Chapter 115 Chapter 115 Awesome.
Liang Xin looked at her daughter who was eating shrimp, mushroom chicken patties, and vegetables, and couldn't help but smile, "You're right, the child is our biggest gain this year, and such a cute and beautiful daughter."
The two clinked glasses.
Liang Xin slowly ate the fish belly that Lu Chongfeng had specially picked out for her, used chopsticks to push away the braised pork elbow that had been stewed to the point of being rotten with a single poke, and picked up a large piece for him.
“It smells so good.”
Lu Chongfeng chewed the pork elbow with the skin and meat, "No one can compare to my wife's cooking."
Liang Xin smiled, "You're not complaining about me, are you?"
"How is that possible!"
Lu Chongfeng came over and said, "I feel so sorry for you!"
Liang Xin smiled and pushed away the corner of his mouth that was stained with soy sauce, "Eat, no more kissing."
Lu Chongfeng turned his head to look at the unbolted door, thought for two seconds, and thought that Liang Xin was so popular now, and maybe other people would come later, so he did not stand up to close the door.
"This year, my family of three will be together for the first time to celebrate the New Year together. Let's have another toast."
Liang Xin picked up the soda and drank with him.
Dudu no longer blamed her father for talking to her during the meal. She raised her mushroom chicken patties and toasted with her parents.
Lu Chongfeng's laughter was heard in the living room.
After having the New Year’s Eve dinner at home, Liang Xin and Lu Chongfeng took Dudu upstairs for a nap.
Lu Chongfeng got up at one o'clock in the afternoon and rushed to the division headquarters for a meeting. Liang Xin placed all the snacks in the cabinet on the coffee table.
Jiangmi noodles, Dingsheng cakes, osmanthus cakes, sesame cakes, melon seeds, plum cakes, red dates, pumpkin seeds and a large basket of oranges, and in the evening there would be fried peanuts that Xia Xia and her friends would bring.
Liang Xin prepared some milk and gave it to Dudu who had just woken up. She stood by the bed and changed into the blue employee uniform of the family factory again. From outside, she heard the voices of Zhong Xuelian and Li Mao greeting her.
"Liang Xin, are you awake?"
"woke up."
Liang Xin carried Dudu downstairs and handed him to Sister Ji. "Are all the things ready?"
Zhong Xuelian nodded, "Everything is ready."
When they arrived at the factory, the administrative and logistics staff carried bags of New Year's snack and bread sets from Liangxin Bakery and followed Liangxin to visit the employees' homes one by one to express their condolences.
Li Mao and Zhong Xuelian thought that Liang Xin no longer knew the factory workers.
As a result, Liang Xin not only knew which mother had bad legs and feet, and specially prepared plasters for them, but also knew which child got first place in the exam, and gave them stationery. That would have been fine,
She even knows whose birthday it is today (New Year's Eve) and tomorrow (New Year's Day), and she has specially prepared small cream cakes as gifts for the children whose birthdays are on these two days!
"You're so busy every day that you barely have to sit down to work, and you don't even have a secretary, so how come you know all these little things?"
Li Mao looked at Liang Xin as if she were a "monster" and screamed. He stood on tiptoes and grabbed Liang Xin's head with his hands, "Let me see how your brain is different from ours!"
Liang Xin let her look at her and just smiled without saying anything.
"I was surprised, too!"
Zhong Xuelian and other logistics cadres all looked at Liang Xin with surprise.
In the factory's year-end voting, several of their administrative and logistical staff were voted as outstanding and advanced workers, which shows that the employees are very satisfied with their administrative and logistical work.
But they didn't think of such a small thing at all!
“It’s really different.”
Xia Xia had a look on her face as if she had learned something new. "Look at everyone. Every household welcomed us in with a smile. Liang Xin sat there, and when we left, every household sent us out with tears in their eyes. I think even they themselves didn't think about celebrating their birthdays anymore."
"That's right. Before I entered the bakery, I had forgotten when my birthday was, let alone eating birthday cake!"
Li Mao followed Liang Xin to the next house, "Looks like we still have a lot to learn!"
"It's not as exaggerated as you say."
Liang Xin turned up the stairs and said, "It's just that birthdays on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are rare, so they're easier to remember."
We delivered gifts and expressed our condolences to every household. By the time we left the staff building, the sun had already set.
At six o'clock in the evening, the canteen had already prepared the New Year's Eve dinner and the dumplings, rice cakes and glutinous rice balls that the employees had helped to make.
The cadres from various departments of the factory surrounded Liang Xin and walked into the cafeteria, where warm applause spontaneously broke out.
Liang Xin walked to the stage decorated with ribbons, banners and slogans, and picked up the microphone. "Thank you for the hard work of the canteen chefs. When I first entered the door, I took a special look at the dishes on each table. They were so delicious that my mouth was watering. But the taste still needs to be tasted by you. Do you feel satisfied?"
"satisfy!"
The chefs from the cafeteria also sat at a table, and all of them smiled with a look of relief and embarrassment.
"I am standing here today to report to you on the situation of the family factory this year."
Liang Xin did not take the materials handed to her by Zhong Xuelian. "Everyone has worked hard for a year. At the beginning of this year, we followed the development of the domestic situation and found a way out in the national economic cycle. We introduced an instant noodle production line from Japan. After the hard work of more than a dozen experts in the technical department, the trial production was successful. Instant noodles were put on the market after the National Day in October. In just a few months, it has developed into a factory with a daily output of up to 30,000 catties, sold 13 million packs of instant noodles, and a total output value of up to 3.5 million. Our products also cover almost all markets across the country. Last month, we began to export to more than 10 countries including Japan, the United States and Southeast Asia, opening up a new situation for Jiangmen Farm and also opening up a new situation for light industry foreign trade exports!"
There was warm applause.
Liang Xin smiled and continued, "The logistics department of the military region awarded our 11th Division's family factory the Army's Advanced Family Factory, the Army's Advanced Farm, Model Worker and many other titles about our collective and individual. In just one year, we were able to achieve this result and receive so many honorary titles. They all said that we run the factory well. I think everyone is very happy, right?"
A roof-shaking “Yes!” rang out in the cafeteria.
"Our factory workers are really hard-working. Every day when I tell you to leave work, you sneak back to rest. When I force you to take a vacation, no one is willing to take the whole vacation. When I make you angry, you turn around and scold me. It's hard to find family members like you in the whole army, not to mention in the whole country."
"Especially now that the market economy is in a freezing period, many factories in the country are almost unable to pay wages, and the employees are all unmotivated. We don't know whether the instant noodles will be popular before we make them. It is even more precious that you are still working so hard. I sincerely admire you! To achieve such results, it is worthy of everyone's hard work!"
The leaders of various factory departments standing behind Liang Xin applauded the employees present at the appropriate time.
Liang Xin stopped clapping and said, "But I think the honor and praise from above, such as running a factory well and being one in a hundred, is far from enough."
The warm and joyful atmosphere suddenly froze, and the employees and the cadres standing behind Liang Xin all stared at her in shock.
"As you know, during the time when we were running the factory, I and our family factory were often reported. The logistics leaders of the base and the military region were optimistic about us and helped us to block all the reports and supported our family factory. I forgot who said this, a young bamboo pole cannot carry a heavy burden."
Liang Xin's words immediately aroused the anger of the family members and employees.
"Don't be angry, they are looking down on us from a big factory with an annual output value of tens of millions, a profit and tax of three million, and a per capita output value of tens of thousands..."
Liang Xin had just finished speaking when a family member of the staff stood up and said, "The person who can say this must be a man. He just looks down on us female comrades!"
The family members and employees were immediately furious, and they joined together to curse the man Liang Xin had already forgotten:
"We have made a production value of 3 million in just three months. The only thing we lack in time is time. If we are given a year, our total production value will reach tens of millions!"
"That's right. There's a long line of trucks outside our factory. Our products are in short supply in the market. If this year hadn't come so fast, we would have already caught up with them!"
"If you have the ability, wait until next year and compete with us again next year!"
"Sister-in-law is right."
Liang Xin suddenly added, "If it's next year, we may catch up with them based on this year's trend. Why do I say that? Because I have done everything I can. You have also received the news. Our Conscience Instant Noodles are selling well. Various places have begun to prepare for or have already introduced successful instant noodle production lines. Originally, there were only ten companies including us. By the end of this year, there will be 20 to 30 production lines across the country. This means that the market competition next year will be extremely fierce. Other factories have already imitated my promotional methods. With more competition, more methods will emerge."
The employees who were so enthusiastic just now were stunned again.
Someone asked, what should we do then.
Liang Xin said: "If we want Liangxin Instant Noodles to remain at the top of the domestic instant noodles market, we need to achieve a total output value of tens of millions within three years, not just next year, and a per capita output value of tens of thousands. There is a saying that goes, everyone should be given full play to their talents."
Li Mao hurriedly asked, "You want everyone to be like you, and move their bodies and brains?"
"How can that be possible?"
One worker said, "Even if I had ten brains, I still wouldn't have half the brain of Director Liang."
"There are places on your body that even ten of you could never match half as well as me."
Liang Xin said: "For example, with your enthusiasm and familiarity, you can get along well with all the employees in the factory in half a day, but I can't do it in ten days. This is where your talent lies."
This employee was a street thug who had just been assigned by the street, and his name was Pan Xiaodong.
He has been accustomed to hearing "He is not as good as so-and-so" and "He is not as good as so-and-so" since he was a child.
There are many people in the yard who seek a sense of superiority from him.
He has always been the one that others have surpassed.
This was the first time in my life that someone said I was not as good as him. This person was the famous water-saving hero, the county champion, and a business genius. He had just been selected by the "Liberation Women's Daily" as a model representative in the economic field, and was awarded the title of China's Top Ten Propaganda Figures in 1982 and one of the Top Ten Pioneers of the Times, Director Liang Xinliang!
Director Liang actually said that he was not as good as him!
Pan Xiaodong felt as if he was electrocuted!
Slowly, another kind of unprecedented confidence made him straighten his back unconsciously from being hunched over.
"If you have relatives or friends in other factories, you must know about the situation. The supply and marketing and purchasing personnel have all walked out of the factory gates, trying every means to clear the channels and undertake tasks. Those factories used to be stable and only focused on production without worrying about sales. They are all better than our small factory. Starting next year and continuing for the next five, ten, or even twenty years, the market competition for instant noodles will become more and more fierce. So we must learn from their lessons and have a far-sighted mindset."
Liang Xin said, "I am talking about this during the New Year. Another important point is that I think everyone's salary is too low. It's only 30 yuan a month. Workers can no longer earn as much as the commune members who grow crops. After the opening of the small commodity market to individual businesses, people want to buy more and more things. This salary is almost not enough to spend. I want to say this not only for the output value to exceed 10 million within three years, but also to see everyone's pockets fuller."
Liang Xin's previous words have completely attracted the attention of all the workers in the factory. When she mentioned consumption and salary increase, which are closely related to their lives, their attention was increased to 200% focus!
"Some of our old employees who have studied in the bakery have a habit of reading newspapers and food-related journals every day to keep up with the latest food news. At Conscience Bakery, many sales tasks are taken over by employees in every possible way. The bakery will reward employees with a 3% commission based on the task amount. That month, this employee received an extra 300 yuan in salary."
As soon as the words of 300 yuan a month salary were announced, exclamations were heard in the cafeteria, and the employees' eyes lit up frighteningly.
Liang Xin said: "Everyone should be able to give full play to their talents. Starting from next year, all the employees in the factory will be united and work together to charge towards a goal. Only then can we have a great chance to occupy the top spot in the instant noodle industry and achieve a production value of 10 million within three months. Let those who say we are weak and weak take a good look at how a small family-run factory can surpass them and become a truly advanced model enterprise in the whole army!"
The applause sounded like thunder!
All the employees in the factory applauded with enthusiasm, as if they had just drunk a table full of chicken blood. They wanted to skip their meals and immediately started thinking about how to increase sales.
"It's already half past six, I won't delay everyone's meal, let's watch the Spring Festival Gala later."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "I saw a lot of delicious food on the table, including dumplings made by everyone. I heard that coins and candies were put inside. I wish good luck to those who eat them. I also saw rice cakes, including brown sugar rice cakes and osmanthus rice cakes. I wish the comrades who eat the rice cakes a promotion every year. Finally, I wish everyone a happy New Year's Eve, smooth work in the new year, big bonuses, and a happy family!"
Director Liang came up with a creative idea and expressed his blessings by using the dishes, which made everyone happy and also made them want to pick up their chopsticks and start eating rice cakes and dumplings immediately.
Liang Xin sat at the table that the administrative logistics department agreed to reserve, and waited for the leaders of each department to stand on the stage and say what they wanted to say and their blessings. After everyone toasted, they had a full New Year's Eve dinner and went home with the people who lived in the division's family compound.
As soon as I walked out of the factory gate, I saw Lu Chongfeng driving a military vehicle to the door.
"I came here in a delivery truck, and I will definitely take everyone back."
Li Mao asked, "Did Deputy Commander Lu forget about it? Why did he come all the way here to pick up Liang Xin?"
Lu Chongfeng paused in the car and said, "Really? I really forgot."
Liang Xin lowered her head and smiled, "Then I'll take the bus back first. If I get home early, I can clean up and wait for you to come over to watch the Spring Festival Gala together."
After getting on the car and driving far away from the farm gate, Liang Xin took his eyes off the family members who were queuing up behind to get on the truck.
Liang Xin leaned over and kissed Lu Chongfeng on the face.
Lu Chongfeng's mouth curled up immediately, "Are you so happy that I came to pick you up?"
"You're more than just here to pick me up."
Liang Xin wrapped the scarf he had just placed on the passenger seat around his neck and said, "You're worried that I'll be cold sitting in the truck."
Lu Chongfeng's lips curled up even higher because of their mutual understanding. "It's only been a year since you gave birth. I read in a book that it takes at least two to three years for a lesbian's body to recover after giving birth and breastfeeding. It's so cold today. There was sunshine when we left, and we didn't have time to see you off. So when we come back, we'll naturally avoid the cold wind as much as possible."
Liang Xin put on his big woolen gloves and said, "I didn't even say anything about putting two or three more people in the back seat, and you drove away."
"Other units have already issued verbal warnings that military vehicles must be used for official business, combat readiness, training and other military purposes, and private use of public vehicles is not allowed."
Lu Chongfeng said seriously, "I was afraid of getting them into trouble, so I started the car so quickly."
Liang Xin listened to his twisted logic and asked, "Aren't you afraid of getting me into trouble?"
"If they do fine me, I will say that my family members were unaware and it is all my fault."
Lu Chongfeng continued in a serious tone, "I can take responsibility for my family, but I can't take responsibility for the families of other cadres as well, right? Wouldn't that be a mess?"
Liang Xin was amused by him and pinched the corner of his mouth, "You can stop reading romance novels now. You have gone from knowing nothing to knowing everything."
All kinds of ridiculous ethics and chaos can be imagined.
"Only by knowing everything can you avoid unexpected situations. Comrade Liang Xin, you should also read more books on this subject.
Lu Chongfeng had a look on his face as if he was offering a treasure: "I have a lot of treasures in my collection. I'll recommend a few to you, including "Red Beans", "Jane Eyre", "Outside the Window"... "
"You should hide yourself well."
Liang Xin touched his cold earlobe.
Lu Chongfeng, whose excitement was interrupted, immediately forgot what he was doing the previous second.
Liang Xin raised her lips and played with his earlobe all the way home.
Lu Chongfeng got out of the car and stood in the cold wind for a long time. Only after the family members in the truck behind had arrived did he stop and prepare to enter.
"Eh? Didn't Deputy Commander Lu leave first? Why did he come in with us?"
Liang Xin heard Li Mao's voice and said with a distressed tone: "He has been busy trying to understand the laws of the tides recently. He came back just as the tide was low, so he insisted on standing outside to listen."
The family members were full of admiration after hearing this.
"Thank you for your hard work, Deputy Commander Lu."
"On New Year's Eve, when everyone is watching the Spring Festival Gala, you are still standing outside in the cold wind listening to the roar of the sea. You really deserve to be this official!"
Lu Chongfeng stood at the door, unable to step over the threshold because of what Liang Xin had led the family members to say, and stared at Liang Xin.
Liang Xin laughed, walked forward in front of everyone, and took his wrist and pulled him in. "It's so late now, there's still time to listen tomorrow. I don't think the sound is going to recede. Let's watch the Spring Festival Gala first."
The family members followed suit and gave them some advice.
Lu Chongfeng held Liang Xin's hand as she was about to pull it back, and was satisfied with being pulled into the room by Liang Xin in front of everyone. He whispered, "Wait for it tonight."
Liang Xin said in a normal voice, "What are you waiting for?"
"Don't wait!"
Xia Xia stepped forward and said, "This is not something that can be accomplished by waiting tonight. The Spring Festival Gala is only on tonight."
As he said that, he stepped forward and pushed Lu Chongfeng on the back, pushing him into the living room.
Lu Chongfeng: “….”
How come these family members, who used to have trouble speaking to him, have changed so much, one after another, it can be said that they have undergone earth-shaking changes!
Lu Chongfeng looked at Liang Xin, who was smiling and looking up at him, gritted his teeth slightly, and said nothing more.
But Liang Xin understood what he meant, turned around and walked into the living room, inviting the family members to sit down and eat fried snacks and fruits.
In addition to their own sofas and chairs, the living room also had benches brought in from the division, and the room was filled with the cadres' families.
Lu Chongfeng turned the TV volume up to the maximum and came back to sit next to Liang Xin.
Everyone was chatting, but they were all paying attention to the time on the wall clock next to the TV. When the pointer reached 59 minutes, everyone fell silent instantly.
Color TV. As everyone held their breath and looked on in great anticipation, a group of children wearing red scarves ran into the old apartment building and found that there was no one in the kitchen.
A voice-over appeared in the background, "Mom doesn't have time to cook, what should I do if my child comes home hungry after school?"
My sister took out the Conscience brand instant noodles, and the camera zoomed in on the packaging of the Conscience brand instant noodles, the bright old hen and the iconic military wife figurine logo.
Warm cheers and laughter instantly rang out in the living room!
After laughing, I can stop laughing and continue listening to the advertisement.
The sister on TV with a simple smile tore open the package, put the noodles into the enamel bowl, poured the sauce on it, poured in hot water, and created a steam effect.
My sister made an OK gesture and said, "It will only take three minutes."
In the exaggerated video, the chicken rolled in the casserole, and the narration sounded: "Conscientious instant noodles, only use real ingredients, boiled for six hours."
The clock quickly turned to three minutes, and a close-up of chopsticks picked up the golden and springy noodles.
A close-up of the round-faced brother eating sizzling noodles with a satisfied smile on his face, his performance whets people's appetite.
Cheerful electronic music started playing and the camera zoomed out.
The children slurped up the curly golden noodles together in front of the camera with the same satisfied expression, which doubled their appetite. The children in the living room were all stunned, staring at the TV and swallowing their saliva.
The round-faced brother took a sip of the soup from the bowl, lifting it high to cover his entire face.
When he put the bowl down, the bottom of the bowl was clean, without a drop of soup. The boy couldn't help licking his lips.
The three flavors of Conscience Instant Noodles appeared on TV again, and the lines sounded:
“Conscientious instant noodles, nutritious and delicious, even drink up all the soup!”
Liang Xin took the lead in applauding, followed closely by Xia Xia and Commander Yang, their faces full of smiles filled with pride and satisfaction.
Lu Chongfeng also showed the same smile as Commander Yang.
While everyone was busy praising and laughing, Lu Chongfeng leaned close to Liang Xin's ear and said, "That's great."
Liang Xin glanced at him, then looked at Xia Xia who called her, "I think it's a good shot."
"Good!" Li Mao pointed at the three children at home, "Xiao Dan is drooling, and the two young men are drooling just looking at him!"
"Not just them! I'm drooling!"
Zheng Zhengwei's family wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief and said, "We're already hungry after just finishing our meal. Let's go back and get some instant noodles to eat!"
"Don't say that, I thought so too!"
Zhong Xuelian watched the Spring Festival Gala, which had already begun, and saw host Zhao Zhongxiang come out to give the opening speech. "If the Spring Festival Gala hadn't started right after, I would have rushed home. That kid eating noodles performed so well!"
"Yes, this kid made a good choice. He has a round head and a round face. He looks greedy when he eats. It's really mouth-watering when he eats."
"Sister, this actress is a good choice. She makes people believe in her. Liang Xin, don't you think so?"
Liang Xin nodded. "Sister, the little actress, has a natural and innocent look and a simple and beautiful smile. She fits the brand image of the Conscience brand very well. She is reliable and conscientious. The boy's body language and expression management are excellent. The camera is very expressive. The real scene shooting, props and costumes are matched very well, which makes people feel very involved. What if mom doesn't have time to cook? This line can instantly empathize all housewives and children. It also highlights the convenience and deliciousness of instant noodles and the real ingredients of our conscience. I give this ad 100 points."
Teacher Yang and Xia Xia, who were listening to the lecture very seriously and attentively, smiled with satisfaction and pride again after listening.
The family members also praised Yang Tao, saying that he was capable and promising.
Xia Xia took out a handkerchief and wiped her eyes: "It was her aunt Liang who gave her advice and helped her again and again, otherwise we would never have seen Yang Tao have such a day."
Zhong Xuelian said: "I just paid attention to the scenes and clothing combinations that Liang Xin mentioned. The clothes these children are wearing are really bright and beautiful. I wonder if they can be bought in the market."
"Hey, I also think that the children's clothes are very beautiful, and it seems that their clothes are also matched to stimulate people's appetite!"
"I guess they all have professionals to help them match their outfits. Look at Liu Xiaoqing on TV. She matches her red outfit differently from other people. It looks really good!"
Just as the cadres' families were watching the host on TV greeting the whole country on behalf of their industry, Lu Chongfeng suddenly said, "Our Liang Xin is also very good at matching clothes. The clothes I usually wear are all matched by her!"
Everyone in the living room was stunned at once, looking at Lu Chongfeng in military uniform.
Liang Xin: “….”
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