Chapter 159
It's hot now, and it's not comfortable to take the train. Zhou Jiani went back in the transport team's truck. When she arrived at the commune, she was covered in dust and dirt, but it was better than being stuck on the train all the way, and this time she got off directly at the commune.
Qiu Zeming came to pick her up on his bicycle. Zhou Jiani wiped the dirt off her face and said, "I'm going to the dormitory to wash my face before we go."
It's already six o'clock in the afternoon, there must be no one at work, you can go to the dormitory to clean up.
Qiu Zeming smiled and said, "Let's go to the restaurant and wash up. I asked Chef Zou to make two bowls of shredded pork noodles, cucumber with sesame sauce, and spinach salad."
Zhou Jiani also felt hungry when she heard about food. She said, "Okay."
After arriving at the restaurant, I washed my hands and face, and simply said hello to Zou Kai and the others. I didn't have time to chat and just started eating.
She was indeed hungry. Although she had some snacks with her, she couldn't eat them because of the dusty road. Now she concentrated on eating her fill in one go, then leaned back in the chair with a tired look on her face.
I also bought a few sesame cakes from the restaurant and brought them back for Yu Wanxia to eat.
On the way back to the village, Zhou Jiani sat in the back seat of the car, her arm around Qiu Zeming's muscular waist, and said, "Comrade Qiu, have those gentlemen in Nanwang Village behaved themselves?"
Qiu Zeming laughed: "On the surface, he seems to be honest."
I was completely stunned by Comrade Xiao Zhou and now I am looking forward to sitting down and talking to him.
Zhou Jiani sighed regretfully, she still felt unsatisfied.
"Comrade Xiao Zhou, I have something else to report to you."
"What is it?"
"The city has heard about the document on the promotion of plastic greenhouses. I will go to the city with Director Zhai for a meeting the day after tomorrow. If nothing unexpected happens, Director Zhai may raise the issue at a higher level."
Zhou Jiani was delighted: "What Director Zhai mentioned was just gossip before, but now he will probably use this as an excuse to make the final decision."
Moreover, the plastic greenhouse issue is simply the icing on the cake for Qiu Zeming at this critical juncture.
"By the way, Comrade Xiao Qiu, didn't I tell you last time we talked on the phone that Liu Ailing was following me? Guess what happened to her in the end?"
Qiu Zeming twisted his mouth, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, but he still asked cooperatively, "What's the matter?"
"Guess, guess quickly."
Qiu Zeming was helpless: "I was reported and sent back."
Zhou Jiani was stunned for a moment, then leaned back to see his expression. After a moment, she whispered, "You did it?"
Qiu Zeming curled his lips: "I didn't reach out directly."
That means he leaked the information to Zhao Weiguo, and Zhao Weiguo reported it.
Zhou Jiani happily hugged him and rubbed his back, saying with a smile: "Comrade Xiao Qiu, you really win my heart."
As for the detailed process, Zhou Jiani didn't need to ask in detail, it must have happened without anyone knowing.
After returning to the village, she went to the village committee and called the Second Textile Factory to tell them that there were people working the night shift. She had made an agreement with her parents and asked them to go to the factory around seven o'clock in the evening to inquire about the news.
When Zhou Jiani was on the phone, Qiu Zeming went to the greenhouse to pick a few tomatoes he had left, and then came back to pick her up to go back together.
The naturally ripe tomatoes were sweet and sour with a juicy flesh. After taking a shower, Zhou Jiani sat on a chair and broke off one. She and Yu Wanxia each took half and ate them with slurping sounds.
Yu Wanxia had already changed into the skirt Zhou Jiani had brought back from the south. The two of them sat together in the yard, fanning themselves with palm-leaf fans, and sighed, "Jiani, I thought you'd have an easier time after your promotion. We only later learned that you'd actually suffered such injustice."
Jiani never mentioned it after she came back. If she hadn't heard it from her colleagues at the factory, she wouldn't have known that Jiani had been pelted with stones by naughty kids and had her valve core pulled out.
But now it seems that Jiani has taken the initiative.
Zhou Jiani broke off another tomato and handed it over, saying with a smile, "It's not a grievance."
By the time these two batches of goods, plus those imported from the provincial capital, are all sold, her savings should exceed 100,000 yuan. If this is considered a grievance, there will be several more such grievances.
Yu Wanxia didn't know this and shook her head, saying, "If it were me, I would be completely clueless."
Sun Ping came over to ask the two of them, not caring about the sweat on her forehead, and asked excitedly: "Jiani, did Liu Ailing go back to the provincial capital and then come back in disgrace?"
Yu Wanxia didn't know about this yet and was surprised: "How could she go back to the provincial capital? Wasn't she transferred to Niu Village?"
Generally speaking, you should not be able to apply for home leave in this situation.
Zhou Jiani shook her head and said, "I don't know how she got back, but I know that she was reported by Zhao Weiguo under her real name for intentional overstaying and was deported."
Yu Wanxia was so shocked that she exclaimed, "She's so bold! She's just accepted the punishment and she dares not return after the deadline?"
Sun Ping was also impressed: "You don't know, Meng Jiandi and the others are the ones who are indignant. They haven't been back to visit their families yet. Liu Ailing, on the other hand, applied for family leave as soon as she was transferred to Niu Village."
But I don’t dare to cause trouble in the team like I did when I first arrived. I’m probably still on the team’s blacklist. If I cause trouble again, the punishment will be far away.
I regret it so much now.
Sun Ping played here for a while and then went back.
Zhou Jiani and Yu Wanxia lit mugwort in their rooms to repel mosquitoes. When it was almost done, they both went back to their rooms to sleep. The small handheld fan Zhou Jiani bought last year came in handy. She put it in the warehouse and connected it to a power bank to charge it during the day. It stopped naturally at night, which was quite cool.
A straw mat was also laid on the kang. Zhou Jiani also ordered a few bamboo mats from Li Yan remotely. They were still on the way. After they arrived, if the quality was good, she would find a way to get a batch of goods from the supply and marketing cooperative, even if she had to bear some of the transportation costs.
The next day, Zhou Jiani went to work. After being away for so many days, she had to find Director Zhai to report on her work. When she arrived at Director Zhai's office, she saw Niu Guofei squatting at the door of the director's office with a shamefaced look on his face.
Zhou Jiani smiled and greeted, "Captain Niu, you're here so early."
Niu Guofeitian felt a chill in his heart. This was a girl he couldn't afford to offend. He quickly said with a smile, "Oh, Team Leader Zhou is back. When did you come back?"
Some time ago, some people in the village made trouble for the working group. As a result, Team Leader Zhou turned around and sold nearly a hundred baskets and dozens of baskets of various sizes, and won over those dissatisfied people in the village.
"Just got back yesterday afternoon." Seeing that Director Zhai hadn't arrived yet and only Zhao Hongchang was there, Zhou Jiani stood at the door and started talking to Niu Guofei, jokingly saying, "Captain Niu won't come to the director and say bad things about me, will he?"
Niu Guofei smiled bitterly and said, "Team Leader Zhou, please don't embarrass me. I, Old Niu, am so grateful to you that how could I say anything bad about you." He said helplessly, "It was that educated youth transferred from your Qianjin Brigade. She asked me for leave, saying that her elderly family member was dying and she cried so miserably. I felt so sorry for her, so I approved the leave. She even wrote a letter during the leave, saying that she wanted to stay home with her elderly family member for two more days and wrote to explain the situation to me. I thought it was true, but in the end I found out that I had been tricked by a little girl, and it was all a bunch of bullshit she made up."
The educated youth under his command were sent back for visiting their families, so wouldn't he, the team leader, be punished as well? Originally, their team had been planning to compete with other teams for prominence this year, but now, damn, he's lucky he's not being laughed at by others.
What made him even more frustrated was that the girl was clearly from the Advance Brigade, and she had only been in their Niu Family Brigade for a few days, not even as long as the time she had stayed in the city. But he had to take this responsibility, and he almost felt frustrated to death.
This time when he came back, he was ready to cling to Director Zhai's legs and not let go. The Niu Village Brigade couldn't afford the educated youth and didn't want him anymore, so they asked the director to transfer him away and let him go wherever he wanted.
He thought he was strong-willed, but he became timid as soon as Director Zhai came. He stood at the door with a pitiful face and listened to Zhou Jiani in the room reporting to the director about the work during this period.
Knowing that the retail investors Zhou Jiani was targeting this time were not the cooperative units she had discussed with, Zhai Xiangqiang was both relieved and disappointed.
Being a retail investor means there will be no chance of cooperation next time and it is impossible to come back to purchase goods.
Zhou Jiani said calmly, "I just want to try to see if I can make it work using the cargo store method."
She consumed the goods herself, and she certainly couldn't use channels like supply and marketing cooperatives, so she had to go with retail merchants. She had been outside for a long time, and she was darker and thinner than before she returned to the provincial capital. Her complexion was the best proof of her efforts.
There's no other way. If you cheat, you have to lie. It's better than making excuses endlessly.
I want to tell Niu Guofei that if this gets out, it means that they are using the methods of the commodity trading company to defeat the people of the commodity trading company.
Outside the office door, Niu Guofei was indeed shocked when he heard this. He thought that if anyone showed off in front of him next time, he would say that Xiao Zhou, a female comrade, could sell the goods, so what was there to be so arrogant about?
But for now, let’s solve that hot potato first, Niu Guofei’s face turned bitter again.
He spent the entire morning in Director Zhai's office. Zhai Xiangqiang was getting very annoyed and finally said, "Go back and deal with it. She lied about asking for leave and deliberately overstayed her welcome. It wouldn't be too much to punish her with a year of farm labor. We'll make the appropriate arrangements after that year."
Niu Guofei had not forgotten Zhou Jiani before he left. When he went over, Zhou Jiani had just finished a long meeting with her team members.
Zhao Yuzhen and others had to report on their work during this period, and Zhou Jiani also had to look at the new orders received during this period, and then reallocate production tasks based on the inspection results of each village during this period. They were busy all morning.
Before he finished, Niu Guofei poked his head in and said with a smile, "Team Leader Zhou, when will you go down to inspect the work?"
Zhou Jiani knew what he wanted to ask, and said in a pretentious tone, "Captain Niu, do you have any instructions?"
Niu Guofei smiled bitterly and said, "Everyone wants to hear the instructions from Team Leader Zhou."
Zhou Jiani didn't plan to delay any longer: "Let's go to the Nanwang Brigade for a short meeting at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."
After getting the accurate information and solving the hot potato problem, Niu Guofei returned refreshed and announced the punishment decision for Liu Ailing as soon as he got back.
Liu Ailing was shocked and completely collapsed. She cried in grievance, and this time her tears were quite sincere.
As for the fight between him and Zhao Weiguo after he went to prison for the second time and then returned to the farm, no one cared.
The next morning, Zhou Jiani wore a short-sleeved white shirt, black pants, and black cloth shoes. She tied her hair neatly behind her head, took her briefcase, and went to the commune to hold a short meeting with the team members. Afterwards, the three of them rode their bicycles to the Nanwang Brigade.
As soon as we arrived at the village entrance, Hou Yongjun and several brigade cadres came to greet us with great enthusiasm.
Zhou Jiani got off her bicycle and swept a cold glance through the crowd. She saw a skinny old man puffing on his pipe.
The other party seemed to still be somewhat unwilling to accept the outcome. His loose eyelids drooped, and his old face became dignified.
Zhou Jiani withdrew her gaze, said hello to Hou Yongjun and the others, and pushed her bicycle back to the village. With a cadre-like demeanor, she inquired about the village's recent production situation. Considering the increasingly hot weather, she also reminded them, "Do a good job of preventing heatstroke."
Hou Yongjun said hurriedly: "I make mung bean soup every day..."
The group walked slowly towards the brigade headquarters. Su Chenghai's old face stiffened slightly, and two puffs of green smoke came out of his nose. The young people nowadays don't know how to respect the elderly and love the young, and they are still cadres.
After a while, he sighed and thought, "Never mind. From now on, I will have to eat what slips through other people's fingers. My former status in the world is definitely gone."
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