the market price to get the generator, and Li Aiguo just wanted it back? What about all the hard work he had put into planning this for so long?

"etc!"

He frowned, trying to salvage the situation. "Secretary Li, this machine came from legitimate channels, its performance is guaranteed! We'll give it to our 65th Regiment from now on! Comrade Su Wanqing borrowed the machine, so we have to return it, right? You don't want to have to beg for machines every autumn harvest, do you?"

When the villagers heard that the gift would be given to the regiment for permanent use, they wavered and looked at Secretary Li.

Party Secretary Li smiled slightly, "Young Chen may have misunderstood. The generator that Comrade Su Wanqing coordinated was obtained through legitimate channels, and the other party has clearly stated that it is a free donation to our 65th Regiment!"

Chen Weidong was completely panicked!

If he fails to achieve this success, his spot at the oyster mushroom experimental site will be completely lost, and he won't be able to explain it to his uncle. The loss would be too great!

He went all out, "Secretary Li! Don't forget my uncle is in charge of material approvals! You need diesel and lubricating oil for your generators, right? Next, you'll need fertilizer to increase production, right? You'll need coal for winter heating, right? And next spring, if the tractors break down, you'll need spare parts and lubricating oil, right? All of these things depend on my uncle!"

He softened his tone, "I think it would be better to set my generator aside as a backup, just in case Comrade Su's machine breaks down by accident?"

He'll have someone break Su Wanqing's phone tonight!

Upon hearing that his uncle controlled so many scarce resources related to survival and production, everyone panicked. If these things were delayed for a year or two, there would be no one to complain to!

"Yes, diesel fuel is the lifeblood of generators!"

"How can we increase production next year without fertilizer?"

"How will we survive winter without coal?"

"That Chen educated youth is really shameless, using this to threaten us. Unlike Dr. Su, who doesn't show off at all."

Party Secretary Li's face darkened. "Are you threatening me? I, Li Aiguo, hate being threatened the most!"

"If your uncle dares to withhold the supplies that our 65th Regiment is entitled to without cause, I will go to the division headquarters and the corps to complain! Let's see if his face as a section chief of the county supply bureau is more important than us veterans who defend our country and cultivate the border, and the food!"

"Shuqing! What are you standing there for? Go broadcast!"

Liu Shuqing responded and ran off without hesitation. A short while later, the regimental headquarters' loudspeaker blared throughout the entire camp:

"Attention all commune members! We have some good news to announce! With the great help of Comrade Su Wanqing, our group has successfully acquired a diesel generator, which has now been installed at the threshing yard. Threshing operations will begin immediately! Each production team, please transport your bundles of wheat to the threshing yard in the original order! Repeat..."

The broadcast was played three times in a row.

Chen Weidong stood there, his face so dark it could drip water. Secretary Li was determined to pin all the credit on Su Wanqing, completely excluding him!

"Good! Good! Good!" Chen Weidong said three times, trembling with anger. He then said harshly, "I see you've threshed the grain and aren't planning to grind it into flour! You can forget about getting a drop of diesel, a pound of coal, or a bag of fertilizer from my uncle! We'll see!" With that, he turned and left.

Behind him, Party Secretary Li said, "Chen, take the generator you brought with you. Our 65th Regiment doesn't need it!"

Chen Weidong paused, nearly fainting from anger. He could only reluctantly and disheveledly carry the heavy generator back to the truck with the driver. Amidst a chorus of mixed gazes, they left the threshing ground in a sorry state.

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Chen Weidong was seething with anger. He had just returned to his uncle's office in the county and hadn't even had a chance to complain when his uncle, Chen Mingda, slammed his hand on the table, his face even more unpleasant than Chen Weidong's.

"Enough said! You useless piece of trash!" Chen Mingda roared angrily. "We've been tricked! I just got the news myself, and seven or eight farms around here have generators this year! And the source is mysterious. After asking around, all we know is that they were all acquired in one batch! If, as you say, Su Wanqing could get one, then these seven or eight are almost certainly obtained by her or someone behind her!"

"Even this one we got at a high price was from a whole batch!" Chen Mingda was so heartbroken at this point that he couldn't breathe. He had never suffered such a loss before!

Chen Weidong was dumbfounded; he hadn't expected Su Wanqing to have such power! "Uncle...Uncle, what do we do now?"

Frustrated, Chen Mingda kicked Chen Weidong away as he leaned closer.

"You good-for-nothing! I gave you a chance and you ruined it! Now all the credit goes to someone else!"