Then there was the day the Supply and Marketing Cooperative expansion was underway; he had climbed up the rickety scaffolding to measure the height of the roof beams himself, accidentally missed his footing, and fell. He hid his swollen knee from everyone for half a month.
Not to mention the countless late nights squatting under the oil lamp, repeatedly calculating the firing costs of the brick kilns, his scratch paper covered in dense formulas and charts...
"The Commune has recently built a new brick factory and kiln, and is in urgent need of someone responsible, committed, and exceptionally capable to serve as the factory director..."
Chapter 688