Chapter 73 You have to make me a regular employee first, right?
"What do you need that for? It's so hard to chop firewood."
I heard that they all came to say hello and ask for tree stumps. Before Yan Xue could say anything, some people were already wondering.
After all, the branches are thin, and if you want to use the tree stumps for firewood, they have to be cut into pieces first. Most people who don't build houses or make furniture don't want them.
Ge Erzhu was clearly confused. "How would I know? The amount of tree stumps we have at our forest farm this year isn't even enough for them to share."
Of course, there were also people who were more informed. After hearing this, they looked at Yan Xue but said nothing.
Yan Xue was not surprised that someone knew what she wanted the tree stump for. After all, the thing was right in the yard. Even if there was a crutch, anyone who wanted to know would still be able to find out.
But before she could arrive, he took the tree head away first. She didn't believe it was a coincidence.
"Can I ask who wants them?" she asked Ge Erzhu. "If you know anyone, maybe they can give me some."
Ge Erzhu heard this and said, "That's right. Normally, we don't need that much for a whole truck. Wait for me to find some for you."
He went to his desk and looked around. "I saw too many people earlier and was afraid I wouldn't be able to remember, so I wrote it down on a piece of paper."
Soon the paper with the list was found and handed to Yan Xue. "These are the ones."
Yan Xue took a look and found that there were actually a few people she knew. The first one was Li Shuwu, and then there was Old Man Wang’s son Wang Lianfu.
Putting aside the others, she couldn't believe these two were coincidences. After all, they had both asked the Guo family about her wood ear mushroom farming, and Old Man Wang had even robbed her family of their wood sticks last year.
However, she didn't show anything on her face, and returned the list to the other party with a bit of regret, "We don't know each other well."
"That's all we can do. How about you give the guys loading the truck a pack of cigarettes and see if they can load some for you?"
This is a practical idea. If Yan Xue doesn’t need much, then we can do it.
But if she wants to grow wood ear mushrooms, she needs at least a hundred or eighty pieces, and relying on the loader to load that little is just a drop in the bucket.
However, she still thanked the other party before saying goodbye and leaving. As soon as she left the office, a hint of regret appeared in her eyes.
Did he see her making money and wanted to make some too? Or did he simply not want her to continue making that money?
Given her relationship with Li Shuwu and Old Man Wang's family, it should be difficult for them to get the planting method from her, right?
And we still don't know how much she actually earned, or that a single plant of wood ear mushrooms can yield three years of harvest. If we knew...
Just as I was thinking about it, a familiar voice suddenly came from the front, "What's wrong? Why do you look not so good?"
Yan Xue looked up and saw that it was Huang Fengying. She immediately smiled and called out, "Auntie Liu."
Huang Fengying had obviously just come out of the store, still holding a pack of matches. Upon hearing this, she uttered an "ah" and asked, "Where have you been?"
There was nothing to hide about this matter, so Yan Xue told her about it. Huang Fengying frowned when she heard it, "Is it intentional? Otherwise, who would want that thing? I don't know if they can grow it themselves when they go back or what."
Huang Fengying still remembered how Old Man Wang had cheated her daughter. "Why didn't I realize before that this old man was so evil? He was so evil that he was wicked."
He was worried about Yan Xue again, "Can you still grow that fungus? Or why not talk to Secretary Lang and try some backdoor?"
It is possible to get to the top of the tree by going through the back door, but Yan Xue still smiled helplessly, "How dare I do that? What if I get targeted again?"
Huang Fengying thought about it and scolded those people again, "Why don't you think of another solution, and I will go back and help you think of one."
She wasn't really saying this to comfort Yan Xue. Qi Fang had just gotten off work at noon when he came again. "Did you know that our Forestry Bureau still sells firewood?"
Yan Xue really didn't know this. After all, the forest farm was close to the mountain, so even if the unit didn't provide firewood, they didn't have to buy it.
Huang Fengying knew it as soon as she saw her expression. "I didn't know it before. I should go back and talk to Wenhui about it and listen to what she says."
Zhou Wenhui grew up in the town, and it was difficult for her family to collect enough firewood, but she did know about buying firewood.
Huang Fengying told Yan Xue, "She said the Forestry Bureau also sells firewood. All you need to do is get a permit. Her uncle-in-law bought it for her family before. It was ten yuan a truckload."
Ten dollars a car is indeed not expensive. Even if the price increases several times, Yan Xue will still make a profit if she buys it.
Huang Fengying suggested to Yan Xue, "Why don't you buy a whole truck and ask for tree stumps specifically. If you can't find anyone, I'll ask Wen Hui to ask for you."
This is indeed a solution. Yan Xue hurriedly thanked her and said, "There's no need to trouble Wen Hui. She's still pregnant."
"Then I think she's just looking forward to having something to do. You don't know how idle she is. She was even helping Chuncai with her homework a few days ago."
That was indeed quite idle. In the family team before, Zhou Wenhui was one of the few educated youth who could work seriously. I didn't expect that she would still be like this even after getting pregnant.
Huang Fengying talked about some trivial matters at home before saying goodbye. Before leaving, she told Yan Xue: "If you need anything, come to me anytime."
Yan Xue agreed and sent the person out. When she came back, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Auntie Liu is really enthusiastic."
She didn't ask the other party for help, but he still took it to heart and even came to tell her.
"When I first came to the forest farm, I had no place to live. Uncle Liu asked me to go to his house, and Aunt Liu agreed immediately." Qi Fang said.
After saying that, he looked at Yan Xue again and asked, "What happened? Did you fail to get the tree stumps from the farm?"
Before Yan Xue could tell him about this, she said, "No, I didn't get it. When I went there, several families ahead of me were already leaving."
This made Qi Fang frown, "Did they do it on purpose?" He also guessed it without asking who it was.
Yan Xue simply told him the list she had written down, "Others may not know, but Li Shuwu's family and Old Man Wang's family must have done it on purpose."
Qi Fang frowned again after hearing this, but he didn't say anything more. He only asked Yan Xue, "Do you want me to find someone to approve this?"
He was an official employee of the forest farm and had just made contributions to the bureau, so there was no problem for him to approve a few truckloads of firewood.
Yan Xue shook her head, her expression becoming serious. "Forget it. I don't plan to plant this year."
This made Qi Fang look surprised.
Although the harvest season for wood ear mushrooms is only in the second year, Yan Xue will not lose money even if she does not plant them this year, but this girl is not the kind of person who will let others manipulate her.
Yan Xue didn't explain much, and took out a notebook from the drawer and gave it to him, "I just wrote the beginning."
Qi Fang took it and knew what was going on. "Are you going to give it to the bureau?"
"Otherwise, if this person finds something to do today and that person finds something to do tomorrow, will I still have anything else to do?"
Yan Xue could do as Huang Fengying said and find someone to buy tree stumps. That way, even if Jinchuan Forest Farm doesn't have them, she could buy them from other forest farms.
But she couldn't always be on guard against these villains and counter them as they came. It would be better for her to take out the things and get the support of the bureau.
"Last year I hadn't planted anything, so the data wasn't convincing. This year at least I have data."
In fact, Yan Xue had another reason that she didn't tell her. When she decided to grow wood ear mushrooms last year, she didn't know that Qi Fang was Qi Jingshu, and she didn't know that there was a Wu Xingde watching her secretly.
Wu Xingde was cheated by her last year, and Qi Fang was very uncooperative. Who knows if Wu Xingde will do something desperate.
But even if she didn't say it, Qi Fang could tell. He pursed his lips, lowered his peach blossom eyes, and silently tightened the slender fingers holding the notebook.
"Hey, what's with that expression?" Yan Xue couldn't help but push him. "I'm so capable. I've come up with something so good. Maybe I can even get a job as an official."
Qi Fang let her push him, "Well, you're the best." He paused and added, "You'll definitely become a high-ranking official."
"Are you really going to take this to the bureau?" Secretary Lang was also surprised when he received the thick stack of plans from Yan Xue.
Although he didn't know how much Yan Xue earned last year, he still made some money. With so many kilograms of black fungus, he could make a lot of money by selling it to the purchasing station.
If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely hide it, for fear that others would learn it. Unexpectedly, Yan Xue was willing to share it with him.
Yan Xue had dealt with Secretary Lang more than once or twice, so she simply said, "You have to give it to me. I haven't even asked for it this year, and the tree stumps have already been divided."
Then he laughed again, "Of course I can't say that to the public. I have to say that I was doing an experiment for the bureau last year. I only dared to bring it out after I confirmed it was feasible."
If Yan Xue had only said the latter sentence, it would have been high-sounding enough, but it would not have been as intimate as the truth in the former.
As expected, Secretary Lang laughed when he heard this. "Then tell me, what do you want? You can't just give things away for free."
This is the good thing about talking to smart people. No need to waste words. Yan Xue arched her eyebrows and said, "First of all, you have to make me a regular employee."
Yan Xue's plan was written in great detail, clearly stating which month the fungus would be cultivated, which month the inoculation would take, how many days it would take for the ears to grow, and the approximate yield.
But there is no formula for the culture medium or specific operating methods on it, so no one can think that they will not need her just because they get the plan.
Secretary Lang also noticed this and nodded, "Such an important matter cannot be handed over to a temporary worker."
Hearing him talk about responsibility, Yan Xue knew that he didn't want to kick her out and would try his best to help her.
This made her feel more at ease. "Besides, I have several people who came here to help before. I want to use the elderly as much as possible and use fewer novices."
This is what he meant by not wanting outsiders to come in. Secretary Lang continued to nod seriously, "It is indeed more reassuring to use experienced people."
This time, Yan Xue didn't even need to say anything, he had already come up with a plausible reason for her.
Secretary Lang also found that Yan Xue and Qi Fang were a wonderful couple. They were both capable and willing to give him ready-made achievements.
If it weren't for Qi Fang last time, he would have been implicated when Yu Yongzhi got into that incident, and he wouldn't have been able to receive praise from the bureau at the year-end meeting.
It was just the beginning of the new year, and Yan Xue sent this to him. If this could be implemented, their forest farm would definitely have made another contribution.
Moreover, if it can be implemented in Jinchuan Forest Farm, the farm will be able to generate more income and pay more profits to the country.
The two reached a preliminary consensus and seemed quite satisfied with the results. Secretary Lang put away the plan and said, "I need to familiarize myself with this."
If you don't understand it well and have a thorough understanding of it, how can you talk to the leaders of the town forestry bureau about it?
Yan Xue also knew this and smiled, "If there's anything you don't understand, you can always ask me."
Once this matter was resolved, at least now she was in Jinchuan Forest Farm, she had nothing to fear.
If anyone wants to cause trouble for her, she is doing it for the forest farm, for the bureau, and for the country.
Next, it depends on what those families who rushed to get the tree stumps want to do with them. It would be best if their families really need them.
Yan Xue was thinking about it, but she didn't expect that just after she handed the plan to Secretary Lang the day before, Li Shuwu's wife came to her house the next day.
At that time, she and Qi Fang were about to go out, and they had put on their coats. When they saw Li Shuwu's wife, Qi Fang asked directly: "Did your house collapse again?"
Li Shuwu's wife's expression froze immediately. "Look at what you're saying. Whose house always collapses when there's nothing to do?"
"So you want to come here to borrow money?" Qi Fang asked the second question without changing his expression.
Li Shuwu's wife was choked again. She had just been asked to pay off her debts a few years ago and had no money for years. Otherwise, she would not have set her sights on other places.
Qi Fang was too bad at talking. He kept bringing up things that were not relevant to the topic. She simply turned to Yan Xue and said, "I heard that you went to the farm office a few days ago to ask for tree stumps, but didn't get any."
This information was really well-informed. Yan Xue simply nodded and said, "No, I didn't ask for it." Let's see what the other party wants to do.
Li Shuwu's wife immediately started to act pretentiously, "Look, I didn't know you wanted it either. I informed the farm in advance, and they gave all the things to my family."
Then he lowered his voice and said, "I can't use so much as I want. How about we discuss it and I give it to you? It will save you from wasting your time."
"Are you planning to trade it with my car? Sure." Yan Xue pretended not to understand what she meant.
This made Li Shuwu's wife choke again, "No, I mean I'll give you my car, and we can go up the mountain to collect firewood."
She simply held up five fingers and said, "After all, your family is in urgent need of it, and our family would only use it as firewood."
She was really bold. The Forestry Bureau only sold a truckload of firewood for ten yuan, but she wanted fifty.
Qi Fang glanced at her face at that moment and said, "She is indeed quite wealthy."
Li Shuwu's wife didn't realize that he was saying she had a big face, but Yan Xue heard it and wanted to laugh.
She actually laughed. "The firewood hasn't come down yet, has it? Isn't it too early to talk about this now?"
"Don't talk about this now. When you need it, it will be too late."
Li Shuwu's wife lowered her voice and even winked at her, "If this delays your work, it will be more than two fifty, right?"
This person might have made a wrong decision. Yan Xue didn't say that she would not plant this year. "It's okay. The farm said they would help me find a solution."
"You dare to believe what they say? There's only so much stuff in the field, how can there be enough to share?"
Li Shuwu's wife wanted to persuade him again, but Yan Xue had already picked up her hat and put it on. "Sister Li, we have something else to do. We will miss the bus soon."
The couple picked up the things they had prepared and walked right past her. She was so angry that she glared at them and said, "You'll regret it when you have nothing to plant."
Thinking about it, he was really unwilling to give up, so he ran to ask the second old lady who stayed at home: "Auntie, did Yan Xue get the tree stump from somewhere else?"
The second old lady didn't know anything about it and even asked her, "What is a tree head?"
Li Shuwu's wife was so angry that she wanted to return the truckload of logs. After all, they were really hard to chop. But then she thought that if she returned the logs, it would be a good deal for Yan Xue, so she gave up.
Maybe Yan Xue was waiting for her to return it, but she didn't return it. What would she do if Yan Xue had nothing to use it for? If she came back to her, she wouldn't sell it for fifty yuan.
Yan Xue also guessed that Li Shuwu's wife would not give up. After all, in everyone's eyes, it was impossible for her to give up growing wood ear mushrooms.
"Do you think it's possible that Old Man Wang has the same idea?" She asked Qi Fang on the way.
"I don't know." Qi Fang was too lazy to guess. "Anyway, no matter what you plan, it will fail in the end."
He put the basket of eggs at his feet and asked, "Should I pick you up at noon, or should we wait at the restaurant?"
"Just go to the restaurant and wait. You can go ahead and do whatever you want." According to the date, Dan Qiufang should have given birth, so Yan Xue planned to go see her and the child.
It just so happened that the town forestry bureau said that the first batch of spare parts that Qi Fang wanted had arrived, and Qi Fang also wanted to go over and see if he had bought the right ones before sending them to Jinchuan.
When we arrived at Shan Qiufang's home, we saw that Shan Qiufang had indeed given birth. A small old lady in her sixties was taking care of her. She was her mother-in-law.
Shan Qiufang greeted Yan Xue as soon as she saw her, "I just told the child's grandmother that if it weren't for you, this girl would have given birth prematurely."
Her mother-in-law was feeding her millet porridge. Upon hearing this, she quickly made room for Yan Xue on the kang and asked, "You were the one who helped Qiufang block the car and prevented her from falling off?"
"Not bad at all," Shan Qiufang said. "Xiaoxue dislocated her arm just to block me, and she only had the brace removed last month."
Her mother-in-law immediately thanked Yan Xue, "Thank you so much! She was so pregnant, it would have been dangerous if she had fallen. I heard there was a car accident at the time, and the road was stuck. She couldn't get back even if something happened."
"It was also the blessing of Aunt Qiufang and the child that I happened to be there at the time. Otherwise, there would have been no way to save them."
Yan Xue reached out and touched the baby's swaddling clothes. When she looked up, she saw Qi Fang staring at her without saying a word.
This made her subconsciously avoid his gaze, and she asked the man again: "Don't you have something else to do at the bureau?"
Qi Fang didn't answer, but looked at Shan Qiufang, "It was quite dangerous at the time, wasn't it?"
"Of course not. It almost hit the car in front. It must have been the fault of that foreign car. How dare it drive so fast on the winding mountain road?"
Shan Qiufang was quick-witted and still felt unhappy when she mentioned the car. "If it weren't only November and there wasn't much snow, his car would have fallen off the slope long ago."
Qi Fang didn't ask any more questions. "Take good care of yourself. I have something else to do."
"You're busy." Shan Qiufang naturally wouldn't keep him any longer, and reminded him, "Remember to come back at noon and eat with me."
Qi Fang didn't say anything, and didn't even look at Yan Xue when he left, which immediately made Yan Xue feel something was wrong.
Shan Qiufang didn't notice it, and even said to Yan Xue with a gossipy look on her face: "Guess what they wrote to me in the letter from my hometown?"
Everyone had already left, but Yan Xue didn't show it. "What did I tell you?"
"Didn't you sell the house in your hometown to your uncle? As soon as you left, his family packed it up and arranged for their son's wedding."
Shan Qiufang looked disdainful. "Last month, my mother wrote to me and said that her daughter-in-law slipped and fell on New Year's Day and gave birth to a boy, who is still alive."
Yan Xue returned in June, so even if Yan Songshan's family moved quickly, Yan Jizu would have to get married by the end of June. Even if it happened right away, it would only be six months until New Year's Day.
As we all know, a baby born at six months old cannot be raised to life, and must be at least seven months old.
"I was wondering why they were so anxious that they even did something as wicked as scaring a child. It seems their daughter-in-law is pregnant and they're worried she'll be too big to hide it."
If Yan Jizu's wife hadn't slipped and fallen, and the baby had been born at full term, they could have easily declared it a premature birth. Unfortunately, their family had done so many bad things that they weren't so lucky.
Now nothing can be hidden about the child for the rest of his life. I guess the people in the village will talk about him for a while. Premature babies are not easy to raise.
Shan Qiufang said very frankly, "They say grandparents have many grandchildren, but I think they are just not doing anything good, and their son is not a good person either..."
On the other side, Qi Fang was in the town forestry bureau, and the atmosphere was far less harmonious than that on Yan Xue's side.
After looking at the things the supply department brought back for him, he simply asked, "Is this what I asked you to buy?"
The supply department representative had anticipated this. "Yes, it's a little off, but the part you want is really unavailable. I heard this one would be just as good..."
Qi Fang interrupted him before he could finish his words, "Who said buying this is the same? You let him come over and pretend."
Qi Fang didn't wait for him to say anything else, "And I was afraid you wouldn't be able to buy it, or buy the wrong one, so I chose the most common and best-selling ones. You told me that the most common model was unavailable, and this one was half the price and rarely used, yet you bought it. Are you stupid or am I?"
His tone was not harsh at all, and his facial expression did not change, but each word he said was more hurtful than the last, making the other person's face turn red and white.
Qi Fang even added a touch of sarcasm, "Since you like to act on your own so much, why don't you take charge and I go to the supply department? I think the work in the supply department is pretty easy."
He almost pointed at the other person's nose and scolded him, saying that someone like him could work in the supply department. The man was so angry that his face turned red, but he couldn't refute a word, "If you can do it, go buy it yourself!"
Qi Fang seemed to be waiting for him to say this, "Then ask the bureau to allocate the money to me, and I will go to the county machinery factory to buy it."
He worked in the county machinery factory for two months. Not only did he help solve problems, he also helped the people in the machinery factory a lot. Buying some spare parts was indeed not a difficult task.
But he was modifying the machine for the bureau. If he bypassed the bureau and went directly to the county machinery factory to buy it, would their town forestry bureau still have any shame?
The supply department staff were furious but helpless. They could only promise to be more careful next time. They turned around and went to find Director Liu, "Why didn't you tell me that Qi Fang was so difficult?"
After checking the items, Qi Fang went to Qu Mingli's office with the same cold expression, "Three of the items don't match, two are missing, and I bought the wrong one."
Qu Mingli wasn't surprised. "Can the rest be packed first?" He handed him another list and asked, "See if there's a difference in price."
"Yes." Qi Fang answered concisely, then took the list and glanced at it. "These are half a percent higher than the market price, and these two are 20 percent higher."
Those that were half-percent higher were common items, but those that were two-percent higher were important components, and the one that the purchaser from the supply department bought by mistake for Qi Fang was among them.
Qu Mingli knew what was going on as soon as he saw it, and Qi Fang didn't plan to stay any longer. "Let the internal combustion engine deliver the things. I won't go with you."
After a pause, he remembered something and added, "A relative of my wife's gave birth, and I came down with her."
When Qu Mingli heard this, he immediately asked, "Is Xiaoyan's arm healed? She was badly injured the last time I saw her."
Sure enough, the reason I reminded him to go home quickly was because I knew Yan Xue was injured, but he was the only one who didn't know anything...
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