When Cheng Maixiang saw that the person asking the question was an elderly leader and that the municipal party secretary was looking at her calmly without any displeasure, she immediately understood something.

She smiled and said, "Leader, I believe that the hard work, simplicity, and thrift advocated by the central government do not mean that the people should not have enough to eat or wear patched clothes. When the Prime Minister heard that the people in the old revolutionary base areas were not getting enough to eat and had no good clothes to wear, he shed tears of sadness. Our Communist Party also said that we should make the lives of the people better as soon as possible."

For us ordinary people, a good life means eating better, dressing better, and working hard to make our lives better within our means.

As for practicing frugality, I use the same amount of fabric to make clothes, but my clothes are not only beautiful, but I also use less fabric than many of the women in the audience. I roughly estimated that the fabric and cotton used to make ten of my cotton-padded jackets can only make nine of the women in the audience. So from this perspective, I am also practicing frugality!

The leader didn't expect Cheng Maixiang to answer like this and was stunned. However, the municipal party secretary took the lead in applauding her.

"Comrade Cheng Maixiang, I heard you mention that your garment workshop is cooperating with the Guangshi Garment Factory. Can you tell me in detail about the cooperation model between the Guangshi Garment Factory and Gangcheng?"

The person asking the questions was Secretary Zheng, who was looking at Cheng Maixiang expectantly.

It seems that her estimation was correct. Secretary Zheng, like Secretary Song of Linwen County, is also a leader who is willing to do practical things for the citizens.

He hopes for social change and also hopes to seize the rare opportunity before him to boost the city's economy as soon as possible so that the people of the city can live better and better.

"Okay, but I only stayed there for a few days, so I don't know much. I can only give you a brief account."

Seeing Secretary Zheng nod, Cheng Maixiang introduced the operation of Guangshi Garment Factory. She understood what the secretary wanted to know, and spoke in great detail about how Guangshi Garment Factory did foreign trade.

Secretary Zheng nodded frequently as he listened, and from time to time he lowered his head to write something down. He wanted to ask a few more questions, but suddenly someone behind him whispered a question in his ear. He looked up at the clock and found that it was already past half past eleven.

He thought about it and waved to the man.

The man immediately announced the adjournment of the meeting in the morning and resumed it at 1:00 p.m.

Seeing this, Cheng Maixiang was about to leave the stage, but Secretary Zheng raised his hand to stop her. "Comrade Cheng, why don't you leave? I'll treat you to lunch. I have many questions I want to ask you."

Cheng Maixiang glanced awkwardly at the people from Shuangshui Village. She was just thinking that there was no other way around it and she would go with them to try some snacks from the city at noon. Unexpectedly, Secretary Zheng smiled and asked, "Do you people from Linwen County want to go out for dinner together?"

"Yes," Cheng Maixiang nodded. "Secretary Zheng, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but we rarely have the opportunity to come to the city, and we wanted to take this opportunity to try some of the city's snacks."

"Okay, I'm familiar with the city. I'll treat you all today and you can have a good meal." Secretary Zheng said generously.

Cheng Maixiang was shocked and was about to decline, but Secretary Zheng waved his hand and said, "It's settled. But I'm not inviting you for nothing. I still need your experience to teach me."

Most of the municipal party committee leaders sitting in the first row had left, but the person behind Secretary Zheng was still standing there without moving. It seemed that he was Secretary Zheng's secretary.

"Xiao Yu, you should take a day off today. Go out and eat by yourself. I'm going to take the representatives from Linwen County out to eat snacks in our city."

Secretary Yu looked at Secretary Zheng, then at County Lin Wen and his entourage. Although he was somewhat unhappy, he did not dare to disobey Secretary Zheng's wishes, so he nodded and left.

Secretary Zheng kept his word and took Lin Wenxian and his group to a snack street not far from the Cultural Palace. He enthusiastically introduced the famous snacks to them one by one, and also used money and food coupons to buy a lot of food and distributed it to everyone.

Shen Qingyun's wife and Fang Xiaoyan had seen Secretary Zheng speak at the meeting, so they naturally knew his true identity. Now, seeing him taking them shopping and even buying food for them, they were so surprised that they held the snacks with their mouths wide open.

Cheng Maixiang knew that they were restrained when they met Secretary Zheng, so she whispered a few words in their ears. When the two heard it, they nodded in agreement, greeted everyone, and then walked towards the other side of the street.

"Did you let them go buy food alone?" Secretary Zheng noticed and asked with a smile.

"Yeah," Cheng Maixiang nodded, "They were restrained when they saw Secretary Zheng, which made everyone feel awkward. It would be better if we all separated and acted more comfortably."

Nowadays, when meeting a leader, everyone sticks close to him, afraid of falling behind. At least whenever Secretary Zheng goes out for a visit or inspection, there are always more people following him than not. Unexpectedly, Cheng Maixiang doesn't care at all, which makes Secretary Zheng look at her with admiration.

Secretary Zheng saw Lin Jiayu and Ruan Peiling chatting casually behind him, while Comrade Li walking on the other side did not say a word. He couldn't help but realize that Comrade Li was not on the same side as the people from Shuangshui Village.

Secretary Zheng smiled and asked Cheng Maixiang about what she had seen and heard in Guangzhou. Especially when he heard that she had participated in the Canton Fair, his interest increased sharply and he asked endless questions about the details of the Canton Fair.

Cheng Maixiang explained everything to him one by one. Later, when she was really tired, she pulled Lin Jiayu over to continue explaining to him. Lin Jiayu's eloquence was no less than Cheng Maixiang's, especially from his perspective, he saw more new things. He also focused on introducing Guangshi's rental business, which made Secretary Zheng listen with great interest.

"Very good, Comrade Xiao Cheng, Comrade Xiao Lin, your experiences are indeed very inspiring to me. Guangzhou is a historic city with a rich culture. Its economy has been second to none in China for decades. It seems that it does have unique features, and there is much worth learning from here."

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