Chapter 63 Chapter 63

The working group of the Nan Province Embroidery Factory arrived a week later than Chen Jiahua said in the letter. When they arrived, the leaves of the ginkgo trees in the courtyard of the Jiangbei County Party Committee were already golden.

Gu Yangbo maintained his usual neat and efficient work style. On the afternoon of the day when the embroidery factory arrived in Jiangbei County, he took time to hold a meeting with the working group. The directors of several streets in the county, the secretary and director of Liuqiao Commune, and Shen Moer also attended the meeting.

The director of Liuqiao Commune is Zhang Zhengxiang, a grassroots cadre promoted by Geng Liming. He is less than 40 years old, which is relatively young among the secretaries and directors. He is usually low-key. Geng Liming is in charge of all the work of Liuqiao Commune. He is responsible for the specific implementation. The two of them work well together.

In today's situation, the county not only called them, but also called the directors of several streets in the county. Geng Liming and Zhang Zhengxiang looked at each other and felt something was wrong.

Zhang Zhengxiang and Shen Moli sat next to each other. While the people from the embroidery factory were still introducing the situation, he lowered his voice and said, "Comrade Shen, no matter what the county says later, you must stand firm and stand on the side of our commune!"

Sure enough, after discussing economic indicators and taxation issues, the embroidery factory put forward some requirements for construction land. County Mayor Gu looked around and asked the street directors and Geng Liming present to talk. Geng Liming almost slammed the table on the spot. He had gone to the county several times in the past few days, and he had finally gotten a promise from County Mayor Gu that "as long as the embroidery factory has no objection, the county will definitely have no objection." Now it seems that this was clearly a lie.

If the various streets in the county participated in the site selection, why would the embroidery factory choose a small commune instead of the county town with more convenient transportation? Moreover, Geng Liming was familiar with these directors. They were all shameless in order to grab resources.

Sure enough, several directors not only proposed a lot of convenient conditions and measures based on the characteristics of their own streets, but even secretly offered their own goods and extended an olive branch to Shen Moer.

Guangming Street, where the county ceramics factory is located, said that it could help solve the employment problems of the families of key employees. For example, Comrade Shen's father, who is said to have good art skills, could be directly transferred to the ceramics factory.

Xiangyang Street, where Qianjin Middle School is located, said that Qianjin Middle School also needs relevant talents, and it is said that Comrade Shen's wife is a high school student who is good at mathematics, physics and chemistry, and can also be considered to be absorbed into the teaching team.

Chicheng Street, where Dongfanghong Primary School is located, even set its sights on primary school students, saying that it could open up some places for outstanding students from Yangliu Brigade to transfer to Dongfanghong Primary School, and provide certain tuition and food subsidies.

...

Obviously, these people not only knew that the key to building the workshop was Shen Moer, but also inquired about Shen Moer's situation, trying to take a roundabout route and impress Shen Moer with people around them.

After all, everyone can see that she did not choose to go to the provincial capital by herself, but persuaded the embroidery factory to go to Jiangbei County to build a workshop. She clearly couldn't leave her hometown and could not bear to leave her relatives and friends.

In other words, I want to help my relatives and friends live a good life.

Not to mention Shen Mo'er, Geng Liming felt excited when he heard it.

However, he was also angrier.

Shen Shaoyuan was also transferred to the ceramics factory. If the kiln factory hadn't refused to release him, he would have been transferred to the commune, okay? This is not solving the work problem of core employees' families. This is simply trying to poach him with a hoe!

These old boys have really worked hard. Even Shen Moer's lover is a high school student and has good grades in mathematics, physics and chemistry. They know that this is what they can do.

Fortunately, Liuqiao Commune is not without advantages.

Geng Liming and several other street directors finished speaking, cleared their throats, and said, "Our commune is in a similar situation. We definitely have land, and we can temporarily move out some of the corresponding staff dormitories to facilitate the transition when the workshop is just completed. As for the work and housing issues of Comrade Shen Moer's family, we have already considered them in the early stage."

"For example, for Comrade Xiao Fu, if he is willing, we can arrange for him to work in a community-run factory or a commune middle school. However, as far as I know, Comrade Xiao Fu is an intellectual young man with ideals and ambitions. He is currently committed to leading the members of the Yangliu Brigade to experiment with the use of compost to increase crop yields, and is not prepared to leave this vast rural area. And Comrade Shen Shaoyuan has recently been promoted to deputy chief of the Propaganda Section of our commune kiln. I estimate that he will not leave our Liuqiao Commune Kiln for the time being."

Hey, you didn't expect it, right? His family is also very outstanding, and their commune business is booming.

Geng Liming changed the subject: "Of course, and we have already preliminarily selected 30 people with a certain foundation in embroidery through our early visits and investigations. These comrades have been working hard to improve their embroidery skills. As soon as the workshop is completed, they can start work immediately."

Several street directors: "..."

What's there to argue about?

They've even found the people.

Gu Yangbo laughed: "It seems that Liuqiao Commune has made sufficient preparations. What does Comrade Shen Moer think?"

Shen Moer smiled and said: "Thank you for the care and support of the county leaders and directors. We are all trying to build the ninth workshop better. I believe that the leaders of the embroidery factory have also seen the determination and sincerity of our Jiangbei County. Secretary Geng has already introduced it in detail, so I will not elaborate."

Gu Yangbo made the final decision: "Okay, then please ask Comrade Geng Liming and Comrade Zhang Zhengxiang to do your best to cooperate with the Provincial Embroidery Factory to advance the construction of the ninth workshop as soon as possible."

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The weather seemed to get cold all of a sudden. As soon as the sun came out, the Shen family's courtyard was full of people, all of whom brought their own bamboo chairs, benches, needles and thread, and ropes.

It was near the end of the semester, and students began to review for exams. The number of art classes was drastically reduced. Shen Moer spent all her time in her yard doing "pre-job training" except for class time.

Fu Mingze had taught her the meaning of pre-job training. He said that the big state-owned factories in the capital would provide training to workers after they were recruited, and those who took over would first serve as apprentices for a year to learn skills from the master.

In their embroidery factory workshop, except for Shen Moer, all other embroiderers were selected from the various brigades of Liuqiao Commune. Their skills varied greatly, and it would be difficult for them to get started without training for a period of time.

The people from other brigades were left to figure out their own way. The people from Yangliu Brigade were close to the water and could ask Shen Moer to teach them.

Shen Moer had selected the people from Yangliu Brigade one by one. She planned to spend some time to teach them first, and then let them teach others.

"I don't know when the factory building will be built. Then we will have to go to the commune to work."

Li Xinmei said with a smile. Her grandmother knew how to embroider. Several sisters in the family learned a little. She was considered to be a relatively good learner. This time, she was the first to be selected by Shen Moer. Her in-laws also supported her. Aunt Chen recently took over all the work at home, saying that she must not be held back from becoming a worker.

"There are dormitories available. We can live together then." Zhao Tingting said with a smile.

She had never learned embroidery before, but fortunately she knew how to sew and was quite skillful, so Shen Moer asked her to come and learn. She was Shen Moer's cousin, and in the past, most people would not teach outsiders a craft like embroidery. Everyone else thought that Shen Moer was very generous to teach them, and she wanted to teach her own cousin, so naturally no one had any objection.

Zhao Tingting was still young, having just graduated from junior high school. Shen Moer wanted to persuade her to continue studying, but she herself said that it was not that she did not want to take the high school entrance exam, but that her grades were too poor to pass the high school entrance exam. She had no desire to study, and originally thought that she would stay at home to farm, and get married in two years when she was older. But Shen Moer suddenly sent her a letter, asking her to come and learn a craft, and then work as an apprentice in a factory for a year, and if she performed well, she could become a regular employee. Not

to mention her, even her two brothers, Zhao Zhengyang and Zhao Zhenghui, were extremely jealous of her, and only regretted that they were not girls and did not have the ability to wield a needle and thread.

In fact, there was a small episode in the middle. Zhao Zhengyang is 20 years old this year and is looking for a partner. Before, the matchmaker introduced him to a girl from a nearby brigade. The girl disliked their village being too far away and their family being too poor. The whole family lived in three mud houses, so the

blind date did not work out. Originally, this matter had been over for a month, and Zhao Zhengyang had already put it aside. As a result, the other party heard from somewhere that his cousin was going to be the deputy director of a community-run factory and that their Zhao Tingting was being sent to work as a worker. So he asked the matchmaker to come and mediate, meaning that the Zhao family would help her and her brother find jobs, and they agreed to the marriage.

The rural people didn't know what a workshop was. They only knew that Liuqiao Commune was going to set up an embroidery factory. Zhao Zhengyang's cousin was one of the leaders, and she was sent to work by the Zhao family's daughter.

The Zhao family was completely confused and asked the matchmaker to give her a reply on the spot. Not to mention that their family had no ability to help them solve the problem of work, even if they had this ability, they would not want to marry into such a big-faced family!

She asked someone to find a job for her, and it was not enough to solve one job, she also wanted to solve it for her brother. She didn't even think about it. If she really had this ability, why would she be with you? She

really thought she was a fairy.

There are always such people who don't know what to say. In fact, it's not just the Zhao family. It's the same in Yangliu Brigade. Some families don't realize it at all. They take it for granted, like the daughters and daughters-in-law of other branches of the old Shen family, like Zhou Zhaodi's stepmother Yang Danniu, and some people in the village... They are all very noisy. They obviously don't know anything, but they are extremely confident that they have such an opportunity to be a worker, and they must be on the list.

However, these people can't make a fuss in front of Shen Moer. Zhou Mancang is not a pushover. He knows that this time the whole commune has pre-selected 30 people, and their brigade has 10 of them. If it weren't for Shen Moer, could they take advantage of this?

If the village can produce ten workers, it can help ten families to live a prosperous life. Moreover, Shen Moer had told him that if the workshop is really built and put into production, workers will definitely be recruited.

And it will definitely not only recruit embroidery workers, but also logistics personnel.

This is a major event related to the future of the members, so don’t look at those people making noise. Zhou Mancang just said: whoever makes noise again will have his work points deducted.

Soon everyone was "suppressed".

No matter what people outside say, the people who are studying in the Shen family's courtyard are serious and the atmosphere is harmonious.

When Zhou Mancang asked the carpenters in the village to make embroidered bands for everyone, Shen Moer also asked someone to make a reclining chair for her. She used the old wood and bamboo collected from the old carpenter's home. She didn't spend any money on it, but exchanged it for eggs and biscuits.

Now that the weather is cold, the role of this reclining chair is revealed. After explaining a kind of embroidery method to everyone and letting everyone practice it by themselves, Shen Moer would lean on the reclining chair, basking in the sun and reading a book, which was very comfortable.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Shen Moer looked at her watch and reminded everyone that they could go home to cook. Several girls and wives stood up, but a few stayed.

Li Xinmei: "My mother-in-law said that I don't need to cook, so I should learn for a while and try to improve my skills."

Cheng Tao's daughter-in-law Xing Fangjie also smiled and said: "Cheng Tao also said that he can cook, so we can go back to eat later."

She and Cheng Tao are a group of educated youth who went to the countryside. They have been married for several years and have a three-year-old daughter, nicknamed Yun Duoer. The little girl is very well-behaved. If you give her a sandbag, she can play happily for a whole day. It doesn't affect Xing Fangjie's embroidery at all.

Listening to Xing Fangjie's words, the little girl sat on a small stool and raised her head, smiling shyly: "Hello, Dad."

Wang Qiutong couldn't help pinching her little face: "Our little Yun Duoer is really well-behaved."

Don't look at Wang Qiutong, she is not here to learn embroidery, she is here to learn painting.

Shen Moer will not teach at the brigade primary school next semester. The brigade leader wants to find someone to take over Shen Moer's art teaching, but unfortunately no one in the village can draw. There are a few educated youth who can draw, but they are only at the level of having taken a few art classes in school, which is far from enough for them to teach students.

After hearing this, Wang Qiutong came to beg Shen Moer to teach her. She also belonged to the group who had taken a few art classes and had a basic foundation that was almost negligible. However, Wang Qiutong believed that as long as she put in half the energy of doing farm work, she would definitely be able to learn to draw well.

Doing farm work is really too tiring.

Zhao Tingting put down her embroidered brocade and stood up: "I'm going to cook."

Wang Qiutong immediately stood up and said: "I'll help."

Zhao Tingting is now staying at her mother's younger sister's house. She says she is staying there, but she actually pays them a little rent in private. However, she eats all three meals at Shen Moer's house. When her parents sent her here, they carried food with them.

Wang Qiutong simply took the food coupons and came to join them. She ate two meals at Shen's house, so that she could learn more at noon and at night.

In particular, Wang Qiutong found that Shen Moer was not being modest when she said that her father's level was much higher than hers. Wang Qiutong now often takes advantage of the time after dinner to ask Shen Shaoyuan for advice, and she is almost becoming Shen Shaoyuan's half-apprentice.

Since they were eating for free, Zhao Tingting and Wang Qiutong were very conscious and took on almost all the cooking and dishwashing chores. So even though Shen Moer had to attend classes and teach everyone embroidery and painting, she was actually not that busy. There were

fewer chores.

When the aroma of food came from the kitchen, Li Xinmei, Xing Fangjie and the others put down their things and left. If they didn't leave, they would have to eat.

When Fu Mingze came in from outside, there was no one else in the yard. Only Shen Moer was leaning on the recliner with a high school math textbook covering her face. He walked over and gently took away the book. Shen Moer's eyelashes moved, but she didn't close her eyes. Fu Mingze couldn't help but lean over and pecked her on the lips.

"Ah!"

Zhao Tingting came out to call people to eat, but when she saw this, she quickly covered her eyes and ran back, shouting, "Sister, brother-in-law, dinner is ready!"

Shen Moer glared at Fu Mingze: "There's someone at home, did you forget?"

Fu Mingze's expression remained unchanged, and he said righteously: "I'm at home kissing my wife."

As he said that, he reached out to pull Shen Moer up. After Shen Moer stood up, she suddenly remembered: "You haven't washed your hands since you came back, have you?"

Fu Mingze lowered his eyes to look at his hands, and chuckled: "Really, I forgot."

The two of them carried buckets to the yard of the next brigade headquarters to fetch water to wash their hands.

In the kitchen, Zhao Tingting was serving rice while muttering, "My sister and brother-in-law have such a good relationship that they even wash their hands together."

Wang Qiutong laughed and asked, "What did you scream just now? What did you see?"

Zhao Tingting blushed again. Wang Qiutong thought the little girl would not be embarrassed to say it, but Zhao Tingting looked out the window and said in a low voice like a thief, "My sister was lying there, and my brother-in-law was kissing her secretly."

Wang Qiutong chuckled, "Oh, they are really, spoiling the children."

In fact, Wang Qiutong had also seen it. Once, Shen Moer was hanging clothes, and Fu Mingze went over to help and kissed Shen Moer secretly. She was pouring water in the kitchen and happened to see it through the half-open window.

Tsk tsk.

The mixed grain rice for lunch had three dishes, one was fried bamboo shoots with bacon, one was braised radish slices, and one was fried mustard greens.

The bacon this time was not something Shen Moer got out of her treasure house. After all, she couldn't always have more bacon at home. This bacon was taken by Shen Yinyin and her husband when they sent Zhao Tingting over.

"I feel like I've gained some weight after eating at your house for such a long time." Wang Qiutong pinched her face and said happily, "My family sent me meat coupons two days ago. Let's go to the commune in Maque Market in two days to buy some meat and other things."

It is not easy to eat meat in the city, and it is rare for her family to send her meat coupons. Wang Qiutong was very happy and planned to buy some pork offal that does not require coupons, to return the favor and treat Zhao Tingting and the Shen family to a good meal of meat.

Fu Mingze: "You are thinking of the same thing as Zheng Jiamin. He also said that his family sent him some meat coupons and he wanted to buy some meat and cook it in two days."

Wang Qiutong's face changed slightly: "Who wants to think of the same thing as him!"

Shen Moer raised her eyebrows and looked at Fu Mingze.

After dinner, Wang Qiutong volunteered to wash the dishes. Zhao Tingting felt that she was a little redundant in the yard, so she also carried a bucket to help fetch water. Shen Moer asked Fu Mingze: "What happened between Wang Qiutong and Zheng Jiamin? Did they have a conflict?"

Fu Mingze shook his head: "I don't know, Zheng Jiamin didn't say."

He is not living in the educated youth center now, and he really doesn't know much about the situation in the educated youth center. Of course, when he first lived in the educated youth camp, he didn't really care about other people's business.

When the Maque Market came, the Shen family's small classroom was temporarily closed, and the young girls and wives who had been studying for more than half a month went to the commune to gather.

There were also a few people from the educated youth camp, Zheng Jiamin, Zhang Zhiqiang, Gou Dandan, and Yang Qingqing who was released from the labor camp not long ago.

Shi Wei did not come back, only Yang Qingqing was released.

In fact, there was no evidence that she had instigated Shi Wei to frame Fu Mingze, so theoretically she should not have been imprisoned for so long. However, Shi Wei was probably too angry and made up a lot of weird things about her. In addition, the Revolutionary Committee did not really seek truth and rely on evidence in those days, so in the end Yang Qingqing was sent to the labor camp.

If you count carefully, Yang Qingqing was sent to the labor camp for only a few months, but she looked really different. She seemed to have aged several years in an instant. She was dark and thin, and her temperament changed drastically. She hardly spoke and looked gloomy.

It has been a long time since Uncle Liu's donkey cart has carried so many people. Everyone was sitting close together, and many people were happily discussing when the embroidery factory could start working.

Yang Qingqing looked gloomily at Shen Moer and Fu Mingze who were sitting together.

Zhang Zhiqiang looked at Shen Moer with envy. He used to look down on this girl, but it was this girl who not only brought the children in the village to win awards in the provincial competition, but even just went to the provincial capital to participate in a competition. She was able to convince the Southern Province Embroidery Factory to build a branch factory in a remote and poor place like Liuqiao Commune.

Speaking of a workshop, Zhang Zhiqiang knew that this was far away from the emperor, and in fact, there was no difference between it and a branch factory.

Going to the vast rural area to make due contributions as an educated youth and to add bricks and tiles to the socialist construction of the motherland, he had also held such an ideal to participate in the rural work, but he didn't expect to be worse than an ordinary member.

Zhang Zhiqiang's square face showed some melancholy.

After arriving at the commune, the people in the donkey car scattered. In fact, it is not accurate to say that they scattered. Most of them went in the direction of Maque City. They just sat together tightly, but now they were scattered.

Wang Qiutong grabbed Shen Moer's arm: "Moer, let's go together." Zhao

Tingting was about to grab Shen Moer's other arm, but she felt the gaze of Fu Mingze next to her, and silently stepped aside and walked to the other side of Wang Qiutong.

Zheng Jiamin walked on the other side of Fu Mingze, occasionally looking sideways at Wang Qiutong, hesitant to speak.

Fu Mingze glanced at him and ignored him.

"Have you heard that Sparrow City may also be cancelled? The Revolutionary Committee has already leaked the news."

"What? Even Sparrow City is going to be cancelled. Where can we get some agricultural and sideline products in the future? This is nonsense."

"Hey, are you going to die? How dare you say that? There is nothing we can do even if it is really cancelled. Anyway, while it is still available, buy as much as you can."

The two walked quickly towards Sparrow City. The one who said he wanted to buy more was holding a big sack in his hand.

"So, we have to hurry and buy more!" Wang Qiutong said immediately, "I'm also thinking of buying some dried mountain products to send back to my family."

After arriving at the place, Wang Qiutong no longer dragged Shen Moer, and said "separate actions", and quickly dived into the crowd. Zheng Jiamin immediately followed and said "I'm going to buy some mountain products too", and quickly chased after them. Zhao Tingting

was left to look at the two people in front of her who had dived into the crowd, and then looked at Shen Moer and Fu Mingze next to them: "..."