Chapter 172
Zhou Jiani was transferred to another job. After a comprehensive assessment, she recommended Zhao Yuzhen as the team leader and Song Chao as the deputy team leader.
The Minister of Health is still in charge of propaganda and his position is secure.
In addition, the group added three more members this year to coordinate the connection work with other communes.
Zhou Jiani was leaving, and the department members were reluctant to let her go. They said they wanted to throw her a farewell party. Zhou Jiani didn't feel comfortable asking them to pay for it, so she said with a smile, "Let's have it today. I'll treat you all to lunch at the state-owned restaurant. I'll invite Secretary Zhao and Secretary Huang along."
Secretary Huang is the secretary of Deputy Secretary Tan.
It is not appropriate to invite senior leaders to dinner, but it is okay to invite the secretaries of two leaders.
Not to mention how much support they have given me in my work in the past, there will inevitably be work contact with them in the future, so it is very important to establish good relationships.
Secretary Zhao accepted the invitation without hesitation. He was familiar with Zhou Jiani, and Comrade Zhou was promoted by his leader. Now that she was promoted, his leader would also feel proud.
Furthermore, Comrade Zhou was promoted, and the leader also sent his former secretary up there. Who knows, he might also benefit from Comrade Zhou's help in the future.
Secretary Huang didn't respond directly, but tactfully said that he would go and check out Deputy Secretary Tan's work schedule for the day.
Zhou Jiani wasn't as close to Secretary Huang as she was to Zhao Hongchang. Knowing that this man was a man of great shrewdness, she feared she was treating him to a meal out of suspicion. So she smiled and said, "Okay, Secretary Huang, let me know if you're sure."
Secretary Huang went to Deputy Secretary Tan’s office to report that Zhou Jiani was treating everyone to a dinner.
This year, the relationship between Deputy Secretary Tan and Secretary Zhai was a little delicate. Deputy Secretary Tan wanted to take over the weaving industry of Xihe Commune directly. During this period, he even talked about his own ideas and rectified the management system of the weaving industry. He went to the factory to give instructions, and used the posture of an outsider instructing insiders to confuse everyone, and was disliked by the villagers.
He is not as down-to-earth as Director Zhai. During their first participation in the Canton Fair, Director Zhai stayed in the factory day and night, and even went through almost all the steps from selecting materials, preparing materials, to simple weaving, smoking and coloring the finished products, etc.
At the end of the Canton Fair, Director Zhai's hands were full of cracks from processing materials. He could also perform some simple weaving steps with ease, not to mention eating and working with the employees, and understanding everyone's work status from the details.
When Deputy Secretary Tan came to the factory, he wandered around with his hands behind his back, giving random orders. While Bai Haoyang was politely greeting him, he secretly sent someone to buy a chicken from a fellow villager, had it stewed until it was fragrant and boneless, and then politely invited Deputy Secretary Tan to dinner.
Although Deputy Secretary Tan asked his secretary to pay for the tickets in the end, the villagers of Qianjin Brigade spit on him in their hearts and said openly that he was far worse than Director Zhai.
Of course, his plan to take over the weaving business was cleverly blocked by Secretary Zhai.
Because of this, Deputy Secretary Tan blamed Secretary Zhai for being too domineering. He had achieved results through this, but he didn't allow lower-level cadres to take advantage of it.
But after all, he is my superior, and there is nothing I can do even if I feel resentful.
However, after hearing his secretary's report, Tan Dehai immediately asked, "Is Xiao Zhao going?"
Secretary Huang said, "Go!"
Tan Dehai: "Then you should go too. That Xiao Zhou... managing an entire county and managing a commune are two completely different concepts. She's definitely going to have to make some major adjustments to resources. Find an opportunity to ask her some questions and see what her next plans are. That way, if anything happens, we won't be caught completely in the dark."
Secretary Huang nodded seriously and went with the difficult task, but he didn't mention anything except food, drink and work.
During this time, Secretary Huang cleverly steered the conversation back to work. Zhou Jiani glanced at him with disdain: "Secretary Huang, this is a farewell dinner, not a work seminar. It's a rare opportunity for everyone to relax, so please stop talking about work."
As soon as the dinner was over, Secretary Huang returned and reported in a businesslike manner: "I wonder if it's because I was there that they didn't mention anything about work..."
Maybe Team Leader Zhou was just being polite and didn't really want to invite him, but he didn't expect him to agree, so he temporarily changed the dinner format.
Tan Dehai stroked his chin and fell into deep thought. After a moment, he waved his hand and asked his secretary to leave.
Zhou Jiani is not that mean. If she knew that she had such a complicated mind when she was kind enough to treat someone to a meal, she probably wouldn't have called Secretary Huang at that time. Isn't she tired?
After having dinner with colleagues, I also had a get-together with Yu Wanxia, Sun Ping, Bai Haoyang and others.
Zhang Baosheng, Zhang Laosi and others also planned to let her practice with Li Jingdang.
The factory workers were also reluctant to part with the two, and many of them felt a little sad.
Fortunately, the two of them did not say they would leave today and report to the county together tomorrow. Zhou Jiani had to go earlier, and Li Jingdang had to finish the work at hand before taking Bai Haoyang with him.
Zhou Jiani discussed with Li Jingdang and decided not to accept the captain's invitation to a farewell drink. Once this precedent was set, it would be difficult to refuse if others invited them later.
Because the Ernst & Young Team and the Nanwang Team had already expressed this intention, Zhou Jiani declined.
It's different with Yu Wanxia and the others, as this is a friendship between people of the same age. As for Zhang Baosheng, Fourth Master and the others, Zhou Jiani plans to visit them one by one before leaving. To be honest, the fundamental reason for her current achievements is everyone's unconditional support.
It was a family dinner, and Zhou Jiani didn't let Yu Wanxia and the others pay for it. She was the richest among them, and she felt bad letting them pay.
But Zhou Jiani did not refuse the Moutai liquor that Bai Haoyang brought from home like a treasure, as she also wanted to try it.
Wang Qianjin was almost drooling at the sight of the wine. He stared at it and said to Zhou Jiani, "He stole this wine from the old man when he first came to the countryside. It's been two years. When Brother Ming left, he was reluctant to give it to him. Today, thanks to you, I can finally try it."
Zhou Jiani didn't take credit for it and said with a smile, "He's celebrating becoming the factory director."
Bai Haoyang laughed: "Hehehehehe, don't say it out loud!"
Li Jingdang and the team leader have already talked to him. He will officially take up the position of director of the weaving factory at the meeting next week. However, Zhou Jiani will report to the county at that time, so they took the opportunity of the practice to celebrate in advance.
Of course, if he fails, he will just celebrate Zhou Jiani's promotion, and he will be in a good mood.
Wang Qian kicked him angrily and gritted his teeth: "My work plan for next year is to mobilize the team to expand the breeding scale and build a larger pig farm."
Next year, Zhou Jiani's eyes flashed, and next year will be here soon.
It was difficult to talk directly about the resumption of the college entrance examination, so Zhou Jiani could only say tactfully, "Then you need to get some more materials and books to read. Don't just focus on professional books, read more widely..."
Yu Wanxia and Sun Ping have never put down their textbooks. Although they do not study as hard as Zhou Jiani every day, they also tried to make an effort for a while. Recently, they also flip through the textbooks from time to time. Sometimes Zhou Jiani will pick out a question to discuss with the two of them. In the period when there is a serious lack of entertainment activities, sometimes solving problems together and discussing interesting things in the past school also increases their enthusiasm in disguise. They will also read a few chapters of the math textbook when they go back.
Wang Qianjin also agreed and said, "I've asked my dad to help me find someone to get the materials."
Needless to say, Bai Haoyang will have a heavier burden in the future and will have to deal with commune leaders frequently. He feels that he does not have enough knowledge and cannot grasp the key points when reporting his work.
In addition, he would eat with them together, and sometimes he would hear the three of them discussing math problems, physics problems, etc. at mealtime. At first, he didn't take it too seriously, thinking that he had finally escaped from the classroom, and why were they still discussing this and that problem all day long after going to the countryside? But after hearing so much, he became interested based on the principle of joining in if he couldn't beat them, and sometimes he would twiddle with the book in his sister's hand.
In this way, I have reviewed some of the previous basics.
But none of them are serious studies.
Fortunately, she has consolidated some of her basics. Moreover, it was the first year that the college entrance examination was resumed, and the test questions were not difficult. She also has the college entrance examination handbook in her hand. Once the news comes out, she can let everyone concentrate on studying for a while, and there shouldn't be any big problems.
Bai Haoyang, who knew nothing, had already poured wine into everyone's cup. Even Xiao Min asked for a cup, intending to try it.
Moutai, her family had it before, but she was young at that time and had only seen it but never tasted it. Now she is an adult, and there are trustworthy brothers and sisters here, so she plans to try it and start eating meat.
"Come, let's toast to our first toast. Let's celebrate our team leader Zhou's promotion." Bai Haoyang raised his glass and said sincerely, "I have my current job opportunity thanks to Team Leader Zhou leading us all in weaving and encouraging the village to set up a factory..."
Yu Wanxia was rarely so heartless. Her eyes turned red with reluctance and she said, "Me too. I also want to thank Jiani. Otherwise, I would definitely not have the chance to earn a salary..." She definitely prefers working in a factory to farming.
Sun Ping's throat choked. She wanted to thank Zhou Jiani for helping her at the critical moment, but she choked up and couldn't continue after she started to say thank you.
Zhou Jiani's nose felt a little sore, and she said with a smile, "Oh, what are you doing? It's so rude to keep thanking you. You are my best friends. Let's not talk about that, just have a happy meal and a drink. I'm counting on you to continue to support my work in the future."
When Xiao Min came, the village had already developed very well. Although she had heard about Sister Jiani's achievements, she had not actually experienced it and could not empathize with her. She was just reluctant to see Sister Jiani leave.
Let’s raise our glasses together.
At night, Yu Wanxia, Sun Ping and Zhou Jiani slept on a kang. Although it had only been more than two years since they went to the countryside, it seemed like a long time had passed.
Yu Wanxia had drunk quite a bit that night, and her voice was a bit drunken as she spoke. "I still remember the first night we arrived here, Sun Ping and I were homesick, and you enthusiastically invited us to take pictures together. Later, when I thought about it carefully, I realized you changed the subject. Otherwise, I would have burst into tears."
We did take a photo together later, and that photo is now in a frame in her house.
Sun Ping also frankly mentioned the time when she almost made a mistake: "The first few days after arriving were really tiring. I remember my hands ached. My thumb felt like it was about to break, and the base of my thumb was burning with pain. It hurt so much that I wanted to cry..."
She sniffed her slightly blocked nose and said with an embarrassed smile, "Actually, I did cry."
Yu Wanxia turned over, giggled sheepishly, and muffled her voice, "I cried too. I just felt that I had never been so tired in my life. Why should I suffer this? Oh, I remember my hands were so weak that my chopsticks fell unconsciously while I was eating. I felt so wronged. It was too tiring, too hard, and I missed home so much."
Sun Ping chuckled and said, "Jia Ni was the calmest at that time. We were crying there, but she was calmly eating steamed buns or something. It didn't delay her meal. After she finished eating, she wiped her mouth and asked us if we wanted to buy straw hats."
Yu Wanxia laughed again.
Zhou Jiani didn't know if it was because of the drinking or because the two men brought up what happened at that time, but she felt a little embarrassed and her face felt hot as if on fire.
No one knew that she had experienced more life than them, so of course she was calm.
But now, lying here reminiscing about the past with two good friends, I feel unexpectedly strange, relaxed and happy, which I didn’t have in my previous generation.
In her previous life, she seemed to have never had a friend like this with whom she could lie down and reminisce about the past. This feeling was unexpectedly good.
The three of them talked about their experience of going to the countryside for more than two years from the beginning to the present. They became more and more excited and happy as they talked. They also agreed that after Zhou Jiani's work in the county stabilized, they would go to visit her and take a photo together.
I don’t know what time I went to bed in the end, but Yu Wanxia and Sun Ping struggled to get up in the morning. They sat up with swollen eyes and dark circles, shivered and shrank back down, and finally gritted their teeth and got up.
In the spirit of sharing the joys and sorrows with the two of them, Zhou Jiani struggled to crawl out of the warm bed together. After making and eating breakfast together, the two of them went to work in the factory, and Zhou Jiani began to pack her luggage at home.
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