Chapter 251251

Every time Yu Qianqian finished applying a facial mask, she would follow a procedure, which was to put her face in front of every roommate in the dormitory and let them tell her in an affirmative tone: "Do you think I have become whiter? Is that right?"

How could the roommates say no? They would nod in affirmation: "Yes, it has really become whiter!"

Moreover, the skin that had just been treated with the facial mask had sufficient moisture and VC in the epidermis, and with the effects of milk, egg white, and pearl powder, it would indeed have a tightening and whitening effect. Of course, it would give people a feeling of particularly good results right after washing their face, and this was indeed not Yu Qianqian's illusion.

Every time Yu Qianqian finished using a facial mask and washed her face, she had the illusion that her skin was moist and glowing, and this illusion led her to keep using the facial mask.

Zhang Min and Xi Weilu also kept using the facial mask with her.

The two of them had similar tastes, and since they were all mixing pearl powder to make a fuzzy face, there was no difference between mixing one person and mixing three people.

But Xi Weilu was not from the School of Mathematics, and she didn't go to class with them, so other people couldn't see her and were not familiar with her, so they naturally couldn't feel her changes; Zhang Min's skin was good, with a fair complexion, but it wasn't as fair as Shen Xinlan and Jiang Gui, so it didn't stand out, so she only felt that her skin had improved, but not as obviously as Yu Qianqian's.

After Yu Qianqian's actual effect came out, everyone was surprised: "Qianqian, have you become whiter? You look better and better recently!"

"Haha, you think so too?" Yu Qianqian touched her face quite complacently, thinking that she was on the road to becoming more beautiful. "I use the pearl powder that Jiang Gui gave me as a facial mask every week. If she hadn't said not to use it every day, I would have applied it to myself every day. I also think the effect is very good!"

Although it has entered the millennium, people's lives are getting better and better, and the development of science and technology is getting faster and faster, but Yu Qianqian and others who came from the 1980s and 1990s are still used to saving.

Jiang Xi gave them a pound of wolfberries, and none of the girls in the dormitory was willing to waste them. They either used them to soak in water or ate them dry. They also used the water chestnut rice she gave them to boil water in the dormitory.

Water chestnut rice itself has the functions of moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements, replenishing nutrients, and replenishing the spleen and stopping diarrhea. It is a nourishing and strengthening food. Some of the vitamins and nutrients in it are even more effective than lotus seeds.

They were afraid that the wolfberries and water chestnut rice would go bad, so they ate them raw a lot during this period. With external and internal applications, Yu Qianqian's complexion is getting better and better, isn't it?

Yu Qianqian's complexion is yellow and dark, but it is mainly due to insufficient blood and qi. A girl in her early twenties, as long as she replenishes her blood and qi, her complexion will be rosy, and she will look much better than before.

It is basically difficult for other people in the department to stick to applying facial mask like Yu Qianqian, mainly because the study in the School of Mathematics is really too difficult. They spend a lot of time on study every day. At the beginning, they can still follow the trend and buy some milk and eggs to apply facial mask. After a few times, they think, there are good things like milk and eggs, can't they use them to eat? Why use them for facial mask? The academic masters who are invincible in youth and put study first soon gave up applying facial mask and devoted themselves to study.

Then the only ones who persisted were Yu Qianqian, Zhang Min, and Xi Weilu.

Xi Weilu was originally dark and thin, but this year, under the feeding of the sisters, especially Jiang Xi, who saw that she was dark, thin, and small, and looked malnourished, Jiang Xi gave her two or three pounds of wolfberries while the others only got one pound, and also a large bag of water chestnut rice. Sometimes when Zhang Min and Yu Qianqian were sneaking around in the dormitory to cook water chestnuts in an electric rice cooker, they would bring her along, and the three of them were like little mice stealing fish, eating happily, and sometimes Liu Yan would join in.

Every time Shen Xinlan looked at that scene, she found it very funny.

I don't know if it's the effectiveness of the mask or the success of the sisters' feeding, but Xi Weilu has grown taller this year and her complexion looks better than before, but she still doesn't talk much and is very passive. But she doesn't refuse when her sisters take her out. Sometimes when she's full, she'll smile innocently like a child.

When Zhang Min saw the smile on her face, she couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment. She pinched Xi Weilu's little face and short hair and rubbed them, making Xi Weilu's face red, her eyes watery, her head turned away, her hair messy, and she looked at her sisters innocently and helplessly, which made her sisters laugh again.

In early March, it's the annual Mingqian tea picking season.

Huolu Mountain and Wugong Mountain in Linhe Brigade are bustling again.

The two low hills on Wugong Mountain are where new tea was planted last year, so the tea trees are still small and the buds and leaves are not many. The main production still depends on the main hills of Huolu Mountain and the Jiangjia Village tea that has been planted for more than two years.

In fact, long after Jiangjia Village started planting and selling tea, Linhe Brigade and even nearby brigades, eyeing the income of Jiangjia Village, also started to plant tea in their own fields. However, they planted tea based on past experience. They were ignorant in the selection of tea trees and did not know how to choose the best tea leaves that were most suitable for the local soil and water, let alone like the experts and professors from the Agricultural Bureau and Agricultural University, who classified and observed the tea varieties on each acre of land and brought back some different varieties of tea leaves to test the content of tea substances every year. In addition, they did not systematically cultivate tea trees, so many tea leaves tasted very bitter.

In addition, they had no sales channels, so even if they planted tea leaves, they still watched the people of Jiangjia Village make money.

But they also made money, because there were two tea mountains in Jiangjia Village, plus the two mountains of Huolu Mountain and Wugong Mountain contracted by Jiang Guotai. In previous years, the women in the village had to go to Jiangnan to pick tea leaves to make money. This year, they didn't have to. All the tea-picking women gathered in Jiangjia Village. Some carried bamboo baskets on their backs, some hung bamboo baskets around their waists. The mountains were full of tea-picking women.

When we say tea-picking women, of course, it doesn't limit only young girls to picking tea. In fact, whether it's old people or middle-aged women, as long as they know how to pick tea, they will come to pick tea.

Because every household in the local area has a few tea trees, there are almost no women who don't know how to pick tea, and even men are masters of picking tea.

However, most of the men went to work in Jiang Guotai's sand factory. Sand factory is a physical job. The boats carrying sand on the sand river almost never stopped all year round. After work, they no longer have the energy to do tea picking.

But the children in the village who were on vacation had a happy time. They followed their teachers to the mountains to pick tea. Some capable little girls picked tea just as fast as adults. The money they earned was their pocket money.

There were also sensible girls who handed the money to their parents at home. Boys didn't care so much. They immediately sent the money they earned to the canteen. They bought iron frogs, glass balls, Tang Monk meat, bubble gum, spicy strips... For a while, spring became the most lively and sweet season for rural children.

Because last year, some people hid bricks, spread soil, gravel, and even mixed old leaves and tea fruits into the tea leaves when they were picking tea leaves in order to increase their weight and sell them at a higher price. Not only did Jiang Guotai refuse to accept any of these last year, he also refused to accept all the tea from these people. As a result, throughout the whole year last year, other people made a lot of money from tea leaves, because they sold the tea leaves to Jiang Guotai's primary processing plant and sold them all at once, which not only saved them trouble but also made more money. However, those who were clever, because Jiang Guotai refused to accept the tea from their tea fields, not only did they have to fry the tea themselves, but they also had no channels to sell the tea and could only sell it in the village.

But there are only so many tourists in the village. Except for some who buy some inferior tea for their own drinking, they all buy the good Mingqian tea as gifts. Of course, the tea for gifts must be beautifully packaged and printed with the Wugongshan Wugong Tea logo. Otherwise, if they give it to the leaders, who knows what kind of tea you are giving?

So even if it is the same Mingqian tea, they can't sell it at a high price. They are also jealous of other people's tea, so they don't want to reduce the price too much, which will cause the tea to be unsalable and become stale tea at home.

This year, these tea pickers are extremely well-behaved and dare not have any tricks or make trouble.

What other villages don’t know is that when they received their tea baskets, they were warned by the village supervisor: "Once you are found to be passing inferior products off as good ones, you will no longer be hired. If you don’t want to pick tea at home, you have to go to Jiangnan to pick tea!"

Picking tea at home feels completely different from picking tea in other places where the language is unfamiliar. Many people are afraid to go out and face the outside world. After hearing the warning from the supervisor, some people who think they are smart not only dare not tamper with the tea leaves, but also carefully check their tea baskets after picking the tea to see if there are any old leaves or tea fruits accidentally mixed in, or if someone takes the opportunity to stuff a handful of tea fruits into their tea basket when they are not paying attention. This kind of situation also happens. '

Sometimes, some people's malicious intentions are even a little inexplicable. You can't figure out why a person who has nothing to do with them would sprinkle soil or old tea tree leaves into your tea basket when you are not paying attention. Even if you ask them, they may not know why they do it, but they just do it.

In short, after Jiang Guotai's strict crackdown last year, this year's tea picking went very smoothly.

Mingqian tea is the first tea picking of the year. After a winter of storage, the tea contains rich substances and tastes sweet and refreshing. Because of its full buds and leaves and low production, it has become a sought-after object for tea lovers and a good gift.

After Jiang Guotai harvested the best batch of Mingqian tea this year, he sent it to his son, Jiang Gui, and Jiang Town Chief, who were studying at the provincial capital university. He even sent a few kilograms to Jiang Bai, asking him to give to teachers and professors.

Jiang Town Chief had been the head of a township and town for so many years, and he had always worked hard and honestly to rise up. He had never thought about giving gifts.

The main reason was that his salary was low, he had never been involved in corruption, and he really didn't have the money to give gifts.

He had known that Jiang Guotai was smart, but he didn't expect that Jiang Guotai would be so smart as to ask him to give Mingqian tea to the leaders.

This made Jiang Guoding blush: "This, this, this... How can I be so embarrassed?"

Jiang Guotai spat at him: "You are worse than Ling Ling!" He said: "Ling Ling knows to send good things to the higher-ups, no matter whether it is useful or not, just to improve the relationship first! If you don't take the initiative, do you expect others to take the initiative to send them to you?" Jiang Guotai said speechlessly: "These are all things produced by our family and they don't cost money. You don't dare to send them. No wonder you are only a town mayor at the age of 40!"

If Jiang Guotai had not failed the exam that year, Jiang Guotai felt that with his cleverness, he might have become a county mayor now.

Of course, if he really entered the system, he would have no problem doing practical things, but he would probably not be able to resist taking the wrong path. The so-called wrong path is not corruption and bribery, but bribery.

He still understood his own character. His purpose was to do good things and make money together.

Jiang Guoding smiled and said nothing. He drank a sip of the rice wine that Jiang Guotai brought.

Jiang Guoding was not very good at giving gifts. He hesitated and said, "Should I only give it to County Magistrate Chen, or should I give it to Secretary Song as well?"

He asked this because County Magistrate Chen was actually the local boss of Wucheng and was in charge of the local economy. When Secretary Song first came down, he was against Secretary Song and fought for power and profit with him. Later, he could not win the fight and was suppressed by Secretary Song. This is how Wucheng developed rapidly.

Jiang Guoding was naturally County Magistrate Chen's man.

Jiang Guotai was speechless, and slapped Jiang Guoding on the thigh: "Fourth brother, you are really not as good as Ling Ling in this respect!" He also took a sip of wine, lowered his voice and whispered to Jiang Guoding: "Now Wucheng is developing so well and so fast, how many years do you think Secretary Song can stay in Wucheng? He has been here..." He held up four fingers: "Four years."

"I heard that the people behind him fell, and he was implicated and was demoted to our Wucheng. It is estimated that he will be able to go back in two years at most. Wucheng's economy will develop. By then, County Magistrate Chen will be promoted. By then, you, one of the mayors of Sanba Town, will also be promoted? County Magistrate Chen is Secretary Song's ready-made thigh, but you don't know how to hug him. What are you thinking? You are so shy when you send him some tea. That's your personality..."

Jiang Guotai clicked his tongue.

It can only be said that everyone has his own personality. Jiang Guoding's personality is more serious and upright, and he is good at doing practical things. If he were as active as Jiang Guotai, it is hard to say whether he would become a county committee member now.

After Jiang Guotai's suggestion, Jiang Guoding actually took the Mingqian tea prepared by Jiang Guotai for him, some wine brewed by Jiang Guotai, local specialties from his hometown, etc., and entered the house of County Magistrate Chen on a rare occasion.

Seeing that Jiang Guoding had learned to give gifts, County Magistrate Chen couldn't help but laugh and pointed at Jiang Guoding, "I haven't seen you give anything to anyone in all these years. What did you bring today?"

Jiang Guoding said a little embarrassedly, "Isn't this the latest Wugong tea picked in our hometown? My family members, daughters and I each got an acre of tea land. We can't finish the tea leaves after picking them. So, I know that the leaders love to drink tea, so I brought some for you." He said a little embarrassedly, "Although they are all produced by our family, they were shown on CCTV after all. CCTV and the leaders above are drinking them. This is the best tea. I have to send some to the leaders first. Otherwise, how can I dare to drink it?"

"And this wine, isn't it? Last year, some old workhorses in our village got old and got some good things to soak in wine..." The more he talked, the more Jiang Guoding was shameless, and said with a fierce face: "Do you want it? If not, I'll take it away and drink it myself!"

"Oh, that won't do, old Jiang, how can you take something back after it's been sent to you?" County Magistrate Chen is a few years older than Jiang Guoding, almost fifty years old. Knowing that Jiang Guoding is a straight-forward guy, he is really close to him, so he got some good things and gave them to him eagerly, but still reminded him: "I accept the things, but don't forget Secretary Song's place."

Secretary Song will leave in the future, and Jiang Guoding's direct leader is still County Magistrate Chen. Hearing this, Jiang Guoding deliberately hesitated and said: "This... This is not good, right?"

County Magistrate Chen was so angry that he wanted to hit him: "I thought you had opened your mind, but I didn't expect that you haven't changed at all. Hurry up and go!"

Jiang Guoding then pretended to be honest and left with a smile. After leaving County Magistrate Chen's house, he wiped his face and hair. It was the first time he did something like giving a gift, and he felt embarrassed. Then he took the things and gave them to Secretary Song.

Secretary Song still had a very good impression of Jiang Guoding's cousin. Although he was County Magistrate Chen's man, he was a real man of action. He had seen what he had done in Yaoba Town and Linhe Brigade in the past two years. He had considered transferring him to the county committee after a while, and when he had achieved some results, he would be placed in the position of deputy county chief, specifically responsible for developing the local economy.

Jiang Guoding was originally County Magistrate Chen's man, and County Magistrate Chen would not object to promoting him.

If he hadn't parachuted into Wucheng, County Magistrate Chen, as a local tyrant, had deep roots in the local area, and he wouldn't have needed to fight with County Magistrate Chen for any power or benefits. But the social situation in the past few years was like that. The local area was united. If he didn't fight, he would be completely sidelined by the local area and couldn't do anything. He came to work, not to be retired.

It was Jiang Xi who unexpectedly helped him several times, and then County Magistrate Chen withdrew. He completely controlled Wucheng, and only then did Wucheng's economy develop rapidly in the past two years.

With the picking of Wugong Mingqian tea in Wugong Mountain, Wucheng also started playing gg on nearby TV stations, and began to promote the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Race last year.

Dragon boats from all over the country were pulled out of the water, renovated and oiled. The men who usually had nothing to do started practicing dragon boat rowing at home, waiting to win the first prize in Wucheng this year. Secretary Song

not only contacted the county TV station, but also the Wujiang City TV Station. In the neighboring city, because of Jiang Guotai, he persuaded the leaders of the neighboring city to join in the competition and even increased the prize money.

Jiang Guotai also formed a dragon boat team in his hometown, and he would represent the Linhe Brigade to compete in the dragon boat race.

For a while, the hometown was extremely lively.

Many young men from Xujia Village who wanted to force Jiang Guotai at the end of last year signed up when they saw the dragon boat race.

The people in their village have nothing but a strong force.

On the other hand, Jiang Guotai sent Jiang Xi several dozen kilograms of well-packaged Wu Gong tea, which Jiang Xi also received. As soon as Jiang Xi received it, he sent it to his master and his mistress. Together, they sent about 20 to 30 kilograms of tea.

This made his mistress happy. Jiang Xi's intention was too obvious. She did not hide her idea at all. She just wanted Director Li to help her send all the Wu Gong tea out so that the leaders could also taste it, and increase the reputation and status of Wu Gong tea from top to bottom and from the core areas.

Director Li was so confused that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. But it wasn't a big deal. He was the one who promoted the local tourism economy in Wucheng. If it really developed well, he would have a share of the credit in the future. The little apprentice had sent the tea, so what could he do? Of course, he would help her!

So Wugong Tea once again appeared in the homes of some leaders in the core class.

April was the birthday month of Grandpa Jiang and He Xiaofang. After Jiang Qi sent a birthday gift to He Xiaofang, he and Song Peifeng rushed back to Shanghai and had a simple birthday dinner with Grandpa Jiang.

Grandpa Jiang kept saying, "You came all this way, come back and have a meal with me. I can eat anything. You are so old, and you still want to celebrate your birthday? You just celebrated it once last year. You should hurry back. You can't do this again in the future. Your studies are important!"

Grandpa Jiang really meant it.

Although he was happy that his granddaughter and grandson-in-law came back to celebrate his birthday, he was also worried that his granddaughter would delay her studies by running back and forth. His grandson had already been admitted to the graduate school of science at East China University of Technology this year. His tutor was the junior of his teacher in science in Shanghai. Now he is very busy with his studies and has no time to film.

His granddaughter is still so young, she should also take the graduate school exam or something.

Although he didn't understand what a postgraduate was, he felt that if he was better than a college student, he had to take the exam.

Why not study more when you are so young?

Jiang Xi looked through Grandpa Jiang's medical report and said to Grandpa Jiang with a smile: "Grandpa, don't worry, I know everything, don't worry."

Grandpa Jiang sat on the recliner with a smile on his face, saying with pure relaxation and satisfaction: "I'm not worried, I'm not worried at all now, I know my eldest granddaughter is smart."

As he said that, he couldn't help but grin and wanted to brag to the old guys. Every time he went back and boasted about his two grandchildren, only the old guy Lao Zhonghua could brag to him.

When he talked about his eldest granddaughter, he couldn't stop bragging. He was so excited that he even bragged about the day when his eldest granddaughter was born, the sky was full of morning glow, and a fire phoenix rose from the clouds and landed in his yard.

When Jiang Xi was born, it was just dawn, just when the glow broke through the clouds. It happened to be a sunny day in winter. Because Jiang Yanyan from Jiang Guoding's family was born one at night and the other in the morning, two girls were born on the same day, one was the daughter of Jiang Township Mayor and the other was the daughter of the chicken farm manager, so many people still remember the scene of that day.

Now when he bragged about it, it was particularly different.

But the old men and women in the village were listening with great interest. If Grandpa Jiang forgot or made mistakes, they would automatically fill in the gaps for him. They didn't think Grandpa Jiang's exaggeration was outrageous at all.

Even Grandpa Zhonghua, who thought it was outrageous, couldn't help but wonder in the affirmative voices of each of them. Could it be that they were the ones who were normal, and he was the one who thought they were exaggerating too much and was abnormal?