Chapter 52 Chapter 52 Are you willing to build a branch factory?

Lunch was arranged by the comrades of the Lingjiang Municipal Education Bureau. They booked a few tables at a nearby state-owned hotel as a reward for the contestants from various counties. Jiangbei County had the most people, occupying a whole table.

The children were very excited. Even at home, when there was a big dinner or banquet, they, the little kids, rarely had a proper seat at the table. It was good enough to occupy a corner seat and grab something to eat.

But today, not only did they eat at a state-owned hotel in the provincial capital, but everyone was seated like an adult!

This was a treatment that their parents and grandparents had never enjoyed.

The children's eyes were shining and their mouths were full of oil. Zhou Zhaodi, who was sitting next to Shen Moer, whispered to her: "Teacher Shen, learning painting is great. You can participate in competitions and eat meat!"

Shen Moer laughed and said, "Then you must continue to study hard in the future." Zhou Zhaodi

nodded heavily: "Yes."

Sitting on the other side of Zhou Zhaodi happened to be Teacher Hu from Xinxiang Commune Primary School. Others could not hear Zhou Zhaodi's whisper, but she heard it clearly. She rolled her eyes and said, "Learning painting just to eat meat, what a big ambition."

Zhou Zhaodi blushed with shame.

Shen Moer slapped her chopsticks, and the table fell silent. Shen Moer turned to look at Teacher Hu: "Comrade from Xinxiang Commune, are you a teacher?"

Isn't this a question that is deliberately asked? Who among the team leaders here is not a teacher?

Without waiting for Teacher Hu to respond, Shen Moer said: "If you are a teacher, you shouldn't say such things. Our country has only been established for more than 20 years, Twenty years ago, we were still suffering from invasion and war, but twenty years later, everyone can sit happily in a state-owned hotel and eat. This is something to be proud of. Of course, we cannot deny that the living standards of the people are still not high, and it is also true that they can't eat meat all year round. For this reason, I think there is nothing wrong with the children's simple wish that they can eat meat if they study hard. "

Teacher Hu sneered and raised his voice: "Deputy Director Ke, look, the teachers of the brigade primary school have this kind of awareness. Forget it, I'd better say less, otherwise our Jiangbei County will lose face in front of the whole city."

Deputy Director Ke frowned: "Say less, Teacher Shen, educating students still requires guiding them to establish higher ideals. "

Shen Moer looked at Deputy Director Ke: "Deputy Director Ke, I don't think it's wrong for children of their age to have the wish to eat meat if they study hard. Wishes are not big trees, but seeds. Children must first have small wishes before they can gradually cultivate big goals and ideals. They will study hard now in order to eat meat, and in the future they will work hard to live a better life and build a better motherland. I think the significance of our educational work lies in this. Otherwise, as Comrade Hu said, students are born with great ambitions, what should we teachers do? ! "

Shen Moer's words were a bit impolite, and Deputy Director Ke's brows became tighter and tighter, while Teacher Hu smiled schadenfreude beside him.

Ke Hongwen was a bit old-fashioned, and he was very concerned about his reputation and held grudges. The young man from Yangliu Brigade had offended him so much by retorting in front of other teachers and students.

Teacher Hu's husband was a colleague of Deputy Director Ke, and he had some understanding of Deputy Director Ke's temper. He was just waiting for Deputy Director Ke to get angry, when he heard a sudden applause from behind.

"Teacher Shen said it very well. Children are seeds, not trees. The meaning of education is to turn seeds into towering trees." Liu Yada came over at some point. She glanced at Shen Moli and raised the teacup in her hand with a smile, "I'll use tea instead of wine to thank all my colleagues in Jiangbei County and our lovely classmates. Thank you all for your hard work."

Deputy Director Ke hurriedly picked up the water glass and stood up, "Director Liu, you are too polite. The city has made such thoughtful arrangements this time. We should thank you."

All the teachers and students in Jiangbei County stood up, holding up their water glasses in return. Maomao was the standout. Taking advantage of being closest to Liu Yada, she clinked glasses with the female cadre from the Municipal Education Bureau.

Everyone in the Municipal Education Bureau praised Shen Moer for her good speech, so Deputy Director Ke naturally said nothing more. Although the atmosphere at the dinner table was a little dull afterwards, no one would go against their stomach these days, so all six dishes on the table were eaten up.

After returning to the guesthouse to pack up and check out, Shen Moer took the two children to the gate to wait for the car.

She had packed up a long time ago, and since Maomao and Zhou Zhaodi didn't need much care, she was the first to come down.

Not long after, Teacher He also came down with two students. He looked around and saw that no one else had come down yet, so he whispered to Shen Moer, "Deputy Director Ke is nicknamed Chicken Intestines and has a very narrow temper. You may have offended him today."

Shen Moer laughed and said, "You are really well-informed. Thank you for reminding me, but it's okay. I am an ordinary primary school teacher in the brigade. I don't have much contact with the county education bureau." Teacher

He reminded her, "You are a private teacher, right? This time, Maomao If you and Zhaodi can win honors in provincial competitions, you will have a good chance to be promoted to a regular teacher, or even transferred to a primary school in the commune or county."

After a pause, he looked at Shen Moli with sympathy, and said, "But the promotion of private teachers to regular positions is handled by this Deputy Director Ke."

Shen Moli: "..."

If there is a chance to be promoted to a regular teacher, of course she hopes to be promoted, after all, the monthly salary will be more than half the difference.

However, she did not regret refuting Deputy Director Ke at the dinner table. So many children were listening and watching, and if she did not refute, the children would think those obviously problematic ideas were correct.

"The matter is not settled yet, let's talk about it when the time comes." Shen Moli said.

As the two were talking, a female comrade wearing glasses suddenly hurried over. She looked at Shen Moer and Teacher He and asked politely, "Excuse me, are you from Liuqiao Commune, Jiangbei County?"

Teacher He thought they were looking for him and said hurriedly, "Yes, I am He Mingda from Liuqiao Commune Primary School. May I ask who you are?"

The female comrade looked at Shen Moer and said, "Then this is Comrade Shen Moer from Yangliu Brigade. Comrade Shen, Comrade He, I am the workshop director of the first workshop of Nan Province Embroidery Factory. My name is Chen Jiahua. Yesterday, Niu Xiaoli from our workshop damaged an embroidery product. I heard that Did Comrade Shen provide her with the idea for the revision?"

Shen Moer said in surprise: "If you are talking about the peony painting, I did come up with an idea. You came here today specially, is there something wrong with the painting?"

Chen Jiahua shook his head hurriedly: "No, no, there is no problem with the painting, that painting is very good, Comrade Shen has a very good painting foundation, and the idea for the revision is also very exquisite. I came here today mainly to ask, do you know the needlework that Comrade Shen mentioned, or do your family members know it?"

Shen Moer looked too young, and Chen Jiahua guessed that it was more likely that the elders in her family were good at embroidery.

Shen Moer thought for a moment and said vaguely, "It's good that there is no problem. I know a little, but it's mostly just talk. We still have to hurry to the bus station, and I'm afraid I can't talk to Director Chen in detail."

She was just in the mood to help Niu Xiaoli, but she didn't want to cause any trouble.

Besides, the car arranged by the city should have arrived, and teachers and students from various counties have also arrived one after another. They have to get on the car quickly.

It's so hard to find someone, how can we just let it go?

Chen Jiahua came to the guesthouse in the morning to inquire about the situation. Knowing that the people from Lingjiang City would go back in the afternoon, in order to buy time, she went to the embroidery factory and borrowed a car from the factory.

"Comrade Shen, you are going to the bus station, right? Our factory's car is parked outside. I'll take you there and we can talk on the way. What do you think?"

"..."

She didn't expect the other party to be so persistent, but since she was not familiar with the place, Shen Moli was indeed unwilling to take a ride with a stranger.

Perhaps seeing her concern, Chen Jiahua immediately said, "Our factory's car is quite big, let Teacher He and a few children go together! Don't worry, our driver is very familiar with the roads in the provincial capital, and he also has many acquaintances at the bus station. He will definitely take you there in time and help you buy tickets." Teacher He walked

out curiously to take a look. There was a bus parked on the side of the road. It should be the bus arranged by the city to take them to the bus station. Not far from the bus, there was also a handsome jeep parked!

Teacher He had only seen this kind of car once in a while in the county town. At that time, he thought it was very handsome and thought it would be great if he could ride in one once. He never thought that the opportunity would come so soon.

He immediately "surrendered to the enemy" and helped Chen Jiahua persuade Shen Moli: "Teacher Shen, it seems that Director Chen really wants to talk to you about something. It's hard to refuse such a kind offer. Why don't we trouble them?"

They were so well prepared and even said they would help them buy tickets. Shen Moli thought it was really hard to refuse such a kind offer, so she had to nod.

Teacher He immediately ran to the car arranged by the city to explain the situation, and then a group of people squeezed into the jeep.

Teacher He took advantage of the fact that men occupied a large area and got the co-pilot's seat. Shen Moli and Chen Jiahua each held a child and sat in the back seat, and the other two children occupied a seat in the back seat together.

After a few decades, sitting like this would definitely violate traffic regulations and was unsafe. But in this era, overloading is a very normal thing. If there are too many people, just squeeze them together. As long as the car can fit and move, it is not a problem!

No matter whether it is Teacher He in the front row or the few naughty children in the back row, they all looked around excitedly after getting on the car.

Chen Jiahua, however, rushed to explain the situation of the first workshop of the Southern Province Embroidery Factory to Shen Moer.

Simply put, the Southern Province Embroidery Factory is actually a state-owned factory that mainly deals in embroidery textiles. Their production tasks are mainly divided into two aspects. One is to produce high-end embroidery products as "state gifts", and the other is to produce embroidery products for export abroad. In other words, their products are basically not sold domestically.

The First Workshop also has two tasks: to produce high-end embroidery products and to provide "samples" for other workshops.

In other words, the First Workshop is almost the technical core department of the Southern Province Embroidery Factory.

However, due to the domestic situation in recent years, many old employees with bad backgrounds in the First Workshop have been sent down to labor reform, and new employees are either transferred from other workshops or simply inserted through various connections. The technical level of embroidery workers is not only uneven, but has plummeted.

The technical level is getting worse and worse, and the embroidery patterns are all the same without any innovation. In the Canton Fair in the past two years, the turnover of the Southern Province Embroidery Factory has also been declining. Not only the leaders of the embroidery factory are under great pressure, but Chen Jiahua, the director of the first workshop, is also under great pressure.

That is why Chen Jiahua was so excited when he saw the half embroidery brought back by Niu Xiaoli.

"Comrade Shen should be able to embroider. If you have any ideas, embroider an embroidery and send it to me after you go back. I can try to recruit you as a regular employee directly in the factory." Chen Jiahua said.

She observed Shen Moer's expression and found that the other party did not have any emotional fluctuations because of her proposal, and she couldn't help feeling a little helpless.

If it were someone else, hearing that they could directly become a formal employee of a state-owned factory in the provincial capital, even if they were not delighted, they would at least be surprised, right?

Just like Comrade He who was sitting in the front row, from Chen Jiahua's perspective, he could just see that he was so surprised that his mouth could hardly close.

In fact, Shen Moer was also a little surprised, but being a formal employee in a factory in the provincial capital really didn't have much appeal to her. After all, her father and her partner were still in Liuqiao Commune. Why would she go to the provincial capital to be a worker?

So she immediately declined: "Thank you, Director Chen, but I don't have any intention of working in the provincial capital for the time being."

Sure enough.

Chen Jiahua sighed secretly, but still tried to fight for it again: "Not now, if you have any ideas in the future, you can always contact me."

She pondered in her heart and said: "I have another unwelcome request. I guess Comrade Shen should have some good embroidery patterns. If our factory wants to purchase them, I wonder if Comrade Shen is willing?"

Shen Moer raised her eyebrows slightly. When Chen Jiahua introduced the situation in their factory before, she didn't say it directly, but Shen Moer could also hear from her words that their factory should be in great need of skilled embroiderers, and also lack of outstanding and innovative patterns.

Now that Chen Jiahua said this, Shen Moer felt that the situation in their factory might be a little bigger than she thought.

Shen Moer subconsciously stroked Zhou Zhaodi's belly as she sat on her lap. Her fingers touched the rough fabric and the patched edges. Her eyes scanned the wide streets, tall trees, people riding bicycles on the streets, and the cement houses on both sides of the streets.

After a moment's silence, Shen Moer asked, "Director Chen, is your factory willing to build a branch factory in our Liuqiao Commune, or your first workshop to build a branch workshop in our Liuqiao Commune?"

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After arriving at the bus station, Chen Jiahua asked the driver to buy tickets for Shen Moer and the others, and then personally sent them to the bus, leaving a net bag of things, including fruits, canned food, and some provincial capital specialty cakes.

Until Chen Jiahua left, Teacher He still looked so shocked that he was speechless.

How could he not be shocked?

One casually promised him a permanent job in a provincial state-owned factory, and the other casually refused.

One offered to spend money to buy the drawings, and the other simply asked if they could build a branch factory or workshop.

The key point was that Director Chen agreed after being silent for a long time, saying that he would report to the factory leaders as soon as possible for discussion.

Of course, the prerequisite is that Shen Moer wants to send them embroidery.

It is estimated that it depends on the quality of the embroidery sent by Shen Moer. If she is not satisfied, this matter will naturally fall through. If she is satisfied... Seeing Director Chen's eager look, Teacher He felt that she would try every means to make this happen.

After all, Shen Moer explicitly refused to buy the pattern. She couldn't buy the pattern, and Shen Moer refused to go to the provincial capital. If the Southern Province Embroidery Factory wanted Shen Moer's embroidery, it seemed that the only way left was to build a branch factory and workshop in Liuqiao Commune.

Teacher He sat in a daze for a long time, and finally silently gave Shen Moer a thumbs up.

Teachers and students from other schools who were taking the city bus got on. Deputy Director Ke was the first to come. Teacher He was very considerate and took the initiative to greet him. Shen Moer then smiled at him. Deputy Director Ke nodded coldly and went directly to the back row.

Because Shen Moer and her friends took the jeep of the embroidery factory, they arrived at the bus station much earlier as Chen Jiahua said, and bought tickets at the front. Others took the city bus, arrived a little later, and bought seats at the back.

Teacher Hu, who was following closely behind Deputy Director Ke, rolled his eyes and muttered, "If a villain succeeds, you will have the time to cry when you can't turn around in the future." He followed with his chin held high.

After everyone had passed by, Teacher He smiled and whispered, "Well, what's the big deal about becoming a regular teacher? Teacher Shen, I think you will soon become a cadre of the Southern Province Embroidery Factory!"

Whether it is to build a branch factory or a workshop, since the embroidery factory values ​​Shen Moer's ability, they will definitely give her a management position.

It is certainly good for a private teacher to become a formal teacher, but compared with a manager of a provincial state-owned factory, it is nothing to look at.

First of all, the salary is a big difference.

Shen Moer laughed and reminded, "Teacher He, I haven't even finished my embroidery yet. What if they're not satisfied with it after I send it to them?"

"How is that possible? I saw it yesterday. Your level is much higher than that crying little girl in the corner." Teacher He was already thinking in his mind if there were any friends or relatives who could embroider. After all, this branch factory was just being built. It couldn't be that Shen Moer was the only worker there, and they would definitely recruit people later.

Workers from a provincial state-owned factory, wow, wow, wow, he was excited just thinking about it.

It was already night when the car arrived at the county town. Fortunately, the commune had arranged in advance for the bus that was used three times a week to wait for them at the bus station. As soon as they got off the bus, they changed to another car and continued on their way. After dropping off Teacher He and two students from the commune's primary school at the commune's stop, the car continued to drive forward and sent Shen Moer and the others directly back to the Yangliu Brigade.

As soon as the car stopped, the door of the Shen family's courtyard opened and a group of people walked out.

After dropping off the people, the car turned around and left. As soon as Maomao got off the car, he jumped into his mother's arms with joy. Shen Moer, who was holding Zhou Zhaodi, was immediately surrounded by everyone.

Shen Shaoyuan looked his precious daughter up and down, and the first thing he said was: "My Moer has suffered a lot these past two days. She has become so thin that her chin is pointed."

Others: "..."

Aunt Chen couldn't help but say: "It's only been a few days. How could she be so thin that her chin is pointed? I see that the two little ones' faces are obviously rounder."

Shen Shaoyuan had a reason: "Since the little ones' faces are rounder, it's natural that Moer's face is pointed. She has to take care of two children by herself, and there are so many things to worry about. How can she not be thin?"

Maomao poked his head out from his mother's arms: "We had delicious noodles and a delicious banquet. There was braised pork, fish, and meat soup. They were all delicious. We also had snacks in the car. They were delicious too!"

"Okay, okay, I know you've had a good meal."

Li Xinmei touched her son's head, glanced at Zhou Zhaodi who was being held by Shen Moer, sighed secretly, and said, "You've come back from a long distance, you must be tired, Moer has worked hard too, go back and rest early. Zhaodi, come back with us, Maomao and I will take you home first."

Maomao and the others would come back tonight, this was agreed upon before they left. When they came to Shen's house to meet others, Chen Zhuangzhuang even ran to Zhou's house to say something. Yang Da Nv is the stepmother, and Zhou Xiaoshuan is always the biological father. But after hearing this, Yang Da Nv started to scold Zhou Xiaoshuan, saying that he had lost money and had not returned home for several days, making the house a mess. Zhou Xiaoshuan did not dare to say a word, let alone come with them to wait for the child.

Aunt Chen directly took Zhou Zhaodi's hand: "Child, come on, we will take you back together."

Zhou Zhaodi hugged her small torn bag tightly, looked up and smiled at Shen Moer: "Teacher Shen, then Grandma Maomao and I will go back together."

Shen Moer touched her head: "Well, go to bed early."

When the Chen family members had gone far away, Shen Shaoyuan turned around and went into the house: "I have to go to work tomorrow, I'm going to rest first, you eat something and go to bed early." Shen

Moer touched her nose and responded yes obediently. Seeing Shen Shaoyuan walking away, she stuffed the luggage in her hand into the hands of Fu Mingze who was standing beside her, and whispered: "Come in and eat with me."

Although she had some snacks on the way, she didn't have much appetite after eating in the car. Shen Moer was indeed a little hungry at this moment.

A large bowl of wontons was warming in the pot. This could not have been made by Shen Shaoyuan. He probably bought it from the state-owned hotel in the commune.

Eating too much at night would make it difficult to fall asleep. Shen Shaoyuan probably left so much for Fu Mingze. Shen Moer took a bowl and gave half to Fu Mingze. They each had a small stool and started eating in the stove.

Shen Moer briefly talked about what happened in the past two days, including the matter of the South Province Embroidery Factory.

Fu Mingze had heard of the South Province Embroidery Factory. After all, it was a unit that could produce "national gift" embroidery products. Although their products were not sold domestically, some families in the capital could still get them through some special channels.

However, he did not mention this, only saying that their embroidery was quite famous in the capital a few years ago. Now it is speculated that it is also affected by the current situation that there is a shortage of talents.

"Do you want to lead the villagers to do embroidery?" Fu Mingze asked.

Shen Moer did have this idea. She knew that people like Aunt Chen and Aunt Cai actually knew some simple embroidery skills. There were also several young wives in the village who knew some embroidery skills. If someone taught them, their skills should be able to improve. At least it should not be difficult to reach the level of the crying Niu Xiaoli.

If the scope is expanded to the entire Liuqiao Commune, it should not be difficult to screen out some outstanding and talented people.

To put it bluntly, the reason why there is a shortage of embroidery talents is that this skill was originally mastered by only a few people, and ordinary people have no way to learn it. If there is a chance to learn, it is not too difficult to train a few embroiderers.

As for the situation of the embroidery factories in Southern Province, it is estimated that firstly, the old masters may not be really willing to take on new people, and secondly, the apprentices may not be talented in this area. All the rules and regulations are set in stone, so how can talents be trained?

"Let's try it first. It's hard to say whether it will work or not." Shen Moer said.

Fu Mingze nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he talked about another matter: "Something happened in the village during the two days you were in the provincial capital."

He glanced at Shen Moer with a meaningful look.

Shen Moer looked puzzled: "Well, could it be that this matter has something to do with me?"

Fu Mingze chuckled and said, "It can be said that the people involved have some relationship with you."

Shen Moer: "Ah?"

Fu Mingze said: "Your cousin Shen Lingling and Zhang Junliang from the textile factory had a successful blind date. I heard that they are going to get married and have a wedding banquet before us."

Shen Moer: "..."