Chapter 53 I wish her all the best in the future.

With the witness of the brigade cadres, Hongmei also deposited some money with the Women's Federation of the commune.

Li Lingling also agreed that she would bring some things to her when she visited Yanghua Brigade next time.

After putting away the receipt, Hong Mei tugged at Zhou Xian's sleeve again and whispered, "Sister Zhou, I want to change my name. I heard that you are a high school student. Can you help me choose a new name?"

The name Yang Hongmei carries too much misfortune for her.

Now that she has changed her destiny in her previous life and wants to have a new beginning, she doesn't want to use this name anymore and plans to completely break with her past self.

Zhou Xian thought of several names for her, and Hongmei chose the name Shengyi.

Sister Zhou said she wished her all the best in the future.

She liked the new name very much. She felt that she was starting over again and welcoming a new life. She hoped that everything would go smoothly in the future.

She took the name that Sister Zhou had written for her and wrote down her new name stroke by stroke.

Yang Shengyi.

The team leader changed her registered name in the team.

Sister Zhou held her hand and told her, "Shengyi, you must study hard. Once you learn the knowledge, it is yours and no one can take it away. Now no one knows what the future will be like, but remember that the future is full of hope. As long as you work hard, your future will be bright."

"I know Sister Zhou, I will definitely work hard."

This was the first time in her entire life that someone had said something like this to her.

No matter how difficult the road ahead is, she will work hard and never repeat the mistakes of her past life.

After seeing Zhou Xian and the others off, Yang Shengyi ran around the brigade holding a piece of paper with his name on it. Whenever he saw someone, he would point the paper at them and say that his new name was Yang Shengyi.

At night, under the candlelight, Yang Shengyi wrote his name over and over again until he was familiar with every stroke of his name, and only then did he feel at ease.

From now on, she is Yang Shengyi.

Her future is full of hope.

Hearing the noise outside, Yang Shengyi paused, put down the pen in his hand, blew out the candle, then quickly stood up and grabbed the stick behind the door.

She clenched the stick, stood behind the door, and even held her breath.

After the old widower died in her previous life, there were some scoundrels who climbed over the wall and sneaked into her house in the middle of the night.

She had been afraid before, but she knew that fear was useless.

When the bolt was pried open and the door was gently pushed open a crack, she saw a figure peeking in. Yang Shengyi closed his eyes and raised a stick to hit him.

The man who came let out a cry.

Yang Shengyi recognized the voice of the person coming; it was his uncle's youngest son.

But what does this have to do with her? She was just a little kid who was frightened by a thief.

She smashed it harder.

There is no good person in this family, so naturally she can be cruel enough.

While smashing things, he shouted, "We've been robbed, we've been robbed."

The neighbors around heard the noise and came out, but there was no movement at all at the Yang family's house.

"Hongmei, what's wrong?"

The neighbor aunt ran over with her clothes on. Seeing someone being hit by her and running away with his head in his hands, screaming and crying, she quickly called other people in the house over.

Those who were close enough to hear the noise came over, but there was still no movement from the Yang family.

Finally, Captain Wu rushed over and pulled the person who was curled up on the ground over. He found out that it was the child of the eldest branch of the Yang family.

It was late at night and I had no idea what he was trying to do by sneaking into my cousin's room.

After all, the child is young, and once he is frightened by the adults, he will confess everything.

It was because Yang Shengyi went to the commune to file a complaint. The commune took charge and arrested both families and the two brothers and sent them to a labor camp. They also asked Old Lady Yang to take out the money that belonged to Yang Shengyi.

The one who was most dissatisfied was Li Chunliu from the third room. The more he thought about it, the more unbalanced he felt.

Yang Lianwu worked as a worker in the commune and was paid. His own family had money, but their third room had nothing. All those things were given voluntarily by the old lady. In the end, even her husband was put in jail. She felt that she had suffered a great loss.

During this period, he often quarreled with his sister-in-law Zhang Xiaohuan, and the quarrels eventually turned violent.

Old Mrs. Yang couldn't take care of them. After Old Third Yang went in, she either had a headache or chest pain, and she felt uncomfortable all over.

Old man Yang didn't even ask any questions. He would just hide away when the quarrel started.

Zhang Xiaohuan was also unwilling to accept it. She felt that although it was the second wife who risked her life to get this job, it was her husband who worked hard to earn the money. She always felt that the job should have belonged to their eldest wife and she didn't owe it to anyone.

In the past, my husband worked in the commune and had some money. When he came home, he would bring some food from the supply and marketing cooperative and secretly cook for our family. Now that he has been discovered, naturally everything is gone.

Even the food at home is less than before.

Late at night, the child cried out that he was hungry, so Zhang Xiaohuan slapped him in the face, pointed at his nose and started scolding him.

"Hungry, hungry, hungry. Just starve to death. Our family has been torn apart by that jinx. If it weren't for her, would your dad have been able to get in? There's nothing to eat at home. If you want to eat, go find that jinx. She has money and food."

When the two female cadres from the commune entered the brigade, they saw clearly that they were carrying things to give to the jinx.

The jinx was returned to his own room.

It makes them feel uncomfortable when they see it.

But almost everyone in the team is watching them now, and they will come over if there is any movement. The Yang family can only curse at them now, and they don't dare to take any action against that dead girl Yang Hongmei.

The eldest brother Yang Lianwu and the third brother Yang Lianwen were both implicated. If they took action, those cadres might also arrest them. Those cadres made it very clear that that was the money and job that the second son earned with his life, and no one could touch it except the second son's parents and daughter.

So now we can only rely on our parents, but there is no way for these two to take the job. The leader has said that the job must be given to Yang Hongmei, the jinx. If she doesn't want it, the job will be invalid.

Old Mrs. Yang wanted to punish Yang Hongmei, and even found a way to make her do housework at home and prevent her from going to school.

What's the point of her studying? In a few years, finding someone to marry is the right thing to do. She can even get a dowry then.

This idea didn't come to mind for long before it was suppressed by Old Man Yang.

"Just keep quiet, at least don't think about taking the girl now."

The officials from higher levels had just given them a warning, but now they were thinking of asking for a dowry for the girl. They really think they haven't lost enough face.

Old Man Yang knew that arranged marriages were prohibited, and usually no one was in charge of this. Now that things have gotten to this point, if they dare to marry the girl off regardless of her opinion, the whole family will have to accompany the eldest and third sons.

Fortunately, the girl has to go to school now and can't leave for a while.

What they need to do now is to let Hongmei let down her guard and let those leading cadres know that they have repented and will treat her well. The proper way is to find a suitable opportunity to get the money back from her.

"Don't scold Hongmei anymore, especially in front of outsiders. If you have anything in the future, remember to save some for that girl, so that the team leader and the members can see how good we are to her."

It was because the leader came suddenly this time and caught them off guard, otherwise, how could they, a group of people, not be able to appease the leader.

But things have come to this, they must find a way to get the money back as soon as possible.

How can a little girl get so much money? When she gets married, she will have to take it all to her husband's family.

Old Lady Yang said reluctantly, "I understand."

Seeing her family's sudden change of attitude, Yang Shengyi was not fooled. Since she had a chance to do it all over again, she would no longer expect their attention.

This kind of thing is worthless to her now.

Moreover, if these people did not benefit from it, why would they swarm around like flies?

She is not smart, but she is not stupid either.

Faced with the attentiveness of her family members, she also greeted them with a smile, but she worked harder in her studies.

If you can't memorize it, then copy it down. If one time doesn't work, try twice. If two times don't work, try three times. If it really doesn't work, try ten or a hundred times. Remember it several times and slowly you will get the hang of it.

Just act. If they can act, you can act too.

On the other hand, Zhou Xian compiled this incident into a short story, in which all the names of the people involved were pseudonyms, including the name of their Baihua Commune, which was not disclosed.

Before publishing, I showed it to Director Ji.

"It's well written, but why don't you use the name of our commune?"

"I think that if the newspaper accepts this story, everyone will know that such an incident happened and the whole country will pay attention to it. The Yang family will also be cautious and dare not really do anything to Shengyi."

After all, they were in the commune, and although there was a team leader in the team, the Yang family lived with Yang Shengyi after all. If someone went crazy, the child would be the most dangerous.

Zhou Xian also specially marked this article as being adapted from real events. Even if the Yang family members were illiterate, the cadres of the Yanghua Brigade would naturally understand it when they saw it.

If he did nothing in the past and continues to do nothing in the future, Zhou Xian will no longer use a pseudonym.

"You are very thoughtful."

Zhou Xian stuffed the written article into an envelope, put a postmark on it, and dropped it into the mailbox.

Based on her experience in previous manuscript reviews, she was still very confident about this short story.

But you still have to wait for a reply.

Secretary He just happened to have called a meeting to discuss the matter of applying for plastic greenhouses.

Since it was proposed by the Women's Federation, the Women's Federation must have given its own opinions on this idea.

They have also made a plan, so Director Ji was able to answer everyone's concerns with ease.

Some people also think it is too much trouble, such as Vice President Li. He thinks doing these things is completely useless.

Director Ji didn't tolerate it and directly retorted.

She felt that Comrade Li always gave people a superior feeling, which made people feel very uncomfortable.

She did this not only for the Women's Federation, but also for the development of the commune. No matter what, she had the confidence.

If they really succeed, when Secretary He goes to the county to report on their work at the end of the year, their Baihua Commune will definitely be the one that stands out.

The last sentence really touched Secretary He's heart.

He wanted to do something practical for the members under him, but he also wanted his efforts to be seen by his leaders.

Finally, based on everyone's opinions, most comrades agreed. They also saw the benefits of these things for Baihua Commune, so Secretary He decided to build this plastic greenhouse.

All things are certainly difficult at the beginning. As these things had never been done before, Secretary He did not dare to make boastful promises and develop ten or eight acres of land in one go. Although the name of off-season greenhouse vegetables was very attractive, food was still more important, so he approved at most two acres of land.

This was already beyond Zhou Xian's expectations. After all, she thought that if she was going to do a trial planting, half an acre of land would be enough. As long as the leaders saw their results, expanding the scale would not be a problem. Unexpectedly, Secretary He directly approved two acres of land.

Just think about having a meal of stewed cabbage in plain water from time to time in winter. It would be very tempting if there were some green vegetables.

Moreover, fresh vegetables in winter are not cheap. If it succeeds, the production team below can also earn some income.

As long as these greenhouse vegetables can be successfully cultivated, it will be a good thing in every way.

Since it is a plastic greenhouse, plastic is definitely needed.

I had to find a plastic factory to buy plastic. There was no plastic factory in the county, so I had to go to the provincial capital.

Director Ji took care of this matter.

"Since this matter was raised by our Women's Federation, I will be responsible for finding a way to purchase the plastic."

Director Ji thought that her brother-in-law must have acquaintances in the provincial capital, so she went to the county town and asked her brother-in-law to help her contact them. She was also working for the members below, so finding connections was no big deal.

There is also the framework of the greenhouse, which is relatively simple.

When they were making the plan, they had already included the structure of the plastic greenhouse.

After assigning the tasks, Secretary He called the team leaders of the production teams under him to attend a meeting at the commune.

Although Zhou Xian said that the crop could be planted on a trial basis in the Taohua Brigade, Secretary He certainly could not agree to it so easily. He gave the opportunity to the captains of each brigade and let them make their own choices.

After all, it was a new method, and many captains were still hesitant.

Of course, some people are eager to try. Success would be the best. Even if they fail, the commune leaders will remember the contribution of their team.

Zhou Jiefang had been reminded of this by his daughter a long time ago, and his daughter also gave him a book on planting in plastic greenhouses. So when he heard Secretary He actually talking about plastic greenhouses, he was excited.

When he saw that there was someone else competing, he suddenly became anxious.

"Don't be impatient, just tell us what you think about plastic greenhouses," Secretary He asked simply.

He had originally thought about selecting a few more teams and having each team try planting on half an acre of land, but he quickly rejected this idea.

The most important thing about greenhouse vegetables is that they can bring profits to the teams below them. If they are dispersed, it is inevitable that there will be comparisons. At that time, everyone will pay attention to the greenhouse vegetables, and it is very likely that the food in the fields will be ignored. It is better to put them in one team.