Chapter 140

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The Central Group and the Youth Cadres are two departments, but both were sent from above.

Since they didn't reveal their names, Chen Lina didn't know how to address them. In short, they were two cadre comrades who looked almost identical and had the same old-fashioned looks.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Chen Lina. I'm 26 years old and I'm currently the director of our woolen textile factory." As she said that, Chen Lina handed over the large stack of documents in her hand.

The two comrades looked at each other, and one of them spoke up, "I heard that you are pregnant, Comrade Chen, can you continue to work during your pregnancy?"

"Pregnancy is not a serious disease, so why can't you continue to work?" Chen Lina asked.

Of course, she was still wearing a khaki velvet little liberation suit today. As for the tailoring, it was a fashion that would come in a few decades. In short, it was simple and elegant. Most people would not believe that she was a pregnant woman.

"Comrade Xiao Chen, look, these are the photos we took from Hongyan, Tibet, Xi'an, Sichuan, Xi'an, Inner Mongolia and other places. I have to ask you, what is this called?"

They were all very run-down rural areas, and in some places, we even photographed a lot of ragged children.

There are black and white photos, including one of Hongyan, with mud houses and earthen tiles. That’s my hometown, it feels so special.

On the walls of these rural areas, the whitewashed areas are all written with the words Umayyi Woolen Textile Factory, cheap prices, fair quality, abundant fabrics, address, xxx, contact person, He Min.

Chen Lina took the photo and looked at it, then gave it back to the two officers. "This is called advertising. It is precisely because of these advertisements that our wool textile factory has not yet opened, but there are already large numbers of people lining up outside the factory to purchase cloth in bulk from all over the country."

In 1975, He Min went on a business trip for more than half a year. He carried a bucket of bleach and a brush of black ink and traveled around the world to post small cowhide advertisements for woolen textile factories.

Therefore, the small cowhide advertisements of wool textile factories are now plastered all over the beautiful land of our motherland.

People nowadays have never heard of the word "cheap". They are as naive as fools and will jump when they hear about cheap goods.

Anyway, there is no shortage of energy or time. Just take a ride on the iron train and carry some dry food. It will come to you.

"Then, before the woolen textile mill opened, you organized the women from the Mulan and Loulan farms to start weaving cloth. The woolen textile mill hasn't even opened yet, but you've made a profit of more than 30,000 yuan. Comrade Xiao Chen, you're secretly engaging in capitalism."

"I just want to do as the leaders said, and let the majority of members get rich first," said Chen Lina.

The two officers looked at each other and remained silent for a long time.

After a long while, the person who had just spoken said, "But if you do this in the mainland, you will be publicly criticized. Have you ever thought about the danger you are facing?"

"No." said Chen Lina.

"You acted on your own initiative and engaged in speculation and profiteering behind the scenes. This is capitalism, but you don't want to admit your mistakes to the organization and write a letter of apology?" the cadre comrade asked in return.

"I will never apologize if I have done nothing wrong," said Chen Lina.

Her strength does not lie in her aggressiveness, but in the fact that she never regrets anything she does.

Finally, the two officers stood up together.

One of them stretched out his hand and said, "Comrade Chen Lina, congratulations, you have withstood the test. From now on, you are a qualified people's cadre. For the time being, focus on production, but you cannot skip the procedures. Take some time to go to Beijing and study at the Party School. Only after you have completed the study, you will be a qualified cadre."

That's right, Chen Lina thought to herself, I have a clear conscience and I will eventually get what I deserve.

"I will definitely live up to the trust and training the organization has placed on me and contribute to the four modernizations." With this handshake, Chen Lina became a cadre who was truly on file.

From now on, she will study, be promoted, and move up to a higher administrative position. Finally, she will become an international communist fighter.

This morning, Chen Lina went to eight workshops.

During the break, Yuan Hua came to the worker who was repairing a machine in the dust removal workshop and said, "Bo Zhao, your wife is too aggressive. When the boy got pregnant, we were so scared that she wanted to die, afraid that she would lose the baby. But she gave birth to three sons at once. Look at Lina, she doesn't look like a pregnant woman at all."

Nie Bozhao drank a sip of tea and wondered in his heart, "When her sister was pregnant, she didn't even get off the kang. I thought she would have a few days off after getting pregnant. Who would have thought she would be even more fierce than Sun Gong?"

"In short, all the good things in the world are taken by you alone." Yuan Hua said as he handed the thermos to Nie Gong.

Miss Chen just came out of the fine textile workshop, chatted with the workshop manager for a few words, then turned around and left.

Nie Gong looked at her and waved his hand at her. "Indeed, I have taken all the good things in the world."

Others can't handle one strong woman daughter-in-law, but he can handle two.

Bao Manli heard about it as soon as the cadres sent from above left.

Well, she complained to her leader, originally wanting to get Chen Lina kicked out of the woolen textile factory.

As a result, everything was said. When the comrade above left, he held Bao Manli's hand and said, "Chen Lina is a good comrade, very thoughtful, and the report she wrote is clear and well planned. With her here, we won't have to worry about the sales of this factory. You should work hard together."

No one knew whether Bao Manli was happy or not, but anyway, she sent the two officials away with a smile.

At noon, since everyone was there, Chen Lina did not go home. She called several classmates who worked in the mining area, and everyone prepared to have a meal together.

Although Bao Manli said that she majored in art design, she knew nothing about production and could only listen to others.

As for He Min and Chen Lina, although they don't get along in life, they still have the same goal at work, that is, to make money, earn employees, and support the factory.

So, the two of them started whispering as soon as they sat down at the table.

"He Min, the most important thing for you is to ensure quality. The most common thing I hear on the street recently is that the quality of the cloth produced by our wool spinning factory is too poor. You can't take back the worst cloth from the young wife who gave you the cloth just because she is pretty or has a sweet mouth. If you can't guarantee the quality, I will let Wang Hongbing be the factory director."

"Okay, okay, yes, yes!"

"If there is another person whose crotch gets torn when he squats down on the streets of the mining area, it will be a shame for our woolen textile factory. I will never allow this to happen again." Chen Lina added.

"Quality is secondary. The most important thing for us now is efficiency. Haven't you seen how long the queue outside the factory is? We should sell cloth and collect money as soon as possible. If the efficiency is improved, the mining area will pay attention to us."

Bao Manli was unhappy when she heard this. These two people didn't take her seriously at all.

"Secretary Bao, I don't think you can say that. Let me ask you, isn't there a woolen textile factory in Hongyan? Isn't there a woolen textile factory in Xi'an? Then, if people from all over the country come to our Wumayi to get cloth, and if the cloth is really tattered and they can't use it, then we will just sell it to them in bulk and they will never come back again. Do you understand that quality is the foundation of an enterprise?" said Chen Lina.

"Lina has only managed a small farm before and has no experience. He Min, you just have to listen to me," Bao Manli said.

"Without quality, this factory will go bankrupt within three years." Chen Lina started banging the table.

"Salaries are paid once a month. Eight hundred weaving women go to the frontier, and each gets fifty yuan a month, which means forty thousand yuan a month. If I don't have money to pay their salaries, how can I enter the factory on the first of next month?" Bao Manli's voice also became hoarse.

"Secretary A has given you 80,000 yuan in working capital. He Min originally made more than 30,000 yuan in profit from selling cloth. This is enough to support us for three months. In another three months, it will be the peak sales season and we can definitely make a profit," said Chen Lina.

With just one sentence, Bao Manli was speechless again.

Look, Leng Qi came in in a blink of an eye.

Throwing the cigarette box at He Min, he said, "He Min, you slick bastard, let me tell you, the autumn clothes and pants you gave me stained me all black, and I was almost locked up for the plague. Your woolen textile factory is really stinky."

"No, Leng Qi, what are you talking about? What do you mean the products of our woolen textile factory are of poor quality?" Bao Manli was actually just making an excuse to get angry, and she threw a cigarette box back at Leng Qi.

Leng Qi, the old scoundrel, stood behind Chen Lina's chair and said, "Learn from Hua Mulan of our Mulan Farm. The fruits and vegetables you send to our armed forces are all excellent. Look at your woolen textile factory. What garbage it produces is all garbage."

Bao Manli was actually angry with Chen Lina and He Min, but she couldn't get angry in front of them, so she said to Leng Qi, "I'm too lazy to see you." She stood up and walked out the door.

Chen Lina was smiling proudly.

As the old saying goes, those who are righteous have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous have few supporters. She treats her comrades sincerely and leads them to create wealth and glory together. Isn't it all because of her that her comrades praise her?

Bao Manli was standing outside, and Leng Qi came out to smoke.

"If you have any troubles in the future, don't even think of coming to me to complain." Bao Manli spent all her money on makeup and looked really aggrieved.

Leng Qi was still trying to persuade her in a low voice, "Manli, look at those 800-plus girls, each one is prettier than the other. We are leaders, and we have to think about supporting them for their entire lives, and providing them with a pension when they are old. What's wrong with you? Why do you always go against Xiao Chen in everything? Without Xiao Chen, your woolen textile mill would really be able to continue. Don't forget that the person who was determined to open the woolen textile mill was Chen Lina, and you got here by taking credit for it."

When I lowered my head, I saw the laborer was downstairs.

A well-fitting navy blue suit and a sky blue shirt with a slightly open collar. He is a man in his thirties, slightly thin, not as strong as Leng Qi, but taller than Leng Qi.

Especially her hair, with a side part and as black as ink.

At first, Bao Manli said something sarcastic, saying that those who work in scientific research will lose all their hair sooner or later due to work. But she didn't expect that she is in her thirties and her hair has been reduced by half, but her hair is still so thick.

He was negotiating with the chef of the state-owned hotel downstairs. "Yes, yes, the old hen that has been stewed for three hours is what I want. Now, you first pour out the soup for me and put it all in this box, then add boiling water to it and bring it upstairs."

As he said that, the assistant handed a large enamelware pot to the chef. "No, you should break off the two legs as well. It won't affect the serving of the dish if the chicken is without legs, right?"

The chef said, "It doesn't matter, the chicken is fat, just enough for you guys."

However, chicken soup becomes the chicken's bath water.

Nie Gong broke both big fat chicken legs into pieces because he was preparing meals for his three sons. After much thought, he decided to give one to Erdan and one to Xiaodandan, leaving Nie Weimin with no chicken legs.

Bao Manli looked at the workers busy downstairs and sighed softly.

"At the beginning, you and Sun Gong were pursuing her at the same time. Sun Gong was bold enough to follow her to the border, and she became your husband and wife. Didn't you say at the time that you were so charming that Nie Gong would come back to you sooner or later? Look at her now, she is living a comfortable life, but you are left alone. Manli, you deliberately made things difficult for Chen Lina because you were upset, right?"

Leng Qi understood a little bit. In his opinion, the relationship between women was just a mess.

Bao Manli shook her head and snorted coldly, "I have seen all kinds of men. As for doing this for a married man, I am doing it for my long-term plan. Besides, how can I stay in a place like this forever? You don't understand this."

Having said that, she turned around and went back in.

This time, she sat down to eat obediently and no longer expressed any opinions about the woolen textile factory.

Nie Gong gave all the chicken soup to Chen Lina, then divided the dishes, went out of the Guoying Hotel, and drove to deliver meals to his three sons.

After all, he was the host today, so he had to let his sons have a meal from the state-owned restaurant.

Erdan and Nie Weimin now eat dry food at school at noon. They, Liu Xiaohong, Chen Tiantian and the other four have been together since childhood, so they heat up their food on the stove in the classroom, and start eating.

After eating, I took a nap on the table and continued my classes in the afternoon.

It was the first time that Nie Gong came to deliver lunch. The two sons hadn’t reacted yet. When they opened the aluminum lunch box, Erdan was stunned. “Dad, what a big fat chicken drumstick! My mom must have given it to me, right?”

"Yes, eat quickly. I'll bring food to Dandan." The worker said, rubbing his son's ear.

"Dad, are you angry? Did I do something wrong?"

Dad suddenly showed tenderness, care and consideration, and even gave him an extra chicken leg. Erdan was really a little scared.

Seeing his father smile again, Erdan became even more scared.

But my father was busy, so he turned around and left without saying anything.

"My uncle-in-law looks so handsome today, like the men in foreign movies." Liu Xiaohong picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and ate it happily.

Nie Weimin was unhappy. “Am I not good-looking?”

With a buzz cut, cut according to Yu Donghai's hairstyle, Xiao Nie considers himself the most handsome man in the entire mining area.

"You? Don't ask me to wash your lunch boxes for you anymore. I think you are handsome." Liu Xiaohong said.

At this time, Gao Xiaobing came in and said, "Nie Weimin, you can come if you want. Don't blame me for not reminding you."

Nie Weimin threw the lunch box away, turned around and ran away.

Gao Xiaobing's family had a lot of good things. Her aunt gave her a complete set of tapes of "Gone with the Wind", with standard American spoken English. Even if it was just the tapes, even if she couldn't see the movie, that pure American accent was enough to make Xiao Nie intoxicated.

He had heard Gao Xiaobing talk about this tape a long time ago, and was just about to listen to it. When he left the classroom, he said, "Sister Xiaobing, I'll bring my sister Sitian, Erdan, and Tiantian with me. Let's listen to it together, okay?"

Gao Xiaobing rolled her eyes at him and said, "You're bringing so many people with you. I can't go alone."

Capitalism's sugar-coated bullets are irresistible.

Xiao Nie then said, "Let's go quietly. We can't let my sister find out, or she won't wash my lunch box for me."

"Nie Weimin, you are not really Wang Sitian's child adoptive husband, are you? Have some backbone, you are such a grown-up boy, yet you are afraid of a little girl."

Nie Weimin thought to himself, how could Wang Sitian be just a little girl? She is a tigress.

Moreover, she is a tigress who always ignores him.

After delivering lunch to the two adults, the worker went to check on little Dandan. The little guy was left all alone at the base. Although he had already said he would not go back at noon, he still couldn't help but go and take a look.

I wonder if Chen Lina will become a stepmother like Chen Lili after she gives birth.

Nie Gong was happy to have a new baby, but at the same time he was worried that his three sons would have to be raised by their stepfathers in the future. When people reach middle age, the pressure will double.

"Why doesn't my mother come back?" This little girl with a round face, dimples and a sweet smile is now the biggest headache for the workers.

She is obsessed with her mother, selfish, and always likes to go against him.

"Your mother is pregnant and can't walk much. Also, why don't you sleep at Tiantian's house instead of playing outside by yourself? How dangerous is that?" Nie Gong asked.

Sandan was very unhappy and said, "I don't want you to care."

The worker was still holding the chicken leg. He wanted to help Comrade Chen solve his problem. He took the chopsticks from the kitchen and said, "Come, I'll feed you. After you finish eating, I'll watch you sleep. When you wake up, I'll send you to school and then go to work. Okay?"

Sandan refused to take it, "I can eat it myself."

As he spoke, he sat down by the window, holding a half-full bowl of food, looking out the window, and eating in silence.

The worker had scared his son a few days ago, so he felt quite guilty. After he finished eating, he washed his lunch box and gave him a cup of warm water with some sugar in it.

The little guy was drinking the sweet drink and was actually very happy in his heart, but he still ignored his father. When he went to school, he deliberately tried to throw his father far away.

The worker sent Xiao Dandan to school and then returned to the mining area.

At this time, Chen Lina, Leng Qi, He Min and others had just finished their meal and came out of the state-owned hotel.

He brought the enamel pot of chicken soup he had left for Chen Lina to the car. "It's been boiling for three hours. Now the temperature is just right. Drink it slowly this afternoon. It should be enough for you to drink all afternoon."

"Leng Qi kept muttering, saying that the chicken he ate had no legs and the soup he drank was like bath water. Hurry up, are you saving all the chicken soup for me?" Chen Lina thought it was quite funny.

"Bo Zhao, you are doing well now. You are a devoted family member. To be honest, I am very proud of Lina because she has such a good husband like you. When I was a boy, I didn't enjoy such treatment. I got to eat from my classmates and get picked up from get off work."

Bao Manli is simply unhappy no matter where she goes.

This mining area is not as good as He Min and Leng Qi said.

The worker smiled but said nothing.

Only after Bao Manli and Chen Lina went upstairs did he take off his suit, throw it into the jeep, change into another pair of work clothes, and leave the woolen textile factory.

He walked to Leng Qi's car, looked around to see if there was anyone, unlocked the car with a wire, opened the door and got in.

The car Leng Qi is driving now is the same one that Nie Gong and Xiao Nie used to shoot down a plane from the sky.

There is only one such vehicle in the entire border. No, I should say, in the entire republic.

He got in the car, leaned to the back, put on his headphones, and closed his eyes.

The pinnacle of gadgetry during the Cold War, the wireless eavesdropping device, one end of which was in a cold carriage, and the other end was in many places that others would not even dare to think of, such as the office of a big leader.

He tuned up all the wireless listening channels installed by Leng Qi. Originally, he wanted to find the person who stole his thesis, but he didn't expect to hear a sex scandal in the office of a big leader.