Chapter 30 Newspaper Reply
In the evening, my family had another meal with meat, and I felt so happy.
When Zhou Xian arrived at the brigade headquarters the next day, he gave a suggestion to the brigade leader.
"You said you want to build a radio station in our brigade?" Zhou Jiefang looked at his daughter, somewhat confused.
How come I had this idea after just going to the commune?
"Was it the leader of the commune who proposed this?"
"No, it's my own idea." Zhou Xian shook his head.
This made the captain frown, "This is not easy to do."
There is nothing wrong with setting up a radio station in the production brigade, but the problem is that announcers are one of the eight most popular positions nowadays, and when the time comes, candidates have to be selected and paid.
Where does their team get the money?
"He's just our team's announcer. We don't have to pay him a salary, but we can give him centimeters."
The captain frowned and pondered the feasibility, and the eyes of the branch secretary and the accountant over there suddenly lit up.
One more job means one more opportunity for our family.
Zhou Xian's next words immediately shattered the two people's fantasy.
"If our brigade really sets up a radio station and recruits two announcers, I plan to select these two people from among the educated youth."
"No, I don't agree." The branch secretary immediately objected after hearing this.
"I don't agree either. This is our team's business. What does it have to do with those educated youth?" the accountant also said.
"Uncles, take a look at this." Zhou Xian pulled out a newspaper from the table and pointed to one of the articles to show them.
The two of them read the newspaper over and over again, and finally stopped at the article that Zhou Xian pointed to.
“Learn Mandarin?”
"Yes, let's learn Mandarin. Do you think the members of our brigade speak Mandarin better, or the educated youth speak Mandarin better?"
The two looked at each other and naturally knew that the educated youth spoke Mandarin better.
Mandarin was promoted in the brigade back then. Several of the cadres could speak it reasonably well, but compared with the city people, their accents were still very heavy.
Not to mention those members, their Mandarin is not even as good as theirs.
The two looked at each other. Even though they knew this was the case, they were still not happy about choosing the educated youth as the announcer.
"Captain, what do you think?" When talking about official business, Zhou Xian always addressed people by their titles.
Originally, Zhou Jiefang did not intend to express his opinion. He wanted to support his daughter, but he was also reluctant to let the educated youth be the announcer.
He still had questions, "Why do we need to hire two announcers?"
"The announcer is supposed to read the notices issued and some newspapers to let everyone pay attention to national affairs. But after a day, people's voices can't stand it, so I plan to have two people, one for half a day or take turns, and the rest of the time they should work."
All the cadres, big and small, in the production team had to work when they had nothing to do, and only came to the team headquarters when there was something to do.
Especially during the busy farming season, not only do we have to organize members to rush to harvest, but we also have to work in the fields, which is very tiring.
"Since we have to choose two, let's just do this: one place for the educated youth and one for the members of our team," said Zhou Jiefang.
If both places were given to the educated youth, I'm afraid the members would be furious.
Zhou Xian shook his head. "Dad, our goal is to promote Mandarin. If we choose like this, wouldn't we lose face when we compare them?"
Zhou Jiefang stopped talking again. He felt that this matter was a bit of a waste of time.
“Actually, a radio station isn’t necessary.”
As he was talking, he heard someone outside shouting, "Zhou Xian, is Zhou Xian here?"
Zhou Xian walked out after hearing this and saw a postman outside.
Seeing her walk over, the postman glanced at her and asked, "Are you Comrade Zhou Xian?"
"It's me."
"There is a letter for you, sent from the county newspaper."
The postman's voice was quite loud. After Zhou Jiefang heard it, he no longer cared about the matters at the radio station. He thought of the manuscript that his daughter had sent out before, and he suddenly became excited.
If I wasn't selected, they wouldn't have sent me a special letter, right?
The postman handed Zhou Xian two letters and some other things and left. The captain walked quickly to Zhou Xian and took a deep breath. "Girl, is there any result for the last matter?"
The branch secretary and the accountant were both confused and didn't understand what the father and daughter were talking about.
Zhou Xian didn't know either, but she had already opened the letter in her hand. It was a reply from the county newspaper.
The two manuscripts she sent were indeed selected. The earliest one was buried under a pile of letters due to an accident and was only discovered recently.
However, she did not receive any payment for her article at this time. The other party just sent her some encouraging words, gave her some paper and pen, and said that he hoped she could send more articles.
He also sent her two newspapers, saying that the newspaper had already started publishing the article and hoped that she could pay attention to it.
Seeing his daughter reading the letter, Zhou Jiefang couldn't help himself and leaned over to take a look.
"Is this past?"
Zhou Xian nodded calmly, "Both manuscripts have been accepted, and the newspaper even sent me a copy."
The manuscript she had sent over earlier had obviously been polished and was written with much more emotion than the original manuscript she had sent over at the beginning.
The second article obviously has fewer changes, which shows that she has made progress.
Zhou Jiefang's hands were shaking as he held the newspaper. The branch secretary and the accountant came over and saw that one of the articles in the newspaper actually had Zhou Xian's name on it.
"Amaranth, you're on the newspaper?" The secretary's voice unconsciously rose when he spoke.
The accountant also came over and said, "It's really in the newspaper. Let me see what it says."
After reading it, the two realized that Zhou Xian had submitted two things he had done after taking office. The name of their brigade was also written in it. Of course, the full names of Ma Erya and Liu Chunhua were not written. At least it gave face to the two old ladies and prevented them from bringing shame to the county town by bullying female comrades.
The article only focused on how their brigade successfully prevented such an incident from happening. Zhou Xian didn't even praise herself, but instead praised several of their brigade cadres.
They were all a little embarrassed by the praise.
"The children of our Zhou family have made great progress." The branch secretary said with emotion.
Zhou Jiefang glared at him and said, "What does it have to do with you? This is my daughter."
The accountant disagreed, "He is also a child of our Zhou family. We are all from the same family and have the same ancestor."
Even the branch secretary was thinking, "This is a great thing. I think we should ask the old uncle to come and write this into the family tree."
"I think so."
Several people were in a good mood, and Zhou Xian also struck while the iron was hot, "Dad, uncle, don't worry about this for now, what about the radio station just now?"
Zhou Jiefang still had a smile on his face. He carefully put away the newspaper sent by the newspaper office and said, "I will go to the commune to ask Secretary He for an application first. I will talk about it after the application is approved."
If the application is not approved, no matter how much you say, it will be useless.
Zhou Xian naturally had no objection, but when the branch secretary and the accountant came to their senses, they found that Zhou Jiefang had taken the newspaper away. The two of them hurriedly chased after him, saying they wanted to take another look.
Zhou Jiefang reluctantly took it out and showed it to them.
There are no secrets in the brigade, especially after the postman joined the brigade, he even asked others about Zhou Xian's name.
When they learned that Zhou Xian's article was published in the newspaper, all the members of the brigade felt proud.
Although her name was not mentioned, their Peach Blossom Brigade was mentioned.
This was the first time that their Taohua Brigade appeared in a newspaper, and it was a county newspaper at that.
Even Liu Chunhua came over excitedly to join in the fun, "Our brigade is in the newspaper, what's it about? Read it to me quickly."
Those who knew about it immediately laughed, "It's about you abusing your daughter-in-law, Aunt Liu, you've become famous in the newspaper."
Liu Chunhua's face turned pale. Being famous is indeed a good thing. Although she is thick-skinned, she is not so thick-skinned as to be willing to gain a bad reputation.
She stood there in a daze for a moment, not knowing what to do. She really didn't expect that Zhou Xian would put her in the newspaper. This girl was really cruel.
Ma Erya paused for a moment and didn't dare to move forward. Since Liu Chunhua was on the newspaper, she was probably not left behind either. It was better not to move forward at this time.
Seeing that Liu Chunhua was not in a good state, the man hurriedly smiled and said, "Auntie, don't worry. Amaranth just said this. She didn't mention your name, not even your magpie's name. She didn't know it was you."
Only then did Liu Chunhua come to her senses.
"And Sister Ma, she's also in the newspaper. I heard that your stories were sent in together."
Liu Chunhua felt much better instantly when she had someone to share her shame with. At the same time, she felt relieved. Fortunately, no one knew that she was the one who beat her daughter-in-law.
"Stop calling her 'girl' and call her Director Zhou. She is the director of the Women's Federation after all. If the leaders hear us, they will think that we are all dissatisfied with her."
"Who said that? I admire Xian... Director Zhou. He is so capable that his articles were even published in the newspapers. He gave honor to our captain."
"He's also a wild boar-hunting hero. Sister Guifen said that Director Zhou killed two wild boars with one punch, which allowed us to have a meal of meat."
"I watched Director Zhou grow up. This girl has been smart since she was young. Otherwise, Guifen would have been able to send her to finish high school."
"I heard that his grades in the commune middle school were also very good."
Everyone was talking about Zhou Xian and no one was paying attention to her, so Ma Erya just slipped away.
Seeing this, Liu Chunhua hurried home to avoid being caught by others talking about the past.
She has really changed now.
When I got home, I saw Qian Xique sitting under the eaves sewing clothes, and Nuoer was sitting obediently at her feet watching her.
Liu Chunhua went back to her room, grabbed a handful of peanuts, and walked towards the mother and daughter.
Seeing her coming, Niu'er was so scared that she hugged Qian Xique's thigh.
"Mom, what's the matter?" Qian Xique put down what he was holding and looked at Liu Chunhua warily.
My mother-in-law has indeed changed a lot recently, but my daughter is still afraid of her because she is young, so Qian Xique doesn't let her mother-in-law get close to her.
Liu Chunhua also saw that her eldest granddaughter was about to cry, so she stuffed the peanuts in her hand into Niu'er's hand, and walked away quickly without caring whether Niu'er held it firmly or not, leaving a message behind, "Give it to Niu'er."
Qian Xique looked at her back and felt a little puzzled, but still picked up the peanuts that fell on the ground.
She couldn't waste such a good thing just because it was given by her mother-in-law.
After watching the man Zhou Qian walk into the yard, he asked, "What happened outside?"
Zhou Qianjin said, "Director Zhou's article was published in the newspaper."
As he spoke, he glanced at Qian Xique and said, "It was about what was written in the newspaper about you and mom."
"Really? How did you write it?"
After hearing this, Qian Xique immediately became interested. No wonder her mother-in-law looked like she saw a ghost when she entered the yard just now.
Zhou Qianjin told Qian Xique what he had heard.
Qian Xique still felt unsatisfied, so he stuffed the peanuts into Nuoer's pocket, then put down the things in his hands, and carried Nuoer out to take a look.
Ge Guifen originally wanted to go, but after taking a few steps, she suddenly remembered that the person in the newspaper was her own daughter. Why didn't she ask her daughter but asked others?
Then he turned around and went home to find his daughter.
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