Two days later, Jiang Wanyue, Secretary Qin, and Tang Guohui went to the county to collect the 5,000 yuan harvester funding allocated by the finance department.
Secretary Ning was away due to some matters, but he still arranged for an officer from the Propaganda Department to bring a camera and go with them to the provincial capital to buy a harvester.
We still traveled in the truck jointly purchased by the fishery and the bamboo weaving factory. Four hours later, we arrived at the gate of the provincial machinery factory.
The security guard at the door already knew Jiang Wanyue and knew that she was familiar with the people in the research workshop, so he immediately took her into the factory lounge. After a while, Mei Gaofei came over.
"Engineer Mei, let me introduce you. This is Secretary Qin from our Hongqi Commune, this is the staff member of the county party committee's propaganda department, and this is driver Tang." Jiang Wanyue said with a smile, "We are here this time to use the special quota to buy a harvester. Thank you for troubling Engineer Mei."
"This is not a problem at all. It's just a matter of convenience." Mei Gaofei said enthusiastically, "Secretary Qin, come this way. Let's go outside and look at the harvester first."
The newly produced harvesters are parked in the open space behind the factory, lined up in neat rows. They look majestic and awe-inspiring.
Mei Gaofei said, "The first batch of harvesters totaled 1,000 units, and most of them were sold to major agricultural schools and farms. Only a few communes had the money to buy them. Your Hongqi Commune was able to come up with this money, which shows that you have a solid foundation."
Secretary Qin shook his head: "The commune was very poor. We scrimped and scraped together only 5,000 yuan. We shamelessly asked the county to approve another 5,000 yuan. The remaining 10,000 yuan came from the fishery run by Comrade Jiang Wanyue."
Mei Gaofei looked incredulous.
When she first met Jiang Wanyue, she came to buy a screw.
Later, he came to the provincial capital again and again and worked hard to sell fish. One time, he had a large batch of fish left on his hands.
How come in just a few months, she was able to come up with enough money to buy a harvester?
He finally understood what it meant when one meets someone after three days, one should look at him with new eyes.
Jiang Wanyue changed the subject and said, "Can Mei Gong find someone who can operate a harvester to teach Master Tang? He is a tractor driver in our commune. He should be able to do it after a little training."
Tang Guohui rubbed his hands, very excited.
This harvester is much taller and more impressive than a tractor. After driving the tractor so many times, of course I would like to try other vehicles.
Soon, an old master came over and taught Tang Guohui how to operate it step by step. He even explained in detail how to repair it if there was a malfunction...
While Tang Guohui was studying, Jiang Wanyue called out to the officer from the county party committee's propaganda department, "This is the first harvester in Lianhu County. Let's take a photo together, Mei Gong, you too."
Mei Gaofei waved his hand. He was a technician and didn't like taking pictures very much.
Jiang Wanyue said seriously, "Engineer Mei, this photo will be published in our county newspaper, and the origin of this harvester will be detailed. I provided the idea for the machinery factory, and only after the machinery factory successfully developed it did they give our county this special quota. If this news is released, some grassroots farmers or cadres who have researched agricultural machinery will also be able to put forward their own opinions on agricultural mechanization. You researchers are at the top, and the grassroots farmers are at the bottom. The two need to combine to develop a machine that is more suitable for our country. Isn't that right?"
When Mei Gaofei heard it, he realized it was indeed the case.
If scientific research is not combined with agricultural reality, it will be empty talk. More suggestions from grassroots staff will indeed help their research and development.
After thinking about it, he walked over, stood with Jiang Wanyue and Secretary Qin, and took a photo.
After taking the photo, he said, "After the photo is developed, can you send me one too? I want to see if I can publish it in the provincial agricultural newspaper and mobilize more people to contribute to the mechanization of our country's agriculture."
Jiang Wanyue nodded: "Okay, I will send the photos as soon as possible."
The most excited person coming out of the machinery factory was Tang Guohui. He sat in the driver's seat, touching here and looking there, looking like he couldn't let go of the equipment.
Secretary Qin said to Jiang Wanyue, "Xiao Tang and I will take the harvester back and wait for you at the entrance of the county party committee. We will report to Secretary Ning together."
Jiang Wanyue smiled and said, "This is the harvester of the commune. Secretary, please go and report yourself. I want to go shopping in the provincial capital store before returning."
She paid the money and her contribution was already recorded in the document, so she didn't need to show off in front of Secretary Ning.
Secretary Qin nodded, got on the harvester, and went ahead with Tang Guohui.
Jiang Wanyue and Zhao Xiangbei got on the truck, and she asked the driver Wu Zhiqiang to go directly to the Second Department Store.
She wanted to buy a fountain pen. She had used ballpoint pens before, which were not very durable. She thought fountain pens were better. She just needed to buy a few more bottles of ink.
After choosing for a while in the department store, I finally picked out a Hero brand silver fountain pen, which was the most common in that era. I pinned it on the chest pocket of my Zhongshan suit, and my aura immediately came out.
Jiang Wanyue was about to take out the money.
Zhao Xiangbei took out a stack of money from his pocket.
She hurriedly stopped him: "I bought this pen for myself, and I didn't use the money from the public account."
Zhao Xiangbei coughed and said, "I didn't take the fishery's money, it was my own money. I bought it and gave it to Sister Jiang."
"Why do I need you to send me off?" Jiang Wanyue patted his arm and asked him to take it back. "Save your money to get married, don't spend it recklessly."
Zhao Xiangbei scratched his head and said, "Then I'll buy one for myself."
He asked the salesperson to take out the same silver Hero pen and pinned it on his shirt pocket.
After buying the pen, Jiang Wanyue strolled around casually. Suddenly, she saw a group of people gathered around a counter in front of her.
It happened to be the counter of the candy factory. She saw the twelve zodiac signs packaging she designed, neatly placed on the counter, and particularly eye-catching.
She couldn't help but walk over to take a closer look at the sales situation.
But I saw a foreigner standing in front of the counter, gesturing desperately at something.
Foreigners are actually quite rare these days, especially in such crowded public places, where it is even harder to see them. So the appearance of a blond-haired, blue-eyed foreign man here attracted a lot of onlookers.
However, no one could understand what the man said and could only watch the fun.
The salesman took great pains to understand vaguely: "Sir, do you want this set of twelve zodiac bamboo candies? Which animal do you want? One box is five yuan..."
Because the other party did not understand what he meant, the foreigner was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.
Jiang Wanyue had no choice but to step forward and said in fluent English: "Do you want to know where these bamboo boxes are made?"
She had studied English for more than ten years and had studied abroad, so it was not difficult for her to communicate with foreigners.
The foreigner was delighted to see that someone finally knew English, and said, "Yes, yes, this bamboo box is very interesting, with an oriental aesthetic. I like it very much. Madam, could you please ask the salesperson where this box is made?"
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