Chapter 29: My daughter is still capable. …
There are also more expensive hairbands that look better than the red ones, but Zhou Xian hasn’t bought any for the time being. After all, she doesn’t have much money on hand at the moment, and if she buys too many, it will be difficult to answer when her family asks her about it.
She walked around the supply and marketing cooperative and went back with her things. When passing by the gate of the commune, Zhou Xian specially gave the gatekeeper some fruit candies to thank him for helping her watch her bicycle.
There are also several factories in the commune, and this old man’s son is said to be the leader of one of the factories.
Build a good relationship with them first, so that you can ask for their help later when you need it.
Watching Zhou Xian riding away on his bicycle, the old man looked at the three pieces of fruit candy in his hand and felt really happy.
He wasn't after the fruit candy, after all, he didn't need it, he just felt that the girl was a nice person.
In the office of Secretary He of the commune, after hearing what Director Ji said, Secretary He was reluctant to agree.
Director Ji knew Secretary He’s concerns, but she was very confident this time. Their Women’s Federation was usually squeezed into corners, and now there is a rare opportunity. No matter what, this must be done.
"But if this matter gets too big, it won't be good for our commune." Secretary He naturally had his own concerns.
If Director Ji does this, it will be good for the Women's Federation, but the team leaders under him will definitely come to him.
"Secretary, that's why I came to you to borrow someone. This matter is not only related to our Women's Federation, but also closely related to our commune. You lend people, and we do the work. In the final analysis, we are on the same side, and everyone naturally knows your attitude."
Seeing that Secretary He was still hesitating, Director Ji said directly, "Secretary, our Baihua Commune has been in Taoyuan County for so many years, and has never been outstanding among the more than 20 communes. We can't continue like this. We have to make some achievements to let the county leaders see."
This really touched Secretary He's heart.
"Then tell me more about it."
Director Ji repeated what she was going to do, emphasizing that this was not just her business, but the business of the entire commune.
If it is done successfully, it will not be her credit alone. Secretary He not only supports her work but also contributes manpower and effort. In any case, he has a share of the credit.
Anyway, Director Ji thinks that if we are going to do it, we should do it on a big scale.
Not to mention the Women's Federation, even the Baihua Commune is the mediocre one among all the communes.
The leaders at the top either remember those communes that have developed well, or help those that are at the bottom. The ones that are mediocre are usually the ones that are ignored.
Secretary He certainly wanted to achieve something, but there was really nothing he could do.
We also followed their example and set up factories in the commune, but those factories were not outstanding and were naturally not as good as those in the county.
Seeing Director Ji talking so eloquently, I began to feel relieved.
"Okay, go get ready first, and tell me when the time comes."
If we want to do something big, we must not let the news leak out beforehand.
Just like Xiao Zhou said, only by being quick, accurate and ruthless can you intimidate those people.
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On the other side, when Zhou Xian was riding his bike back, he saw that there was no one around, so he took out another pound of meat from the space and hung it on the handlebars.
The novice gift package also included milk powder, but Zhou Xian didn’t take it out. She could fool her mother when she got home, but she couldn’t fool her father. After all, as the team leader, Comrade Zhou Jiefang often came to the team for meetings.
He still knows what is in the supply and marketing cooperative.
Malted milk is hard to buy right now, let alone milk powder.
Buying meat is not a big deal. If you have money and meat coupons, you can buy a pound of meat if you are lucky.
Zhou Xian thought about it for a while, and after making sure there were no loopholes, he rode back.
On the way, we met the male and female protagonists who were returning to the team, each of them carrying a lot of things in their hands.
Zhou Xian rode his bicycle right past them, just like he did in the morning, without even saying hello.
Qi Zhijie was surprised again, "She really didn't follow us?"
He met him once when he came here, and he met him again when he went back. He really suspected that Zhou Xian was following them.
Moreover, Zhou Xian had been pestering Qiao Donglin before, but suddenly she ignored him. It was hard to believe that she had really let it go.
"Okay Zhijie, stop talking. It has nothing to do with us anyway." Qiao Donglin was now very impatient.
In his heart, he agreed with Qi Zhijie's words and felt that Zhou Xian was a very scheming woman. However, in front of Zhao Siqing, he didn't want to say too much to avoid causing her to misunderstand anything.
Zhao Siqing stared at Zhou Xian's receding back and said with a smile, "It's more convenient to have a bicycle. If we also have bicycles, we don't have to get up early to travel, and we can stroll around for a while longer instead of coming back so early."
Qiao Donglin didn't say anything, but he kept this matter in mind.
Bicycles are not cheap, costing about a hundred yuan.
The most important thing is that bicycle tickets are really hard to get.
While they were talking, Zhou Xian had already ridden far away, so she naturally didn't hear what the three people were whispering to her.
When she joined the team, she inevitably attracted attention.
There is a very thick tree at the entrance of the brigade. The old ladies in particular like to sit under the tree and chat while working.
Especially when it is not busy, those old ladies often gather there.
Comrade Ge Guifen is one of them.
"Gui Fen, isn't that your little girl Xian Xian?"
When Zhou Xian saw the brigade entrance, the old ladies at the entrance also saw her.
When Ge Guifen heard this, she stretched her head to look over, and seeing that it was indeed her own daughter, she immediately put down the wild vegetables she was sorting, stood up and went to greet her.
"My girl, you're back. Didn't you say you were going to the commune to register? Why are you back just now? Have you had lunch?"
While they were talking, they also saw the pound of pork hanging on the handlebars. Not only Ge Guifen, but everyone else came over.
"Amaranth girl, did you buy pork?"
"Yes, I went to the commune and saw someone selling pork, so I bought some to feed my parents."
She said it so easily that everyone else was envious.
You need meat tickets to buy meat. It’s useless if you have money but no tickets.
Hearing her daughter say this, Ge Guifen said, "Oh, it's a waste of money. Why buy this? Your father and I are fine."
But the expression was completely different, and it made people feel sad.
Zhou Xian naturally cooperated with her, which made the old lady feel very proud.
"Okay, okay, go home, I'll make you something to eat."
"No need, Mom. I had lunch in the commune cafeteria. Director Ji of the Women's Federation of the commune recognized my work and specially invited me to stay for lunch." Zhou Xian was naturally very good at giving himself face.
Knowing that the leaders of the commune value her so much, it will be easier for her to carry out her work in the future.
When those people saw this, their eyes towards Zhou Xian naturally changed again.
Ge Guifen put all the wild vegetables back into the basket, carried it back with Zhou Xian.
When he heard that the commune had taken the initiative to invite Zhou Xian to dinner, even the team leader couldn't help but look at this girl twice.
However, this matter was not convenient to disclose for the time being, so she didn't say anything and went straight home with her mother carrying her things.
Seeing Zhou Xian carrying pork on the road, Zhou Tiedan, who was playing spinning tops with the children, stopped playing and immediately shouted, "Auntie, buy some meat! Auntie, buy some meat!"
The other children also looked over, and some of them had saliva dripping from the corners of their mouths.
Seeing this, Zhou Xian took out some fruit candy from her bag and gave a piece to each of the children. Ge Guifen, who was standing by, felt so painful that she twitched in pain, but she couldn't say anything bad about her daughters in front of them.
The children who received the candies couldn't help but follow Zhou Xian.
Some call her sister, some call her aunt, and some call her grandma aunt.
The names were all mixed up, and Zhou Xian couldn't tell for a moment which child was calling her, so she just nodded randomly.
"Go, go, go home." Ge Guifen waved her sleeves and sent the children away.
As they were about to reach the door of their home, Ge Guifen pulled Zhou Xian's arm and whispered.
"Silly girl, why are you giving your money to those little bastards?"
"Mom, I'm the director of the Women's Federation. My responsibility is to protect the rights and interests of women and children. Those children are also within my scope of work. Besides, didn't you say anything last time when I made some malted milk for Aunt Xi Que's girl?"
Comrade Ge Guifen looked a little unnatural and said, "I just felt sorry for the kid."
When she saw Niu'er, she thought of Zhou Xian when she was a child. When her daughter was born, she was still digging wild vegetables in the fields, holding a handful of purslane in her hand. After she was born, she was thin and small. The old man said that her daughter's name would be Zhou Xian.
Malted milk was not cheap, but she felt that if the child didn't eat something good, she would not live long, so she softened her heart and gave her some.
Zhou Xian also knew that her mother was not so hard-hearted, so she took the old lady's arm and smiled, "Mom, I did this for work. Look, I bought this for you."
As he spoke, Zhou Xian took out the White Rabbit milk candy and egg cake from his bag.
“Why do you buy so many things?”
"This is not a gift to you. The good things are reserved for you."
Ge Guifen was so moved by her daughter that she burst into tears.
Zhou Xian took out a few pieces of White Rabbit milk candies and handed them to his nephews and nieces, telling them to go play aside.
She also handed the red hairbands she bought to several sisters-in-law. Each of these three families had a daughter, so giving each of them one would not make people feel that she was favoring anyone.
"Oh, little sister, I feel embarrassed to ask you to buy these for the children." Hu Lanhua felt a little embarrassed to take it.
Zhou Xian waved her hand, "Sister-in-law, we are all family."
Hu Lanhua really felt that her sister-in-law was different from before, but for her, this change was naturally a good thing.
After buying the meat, of course it needs to be eaten. Ge Guifen was worried about letting her daughter-in-law cook it, so she did it herself and asked the third daughter-in-law, Wang Xuemei, to help with the fire.
When Zhou Jiefang came back, he naturally couldn't help but ask about Zhou Xian's situation in the commune.
I was very happy to hear that my daughter was favored by Director Ji of the Women's Federation of the commune.
After all, it is my daughter who is capable.
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