After Wang Futang resigned as brigade secretary, the original security director Guo Zhanrong became the brigade secretary.
Secretary Guo, wrapped in an old sheepskin coat, gathered half a basket of manure at the village entrance early in the morning before returning home for breakfast. Only then did he slowly head to the brigade office.
After the implementation of the land responsibility system, the work at the brigade office reduced significantly without production teams to manage. During spring and autumn, there were still matters of seeds, fertilizers, retained payments, and public grains to handle, but come winter, the farmers had leisure, and so did the brigade office.
Brigade accountant Wang Lianju was always the earliest to arrive. He would sweep the floor and light the coal stove in the office, so by the time the brigade secretary and others arrived, the water on the stove was almost boiling.
