Chen Xia hadn't been to Qingfeng Village for a long time. This weekend, he took Chen Qiu and Chen Dong back to his hometown.
After a year of nutritional supplements, the two little guys' faces have become rounder and they have grown a few centimeters taller.
It can be seen that the Chen family has good genes, especially Chen Chun and Chen Qiu, both of whom have round oval faces and are chubby and look good.
Along the way, Chen Dong sat on the front crossbar of the bicycle and kept talking to Chen Xia about what happened at school, like a little duck that never stopped talking.
Chen Qiu is relatively quiet. A series of family changes before made her mature quickly. She no longer has much youthful liveliness at such a young age, and is even much more mature than Gu Lin.
When Chen Xia was away from home, she took on the responsibility of temporary parent.
Even when Chen Xia was at home, he only provided money and food. Chen Qiu was responsible for washing clothes, cooking, and buying daily necessities for the family. If it weren't for her, the plum garden would be in such a mess that it would be like a doghouse.
Chen Qiu didn't feel it was hard. On the contrary, she was quite happy inside. The pocket money Chen Xia gave her this year was more than 200 yuan, not including the savings after daily expenses at home.
A 15-year-old girl has so much money in her hands. She must be the richest person in Kezhen Middle School. You have to know that other students only have 2 or 5 cents in pocket money.
She is very satisfied with her current life. She has no worries about food and drink, and all her clothes and school supplies are the best in the school. Children are always a little vain, and she is no exception.
So she was quite grateful to her elder brother. If he had not taken the risk to go out and make money, if she had still stayed in the countryside, she would definitely have dropped out of school this year.
During this year, Qingfeng Village did not appear to have changed much in appearance. There were still those dilapidated old houses and those muddy village roads. The villagers' clothes were also as shabby as before, and there were few clothes without patches.
But the villagers' faces are no longer as gloomy as before, and they smile more often.
Grandma San just came out of the house holding two hens. When she saw Chen Xia, she quickly smiled and greeted her:
"Xiao Xia, you just came back? Wow, you're so tanned."
"Yeah, I came back to see everyone. How are you feeling recently?"
"Okay, okay, hehe." Grandma San looked around and saw that there was no one around. She whispered, "I have quite a few eggs at home. Do you want some?"
"Yes, I'll take whatever you have. It's the same old price, 10 cents each."
"Wait, I'll get it."
Chen Xia no longer cares about this small amount of money, but these eggs are the result of the hard work of the old ladies. It takes more than ten miles to sell them in the market, and the price is only 7 or 8 cents at most.
So Chen Xia still collected all the eggs in the village according to the previous agreement. Of course, he did not lose out. These were authentic "home-raised eggs". Not only were they nutritious, but if he accumulated a little, he could make a small profit by selling them in the city at one time.
Even if you don't sell them, you can eat them yourself as they are very nutritious. The fried rice made with these eggs will be golden yellow, which is something that eggs bought from supermarkets decades later, and neither free-range eggs, can achieve.
Along the way, villagers kept greeting Chen Xia. He is now a section-level cadre, which is a higher status than Chen Bingkun back then.
Chen Bingkun is the director of the clinical department and only enjoys this treatment, but cannot be considered as a formal administrative cadre.
This is where Dean Gu's deliberate planning was really powerful. Although the General Affairs Department is a miscellaneous department, its rank is real, and according to the current unspoken rules for cadres, they are only allowed to move up but not down. This is like buying an insurance policy for Chen Xia.
The lowest starting point is "Senior Science", which puts you many steps ahead of your peers.
The three siblings of the Chen family slowly walked into the village. Chen Xia went to find their fourth grandfather, while Chen Qiu and Chen Dong dispersed to find their respective friends. Looking at their bulging schoolbags, one could tell that they must be filled with a lot of things. This was considered a "return home in glory."
"Is Fourth Grandpa home?"
Fourth Grandma was drying radishes in the yard. When she saw Chen Xia come in, she hurriedly greeted him:
"Second brother, are you back? Come home for lunch."
"Okay, I'll eat at your house every time I come back. Look, I brought beef with me."
Fourth Grandma happily carried the beef to the kitchen. Chen Xia always brought a few pounds of beef every time she came. It was not enough to be eaten in one go, so it was considered a benefit for the village party secretary's family.
Chen Yigen came out of the house when he heard the noise outside, "Xiao Xia, come inside and sit down."
Chen Xia quickly ran up to him and lit a cigarette for him.
"Fourth Grandfather, these are authentic Hongtashan cigarettes from Nanyun Province. I bought them specially for you when I was on a business trip to Nanyun."
"Haha, good boy, this cigarette is really a treasure, you know what Fourth Grandpa likes",
After saying that, the old man put both packs of Hongtashan cigarettes into his cabinet. These cigarettes were high-end products that even county-level officials couldn't afford, so they were definitely good gifts to give to others.
After the two of them entered the house and sat down, Chen Xia whispered about the purpose of returning to the village.
"Fourth Grandfather, I came back this time to discuss the pharmaceutical factory matter with you. Now the factory plan is probably doomed, and someone is watching me. But I have found some connections and can open a small workshop. Can you introduce me to seven skilled female workers? I want to take them to Ke Town."
"Why 7? That's too few people."
"This is policy from above. Seven up, eight down. More than seven is exploitation and a mistake. So for now, I only need seven female workers. Coincidentally, my house in Ke Town is big enough, so I can set up a pharmaceutical workshop downstairs and have people living upstairs. I'll expand when policies allow in the future."
"Okay, let alone 7 female workers, even if there are 70 of them, I'll just have a headache about who to give it to and who not to give it to," Chen Yigen said in embarrassment.
Chen Xia said indifferently:
"This is work for a private employer, so of course we have to be efficient and clean. You have to be careful here, you can't just sell favors. Also, it has to be someone from our Chen family. I don't trust people.
I'm planning to offer a monthly salary of 50 yuan. Oh, and one more requirement: they shouldn't be too old and they should be literate. I'll be able to use these people in the future. They might become the backbone and cadres of the pharmaceutical factory."
"Wow, 50 yuan a month, so high?"
Chen Yigen was startled, and immediately thought that this was a lucrative position. His eldest granddaughter had graduated from junior high school, so he thought he had to squeeze her in. "Xiao Xia, what do you think of your Qiaogu?"
"Qiaogu?"
Chen Xia thought for a moment, "Isn't Qiaogu a substitute teacher in the village?"
Qiaogu is 19 years old this year, one month younger than Chen Xia. After graduating from junior high school, she failed to get into a technical secondary school and returned to Qingfeng Village to become a substitute teacher.
The little girl is very pretty, with big eyes and two pigtails. When she smiles, her eyes become a crescent shape, which is very beautiful.
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