Chapter 123 Chapter 123 Childish!
Liang Xin ignored his expression and continued to complete a set of Ba Duan Jin according to the rhythm of the commands. She overlapped her hands at her dantian, finished the exercise, and slowly relaxed her whole body.
“Well done!”
Lu Chongfeng put down the basket in his hand and clapped his hands vigorously, "Well done, really amazing!"
“It’s so fake.”
Liang Xin walked over and looked at the tofu, chicken and vegetables in the basket. "My elder sister just bought tofu this morning."
Lu Chongfeng said, "That's northern tofu. Dudu didn't like the taste. I bought southern tofu."
Northern tofu is old tofu, with a firm texture and a rough and hard taste, while southern tofu is tender tofu, with a soft and smooth texture.
Lu Chongfeng always takes care of every little detail for his daughter.
Liang Xin was feeling warm and touched when Lu Chongfeng asked again, "Are you really planning to perform this Ba Duan Jin in a martial arts competition?"
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing special, good, very good!"
Lu Chongfeng picked up the basket and followed Liang Xin to the living room. "Just do it. It's a bit like the adult version of radio gymnastics."
"no the same."
Liang Xin poured a cup of warm water into a white porcelain teacup, took a sip and said, "Radio gymnastics is to move the stiffness and tightness of the body's joints and muscles. Although the body becomes relaxed and flexible after the exercise, which is good for the mood, it is still different from Ba Duan Jin. Ba Duan Jin traces its roots to Qigong, which requires the coordination of breathing and movement, leading the Qi with the mind, and moving the body with the Qi. My Ba Duan Jin is a slightly improved version, which is very suitable for people with weak Qi and physical weakness. For example, people like me who have just given birth and finished breastfeeding, sticking to this Ba Duan Jin can slowly restore Qi and blood, enhance cardiopulmonary function, regulate the spleen and stomach, and strengthen the body."
Lu Chongfeng suddenly laughed.
Liang Xin looked at him in confusion, "What are you laughing at? Don't you believe it?"
"I believe you. When have I ever believed you?" Lu Chongfeng said with a smile, "It just suddenly occurred to me that on the night of our wedding, when we were soaking our feet, you spoke like a scholar and said a lot of theoretical knowledge that sounded very professional and convincing."
When Liang Xin heard this, she remembered his scalded feet and smiled. "Although Ba Duan Jin is not a martial art that can be used for both attack and defense, it is also a traditional Chinese martial art for fitness. I participated in the competition mainly to attract attention, not to compete with other contestants for prizes. Besides, who can I beat?"
Lu Chongfeng smiled and kissed Liang Xin. "Over the years, you have turned an abandoned bakery into a family-run factory that is almost a household name. It's rare to hear you say that you can't do it and can't beat others."
Liang Xin glanced at the open door and said, "Every profession has its own specialty. I am not Monkey King, who can transform into 72 different forms and master every trade. Even gods can't do that."
Lu Chongfeng looked at Liang Xin with an appreciative look, "My wife always has qualities that are refreshing and worth learning."
"What?"
"Be neither humble nor arrogant, and be open and honest."
Lu Chongfeng smiled and said, "I will never pretend to be rich just to save face or save baggage."
Liang Xin picked up the basket and walked into the kitchen, "Who are you talking about?"
"There are people like this everywhere." Lu Chongfeng said, "Once they have a little achievement and status, they are flattered to the point of being embarrassed. In fact, it is not others who flatter them, but they are just too obsessed with face and suffer in vain."
Liang Xin looked at him, "Last night or this morning, what did you see in the teacher's office that made you angry?"
Lu Chongfeng sighed, "It would be great if you could really perform 72 transformations, and create 72 Liang Xins. Then I can achieve my goal a few years faster."
"Take your time."
Liang Xin opened the lid of the steamer and took out the steamed buns and eggs with a bamboo clip. "In just a few years, the 11th Division has won so many awards. It has won military, logistics, and politics. It can be said that it has been reborn. Don't expect everyone to be like you."
"I just got a little angry at some people who clearly didn't understand but pretended to understand, wasting time and affecting progress." Lu Chongfeng said: "If this happened on the battlefield, many soldiers' lives might be lost because of his little face."
"You should pay attention to criticism." Liang Xin said, "I also hate people who are too concerned about face."
Hearing the approval, Lu Chongfeng took the plate and brought it to the dining table.
In fact, as soon as I got home, saw Liang Xin and thought of my daughter, my anger was gone.
After this chat, my mood completely changed.
"Let's not talk about work."
Lu Chongfeng took clean chopsticks and a plate to take out pickled peppers, spicy cabbage and pickled radishes from the pickle jar, and then cracked two eggs.
The one for Liang Xin was blown out using the old method.
For the one for Dudu, I carefully peeled the eggshell with my hands, then peeled off the egg white, leaving the yolk, and waited for Dudu to wake up and be brought back by Meiman next door to play before going to school.
Liang Xin brought steamed sweet potatoes, scallion egg pancakes and pumpkin millet porridge to the dining table. Just as she was about to ask Lu Chongfeng to call Dudu, Dudu was brought back by Sister Ji.
Lu Chongfeng picked up the kettle and poured some hot water into the enamel basin. After Dudu was put down, he went to the enamel basin first, squatted down and stretched out his two white and tender little hands.
"Wash your hands."
Lu Chongfeng picked up the soap, "Soap."
Dudu followed and said, "Xiangxiang."
Liang Xin laughed out loud, "After washing Xiangxiang, come and eat the egg pancakes quickly."
"Egg."
When Dudu wanted to eat, he squatted beside the enamel basin and waited for his father to wash the foam off his hands and dry them with a towel. Then he raised his little hand and smelled it, said "OK", and walked unsteadily to the dining table.
“As soon as Dudu shows up, he’s welcomed wherever he goes.”
Sister Ji put Dudu down and went out to get the washed clothes. When she came in, she couldn't help showing off and said, "Since she left, the children have been asking every day when Dudu will be back."
Liang Xin was also very happy to hear this, "Big sister, hang the clothes out after dinner. It's cold now, so we can wash them at home from now on."
"Well water isn't cold at all." Sister Ji washed her hands and came in to eat breakfast. "If you can save some electricity and coal, save some. Besides, well water is softer than tap water. Dudu's clothes will be more comfortable to wear after washing."
Liang Xin helped Sister Ji serve pumpkin millet porridge, and took white steamed buns and eggs. "I brought steamed sweet potatoes from my hometown. You always complain that the sweet potatoes here are not sweet. Try this."
"I saw it last night!"
Sister Ji was very excited and touched. "But I never thought that you took my words to heart and brought back sweet potatoes from so far away."
"I didn't bring much, so I can only try it."
Liang Xin herself also likes to peel the sweet potatoes and eat them raw. The sweet potatoes grown in her hometown are all yellow-hearted sweet potatoes, which are fresh, sweet and crisp.
Sister Ji picked up a sweet potato, peeled it, took a bite, and said with a smile, "It's delicious. It's sweeter and more sticky than what I ate before."
"If you still want to eat that, you can call people in your hometown to ask about the variety, or ask them to send it to you." Liang Xin said: "The yard is so big, you can also divide a piece of land in the vegetable garden and plant sweet potatoes."
Sister Ji didn't know whether she was choked or moved, and she couldn't speak for a while. After a long while, Dudu stretched out his little hand to touch her face, and then said with tears in his eyes: "God is still fair."
Liang Xin understood what she meant and changed the topic to Dudu learning to speak. The atmosphere of breakfast immediately became relaxed and pleasant.
Liang Xin went on a business trip to Jiangjing with the intention of getting rid of the problem so that those people in the factory who were used to looking for her to make the final decision would gradually learn to use internal department voting, staff representative meeting voting and making their own decisions to make the final decision. If they really couldn't make a final decision, they would then develop the habit of looking for the two deputy factory directors, Li Mao and Zhong Xuelian.
Even after joining the army, I had changed the way I originally wanted to live. In the first two years of building the factory, I devoted myself to it, but I did not plan to work until the national statutory age to retire.
Her plan is to only do this until she is forty.
Instead of letting go hastily at that time, it is better to cultivate habits among all employees and cadres in the factory from the beginning, and give talents more space to adapt and grow for a few more years.
So as soon as the factory was built, she proposed the establishment of a staff representative conference. The main focus was not on production management within the factory, but on leading the cadres of the sales and marketing department to do marketing and promotion.
But she can't always do this herself.
Therefore, she took a few selected cadres to the houses near Jiangkou Railway Station. After negotiating the terms of repairing the houses in exchange for advertising slogans, she let them do it.
The cadres who have been traveling on business for many years and finally completed the first batch of publicity have filled the gap in the marketing and sales department.
This time, I naturally became the leader of each group in the new marketing and publicity plan of the National Touring Martial Arts Competition and Performance Conference.
The sales and marketing department was given half a month to further refine Liang Xin’s proposed martial arts competition and performance conference planning plan based on the materials brought back from the Jiangjing market survey.
Liang Xin also finished processing the documents and materials in the factory that really needed her signature, and looked at the plan submitted by the sales and marketing department. With the expectation of the sales and marketing department, the meeting was finally held.
“While using money as a prize is the most effective inducement for people to sign up for the competition.”
Liang Xin started with the prizes. "But when we do marketing, the first thing we have to consider is national policies and market environment. At present, my country is still in a semi-commercial state of planned economy. I don't know if you still remember that at the end of last year, another company tried to grab the time slot for our advertisement on the Spring Festival Gala at a high price, and we were criticized for disrupting the national propaganda order."
Some of the cadres in the conference room nodded, while others remained silent.
"Even after the economy is fully opened, our marketing campaigns and prizes cannot give competitors the opportunity to compete commercially rather than consider the need to promote national brands and military superior products."
Liang Xin stopped talking without asking who decided on one of the prizes. "Previously, the prize for the bakery's event was a 10% discount card for the bakery. This time, in addition to the products from the family factory, there are also high-quality martial arts equipment and the qualification to be recommended as a disciple, which are all good."
There was a sigh of relief in the conference room.
Liang Xin heard it, looked up from the pile of plan materials at everyone, and laughed, "I'm not serious, it's you who made the meeting room so tense and serious."
Feng Haiyan couldn't help but say, "The last time, it was Director Liang who taught us step by step. You decided every step in the process. This is the first time you let go and left everything to us to do. We are all very nervous."
"I can't stay in the sales and marketing department forever, teaching you step by step how to do it."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "How can you get a raise and live in a better house then?"
Feng Haiyan also smiled, "It's because Director Liang is so nice and trusts us so much that we are more nervous and want to do things better."
"Don't be nervous. A house is built brick by brick. There is no plan that can be done right the first time. If it is not done well, you can slowly modify and improve it."
After Liang Xin finished speaking, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly relaxed visibly.
Liang Xin continued, "The famous masters listed in various places are divided into two categories, namely, the martial arts athletes from the professional sports commission units mentioned in Jiangjing and the popular martial arts masters in the folk. The competition system imitates the national professional martial arts competition, and the details are supplemented by the competition system and regulations of the past folk martial arts competitions."
"That's fine."
"But I think the above invited figures can be further optimized, divided into movie martial arts stars, professional competition martial arts athletes, folk traditional martial arts masters, folk new generation martial artists and famous martial arts enthusiasts. Instead of focusing on martial arts athletes in professional sports committees, they are just the highlights that add icing on the cake. After all, it is impossible to perform only one highlight in a game. This will make it richer. What do you think?"
Xu Xin's eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly, "It will indeed be more enriching! But what does a martial arts enthusiast mean? If you are a martial arts enthusiast, why don't you just sign up for the competition?"
"This is just like the packaging I mentioned earlier." Liang Xin said with a smile: "Martial arts enthusiasts can be actors, singers, or any influential people. As long as they can add interest and heat to our martial arts performances and competitions, we can use this name to invite them to participate."
The officials in the conference room showed expressions of sudden enlightenment.
Zhang Jianhua, a retired soldier, always spoke seriously, but this time he couldn't help but say, "Director Liang, it's a blessing for the family factory to have a director like you!"
Other cadres expressed their agreement.
Liang Xin spoke directly, cutting off everyone's gradually deliberate flattery, "There is another person who wants to participate in the next step of the discussion."
Xu Xin was curious: "Who?"
Liang Xin smiled, "Me."
The meeting room suddenly became quiet.
All the cadres present looked at Liang Xin with surprised expressions.
"Director Liang..." A young cadre couldn't hide his gaze as he looked him up and down, "Do you also know martial arts?"
Feng Haiyan: "What martial arts can I participate in competitions?"
"Deputy Commander Lu recommended me to go." Liang Xin smiled, "He said that my going there would add a different publicity effect. After all, my name is Liang Xin, and when the audience sees me, they will think of Liang Xin instant noodles and Liang Xin bakery."
“Really?”
Feng Haiyan was pleasantly surprised: "We didn't expect this!"
Everyone else was very surprised. The plan that had been prepared for so long seemed to be finalized and ready to be implemented!
Surprised and happy, I couldn't help but rush to say:
"Director Liang and Deputy Commander Lu are a perfect match!"
"One brain is better than another!"
"If Deputy Division Commander Lu comes to our factory... look at what I'm saying. I'm really making a false analogy. I'm just saying that Deputy Division Commander Lu is also suitable for propaganda!"
"Don't worry, I won't learn it from him."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "When we get to the factory, you and I will be in the same group."
Laughter broke out in the conference room.
The cadre who spoke immediately breathed a sigh of relief and laughed with everyone else. At the same time, he truly admired Liang Xin's way of dealing with people.
After the meeting, everyone, like Lu Chongfeng, was curious about what kind of martial arts Liang Xin was going to perform.
Liang Xin also said nothing and kept it secret, just like she did in the past few days.
As a result, the news that Liang Xin was going to participate in the martial arts competition and performance conference hosted by Liangxin Instant Noodles spread throughout Jiangmen Farm in one day.
Within two days, everyone in the division knew about it.
Wherever Liang Xin went, she would meet people who tried to ask questions in a roundabout way.
But even though everyone wanted to know, no one would hold Liang Xin back from leaving, or even run to her house to peek, because this was a military camp after all.
Liang Xin practiced Ba Duan Jin as usual in the morning.
Lu Chongfeng watched for a few days and asked, "Why does it feel like the same set of moves are used every day?"
"You're not wrong."
Liang Xin did it twice today. Her palms were burning hot. She felt full of energy and vitality. "It's just this set of moves and this set of formulas."
Lu Chongfeng looked into Liang Xin's eyes and said, "I feel like your eyes seem brighter than before. Logically speaking, you haven't had a rest these days. You've been working hard in the factory from morning till night, so you shouldn't look so energetic. Even your lips look plump and full of blood."
"I feel very happy when I am praised."
Liang Xin took the water he handed over and said, "All departments in the factory are completely back on track. I'm taking a break today. I'll make whatever you want to eat."
"It's a rare day off, why bother cooking? Just sleep a little longer."
"I eat in the cafeteria and eat the food cooked by my elder sister every day. I want to change the taste."
As soon as he entered the living room, Lu Chongfeng pressed Liang Xin behind the door and did what he had wanted to do for a long time.
Liang Xin gently pushed away the person who was biting her mouth and refused to let go, her ears reddened slightly, "...What are you doing? You are becoming more and more out of line."
Lu Chongfeng kissed her a few more times before backing away.
Liang Xin touched her earlobe which had become hot, "Go check if there is anyone outside first."
Lu Chongfeng hid behind the door, took a look outside, and shook his head at Liang Xin, "Report to the leader, no one showed up at the target location."
Liang Xin couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Childish!"
Lu Chongfeng chased after him, "I'm also leaving get off work early today and taking a half-day break in the afternoon."
Liang Xin took out a towel and threw it to him, "Go take a shower quickly."
After a while of commotion in the morning, Lu Chongfeng changed his face and attitude and went to work.
Liang Xin was just about to pick up the basket to buy vegetables and enjoy a leisurely holiday when Liu Jia, a family member of the barracks chief of the bakery, came in with a basket of familiar seafood.
"Director Liang, who is also the old secretary of Xiahe Brigade, sent a basket of seafood over, put it at the door and ran away. We couldn't catch up with him!"
Liang Xin sighed, "Thank you for making the trip."
"You're welcome. I'll put it here first."
Secretary Huang of Xiahe Brigade has been sending her seafood continuously over the years.
We stopped sending agricultural and sideline products because we knew that each company of the 11th Division was vigorously developing agricultural and sideline industries. We only sent fresh seafood at intervals.
Liang Xin would always send back a bunch of stuff, so Secretary Huang didn’t deliver the stuff to the door these two times, but sent it to the bakery instead.
Liang Xin looked at the fresh crabs, sea bass, sea duck eggs, oysters, squid and dried kelp, thinking about what else to prepare to send next time.
After thinking it over, I went to the vegetable garden to pick chives, greens, coriander, and peppers, and did not go to the service center again.
Liang Xin looked up at the sunlight, then at the colorful tulips in the garden. She wanted to take a deep breath, but then she thought of Li Mao secretly carrying the smell of manure in the fields. She picked up the basket and walked out of the vegetable garden, closing the door to prevent Xiaobai and the chickens from going in and ruining the vegetables.
"Xiaoju."
The leaves on the persimmon tree moved, and Little Orange came out, stretched, and jumped to the ground. His shiny golden hair sparkled in the sun.
"I'll make cat food for you today."
Liang Xin glanced at the doghouse and said, "Xiao Bai has gone to the company again. He has no chance to eat."
Xiaoju usually stops at the living room door, but today he followed Liangxin all the way to the kitchen, where he squatted and licked his paws.
Sister Ji came back after a trip.
Liang Xin took a small stool and asked her to sit next to Xiaoju, and then brought the toy box over.
Xiaoju Lian Liangxin has always been very aloof. He will only respond when called and never appear without being called. He will only meow twice when Liangxin leaves for a long time and comes home. However, he is very attached to Dudu and lies quietly beside him watching Dudu play with a doll.
"I'll make some tofu for my baby today."
"Beans!"
Liang Xin washed the tofu, placed it on Dudu's special chopping board, pressed it repeatedly into fine paste with a knife, and put it into a bowl.
Sister Ji brought the killed sea bass.
Liang Xin removed the rubber tendons from the fish and chicken breast, then smashed them into fine paste with the back of a knife. She put them into another bowl, diluted them with scallion and ginger water, and did not add cooking wine or MSG, but only a little bit of clear soup, and stirred in one direction.
"Is President Liang home?"
"exist."
Liang Xin walked out of the kitchen carrying a bowl, and when she looked outside, she saw Captain Wu's family members walking timidly into the yard, looking back from time to time.
Liang Xin paused for a moment with a relaxed expression on her face. "There's no one here at this hour, big sister. Go lock the door and let them know if anyone comes."
Sister Ji had been at home for a long time and had developed a tacit understanding with Liang Xin. Then, seeing that Captain Wu's family was obviously different from usual, she hurried out.
The family members of Captain Wu had tears in their eyes.
"There are curtains in the kitchen, and I have food cooking on the stove." Liang Xin held the bowl, "I don't have the hands to move the chair, you can move it yourself."
“I, I…”
The family member of Captain Wu said "I" twice, turned around and walked out, "I'm fine, I'll come see you next time."
Liang Xin remained silent, but did not force her to stay.
Even if she didn't say anything about it herself, even if she was the chairman of the parent committee, she couldn't ignore other people's wishes and get involved in the relationship between the couple.
Captain Wu's family walked to the door and paused for a few seconds. Liang Xin stood at the kitchen door and watched. The other party did not turn back, but opened the door and walked out.
Sister Ji came back and shook her head at Liang Xin, "It's difficult."
Liang Xin went back to the kitchen and continued to put the egg white into the soup bowl, beating it into snow foam with chopsticks. "Did you hear anything, big sister?"
"We heard some noise last year, but then there was a severe crackdown and it was quiet for half a year."
Sister Ji stood next to Dudu and said, "If there is a crack in the mirror, it will never return to its original perfect state."
There was another noise outside. Liang Xin and Sister Ji looked at each other, thinking that Captain Wu's family had returned.
Liang Xin put down the bowl and decided not to care about the feeling of relaxation this time.
Be proactive and enthusiastic, so that others will come back this time, instead of hesitating and giving up again.
Her smile was as beautiful as a flower, as if she was warmly welcoming her husband who had returned home with honors after many years of absence.
Lu Chongfeng also smiled, a little excited, and walked over quickly, "It's only been less than an hour since we last met, and you miss me so much?"
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