During the Great Leap Forward in 1958, Liu Guiying, an active member of a certain street in Beijing, and other housewives, after listening to the repo[Expand All]
During the Great Leap Forward in 1958, Liu Guiying, an active member of a certain street in Beijing, and other housewives, after listening to the report given by Secretary Hong of the street office on mobilizing women to participate in social labor, upon the suggestion of Lu Dasao, the health commissioner of the street, decided to produce rat trap to cooperate with the ongoing patriotic health campaign to eliminate the four pests. In the early stage of production, they encountered all kinds of difficulties. They lack technical knowledge, raw materials and are hindered by conservative ideas. All kinds of household affairs constantly disturb them. Aunt Lu criticized those who left the production team due to household affairs. He Caixia, the wife of the small business owner Wang Jincai, was stirring up trouble in the group, causing some people in the group to demand to leave the production team. Liu Guiying also waver. Secretary Hong promptly helped solve the problem, and Liu Guiying received support from the Party, which strengthened her confidence. That night, it rained heavily. People from the production team all came to collect the tools and equipment at the same time. This spirit of serving the public wholeheartedly inspired everyone. The office asked the production team to trial-produce a batch of springs. Wang Jincai, a private spring producer, also joined the production team. One day, a certain agricultural machinery school came to order four tension springs to support agricultural production. Wang Jincai, citing technical difficulties as an excuse, opposed accepting this task and made things difficult for Liu Guiying. When his conspiracy was exposed, he pretended to be ill and refused to participate in the trial production. After a night of hard work, Liu Guiying and others finally succeeded in the trial production. Due to their excellent performance and the needs of production and construction, the production team expanded and built a spring factory, with Liu Guiying serving as the factory director. In 1959, Secretary Hong entrusted Liu Guiying with the task of providing 240,000 sofa springs for the Great Hall of the People, with a deadline of only one month. This glorious task greatly inspired all the female workers in the factory. Wang Jincai, who was running an underground factory, tried every possible way to obstruct him. His actions were completely exposed at the factory-wide debate meeting. The entire factory has entered a tense battle. With the support of the Party and the assistance of major factories, they completed the task of 240,000 sofa springs in just 25 days. The magnificent People's Congress[Collapse]
