Chapter 164: Attitude of asking for help

The next day, Lu Xiaolan calculated the time and waited at the door of the commune office building. When Li Yue'e appeared in a donkey cart, she hurried to greet her.

Li Yue'e was surprised to see Lu Xiaolan, "My dear, what's wrong?" Maybe that old woman bullied her dear again.

Lu Xiaolan handed a bag of buns to Li Yue'e first, "Mom, I bought some meat buns, take them back for grandpa and the others to eat."

The commune canteen is open for three meals a day. Now there are more people and breakfast is richer. Today there are meat buns, so Lu Xiaolan bought a few and asked Li Yue'e to take them back.

"Well, third sister-in-law, come home for lunch at noon." Lu Xiaolan said a little unnaturally.

"Why?" Li Yue'e asked first.

Food is expensive these days, and if there is nothing important, it is rare to invite people to dinner.

"Jingming's mother asked to invite him, saying that relatives should visit each other more often."

Li Yue'e thought about it, Fang Chunfang did tell her to go to dinner when she went there that time. But then she thought again, Fang Chunfang is always calculating, and she might have something to do if she suddenly invited her to dinner.

"Tell your mother honestly, is there something wrong?"

Lu Xiaolan lowered her voice and told the story, and then she said to Su Mo apologetically, "Third sister-in-law, let's go to dinner, don't pay attention to them, don't make Secretary Geng embarrassed." Influenced by Lu Boying

, Lu Xiaolan is also the kind of person who doesn't like to take advantage of others.

Li Yue'e was also in a dilemma. Logically speaking, she shouldn't go to such a dinner with a purpose, but if she said she didn't go, she was afraid that the daughter-in-law would be scolded by her mother-in-law again.

"Xiaomo, this..."

"Okay, I got it. I'll go there at noon." Su Mo said.

She didn't lack food, but if she didn't go, Lu Xiaolan might be scolded by her mother-in-law. She liked Lu Xiaolan, her sister-in-law, very much, and didn't want to embarrass her.

After the meal, whether she could help or not was her business, and it couldn't be blamed on Lu Xiaolan.

She had been working in the commune for a month. According to her observation, Yang Jingming was still very serious and responsible in his work. As for his ability, she didn't have much contact with him and it was hard to comment, but Uncle Geng must know.

She could mention it to Uncle Geng, but she wouldn't let him be partial. It would be fine if he could decide impartially.

"Okay, third sister-in-law, I'll pick you up at noon." Lu Xiaolan said gratefully. It takes seven or eight minutes to ride a bike from the commune office building to Lu Xiaolan's in-laws' house.

"Then you have to be careful when riding a bike, don't bump your third sister-in-law, if that doesn't work, you can get off and push her." Li Yue'e hurriedly explained that Xiaomo was pregnant with twins.

Lu Xiaolan: ...

Is she going to lose favor? Mom, I am your daughter!

Su Mo took a stroll after lunch a few days ago and happened to walk to the commune clinic. Thinking that she would have to have a prenatal check-up in the future, she went in and asked the doctor to check it out.

Although she could feel that the children were all healthy, what if they were too healthy and grew too big to be difficult to give birth.

After the doctor checked, he told Su Mo that she was pregnant with twins, both of them were healthy and there was no problem.

Su Mo was also a little surprised. She thought that without high-tech equipment at that time, it would not be possible to find out that she was pregnant with twins so early. She didn't expect that the doctor's medical skills were so amazing.

Since the examination showed it, Su Mo told Li Yue'e, which made her very happy.

However, the older generation emphasized that twins were rare, and they were afraid that the younger child would be stingy, so they told Su Mo not to tell others before the third month.

Therefore, Lu Xiaolan didn't know that Su Mo was pregnant with twins.

At noon, Lu Xiaolan rode a bicycle and carefully carried Su Mo back, while Yang Jingming walked back by himself.

When Fang Chunfang saw Su Mo coming, her smile was so bright. Lunch was also very rich, with chicken soup, braised pork, and fish, and pure white rice.

After the meal, Fang Chunfang cut apples for her, which was very thoughtful.

Su Mo's mouth twitched. Apart from other things, this man was begging for help, and he really had the attitude of begging for help.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Fang Chunfang signaled Lu Xiaolan to talk about the matter.

Lu Xiaolan hesitated and was reluctant to speak.

Seeing this, Su Mo spoke up and said, "Auntie Fang, Xiaolan told me about this."

"I will mention it to Uncle Geng, but I can't influence the specific result. Whether he can go on the job may depend more on Jingming's ability."

Su Mo was disappointed with Yang Jingming.

He didn't take the lead in his own affairs, but let his mother and wife beg for him in front.

To put it nicely, he is honest and doesn't know how to deal with things; to put it bluntly, he is selfish and irresponsible.

If this thing succeeds, he will benefit; if it doesn't, he didn't do anything anyway.

With such a cowardly look, he is not suitable to be a secretary. Which secretary is not very shrewd and knows how to deal with things?

"Okay, niece-in-law, just ask for it." Fang Chunfang said with a smile.

After the greetings are made here, the old man will take Jingming to visit Secretary Geng, and this matter will probably be settled.

On the way back, Lu Xiaolan thanked Su Mo: "Third sister-in-law, thank you."

"Xiaolan, do you think Jingming is suitable to be the secretary of the Party Committee?" Su Mo thought about it and asked.

"I met Fu Ming several times when he was Uncle Geng's secretary. In addition to being able to help with work, he was also able to help Uncle Geng in life. I saw that he was very proactive in doing things."

Lu Xiaolan was silent. When she was dating someone before, she felt that this person had an aura and was good in every way.

But after a year of marriage, she also knew that Yang Jingming was not a particularly proactive person. Basically, everything was arranged by others, and he just did it seriously.

When they were about to reach the door of the office building, Lu Xiaolan replied: "Third sister-in-law, he is not suitable."

"Third sister-in-law, don't tell Secretary Geng, so as not to embarrass him."

Su Mo did not answer. She was originally planning to say it herself, but after Yang Jingming's performance just now, she was not ready to speak up.

When Lu Changzheng comes back, she will tell him about this. It is up to him to decide whether to help or not and how to exchange benefits.

Anyway, he has more contact with Geng Changqing than she does.

Su Mo is also ready to get busy. Geng Changqing gave her some suggestions on the work plan she wrote before, but because of Gong Ye's arrival, Geng Changqing asked her to put it aside for the time being. Now that Gong Ye is gone, her work must also begin.

In the afternoon, Su Mo went to the collective workshop to find Director Qi. She remembered that he helped her to customize the wooden frame for growing vegetables.

During the winter, she planned to collect some data on greenhouse vegetable growing.

When Lu Changzheng came back last time, he bought her a camera. She didn't have a ticket, so she asked someone to buy it for her. It cost more than 160 yuan in total.

After Director Qi heard about Su Mo's purpose, he took her home. His home was nearby, and it only took a few minutes to walk.

"Researcher Su, you have to admit, your method is really good. The vegetables really grew, although they are not as good as those grown in the field, and they are also a little yellow." Director Qi said.

However, it is a bit wasteful of house and firewood.

His wife was afraid that the vegetables would freeze to death, so the fire wall burned very frequently.

Su Mo went to Director Qi's house and took some photos. She could only see the general growth of the vegetables, but could not tell the color, as they were all black and white photos, so she could only describe them in words.

"The vegetables are yellow because of lack of photosynthesis. Just turn on more lights." The commune has electricity, and Director Qi's house also has lights. If he wants the vegetables to be less yellow, he has to turn on the lights.

Director Qi laughed and did not answer.

The electricity bill is 2.20 yuan per kilowatt-hour. How much is the green vegetables worth? He couldn't bear to part with it!