Chapter 64 They have to watch it several times a day...
Zhou Xian naturally didn't disturb her. It was normal to be nervous at first, and it would be fine once she got familiar with it. She followed along with the intention of helping to point the way, as if Zhou Xiaocao went alone, she might not be able to find the way.
Along the way, Zhou Xiaocao kept his guard up and did not dare to slack off at all.
When we arrived at the county town, we couldn't help but look around.
Growing up, she had only been to the commune a few times, let alone the county town.
After becoming a tractor driver, I often went back and forth to the commune and got used to it. But when I arrived in the county town, the feeling was different. What's more, she drove the tractor here herself, so you can imagine how excited she was.
A letter of introduction was required to enter the city. When they took out the letter of introduction, the officer in charge looked at them a few more times.
Zhou Xiaocao followed the direction Zhou Xian pointed and went to the grocery store.
Director Ji had already informed the purchasing director of the grocery store, so Zhou Xian went in directly to find someone.
Looking at the baskets of straw mushrooms and the prepared mushroom sauce, Director Huang from the purchasing department nodded with satisfaction, "Your straw mushrooms are good, very fresh."
"These straw mushrooms were picked by our members early in the morning. We didn't dare to delay on the way and sent them to you." Zhou Xian said with a smile.
Director Huang opened the mushroom sauce and took a look. The last time Director Ji came, he brought some straw mushrooms and mushroom sauce. Not to mention that this mushroom sauce goes well with rice. His wife and children like it and have been talking about it for days.
No problem. Director Huang counted the quantity, weighed it, and then gave them a bill.
The moment she got the money, Zhou Xiaocao breathed a sigh of relief. She had never seen so much money in her life.
Zhou Xian was also afraid that the money would be lost. After all, it was not hers alone, but belonged to the entire team. To be on the safe side, she seemed to have put the money in her bag, but in fact she let the system collect it. There could not be any loss of the money.
"I heard that your team also planted vegetables. How is it going now?" Because of Director Ji's relationship, Director Huang still asked a few polite questions.
If nothing unexpected happens, the vegetables grown in the greenhouses of the brigade under Baihua Commune will be sent to their grocery stores in the future.
However, Director Huang was also a little worried and thought about talking to Director Ji about it later. If it was too much, their grocery store would not be able to handle it all.
"Everything is going well. In another month, the fruits will be harvested and we will be able to eat fresh vegetables this winter."
Director Huang smiled and showed no interest in continuing.
Zhou Xian naturally saw through it, so he took Zhou Xiaocao and left first.
After leaving the office, Zhou Xiaocao patted her chest and said, "Aunt, you are really amazing. I was so nervous just now."
The purchasing director of the grocery store, who was also an official, didn't know what to do with her hands and feet when she first entered the office.
"It's okay. Just run a few more times and you'll be familiar with it."
She noticed that Director Huang was hesitant to speak when he mentioned the commune's expansion of plastic greenhouses.
It's okay once or twice, but after a long time, people will inevitably become impatient. Since they want to start a business, they naturally want to make it bigger and stronger. Zhou Xian’s goal is not just to supply goods to grocery stores. To them, grocery stores are only temporary and they will never stop there.
These things cannot be rushed in the short term.
Zhou Xian took Zhou Xiaocao to the department store for a stroll. Seeing the dazzling array of goods, Zhou Xiaocao was dazzled.
Zhou Xiaocao didn't have much money on her, so apart from weighing some egg cakes, she didn't dare buy anything else.
Although they are both egg cakes, the egg cakes from department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives sound different.
Zhou Xian bought a lot of things. It was a rare trip to the county town, so she must have been thinking about her family. She also bought a set of ready-made clothes and two pairs of leather shoes for Comrade Ge Guifen and Comrade Zhou Jiefang.
Zhou Xiaocao looked at Zhou Xian with envy. The team leader said that when the greenhouse vegetables had some income in the future, she, as a tractor driver, could also get a salary.
She also wants to buy things like her aunt, and she feels excited just thinking about it.
She even saw with her own eyes how Aunt Zhou Xian made the sales clerk, who had originally looked down on them, smile and call her "girl" all the time.
"Big sister, you really know a lot." The salesperson looked at Zhou Xian with surprise.
"Nothing, I learned all this from reading newspapers. Big sister, I really think your job is not easy."
The salesperson seemed to have found a soulmate, "That's not the case. Girl, you understand us."
"This is my niece. She will be the one delivering the goods here in the future. Please take good care of her, big sister." Zhou Xian pulled Zhou Xiaocao out at the right time.
"Don't worry, just come to me next time you come." Sister Wu said with a smile.
Wu Aifang was not stupid. She did look down on the two country girls at first, but she did not expect that this girl was actually delivering goods to the grocery store and was also a secretary of the Women's Federation of the commune. She was also a cadre who was paid by the government.
What if he gets promoted in the future? He can become an official in the county.
She chatted with Zhou Xiaocao again. This person was not as eloquent as Secretary Zhou, and was timid and petty. However, when she mentioned Secretary Zhou, she seemed to talk more.
"You said that the article written by Secretary Zhou was published in the newspaper?" Wu Aifang was really surprised.
I never knew there were such talented people in the countryside.
Seeing Zhou Xiaocao nod, Wu Aifang looked at Zhou Xian differently, especially since she had also read some of the articles. If she hadn't been told, she really wouldn't have connected the two things together.
But now I really have a new respect for Zhou Xian.
After leaving the department store, seeing that it was time for dinner, Zhou Xian took Zhou Xiaocao to the state-owned restaurant.
She didn't even know how to order the dishes, so she just did whatever Zhou Xian cooked.
Knowing that she was coming to the county town, her family still gave her food coupons so that she would not have to lack food.
However, when ordering dishes, I didn't dare to be as lavish as Zhou Xian, and I didn't even dare to look at the fried meat. I just ordered a bowl of noodles with stir-fried pork and green peppers as the topping.
Zhou Xian pushed the meat and vegetables towards Zhou Xiaocao and asked, "Why don't you eat it?"
"No, this is too expensive." Zhou Xiaocao waved his hands repeatedly.
"What's the big deal? As your aunt, I can't treat you to something to eat."
Zhou Xiaocao couldn't refuse, so she started eating, but she didn't really touch the meat dishes with her chopsticks.
She knew that her sister-in-law was salaried and could afford it, but that was no reason for her to eat other people's food for free.
Zhou Xian directly picked up the stir-fried dishes and put some into Zhou Xiaocao's bowl. "It's a rare trip to the county town, so don't be reluctant to eat and drink. Work hard. When our brigade has money in its account, you won't get work points in the future, but wages."
"Yeah, I know." Zhou Xiaocao's eyes lit up as he spoke.
"Can I still lie to you?"
"What my aunt said will definitely work."
Zhou Xiaocao felt very excited when he thought that he would be able to get a salary in the future.
After dinner, the two of them went to the scrap collection station again, mainly to see if they could buy textbooks or something, and newspapers would be fine too. Not only were they broadcast on the radio, but the children had to read them too, so the habit had to be cultivated from a young age.
The old man was still running the scrap collection station, sitting on a recliner with a radio next to him. When he heard that they were buying textbooks, he casually pointed and told them to look for them in the pile themselves.
Zhou Xian took Zhou Xiaocao with him and, just like last time, he randomly picked up two books with torn covers and stuffed them in the bag. After weighing them, he carried them back.
Zhou Xiaocao was driving the tractor, and Zhou Xian asked her to drive back by herself. This time she did not sit in the front, but in the back. When she was leaving, she saw a man entering the scrap collection station from a distance.
Zhou Xian glanced at it and didn't care.
On the way back, she was not as nervous as when Zhou Xiaocao came over. When she talked to Zhou Xian, she could tell that she was in a good mood.
She regarded Zhou Xian as her goal. She didn't dare to think about surpassing her, but just tried her best to get closer to her.
"What's so great about this? Little grass, you have your own merits. Have you heard of the poem, 'Wildfires cannot burn them all; spring breezes will bring them back to life.' Even the most inconspicuous grass by the roadside can have the most vigorous vitality."
As Zhou Xiaocao listened, she suddenly felt her eyes getting hot, and even the road ahead became blurry.
She quickly wiped her tears with her sleeves.
There aren't many particularities when country folks come to naming. If she's a girl and can't carry on the family line, she's useless, a money-loser, and a roadside weed.
But now some people say that even the weeds on the roadside are different.
Zhou Xiaocao didn't say anything else. She was afraid that her aunt would see her crying, which would be too embarrassing.
She didn't say anything, and Zhou Xian didn't know what to say. He looked around and hummed a song softly.
When passing by the commune, she did not forget to report her work to her leader.
"Thank you for your hard work. Go back and rest today," said Secretary He.
Zhou Xian then returned to the brigade and handed the money to the accountant for recording.
The accountant's hands were shaking when he took the money. To be honest, the amount of money was not much, but for the Taohua Brigade, it was enough. They didn't even have that much money in their account in a year.
"We will be able to get more money at the end of the year." The branch secretary was also very happy when seeing this.
Seeing that they were happy, Zhou Xian did not discourage them for the time being, but just sent the textbooks to the primary school.
I went back to the Women's Federation to continue doing my own work and also reported on the progress of the vegetable greenhouse.
The grocery store called immediately and the batch of straw mushrooms sent by Taohua Brigade were quickly sold out, even the mushroom sauce was gone.
Even so, there are still people coming to urge us every now and then, asking when more mushrooms will arrive. Director Huang also hopes that it can be delivered as soon as possible.
Later, Zhou Xian and Zhou Xiaocao went to the county town again and delivered goods several times.
It's getting cold, and there's really nothing to eat. Straw mushrooms are not available every day. Once they're put on the shelves, even if the price is a little higher than in season, people still buy them.
Take the mushroom sauce for example, it goes well with rice. You can spread a little on steamed buns or put some as a topping on noodles. A jar will be empty in just a few days.
I saw that several other vegetables were starting to bear fruit. The cucumbers had grown to the size of a thumb, and the eggplants were growing very well as well.
It's just a matter of time before it grows out. Even Zhou Jiefang exclaimed, "The tomatoes are growing really well, all of them are round."
They followed everything in the book step by step and did not dare to mess around at all. They fertilized when they were told to and watered when they were told to, for fear that something unexpected might happen to the vegetables in the greenhouse.
But now they have discovered that as long as they follow what is written in the book, the growth of these vegetables will be exceptionally pleasing.
“I have to say, the vegetables in these greenhouses grow much better than those in our private plots.” The party secretary couldn’t help but sigh.
Zhou Xian didn't say anything. This was the plastic greenhouse cultivation method that the system had carefully calculated to be most suitable for this era.
As long as you follow the instructions carefully, you will definitely not go wrong, and the crops will grow better than in your own private plots. No matter how much you value your own private plot, you can't take better care of it than in a plastic greenhouse.
Just like tomatoes, they need to be pruned from time to time. Now they are getting taller and taller, and they need to be supported by something to prevent them from falling down.
Now it is full of green tomatoes, some of which have begun to turn red.
They have to watch it several times a day.
The members who went to the Xinghua Brigade and the Hehua Brigade have all returned, and mushrooms have started to grow in those brigades, so there is no need to keep a close eye on things going forward.
Director Ji also planned to contact Director Huang of the grocery store to tell him the good news. Although mushrooms cannot be stored for a long time, they can still be made into mushroom sauce.
The Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and a batch of vegetables are put on the shelves at this time. Although the price is a bit higher, they are very fresh.
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