When the town leaders saw it, they immediately decided to buy it.
Unfortunately, the demand for these combine harvesters is far from meeting the supply.
I don't know which clever person remembered that the machinery factory was where Jiang Zhiyuan used to work.
Who is Jiang Zhiyuan? He's the son-in-law of their Tuanjie Brigade, and he married Xu Ningyan, okay?
This gave the town leaders a hint.
The town leaders immediately approached him and the brigade secretary, asking if they could go to the machinery factory and try to appeal to Jiang Zhiyuan and Xu Ningyan's emotions to see if they could help the town buy two machines.
He also stated that if they could buy two machines, they would definitely let the Tuanjie Brigade experience them first during harvest time.
The brigade leader and the brigade secretary went to the machinery factory with gritted teeth and explained their purpose, expecting to be met with a cold shoulder.
Unexpectedly, they were lucky enough to run into Mr. Lin, who was retired and wandering around the factory with nothing to do.
Upon hearing that they were from Xu Ningyan's hometown, he called them over, asked them a few questions, and then told them to wait while he went back to find the factory manager.
Not long after, they brought over the approval slip and told them to take it back to town.
It is said that the combine harvester was designed by Jiang Zhiyuan, and it was because of Jiang Zhiyuan's influence that the higher-ups were willing to allocate a portion of the combine harvester quota to their factory.
Since this is the place where Jiang Zhiyuan was once sent down to, and also Xu Ningyan's hometown, we should naturally give it our full support.
The brigade leader and the brigade secretary were extremely grateful and thanked them repeatedly before returning to town with the approval slip.
The next day, the town officials returned with money and the approval document, driving two brand-new combine harvesters.
That caused a sensation throughout the town!
Especially during the harvest season, the Tuanjie Brigade harvests quickly and cleanly thanks to the help of combine harvesters. Compared to other brigades, they save time and increase efficiency.
This has brought great benefits to the people of the Unity Brigade. Everyone in the brigade said that next year they would all save money together to buy a harvester.
After harvesting for your own brigade, you can also help other brigades harvest for a fee, which can be considered a way to make money.
Xu Ningyan was quite pleased to see this.
If the Unity Brigade has such ideas, their future will definitely be bright.
Moreover, the brigade leader's letter also mentioned that Professor Gu Deqing did not forget the care the brigade had given them after returning to Beijing.
We frequently send them materials and some newly cultivated seeds for them to try planting.
These superior seeds, cultivated in this way, are better than those distributed by the county seed station.
Not only has the yield per acre increased, but it is also more resistant to pests.
Last year, when they encountered a minor insect infestation, their production was reduced the least.
Besides Professor Gu Deqing, other people who had received care from the Unity Brigade during those years also gave some help to the Unity Brigade.
They helped them contact fruit tree companies to see if they could clear barren hills and plant some fruit trees, which could increase their income.
There were also those in the military who managed to get a few more enlistment slots for the Unity Brigade.
In the words of the captain, it was all thanks to Xu Ningyan who told them to treat these people better.
They didn't give anything in return; they just didn't bully or torment anyone.
I never expected that my act of kindness would bring me so much reward.
Even if the captain didn't say it, Xu Ningyan knew about these things.
After all, Professor Xing was one of the people who received care from the Unity Brigade.
They have stayed in touch ever since, after all, the friendship they formed while being sent to the countryside together has lasted for so many years, and they are still very good friends.
The reward for the Unity Brigade was also something they had discussed.
Almost everyone contributed, and Professor Xing had nothing to give back to the Unity Brigade.
But with a disciple like Xu Ningyan, there's nothing more to say.
Xu Ningyan was chatting animatedly with Chen Fangfang when Chen Fangfang casually remarked, "It's been so many years since I left the Unity Brigade. Hearing you say that, why don't we go back and take a look?"
After saying that, he gave a self-deprecating laugh: "I'm not going back! In their eyes, I'm probably just like those educated youth who abandoned their husbands and children to return to the city!"
Xu Ningyan comforted her, "You're different from them! If the Xu family had agreed to let you go to university, you would have been willing to come to the city with your ex-husband to make a living! It was them who didn't want to. They didn't want to leave the countryside, and they didn't want you to leave either! So it's normal that you ran away!"
"Besides, I heard from the brigade leader that you sent money to your ex-husband every year afterward, and had him pass it on. In the first few years, you weren't well-off, so you sent at least twenty, and at most thirty, each year. Later, when you were better off, you sent fifty or a hundred each year. How many years has it been now? The money you've sent back all these years is more than enough to repay your ex-husband for helping you out and marrying you so you wouldn't starve, right?"
"Moreover, your ex-husband used the money you sent back to get married, build a new house, and separate from his parents! Now he has two or three children and is living a relatively well-off life in the Tuanjie Brigade! You should stop giving him money now that you've shown him enough kindness, otherwise people will think you're a sucker."
The last sentence serves as a reminder.
This was also what the brigade leader instructed him to tell Chen Fangfang in his letter, telling her not to send money anymore.
Her ex-husband's family is now counting on her sending money back home! What's most infuriating is that she spends the money Chen Fangfang sends, but doesn't say a single good word about her.
Chen Fangfang immediately understood and nodded decisively: "Okay, then we won't send money! It's my fault for forgetting. How could I have remembered these things in the past few years? Several years ago, I instructed my subordinates to directly transfer money from my account and send it over every year. Now that you've reminded me, I'll have them stop this year!"
While speaking, he made a phone call, instructing his subordinates to stop the payment.
Luckily, the call was made in time; another day later, and the money would have been transferred out.
Chen Fangfang frowned and asked her subordinates to provide a detailed summary list to see how much money had been transferred out through her hands over the past few years.
Not long after, the detailed summary came out, and over the years, I had actually transferred more than two thousand yuan in total.
Adding to the money Chen Fangfang had transferred herself earlier, it's truly astonishing how much it adds up to almost three thousand yuan.
Chen Fangfang's face immediately darkened. No matter how rich she was, she wasn't going to be such a sucker.
Is she supporting her ex-husband and his family?
Xu Ningyan watched as Chen Fangfang scribbled and drew on paper for a long time, then her face darkened. He leaned closer to look and patted Chen Fangfang's shoulder sympathetically: "Well, consider it repaying a debt of gratitude! It's just that you're repaying it a little too aggressively—"
Chen Fangfang gritted her teeth: "I have to write a letter to the brigade leader, send him this list, and ask him to tell him that we will never send money back again! Our past grievances are completely over, and I have done right by him!"
I started writing as soon as I was told to.
By the end of the year.
At the headquarters of the Unity Brigade, the brigade leader felt nothing but bad luck as Xu Erchun came to ask two or three times a day if there were any remittance slips.
Xu Erchun didn't realize it yet; he was very anxious. Every year, the remittance would arrive before the New Year, usually by the twelfth lunar month. Why was it so late this time?
The Lunar New Year is just around the corner, and even if you have the money, the prices for New Year's goods will go up.
He had it all planned out for this year. With the money, he wanted to buy his wife a new coat, buy some firecrackers for his two mischievous boys, and also meat and flour. He was just waiting for this money!
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