Chapter 7 No, no, absolutely not! …
As soon as Captain Zhou Jiefang entered the office, he saw his daughter inside and thought she was looking for him.
Then, when he heard that his daughter had come to register to elect the director of the Women's Federation of the brigade, he couldn't help but say, "You are just kidding. How can an unmarried girl like you handle those things?"
The job of the Women's Federation director is not that easy. It's not bad to just deal with trivial matters all day long. The most difficult thing is to encounter those unreasonable old women. Director Chen was scolded a lot when he was in the brigade.
When those people were arguing, they would curse at you regardless of who you were. It was only then that they saw that the captain could restrain himself a little.
There are also those who take advantage of their seniority and act arrogantly. Their daughter’s seniority in the brigade is not too high, but she is not too low either. But after all, she is a young unmarried girl. Those old ladies may scold her in a non-standard way. How can their daughter bear it?
It’s not that the captain doesn’t want his daughter to be an official, but this job doesn’t seem suitable for his daughter no matter how he looks at it. She came to sign up simply because she didn't know the pros and cons.
So he spoke for a long time with great earnestness, and even used the example of Director Chen being bullied before to persuade Zhou Xian, hoping that she would give up.
"Girl, go home quickly."
Zhou Xian was unmoved, "Dad, how can you know that I can't do it if you don't try?"
She used to work in the company, and was a manager at some level, so isn't it okay for her to manage some people?
Besides, she can't just sit there and do nothing.
The system is also waiting for her to earn career points. She will go to work in the fields, and then wait for the resumption of the college entrance examination and then be assigned a job after graduation. How many lifetimes will it take for her to earn enough career points?
So no matter what, she will try her best to fight for the position of director of the Women's Federation.
As a result, before she could even prepare for the election, her father cut off her path.
Zhou Xian was naturally unwilling to accept it. "Dad, although that's what you said, nothing is easy. Should I give up just because I know there are difficulties? Our ancestors overcame all the difficulties back then. Should I be afraid of those known difficulties? Life is always full of challenges, and I can't be protected by you and mom all my life."
The captain didn't say anything. What kind of challenge was that? Didn't he know what his daughter was like?
But he was also puzzled. His daughter usually didn't talk much, so why was she so talkative today? Her words were so coherent.
Zhou Xian continued, "You only want to elect the director of the Women's Federation. I also meet the requirements. Why can't I sign up to participate?"
The requirements on the notice posted on the notice board were clearly stated, requiring that the women comrades must be literate.
She meets this condition.
If she is barred by age, she will not admit it. After all, there is no written statement that people of her age cannot sign up for the election of the director of the Women's Federation.
The team leader opened his mouth and turned his gaze to the branch secretary and accountant next to him.
The two of them actually avoided his gaze and acted as if they wanted him to solve the problem himself, which made him angry.
Zhou Xian saw their actions and simply said, "I don't care. Anyway, I meet the registration requirements. You have to write my name down. Whether I am selected or not is my business, but you can't stop me from registering."
While speaking, Zhou Xian was looking at the branch secretary who was in charge of registration.
The branch secretary still looked at the team leader, and seeing that he closed his eyes with a helpless look on his face, he still wrote down Zhou Xian's name.
After she left, the secretary said, "Brother, don't worry. Xian girl may not be selected."
He thought that the members would never elect a young girl as the director of the Women's Federation, and they certainly would not accept being in charge by a young girl.
It is called an election, but in fact it is just selecting a few qualified candidates and letting everyone vote. The one with the most votes is the elected person.
Zhou Jiefang didn't say anything, just puffed on his pipe.
He just couldn't understand why his daughter had such an idea. Why not go home and ask his wife to persuade her?
The job of the Women's Federation director is really not easy.
After Zhou Xian left the brigade office, she did not rush home. She first went to take a look at the sign-in location, which was inside the brigade anyway.
Since she was a child, she had heard her mother talking about wolves and wild boars in the mountains. No one had ever seen a wolf, it was just a legend.
But wild boars are real. After all, everyone has seen with their own eyes when they came down the mountain to destroy crops.
When Zhou Xian reached the foot of the mountain, he had already reached the sign-in and clock-in area.
The moment she stepped into the range, a transparent screen suddenly appeared in front of her.
[Ding, we have arrived at the sign-in range. Does the host need to sign in now? 】
Zhou Xian thought that this compensation would be worthwhile, so he said, "Sign it."
A row of options suddenly appeared on the transparent screen page.
[Host, please select the sign-in item on the following page. 】
Zhou Xian looked at the pictures on the screen. There were pheasants, hares, snakes, ants, sparrows, bees, spiders, and even wild boars.
This still belongs to the animal category.
There are also plant classifications below, including wolfberry, ginseng, ganoderma lucidum, as well as various wild vegetables and mushrooms. The varieties are quite rich, and they are all edible plants.
[Host, please note that there is only one sign-in opportunity, please choose carefully. 】
"System, can you still choose by yourself?"
"Normally, it's not possible. The normal sign-in system will refresh randomly, but this is a compensation reward for the host. And because the host can only sign in once, all the things on the mountain are listed for the host, so that the host can choose freely."
This made Zhou Xian, who had originally thought that signing in was a simple task, suddenly hesitate. There were too many things and she was unable to choose for a moment.
"System, I won't sign in for now. I'll sign in later when I need it."
"Okay, host."
The system determined that Zhou Xian did not sign in, so it retracted the sign-in page.
Zhou Xian took a deep breath. This sign-in seemed okay, but since there was only one chance, she still had to choose carefully.
After returning home, I saw Comrade Ge Guifen standing under the eaves with full energy, directing several children to do things.
During the busy farming season, the old lady would also take part in the farming work herself, after all, it was a matter of food and she couldn't be careless.
When she has free time, the old lady doesn't go to work.
Her husband was the team leader and had a salary, and she had three sons at home, so the income was enough for her, so she was responsible for the small piece of private land.
As for other housework, the lighter ones can be assigned to the children, and the rest can be assigned to the three daughters-in-law.
Now that farming is not busy, the daughter naturally does not have to cook. Today, the daughter went out, and Ge Guifen thought she went to play with her little sisters.
And Zhou Xian did meet her former sisters on the way back.
"Zhou Xian." Two people came towards him and greeted Zhou Xian.
Zhou Xian paused for a moment. Naturally, she recognized the two people opposite her. They were her old friends. However, since she met Qiao Donglin, she had her own little thoughts and her friends gradually became distant.
Although we were from the same team, we avoided each other on purpose and thus only saw each other a few times.
One of the girls walked up to Zhou Xian and called out, "Auntie."
Zhou Xian was stunned for a moment, not because of the little girl's address, but because everyone in a team basically had the same surname, so the issue of seniority was unavoidable.
Instead, the system suddenly beeped twice, but soon there was no sound.
The system didn't say anything, so Zhou Xian ignored it.
The girl who greeted her just now was called Zhou Xing'er, and actually she also liked Qiao Donglin.
It’s just that she is not as well off as Zhou Xian, so naturally she can’t bring food to the male protagonist like Zhou Xian did.
Her name didn't even appear in the book. Zhou Xian knew it because she mentioned it when she was playing with the girl.
She just silently likes the male protagonist in her heart.
"What are you doing?" Zhou Xian asked.
"Xiao Cao is going to find a partner, and her family is helping to arrange it." Zhou Xing said.
Xiaocao is the girl who called Zhou Xian "aunt" just now. She is only one year older than Zhou Xian and just turned 18. It is normal for someone to get married at this age in the brigade.
Some people even think that this age is a bit too old.
Moreover, the name Xiaocao was chosen very casually.
Zhou Xian remembered that under Xiaocao there were two younger sisters and a younger brother, named Xiaohua and Xiaoyu.
My younger brother’s name is different, it’s Jianhua.
I had to find someone who could read to help me get it.
The two girls in front looked at Zhou Xian and were very envious of her. She was one of the few female high school students in the team.
Zhou Xing was slightly better off than Xiaocao. She at least made it to the third grade. Xiaocao only studied in the first grade for a few months. When she had just learned a few words, she was taken home by her grandmother. The grandmother said that her younger brother was born and there was no one at home to take care of him, so she had to go back to take care of her brother.
Xiaocao's mother also made a fuss at that time, but she was no match for Xiaocao's grandmother. That old lady was very good at crying, and she sang while crying, which might have been the reason for the fuss.
Later, the school had no choice but to let Xiaocao go home to take care of her younger brother. Xiaocao's grandmother was very unreasonable and went to the school to demand the tuition back. He said Xiaocao had not finished the semester and the money had to be refunded to her.
Speaking of this, Zhou Xian also remembered that in their team, regardless of gender, there were not many people who went to school. Even for boys, the most they did was to graduate from elementary school.
After all, those who wanted to go to university at that time were all recommended, and they were all workers, peasants and soldiers. So many people believed that it was enough to be able to read and write, and a high diploma was not needed.
After all, it’s useless even if he went to middle school. The captain’s daughter went to high school and came back.
It was not easy to get into the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, let alone go to the city to be a worker. There was nothing, so naturally no one had any intention of studying.
It was the primary school in the brigade, but because there were not many students, it had to be closed down in the end.
Even if there are people who want their children to study, they have to go to the next brigade. To go to middle school, you have to go to the commune, and even fewer people in the entire commune can get into the county high school.
After Zhou Xian learned about the situation of the brigade, she became even more determined to run for the director of the Women's Federation.
Although the director of the Women's Federation of the production brigade was not a high-ranking official and was a mere figurehead, she was still an official after all.
Think about the things in the trading mall, think about the gray icons, and fight for your own career points.
[I have detected that the host is full of fighting spirit, and I hope that he will keep it up. Come on, host! 】
The system was like fireworks exploding in Zhou Xian's mind.
"stop!"
Zhou Xian looked up at the two stunned girls in front of him, and then he realized that he had accidentally said what he had said to Tongzi.
He quickly covered his mouth and coughed twice, "Well, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
After saying that, she ran away without waiting for the two girls opposite to react.
As soon as Ge Guifen saw Zhou Xian coming back, she stretched out the large palm-leaf fan in her hand and fanned her twice.
Then he reached out his other hand and pulled Zhou Xian into the house, closed the door, put down the fan, and made her a cup of malted milk in an enamel cup.
Zhou Xian didn't drink it, but Ge Guifen stuffed it directly into her hand.
"You are so thin. Drink more to replenish your body."
Zhou Xian: “…” She is not thin at all.
She can be said to be one of the few girls in the team with chubby cheeks.
But this is not the time to drink malted milk.
She felt that she still needed her mother's help in the election of the director of the Women's Federation.
So I told my mother about my plan.
"What, you want to be the director of the Women's Federation?" Ge Guifen's reaction was even more intense than Zhou Jiefang's.
The first reaction is to disagree.
How could she not know what the director of the Women's Federation is like?
That's not an easy thing to do. If my daughter runs for the director of the Women's Federation, she won't be an official. She will be suffering.
As for those old ladies in the team, how could I not know who they are?
No, no, absolutely not!
Zhou Xian knew this would happen, so she told Comrade Ge Guifen in advance. Otherwise, when her father came back and told her about it, Comrade Ge Guifen might not stand on her side.
They all rejected her simply because she was too young. How could Zhou Xian agree to this? Whether it would work or not would only be known after she had tried it.
Of course she was not happy about being rejected so early.
Before Ge Guifen could persuade Zhou Xian to give up, Zhou Xian grabbed her hand and said, "Mom, look at my current situation. If you ask me to work in the fields, I definitely can't do it. The director of the Women's Federation is an official after all. Look, my father is the team leader. If I become the director of the Women's Federation, there will be two officials in our family. You are not only the wife of the team leader, but also the mother of the director of the Women's Federation. Who can be as powerful as you then?"
Zhou Xian also understood her mother, and she was also very proud that her husband was the captain.
So naturally he had to flatter the old lady first to make her happy, in order to prevent her father from saying anything again and causing the old lady to change sides again.
After all, her family didn't agree, so how could she convince the members of the team?
No matter whether you can be elected or not, just draw the pie for the old lady first.
Ge Guifen was touched by her daughter's words. She thought about her own daughter who had also become the director of the Women's Federation and her glorious appearance, and she felt relieved immediately.
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