Chapter 216

Dance on the Farm

Chen Lili didn't expect that Chen Lina also made skirts for her two little ones. She was so surprised that she made the two children take off their clothes and change into skirts in a hurry.

Compared to now, Chen Lina will deliberately protect her sister's skin to prevent her from getting tanned, the eldest and second daughters were directly harmed by ultraviolet rays.

They have dark little faces. The eldest one is a little ugly, while the second one has round eyes and is very pretty, but she is dark.

However, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. No mother would think that her own daughter is ugly. The eldest girl is a little ugly, but the second girl is getting more and more beautiful. She looks exactly like her aunt.

Having a young lady who looks like her aunt, she can feel from a young age that she is not as stupid as the older girl. Chen Lili is now sincerely happy to be with three young ladies.

The two little black girls changed their clothes and rushed out of the house one after another.

Nie Weijiang grabbed a handful of dirt, and Deng Chun was even more aggressive, grabbing the ash from the bottom of the pot. The two of them were ready to rub their hands on the two girls' skirts as soon as they came out. Anyway, they couldn't let them steal the limelight from their sister.

As a result, when the two girls came out and saw it, Sandan pulled Deng Chun and said, "Deng Chun, forget it, let them wear it."

Compared with the fair and pretty sister, oh, the two girls are really the legendary tough girls, with such dark skin and the clothes they wear look so tough.

Anyway, as long as Chen Lili is happy, it's fine.

"What do you want to eat for lunch? I heard that there's a guy named Su who will also have lunch at our house. How about you cook with me?" Chen Lili tried to ask Chen Lina.

She thought that Chen Lina probably wouldn't talk to her.

Unexpectedly, Chen Lina said, "Okay, let's make dumplings. You chop the meat and I'll knead the dough. It's easier to make dumplings with more people and it's easier to get them out of the pot."

Chen Lili nodded, and the two sisters went out to pick up food.

Her vegetable garden is well managed, with greenhouses full of lush green vegetables.

A group of children followed behind. Deng Chun stared at the eggplant for a long time and said to Sandan, "It turns out that the fruit I like to eat grows on the eggplant tree. I thought it was a tomato tree."

"This is called hybridization, hybrid varieties, you know? There will be more interesting fruits in the future." The two walked forward, and there were three little girls ahead of them. Deng Chun said, "I'm telling you something, Nie Weixing is Snow White."

"I know those two are fakes, but my mother is right. They are all sisters. There is no need to let them dirty your skirt. Don't you think so?" Nie Weijiang said seriously.

Deng Chun quietly washed his hands.

"The main problem on the farm now is that there are too many thieves. They always like to steal things. We have to be careful with our vegetables and fruits. If we are not careful, they will be stolen by those bad guys." said Chen Lili.

Chen Lina said, "I will discuss this with Secretary Tian. There must be a better solution."

"I let Xiaohong save her tuition fees herself. She has saved at least several hundred yuan now. I think she is very happy about this." Chen Lili then added.

"You handled this matter very well. I couldn't have thought of it." Chen Lina said.

Of course, the best way to treat a child is to let her earn her own money to go to school without asking others for money and she has self-esteem.

However, Chen Lina would ask Liu Xiaohong to be a model for her and take photos. She would not tell Chen Lili about this. After all, sisters need to praise each other occasionally so that they can recognize each other.

Sure enough, the shameless Su Xiangdong had already found Chen Lili's house before noon and walked in with a smile.

"My leader assigned me to have dinner here. Is that okay?" he said.

Nie Gong and Julien Hai were sitting in the yard chatting. Julien Hai looked up and said, "Hey, where did this young man come from? He looks really energetic."

Tall, with fair skin and gold-rimmed glasses, Su Xiangdong's every move shows that he is a hipster gentleman from old Shanghai.

The worker smiled but said nothing.

Su Xiangdong sat opposite the worker, raised his hands and said, "Let's just treat this as a business talk. I can't tell you where my refinery is, but I can tell you which oil dealers are in the mining area now, and I'll tell you all about their black oil mills. Let's just not bother each other for now and get the work done. Okay?"

A leader from Beijing is coming to inspect the automobile factory.

Su Xiangdong is in charge of the automobile factory. If the leader is really changed midway, the automobile factory will not be able to give Beijing a good answer before October.

So, Nie Gong nodded, which was considered as his agreement.

Su Xiangdong sat opposite Yu Lianhai. When he saw Yu Lianhai pushing a bottle of two-pot beer towards him, he opened it and took a sip.

There was a group of children in the yard. Several little girls were skipping rubber ropes. The three Snow Whites looked quite funny.

He then walked to the kitchen door and saw Chen Lina chopping vegetables for making dumplings.

Well, Su Xiangdong doesn’t really like dumplings.

The northerners' hodgepodge is just coarse food, not as delicious as the Shanghainese's fine food.

"This must be the elder sister, she is younger and prettier than our Director Chen," Su Xiangdong said.

Chen Lili said, "You are such a boaster, young man. Men should not go into the kitchen. Sit down and wait. We will serve the dumplings when they are ready."

Su Xiangdong smiled, then looked at Chen Lina, who was chopping vegetables and occasionally glancing at him, like a butcher looking at a pig.

Well, he felt pain, so he turned around and went back.

At this moment, a group of people came in from outside the door.

Secretary Tian, ​​Wang Guanghai, and Secretary A who will be transferred soon, are all leaders.

As soon as Chen Lina saw the leaders coming, she knew that they were here to discuss the current development of the farm with her.

She washed her hands and came out quickly.

Secretary Ah first said, "The large-scale machinery of the era of agricultural mass production has basically been scrapped now. Although the land is privately contracted, it can still be supplied to the mining area, but this farm has not made any major development. This is wrong."

Tian Jin said, "After the contract system was introduced, the members became much richer than before, but the morale seemed to have deteriorated. Theft was rampant. You stole my corn, I stole your cotton. We couldn't handle these things, so we stopped reclaiming wasteland and entering farmers' houses in large numbers."

Wang Guanghai said nothing and slapped himself several times.

Then he added, "I feel so sorry for what happened to Xiaobing. If he hadn't started it, the farm members wouldn't have been stealing from each other, and eventually theft would have become a rampant problem."

To prevent the pigs from being stolen, Chen Lili and He Lan'er often have to watch over the pigs in the ground at midnight. Or when the grapes are about to ripen, Chen Bingcang and Wang Hongbing have to sleep in the ground to watch over them.

"Yes, there is no such widespread theft in the Corps Farm, and that kind of culture was introduced by your son." Chen Lina said, "Leaders, I request that Wang Guanghai be removed from his position as the farm director. Do you have any objections?"

Everyone looked at each other and nodded. Apparently, no one had any objection.

But at the same time, Secretary Ah also said, "Once a bad trend has started, it will be hard to stop it. Lina, there are many members in the farm now, and their quality is generally not good. Sun Gong's mother visits us every few days and asks us to arrest someone.

But it’s not easy for the police to be stationed at the farm every day, and most of the thieves are children. What do you think we should do about this kind of stealing culture?”

Hu Xuanang said, "The contract system itself is an adventure. It is better to restore the collective commune system to save trouble."

Chen Lina quickly said, "The rampant theft may be related to the contract system, but it is not closely related. I think it is because the sentence is not strict enough. Wang Xiaobing was detained in a juvenile detention center, which is a kind of deterrent to the atmosphere on the farm. I will handle the rest, okay? But I really don't want the farm to return to the collective system."

The members are generally timid, and when they see severe punishment from above, they are the first to put on the brakes.

Secretary A and Hu Xuanang chatted for a while but failed to come up with a better solution, so they just went to Chen Lili's house for dinner.

Four women worked together to make dumplings, and they didn't know how many plates they had to serve before they were satisfied.

Chen Lili really didn't like Liu Xiaohong sneaking around to find Chen Lina. Today, they were cooking dumplings together. Seeing that people outside were almost done eating, she stuffed a plate of dumplings into Liu Xiaohong's mouth and said, "Go, take it inside and eat with your aunt."

Liu Xiaohong was still afraid, but Chen Lina pulled her and said, "Come on, finish eating quickly and come out to wash the dishes. It's your mother's turn to eat."

Relatives always have to interact with each other. If Chen Lili gives the face, then Chen Lina has to continue.

But they, as sisters, will never become comrades, just like Liu Xiaohong and Chen Tiantian will never interact with each other again.

After eating dumplings at noon, more and more people came to the farm.

A screen was being set up in the barley field and the projectionist was rewinding the tape in preparation for showing a movie that evening.

The names of the movies tonight were written on the blackboard. One was a foreign movie called "Death on the Nile", and the other was a Japanese movie called "The Chase".

When the people in the farm heard that the movie on screen was a foreign one, they were all excited. They brought their stools early and waited in the barley field to watch it.

After Chen Lina chatted with Secretary A and Tian Jin for a while, she took her sister, the two little tails, and the two workers to the barley field, the poplar forest, and the den, and told them about the past.

When talking about the time when Nie Weijiang wanted to pee as a child and the educated youth rushed to help him pull up his pants, Sandan covered his face and ran away.

Deng Chun enviously asked, "Tell me, are those female educated youth pretty? Are they all top-notch beauties like Liu Xiaohong?"

Sandan blushed, but nodded quietly.

Deng Chun punched him and said, "Why didn't you call me at that time? You should have called me as well. How can there be a brother like you?"

Jealousy!

The two saw that there were posters posted today. After looking at them for a while, Nie Weijiang pointed at the man on the poster and said, "This is Uncle Leng. Deng Chun, look, does this man look like Uncle Leng?"

Deng Chun took a look and found that it was true. The man on the poster looked exactly like Leng Qi. The two of them pulled each other like two puppies and ran to the movies again.

Passing by the Cultural Center, I saw Su Xiangdong sitting on the stage tuning the accordion, with a group of members watching below. Chen Lina asked, "What's going on? He can sing?"

Nie Gong said, "Su Xiangdong is going to perform for us this afternoon, and Gao Feng is here too. He said that if he can please the leaders today, he will transfer you to the automobile factory and make you Su Xiangdong's subordinate."

If he became a subordinate in the automobile factory, he would be bullied by Su Xiangdong.

"Nie Bozhao, you may not know that I never get bullied," said Chen Lina.

Nie Gong threw his hands up and said, "He can play the guitar, sing, and the car factory is the most important project for the leaders in the mining area. He doesn't want anything else but you. Moreover, he also gave me the addresses of several illegal oil factories around the mining area and the addresses and names of the oil dealers who collect the oil. What can I do?"

"Your son may not have been involved in drug trafficking in his previous life, but he framed him, you know? He sold your son just to gain territory and to have someone to take the blame when the crackdown got severe. He has no conscience," said Chen Lina.

The worker paused for a long time and said, "But you also said that I shot him in the head last time."

"It's not that I won't help him. Of course I am willing to help the car manufacturers. Apart from anything else, I can give a lot of constructive suggestions in terms of driving performance.

But I just don’t like it because he always wants to suppress me. No, I just want to step on him, bully him, and see how pitiful he is.” Chen Lina said.

After a long pause, Nie Gong asked Miss Chen, "Anyway, you just don't want him to be in the spotlight today, right?"

The leaders are happy, the farm members are happy, and Su Xiangdong's limelight for the day is over.

More importantly, once Gao Feng was happy, he would transfer Chen Lina to be Su Xiangdong's assistant.

Nie Gong cleared his throat and said, "You know I have always loved you, right? I love you very, very much, beyond the kind of feeling between family and lover. I don't know what kind of feeling it is. I think, if half of my life is scientific research, the remaining half should be you."

Chen Lina's heart skipped a beat and she turned away and said, "I don't know." But she was actually very happy.

"Then I'll let you know today, okay?" said the worker, turning around and leaving.

He Lanshan didn't know where he had eaten, but after walking around for a while, he finally found Chen Lina.

She was as shy as a little girl and her face turned red.

"Have you always misunderstood and thought that Su Dong is the oil thief Su Xiangdong?" He Lanshan said when they met at the door.

Chen Lina did not comment, because she knew that He Lanshan and his wife were both from Daqing and had feelings for Su Xiangdong, like old comrades-in-arms, because they knew his parents.

"You know too little about Su Dong. His parents, brothers and sisters all died in the past ten years, and his ex-wife swam to Hong Kong in front of him, carrying a gasoline barrel. You don't know the pain he has experienced. It's rare that he is still so optimistic. Lao Gao ordered him to come and make you happy today. Lina, give Su Dong a chance, okay?"

Chen Lina rolled her eyes at Su Xiangdong, who was tuning his instruments far away on the stage.

At this time, many people came back. Some brought small stools and sat down, while others just stood there and watched.

He Lanshan then pulled Chen Lina into the crowd, found a small stool for them to sit on, and said, "Chen Lina, you should think about it seriously now. Xiao Bing and Wei Min can be considered childhood sweethearts, right? Why don't we make a deal and let them get into the same school and get married right after graduation? That would be great."

Chen Lina was shocked. "Sister He, the child is still young. Nie Weimin is not my biological child. I don't need to worry about him."

"You like the one on the farm." He Lanshan was very clear-headed when it came to his sons' and daughters' marriages. "But I tell you, being well-matched is not a lie. The one on the farm is too petty. Besides, what kind of help can Wang Hongbing give to Wei Min, and what kind of help can Lao Gao give him? You have to consider this."

Chen Lina said, "Sister He, Nie Weimin's marriage is up to him. Even if he brings a frog to me one day and says, 'Mom, this is my love,' I can accept it."

"You still want the one on the farm, but Chen Lina, don't blame me for not reminding you. Your sister's in-laws are not as bright as I am. We two are in-laws, which is a closer relationship, because Lao Gao will go to Beijing sooner or later, and Xiaobing is my only daughter." He Lanshan was still talking incessantly.

Su Xiangdong, for the sake of Chen Lina, oh no, her professional knowledge, he didn't care about his face at all. He was holding an accordion and shouting on the stage, "Now, I want to dedicate a song of Awarguli to Chen Lina, the former director of our farm. Do you want to listen?"

Many people in the audience immediately applauded, but some people seemed a little confused.

After all, in their eyes, Chen Lina was from the older generation, while Su Xiangdong, even though he was the same age as Chen Lina, still looked like a young man.

Julien Hayden immediately became anxious, "Where are the laborers? Where are the laborers? Young people nowadays are so impulsive. We dared not say such things back then. Is this young man okay? Why is he making such a fuss on stage?"

Gao Feng was also there, comforting Yu Lianhai, saying, "Don't think too much. Xiao Su is doing this for work, really, for work." But he was also laughing because he thought Su Xiangdong was so funny.

Young, energetic, handsome, and daring to jump on the stage, this is what the new leadership of the mining area should look like.

As a result, after a pause, Su Xiangdong said, "Although Comrade Xiao Chen has a bad temper and is always prejudiced and wants to kick me out of the revolutionary team, my enthusiasm for the mining area cannot be tarnished. Leaders, I sincerely invite Chen Lina to work in the automobile factory. Can you agree to it?"

"If you sing well, agree to it." Gao Feng raised his hands and clapped.

Su Xiangdong picked up the accordion and started singing.

"Sister He, I want to beat Su Xiangdong to death. You don't object, right?" Chen Lina was almost going crazy. She had never seen a man with such a vicious tongue and such a small heart.

She would only feel disgusted when such people sang "Avarguli".

But the leaders were obviously very happy, and everyone was applauding together.

After the song, Su Xiangdong bravely held the accordion and sang another song that has recently become popular in Taiwan, "Love in a Small Village". While singing, he also clapped his hands and said, "Comrades, please help me invite Chen Lina to work in the car factory. I promise that the men in our car factory will take good care of her and let her fight side by side with us to improve the design and manufacturing of cars, okay?"

The members below didn't know what had happened, but since someone dared to make a joke about Director Chen, everyone thought it was ridiculous and wanted to see something exciting.

The leaders knew that Chen Lina was fierce and capable. When they first learned that she knew about cars, they also wanted her to go to the car factory to help out.

Finally, a young and energetic guy came and dared to challenge her. Everyone thought it was fun and applauded.

And at this moment, Nie Gong actually walked onto the stage.

Patting Su Xiangdong on the shoulder and taking the accordion from him, he said, "Although it's a social gathering, it's okay to make fun of the leader at this time, but, Mr. Su, first of all, my family member doesn't want to go to the automobile factory to be your subordinate, and you shouldn't force her.

Second, you are indeed a good singer, but if you want me to sing better and get more enthusiastic applause, then Mr. Su, you should make a concession and give up your position as factory director to my wife. I think she will be happy to be your leader. "

"Nie Gong said it beautifully." Julien Hay immediately stood up, waved his hand and said, "Applause, why don't you applaud?"

Su Xiangdong didn't believe that Nie Gong could sing. With his appearance, he must be tone-deaf.

However, at this time, everyone in the cultural center started to make a noise.

Maybe even if the worker's singing was like a duck's feet, they would still be willing to applaud, after all, the people and leaders on the farm have more feelings for Chen Lina.

After being in the mining area for so many days, he destroyed the drug den and almost caught all the oil dealers. Now, is Chen Lina going to take away even the location of the car factory?

Su Xiangdong was of course not convinced. He suppressed everyone's applause with both hands and said loudly, "Your words don't count. They don't count. I now ask that the children be the judges. The younger the better. Adults are not allowed to applaud."

Yu Lianhai was angry, "No way, he sang well, why can't I applaud? I just want to see Xiao Chen be your leader, I want to applaud loudly."

Dong Xiangdong waved his hand and said, "No, it won't work. Only the children's applause will count. After all, your feelings for the workers are deeper than mine, and it's easy to be biased, okay?"

The worker was holding an accordion and had already started playing.

"Can Nie Gong really sing?" He Lanshan asked Chen Lina.

Chen Lina was swaying her head to the beat. "Yeah, it's really nice. It's so nice that it makes your ears pregnant."

But what would he sing for her in front of so many people in the hall?