When Director Liu heard that it was from Jiangzhou County, he stood up and thought, "Jiangzhou is quite far from here. We usually collect from the suburbs."

"It's not far, just over an hour by car, or a little over two hours by donkey. Director Liu, we're currently supplying tea to the department store, and we bring it here from time to time."

In the countryside, farmers have large vegetable gardens, and some vegetables can't be eaten up. I think we're facing a shortage of vegetables here. We at Hongguang Commune also want to do our part to help the vast number of workers in the city."

Director Liu laughed when he heard her say this: "You are so talkative despite your young age.

We are indeed short of vegetables here. You should have seen the vegetables outside. There are only a few kinds every day. Do you have any unique vegetables there?"

"There are a lot of wild vegetables, eggplant, some beans, loofah, greens, cucumbers, and tomatoes."

"We can get some wild vegetables. We have a lot of eggplants on the farm that we usually supply, and we can also get some loofahs. How much do you have in your village?"

"I don't know the exact number right now, but I can go back and count it. Can you bring some vegetables with you the day after tomorrow? I'll also see if there are any other vegetables in our village and get them over. Director Liu can get whatever he needs."

"Okay." In addition to cooperating with several farms, their farmers' market sometimes also collects some products from the commune.

This is not something that is impossible.

"Director Liu, what's the price for our wild vegetables? I'll talk to the commune when I get back."

"Wild vegetables are two cents per pound, and loofah...it depends on the quality. If it's poor quality, it's one cent, and if it's good, it's two cents."

"Director Liu, after picking the loofah when it's tender, you can't use it as a pot scrubber, and you can't keep the seeds. Can you give it a little higher? It's not easy for farmers to grow vegetables."

Director Liu spread his hands and said, "This is usually the price, Director Jiang. If it's too expensive, the citizens will complain that they can't afford the food."

"After all, loofah isn't produced in the same quantity as beans."

Jiang Tang bargained with Director Liu in the yard for a long time.

Only then did the price of loofah drop to three cents per pound.

Then he happily rode his bike home.

When he heard she was leaving again, he asked in confusion, "Didn't you say you'd stay for two days before leaving? It's so hot, and you're running back and forth every day. It's a lot of travel expenses. Will your village reimburse you?"

"Mom, I have to get reimbursed. I just went to the farmers' market and negotiated a business deal for the village."

Liu Xiulan didn't understand. Why did her daughter, who had been unable to do anything before, change now and go to the farmer's market to negotiate?

It's very rare!

"Mom, are you worried about me? Why don't you come with me and see where I live and my work environment, so you can feel at ease."

"Who cares about you? You're the only one in our family who won't let yourself down."

"Hey, Comrade Liu Xiulan, you got up early and ran to three farmers' markets to buy meat for your son without feeling tired, but when you came to your daughter, you looked at her with disdain. Your idea of ​​favoring boys over girls is wrong.

Nowadays women hold up half the sky. Your two daughters combined are better than one son.

Comrade Liu Xiulan, are you sure you're not worried about your daughter?"

"Don't talk nonsense to me. You're leaving now, so leave now and don't be an eyesore at home."

"Comrade Liu Xiulan, you really won't come with me. In our rural areas, every household raises chickens, ducks, and geese. The chickens eat insects caught by the children in the mountains. They are all grass-fed chickens, which are healthy and nutritious.

That..."

Before Jiang Tang finished speaking, Comrade Liu Xiulan had already put down the broom and walked to the door with her bag. She was about to ask the third child to hurry up, but then she thought of something and hurriedly said, "I'll write a note to your father so that they don't worry."

He came out in less than a minute, in a hurry, more active than ginger candy: "Hurry up and go. I'll only be gone for one day, so that you won't whisper in my ear that I don't care about you."

"Comrade Liu Xiulan, do you have enough money? Or if you have any leftovers at home, we can exchange them in the village."

"Yes, yes. We have several bars of soap that we don't use, as well as a few towels given out by the school and two military water bottles. Do they want them?"

"Yes, I really want it."

After taking the things out, Comrade Liu Xiulan scolded her daughter all the way: "You said you were a small official, but now you even worry about your family.

If you cheat, you should cheat outsiders. No one would cheat their own family first like you do."

"Comrade Liu Xiulan, I'm opening a back door for my family first, so I can help you.

Do you think that if anyone goes to the village to buy something, people will sell it to you?

The villagers are the most hostile to strangers. But it's different when you go there. You are Secretary Jiang's family member, his biological mother.

I promise you will get the warmest welcome when you get to the village. I will buy you a big, fat chicken that your son will eat until his mouth is full of fat.”

"You talk as if I'm being harsh on you and your sister. Have some conscience."

"Mom, could you please have a sense of humor?"

"Can humor be used to make a living?"

"It makes people happy. Life needs some fun to be enjoyable."

"You know what, your words rhyme quite well."

The mother and daughter talked and laughed along the way, and Liu Xiulan didn't feel how far it was.

When they arrived at Hongguang Commune, Jiang Tang took Liu Xiulan to see her temporary resting place in the commune.

A small house with nothing in it except the quilt she prepared. "Is this how you usually live?"

Although she didn't say anything nice to her daughter, she really felt sorry for her. Among the three children in the family, the youngest daughter was the most spoiled. Now, among the three, the spoiled one has to suffer the most in society.

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