Chapter 52 Chapter 52 Are you willing to build a branch factory?
Lunch was arranged by comrades from the Lingjiang Municipal Education Bureau. They booked a few tables at a nearby state-owned restaurant as a reward for the contestants from various counties. Jiangbei County had the largest number of people, occupying an entire table.
The children were all very excited. Even at home, whenever there was a dinner party or a big banquet, these little kids rarely had a seat at the table. It was considered good enough if they could occupy a seat at the corner of the table and grab something to eat.
But today, not only did they eat at the state-owned restaurant in the provincial capital, but everyone was seated like an adult!
This is a treatment that even their parents and grandparents have never enjoyed.
The children's eyes were all shining, and their mouths were full of oil. Zhou Zhaodi, who was sitting next to Shen Moer, whispered to her: "Teacher Shen, it's great to learn painting. You can participate in competitions and eat meat!"
Shen Moer suddenly laughed and said, "Then you have to continue to study hard in the future."
Zhou Zhaodi nodded heavily: "Yes."
Sitting on the other side of Zhou Zhaodi was Teacher Hu from Xinxiang Commune Primary School. Although others could not hear Zhou Zhaodi's whisper, she could hear it clearly. She rolled her eyes and said, "Learning to paint just to eat meat, what a big ambition."
Zhou Zhaodi's face suddenly turned red with shame.
Shen Moer slapped her chopsticks, and the table suddenly became quiet. Shen Moer turned her head and looked at Teacher Hu: "Comrade from Xinxiang Commune, are you a teacher?"
Isn't this a question you ask despite knowing the answer? Which of the team leaders here is not a teacher?
Without waiting for Teacher Hu to respond, Shen Moer continued, "If you are a teacher, you shouldn't say such things. Our country has only been established for more than 20 years. Twenty years ago, we were still suffering from invasion and war. Twenty years later, everyone can sit in a state-owned restaurant and eat happily. This is something to be proud of. Of course, we cannot deny that the living standards of the people are still not high, and it is true that they can't eat a few bites of meat all year round. Therefore, I think there is nothing wrong with the children's simple wish to eat meat if they study hard."
Teacher Hu sneered and raised his voice: "Deputy Director Ke, look, the teachers in the brigade primary school have this kind of awareness. Forget it, I'd better say less, otherwise our Jiangbei County will lose face in front of the whole city."
Deputy Director Ke frowned and said, "Please stop talking, Teacher Shen. To educate students, we should guide them to establish higher ideals and goals."
Shen Moer looked at Deputy Director Ke: "Deputy Director Ke, I don't think there is anything wrong with children of their age wishing to eat meat if they study hard. Wishes are not big trees, but seeds. Children must first have small wishes before they can gradually cultivate big goals and ideals. They will study hard now in order to eat meat, and in the future they will work hard to live a better life and build a better motherland. I think this is the significance of our educational work. Otherwise, as Comrade Hu said, students are born with lofty ambitions, so what do we teachers do?!"
Shen Moer's words were a bit impolite, and Deputy Director Ke's brows furrowed more and more, while Teacher Hu smiled with gloating beside him.
Ke Hongwen was a bit old-fashioned, and he was very concerned about his reputation and held grudges. The young man from Yangliu Brigade really offended him by refuting him in front of other teachers and students.
Teacher Hu's husband is a colleague of Deputy Director Ke and has some understanding of Deputy Director Ke's temper. He was just waiting for Deputy Director Ke to get angry when he heard applause suddenly coming from behind him.
"Teacher Shen said it very well. Children are seeds, not trees. The meaning of education is to turn seeds into towering trees." Liu Yadan came over at some point. She glanced at Shen Moer and raised the teacup in her hand with a smile. "I'll use tea instead of wine to thank all the colleagues in Jiangbei County and our lovely classmates. Thank you for your hard work."
Deputy Director Ke quickly picked up the water cup and stood up: "Director Liu, you are too polite. The city has made such thoughtful arrangements this time. We should thank you."
All the teachers and students in Jiangbei County stood up and returned the greeting with their cups of water. Maomao stood out in particular. Taking advantage of being closest to Liu Yada, he clinked glasses with the female cadre from the Municipal Education Bureau.
Everyone in the Municipal Education Bureau praised Shen Moer for her good words, and Deputy Director Ke naturally didn't say anything else. Although the atmosphere at the dinner table was a bit dull afterwards, no one would go against their stomach these days, and all six dishes on the table were eaten up without leaving anything.
After returning to the guesthouse to pack up and check out, Shen Moer took the two children to the door to wait for the car.
She had packed everything long ago, and since Maomao and Zhou Zhaodi didn't require much care, they were the first to come down.
Not long after, Teacher He also came down with two students. He looked around and saw that no one else had come down yet, so he whispered to Shen Moer, "That deputy director Ke is nicknamed Chicken Stomach, and he has a very narrow temper. I'm afraid you have offended him today."
Shen Moer laughed and said, "You are really well-informed. Thank you for reminding me. But it's okay. I am an ordinary elementary school teacher in the brigade. I don't have much contact with the county education bureau."
Teacher He reminded her, "You are a private teacher, right? If Maomao and Zhaodi can win honors in the provincial competition this time, you will have a good chance of becoming a regular teacher, or even being transferred to a primary school in the commune or county."
After a pause, he looked at Shen Moer sympathetically, and then said, “But the work of regularizing private teachers is managed by this Deputy Director Ke.”
Shen Moer: “…”
If there is a chance to become a regular employee, she would certainly hope to do so, after all, the difference in monthly salary would be more than half.
However, she did not regret refuting Deputy Director Ke at the dinner table. There were so many children listening and watching. If she had not refuted, the children would have thought that those obviously problematic ideas were correct.
"This matter is not settled yet. Let's talk about it when the time comes." Shen Moer said.
As the two were talking, a female comrade wearing glasses suddenly hurried over. The female comrade looked at Shen Moer and Teacher He and asked politely, "Excuse me, are you from Liuqiao Commune, Jiangbei County?"
Teacher He thought it was him, so he said, "Yes, I am He Mingda from Liuqiao Commune Primary School. May I ask who you are, comrade?"
The female comrade looked at Shen Moer and said, "This is Comrade Shen Moer from the Yangliu Brigade. Comrade Shen, Comrade He, I am the workshop director of the first workshop of the Southern Province Embroidery Factory. My name is Chen Jiahua. Yesterday, Niu Xiaoli from our workshop ruined an embroidery piece. I heard that it was Comrade Shen who gave her the idea to modify it?"
Shen Moer was surprised and said, "If you are talking about the peony painting, I did come up with an idea. You came here specially today, is there something wrong with that painting?"
Chen Jiahua hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, it's not the picture that has a problem. That picture is very good. Comrade Shen's painting skills are very good, and his ideas for modification are also very ingenious. I came here today mainly to ask, do you know the needlework that Comrade Shen mentioned, or do your family members know it?"
Shen Moer looked too young, so Chen Jiahua guessed that it was more likely that one of her elders was good at embroidery.
Shen Moer thought for a moment and said vaguely: “It’s good that there is no problem. I know a little bit, but it’s more of a paper talk. We still have to rush to the bus station, so I’m afraid I can’t talk to Director Chen in detail.”
She helped Niu Xiaoli just on a whim, but didn't want to get into any trouble.
Moreover, the car arranged by the city should have arrived, and teachers and students from various counties have also come down one after another, so they have to get on the car quickly.
It took so much effort to find someone, how can I just let it go?
Chen Jiahua came to the guesthouse in the morning to inquire about the situation. She knew that the people in Lingjiang City would go back in the afternoon. In order to save time, she went to the embroidery factory and borrowed a car from the factory.
“Comrade Shen, you are going to the bus station, right? Our factory’s car is parked outside. I’ll take you there and we can talk on the way. What do you think?”
“…”
I didn't expect the other party to be so persistent, but since she was unfamiliar with the place, Shen Moer was indeed unwilling to take a ride with a stranger.
Perhaps seeing her concerns, Chen Jiahua immediately said, "Our factory's car is quite big, let Teacher He and the children come with you! Don't worry, our driver is very familiar with the roads in the provincial capital, and he also has many acquaintances at the bus station. He will definitely take you there in time, and he can also help you buy tickets."
Teacher He walked out curiously to take a look. There was a bus parked on the side of the road. It should be the bus arranged by the city to take them to the bus station. And not far from the bus, there was also a handsome jeep parked!
Teacher He had only seen this kind of car once in a while in the county town. At that time, he thought it was extremely cool and thought it would be great if he could ride in one someday. He never expected that the opportunity would come so soon.
He immediately "surrendered to the enemy" and helped Chen Jiahua persuade Shen Moer: "Teacher Shen, it seems that Director Chen really wants to see you for something. It's hard to refuse such a kind offer. How about we trouble them?"
The other party was so well prepared and even offered to buy tickets for them. Shen Moer thought it was really hard to refuse such a kind offer, so she had to nod.
Teacher He immediately ran to the car arranged by the city to explain the situation, and then a group of people squeezed into the jeep.
Mr. He took advantage of the fact that men occupy a larger area and got the front passenger seat. Shen Moer and Chen Jiahua each held a child and sat in the back seat, while the other two children shared a seat in the back row.
After several decades, sitting like this is definitely against traffic rules and unsafe. But in this era, overloading is very normal. If there are too many people, just squeeze in. As long as there are enough people to fit in the car and move, then it is not a problem!
No matter it was Teacher He in the front row or the naughty kids in the back row, they all looked around excitedly after getting on the bus.
However, Chen Jiahua raced against time to explain the situation of the first workshop of the Southern Province Embroidery Factory to Shen Moer.
Simply put, the Nan Province Embroidery Factory is actually a state-owned factory that mainly deals in embroidery textiles. Their production tasks are mainly divided into two aspects. One is to produce high-end embroidery products as "state gifts", and the other is to produce embroidery products for export abroad. In other words, their products are basically not sold internally.
The first workshop also has two tasks: to be responsible for the production of high-end embroidery products and to provide "proofing" for other workshops.
In other words, the first workshop can almost be regarded as the technical core department of the Southern Province Embroidery Factory.
However, due to the domestic situation in recent years, many old employees with bad backgrounds in the first workshop were sent to labor reform, and the new employees were either transferred from other workshops or simply inserted through various connections. The technical level of the embroidery workers was not only uneven, but had plummeted.
The technical level is getting worse and worse, and the embroidery patterns are all the same without any innovation. At the Canton Fair in the past two years, the transaction volume of the Nan Province Embroidery Factory has also plummeted. Not only are the leaders of the Embroidery Factory under great pressure, but Chen Jiahua, the workshop director of the first workshop, is also under great pressure.
That is why Chen Jiahua was so excited when he saw the half embroidery painting that Niu Xiaoli brought back.
"Comrade Shen should be able to embroider. If you have any ideas, please embroider an embroidery piece and send it to me when you go back. I can try to ask the factory to directly recruit you as a formal employee." Chen Jiahua said.
She observed Shen Moli's expression and found that she did not show any emotional fluctuations because of her proposal, and she couldn't help feeling helpless.
If it were someone else, hearing that they could directly become a formal employee of a state-owned factory in the provincial capital, even if they were not surprised, they would at least be very surprised, right?
Just like Comrade He who was sitting in the front row, from Chen Jiahua's perspective he could see that he was so surprised that he could hardly close his mouth.
In fact, Shen Moer was also a little surprised, but being a formal worker in a factory in the provincial capital was really not very attractive to her. After all, her father and her partner were still in Liuqiao Commune. Why would she go to the provincial capital to be a worker?
So she immediately declined: "Thank you, Director Chen, but I have no intention of working in the provincial capital for the time being."
really.
Chen Jiahua secretly sighed, but still tried to fight for it again: "Not now, if you have any ideas in the future, you can always contact me."
She pondered for a moment and said, "I have another unwelcome request. I guess Comrade Shen should have some good embroidery patterns. If our factory wants to buy them, I wonder if Comrade Shen is willing to do so?"
Shen Moer raised her eyebrows slightly. When Chen Jiahua introduced the situation in their factory before, she didn't speak directly. However, Shen Moer could also hear from her words that their factory should be in great need of skilled embroiderers, as well as outstanding and innovative patterns.
Now that Chen Jiahua said this, Shen Moer felt that the situation in their factory might be even more serious than she had imagined.
Shen Moer subconsciously stroked the belly of Zhou Zhaodi who was sitting on her lap. Her fingers touched the rough cloth and the edges of the patches on it. Her eyes swept across the wide streets outside the window, the tall trees, the people riding bicycles on the streets, and the tall and short concrete houses on both sides of the streets.
After a moment's silence, Shen Moer asked, "Director Chen, does your factory intend to build a branch factory in our Liuqiao Commune, or your first workshop to build a branch workshop in our Liuqiao Commune?"
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After arriving at the bus station, Chen Jiahua asked the driver to buy tickets for Shen Moli and the others, and then he personally sent them on the bus. He also left a net bag with some fruits, canned food and some provincial capital specialty cakes.
Until Chen Jiahua left, Teacher He still looked so shocked that he was speechless.
How can this not be shocking?
One was casually promised a permanent job in a state-owned factory in the provincial capital, and the other was casually refused.
One proposed to spend money to buy the drawings, while the other simply asked whether it was possible to build a branch factory or workshop with them.
The key point is that after Director Chen was silent for a long time, he actually agreed and said that he would report and discuss with the factory leaders as soon as possible.
Of course, the prerequisite is that Shen Moer will send them embroidery.
It probably depends on the quality of the embroidery sent by Shen Moer. If she is not satisfied, the matter will naturally fall through. If she is satisfied... Seeing Director Chen's eager look, Teacher He feels that she will try her best to make this happen.
After all, Shen Moer had explicitly refused to buy the patterns. Since she couldn't buy the patterns, Shen Moer refused to go to the provincial capital. If the Southern Province Embroidery Factory wanted Shen Moer's embroidery, it seemed that the only way left was to build a branch factory and workshop in Liuqiao Commune.
Teacher He sat in his seat for a long time, and finally gave Shen Moer a thumbs up silently.
Just then, teachers and students from other schools who had taken the city bus came up. Deputy Director Ke took the lead. Teacher He was very considerate and took the initiative to greet them. Shen Moer then smiled at him. Deputy Director Ke nodded coldly and went straight to the back row.
Because Chen Moer and her friends took the jeep of the Embroidery Factory, they arrived at the bus station much earlier as Chen Jiahua said, and bought tickets closer to the front. The others took the bus arranged by the city, which arrived a little later and bought seats closer to the back.
Teacher Hu, who was following closely behind Deputy Director Ke, rolled his eyes and muttered, "If a villain succeeds, you will be the one to cry in the future," and followed with his chin held high.
After everyone had passed by, Teacher He smiled and whispered, "Well, becoming a regular employee is nothing. Teacher Shen, I think you will soon become a cadre of the Southern Province Embroidery Factory!"
Regardless of whether it is to establish a branch factory or a workshop, since the Embroidery Factory values Shen Moli's ability, they will definitely give her a management position.
It is certainly good for private teachers to become formal teachers, but compared with the management of a provincial state-owned factory, it is nothing special.
First of all, the salary is a big difference.
Shen Moer laughed and reminded, "Teacher He, my embroidery is still not there. What if they are not satisfied after I send it to them?"
"How is that possible? I noticed it yesterday. Your level is much higher than that little girl squatting in the corner and crying." What's more, Teacher He has already been wondering if there are any friends and relatives who can embroider. After all, this branch factory is just being built, and it is impossible that Shen Moer is the only worker. They will definitely recruit people later.
The workers in the provincial state-owned factories, wow, just thinking about him makes me excited.
It was already night when the car arrived at the county town. Fortunately, the commune had arranged in advance for a bus that was used three times a week to wait for them at the bus station. As soon as they got off the bus, they changed to another car and continued on their way. After dropping off Teacher He and two students from the commune's primary school at the commune's stop, the car continued to drive forward and directly sent Shen Moli and the others back to Yangliu Brigade.
As soon as the car stopped, the door of the Shen family courtyard opened and a group of people walked out.
After dropping the person off, the car turned around and drove away. As soon as Mao Mao got out of the car, he jumped into his mother's arms with joy, and Shen Moer, who was holding Zhou Zhaodi's hand, was immediately surrounded by everyone.
Shen Shaoyuan looked his precious daughter up and down for a few times, and the first thing he said was: "My Mo'er has really suffered these past two days. She has become so thin that her chin is pointed."
Others: “…”
Aunt Chen couldn't help but say, "It's only been a few days, how can they be so thin that their chins become pointy? I see that the two little ones' faces are obviously rounder."
Shen Shaoyuan had a reason: "Since the younger one can see that his face is rounder, it is natural that Mo'er's face is pointed. She is taking care of two children by herself, and there are many things to worry about. How can she not lose weight?"
Maomao poked his head out from his mother's arms and said, "We had delicious noodles and a delicious banquet. There was braised pork, fish, and broth. They were all delicious. We also had snacks in the car. They were also delicious!"
"Okay, okay, I know you've had something good to eat."
Li Xinmei touched her son's head, glanced at Zhou Zhaodi who was being led by Chen Moer, sighed secretly, and said, "You have come all the way back, you must be tired, Moer has worked hard too, go back and rest early. Zhaodi, come back with us, Maomao and I will take you home first."
Maomao and his friends will come back tonight, which was agreed before they left. When they came to Shen's house to wait for others, Chen Zhuangzhuang went to Zhou's house to tell them. Yang Da Niu is the stepmother, and Zhou Xiaoshuan is the biological father, but Yang Da Niu scolded him after hearing it, saying that he was a loser who didn't come home for several days and made the house a mess. Zhou Xiaoshuan didn't dare to say anything, let alone come with them to wait for the child.
Aunt Chen took Zhou Zhaodi's hand and said, "Come on, kid, we'll take you back together."
Zhou Zhaodi hugged her small tattered bag tightly, looked up and smiled at Shen Moer: "Teacher Shen, then I will go back with Grandma Maomao."
Shen Moer touched her head: “Well, go to bed early.”
When the Chen family members were gone, Shen Shaoyuan turned around and went into the house: "I have to go to work tomorrow, I'm going to rest first, you eat something and rest early."
Shen Moer touched her nose and said yes obediently. Seeing Shen Shaoyuan walking away, she stuffed the luggage in her hand into the hands of Fu Mingze who was standing beside her, and whispered, "Go in and eat with me."
Although she had some snacks on the way, she didn't have much appetite after all when eating in the car, so Shen Moer was indeed a little hungry at this moment.
There was a large bowl of wontons warming in the pot. This thing certainly couldn't have been made by Shen Shaoyuan. It was probably bought from the state-owned restaurant in the commune.
Eating too much at night can easily make you unable to sleep. Shen Shaoyuan left so much, probably intending to give Fu Mingze a portion. Shen Moer took a bowl and gave half to Fu Mingze. The two of them each had a small stool and started eating in the kitchen.
Shen Moer briefly talked about what had happened in the past two days, including the matter at the Southern Province Embroidery Factory.
Fu Mingze had heard of the Southern Province Embroidery Factory. After all, it was a company that could produce "national gift" embroidery products. Although their products were not sold domestically, some families in the capital could still get them through some special channels.
However, he did not mention this. He only said that their embroidery was quite famous in the capital in previous years. Now he speculated that it was affected by the current situation that led to the shortage of talent.
"Do you want to lead the villagers to do embroidery?" Fu Mingze asked.
Shen Moer did have this idea. She knew that Aunt Chen and Aunt Cai actually knew some simple embroidery skills. There were also several young wives in the village who knew some embroidery skills. If someone taught them, their skills should be able to improve. At least it should not be difficult to reach the level of the crying Niu Xiaoli.
If the scope is expanded to the entire Liuqiao Commune, it should not be difficult to select some outstanding and talented people.
To put it bluntly, the reason for the shortage of embroidery talents is that this skill was originally mastered by only a small number of people, and ordinary people have no way to learn it. If there is really an opportunity to learn, it is not too difficult to train a few embroiderers.
As for the situation at the Southern Province Embroidery Factory, it is estimated that, firstly, the old masters may not be really willing to take on newcomers, and secondly, those who go in as apprentices may not be talented in this area. With so many rules and regulations, how can they train new talents?
"Let's try it first. It's hard to say whether it will work or not." Shen Moer said.
Fu Mingze nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he talked about another matter: "Something happened in the village during the two days you were in the provincial capital."
As he said this, he glanced at Shen Moer with a meaningful look in his eyes.
Shen Moer looked puzzled: “Well, could this be related to me?”
Fu Mingze chuckled and said, "I guess all the people involved have some relationship with you."
Shen Moer: “Ah?”
Fu Mingze said, "Your cousin Shen Lingling and Zhang Junliang from the textile factory had a successful blind date. I heard they are planning to get married and have a wedding banquet before us."
Shen Moer: “…”
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