Chapter 95

The county government’s welfare is pretty good. During the National Day holiday, they distributed rice and vegetable oil, as well as towels and soap.

And Qiao Wei actually got a share. Her benefits were obviously still in the town.

You know, Hu Sui had already brought all the things distributed by the town to her yesterday.

Qiao Wei was full of energy when she thought that her family’s already affluent economic conditions would be supplemented by her salary + two benefits.

That day, the secretary walked through the big room with a teacup in his hand. When he saw her, he specially spoke to her and told her that the short-distance bus had been coordinated and would be arranged after the National Day.

That was great.

Qiao Wei had been worried about how to take the children by bike in the winter when it was too cold. If there was a bus, this problem would be solved.

"The efficiency of our county government is really amazing." Qiao Wei said, "Not to mention the public, even I, who work in the county committee, feel refreshed when I hear the news. The government can solve my problems, and I feel hopeful."

These words were said very sincerely.

After all, it really solved her actual personal needs efficiently.

The sincere praise made the leader feel comfortable.

Qiao Wei took the initiative to ask for help: "I will follow up on the publicity of Xiahekou."

"Okay, you are my old colleague. I leave it to you."

Qiao Wei now always carries a net bag with her. She always has a net bag in her shoulder bag, and she may use it at any time. She likes this thing so much.

Look, as soon as the welfare is issued, she uses it. The amount of rice and oil was not large, after all, it was the planned economy era with food and oil control. But it was not large, but it had its advantages. You could put it in a net bag, hang it on the handlebars, and carry it home by yourself.

On the way, Yan Xiang asked: "Mom, will I go to kindergarten for another day tomorrow and have a holiday the day after tomorrow?"

"Yes, Xiangxiang, are you happy?"

Yan Xiang was not happy at all, but said: "Then I won't see the children."

"Hey, Xiangxiang likes children so much?"

"Yes!" Yan Xiang nodded vigorously, "I will teach the children to be obedient. Everyone is a good child."

Qiao Wei was happy.

In the evening, she said to Yan Lei: "When the bus is available, it will be convenient for me to go to work in the future. But it is not appropriate to leave at 3:30."

And it was not appropriate not to go to work on that rainy and snowy day.

It had rained twice before, so she simply didn't go. She stayed at home listening to the rain and reading, feeling so comfortable.

Alas.

The advantage of going to the county party committee office is that the work is professionalized. She is a writer promoted by the secretary, and trivial matters are generally not assigned to her. She feels refreshed in her current job.

The downside is that even she herself has put away the comfortable state she had in the Propaganda Department.

Secretary Meng is a very strong person. Under such a leader, people can't help but enter a state of tension.

Qiao Wei was happy and energetic in the Propaganda Department, and she had to be 120% energetic here.

Although the treatment that Qiao Wei had bargained with the leader before was a bit outrageous, it also made Yan Lei feel at ease.

He knew that she was a person who would not let herself suffer losses.

I don't worry about leaving such a daughter-in-law outside.

Yan Lei calculated the time: "It's not that half an hour. It saves energy to take a car, and it's warm in winter."

As for keeping warm in winter, Qiao Wei felt that she must prepare.

In the future, there are air conditioners and heaters everywhere. People with cold body can stick heat packs inside their clothes.

Here, there are only kangs with fire and hot water bottles.

Hot water bags are very large, and they are industrial products that are difficult to buy, and they can't be carried with you.

Qiao Wei asked Yan Lei if he had anything else that could be carried with him for warmth.

Yan Lei thought for a while and said: "I'll go to the coppersmith some other day. I remember that there were those that could be carried with you and filled with hot water."

There used to be many coppersmith shops in Xiahekou, but they were all merged after they were nationalized. Later, everyone started using industrial products, and handmade coppersmiths declined. But they still exist.

"We will only work half a day tomorrow, and go in the afternoon." Qiao Wei was happy to have a substitute.

The 30th was the last day before the holiday. After lunch, all departments pretended to work for an hour, and then everyone went off work.

It was the holiday.

Qiao Wei came back early and went straight to the craft lane.

The old tailor was sitting on a small bamboo chair at the door, swinging his feet in the sun.

Qiao Wei even greeted him.

The old tailor: "Where are you going?"

Qiao Wei said.

The old tailor said, "In the past, there were hand stoves for burning charcoal. They were cleverly made, so no matter how you turned them, the charcoal inside would be steadily facing upwards."

Qiao Wei said, "I've heard of that kind of thing."

She had seen the structural diagram of this exquisite object passed down from ancient times on the Internet, and it was very ingenious.

The old tailor said, "Don't do that, it's hard to find charcoal. You have to use good smokeless charcoal for that. Other charcoal won't work. You can't walk around with smoke coming out."

The picture was so beautiful that Qiao Wei laughed out loud.

"My wife said there are ones that can be filled with water," she said.

"Yes, just get a water-filled one." The old tailor heard her situation, "It's a hot water bottle. The big one is for home use to warm the quilt. If you want to carry it with you, get a small one, hang it around your neck, put it inside your clothes and keep it close to your stomach, so you won't feel cold all the way."

Qiao Wei's eyes lit up: "You really understand, this is what I want."

The old man shook his feet: "Put it over there... Oh, forget it, you hurry up."

Qiao Wei went to the coppersmith's shop, and the coppersmith was sleeping on the counter in the shop, which showed that the business was not very good. But now that the government pays her, she doesn't care.

Although Qiao Wei was a little embarrassed, she still woke him up firmly: "Comrade, comrade."

The coppersmith wiped his saliva and listened to Qiao Wei's request with sleepy eyes. He went to look through a pile of bottles and jars of various sizes, and finally found two small ones from the cabinet to wipe off the dust. He gave them to her: "This, how about it?"

Two small round flat pots the size of an adult's palm. Just like the old tailor said.

"That's it!" Qiao Wei liked it so much. In this era, there are such small and good things.

Many things we see in daily life are too big.

She didn't even go home by bike. She bought three cents of brown sugar and went straight to the courtyard to find Hu Sui.

Hu Sui was dexterous and could knit sweaters and crochet.

She asked Hu Sui to help her make two small pockets, big enough to put two small soup pots in, with long straps on them, and could be hung around the neck.

Hu Sui's own water cup was a glass bottle, and it was covered with such a crochet-crocheted thread pocket and a handle. Qiao Wei had seen it before. Hu

Sui scolded her: "I'll just crochet it for you. Why are you buying anything? It's so formal."

But she still accepted the brown sugar.

Hu Sui asked her, "We're going to arrange for Manman to meet someone tomorrow. Did you know?"

"Again?"

"This time, your family found one for her."

"Oh, really? He hasn't told me yet."

Hu Sui said, "Manman's standards are too high. The Zhao family and I found several for her, but she didn't like any of them. They were all handsome young men, but she just didn't like them."

Qiao Wei just smiled and said nothing.

The matchmaking thinking of the older sisters is sometimes incredible.

Lu Manman asked for someone who was good-looking. Indeed, the ones that Sister Yang and Hu Sui found were all okay in terms of appearance.

But other aspects are always... hard to describe.

For example, there was one before, who was good-looking, but when asked about his original family, it was so poor that it made people speechless.

Hu Sui's logic is: "Lu's family is rich, his family is poor, just right."

She is very satisfied with herself and thinks that the rich girl and the poor boy complement each other very well.

She believes this from the bottom of her heart. She has a spirit of equal wealth in her soul.

That is, Manman is generous and used to being rich. Seeing that the young man is very energetic, she was even a little moved at first sight.

But the parents questioned her and immediately rejected it.

Moreover, being poor really makes people feel inferior. Although the young man has good-looking eyebrows and eyes. But in this era, people don't eat by appearance. A good-looking man has no advantage in an environment full of men, especially in an all-male environment that emphasizes martial arts.

It can't give you any confidence.

The young man had a very obvious sense of timidity born of inferiority.

After the first good impression, look again.

Lu Manman used her sister Weiwei's lover, Captain Yan, as a standard for measurement.

After a comparison, she rejected him at second glance.

Hu Sui felt that Lu Manman's standards were too high. She

said she wanted good-looking people, and she found good-looking ones for her, but she didn't like them.

Qiao Wei went home and asked Yan Lei: "Did you introduce someone to Manman?"

"Oh, yes." Yan Lei just remembered, "I forgot to tell you. I went directly to Captain Fang, and he said his wife would arrange it."

Captain Fang was Hu Sui's lover.

Qiao Wei asked about the situation and felt it was okay.

Although he was also from the countryside, he was first a company commander with a good salary.

And although his family was ordinary, he had many sons and the elderly were still healthy.

At this time, having many sons means not being bullied and earning more work points.

Another point is that the health of the elderly is too important.

Qiao Wei used to have an older sister in the same ward. She was a grassroots civil servant in her area. She came to the big city for treatment when she was sick.

The older sister told her how a poor family she was responsible for got out of poverty.

"All the elderly in the family died, and they got out of poverty automatically."

The illness of the elderly not only means the loss of labor, but also the long-term medication is a burden. At the same time, they need special people to take care of them, which means that at least one laborer in the family cannot go out to earn money. The

reason why the poor family was poor was that there were three elderly people in the family who were bedridden, taking medicine, and needed people to take care of them.

Until that year, the three elderly people died one after another.

They got out of poverty directly and automatically.

It's painful to hear, but this is reality. It's easy to be confused when it comes to love, but when it comes to marriage, if you're not clear-headed, you'll suffer for half your life.

Qiao Wei's mind is very clear, especially when she sees that the people introduced by Hu Sui and Sister Yang always have this or that point that she thinks is a big deal but they think "pretty good, no problem, just right for the Lu family." So when she asked Yan Lei to find a partner for Lu Manman, she put forward many specific requirements.

Yan Lei also criticized her.

Yan Lei felt that she attached too much importance to these external conditions, especially a bit of a sense of despising the poor and loving the rich.

He said that you still have to look at the inner qualities of a comrade, whether he is positive and progressive, and whether he is loyal to the party.

Qiao Wei said, "Then you should give me patched rags and don't buy me new clothes."

"Don't give me meat, you'll make me half-full every meal, starve me, and make me sleepless in the middle of the night."

"Don't buy me face oil, or my skin will be chapped and wrinkled."

Captain Yan put his hands on his waist and said, "How can that be!"

My wife must live a good life.

Otherwise, I'm incompetent.

"You also know that I should let my wife live a good life." Qiao Wei said to him, "Then why do you think it's okay to find someone with a big family to burden you when you introduce them to someone? Shouldn't other people's daughters suffer?" Captain

Yan touched his nose, pretended to be stupid, and just smiled.

But when looking for the right person, he still carefully understood the family situation.

Those who have a lot of patients at home, can't earn work points, and rely on the salary of a soldier's son are not accepted.

Those who are good-looking but thieves are not accepted, those who are good-looking but dull are not accepted, and those who have taken a bath in the bathhouse and have seen their bodies are not accepted.

In short, after careful screening, a good one was picked for Lu Manman.