Chapter 58

Big elbow

"The scale of our farm is already very large. A capable person in charge of agriculture and production was transferred from Daqing to join your team. Director Chen, you will have a much easier time in the future," said the secretary.

When a state-owned unit reaches a certain number of people, it must have a secretary and a political commissar. Chen Lina certainly understands this. She is the director of the field, responsible for production, while the secretary is responsible for ideology and discipline. In many cases, the secretary and the political commissar are shouldered by one person.

Of course, I also care about her.

Chen Lina had expected this, so she was not surprised.

"But when will the new secretary take office?" Chen Lina asked.

Secretary Ah said, "You have been ill for a week, and he has already reported to the farm. It is said that you are very popular on the farm."

When we came out of the mining area, we happened to run into Nie Bozhao coming out of District Chief Gao's place. The two of them got into the car together. Seeing that Chen Lina was very unhappy, he asked, "Do you dislike the brand of lipstick, or is the color not pretty?"

Chen Lina struggled to get up and mend her clothes. The moment she saw the lipstick, she was so happy that she went crazy. She applied it on her lips and gave each of the three children a kiss. Then, her illness was cured.

However, she certainly didn't dare to walk on the street with lipstick on, so she saved it for when she drank red wine at night to show off her beauty.

"How do you know the color I like?" Chen Lina was very confused. "It's just what I want. Or, Lao Nie, have you ever bought lipstick for other women?"

"We use big data statistics to calculate an interval value from the red things you have bought, and then combine it with the color value of your skin color to restore and match it in the laboratory to find the color that best suits your skin color. Then we tell the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the international color spectrum number, and they will buy it based on it."

"In this respect, you are better than him. He never knew what color I like." Chen Lina said sincerely.

When Nie Gong heard this, he was so excited that he felt like a fork had grown on his head.

But Chen Lina then said, "So, if it's a brand I like, he always buys all the shades for me to choose from."

Well, the forks are all back again.

"I'm a little depressed. I've been sick for a week. I heard that the new secretary has taken office immediately. I don't know what the new secretary's temper is like or what kind of person he is. Old Nie, I used to be the one who had the final say. I've never worked with others. Besides, you know the situation on the farm."

To put it bluntly, the farm is home to a bunch of evil spirits, and the evil spirits are in the farm.

Not only do they not need to receive re-education, but they are also respected. The food rations are the same as those of cadres. The working hours are eight hours a day. After get off work, they can create, compose music, write lyrics, and dance. On weekends, they can even go hiking and have picnics. In short, their life is too happy.

If a great and upright secretary came at this time, wouldn't it be troublesome?

"Ms. Chen, it's almost noon, and we have to go visit someone. I have a classmate who wants to meet you and can help you solve your current doubts." Nie Bozhao said.

Chen Lina immediately became alert. "Male or female? What's her last name? Is she pretty?"

Well, this is probably the same as his late wife, Nie Bozhao said with a stiff upper lip, "Female classmate, lost her spouse, came out to relax, and there is also a junior fellow student, who is your farm's new secretary, He Min."

"Sure enough, there are female classmates, but why didn't you tell me earlier? Oh, where did you arrange for them to meet?"

"Let's have a simple meal together in the private room on the second floor of the state-owned hotel."

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"What are you doing?" Seeing Chen Lina suddenly bending over, Nie Bozhao immediately stretched out his hands.

"Of course I'm looking for a mirror. I can't wear lipstick or high heels. Skirts are immoral. But I still have to be the most beautiful woman in the entire border. I have to be prettier than all your female classmates."

As Chen Lina spoke, she looked back. She was so beautiful and domineering that Nie Bozhao's heart actually skipped a beat. Why did he still feel a little nervous?

Well, this declaration of war-like mighty and domineering attitude of hers is another kind of destruction compared to the previous slow knife-scratching.

On the second floor of the state-owned hotel, there are small private rooms and a large round table. This is also the reception center of the mining area, which is specially used to receive visitors from other farms or other units. If you don’t have a certain rank, you can’t get in even if you have money.

Of course, a table of food is expensive, with Maotai liquor, a table costs about thirty yuan.

Chen Lina only earns fifty dollars a month, so of course she doesn't want to live a crazy life here.

"This is Hu Su, my college classmate. Her husband was a soldier. He died while helping herders rescue their sheep during a rainstorm in Yili in summer. He Min and I are somewhat distantly related. He Min, this is your cousin's wife," said Nie Bozhao.

It was a false shock. The female classmate turned out to be a widowed middle-aged woman wearing a white shirt, with tears in her eyes still wet.

However, whether it was because of the school spirit of the university or because this classmate was really sad because of special pain, she let go of Chen Lina's hand and threw herself directly into Nie Bozhao's arms.

"Hu Su!"

"Bo Zhao!" I really have no words to express myself, everything is self-evident.

Nie Bozhao hugged her and patted her, saying, "I know, I know. We are all deeply saddened by the death of our military comrade. But, have you finished handling his funeral?"

The female classmate hugged Nie Bozhao tightly, probably nodding, but of course, she was also crying.

"Sister Hu, come here, let me hug you too. I would also like to express my highest condolences to you on behalf of Lao Nie. Military comrades are soldiers of the Republic. We will never forget their sacrifices." No matter how sad I am about the loss of my spouse, I cannot hug my man.

Chen Lina thought to herself.

Hu Su turned around and hugged Chen Lina tightly again.

Thinking back to her previous life, after Nie Bozhao died, she also felt that her world had fallen, so she could especially sympathize with Hu Su's pain. "Hold me, cry if you want, no one will laugh at you."

"Director Chen, the thing I heard the most when I entered Mulan Farm was the legend about you. From now on, we will fight side by side. With me here, you can basically put down the burden on your shoulders and enjoy life."

Another ignored person said.

This is her new leadership team member, the farm secretary He Min.

He is completely different from the gentle and amiable Secretary Ah who is always smiling.

Although he was also wearing Liberation suit, his clothes were white, and his glasses were not black-framed like Nie Bozhao's, but metal-framed. He wore big-toed leather shoes, had fair skin, and of course, looked very handsome, but was a little short.

However, if she remembered correctly, this man was a double-faced scumbag.

Yes, He Min is just a very common name, and when District Chief Gao’s wife He Lanshan first mentioned him, Chen Lina thought He Min was a woman, but when they met, she recognized him.

This is the husband that Nie Bozhao’s second cousin found. As for this man’s character, it is even worse than that of Nie Guozhu, the man of her previous life.

Nie Bozhao's adoptive father was an only son, but he had a younger sister, who gave birth to several daughters. Nie Bozhao had little contact with the others. One of them had been working as an aunt in the Nie family, that is, a nanny for Chen Lina. Chen Lina called her Sister-in-law Yuan, and her original husband divorced her after the reform and opening up.

This person was very good at face-saving projects and had a bright career, but in the end he was jailed for corruption. His name was He Min. Yes, he was the bastard in front of us.

"Sister Yuan, are you okay now? Did you come here from Daqing together?" Chen Lina asked.

He Min said, "Not yet, but they will be here soon."

By the way, He Min’s mother, who is also Director He’s second mother, is said to be the director of the Women’s Federation in Daqing.

Chen Lina should remember well that from what Sister Yuan said, that He Mu was a talented person. Sister Yuan would tremble with fear when she talked about her in the future.

If Day Huacai is an uneducated and savage woman, then He Mu is an educated and rational woman with great fighting power.

Watching from the sidelines, He Min's social skills were very high. She praised Nie Bozhao and kept persuading him to drink Maotai, saying, "Wine, water, drink it, come on, brother, let's have another glass."

"I have to go to the lab this afternoon to lead students in conducting experiments. Alcohol, even in small amounts, will affect my experimental results. I really don't want to drink anymore. He Min, you just took office, and it's not good for you to drink so much now. Let's leave early."

"No, brother. We haven't even eaten the whole table of food yet."

There is no such thing as a chef nowadays. The best chefs are in state-owned hotels, and this is Chinese food. A big fat, golden chicken lies on a peeled tiger-skin egg, and the squirrel fish is fried and sliced ​​like a dragon. What's even more rare is a big fat pork elbow. Chen Lina hasn't seen pork for a long time, and when she saw the pork elbow, she wanted to hug it and kiss it. Since they didn't pick up their chopsticks and Nie Bozhao was in a hurry to leave, that was just perfect.

"If you want to leave, then leave. Xiao Hu, are you going back to Yili?"

"Xiao Chen, can I stay at your farm for two days to relax?" Hu Su said.

"Of course you can." Chen Lina said and ran downstairs. He Min and Nie Bozhao looked at each other, wondering what was going on. As a result, she took out several enamel pots from the trunk of the car and said, "It seems that you don't have much appetite. I'll pack up these dishes and take them home for the children."

"Bo Zhao, you don't know how hard my life has been these days." When they got home, they all had to go out to work, but they still had to take Hu Su's mood into consideration, so the couple sat with her for a while.

"I can understand. My military comrade and I went to the border together. He joined the army and I went to the oil fields. I didn't expect that he would die first."

"What are you talking about? What do you mean he sacrificed first? Bah bah bah." Chen Lina said, "Don't say such things again in the future."

Hu Su immediately laughed, "Xiao Chen looks much younger than Bo Zhao, and is like a child."

Nie Bozhao quickly denied, "She is not a child..." but he didn't dare to say the second half of the sentence.

She is the White Bone Demon, a goblin, and a fairy of an indescribable kind.

However, at present Nie Bozhao still holds his ground and insists on his integrity as an international communist and does not surrender to her easily.

"Okay, Sister Hu, are you going to go to the farm with me this afternoon to relax, or walk around the base?"

"I want to visit Bo Zhao's laboratory. Bo Zhao, is that okay? I want to study the research results of my senior from the perspective of a junior."

Chen Lina's eyebrows twitched and she thought, oh, I can't take it anymore, I'm getting jealous, I have to hold it in.

"Hu Su, my laboratory, even if the secretary or the district chief of the mining area wants to enter, they have to call the red phone first to ask for permission. Only with permission can they enter. You should go out with Lina."

"The farm is too sunny, which is bad for the skin. I won't go there. No, I'll read in your study."

"My study is not allowed either. Even my wife cannot enter it at will. Let's go to the living room. I will find you any book you want," said Nie Bozhao.

The good thing about engineering students is that they are just like machines, cautious, rigid and without any possibility of compromise.

Well, under the gaze of the couple, Hu Su picked out a book and sat in the living room to read.

After leaving home, Nie Gong said sincerely, "After all, you are a woman, and He Min is capable. If he can really take charge of the farm, you can get a salary and take care of the family at the same time, so why not do it?"

Chen Lina said nothing.

However, from men to children, to farms, she has never had the habit of giving things to others. She'd better wait and see.

In the afternoon, the shadows of the poplar trees were very long, the sun shone into the classroom, and the words on the blackboard were all flowery.

Erdan felt very sleepy, sleepy and hungry. If his mother was here, he would be able to eat well and would not feel hungry.

However, his mother was too busy today, so he had dinner at Chen Tiantian's house. Tiantian's mother made some glutinous rice with cornmeal and steamed buns, which made his stomach rumble as he ate it.

The more his belly rumbled, the more he missed his mother, and he cried.

"Swallows fly low and snakes cross the road; chickens roost in the evening and toads croak. Water is coming out of the chimney and smoke is rising; the heavy rain will come soon... Nie Weiguo, do you want me to get you a pillow so you can lie down and sleep?" The teacher hit him with a piece of chalk. Erdan was not awake yet and was struggling in the quagmire of sleep. The teacher had already walked in front of him. He forced himself to open his eyes, but he couldn't. He really wanted to lie down and take a deep sleep.

"Nie Weiguo, if you do this again, you will have to stand outside the classroom. Besides, I will notify your parents to pick you up." The teacher yelled.

If other children were kicked out of the classroom, it would be a great shame.

But Erdan was very happy to hear that. He thought, "Wow, will my mother really come to pick me up?"

He ran to the classroom door and waited for his mother to pick him up.

His stubborn behavior almost irritated the 30-something-year-old old-fashioned teacher to the point of exploding.

Ding ding ding, the bell for the end of class finally rang. As soon as Sandan showed his head at the back of the classroom, Erdan ran over, not forgetting to shout, "Brother, mom is here."

"Eat slowly, there's more, there's more." Chen Lina looked at her two sons who were wolfing down their food and rubbed Erdan's earlobe. "What's up? I just heard the teacher scolding you again."

"I want my mother to pick me up and take me home." Erdan wolfed down the big pork elbow, his mouth full of oil and eyes full of tears, as he spoke while eating.

"You are a little younger, but mommy really can't take care of two children. If you really can't learn this year, you can study for another year next year. Mommy thinks you can do it. Let's start early, okay?"

"But the teacher said that good students are always good students, and bad students are always bad students, and I will never be a good student."

"My son is not stupid. I believe you can learn well."

"But he is such a fool. Mom, you don't know that the teacher has taught him many times, but he just can't learn a nursery rhyme." Nie Weimin is a good student who always gets the first place in the exam. He rubbed his brother's head and said, "Hey, I really want to share half of the words I have learned with you."

"Okay, where's Tiantian and Xiaohong, why don't you ask them to come and have some." It's not easy to eat pork in public in the mining area, especially pork elbows. Chen Lina really wants the two girls to have a taste. Especially Tiantian, she eats delicious food, and it's rare that she is always rude and heartless.

"No, we just want to be alone with mom." Like pugs, the two big ones rushed over.

They are now still at the stage where they only think their mothers are good, but when they grow up, it will be the same, they will probably all follow the girls.

"You have to be careful." The bell for class rang three times, but Nie Weimin still refused to leave. He repeatedly reminded Chen Lina, "Don't make yourself sick again, okay?"

"Okay, you guys hurry up and go to class, I still have to go to the farm." said Chen Lina.

"Don't worry, I always get 100 points in the exams, and the teacher won't scold me for being a little late." Nie Weimin said nonchalantly.

Seeing him walking away slowly, Chen Lina sighed, "This child is so smart. It would be great if he could get more points."

Erdan is simply a little fool. Today he learned big characters, but tomorrow all the big characters learned him, so he has to learn them all again.

Before reaching the farm, there is an endless stretch of golden autumn wheat. Because the variety is well selected and suitable for the alkaline soil of the mining area, the grain yield is almost a sensation among the nearby military farms. Every day, farm managers bring people to visit and learn.

Entering the farm residential area, we saw tractors coming and going, unloading and grinding wheat in the barley field in front of the warehouse.

Whether it was the educated youth or the members of the production team, no one was idle; they were all busy storing the wheat.

The current operation is still too primitive. Chen Lina has been reporting to the mining area and wants to purchase a threshing machine, but it is estimated that it will not arrive this year.

"What's going on, Anna? Why aren't you busy with the autumn harvest instead of rehearsing a dance here?" Chen Lina was stunned when she entered the cultural center. Several little educated youth girls were wearing red ribbons around their waists and were actually rehearsing a dance.

"Secretary He asked us to arrange it. He said that the mining area's armed forces department and the art troupe will come to the farm soon to hold an exchange party. Whoever dances well will be transferred to the art troupe." In the art troupe, all you need to do is dance and sing every day and there is no need to work. Who wouldn't want to go?

After one person left, another one came who would give small candies to the educated youth.

Chen Lina picked up the sickle and said, "Take off your red ribbon and come with me to harvest the wheat. I am the director of the field and I am in charge of production. Before the wheat is stored and the cotton is put into the warehouse, if anyone dares to dance again, I will cut off her legs with the sickle."

When the educated youth saw that their beloved director was angry, they immediately untied their red ribbons, picked up their sickles and ran away.

Carrying sickles and marching in fashion, at this season, even three-year-old children in the farm are picking wheat ears in the fields. Who would be idle? As for dancing, is it more important than filling the stomach?

It is obvious that He Min is not only a scumbag in his lifestyle, but also a complete idiot in his business.

Chen Lina thought to herself, okay, with two lifetimes of experience, I’m not good at other things, but what I’m best at is harvesting scumbag men!