Of the two men heading to Small White Poplar Gully, Master Lü Yuanfang drove, while Storekeeper Yang Shengli handled the inspection.
Yang Shengli was not a veteran of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. He had only transferred from the township two or three years earlier, but he worked conscientiously.
Since his superiors had entrusted him with this task in earnest, he would carry it out just as earnestly.
Li Long had already given clear instructions, so Xie Yundong and the others naturally cooperated fully. Xie called everyone to stop working and count the Taibazi in front of them, ready for inspection one by one. Those that passed would be recorded. Those that failed would be repaired and rewoven if possible; anything beyond repair would be set aside as defective.
After these past few days of Li Long's strict requirements, everyone, whether in Xie Yundong's group or the groups led by Xu Haijun and Liang Wenyu, understood that they could take defective Taibazi home for their own use or give them away, but they absolutely could not slip them back among the finished goods.
The inspectors would not let anything slide.
Since Xie Yundong's group was being inspected first, Xu Haijun's and Liang Wenyu's groups could keep weaving for now. Xu Haijun, however, stopped weaving and came over to watch.
Yang Shengli inspected everything carefully. He tucked the cigarette Xie Yundong offered him behind his ear and, holding paper and pen, examined every Taibazi thoroughly.
Ever since Li Long had taken on the Taibazi, Big Broom, and other jobs for the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, the tools sent to the Prefecture Seat each year had had an exceptionally high pass rate. It had become something of a legend within the cooperative.
Previously, the pass rate had fluctuated, but overall it hovered