Chapter 234 The Supply and Marketing Cooperative is also going to be contracted

Lin Jianye is now more and more satisfied with his son-in-law. After drinking a few sips of wine, he became even closer to Lu Guojiu: "My dear, you have taught your son very well. It is our blessing to have such a good son-in-law."

Lu Guojiu smiled and said, "Isn't Xiaoxia more outstanding? We have a daughter-in-law who brings us so much honor. This child is like our own daughter. We really cherish her."

Li Shaofen also said: "That's right, Xiaoxia is really good, not to mention that she is good to us two, but also to her younger brothers and sisters. Now the family can say that Jingshen is not good, but if anyone says something bad about Xiaoxia, Jingyuan and Xiaolin will not agree."

Ai Xiaoxia also smiled and said, "That's because everyone is nice to me. Like for like, like, right?"

Huang Wanxia said repeatedly: "Yes, heart for heart, this is really mutual, you can only get ten hearts in return if you use ten hearts."

Lin Jianye said, "Yes, apart from anything else about our two families, this person is honest, so the children are all upright. Let's drink together, so that our children will walk the right path and be good children."

Several elders raised their glasses and took a sip.

Although they had only met this elder a few times, they were still able to talk freely, especially when Lin Jianye and Lu Guojiu talked about the places they had stayed in the countryside before, they could also talk about the same thing.

When talking about setting up a factory in the future, Lin Jianye also had his own opinions.

He said to Lu Guojiu, "The country's policies are getting better and better. You should inquire more about loans and tax cuts. Be sure to ask Xiaoxia and Jingshen about it."

Lu Guojiu nodded and said, "Well, before, I didn't dare to take out a loan from the bank. I felt that borrowing so much money from others would make me sleep uneasy. But now I understand that our loan is actually in response to national policy."

Lin Jianye listened to Lu Guojiu's words and nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes, yes. Now that you have opened a factory, you can provide more laid-off workers with jobs. You are helping the country. Soon, the rural areas will also be affected by layoffs. I heard that the supply and marketing cooperatives will be contracted out to individuals starting this year, and some people will be laid off as well."

Ai Xiaoxia had known about this before, but she didn't expect it to start so soon.

Lu Guojiu was very surprised: "The supply and marketing cooperative is a state-owned enterprise, how could it be contracted out to an individual?"

Lin Jianye explained it to him in detail: "Before, didn't someone sell clothes or general merchandise? Now, someone rents the stall and still sells these things, but is responsible for their own profits and losses. They just pay the supply and marketing cooperative a contract fee every year. If you do well, you might earn more, but if you don't, you might lose money."

Lu Guojiu understood now: "Well, that's not good for the employees of the supply and marketing cooperative. They used to have a guaranteed income regardless of drought or flood."

Lin Jianye said, "That's not necessarily true. They used to work well but only for a fixed salary. They had no motivation, and since it was public property, they didn't feel bad if it broke or wasted. But if they start their own business, it's different. And if they earn little every day and it's not enough to cover the contract fee, they'll lose money, so they have to work harder."

Lu Guojiu nodded and said, "That's right. When I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things before, many salespeople had very bad attitudes. But when we go to the market to buy things, people are more friendly. This also makes many people willing to buy things at the market."

Ai Xiaoxia interjected, "Sales is a service industry, and the service industry places great emphasis on attitude. You've all seen our waiters at our hotel. Speaking of which, our service is also one of the reasons why our business is so good."

Lin Jianye said: "In the future, there will be more and more individuals, and the competition will also become more and more fierce, so service will become more important."

Li Shaofen said, "That's true. When I go shopping, would I rather see a smiling face or an impatient one? I'm not begging for things when I'm buying. There are so many options to choose from. If you have a bad attitude, I'll just go buy from someone else."

Ai Xiaoxia smiled after listening to Li Shaofen's words and said, "My mom explained it most thoroughly. Indeed, there are more places to buy things now. The money is in the hands of the customers. It's their freedom to buy from whomever they want. How you can force others to buy from you is your ability."

Lin Jianye said: "Yes, in fact, this contracting is generally a good thing, otherwise the supply and marketing cooperatives would be eliminated."

Ai Xiaoxia said: "If the supply and marketing cooperatives can adopt a performance-based approach, they may be able to last for a few years, but the same goes for contracting. In any case, I think the supply and marketing cooperatives will eventually be replaced by individuals." This is her experience from her previous life.

Lin Jianye also sighed and said, "Many state-owned enterprises have drawbacks. In the next few years, there will be more and more layoffs. This is also the general trend."

Lu Jingshen also said: "Indeed, many units keep idle people, who can get paid just for drinking tea and reading newspapers all day long. In the future, these people will gradually be eliminated."

Everyone talked about individual issues and the country's development, and the meal was very harmonious.

Today is the first time that her parents-in-law come to her parents' home, so it is not appropriate for Ai Xiaoxia to talk to her parents about changing her name today. She will discuss this after her parents-in-law leave in two days.

After dinner, Ai Xiaoxia and the others didn’t stay too long. After all, Lu Guojiu’s health couldn’t stand too much exertion, so they went home.

After returning home, Lu Guojiu and Li Shaofen kept praising their in-laws, saying that their family was so wealthy and they were officials, but they were very approachable. No wonder Ai Xiaoxia was so nice, their family had good blood.

Ai Xiaoxia was happy to hear her parents-in-law praising her and her parents' family, but to be honest, her parents' family was really good and had positive values.

Of course, Ai Xiaoxia and Lu Jingshen did not mention the matter of looking for Lin Mei to their relatives on both sides, for fear of giving them hope and then disappointing them, and even more afraid of upsetting Huang Wanxia. It would be better to find out Lin Mei's whereabouts first.

The next day, in the morning, Ai Xiaoxia accompanied Lu Guojiu and Li Shaofen to the hospital to see Jiang Lirong, because their neighbors and acquaintances in the city all knew about her, and when they returned, someone would definitely ask them how Jiang Lirong was.

If they said they didn't go and see it, others would think they were cold-blooded. This was how it was in the countryside in those days. Other people's opinions were also very important, especially for those whose families were in business. They couldn't let others say too many bad things about them.

After buying some fruit on the way, the three of them went to the hospital and went straight to the inpatient department.

Ai Xiaoxia had been here before, so she knew which room it was.

When they arrived at the door, it was open and the doctor was doing rounds inside. They didn't go in directly as it would be impolite to interrupt the doctor's examination.

After the doctor examined me, he didn't say anything, just prescribed me the medicine for today, and then left.

Ai Xiaoxia and the others nodded to the doctor to show their respect, and then entered the ward.

There were only Lu Guoji and Jiang Lirong in the ward. Jiang Lirong was still lying on the hospital bed, unable to move. She looked more than ten years older. Lu Guoji was also very haggard, with a lot more white hair and black eye sockets.