"So you're not here for the furnace ash, but to sell chickens and ducks?"
"Hmm!" This guy raised his chin slightly. "Didn't your squad leader teach you the technique of connecting the past and the future back in the army? Is it really worth me making a special trip to spread the ashes in the livestock shed?"
Xiang Hongjun curled his lip, saying, "What 'connecting the past and the future'? If this guy hadn't explained it himself, I bet he wouldn't have figured it out in a year or two."
I wonder when Old Song will see through that brat's sinister intentions.
Ruan Xianxian smiled and said, "You have to be strong yourself to get the steel mill to take the bait. We need to feed our chickens and ducks with soybean cakes. You should go back to the village and raise chickens."
Xiang Hongjun: "Let me tell you, you surnamed Ruan, if you want to talk, just talk, don't resort to cursing."
As the car drove back to the commune, Ruan Xianxian watched Xiang Hongjun rush into the livestock shed to check the chicken and duck feed, seemingly lost in thought.
Initially, she wanted to help Uncle Xiang get promoted from the brigade to the commune, and then from the commune to the county.
As it turns out, he couldn't even outmaneuver a steel mill director; he wasn't cut out to be an official.
It would be better to work in the commune for two years and then become a wealthy man after the reform and opening up and the household responsibility system was implemented.
Xiang Hongjun, surrounded by chicks and ducklings, was unaware that he had already been thoroughly arranged for his fate.
...
It is said that good news does not travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. Ruan Xianxian was different. The next morning, she borrowed a tractor, drove a load of chickens and ducks, and went straight to the steel factory with gongs and drums.
His righteous and respectful speech, which also gave Director Song face, made him stand out among the workers and leaders.
They treated the uncle and nephew with exceptional warmth.
That noon, the steel mill canteen served freshly cooked chicken and duck.
Ruan Xianxian gave him face, and Song Jianshe reciprocated by telling everyone how plump and juicy the meat was...
They praised the farm to the skies, even going so far as to criticize one farm while simultaneously belittling another, seizing any opportunity to denigrate the farm that partnered with the steel mill.
It's all because the market supply can't keep up with demand; the established farms are too good at playing dumb.
Within three days, the news spread throughout the provincial capital. The two factories that had turned Lao Xiang away were filled with regret. They later realized that they had somehow offended a breeding farm.
Don't be fooled by the fact that this place is still a small workshop. Don't forget that it's a pilot operation site for chick incubators designated by the provincial department. They must have been out of their minds to offend them.
Afterwards, they sat down together to review the case, checked the testimonies, and found out that the largest farm in the county was the one who had instigated and sabotaged the operation.
They were angry, but dared not confront the other party because they controlled the meat and egg supply. However, they remembered this grudge.
Not two days later, the two large county factories that had previously turned away the Red Army came to their door, asking if they could also be treated like "workers and peasants are one family".
Who would care about two chickens and ducks? There was no need to go to their door, but somehow the news spread like wildfire throughout the city.
The general idea is that the steel mill is united in its efforts, producing steel that is among the best in the province, and treating its workers with utmost care and consideration.
Didn't you see how this prompted farms to proactively supply chickens and ducks to steel mills? If the steel mill wasn't doing well, the farms would be crazy enough to give them away for free.
As the rumors spread, they somehow distorted, turning the steel mill into a pillar enterprise of Ping'an County.
There was even a strange rumor circulating that said people would be willing to work in a steel mill, even without pay, just to enjoy the excellent worker benefits...
It's no wonder other factories can't sit still.
Someone came up with a bad idea: to invite a familiar commune to put on a show about workers and peasants being one family. The commune secretary who was found blinked.
"Sending local specialties and welfare benefits? And every month? The elderly in our commune's brigades are especially old. If we don't send them to you, can they still be considered local specialties?"
The man who came knocking left looking utterly dejected. The commune secretary, watching the man's furious departure, sneered inwardly:
They're so poor they can barely afford food, yet they're still sending local specialties and welfare. Do you want to be slapped twice?
After visiting several factories, only to be turned away each time, the two factory directors, who had been reprimanded by their superiors, could only sheepishly seek out Xiang Hongjun in the end.
I thought I would at least be subjected to some sarcastic remarks, if not some difficult treatment, but to my surprise, Xiang Hongjun was very hospitable and treated the guests with great hospitality.
"I know why you're here, but the factory really doesn't need any more furnace ash right now, brother. That stuff isn't for eating or drinking, so as long as we have enough, that's fine, don't you think?"
The man who was called "older brother" was in a bad mood and blurted out, "You can't take less from the steel mill and have our factory take the rest."
Xiang Hongjun glanced at him and said nothing.
The textile factory director, who was standing nearby, chimed in, "We don't lack furnace ash, but we always lack fabric, right?"
Our textile factory is willing to provide fabric to your factory in a mutually beneficial arrangement.
He lowered his head and glanced at Xiang Hongjun. The girl had guessed right again: if other places wanted the same formalism, they couldn't just say they were buying.
Buying and selling is called a transaction, not "workers and peasants are one family".
The best course of action would be to bring goods from the factory to exchange for them.
This kind of thing won't be popular in the next few decades, but it's trending right now.
The deal was finalized, and the next day, Ruan Xianxian returned to the scene, personally delivering chickens and ducks with red ropes tied around their necks to the two factories in his tractor.
Six days have passed since she came and went, and Chen Zhaodi has been in the hospital for a week.
After learning about her amazing stunt, I gave her a thumbs up and said, "You're awesome."
After tucking the blanket around her, Ruan Xianxian got up. "If she lies there for another day, my cousin's wicked intentions will soon become uncontrollable. At the latest, the capital city should make a move by tomorrow or the day after."
"As for compensation for Jingxuan's release, you should be discharged from the hospital now."
She paused for a moment and asked, "Are you really just going to let it go with extorting one sum of money, instead of making that woman spend two years in jail?"
A figure growing increasingly thin flashed through her mind, and then she looked at her two good friends who were busy taking care of her at her bedside. Chen Zhaodi lowered her eyelids and smiled.
“Sending her in would not only leave me with nothing, but it would also completely offend the Jing family. It’s much more satisfying to use their money to buy houses and land.”
Seeing you all buying house after house, I've been envious for a long time.
Do you think you can avoid completely offending the Jing family by extorting a sum of money? Ruan Xianxian knows best how vengeful these scholarly families can be.
In military compounds like theirs, if one child beats another badly, the parents might at most take the unfortunate kid to the other parent and give him a beating, and that would be the end of it.
The teachers' building next door is different. They kept saying it was nothing, but then they resorted to dirty tricks for revenge. Tsk... Afterwards, the kid who did the hitting got beaten up, and they don't even know why.
When their eyes met, they both knew that Zhao Di genuinely wanted money, but also genuinely didn't want to escalate the conflict and cause trouble for the two of them!
Ruan Xianxian didn't care. She would just have to see how the Jing family handled things. If they didn't do anything, she wouldn't mind showing them which way the door to connections opened!
Then, the day after he made those words, something unexpected happened. This guy was still waiting by the phone for a call from Beijing, either for negotiations or to put pressure on him...
A fair-skinned young man with narrow eyes found Ruan Xianxian, followed by a beautiful woman with meticulously combed hair and an arrogant demeanor.
"So you're Ruan Xianxian, the one who got kicked out of the Ruan family and started meddling in other people's business? Hello, I'm Jing Xuan's brother, Jing Si. Do you have time to chat?"
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