Chapter 117
Director Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "Let's count it as our Pingde County Supply and Marketing Cooperative."
Deputy Director Xue shook his head again: "We are a regional supply and marketing cooperative. It doesn't matter who places the order. It should be counted as the regional supply and marketing cooperative. The deposit you paid to Ping'an Village in the early stage will be reimbursed by the regional supply and marketing cooperative with materials. Captain Xia, we have decided to increase the deposit for textile products today. Director Zheng will send it to you."
Director Zheng sighed somewhat disappointedly and said, "I will obey the organization's decision."
Deputy Director Xue's smile widened: "Director Zheng, considering that you have been working diligently in the supply and marketing system and are familiar with the local specialties, the regional supply and marketing cooperative has decided that this time you will supervise the quality of Ping'anzhuang's textiles and lead the team to participate in the selection of the provincial supply and marketing system."
Let Director Zheng be responsible for supervising the quality of Pinganzhuang's textile products, and let him lead the team to participate in the selection of the provincial supply and marketing system, doesn't that mean...
Director Zheng himself was a little afraid to ask Deputy Director Xue, and he was eagerly hoping that he would say something more certain. But Deputy Director Xue seemed to have not seen Director Zheng's eager eyes, and turned his eyes to the woven fabrics on the table.
Xia Juhua lowered her rating for Deputy Director Xue in her heart and asked on behalf of Director Zheng: "Deputy Director Xue, Director Zheng is also responsible for the county supply and marketing cooperative. If he is allowed to lead the team to participate in the selection, he will have to be away for several days. What will happen to the county supply and marketing cooperative?"
Deputy Director Xue finally turned around, looked at Director Zheng with a half-smile, and held out his hand to him: "Comrade Zheng Baogang, the regional supply and marketing cooperative has decided to transfer you to be the head of the sales department. From now on, we will fight side by side."
The surprise came too suddenly for Director Zheng to accept. He looked at Deputy Director Xue in disbelief, shook his hand hesitantly, and asked a silly question: "Deputy Director Xue, are you kidding?"
The director of the sales department of the regional supply and marketing cooperative. How many directors of county supply and marketing cooperatives would be willing to be an ordinary cadre just to work in the regional supply and marketing cooperative? Deputy Director Xue actually said that he would be the director of the sales department as soon as he arrived?
Xia Juhua felt that she should protect Director Zheng's image and not let Deputy Director Xue think that Director Zheng was useless - now more than half of Ping'an Village's orders were given by the regional supply and marketing cooperative. The more stable Director Zheng's position in the regional supply and marketing cooperative was, the greater the benefit to Ping'an Village.
In particular, Deputy Director Xue announced the news to Director Zheng only after arriving at Ping'an Village, which tied the Ping'an Village weaving team and Director Zheng together.
Xia Juhua finally understood and unconsciously raised Deputy Director Xue's rating. Then she smiled and said to Director Zheng, "Director Zheng, you are so happy that you are confused. Deputy Director Xue is such a big leader, how could he joke with you about such a serious matter?"
Deputy Director Xue glanced at Xia Juhua, then continued to shake hands with Director Zheng and said, "Director Zheng, you will have more and more dealings with Captain Xia in the future, so you can't keep getting confused."
Director Zheng looked at Xia Juhua with shining eyes. He truly felt that although Xia Juhua was just a rural woman, she was the noble person in his life: the first time he ordered the fried peanuts from Pingan Village, he became famous in the regional supply and marketing system. The second time he ordered their signature dishes, he had already made a name for himself in all county-level supply and marketing cooperatives. The third time...
Now he was able to be transferred to the regional supply and marketing cooperative, all thanks to Xia Juhua and the weaving products of the Ping'anzhuang production team. From now on, she would be his, Zheng Baogang's benefactor!
Xia Juhua was frightened by Director Zheng and said to him with a forced smile: "Director Zheng, I was just joking with you. I didn't mean that you were really confused."
Deputy Director Xue suddenly laughed loudly twice and said to Xia Juhua, "Captain Xia, you don't have to worry about Director Zheng's transfer to the regional supply and marketing cooperative having any impact on the sales of your Ping'an Village textiles."
Director Zheng finally suppressed his excitement and expressed his determination to Deputy Director Xue and Xia Juhua: "Don't worry, Deputy Director Xue. I am very familiar with the quality and variety of Pinganzhuang's textiles. I will definitely try my best to introduce their products in the provincial selection and strive to allow all Pinganzhuang's products to participate in the expo."
Deputy Director Xue took back his hand and asked Director Zheng: "Because you are going to be transferred to work in the region, someone has to take over as director of the county supply and marketing cooperative. Although Pingde County needs to consider it as a whole, our regional supply and marketing cooperative still has the right to make suggestions. Director Zheng, do you have any candidates to recommend?"
Xia Juhua slowly left the room. This was an internal matter of the supply and marketing cooperative, so she had better not listen to it, lest the news leak out somewhere in the future, she couldn't explain it clearly.
Deputy Director Xue and Director Zheng bit their ears for a while, and when they came out, their faces were very calm. Xia Juhua was about to invite them to sit in the house for a while, but Deputy Director Xue took the initiative to say to her: "I heard from the boy from Yuan Chao that the hot and sour noodles made by Captain Xia taste good. Can I try it today?"
Aid Korea? Xia Juhua looked at Deputy Director Xue in confusion, wondering who the Aid Korea he just mentioned was. Why did Deputy Director Xue sound like they both knew this Aid Korea?
The annoying thing was that Deputy Director Xue had no intention of reminding her and waited leisurely for Xia Juhua's reply.
Xia Juhua's reaction was still very fast. Even though she hadn't figured out who she knew who was a big shot like Deputy Director Xue, she still had a big smile on her face: "Leader, you are too polite. My cooking skills are just to fool your stomach. You are used to eating delicious food, so I think it tastes better than other things after I season it a little."
As he said this, he turned around and looked at Chen Qiu Sheng, and found that Chen Qiu Sheng was squeezing his eyes hard and pointing his finger at the powder room.
Xia Juhua's mind raced, and she suddenly thought of someone. She asked tentatively, "Deputy Director Xue, are you and Technician Xue..."
"Yuan Chao is my cousin's son." Deputy Director Xue glanced at Xia Juhua nonchalantly and said, "That kid was sent to Pingde County during the riot because I was here and could take care of him. Who would have thought that he was as stubborn as a donkey and asked to come to Hongxing Commune on his own initiative? I couldn't do anything about him."
Xia Juhua was stunned by what Deputy Director Xue said. She knew that Technician Xue's family was not simple, but she didn't expect that he had someone in Chengping District. She had never heard him mention it before.
No wonder Technician Xue could say whatever he wanted and do whatever he wanted when he was in the Red Star Commune. It turned out that he had an idea in his mind - even though his family was implicated, he still had other capable relatives to back him up.
"I really didn't expect this." Xia Juhua sighed unconsciously.
Deputy Director Xue's smile was no longer a polite one, but a smile from the heart: "Yuan Chao told me that when he was in the Red Star Commune, he was taken care of the most by Captain Xia, and he had the deepest feelings for your family. The other day, that kid called me and said that he ate the hot and sour noodles you mailed him, but they were not as delicious as the ones you make now."
Xia Juhua had just given Deputy Director Xue a low score in her heart, but now she was really embarrassed to answer him, and her smile was a bit awkward: "Technician Xue has been a great help to us in Ping'an Village. If it weren't for the pulping machine made by Technician Xue, our production team's powder leakage room would not have been able to operate. We are all relying on Technician Xue's help, and we can't say that we are taking care of him at all."
Deputy Director Xue, who had experienced too much in the officialdom, could tell whether the person in front of him was sincere or not. More importantly, he knew his cousin very well. The kid had a strong sense of right and wrong and was a bit demanding of others. If Xia Juhua's family had not been recognized by him for their character, he would not have left for so long and specially called to ask him to help the family if he had the chance.
So Deputy Director Xue didn't care whether Xia Juhua was embarrassed or Director Zheng was surprised. He just walked towards the street by himself, urging Xia Juhua to lead the way for him, and kept asking Technician Xue about his life in Ping'an Village.
Xia Juhua still has a say in this topic. She pointed out Fifth Master's house to Deputy Director Xue and said, "When my eldest daughter-in-law gave birth to Lele, Technician Xue moved to Fifth Master's house for a while and got along well with the old man."
He pointed to the fields at the far end of the village and said, "Technician Xue was willing to use his brain to help us make a plow for turning the soil. Hooking it to a tractor turns the soil very quickly, which made the members very happy. From now on, we can save a lot of trouble when farming. Even though Technician Xue returned to Beijing, he still thought about our Ping'an Village and sent me the drawings of a sowing machine. The comrades at the Agricultural Machinery Station helped us make it, and using it saved us a lot of trouble."
Every parent likes to hear others praise their children. Although Deputy Director Xue is only the uncle of Technician Xue, he was not discouraged when he heard that his nephew was assigned to a small commune agricultural machinery station. Instead, he was recognized by the farmers and did not hide his satisfaction and happiness at all: "That kid has been a violent person since he was young. He has caused a lot of damage to our family."
Xia Juhua naturally protects Technician Xue: "People say that naughty boys are good and naughty girls are clever. Children are naughty and have strong hands-on skills. Look at how capable Technician Xue is now."
Hearing her unconsciously maintaining Technician Xue, Deputy Director Xue smiled even more happily. He had just visited the powder leakage room, and now he walked towards the yard of Master Wu. After entering the house, he talked with Master Wu for a long time, and thanked Master Wu for taking care of Technician Xue, and then returned to the Liu family with Xia Juhua.
Before entering the courtyard, we smelled the aroma of fried peanuts. Deputy Director Xue smiled and said, "Although we haven't tasted the hot and sour rice noodles made by Captain Xia, we have eaten a lot of sugar-coated peanuts."
Xia Juhua looked at Deputy Director Xue in silence, wanting to remind him not to be so brazen in saying that he had taken advantage of the public. But thinking about Deputy Director Xue's job, she swallowed her words.
Just as Xiaoman had finished cooking a pot of food, Xia Juhua asked her to stop and take the food out of the pot. She took out the pork bone soup that she had cooked a few days ago and started to make hot and sour noodles for the customers.
There are few vegetables in winter, so Xia Juhua grew some leeks and coriander in a wooden trough in the west room. She wanted to use them to make dumplings during the Chinese New Year, so she put some in the soup today, and the aroma was enhanced by several levels.
"No wonder Yuan Chao always thinks about it, it tastes really fragrant and warm." After eating a bowl of noodles, Deputy Director Xue gave this evaluation. However, he also felt a little regretful: "It would be nice if I could eat it anytime."
Xia Juhua took out the instant hot and sour noodles she made and demonstrated them to the two leaders. Because there was ready-made bone soup, the vermicelli was also improved to be finer, and the seasoning packet also added an oil packet. Compared with the last time Uncle Qi and Director Zhang came, the soaking time was greatly reduced, and the soup was no longer watery.
"This is good." Deputy Director Xue and Director Zheng shared a bag and said with great emotion: "Captain Xia, you can try to produce more of this stuff. I think it should be able to be sold."
Xia Juhua told him about her difficulties, which were mainly about the preservation and packaging of spices. When Deputy Director Xue heard that she had already written to Technician Xue, he nodded and said, "You can ask him. He is currently working in a unit and often provides technical support to the troops. Maybe he can help you."
After hearing what he said, Xia Juhua became very worried: "If I write to him to ask for technical advice, will it violate confidentiality regulations or something?"
Deputy Director Xue shook his head repeatedly: "Yuan Chao knows what he is doing. He will tell you what he should tell you, and won't tell you what he shouldn't tell you." He is still very confident about his family's education.
Xia Juhua was finally relieved. She respectfully sent the two leaders away and then started weaving again with Seventh Grandma.
In addition, the head of the small village and the fourth and fifth production team leaders had not seen Xia Juhua show up at the brigade headquarters for a few days. After asking around, they learned that the Ping'anzhuang weaving team had received another large order. They were itching to go to Li Changshun's house and grumbled, "The team leader is no longer the leader of the Ping'anzhuang production team, so why is he still working for Ping'anzhuang?"
Li Changshun couldn't bear to hear this, and asked righteously: "Is the work points of the current team leader still in the Ping'an Village Production Team? What's wrong with her helping Ping'an Village?"
"But we can't just leave our vermicelli factory alone." Captain Five was still a little unconvinced.
Li Changshun became even more impatient after hearing this: "The area has been marked out, and Xia Juhua has also ordered the necessary things. Now the ground is frozen and you can see white spots wherever you dig. How can the ground thaw if she just sits there every day?"
Knowing that Li Changshun didn't want people to say bad things about Xia Juhua, the three captains all became depressed. Li Changshun said angrily, "Don't you think about it? Last time, Ping'an Village's woven mats participated in an exhibition. How many more reed stalks did you sell?"
"Also, now when the people of Ping'anzhuang Brigade want to buy something, the supply and marketing cooperative will try to buy it for them. Isn't it because of the Ping'anzhuang Production Team? The fertilizers you use for farming, are they first allocated to the Ping'anzhuang Brigade by the supply and marketing cooperative?"
Everyone is unsatisfied.
It was one thing to know that their production team benefited from Xia Juhua, but Ping An Zhuang benefited much more than them, which made the team leaders particularly uncomfortable. Li Daniu muttered, "It's not just Ping An Zhuang's income that has increased. Our four production teams have to watch."
"You have sold a lot of brooms and kitchen brooms, so keep making them." Li Changshun was not so angry when others said that, but he got angry when Li Daniu said that: "And vermicelli, how much money did you make? Don't you have any idea? Besides, Ping'an Village has recruited five people from each production team. You can't stand seeing them making money, but why don't you think of a way? You just want to pull them and not make money, what's the idea?!"
When it comes to the money earned from vermicelli, the three production team leaders have nothing to say - on the surface, everyone is leaking vermicelli to the various grain stations, but at the rate they are leaking, they should have finished leaking it long ago. Now they still have sweet potatoes to leak, and this is all thanks to Liu Zhishuang and Niu Weiguo who secretly deliver sweet potatoes to the production teams every night.
"Look at Captain Niu, why doesn't he join you in making noises? If you have time, why don't you just leak a little more powder at home and make a few more cents?! Get out of here." Li Changshun's last words were to ask the three men to get out quickly, or else he would be afraid that he would not be able to resist and kick each of them.
Before the three production team leaders left in disgrace, Li Changshun said to them venomously: "Keep your mind straight and think about who is leading the Ping'anzhuang Brigade to enjoy a good life now. If anyone wants to do something behind the scenes, think about whether the old guys in your own production team will let you go."
"Captain, we know what's going on. We just want Captain Xia to share some of the good things with each production team." Captain Five said with a gleam in his eyes.
Li Changshun looked at him with a knife in his eyes: "Since you three are the ones who came to me today, if someone reports something wrong, I will think that it was you three who did it." Captain Five lowered his head and couldn't raise it for a long time.
Li Daniu looked at Li Changshun with some confusion. After the fourth and fifth team leaders left, he did not follow them, but asked Li Changshun: "Sixth Uncle, why were you looking at the fifth team leader like that just now?" Li Daniu always called Li Changshun like this, except in front of people from other production teams.
Li Changshun snorted, "I hate people who stab me in the back the most. Let me ask you, was it Captain Five who came to see you today that made you come with him to see me?"
Seeing Li Daniu nod, Li Changshun used his lame leg to kick him: "You eat eight hundred loads of beans and don't mind the smell of beans. Your brain is a decoration. He asked you to come to me, and you came? Why don't you think about it? I haven't been the team leader for many years. You still come to me when you encounter problems. What will Xia Juhua think when she hears it?"
Li Daniu blurted out: "Xia Juhua is not a petty person."
"You guys are taking advantage of me because I am not a petty person, aren't you?" Li Changshun looked at Li Daniu and said anxiously for him, "How did you manage to be the production captain for so many years? Even if you are a petty person, wouldn't you feel uncomfortable if you encounter this kind of thing? If you dare to collude with Captain Five again in the future, don't say that I asked the village head to choose another production captain!"
Xia Juhua, who was concentrating on making ornaments at Grandma Qi's house, didn't know that Li Changshun had suppressed the dissatisfaction of the captain of Team 5 for her. She asked Chen Qiusheng who came to see her, "Did you save all the deposit sent by the supply and marketing cooperative?"
Although Chen Qiusheng was an accountant by profession, it was the first time for him to take out so much money at once - nearly 20,000 yuan - and now he felt uneasy just thinking about it: "I've deposited it. Captain, next time you talk to the supply and marketing cooperative, I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to get the balance when it's time to pay, so I can deposit it directly in the bank. Otherwise, I really wouldn't dare to take so much money to the bank myself."
Xia Juhua smiled and gave him some advice: "Next time you go, ask Cuiping to find you some old clothes with a lot of patches on them, and then put the money in the rag pocket. Don't hold it in your arms, just put it on your back. No one will think there is money in it."
You are amazing, you can come up with such a trick. Chen Qiusheng joked with Xia Juhua: "Captain, is this how you always deposit money in the bank?"
Xia Juhua refused to admit it: "Why should we save the little money we have?"
Chen Qiusheng said nonchalantly, "I have to deposit our family's money tomorrow. I realized after I deposited the money that the annual interest is quite high, which is better than just keeping it at home. Captain, do you want to deposit money? I'll help you deposit it as well."
Xia Juhua had reason to believe that Chen Qiusheng was testing her, so she ignored him and asked directly, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Chen Qiusheng nodded: "It's almost the Little New Year, isn't it? I want to ask if our team can deliver the New Year pig together this year. Also, since you are so busy this year, can you celebrate Fifth Master's birthday together on the Little New Year?"
"Of course we can. The whole production team only has one meal a year. Besides, we have raised an extra pig this year." Xia Juhua said without hesitation, "It's just right that everyone has been busy for such a long time, so taking a half-day off won't affect anything."
Chen Qiusheng nodded in agreement and said, "This year we raised six more pigs than the regulation. I was thinking about looking for Xiao Qi..."
Xia Juhua shook her head this time: "Why don't you ask Cuiping to quietly ask everyone if they want to buy more meat for the New Year. We farmers don't have meat coupons or anything like that. It would be better for each family to eat more of the pigs instead of letting Xiaoqi take care of them."
It is impossible to distribute all the extra pigs to the members. If any family wants to eat more meat, it would be a good idea to give them to the members at a price lower than that sold at the grocery store.
When Chen Qiusheng went to look for Zhang Cuiping, Qi Nai asked worriedly, "I heard Cuiping say a few days ago that every family can raise a few more chickens next year. If you raise too many, won't people tell on you? You have to be careful. Now the people in the village are not just from Ping'an Village."
Xia Juhua hurriedly comforted her, saying, "Actually, it's still a sideline business of the production team, but they don't have enough manpower now, so they have to be dispersed to each household to help the team raise chickens. The production team will then hand over the eggs and chickens to the supply and marketing cooperative. Besides, we will also tell those production teams that if they want to raise chickens, they can raise them together." Everyone is at the same starting line, so no one should blame anyone else.
Grandma Qi was relieved when she heard this: "Okay, as long as it doesn't bother you. You have to be well."
Xia Juhua was deeply moved and started chatting with Seventh Grandma about other matters to divert the old lady's attention so that she wouldn't worry about her.
We were so busy until the New Year's Eve. Fifth Master's birthday was celebrated with great excitement. Almost all the fans from each production team had left, but the Ping An Zhuang editing team was the only one that was still busy.
Women are so busy that they can't take care of their families. In the past, if there were daughters in the family, they could do some housework, but now the daughters are busy weaving and can't take care of the housework.
Even though the food had been changed to wheat, and the amount of pork purchased and distributed was several pounds more than in previous years, there was no smell of fried meatballs or the sound of chopping stuffing in the whole village. The men could no longer sit still, and gathered together to look for Chen Qiu Sheng.
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