Chapter 115
"Captain, why are you here? Didn't I ask Li Zhaodi to bring you some reed bark? What's the matter? The reed bark she brought you is not suitable, and the color is missing?" After Zhao Xianzhi finished assigning the tasks, she realized that Xia Juhua had been looking at her for who knows how long. She hurried over to greet her and asked, "Do you think my way of assigning the tasks is okay?"
"Okay, of course." Xia Juhua really thought Zhao Xianzhi's division was very good: "With this division, the new recruits don't have to sit idle, and the old people can try more new varieties. I think we can find them all in a few days."
Zhao Xianzhi felt that being recognized by Xia Juhua was more gratifying than giving her ten more days of work points: "Captain, if you think it's okay, let them start soaking reed bark."
"There's no rush for Bubble Reed Skin. Xianzhi, have you forgotten something?" Xia Juhua looked at Zhao Xianzhi's expression, which gradually turned from calm to flustered because of her words, and teased her on purpose.
Zhao Xianzhi was nervous, at a loss, and annoyed. His mind was racing, but he couldn't remember what he had forgotten, and the captain discovered it all of a sudden.
After a while, she blushed and begged for mercy from Xia Juhua: "Captain, I really can't remember which one I missed. Please tell me."
Seeing that she was almost getting anxious, Xia Juhua deliberately imitated Xiaoman's leisurely tone and said, "Think about it, what did you say to Xiancao last night?"
What did I say to Chang Xiancao? Wasn't it just a quarrel about making some clothes for the family? Wait, making clothes? Zhao Xianzhi suddenly realized: "Oh, look at my stupid brain, how could I have forgotten it completely. Now the work has been divided up, and I don't know if the people from the supply and marketing cooperative have left."
Chang Xiancao couldn't stand it any longer: "The captain is still here. If the people from the supply and marketing cooperative come, won't they look for the captain?"
"Yes, yes, you are right." For the first time, Zhao Xianzhi agreed with Chang Xiancao's words: "What should we do? This job doesn't wait for anyone."
Zhang Cuiping laughed so hard that she couldn't breathe. After she calmed down for a long time, she suggested to Zhao Xianzhi: "Auntie Xianzhi, we have all been busy for several months. Why don't we give everyone half a day off today and go to the brigade to buy some things together? This will save everyone from having to think about the New Year's affairs at home in a few days and delay editing things."
Zhao Xianzhi was tempted, but his eyes still drifted towards Xia Juhua. Seeing that she did not object, he waved his hand and announced to the women in a very imposing manner: "Everyone, have you remembered the work you are supposed to do? If you have remembered, come with me to the brigade headquarters. The county supply and marketing cooperative will come to sell processed products. Buy whatever your family needs today."
This exaggerated method made Xia Juhua sigh in amazement, and at the same time, she was worried for Director Zheng. What if the things he brought were not processed products?
When the women in Ping'an Village heard that they could have a holiday and that there were processed products to buy, they did not have the worries that Xia Juhua had. They stood up, dusted off their clothes and ran home. They had to go home to get more money, otherwise the things they liked would slip away from them because of lack of money.
The women recruited from other production teams were a little confused about what to do. Zhao Xianzhi took some time to ask them: "Why don't you go home to get the money? Otherwise, the good things will be bought by others."
The 19 women looked at each other in bewilderment. One of them said, "Our production team notified us last night that our boss said I have to come and weave the mats. He can just buy the stuff."
"Tsk," Zhao Xianzhi sneered at this statement: "How can men tell what's good and what's not? Can you like the things they buy? We women have to choose for ourselves. We have to choose the color we like and wear it to feel comfortable."
The women from the outside team were even more amazed when they heard this: "Team Leader Zhao, you still want to make new clothes?"
Zhao Xianzhi said as a matter of course: "It's almost the New Year, why don't you make new clothes? Let me tell you, don't feel uncomfortable when you hear that it's soaked in snow water, why don't you think about the fact that this cloth doesn't need cloth coupons? Each person in the family has one piece of clothing, how long will it take to collect cloth coupons? Buy some now while there are disposals and make plans."
Ignoring the stunned expressions of the women outside the team, Zhao Xianzhi finally remembered Zhang Cuiping: "I was wondering why you didn't rush home to get the money. Didn't Qiu Sheng tell you yesterday? Other production teams have been notified, how could he not know? You didn't even remind me, and you were just waiting to see me make a fool of myself, right?"
Zhang Cuiping continued to laugh: "He told me. I was afraid that you, Team Leader Zhao, would be so focused on your work that you wouldn't let us go shopping. I didn't dare to undermine your prestige. By the way, Auntie Xiancao has returned with the money. Let's go."
Zhao Xianzhi then slapped his thigh and said, "I was so busy talking to you that I forgot to go home to get the money." After saying that, he ran home in a hurry.
The sight of groups of women walking together was quite shocking, especially when behind them there were a dozen or so girls dressed in new clothes, who would attract crowds of onlookers whenever they passed by any production team.
If Xiaozhuangtou and most of the people in Team 4 were not at home leaking powder, Xia Juhua had reason to believe that this group of people would cause quite a stir. Now it was almost time, and the women in Team 4 were already pointing and talking at their backs.
Compared to being told off in her previous life, Xia Juhua is much calmer now: she takes the women to buy things, and others tell her off because they envy the women in Ping'an Manor who are the real bosses and don't need a man's approval to buy things.
Just kidding, do the men in Pingan Village dare to say anything about what their wives buy? They need food and clothes, and the women in Pingan Village are very kind.
"Are you really going to take the money and leave?" Several people recruited from outside the team had already been working for about a month. They had become familiar with the women in Ping'an Village and their questions became bolder.
The woman from Ping An Village who was asked was proud in her heart, but she still managed to show off a little: "I earn as much as he does, and I don't buy things for myself, so why can't I just take the money and leave? The more I buy today, the more I save for my family."
The woman who asked the question wanted to say that it would be more economical if she didn't buy it. But for some reason, she couldn't say it. Not only could she not say it, but she also felt that what the woman from Ping'an Village said made some sense. What she thought deep in her heart was, if she worked in the weaving group for a while longer, would she be able to be like the woman from Ping'an Village and whatever buy she wanted by going home and taking money?
It wasn't just the women recruited from outside who were shocked. Director Zheng, who led the team to the Ping'an Village Brigade, was also shocked: "Captain Xia, you people in Ping'an Village are too rich. How come you buy things without blinking an eye?"
He really wasn't exaggerating. No matter what was on display, as long as the women from Ping An Manor liked it, they would basically buy it directly after asking the price, without comparing or hesitating. Everything seemed so natural.
Formal workers in the county town don't have the confidence they have when it comes to buying things.
Xia Juhua waved her hands repeatedly: "Director Zheng, I dare not say that. We in Ping'an Village don't have money. Even if we did have money, we wouldn't buy processed products. It's because they think that there will be no such store after this village. They are afraid that if they go to the county to buy it in the future, they won't have enough industrial tickets. That's why they buy more and keep them."
Director Zheng looked at Xia Juhua with a look that asked, "Do you think I'm stupid?" He thought to himself, if you don't have money, you have to calculate before buying salt. Should you buy two or three taels? How dare you buy more and keep it?
Fortunately, Xia Juhua made it clear yesterday. Director Zheng brought a lot of things today. He was not afraid of the strong purchasing power of the women in Ping'an Village. He was still concerned about textiles: "Captain Xia, do you need to buy anything else? If not, let's talk about participating in the expo."
Seeing that Director Zheng had brought another salesperson with him in addition to Director Lin, Xia Juhua didn't worry about being too busy, so she said hello to Director Lin and took Director Zheng into the house to talk.
When Director Zheng mentioned the series that had been discussed last night, he repeatedly and kept praising Xia Juhua: "Captain Xia, I think the ideas you have for Ping An Village are good. Get ready. Let me know when you are ready so I can report to the district and have them come over to see the samples."
In order to show his support for Ping'an Village, Director Zheng asked Xia Juhua if there was anything else she needed help with from the county supply and marketing cooperative. Xia Juhua did not hesitate to tell him that she needed various dyes. Director Zheng promised to have someone deliver them to Xia Juhua the next day.
In addition to the products participating in the expo, Director Zheng has another concern: "Captain Xia, can you complete the original orders on time?" Some of those orders were also placed by friendly countries and were tasks assigned by superiors. If they were not completed due to participating in the expo, he would be the one to bear the blame in the end.
Xia Juhua had heard about Zhao Xianzhi's arrangement in the morning, but she felt it was necessary to improve Ping An Manor's favorability, so she said naturally, "It's still difficult. You just heard that there are many things that need to be figured out by someone first."
"Those who can think of new varieties are all veterans. The new recruits can only weave mats and so on, and their hands are slow. I am still worried here. Those who compile orders have high work points, but they can't weave finished products for several days when they are thinking of new varieties, and it is not easy to remember the work points."
Director Zheng of course expressed his gratitude: "I'm really sorry to make things difficult for you. But Captain Xia, don't worry, the supply and marketing cooperative has been dealing with Ping'an Village for a long time, and we will definitely not make things difficult for you."
He thought for a moment and said, "How about this? I'll report your situation to the district as soon as I can. The supply and marketing cooperative will provide some subsidies to the people in your production team who are involved in the production of new varieties. Of course, the subsidies may not be much, but it's just a token of my appreciation."
This wave of goodwill was well earned. Xia Juhua happily told Director Zheng to report it. Even if there was no subsidy, as long as it was a task for the supply and marketing cooperative, the women of Ping'an Village would definitely work hard to complete it.
The conversations were very satisfying, and the women from Pingan Village were also very happy with their shopping. In addition to oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar, the most popular items were cups, thermoses, washbasins, water boots, and treatment cloths. If Director Zheng had not told Director Lin before he came to keep the unsoaked treatment cloths as Xia Juhua had suggested, I'm afraid the women from Pingan Village would have snatched them all up.
The women from other production teams were too embarrassed to tell the women from Ping An Village what they were going to buy - they could buy whatever they liked, but they had to calculate their money, compare the things they liked, and buy the ones they needed most urgently. This contrast made them look at the women from the same production team who were recruited by Ping An Village to join the weaving group with envy.
The new members of the editing team, who felt devastated on the way here, suddenly felt more confident. Even though they also looked at more and bought less, they had more hope in their hearts: when the supply and marketing cooperatives go to the countryside again next year, they may be able to buy everything they like, just like the women in Ping'an Village.
Several production team leaders also came over. They did not join the buying procession, but stood outside and watched the difference in the production teams buying things. Li Daniu could not help but ask Chen Qiusheng: "Qiusheng, if the vermicelli factory is successfully established, will it also make money like your group?"
Chen Qiusheng had a lot of stuff piled up at his feet, all of which Zhang Cuiping had asked him to look after after buying them. Hearing Li Daniu's question, he said uncertainly, "If the captain wants to do it, he should be able to make money, right?"
Captain Niu and his men nodded in agreement, thinking that what he said made sense. Who could have thought that making reed mats would make Pingan Village rich? Who could have thought that all the land in Pingan Village would be turned into irrigated land, so that the members' food would be changed from mainly grains to mainly wheat?
Xia Juhua led everyone to do it, so now she wants to open a vermicelli factory, she must be very sure before she proposed it. Then I will cooperate with her and follow her to run the vermicelli factory, so that my production team will not unconsciously be inferior to the people of Ping'an Village.
Xia Juhua, who had no idea that she was being trusted, saw several production team leaders when she came out with Director Zheng. She called them over to say hello to Director Zheng: "Director Zheng, these are the leaders of our production teams. As I told you just now, the children who are getting married are all in their production teams. If they bring people to buy wedding supplies, you have to take good care of them."
Director Zheng is now very easy to talk to: "Okay, as long as the captains come to me, I will do my best to satisfy them."
Li Daniu and his friends didn't expect that Xia Juhua actually remembered that a member of her production team was getting married and needed to buy wedding supplies. She didn't even have to ask for it herself, but just informed Director Zheng.
While expressing their gratitude to Director Zheng, several people thought that they would have to have a good talk with those families after returning to the production team. The team leader really cares about them, but if they still don't work hard in the future, it would be unclear whether they are worthy of their position as the production team leader. If they are worthy of the team leader, don't blame them for being rude.
The women in Pingan Village were already satisfied with their purchases, but they were all waiting for Xia Juhua to finish her work and go home together. The four production team leaders who had wanted to ask Xia Juhua about the progress of the vermicelli factory had no choice but to watch her go away surrounded by a group of women.
On the way home, Xia Juhua and a few others were walking in the front, still discussing the weaving matters: "We have the pigments now, so use them first, and soak as much reed bark as we can. We can weave the pen holders and mats first, and then weave the remaining items as samples." Xia Juhua was worried about not being able to complete the previous orders, so she reminded Zhao Xianzhi.
Zhao Xianzhi nodded hurriedly: "I paid attention when I assigned people today. The editor's side has the most people assigned, so the goods will definitely be delivered on time."
After getting her assurance, Xia Juhua went home and took a look at the changes in the hot and sour noodle seasoning, and then began to think about how to make the ornaments. She knew that the ornaments sold well in her previous life because of their festive colors and lifelike shapes, which made people who were far away from their hometown feel close to their hometown.
So you have to work hard on making it exquisite.
So Xia Juhua reprocessed the reed bark that was sent to her, not seeking speed but precision. After trying six or seven times, she finally managed to weave a small chili pepper.
The red body was less than five centimeters long, and with the green stem that was only about one centimeter long, it looked small and cute. Xia Juhua was satisfied with it and continued to weave one after another. After weaving four, she found that there was no place to pass the string on the stem, so she removed the stems of the first four and weaved them again. She was so busy that she didn't even notice Wang Caifeng and Liu Baoguo coming back.
"Grandma." Liu Baoguo heard that his grandma came back earlier than him today, so he ran over happily to greet Xia Juhua, and saw six or seven small peppers lined up in a row: "Grandma, did you weave this? It's so beautiful."
Liu Baoguo will be six years old during the Chinese New Year. Xia Juhua let him take a pepper and take a closer look. When Lele, who was brought to the table by Wang Caifeng, wanted to reach out his hand, she stopped him - Lele was less than two years old, and the child had no aim, so he was pinched and crushed, and all her efforts were in vain.
Kelele was not satisfied and shouted to Xia Juhua, "Grandma, brother?" Dayou questioned Xia Juhua why her brother could take it but she couldn't. This made Xia Juhua very amused: "You little rascal, you still want to compete with your brother? He is older now. When you are as old as your brother, grandma will let you play with him too."
It was impossible for her to understand everything, but Lele was an easy-to-please child. As soon as Xia Juhua took out the little cloth tiger that she had made for her two days ago, she forgot about the pepper and focused on playing with the cloth tiger.
"Grandma, you have such a dexterous hands. When I grow up and get married, I want to marry someone as dexterous as you who can weave fun things for my children." Liu Baoguo flattered his grandma in a serious manner.
Wang Caifeng was so worried: "How old are you and you want to get married and have children? What else can't you think of in a day?!"
Xia Juhua felt very upset after hearing this. She didn't know how to discuss this issue with Liu Baoguo. She just turned around and asked Wang Caifeng: "How many children are there in the kindergarten now? Can you take care of them?"
Ping'anzhuang Kindergarten has two fixed caregivers, one is Wang Caifeng and the other is Wang Wanxiang. The rest are mothers who have children under two years old and take turns to look after them.
Because Wang Caifeng knew more words than Wang Wanxiang, Chen Qiusheng let Wang Caifeng take charge. So when Xia Juhua asked her questions, Wang Caifeng answered them easily: "There are nine who can be let go like Baoguo, seven who are smaller, and six who still need to be held."
There were 24 children in total, which was neither too many nor too few. Xia Juhua asked, "Are they easy to teach? Are there any naughty ones?"
Liu Baoguo felt that he had a say: "They don't dare to act naughty. If anyone acts naughty with my mother, I will beat him after class."
Xia Juhua hurriedly said: "You have to set a role model for the other kids. You can't just hit people because your mother is a childcare worker. Do you understand?" It would be a big deal if a little bully came out.
Wang Caifeng said nervously, "Mom, Baoguo only had an argument with someone once, but he never really fought with anyone."
"Then you have to make him pay more attention in daily life. He can't think he is great just because of the adults at home. In the production team, people can only look up to the adults, but when he grows up and goes out into the world, who will care who your family members are?" Xia Juhua felt that it was time to give him a warning.
Seeing his grandmother's serious expression, Liu Baoguo quietly put down the pepper in his hand, his little face also drooped, and he quietly looked at Xia Juhua, and then at Wang Caifeng. Xia Juhua said this more to remind Wang Caifeng, as for how Wang Caifeng would educate Liu Baoguo when she returned to the room, she would not get involved - whoever's son is responsible for discipline, if he has the time, he can braid a few more peppers and exchange them for money.
After staying at home for two days, Xia Juhua managed to weave a string of peppers and a string of carrots. The corn looked weird no matter how she weaved it, and the reed skins for the eggplants were not soaked well. Xia Juhua put everything down and went to the brigade headquarters to see if there was anything else to do.
Before I could say a few words to Accountant Chang, someone knocked on the door: "Captain, I'm the educated youth Chen Kaiwu, I want to ask you for leave."
Accountant Chang opened the door and explained to Xia Juhua: "Xiao Chen came here twice. I said I could take your place and told him to go to the Ping'anzhuang production team to find you, but he insisted on waiting for you to come."
Not only Chen Kaiwu came in, but also Dong Jinbu, who Deng Chunlin said he would be the first to take leave with him. Xia Juhua had a work schedule for educated youth Deng Chunlin had given her, so she took the two people's leave slips and was about to sign them. Chen Kaiwu whispered, "Captain, we have something else we want you to help us with."
Please help yourself? Xia Juhua looked up at Chen Kaiwu and asked, "What's the matter?"
Chen Kaiwu glanced at Accountant Chang, who was about to go back to his room, but Xia Juhua stopped him and said, "What can't you say in front of Accountant Chang? Actually, if you want to take a vacation this time, you can ask Accountant Chang to approve it when I'm not here. Anyway, I've given Accountant Chang your shift schedule."
There is no need to make herself look shameful. She, Xia Juhua, has never done anything shameful!
Chen Kaiwu's face turned red after hearing what Xia Juhua said. He nodded to Accountant Chang to express his apology, and then said to Xia Juhua: "Captain, it's not that I don't trust Accountant Chang, but I feel that my request is a little..."
"You tell me, if it can be done, the brigade will not make things difficult for you educated youth, after all, you are also part of the brigade. But if it cannot be done, you have to understand that the brigade has to act according to the principles." Xia Juhua saw Chen Kaiwu's embarrassment, but did not agree immediately - she didn't even know what the requirements were, and agreeing rashly would only cause trouble for herself.
Chen Kaiwu smiled at Xia Juhua again and said, "Captain, this is what we mean. We want to exchange some vermicelli from our members and take it home for our parents to taste. We also want them to taste the results of our hard work for a year." After saying that, he looked at Xia Juhua nervously, turned his head and looked at Dong Jinbu again.
I thought it was a big deal. It turned out that he just wanted to exchange some vermicelli.
"Captain..." Accountant Chang glanced at Chen Kaiwu, called Xia Juhua disapprovingly, and did not move.
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