"I knew it. So you came to see me?"
"Yes, I brought you some nice things. Should we move them in later, or do you take a day off to send them back?"
"What good stuff? Tell me about it!"
"Ten catties of brown sugar, ten catties of white sugar, and ten catties of rock sugar. Send half of these to your uncle. Also, two catties of chocolate, two catties of red yarn, two catties of black yarn, and a trendy Zhongshan suit. These three items are for you."
"Wow, that's quite a generous offer. I think I'll take leave and send it back; I'm afraid someone will steal it."
"Then go ask for leave, I'll just make a phone call and leave."
"So urgent? Is something wrong? I was planning to invite you to my mom's house for dinner."
"Hey! By the way, do you have any connections to get your hands on fertilizer?"
Huang Ying shook her head, "Our city doesn't have one. I heard that Q City has a fertilizer plant."
"Well, I'll figure it out myself."
Zhang Hongmei helped Huang Ying load all her belongings onto the car before they went into the post office.
"Comrade, I'm making a phone call."
The staff recognized Zhang Hongmei and were exceptionally kind, helping her dial the phone number for Zhang Shouyi's office.
"Brother Zhang, um, I'll be going back in a week. I just wanted to ask if it's possible to get some fertilizer."
Zhang Shouyi was quite surprised to receive Zhang Hongmei's call. This girl was like a bird released from its cage; she had completely forgotten the way back.
Upon hearing Zhang Hongmei's request, he hesitated for a moment before saying, "Call back in ten minutes, and I'll have someone ask right away."
"Okay." Zhang Hongmei put down the phone and smiled at the staff. "I'll call back in ten minutes."
"Then let's calculate it all together later. Go wait in Sister Huang Ying's office."
Ten minutes later, Zhang Hongmei answered Zhang Shouyi's call again.
"Red plums, that's fine, but at most five tons."
"Great! I've managed to get some corn seeds for planting. The growing period is only 120 days. It would be even better if we had fertilizer."
"Bring some seeds back with you when you go home, I'll find someone to experiment with them."
"Okay, then do I need to pick it up from the fertilizer plant myself?"
"You don't need to write down the phone number. You can call them right away, tell them the address, and they'll deliver it to you."
"Okay, I'll release it then. I need to call the fertilizer plant right away."
Zhang Hongmei thought to herself, "It's so convenient to have connections in high places; they solved everything with just one phone call."
She then gave the phone number to the staff member. After the call was connected, Zhang Hongmei got straight to the point: "Hello, this is Zhang Hongmei, whom I just mentioned. I'd like to confirm the delivery time with you."
"Okay, then can you deliver it and I take the money back with me?"
"Thank you so much. Five tons at most? How much money do I need to prepare?"
"Four hundred per ton? I understand. How much do I need to prepare for shipping costs?"
"Thank you very much. I'll wait for you at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative in the city in two days. Okay, okay."
Zhang Hongmei finally breathed a sigh of relief after hanging up the phone. She hadn't expected it to be resolved so smoothly.
Only after resolving the fertilizer issue did Zhang Hongmei feel like going to visit her high school homeroom teacher, Chen Sheng.
After driving home, he transferred two pounds of brown sugar and two pounds of white sugar from his spatial storage and gave them to Chen Sheng.
The gatekeeper recognized Zhang Hongmei and was happy to let her into the school.
Chen Sheng was very surprised to see Zhang Hongmei coming over. "It's not holiday time yet, why are you back?"
"Teacher, I have some personal matters to attend to when I came back. I came to see you today, and I'm about to return to Liujiatun."
"Hehe, I'm so happy you came back to see me. How are you doing? Are you adjusting to university life?"
"It's alright, there are more subjects, and the capital university is really full of talented people."
"Of course, how could there be any idiots in our country's top university? Your study newspaper is really great. I estimate that this year, some of our students will be able to get into the capital university. Song Zigan is probably one of them."
"Hehe, that's great! It's an honor to contribute to my alma mater. Teacher, I estimate I'll be going to the US by the end of this year or early next year?"
Chen Sheng was taken aback. "Why do you want to go abroad? Is it a school-sponsored program?"
"No, we are too backward. I just wanted to go out and see the world and learn from other people's advanced technologies."
Chen Sheng pondered. As a political science teacher, he was quite knowledgeable about political matters.
“Hongmei, I treat you like a daughter. Please think carefully about what I’m saying. Although you’ve chosen economics as your major, as long as you follow the path step by step, you will definitely be able to enter the core level of the country. But if you go abroad? Then your political review will have problems.” Chen Sheng finished speaking and looked at Zhang Hongmei with a complicated expression.
"Teacher, I know this principle. Actually, I really don't like politics, and I've never thought about joining the government. Power isn't that tempting to me."
I have no ambition or revenge; I just want everyone to live a life of plenty.
Chen Sheng sighed and said, "Fine, you know it yourself. Your teacher supports you unconditionally. No matter what, it's all about serving the people."
"Teacher, I'll head back now. I'll write to you later."
Zhang Hongmei left the school and drove back to Liujiatun.
On the back seat of the truck are 300 kilograms of corn kernels that have been grown in the open space; this is the corn that was planted. With the addition of fertilizer, it's sure to be a bumper harvest.
Zhang Hongmei drove directly to the entrance of the brigade headquarters. Wang Hongxi hadn't gone anywhere that day and had been waiting there anxiously. Hearing the car, she knew Zhang Hongmei had returned and rushed out immediately.
"Uncle, we've got the seeds. They say these are enough for five or six hundred acres. We've also got the fertilizer. Zhang Shouyi found the connections. It should arrive the day after tomorrow."
"Hahaha, that's great! Hongmei, you're a great hero of our village. I'll go ring the bell now. You go find your third uncle."
Wang Hongxi ran off excitedly. This person was truly dedicated and responsible; he was impeccable when it came to village affairs.
Zhang Hongmei didn't even need to go looking for Liu Maocai before he arrived.
"Uncle, the seeds have arrived, and the fertilizer should arrive the day after tomorrow. I just don't know if it's base fertilizer or top dressing."
"Base fertilizer? Top dressing?"
"Base fertilizer is chemical fertilizer sown together with the seeds, and top dressing is chemical fertilizer sprinkled on the ground about one kilometer away from the roots when the corn stalks grow to half the height of a person."
"Then you should ask clearly. Anyway, we still need to plow the fields these two days, so we have time."
"Okay, I understand. Unload these corn seeds."
"No need for you, we'll carry it when the others come. You've gone to all that trouble with the fertilizer, haven't you?"
"No, it was Zhang Shouyi who found the connections. It's 400 per ton, 2,000 for five tons, and we don't have to pay for the transportation."
"It's alright, the brigade should still have money."
"I have some too, but not that many."
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