Boxes of cards were moved to the bedroom, and the wardrobe doors in the room were opened.

Zhou Jiao looked at her mother with a smile, "How is it? I've said a lot."

Miao Lishan just pretended to be deaf and couldn't hear anything!

She took out a pair of blue flared jeans and a light-colored dacron shirt and placed them on the bed, motioning her to put them on first while she continued to choose.

As soon as Miao Lishan saw these, she knew that although many of the clothes looked brand new, they were actually from more than ten years ago. She pulled them in disbelief and found that the fabric was really strong.

Her daughter Jiaojiao is really good at housekeeping!

"A good horse deserves a good saddle."

Just as she was about to change, Zhou Jiao hesitated and changed her mind.

She finally took out a box of jewelry from the hidden drawer in the closet.

"Mom, I'll try on every style for you to see."

Miao Lishan had no objection, it was just a good way to pass the time.

Ever since her three grandchildren ran away, she has been either working overtime or attending meetings. She is so bored.

Zhou Jiao glanced at the flared jeans and the light pink dacron shirt on the bed with disdain - these were really not her type.

Pick out a pair of ironed black high-waisted trousers and a white long-sleeved shirt.

After putting on her clothes, she tucked the bottom of her white long-sleeved shirt into her waistband and took out a set of her favorite imperial green jewelry from the jewelry box.

She rolled up her long black hair and pinned it with an imperial green hairpin, then took out a necklace of imperial green jadeite round beads and hung it around her neck.

The bracelet on her snow-white wrist was like a pool of clear water surrounding her fair wrist. With a pair of earrings and a necklace faintly visible around her neck, she was so beautiful that Miao Lishan stared at her.

"No wonder they say jade is beautiful, jade is beautiful. Jiaojiao, don't take off this set of jewelry from now on. Jade nourishes the body, just wear it like this."

Zhou Jiao smiled and nodded silently.

Let's make her mother happy first, but as a civil servant, she really can't do anything wrong.

She also had a mutton-fat jade pendant, a family heirloom from her grandmother, Gu Mingzhu. For so many years, except in summer, this was her only item.

In the following time, Zhou Jiao changed into cheongsams, long skirts, and finally even put on a few pairs of flared jeans, and also took turns putting on all the jewelry.

"Mom, look, do I have too many clothes?"

Miao Lishan looked at her delicate daughter and laughed dumbly: "Can you wear a cheongsam outside? You still need to buy some clothes for socializing."

"Okay, you set a time. We will go together as mother and daughter. You also need to prepare some clothes." Zhou Jiao saw her repeated request and did not refuse.

"That's right. Buy some clothes for your mother-in-law, too." Miao Lishan paused. "Do your parents-in-law regret transferring their household registration to the county? Now the land is distributed to each household."

Zhou Jiao shook her head. "What's there to regret? It's hard to transfer your household registration to the city, but it's easy to transfer it to the village. Besides, they're too old to handle the land if they really want it."

"I just wonder if your parents-in-law will return to the village after the autumn harvest. Your father said this is a great thing that benefits both the country and the people, and it was passed almost unanimously at the previous meeting."

"No, Zhang Laoer is now the deputy director. He cares about his reputation and is filial. The household registration card is in his hands. He will not agree to let the two old people return to the village."

As for what her father said about this being a great thing that benefits the country and the people?

That's true!

According to what Zhang Laoer said in the letter.

——This year's harvest is estimated to be a record high.

This is not difficult to understand at all.

After the contract was assigned to each household, only about 20% of the public grain tax was required to be paid, and the remaining 80% was theirs.

Every household works in the fields and the harvest belongs to them. Each family will take care of the crops very carefully, just like caring for their own children. When the crops are weighed in late autumn, a bumper harvest is expected.

After paying the public grain tax, every household will have a lot of surplus food.

Some people were not very willing to contract land before, but after tasting the sweetness, who would want to go back to the past of collective labor, except for those who are lazy and greedy?

In this way, the virtuous cycle will continue. With more food, we can engage in animal husbandry, and our lives will only get better day by day.

After admiring her daughter's "clothing exhibition", Miao Lishan saw that it was getting late and the two grown men in the family should be back, so she quickly helped fold the clothes and put them in the closet.

Apart from the three Ping An brothers who are still doing internships at the grassroots level, Zhou Xiaozheng and Zhang Guoqing, the father-in-law and son-in-law, are often missing.

For Miao Lishan, it would be better to live directly in her own courtyard house. At least on summer and autumn nights, she can see many pedestrians shopping as soon as she goes out.

Now it’s better. Living in the mountains, if it weren’t for the guards, she would really feel it’s too lonely with only a few neighbors living far away.

Zhou Jiao and her daughter waited until nightfall after they finished their work before they finally saw the late father-in-law and son-in-law.

"My second brother wrote to say that the old captain is reluctant to let go again."

Zhou Jiao, who was sorting out clothes, heard what Zhang Guoqing said. She didn't think that the old man wanted to seize power and let him come out again. He just saw hope.

Old ginger is still spicy.

If we take advantage of this wave of planning earlier, perhaps the production team of Zhangjia Village will achieve greater glory in the whole township.

Zhang Guoqing was impressed. "This time, the old man asked the whole village to keep a few acres of land to grow enough food to feed themselves and pay the public tax. The rest of the land will be planted with peanuts and soybeans."

What are peanuts and soybeans?

They are cash crops, definitely more valuable than agricultural crops, and yield more.

"A lot of fruit trees have been transplanted to the North Hill behind our yard. My second brother said the old team leader plans to plant all the vacant land in the village within three years."

Zhou Jiao raised her thin lips and smiled happily when she heard that.

——The first thing that came to her mind was: the fruit trees all over the mountains - on the hillsides, fruit trees formed forests, and the breeze blew, and the fragrance of fruit was in the air.

Wait until the golden autumn to pick them, when the red, heavy fruits hang on the branches, like a fresh and bright pastoral landscape painting.

"At the beginning of spring, he suggested that the villagers raise as many chickens, ducks, and pigs as possible. A few months later, the results are now evident. It's said that those who raised fewer are now deeply regretting it.

Poultry and eggs are in short supply these days. You can raise chickens and ducks to sell for meat, as well as eggs. Eggs are going for five or six cents each right now, right?

Little by little, it adds up to a lot.

Zhou Jiao nodded in appreciation. "That's a great act of public morality. Those who regret it can't be blamed; they were frightened, after all. These measures wouldn't allow Brother Qingshan and the others to come. They don't have the courage."

"Yes, without him and a few other elders, we really wouldn't be able to get this done. It's said that the village has started to move quickly, and the two neighboring production teams are still making rumors and saying a lot of things that are demoralizing.

They all said that the old captain was planning to adopt capitalism or something, to bring down the tribe, and even went to the commune to report him. Fortunately, he managed to hold on.

This is not only due to their prestige, but also because the Zhang family is united. Now the other production teams have also begun to follow suit, which shows how important a good leader is.

Understand!

This is about the importance of leadership.

How do you sing a song?

Sailing on the sea depends on the helmsman

All things grow with the sun

Rain and dew nourish the seedlings

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Fish cannot live without water

Melons cannot grow without vines