"really?"
Accountant Wu's worry turned to joy in an instant, and Zhang Degen also looked at Li Miaomiao intently.
"Why would I lie to you? Of course it's true."
Li Miaomiao looked at Zhang Degen and Accountant Wu and felt that this was truly a magical era. These two people were obviously sworn enemies, but they could cooperate very well for the soap workshop.
"Guoan's wife, how did you do it? The village chief and I have been thinking about it for a long time, but there is no better way, so I thought of consulting you."
"The method is actually very simple. The only thing the technician could tamper with is the results of our soap test. Therefore, I secretly gave another soap sample to Secretary Ying and asked him to keep it confidential and do an extra test for us."
"That's a good thing to be careful about. If the technician didn't tamper with the test results, it's fine. But if they did, and the same sample gave two different results, the higher-ups wouldn't tolerate that and would definitely investigate it."
Accountant Wu used to be hypocritical towards Li Miaomiao out of fear, but now he admires her from the bottom of his heart. He still doesn't accept the old man Zhang Degen, but if it were Li Miaomiao, how could this woman do this? It's really scary to have such an opponent.
Because of this incident, Accountant Wu decided to let go of the last bit of resentment and obsession in his heart.
Thinking of the fate of the technician from the province, Accountant Wu could also imagine the fate of himself if he went against Li Miaomiao.
"Guoan wife, what's wrong with your brain? How did you come up with such a good idea so quickly? That damn technician, if he didn't do anything tricky, it would be fine. Otherwise, he would be in big trouble."
Zhang Degen was so happy that he relaxed his tight grip and praised
"Uncle Degen, don't praise me like that. My brain is no different from that of ordinary people. I just think a little more before encountering things. Everyone in the village is looking forward to building a soap workshop, and I dare not let everyone down."
"That way, I won't have to worry."
"But I haven't told anyone about this, and I hope you two can keep it a secret. If nothing happens, we'll just pretend it never happened. That would be petty of us. If the predicted event actually happens, we must keep it a secret to prevent any leaks."
"You don't need to tell us this, we all understand, it won't be a bad thing."
"That's good. Also, before the results come out, we should not tell everyone in the village too confidently. I see the attitudes of Secretary Ying and County Magistrate Liang. As soon as they have news, they will inform us as soon as possible."
"Just as you say, we will listen to you."
Zhang Degen and Accountant Wu had no objection to Li Miaomiao's arrangement.
Li Miaomiao was a little surprised by Accountant Wu's attitude. It seemed that Accountant Wu's attitude towards her had changed a lot in one day. He was no longer as hypocritical as before, and there was a bit of sincerity in his smile.
Even so, Li Miaomiao would not let down her guard just because of the change in Accountant Wu's attitude. Who knows what Accountant Wu is up to? If you think you can put aside your past grudges just because he shows a little goodwill to such an old fox, you will be asking for trouble.
"I've made it clear beforehand. I've put so much effort into this matter for the village. If anyone does something behind the scenes and messes it up, I won't care."
Accountant Wu knew what Li Miaomiao meant when she said this. Instead of getting angry, he said, "Don't worry, Guoan's wife. We've all put in a lot of effort for this. This concerns the interests of everyone in the village, and no one would be stupid enough to sabotage it."
Li Miaomiao nodded: "Then we'll wait for news from the county, but we still have to do the preparatory work. We can lay the earthen bricks first. After all, they can't be used immediately after they are laid. They need to dry for some time. Prepare them first so that we won't waste time because of this."
"I'll arrange this tomorrow. I'm sure everyone will be happy with it."
As Zhang Degen spoke, he recalled something else: "Before lunch, Secretary Ying called Accountant Wu and me over and asked about the children's education in the village. I heard Secretary Ying say that they wanted to open a small primary school, but they hadn't decided which village it would be in yet."
Li Miaomiao didn't know about this yet, and was delighted to hear it. She was originally worried about Pei Yifan's studies next year.
Pei Yifan will be almost seven years old next year, and he must be sent to school. However, the school closest to their village is in the county town, and she can't live in the county town right away. But if she doesn't go to the county town and lives in the village, she will have to pick him up and drop him off every day.
Li Miaomiao even considered letting Pei Yifan live with Pei Guoqiang for a while, but Liu Lin was pregnant, so this was not appropriate.
"If we can win this, it will be a good thing for our village. Children's education is indeed important, otherwise Secretary Ying and County Magistrate Liang would not attach so much importance to education. Building a soap workshop to improve the lives of everyone in the village is only temporary. If we want to make the village prosperous, we still have to rely on this generation of children. Only when they have studied, understood the principles, and learned skills can our village truly prosper."
Li Miaomiao usually doesn't like to talk about big principles, but since it involves her not having to ride a bicycle in the wind and rain next year and go out early and come back late to pick up her children, she can still talk about some big principles.
Now that there is a school in the village, it is much more convenient for Pei Yifan to go to school. She doesn't have to worry about him anymore and he can just carry his schoolbag and go to school by himself.
"So we must fight for the opportunity to build a school. We can't let the children in our village fall behind."
No one is stupid. No matter which village the school is established in, it will definitely be beneficial to the children there. Otherwise, it will be inconvenient to send them to other villages.
"I know that, but our village is building a soap workshop and a school, which is a bit too big. I'm afraid Secretary Ying also took this into consideration and didn't agree right away."
Zhang Degen could still understand his leader's thoughts to some extent.
Li Miaomiao naturally wouldn't give up. If she gave up now, she would have to endure the hardship of sending her child to and from school in the future. She heard Zhang Degen say, "Everything depends on human effort. The leaders have their own considerations, but as long as we can do our best, they may not consider us. The soap workshop is one of the reasons why the leaders don't want to put the school in our village. We must turn this disadvantage into an advantage."
Accountant Wu admires Li Miaomiao's fearlessness in overcoming difficulties.
"I also support Guoan's wife's idea. The leaders haven't decided yet which village to build the school in, so our village has a chance to compete. From what I heard from Guoan's wife, does she already have an idea?"
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