Chapter 44: Promotion

Other things, such as flour and soybean oil, were naturally handed over to Ge Guifen. The old lady was the boss of the household and she was also in charge of the kitchen.

Of the two kilograms of candy, one kilogram was given to Ge Guifen, and the rest was distributed to several sisters-in-law according to the number of children. "When to give it to the children is up to you, but there is one thing, the candy belongs to the child, don't be partial. If I find out that a child's candy was not given to you and was given to others, I will never give you any more in the future."

Wu Xiufang, who originally wanted her daughter Zhou Cuicui to eat two fewer pieces, had her thoughts exposed in an instant.

Seeing that everyone in the family was looking at her, Wu Xiufang quickly said, "Why are you all looking at me? I didn't do that."

Ge Guifen said, "Everyone knows that you are the most partial in the family, often taking food from your daughter and giving it to your son."

Wu Xiufang looked at her mother-in-law in surprise. She had the nerve to say that she was biased, when it was obvious that her mother-in-law was the most biased one.

Other mothers-in-law like their grandchildren, but her mother-in-law likes her sister-in-law. She is so partial to her, and yet she has the nerve to criticize her.

Besides, she was not as partial as her mother-in-law. She just asked Cuicui to share some of her food with Niu Dan. Cuicui just wanted to eat less, but she was not deprived of food.

However, since her sister-in-law had spoken, Wu Xiufang dared not disobey. After all, what happened in the team before had already made Wu Xiufang realize that her sister-in-law was very capable.

She was not smart, but she knew that she had to listen to what capable people said.

As for the defective cloth, Zhou Xian told everyone that it did not require a ticket and she planned to give the cloth as a reward.

Comrade Ge Guifen will be the judge for a month, and whoever performs best in the family will be awarded the cloth.

When they heard about the reward, the family members instantly became excited.

Even Wu Xiufang was glad that she had chosen to listen to her sister-in-law. Otherwise, not to mention the reward, her mother-in-law would have kicked her out and not allowed her to participate.

Zhou Xian found something to cut the soap into pieces and gave each room a piece so that everyone could develop the good habit of washing hands.

Now everyone has highly recognized Zhou Xian’s words, and they look at her differently now.

Ge Guifen knocked on the table, attracting everyone's attention.

"Look how good your little sister is to you. And the children in your family, you need to give them more advice in the future. When they grow up, they need to respect their aunt and don't be ungrateful to me."

As she spoke, Comrade Ge Guifen's expression changed, and her tone was somewhat creepy, "If anyone dares to be ungrateful and treat my daughter badly in the future, I will come up and take them away even if I become a ghost."

Hearing her vicious warning and thinking of that scene, everyone couldn't help but shudder.

"Why are you saying those things? Hurry up and clean up and prepare to cook." Zhou Jiefang quickly tried to smooth things over.

The main reason was that the old woman's words were too creepy. If he didn't speak up, all kinds of gods and ghosts would come out, and it would be bad if they got out.

The fish I brought back was cooked with tofu, and some soybean oil was added to it. You could even see the oil floating on the top. The braised pork was heated in the pot, and Ge Guifen personally distributed the meat to everyone. The meat was placed in bowls and eaten with wild vegetable porridge. It was so satisfying.

After the meal, Zhou Xian took two apples and went to the kitchen to cut them into small pieces according to the number of people in the family. He then gave them to Comrade Ge Guifen to distribute to everyone.

As they ate the sweet apples, everyone felt the sweetness in their hearts.

"So this is an apple. It's so sweet." The children took the apples and ate them carefully.

Ge Guifen called everyone over again and sternly warned them not to tell anyone about family matters, including the children.

Anyone who says so will not only lose the reward, but also have their candy confiscated and will not be allowed to drink malted milk.

Even if there are good things now, everyone will keep them secret and not advertise them to outsiders.

Who knows whether some people are human or ghost and what they will do. If everyone eats meat, then there will be no problem. But if they are the only family eating meat, then they don't have to be so ostentatious and just eat it quietly.

After the party dispersed, everyone returned to their rooms and gave instructions to their children at home.

Hu Lanhua gave each of the three children a candy and warned them, "If anyone knows, you won't have any candy to eat."

The children ate the sweet candies and nodded, "Yes, I know. Grandma said that we should be nice to Auntie and be filial to her in the future."

As for Wu Xiufang, she took a candy, cut it in half with a knife, gave one half to her son and the other half to her daughter. There were still some crumbs left, so she gathered them up and poured them into her own mouth.

"When you see your aunt in the future, be sweeter to her. Cuicui, you should also be more diligent and help your aunt wash clothes or something."

After saying that, he paused for a moment, looked at his son and said, "Niu Dan, and you, don't just play around every day. Study hard in school and get first place in the exam, so that your aunt knows that you've worked hard. Cuicui, if your brother doesn't know anything, teach him."

Zhou Cuicui ate the candy and rolled her eyes. "I want to teach him, but Niu Dan is too stupid. I have taught him several times but he still can't do it. But Yiyi can say it."

Being called stupid, Niu Dan was not angry. He lay on the bed and ate his candy happily. He said, "Mom, you are not good at studying. Grandma said that your grades in the literacy class are worse than those of your aunt. I am your son, so it is up to you to be stupid. My sister is smart because of my dad."

"That's right, that's what I said. It's just what you think, stupid!" Zhou Cuicui also echoed.

Wu Xiufang reached out to poke her head, but Zhou Cuicui seemed to have expected it and ran to the side.

"Silly girl." After cursing, Wu Xiufang told them to go to bed quickly.

Zhou Shoumin couldn't stop laughing while listening to what happened. Wu Xiufang rushed over and slapped him a few times, "What are you laughing at? You are only a little better than me, just a little bit."

"Okay, okay, go to sleep, go to sleep."

Zhou Shoumin tried hard not to laugh, but seeing the old and the young in that state, Wu Xiufang always felt a little uncomfortable.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to work hard, but it’s difficult. Those characters are recognized by her, but she doesn’t recognize them. She feels a bit of a headache after studying for a long time.

In the end, I could only lie down on the bed and prepare to sleep.

In the third room, Wang Xuemei was coaxing Zhou Yiyi to sleep, her eyes fixed on the packet of milk powder, not knowing what she was thinking.

After Zhou Yiyi fell asleep, she put the child down and lay down too.

Everyone slept particularly well that night.

The next day, Zhou Xian went to the commune and brought with him the notes and documents from the meeting in the county town yesterday.

When she came back yesterday, the commune had already gotten off work, so she didn't go there.

Director Ji looked at her notes and understood the content of the meeting clearly.

She looked at Zhou Xian, then looked at her notes, and nodded with satisfaction.

After the meeting yesterday, she received a call from her sister. She could tell from the phone that her sister was very satisfied with Zhou Xian and praised her as a young person with many ideas.

After Director Ji finished reading the notes, he looked at Zhou Xian and said, "Xiao Zhou, do you want to come to work in the commune?"

Before Zhou Xian could speak, Director Ji continued, "I think you have outstanding abilities and are very suitable to work at the Women's Federation of the commune."

Zhou Xian didn't hesitate and immediately said, "I will follow the leader's arrangements."

Director Ji nodded in satisfaction. "Okay, I'll go talk to Secretary He and have you transferred to the commune to work. You go back and talk to the cadres of your brigade and ask them to re-elect a director of the Women's Federation."

Director Ji felt that her sister was right. When you meet a talented person, you naturally have to take action.

She was also doing this for the work of the Women's Federation. Xiao Zhou was a talented person and was suitable for their job. The Taohua Brigade was only a small one, so of course she would be transferred here to serve the entire commune.

If the talent is buried, it will be her fault.

Zhou Xian never expected that he would be promoted after returning from a meeting in the county town.

Director Ji has already gone to see Secretary He.

Secretary Chen came over, took Zhou Xian's hand and said with a smile, "From now on, the two of us can work together."

Compared to the new colleagues who needed to get used to each other, Director Chen felt that he and Zhou Xian were already familiar with each other, so he omitted those unnecessary steps.

However, Secretary Li glanced at them and quickly looked away. It was unknown what he was thinking.

However, they just don't get along well on a daily basis, so Secretary Chen naturally doesn't care what she thinks.

When Zhou Xian returned to the brigade, he took Secretary He with him with his transfer order stamped on it.

She was transferred to the commune.

In other words, she got promoted.

Not to mention the team leaders, even everyone in the team was shocked.

It has only been a short time since Zhou Xian became the director of the Women's Federation, and she has been promoted to the commune.

And with the promotion, the salary will naturally increase as well.

The household registration also has to be moved to the commune.

No matter what, this is a good thing for Zhou Xian.

The situations of Zhou Xian and Director Chen were quite different at that time.

Director Chen was transferred directly to the commune and left the next day. Zhou Xian will not report to the commune Women's Federation until next month, so there is no rush for her to leave.

Before she went to the commune, she had to decide on a new candidate for the director of the Women's Federation.

By the time the notice was posted at the brigade headquarters, the guys who had attended literacy classes were already able to recognize quite a few words, and even if they didn't know them, they could still guess what was going on.

Someone read it once and couldn't help but ask, "Xian girl got promoted. Is she going to work in the commune?"

"It's only been a short time, and they've already been promoted to a commune."

Back then, Director Chen worked in their brigade for many years before being promoted to the commune.

Zhou Xian is really amazing. It hasn't been long since he went to the commune.

This news spread quickly, and when Zhou Xian returned home, she saw her biological mother, Comrade Ge Guifen, waiting for her.

"Daughter, have you really been promoted?"

"It's not a promotion, it's just being transferred to a commune to work."

"That's still a promotion." Ge Guifen didn't understand the difference. She only knew that moving from the brigade to the commune to work and getting a higher salary than her husband was a promotion.

"My daughter is really amazing. When you were about to participate in the election for the director of the Women's Federation, I felt that you were extraordinary. You are going to the commune soon." Ge Guifen held Zhou Xian's hand with a bright smile.

Zhou Xian: “…”Mom, that’s not what you said at that time.

Zhou Xian didn't argue with the old lady about this, but said, "Not so soon. I won't report until the first of next month."

"It won't matter if you take a few days."

"Yes, before we leave, we have to decide on the new director of the Women's Federation in our brigade."

Ge Guifen nodded, paused halfway through, and said with a smile, "The literacy class you opened will come in handy this time. There are more people who can read now, and the competition will definitely be more intense."

"Mom, do you want to sign up?"

Zhou Xian looked at his biological mother seriously. She got married when she was a teenager and gave birth to three sons and one daughter. Now she is not even fifty years old, so it is the time for her to make a breakthrough.

"No, no, no, I can't do it." Ge Guifen waved her hands repeatedly.

Let her quarrel, and she can roll up her sleeves.

But if she were asked to mediate family conflicts, she might start quarreling with others and make things worse, which would be bad.

Ge Guifen knew very well what kind of personality he had.

But her guess was indeed correct. When she heard that a new director of the Women's Federation was to be selected from the team, many people signed up.

But the brigade will not select everyone who signs up. They still have to screen suitable candidates.

Not all students in literacy classes are qualified. Those who just make trouble should definitely not be accepted.

Zhou Xian took the report card of the literacy class and took a look. There was a carrot hanging in front, and everyone was very enthusiastic in learning to read.

Therefore, the candidates who register for the literacy classes are selected based on their transcripts.

If your grades are not good, your registration will be rejected.

Party branch secretary Zhou Ronghua said, "I think we should just not vote this time and just take the exam directly."

The reason we had a vote before was mainly because not many people in the team were literate. There were only a few of them, and there was no point in taking an exam, so we just let everyone vote.

It’s different now. There are more literate people, and the relationships have become complicated. Some families are closer, while others are more distant. So they still have to take exams directly and let their grades speak for themselves.