Chapter 232
Department journal? What department journal?
The blackboard newspaper is not enough for everyone to express their ideas, so we plan to publish our own publication, and students from the Economics Department can submit articles.
This touched upon Zhou Jiani's blind spot, a circle she had never been exposed to in her previous life.
Therefore, she was not particularly active after entering university in her life. She was pushed wherever the wheel of history took her. She experienced university life step by step, studied hard, and earned some pocket money after studying. She did not strive to become a celebrity.
But she has a good attitude and is willing to work hard to understand her blind spots, so if the department is planning to start a big initiative and needs her, she will definitely actively participate.
In fact, the entire Economics Department was in an uproar. The students were enthusiastic and eager to try, but they also piled various problems on the class committee members. The students asked questions one after another, and the problems faced in publishing a publication also came one after another.
For a while, the students, in addition to studying, were busy researching how to publish the journal, what the theme should be, and whether they should establish a style framework...
Zhou Jiani also joined in the lively atmosphere.
She was busier than her classmates. First, she kept an eye on the duck eggs from Zhai Hong's family. Second, she paid attention to the agricultural issues in Bin County. Third, she paid attention to the trends of reform and opening up. Fourth, she would occasionally receive orders for woven products from the Qianjin Brigade, and have them brought to her by any car passing by.
Of course, all the busyness cannot affect her studies. Her study load this semester is heavier because Professor Fu suddenly assigned her some agricultural books and asked her to take time to study them.
What could Zhou Jiani do? Of course, she happily accepted the offer and toiled away the hours studying, leaving her no time for exploring the streets and the black market.
The busy days were fulfilling and passed quickly. Winter came in the blink of an eye and the days became shorter. After class, Zhou Jiani rode her bike to the yard in Shichahai, took two wooden boards to reinforce the back seat, and waited until about seven o'clock in the evening. She pushed the bike out and went to the intersection to wait for the goods.
The truck can't drive into the alley here, so I made an appointment with someone on the phone to wait at this intersection.
I stamped my feet and waited until almost half past seven, when a truck slowly turned in.
The man passing through the capital this time was a man named Xiao Chengshun, who had brought her ham before. When Zhou Jiani received the goods this time, she asked again, "Brother Xiao, can you still buy ham?"
Xiao Chengshun helped her put two lighter large sacks on the back of the bicycle and tied them up. He looked around cautiously before whispering, "Can you bring a few back in about two weeks? How many do you want?"
"If the quantity is large, leave a few more for me. If the quantity is small, distribute them evenly." Zhou Jiani also lowered her voice and said, "Brother Xiao, driving a car is not easy for you, and you also take risks. Just give me the same price you give others. Don't make a deal that loses money."
Xiao Chengshun said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you have to learn from Zeming. That guy is not polite to me." He waved his hand, "Don't talk about this. We brothers all know what to do and we won't suffer any loss."
Zhou Jiani ordered five hams and said she would also like some other meats if they could get them.
Xiao Chengshun: "Okay, I'll get a few sheep next time."
He looked at her car again and pointed: "Is it possible? Is it far? Do you need help?"
"It's not far, just turn in. I can do it myself."
Zhou Jiani pushed the car back easily.
Xiao Chengshun did not insist. It was late at night, and he was worried that if he followed her, some gossiper might see her and say something nonsense, which would be bad for Zhou Jiani's reputation. So he just told her to take her time and not to rush.
There was no one in the alley at this time. Zhou Jiani went to the door to take a look, put the things directly into the warehouse, then poured them out and placed them by the door after entering, and pushed the cart out.
There is also a sack and two baskets of vegetables.
After emptying the box, Zhou Jiani wanted to offer Xiao Chengshun some hard work fee, but he refused. She had other things prepared, so she quickly pulled out two packs of cigarettes and a pound of tea from her bag and tossed them directly onto his seat: "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Xiao."
Xiao Chengshun didn't refuse anymore, shook his head and smiled, "Sister-in-law, you are too polite. I'll contact you next time when the specific time is set..."
"Okay, take care, Brother Xiao."
Only after watching the delivery truck leave did Zhou Jiani return home, breathing in the air.
After closing the door, he put all the things into the warehouse and went back to the house to count them.
This time she collected a lot of goods, including dried cowpeas, rice noodles, vermicelli, peanuts, walnuts, dried dates, raw sunflower seeds, as well as the cotton boots made for her by Zhao Mei, thirty pairs of insoles brought from Grandma Wu, a large bundle of brooms, and Grandma Wu's own pickled spiced radish.
Zhou Jiani selected four pairs of insoles according to the foot sizes of the Qiu family members, and gathered some dried cowpeas, rice noodles, vermicelli, walnuts, dried dates, peanuts, and melon seeds. She also picked up some vegetables, neatly stacked them in a basket, tied them up on the back seat of the car, and went to the courtyard early the next morning.
When she arrived, the Qiu family's breakfast had just been served and they hadn't started eating yet when Zhou Jiani knocked on the door.
At home, she could pour the warehouse onto the back seat of her bicycle, but now it was a bit difficult for her to carry it up several flights of stairs, so she came up and knocked on the door and asked Uncle Qiu to come down and carry it.
Seeing her coming here early in the morning, Du Yunxin thought something had happened and was shocked.
Zhou Jiani smiled and said, "Something I brought from the countryside."
"Haven't you eaten yet?" Du Yunxin hurriedly asked Mrs. Fang to add more bowls and chopsticks.
She didn't put the insoles in the basket, but in her bag. She took it out and handed it to Du Yunxin, saying, "These are the insoles embroidered by Grandma Wu from the Qianjin Brigade... Aunt Fang, here they are."
Aunt Fang was surprised and delighted: "And mine?"
"I can't forget you." Zhou Jiani smiled.
Aunt Fang was very happy, and so was the old man. He took it and gestured, then said with a smile, "This person's craftsmanship is not bad."
Qiu Dongshu had already brought the things in and said angrily, "How did you get such a heavy basket into the car from such a long distance?"
Zhou Jiani smiled and said, "I'll tie up the empty basket and fill it with things."
Du Yunxin smiled and said, "Jiani is very smart." She then said, "Don't do this next time. What if the car slips on the road because it's top-heavy?"
Zhou Jiani said, "Yeah, yeah, I got it."
Du Yunxin didn't even bother to eat breakfast. She went over to look at those things and was very happy.
Aunt Fang was even happier. She was in charge of the family's meals. She was happy to see these green vegetables, as well as the dried cowpeas. Grandpa Qiu loved to eat them.
Zhou Jiani asked her family to send some to Wang Qianjin and Bai Haoyang's homes. Du Yunxin nodded and said, "I'll come back at noon to clean up and share some with them."
Zhou Jiani: "There's still some in the cellar over there. Go get it when you have time. I can't carry too much this time."
Du Yunxin asked her how much she had gotten and how she went to pick up the goods. She also told her to call her if she had any problems in the future and she would go over to help collect them...
After having breakfast at Qiu's house, Zhou Jiani hurriedly rode her bike back to class. She also had to find time to write some manuscripts. Once the department journal was published, she also planned to express her own opinions.
Xiao Chengshun came back from outside half a month later. In addition to the five hams she had ordered before, he could also give her three sheep.
Zhou Jiani didn't keep all of them. Knowing that Xiao Chengshun would pass by a district next to Qi Yang, she asked about the time and asked him to help bring over two hams and a sheep, and then her father would pick them up.
After settling the bill, Zhou Jiani gave Xiao Chengshun twenty duck eggs.
The two remaining sheep were not brought to the compound in their entirety, as it would have been too conspicuous, so she chopped them into small pieces at Shichahai, wrapped them in oil paper, and carried them in a net bag to the Qiu family.
I gathered some of the things from last time and this time, carried a big bag and went to Professor Fu's house, where I had some mutton dumplings.
I took some time to set up a big pot and cook a few dishes.
Braised lamb ribs, stir-fried lamb with green onions, cumin lamb, braised lamb chops...improve your diet.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for the final exams.
After taking the last exam, Zhou Jiani's tense nerves relaxed. She and her roommates slept until noon the next day, and no one wanted to get up to get lunch.
It was the eldest brother who came back and bought steamed buns and porridge for the lazy guys in the room, and they ate them with some pickles.
Lv Minjuan waited until everyone finished eating, then tapped the table and said, "After the New Year, our Economics Department's own journal will be officially launched. We've reviewed the manuscripts you submitted several times, and they're all commendable and readable. However, only Jiani's article, "Can Greenhouse Vegetables Boost the Rural Economy?", was selected for the first issue. The rest of the manuscripts will be published in the second and third issues..."
"Jiani, come back early after the New Year to help with typesetting and printing."
Zhou Jiani nodded: "Okay, boss."
Tian Yuan led the applause. She had read Zhou Jiani's article and found it truly well-written. After all, it was based on practical experience.
Others also offered congratulations.
Zhou Jiani said embarrassedly: "It hasn't been officially published yet."
It’s a bit early to congratulate.
Lu Minjuan raised her hand and pressed it, and everyone fell silent. She smiled and said, "It's basically set in stone... By the way, do you know how to use a mimeograph machine?"
Not being able to use the mimeograph machine will not affect the publication of the Economics Department's journal. They have been preparing for this for a whole semester.
But Zhou Jiani wanted to set off early and go back to the Qianjin Brigade.
The greenhouse promotion in Bin County was going well. County Magistrate Wang also realized the difficulty of the promotion by Professor Zhao's professional team. He also adjusted the battle strategy in time and decided to take a steady and cautious approach instead of forcing a full-scale development.
Anyway, five pilot projects were finally finalized at that time. The scale was not particularly large at the beginning, but three of the pilot projects spontaneously expanded the greenhouses in the middle. Obviously, they tasted the sweetness and continued to strictly follow the scientific planting methods taught by the technicians. The crops grew well.
As for the issue of transportation, the county has communicated with the transportation team to at least ensure that the vegetables grown in several pilot areas can be transported to the city or other districts and counties in a timely manner to ensure sales.
Of course, the "big brother" is undoubtedly the Qianjin Brigade. After all, the village started early and has already figured out a set of experience. They expanded a shed this summer and have planned to set aside a piece of land to build a larger shed after the spring.
The county also did what it said, providing support and resources as needed, and planned to build another road.
Zhou Jiani was worried that Captain Zhang had forgotten about the household contract responsibility system, so she planned to go back to the Qianjin Brigade to remind Captain Zhang.
Winter vacation is coming, and everyone, rich or poor, wants to buy some clothes.
The girls in the dormitory lived frugally throughout the winter, hoping to buy a piece of cloth to make new clothes before the New Year. Those who were better off were even prepared to buy ready-made clothes.
Zhou Jiani doesn't need to buy clothes for the New Year, as Ms. Du Yunxin has already dressed her up from head to toe.
But she planned to buy some things for her family and some gifts for Zeming's family. After all, Comrade Xiao Qiu sent his allowance back every month.
Lu Minjuan didn't plan to buy anything herself, but was going to buy a piece of floral cloth to make a dress for Fengya and go shopping with her.
At this time, all the shopping malls were crowded with people, and even the supply and marketing cooperatives on each street had long queues in front of their doors every day. Today they came for this kind of supplies, and tomorrow they came for that kind of supplies. Citizens lined up, holding shopping certificates and grain and oil books, and the crowds were bustling.
But people these days love this kind of hustle and bustle, especially when it’s time to buy New Year’s goods. If you wait until there are fewer people to go shopping, you will probably only see empty counters.
Zhou Jiani reminded her roommates to keep a close eye on their pockets, as it would be easier for pickpockets to come in when there were a lot of people around.
Afterwards, six people joined the shopping crowd and squeezed in for almost two hours before they barely bought everything they wanted.
"This is much more tiring than running." Tian Yuan wiped the sweat from his head and squeezed to his friends' side, trying to drag Zhou Jiani and the others out. But Zhou Jiani's eyes suddenly flickered and she said, "Wait a minute."
She turned and took a few steps in the other direction, standing on tiptoe to look over there.
Zhai Hong squeezed over and asked, "What's wrong? Do you have anything else you haven't bought?"
Lv Minjuan also squeezed over, glanced at the direction Zhou Jiani was looking, and said, "They're selling hair flowers over there. I just bought one for Fengya..."
"Let me take a look." Zhou Jiani said.
Lv Minjuan pulled out a pink and purple hairband with small floral patterns from her pocket and said with a smile, "It's similar to the hairband you usually wear, but this one is lighter in color. It should be suitable for my daughter."
Zhou Jiani said, "You guys go out and wait for me, I'll go over and take a look."
Because they wanted to buy different things, the people in their dormitory had to squeeze separately. In addition, there were too many people inside, so they couldn't visit every counter. Zhou Jiani didn't go to the counter for buying hair bands that Lu Minjuan mentioned.
She went over to take a look and saw two piles of hair ties of various colors piled on the counter, but the style of each one was familiar, just the fabric was different.
Hair bands were selling extremely well and were decreasing in quantity at a visible rate. Zhou Jiani grabbed two at random and asked the cashier to issue a receipt.
All hair ties, regardless of material or style, are sold at a uniform price of 22 cents each, which is generally higher than the price she set back then.
When they finally squeezed out, Lv Minjuan asked her, "Did you buy it?"
Zhou Jiani nodded: "I bought it, let's go back first."
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