"Mom, isn't it true that our village soap workshop is going to expand, so we'll definitely need to find someone. As long as the people Captain Wang arranges are reliable, there shouldn't be any problem. Besides, we live in the village after all, so we should help out if we can. It shouldn't be too difficult, otherwise I won't agree."
After hearing what Li Miaomiao said, Li Degui and He Guixiang breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that it's not difficult. If it is difficult, forget it. Don't worry, our family still has some reputation in the village. Your brothers are capable. Even if you don't agree, Captain Wang won't be able to embarrass us."
"Mom, I understand. I won't force you. This time when I went to the provincial capital, I got another big order for our workshop. Now it's not that our soap can't be sold, but that we produce too little. Even if you want to buy, you have to look at our workshop's order list. So we must expand the workshop and recruit people."
He Guixiang's thoughts moved when she heard this: "If we're hiring people, your elder brother and sister-in-law..."
"Mom, my eldest sister-in-law is still pregnant, so it's not good for her to go so far to work. Anyway, as long as my eldest sister-in-law is willing, there will be opportunities in the future, and I will always find a way. As for my second sister-in-law and the others, if they are willing to go, it should be no problem."
Li Miaomiao knew that her sisters-in-law were all hardworking and it would be no problem for them to work in the soap workshop.
"That would be great! It's definitely easier than working in the fields to earn a cent."
"That's right, but it will take time to implement this matter. Please tell Captain Wang to keep it secret. Otherwise, if the nearby villages all have the same idea, it will be hard to say what will happen."
"Okay, I'll go talk to Captain Wang right away."
As she spoke, Li Miaomiao handed the things she brought back to He Guixiang.
"Mom, these are the fabrics and Liberation shoes I bought for you and Dad. These two cans of milk powder are for my sister-in-law to nourish her body. In addition, there are these soft candies and canned food. You can decide how to divide them. I won't care."
The things Li Miaomiao brought were quite a lot, but they were still a bit too heavy. Not wanting to worry about it, she handed the matter over to her mother He Guixiang.
"If you really mean it, you should be frugal even if you have money. Besides, it's not easy for you to make money, and you have to support Xiaofan. Don't be so extravagant in the future."
When Li Miaomiao returned from her mother's house, she saw Zhang Degen and Accountant Wu waiting for her.
Li Miaomiao thought they would wait two days to discuss things, but she didn't expect them to be so anxious. However, thinking about the enthusiasm of everyone in the village and the many orders they had received recently, the soap workshop's current output was definitely not enough to cope with it. But with so many orders, how could Zhang Degen and Accountant Wu be willing to give up? It was no wonder they were anxious.
"Uncle Degen, Uncle Wu, how long have you been waiting here?"
"Not long ago, he just got here. We figured you would be back by now, so we came here to wait."
"It's about the soap workshop, right? Let's go in and talk."
Li Miaomiao poured each of them a cup of tea before sitting down, and then Zhang Degen spoke.
"Our soap workshop is working overtime, and even at its maximum production capacity, we can't keep up with the orders we've received. Accountant Wu and I have discussed expanding the soap workshop. Guoan's wife, could you give us some advice on how to best do this?"
Li Miaomiao saw that Zhang Degen and Accountant Wu now came to her for solutions whenever there was a problem. This was not a good sign. She had not wanted to be an administrator in the first place out of laziness and just wanted to be a technician and do nothing, but why did she have more and more problems?
Before, she had no choice but to go to the provincial capital to find Pei Guoan. Now that Pei Guoan is back, there is no reason for her to continue to be so tired, so she looked at Pei Guoan.
"Boss, what do you think is the best way to arrange this matter?"
Li Miaomiao deliberately changed the name to hint to Pei Guoan that as the pillar of the family, now that he is back, it is natural for him to take charge.
Pei Guoan's mouth twitched when he heard Li Miaomiao's address. What kind of tricks was this girl up to? He thought it was okay when he heard the aunties and grandmas in the village say this, but when Li Miaomiao called him this, he felt awkward.
Zhang Degen and Accountant Wu were also used to it. After hearing what Li Miaomiao said, they remembered that Pei Guoan had returned.
Speaking of Pei Guoan, he used to be the most intelligent young man in the village, so everyone looked at Pei Guoan.
"Guoan, what do you think we should do? Give us some advice. You've seen a lot and know a lot more than us."
Pei Guoan had no intention of shirking his responsibilities. Since he had returned to the village and decided to live here, he naturally had to integrate into the community.
Taking advantage of the morning time, Pei Guoan had already walked around the village and had a general understanding of the situation in the village.
"I think the location of the soap workshop is well chosen. There's room for expansion. Why don't we build a new factory next to the workshop? It can be larger and modeled after the provincial soap factories. After all, the orders for our village soap workshop are already increasing. Once the factory is built, our village will no longer be a soap workshop, but a soap factory."
Zhang Degen and Accountant Wu's faces suddenly became excited when they heard this.
"Is this really possible?"
Zhang Degen thought about when he drove a ox cart to the county town a few months ago. At that time, he was just envious of Zhaojia Village and never thought that a factory would be built in the village a few months later.
"Of course, but the details still need to be implemented together, and they have to be reviewed and approved. With the approval documents, there will be no problem given the situation in our village."
Pei Guoan said this with certainty
"It's just that Guoan, if we rebuild it according to the model of the provincial soap factory, wouldn't it make too much noise? Besides, we've never been to a soap factory, so we don't even know what it looks like. Our village workshop was built based on the blueprints your wife drew, and our village was built according to her ideas."
Accountant Wu immediately thought of the problem
"I'll find a way to get the blueprints for the soap factory. They'll be back in a few days at most. You can also start arranging for people to clear the site for the construction. The factory also requires approval from the county, so you can get started on those."
Zhang Degen frowned again, feeling a bit worried. "Everything else is easy. Even if building a factory is a big undertaking, we can just work together as a village. After all, the autumn harvest is over, and there's less work to do in the fields. But getting the county to approve it won't be easy. Secretary Ying and County Magistrate Liang had already agreed to the school, but then other villages started making trouble, so they finally decided to build the school in Zhaojia Village."
In Zhang Degen's opinion, the county is no longer as supportive of their Fanglin Village as before, and this matter may not proceed smoothly.
Accountant Wu was silent after hearing this. They were able to overcome many difficulties, but if the county did not agree, then no matter how much they thought, it would be in vain. After all, Fanglin Village had indeed made a lot of moves this year.
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