"Sister Miaomiao, does my hair look good like this?"
Zhou Taohua touched the two braids on her head and asked Ruan Miaomiao, who was walking beside her, with some nervousness.
Zhou Dujuan, standing nearby, joked, "Oh, Peach Blossom, are you questioning Sister Miaomiao's taste?"
Upon hearing her fourth sister's words, Zhou Taohua immediately pouted and retorted unhappily, "Fourth sister, I didn't. I've just never tied my hair up like this before, and I'm not used to it."
"You're not yet! Don't think I didn't see it; you touch your braid twenty times a minute!"
"You're lying, I didn't..."
Zhao Cuihong, watching her two daughters bickering, didn't interfere. Instead, she continued chatting and laughing with Aunt Wang, Qin Chunhong, who was beside her.
Even the usually taciturn Zhou Jianjun stood with his hands behind his back, chatting and laughing with Zhou Jianguo and the others. The group, numbering over a hundred, headed towards the county town.
Because the traditional Chinese medicine factory in Bicheng was mainly established by Zhou Jingyun, when recruiting workers, Zhou Jingyun specifically asked the factory for twenty positions. After returning to Jianshan Brigade and discussing it with the brigade leader, he sold twenty jobs for 150 yuan each.
Of course, it's impossible that Zhou Jingyun, who is already the factory director, would receive this money on the surface; a fictitious intermediary person was created to take the money.
Upon hearing the price, Zhou Jianguo knew that it was the Zhou family's son who was taking care of the villagers.
After all, these days, where can you find a job in the city for less than three or four hundred yuan?
Zhou Jianguo organized a meeting of the villagers overnight, excluding those who had already secured jobs, and prioritizing those families whose members had no one working in the provincial or county capitals to make purchases first.
The remaining households will then decide by drawing lots.
Soon, the quota of twenty employees was finalized, and all those selected went to the county town yesterday to participate in the pre-opening training for the Chinese medicine factory.
As for the 3,000 yuan kickback, Zhou Jianguo collected it on behalf of the Chinese medicine factory.
There are many people like Zhou Jingyun in the Chinese medicine factory who accept bribes to help others with their work. However, everyone turns a blind eye. As long as things go smoothly and don't affect the overall direction of the factory's development, these things are not very important.
After all, only a minority are pre-selected; most people get in through the recruitment notices posted at the entrance of the Chinese medicine factory.
Although Zhou Jianguo knew in his heart that Zhou Jingyun probably got a share of the three thousand yuan, he kept quiet and didn't tell anyone.
After all, Zhou Jingyun today is no longer the Zhou family boy he used to be!
Nowadays, Zhou Jingyun has helped the Jianshan Brigade solve the employment problems of dozens of young people and improved the family situation of many families.
More importantly, Zhou Jingyun is also the director of the Chinese medicine factory, so he will definitely be able to make decisions regarding the procurement of Chinese medicine in the future.
As long as we hold on tight to Zhou Jingyun, the future of Jianshan Brigade is limitless!
Therefore, Zhou Jianguo, being particularly sensible, organized the production team members to do some token work in the fields early in the morning, and then they all headed to the county town.
Try to get to the Chinese medicine factory before 2 PM, the auspicious time, to support Zhou Jingyun.
On this day, all the villagers of Jianshan Brigade wore their best clothes, and even luxuriously washed their hair, combing it neatly. They were all in high spirits and extremely happy as they headed towards the county town...
At the educated youth settlement, the educated youth, hearing the villagers' lively chatter, also wanted to join in the fun.
However, the thought of renting materials for 50 cents a day made me realize that I couldn't waste my time.
Some people suspected that Li Yuying had suddenly disappeared, and when they went to ask the brigade leader, they were only given the perfunctory answer that she had asked for leave to go to the county town for medical treatment...
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In the county town, Zhao Xiuyun looked at the bustling Chinese medicine factory with its sea of people and touched the two hard objects in her pocket.
Hardening her heart, she silently said to herself: Ruan Miaomiao, you forced me to do this.
If you hadn't suddenly realized you wouldn't support Shen Qingming and me like you did in my previous life, I wouldn't have ended up in this situation today.
You made me hide and live a life where I can't hold my head up high, so I have no choice but to ruin your happiness and make you suffer for the rest of your life!
When she looked up again, the fierceness in Zhao Xiuyun's eyes had completely disappeared, replaced by a deep affection.
She pleaded sweetly with Zhong Qiang, "Brother Qiang, I heard that provincial leaders and that foreign dignitary will be coming to the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Chinese medicine factory later. Could you use your connections to help me get a closer look at these important people?"
These days, Zhong Qiang has managed to get Zhao Xiuyun a job as a worker in a traditional Chinese medicine factory, thanks to his own abilities and with Zhou Jingyun's tacit approval.
Today, about 150 workers from the Chinese medicine factory also came to participate in the opening ceremony and ribbon-cutting.
However, the workers were standing in an open space between several buildings, quite far from the leaders.
In particular, the leaders were extremely cautious, and many fully armed police officers were stationed at the venue.
For ordinary people, getting close to them is simply not easy.
Therefore, when Zhong Qiang heard Zhao Xiuyun's words, he only thought that she wanted to get a closer look at the leaders and didn't think much of it.
In order to demonstrate his abilities, Zhong Qiang nodded and agreed.
Seeing Zhong Qiang nod, Song Wei also came over, affectionately put his right hand on Zhong Qiang's shoulder, leaned in, and said intimately:
"Brother-in-law, you know I'm just a small accountant at a supply and marketing cooperative. I probably won't have the chance to meet these high-ranking provincial leaders in my life, let alone foreign dignitaries. Please take me in to see them up close!"
The word "brother-in-law" made Zhong Qiang extremely happy. He felt that he had gained his brother-in-law's approval, and he patted his chest and promised boldly, "Hey, Wei-ge, it's no big deal, leave it to me!"
Seeing that he was getting older, Song Wei pulled over another person and said to Zhong Qiang, "This is my colleague, can we add him too?"
Zhong Qiang looked troubled, but under the watchful eyes of his girlfriend and brother-in-law, he could only grit his teeth and say yes.
Song Wei was satisfied that three people had already been able to get close to the leaders.
He nodded to someone not far away, and that person turned around to chat with others.
The group thought they had done a fairly discreet job, but little did they know that they had all been spotted by Director Zhang and his team, who were already prepared.
For today's big event, Director Zhang was worried that he wouldn't have enough manpower, so he specially applied for support from the provincial capital's public security bureau.
Inside the site, there appeared to be many workers, but in reality, there were also dozens of plainclothes officers hidden inside.
The person who had colluded with Song Wei had just left when plainclothes officers immediately followed them.
October 30, 1977, is a day of the Monkey clashing with the Tiger, making it auspicious for raising the roof beam and starting a business.
At 1:55 p.m., a comrade dressed in a Lenin suit appeared on the square platform in the center of the factory area with a megaphone and announced the official start of the opening ceremony of the Chinese medicine factory, inviting all leaders to the stage to cut the ribbon!
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