In her previous life, Qiao Baozhu made money together with the female educated youth on the farm and the women in the village.
They make shoe soles, weave various knitwear, sell agricultural products, and run food processing factories. She led her fellow villagers to become rich through hard work and was awarded the titles of Female Model Worker and March 8th Red Flag Bearer. Relying on these honors, Qiao Baozhu accumulated a lot of connections and successfully sent Zhao Haiyang to a higher place.
It was only after suffering a lot while fighting alone that Qiao Baozhu realized the power of a team. As the saying goes, failure comes from lack of cooperation, while success is shared by all working together.
"Sister-in-law has a better eye for people than I do. If you think someone has good character and works efficiently, then they must be top-notch workers. Just introduce them to me. As long as the product is qualified, I will take as many as you bring in."
If someone else said this, Zhang Cuilian would definitely think they were a liar. But Qiao Baozhu is different. Not to mention the dowry in this room, you can tell that she has money. Even if she was talking nonsense and denying it, given Captain Shen's temper, he would still pay them compensation.
After receiving Qiao Baozhu's guarantee, everyone was as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. They wanted to go home immediately and exchange 10 pairs of soles for money.
The few people didn't chat anymore, but immediately started to help Qiao Baozhu with her work.
Wu Meili is still the head chef, and she did this to express her gratitude to Qiao Baozhu for finding her a job that could earn money. She showed off all her skills, frying, stir-frying, cooking, steaming, boiling and she managed to come up with 16 dishes.
As the hostess, Qiao Baozhu symbolically made two cold dishes. We just need to wait for Shen Xiao and Instructor Duan to come back before we can officially start the feast.
At this time, Shen Xiao and Instructor Duan had just walked out of Bai Hongmei's house, and with them came Director Ma from the mental hospital.
The three of them walked out of Yard No. 13, and Instructor Duan thanked Director Ma with a relaxed look on his face.
"Director Ma, thank you for your hard work. If it weren't for you, a professional, to help us, Xiao Shen and I wouldn't know what to do."
Director Ma said politely, "Coach Duan, you are too polite. Treating patients and saving lives is my job. It is not hard work."
"You should also pay more attention to this female comrade's situation. As a woman, I can understand her difficulties. Neurosis is not a serious problem now, but she is still trying to protect her pregnancy and cannot take medicine. She can only rely on her family to take care of her emotions. Maybe this disease will be cured in a year or two, but if you continue to stimulate her, it will easily turn into schizophrenia."
After Director Ma gave his instructions, he turned around and got into the car and left the family compound without any further delay.
As soon as Shen Xiao and Instructor Duan came back, Zhang Cuilian couldn't help but step forward to inquire.
"What's going on? Has Bai Hongmei contracted that disease?"
When Instructor Duan saw his wife asking about someone's illness, he pretended to be angry and scolded her, "What illness? You should be careful with your words. If outsiders hear you, what will it look like?"
Zhang Cuilian realized that she was being reckless, lowered her head in embarrassment, and whispered, "I'm just concerned about her."
"Humph! I don't know you yet!"
Instructor Duan didn't want his wife to lose face in front of outsiders, so he snorted coldly and entered Shen Xiao's house.
Shen Xiao's house is not big, and there are barely two tables on the kang and on the floor. The soldiers who came to thatch the house did not dare to eat at the same table with their leaders inside the house, so they borrowed a table from a neighbor and ate in the yard.
Qiao Baozhu and others brought the children and set up a table in the kitchen.
"Girl, do you know what neurosis is? Is it a mental illness?"
After three rounds of drinking, Wu Meili, Zhang Cuilian and others had rosy faces.
After Qiao Baozhu had eaten her fill, she sent the children out to play. As soon as she returned to the house, Zhang Cuilian pulled her over.
"Is it a neurosis?"
Qiao Baozhu raised her eyebrows. It seemed that Bai Hongmei had been diagnosed.
"Yes, it's this disease. My husband Duan said that the mental hospital sent a female doctor to treat Bai Hongmei. She said that she had this disease, but it was not serious and could be cured by taking some medicine, but she couldn't take medicine now. Oh, you said she couldn't take medicine, what if it got serious?"
Qiao Baozhu picked up the half-empty bottle of orange soda on the table and poured it into the glass in front of her.
He lowered his head and took a breath, then said disapprovingly: "She was just stimulated. Coupled with the excessive pressure of life, it is inevitable that she will be a little extreme and anxious. It's not as serious as my sister-in-law said. She will be fine in two years."
She said this, but she had doubts in her heart. It is speculated that Bai Hongmei may have suffered from prenatal depression, but the word depression had not yet appeared in the 1970s.
In that era, medical technology was underdeveloped, and mental illnesses were basically divided into two stages: crazy and not crazy.
Neurasthenia, anxiety, depression, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorder are all treated as neuroses.
More serious symptoms such as mania and schizophrenia, which are considered "crazy" in the eyes of the world, are called mental illness.
Qiao Baozhu is not a doctor, so she cannot diagnose out of thin air whether Bai Hongmei is suffering from depression or anxiety.
Everyone is still saddened by Bai Hongmei's illness.
Just a few months after Wei Yanda's death, his wife was diagnosed with this mysterious disease. Not only did she have to take care of three children, but she was also a pregnant woman. Even if it's a stranger, he would shed tears after hearing it.
Men always have endless nonsense to talk about when they drink. Qiao Baozhu, Zhang Cuilian and others first cleaned up the two tables outside and in the kitchen.
After washing the dishes, put some of the reserved meat dishes on a plate. Several people went to Yard No. 13 to deliver meals to the patient Bai Hongmei and Li Yan and her daughter.
"I usually get mad when I see Bai Hongmei being so pretentious. Now that I heard she's sick, I feel really bad."
Wu Meili usually disliked Bai Hongmei the most, but when she heard that she was sick, she was no longer in the mood to laugh at her.
"Alas, they are all miserable people. Everyone should be more considerate of her in the future. It's not easy for them."
At Zhang Cuilian's command, several women nodded.
Ever since Shen Xiao and his companions left, Li Yan sat under the window, sewing shoe soles while staring at Bai Hongmei in the room.
Seeing Qiao Baozhu and a few others walking in one after another with plates in their hands, he quickly put down the work in his hands and went to greet them with a smile.
"Before Captain Shen left, he specifically told me that he would have a dinner party at home today and that I was not allowed to cook. If you don't send it over, I'll let Chunmei go get it."
Li Yan has a very good relationship with several family members and is not polite when speaking to them. She laughed and sarcastically said that everyone was so busy eating and drinking that they left her behind.
"We knew you were impatient, old man. We brought it to you right after we finished eating. Your husband is still drinking in the house."
Wu Meili twisted her hips towards Li Yan and said mysteriously, "I left two bottles of orange soda for you. I treat you better than your spouse."
Li Yan smiled and patted Wu Meili on the back: "Of course, if I had expected him to think about me, I would have starved to death long ago."
As she spoke, she led everyone to Bai Hongmei's room, and as she walked she said loudly, "Hongmei, Captain Shen's family is here to bring you food."
"Wei Dong, Wei Fang, Wei Hong, we have meat to eat today."
Bai Hongmei heard Li Yan's voice in the room and pouted with disgust.
"Leftovers are considered good things? You really treat us like beggars..."
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