Remembering Gold Mud

■ Retired Employee Yin Rongfu

In the summer of 1971 , the ancient brick and tile factory where I was located was handed over to the reform-through-labor unit. The workers were assigned to the cement factory according to the location of the original commune. I remember that it was 8 April 20 . Lao Zhu, the administrative chief of the cement factory, came to Gufang to pick up people and rented two buses. We bid farewell to the kiln factory, which had worked for two years, and embarked on a new road of life.

Jinhua Cement Factory is only three miles away from my hometown. It is just over two hills. I have passed through several times in the past, but I have not run through the factory. After a month of mobile road repair work, I was incorporated into the ball mill workshop, the standard name is "clinker feeder". A dozen people in each shift use shovels and iron plates to transport clinker for ball mills to crush finished cement products. When the grinding head storage is full, they can rest for an hour. When the grinding head is empty, they will continue to pour the material. When they leave work, they must be handed over to the full warehouse. In order to pack quickly and rest more and avoid dust, I learned to take a shovel with a bow left and right, that is, I can use my left foot or right foot to move forward, my waist sinks, my spade is tightened, my thigh is used as the fulcrum, my spade is "squeaky", my waist is twisted, my thigh is stiff, my back hand is heavy, my front hand is raised, my side is turned, and the clinker is "wright" pulled "into the clinker is pulled, this is the wonderful use of the principle of leverage. Due to years of homework, my work pants always have holes on the outside of their thighs, which need to be mended in three days and two ends. Later, I heard a leading cadre who was delegated to work in the workshop introduce his experience, saying that using old masks to fill holes is the most wear-resistant, and a try was really wonderful. Although I still felt pain and numbness at the beginning, it doesn't matter after getting used to it, but when I was naked, I could see that the skin here was as thick as a pig and the hair was as thick as a needle, which was different. Later, it was not restored to its original state for several years after it was released from production, which is quite memorable.

With the skill of foreign shovel and two-wheeled vehicle, I am also used to the three-shift life of sleeping when I should sleep and working hard when I should try my best. After the night shift, take a good bath and hurry up to sleep. The morning shift usually runs home after work to help with some work. The middle shift is free the next morning, or hitchhiked to the city or home.

Speaking of bathing, it is a great benefit for cement factory workers. After a day's work, although there are hoods, masks, scarves and socks, but dust can enter everywhere and cannot sleep without taking a bath. It is hot in summer, and the work clothes are soaked in sweat and dry thoroughly, with a layer of white salt frost, which can no longer be worn without washing. Clothes are hung outside the bathhouse, and there is a bath in the inner room, and there is a lot of noise in the rush hour. In winter, the water is foggy. When you go in, you are sloppy. When you come out, you are radiant. It is really a pleasure. Especially in winter, after work in the middle class, after soaking in a hot bath, lying in the warm bed, the more comfortable you sleep, and the fatigue recovers quickly. This taste is much better than what sauna and hot springs are now.

Besides food, bring your own bowls and chopsticks at work, and all eat in the production area (except for department managers). Old Qi and others in the canteen will pull the delivery car to the restaurant in the production area to sell it now. Usually there are braised pork or large pieces of meat, and there are not less than 3 vegetables. People at work usually have a dime of braised pork and one or half of vegetables, which don't cost 20 cents altogether, 4 two meals, and they eat well and well. Incidentally, the cookhouse squad of the cement factory was rated as a model worker group in Zhejiang province around 1980 , winning glory for the factory, and I have worked hard to compile the advanced materials.

Until the end of 1972 , the workshop leader transferred me to work as a rotation worker in the computer room, that is, to work on duty during the rest of various types of work. I was taken by Master Hu. He was very kind and patiently taught me the key points of starting the ball mill gestures and the key points of post inspection. Soon I could stop the car under normal circumstances. Only in the first period of time, after work, the impact sound of the mill crushing materials was still ringing in the ears, which could not be driven away and accompanied them to sleep.

Regardless of work and life, once you get used to it, it is as plain as water. In 1976 , I served as the deputy monitor of Class 1 of the raw material workshop. In 1977 , I was awarded the title of "Advanced Producer" in Jinhua County, and my class was awarded the title of "Advanced Producer" in Jinhua County. In that year, there were as many as seven people in our class who won the advanced producer of the factory, and the proportion was higher than that of the brother class. 1978 8 , the factory "revolutionary committee" withdrew from the historical stage, restored the factory director system, and made adjustments to the department structure. the factory director and other leaders thought that I worked hard in the criticism group and had a certain cultural foundation, so they formally transferred me out of the workshop and took over the post of factory clerk. This was my first stop on my transition from worker to manager.

At that time, the scale of the enterprise was small. The departments only had five departments: Production Technology Department, Power Equipment Department, Supply and Marketing Finance Department, Personnel Security Department and Administration Department. The Administration Department included life logistics, document sending and receiving, and file management functions. My scope of work is to register and urge the office to file the received documents, send the draft documents (except for special professional documents) to be signed, made, sent and filed, record the factory-level meeting, write and report all kinds of speech experience briefings, and climb the grid to record the figures every day. Printing documents was also a matter of worry. At that time, not to mention computers, even typewriters were bought later. If only one copy was sent, the pen would copy it. If you send a few copies, you have to copy them with carbon paper. You don't need any effort. The next few pages will be scrapped. For this reason, I broke several ballpoint pens. If more than one copy is printed and distributed, the technology of engraving wax paper is also very exquisite, the weight is appropriate, the corner is light, it is more convenient to use the imitation song style. Generally, there is no problem in printing hundreds of copies on wax paper. If the carving is uneven, the ink pig spots will appear when printing too much, which is extremely ugly. In addition to my job, Corey's factory has to support and cooperate as soon as it needs it. Generally, cadres take part in labor one day a week, such as loading in the following workshops or Jinhua freight yard. This is a piece of cake for me who just came out of the workshop.

My most proud job in the administration department is to set up the factory archives. The cement plant was built in 1958 , stopped production in 1961 due to three years of natural disasters, and resumed production in 1964 . By the time I took over the documents, it had been nearly 20 and there was no file. All kinds of accumulated information are scattered in cardboard boxes, bookcases and related personnel, like a mess. I attended the archives work training course organized by the county industry bureau, and when I returned to the factory, I began to clean up, classify and supplement the archives. The first step is to pile up the ready-made data that can be collected in one room, spend half a month's work time, screen and clean up one by one, panning for gold in the sand, and registering the content first after the year. The second step is to supplement the incomplete situation separately, ask the relevant departments for it, go to the county archives to find and copy it, make up most of the missing documents, and reprint many precious original photos. The third step is according to archive requirements, year by year, the catalogue was registered one by one, bound into volumes, arranged and filed. By the end of 1980 , more than 100 volumes of files had been formed. Looking at the neat and orderly files, my heart felt as if I had trained a company of soldiers and horses. My work was affirmed by the leaders of the county industry bureau, which laid the foundation for the perfection of the factory archives.

After 1980 , the new office building of the cement plant was completed and put into use. Due to the increase in work, I have been separated from the administrative department. In a separate office, I have added typist Xiao Hu, and then I have added small clerical prescriptions, which is convenient for me to free up my energy to organize and manage affairs such as safe production, make-up lessons for young workers' culture, and external relations of enterprises, which is the embryonic form of the office. At this time, in the name of the person in charge, I actually assumed the responsibility of the director of the office, and gradually became the right-hand man and competent staff of the factory leader. 1982 years later, I participated in the five rectification work of enterprises after the Cultural Revolution and the organization of Daqing, the preparation and organization of the first factory workers' congress, and served as a part-time vice chairman of the factory trade union, ranking among the middle-level cadres.

1983 10 , after five work rectification and acceptance, the cement factory team appeared in a new attitude. The factory director and deputy factory director were all new people. Old Du Poge, formerly the supply and marketing section chief, was promoted to factory director. Xiao Fu, a college student, was transferred from the post of production technology section chief to deputy factory director. Dr. Xu, the administrative section chief, was unexpectedly promoted to deputy factory director. I was formally appointed as the office director. At the end of the year, the general party branch of the factory was re-elected, and I became one of the six members. The gradual enrichment of work experience, the trust and expectations of leaders, the heavy challenges of the situation and tasks, and the encouragement and support of my family and children have enabled me, a young management cadre, to build bridges across the mountains and rivers, and to gradually mature.

I have always had a long-cherished wish to study in an institution of higher learning. 1984 4 On July 1, the factory director Lao Du said with a smile: "Xiao Yin, would you like to study in TV University? I have already signed up for you in the city bus office!" I was stunned and said, "Of course! I don't know if I can pass the exam or not." It turned out that Jinhua Branch of Zhejiang Radio and TV University wanted to recruit a group of students who were majoring in the basic courses of Party and government cadres for two years and got college diplomas. More than 10 people signed up for the city's public transportation system, and there were still old people in the factory. He was the deputy secretary at that time and was also a junior high school student. Another three small youth daily science and engineering. When I went home and told my wife and children, they were overjoyed and agreed that I should review. I quickly arranged my work. Apart from the fact that I had to take part in the party consolidation activities, I entrusted the rest to my subordinates and borrowed a house from the gold office of the factory. I went into the textbook of 18 . After counting on one's fingers, it is only 92 20 93 days before the entrance examination. I have to take five courses in Chinese, politics, mathematics, history and geography. I really don't burn incense at ordinary times and cram for the last minute. During the day, I took part in the review and tutoring class organized by the TV University. At night, I took part in the review of the small kitchen organized by Lao Yu. The key problems were counted one by one. The rest of the time, except for eating and going to the toilet, I either recited words in my mouth or did calculations with my pen. After the exam, I immediately went to the cinema to see a movie as a reward. After returning to the factory, I made up for the accumulated work and raised my ears to listen to the good news. 8

One day in early July, Xiao Liu, personnel department of the municipal public transportation office, announced by telephone that he was on the list! After listening to Xiao Fang, Lao lai and Lao Yu who took the same examination, they all failed in Sun Shan's name and sighed at the list. however, the three young people in the factory all got the Senior high school, majoring in electronic and electric steam, industrial and civil construction and machinery manufacturing. At that time, there was a shortage of talents in the factory and the index of college students was insufficient, so we were willing to spend money to cultivate our own talents, which was also considered to be our catching up with the trend.

At the symposium to send the four of us to study at the TV University, Director Lao Du was earnest and eager, which left a deep impression on us. Lao Du also gave a notebook and a pen to show his encouragement. On behalf of the other three future students, I said that I would study hard, make progress every day, return to the factory and serve the enterprise. Now these three students are all engineers, and two of them have long names, serving the enterprise.