Although the villagers planting rice in the paddy fields couldn't hear what the team leader and Xu Ningyan were saying, they all guessed it was something good because the two seemed to be in good spirits.
Moreover, this good thing is related to Xu Ningyan.
Some quick-witted individuals, recalling the place where Xu Ningyan went to work and the hints given by the brigade leader and the party secretary, and seeing the brigade leader immediately assign Xu Ningyan the job of a scorekeeper, immediately guessed that their brigade was likely to benefit from Xu Ningyan's success.
They immediately became enthusiastic, and whenever they saw Xu Ningyan from afar, they would greet her and say a few words.
Even Gu Zhiyuan's side enjoyed the silent, nurturing care from the members.
The two people planting rice seedlings on either side of him inadvertently slowed down their pace. By the time Gu Zhiyuan caught up with them and started planting again, they found that what used to be eight seedlings per row in a paddy field now only required four.
The people on his left and right had quietly helped him plant two more seedlings, instantly halving his pressure.
Gu Zhiyuan was both amused and exasperated. He never expected that his joke yesterday, in which he waited for Xu Ningyan to protect him, would result in him enjoying the preferential treatment of Xu Ningyan's family today.
When Xu Ningyan finished tallying her work points during the lunch break, she was surrounded by people asking her all sorts of questions, such as how her work in the county town was going and whether she had managed to get a quota for their Tuanjie Brigade.
Xu Ningyan first said that the work in the county town was settled, and as for the quota, he pushed it onto the brigade leader and the party secretary, saying that there was progress, but they still needed to think it through.
Then, he gave Gu Zhiyuan a wink, and the two of them quickly slipped away while everyone else was looking for the brigade leader and the party secretary.
As for how the brigade leader and the party secretary explain things to everyone, that's none of her business.
This is definitely not an easy task. Firstly, the most important thing right now is transplanting rice seedlings, which is related to the food supply for the second half of the year and whether everyone will go hungry.
Secondly, many details still need to be discussed; it's not something that can be decided on a whim.
She only offers suggestions; the final decision-making is not her responsibility.
But even so, he didn't sit idle. Every day, he recorded work points while at work, and after work, he would come up with various color schemes for hair ties.
The people in the production team, having somehow gotten information from the brigade leader and the party secretary, were incredibly enthusiastic towards Xu Ningyang. They would give him a handful of scallions one day and two bunches of vegetables the next, and for a time he became the most popular person in the Unity Brigade.
Even though Xu Zhenzhu went to work at the Hongxing Commune Supply and Marketing Cooperative a couple of days later, it didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the production team members.
The Xu family was naturally unhappy, but after Xu Zhenzhu's warning, they could only restrain themselves.
After the rice planting was finally finished, almost everyone in the Tuanjie Brigade had lost weight.
Everyone stayed home to rest and had a good night's sleep before they felt a little better.
During this period, everyone was in the fields. When they had some free time, the women in the brigade would go to the supply and marketing cooperative together.
After all, Xu Zhenzhu went to work at the supply and marketing cooperative, right? With this acquaintance in the brigade, she should be able to buy some sought-after goods, right?
Xu Zhenzhu, who is on everyone's mind, is not having an easy time these days.
When she first arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, everyone vaguely heard that she had powerful connections. In addition, she had a round face that looked auspicious, and her appearance was not bad, quite pretty. So everyone seemed to be quite friendly on the surface.
When Xu Zhenzhu arrived, she was assigned to the most leisurely and respectable counter, which specialized in selling radios, bicycles, and sewing machines.
This counter used to be run by a veteran salesperson or someone with connections.
She was doing a good job, but then Xu Zhenzhu came along and gave her that easy position. Who would be happy about that?
However, since he couldn't figure out Xu Zhenzhu's bottom line for the time being, he decided to be patient.
If Xu Zhenzhu were more sociable, had a sweeter tongue, and was more diligent, helping out the busy sales clerks whenever possible, she might have integrated into the group after a while.
Xu Zhenzhu not only had a high opinion of herself, but she was also not a diligent person.
The job involves selling in-demand goods; to buy them, you need not only a ticket but also connections.
The basic stock was almost all pre-ordered before it even arrived.
As soon as they arrived, they were sold out in about a day, and the rest of the time was spent chatting and idly passing the time.
When she started working, there were only a few radios in the counter, so she naturally didn't have much to do.
Seeing the other counters bustling about, they not only didn't help, but secretly rejoiced that their own job was easy.
Some people couldn't stand it and wanted her to lend a hand when she was busy, but she rolled her eyes and said: "Do your own thing!"
He made his colleague so angry he almost fell over.
He wanted to give her a hard time, but someone revealed that she was the fiancée of a big shot in the county, so he dared not offend her.
He had no choice but to swallow his anger, but secretly he resented her intensely.
In addition, Xu Zhenzhu always had an aloof demeanor at the supply and marketing cooperative, seemingly looking down on everyone, which offended almost everyone.
Because of the Lu family behind her, everyone dared not speak ill of her to her face, but only dared to mutter complaints in their hearts and then isolate her.
Xu Zhenzhu wasn't afraid of this. She simply assumed that the other person had realized their true identity and therefore dared not try to curry favor with her anymore.
As for being isolated, that's not true! In her eyes, it's just that she doesn't like dealing with those colleagues. After all, she'll be the daughter-in-law of the deputy director of a county-level shoe factory in the future, and her status will be higher than it is today. Why would she bother with these people?
Anyway, she didn't like chatting with these older female colleagues. It was always about their children, their husbands, or gossip. She found it offensive to listen to too much of it.
No one can compare to her Lu Kai, who is refined, elegant, and has a bright future.
She subtly hinted at her relationship with Lu Kai when someone asked her about it, pretending to be casual about it.
Unexpectedly, no one bothered to talk to her. Apart from work-related matters, few people could connect with her, so she had no choice but to give up.
Because her home is far from the supply and marketing cooperative, it's unsafe for her to go to work early in the morning and late at night.
With the Lu family backing her, they arranged a dormitory for her, where she lived with another girl.
Xu Zhenzhu was used to staying at home all the time, doing nothing but waiting for her nieces to take care of her.
Adding to the fact that the girl in the same dormitory was an honest person, and that she had connections, he became even more defiant.
They didn't dare let Xu Zhenzhu do the dormitory cleaning, and silently took over all the cleaning themselves.
Seeing that the girl was honest, Xu Zhenzhu became even more arrogant. Not only did she occupy most of the room, but she also asked the girl to wash her clothes. Of course, she didn't wash them for free; she paid her two yuan a month.
She had also inquired and learned that the girl in the same room was recommended by the production team below and had no background, so she could easily take advantage of her.
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