Chapter 45
The next day, the twins had a day off and took their sister to the park to play.
Zhou Wanli and Yu Huifang are both on duty today and will not be resting.
Jiang Xinfeng had bound feet and could not walk fast, so she was unwilling to go out with her granddaughter and the others to join in the fun, so Zhou Jiani took them to the park.
There is a cement slide in the park, and the twins had a lot of fun playing on it.
Zhou Jiani sat there staring at the group chat, waiting for the thermos.
Now there is a dessert group in the group, including mung bean cakes, red bean paste cakes, chestnut cakes, meat floss cakes and durian cakes.
The description indicates that these are freshly made bulk desserts, made and shipped on the same day.
Worried about buying too much and wasting it, Zhou Jiani only ordered one mung bean pancake, one red bean pancake and one meat floss pancake.
The package was wrapped in an open paper bag. Zhou Jiani looked around and saw people everywhere. Fortunately, there was no one behind her, so she lowered her head, opened her bag, and took out one copy using the bag as a cover.
It's really fresh and a little hot, no wonder the bag has to be opened.
I took a look at it and scanned it back, looking for an opportunity to change it into food paper packaging before taking it out.
Behind the stone statue fountain not far away, a young man retracted his head like lightning, patted his chest in fear, and rode away on the 28-inch bicycle next to him.
Zhou Jiani didn't pay attention to the movements around her. She quietly raised her hand and took a few photos of the twins.
I don’t know if I’ll have the chance to pour it out in the future, but it’s nice to save it on my phone and look at it.
Another group leader ordered old ham, two pieces for 34.9, packaged and able to be stored. Zhou Jiani bought two.
I didn’t take pictures of the few sandals I passed by because the styles were too novel and not suitable to be worn in this era.
At ten o'clock, my palm vibrated and a red envelope popped up in the group with a special note: Group buying for XXX thermos cups.
It's finally here.
A thermos cup from a domestic brand with a filter tip and a pop-up cup mouth. The cup design is generous and elegant, and the material looks particularly textured. The group purchase price is 79.9/piece.
Zhou Jiani clicked on it and selected a black one and a dark gray one, ready to replace them if they broke.
I still feel a little pain, but when I think about the more than 1,300 yuan that came into my account last night, I feel relieved.
The twins were sweating from playing and ran over to drink soda.
I bought the soda when I entered the park, and I'll go back later to return the bottle deposit.
"Don't just stare at this place, go explore other places."
I took them to the park for a crazy morning. When we passed by a photo studio, the three siblings went in and took a few photos. It was real. In a few days, there will be a few more photos in the photo frames at home.
I took them to a restaurant for lunch.
I passed by the cinema in the afternoon. A new movie was showing and it was a holiday, so the cinema was crowded. There were also many vendors quietly selling melon seeds. While selling, they kept their eyes alertly on the surroundings.
The twins wanted to see a new movie, so Zhou Jiani gave them money and asked them to queue up to buy tickets.
She found a vendor, bought a few bags of melon seeds, and stood by waiting. While eating the seeds, she looked at the notice posted on the wall. Suddenly, she thought of Qiu Zeming's suggestion to watch a movie that day. A strange idea came to her mind, and she was so frightened by this idea that she broke out in a cold sweat.
No...right?
No, no, no, why would she associate it with that? She must be overthinking it.
"Zhou...Jiani?"
Before she could think about it, someone squeezed in front of her and said in surprise, "Is it really you? Didn't I hear you went to the countryside?"
Zhou Jiani first glanced at the twins still queuing over there before responding to her high school classmate named Qian Xiuying, saying, "I came back for something."
He smiled again and said, "I didn't expect to meet you here. You... I heard you got married?"
Qian Xiuying said shyly, "Yes, everyone thought you would get married and stay in the city. After all, you were so popular. I didn't expect you to have such a good relationship with Liu Ailing that you had to follow her to the countryside. Oh, is she back too?"
Zhou Jiani stared at the twins from the corner of her eyes, curled her lips slightly, and said, "No!"
Qian Xiuying winked at her and said ambiguously, "Hey, did you know that Yang Bo came to your house to look for you later?"
Yang Bo, a male classmate in their class, seems to have a crush on Zhou Jiani.
If Qian Xiuying hadn't mentioned it, she would have almost forgotten these people. After all, she hadn't seen them again in her entire life.
Zhou Jiani pretended not to notice the meaningful smile in her eyes and said seriously, "I don't know. Comrade Yang should be asking us about signing up to go to the countryside."
Qian Xiuying curled her lips and said, "What? He thought he could get away with something... Well, that doesn't sound nice. But some people did say that he thought you'd be anxious to get married just to stay in the city, and since his family had just found him a job, he thought you'd agree if he mentioned it to you. He didn't expect you to act so quickly."
Zhou Jiani didn't know that such a thing existed, and of course, it had nothing to do with her.
"How are you doing in the country? Have you found a partner?"
A face popped up in Zhou Jiani's mind, but she shook her head and said, "No." She quickly changed the subject, "You came to see a movie? Your boyfriend isn't with you?"
Qian Xiuying pursed her lips and said, "No, I heard there's a new movie coming out today, so I came to see the excitement. Look, I'm going to go home first. When you come back to visit your relatives during the New Year, call Ailing and we can get together."
Zhou Jiani was absent-minded while watching the movie.
She reached into her bag and groped in the dark to pour out mung bean cakes, red bean cakes and meat floss cakes.
Thinking about what Comrade Xiao Qiu said about watching a movie that day, maybe Qiu Zeming just wanted to watch a movie, and it didn’t necessarily have to be a new movie. It was just that I was too slow to react.
When I get back to the county town, I will watch the movie for Comrade Xiao Qiu.
But we still have to call a few people. If they are alone, it would be easy to cause misunderstanding.
When they came out of the cinema, the twins were surprised to find that their sister was holding three paper bags. Although the bags were crooked, it was obvious that they contained snacks.
"elder sister--"
"Don't yell, come home and eat."
Jiaan pulled her sister's hand, looked up and asked curiously, "Sister, when did you buy it?"
Zhou Jiani said calmly, "When you two were queuing up to buy tickets."
She even pretended to look around and muttered, "That person is gone. He must have sold everything and left."
Jiaping and Jiaan don’t care where their sister bought it from or who she bought it from, as long as it’s delicious.
As soon as she got home, Jiang Xinfeng said, "Nini, someone from your commune is looking for you. They called the factory and agreed to call back at four o'clock. Go check it out."
"I'll be right there."
That’s great. If I don’t answer the call today, she will call back to complain tomorrow.
Zhou Jiani gave the snacks to her grandmother and asked her to distribute them to the twins so that they would not eat too much at once. She then hurriedly rode her bike to the factory.
There was only one person on duty in the office, Shao Kangwei. When he saw her come in, he smiled and said, "Zhou Jiani, right? Yu Huifang's daughter?"
Zhou Jiani only felt that this uncle looked familiar, but she couldn't really remember his name, so she replied vaguely, "Yes, hello uncle."
"My last name is Shao." Shao Kangwei said with a smile, "Thank you for bringing us some dried cowpeas. If you have more next time, please think of us uncles and aunts."
"Okay, Uncle Shao, I'll ask my fellow villagers later and get some more for everyone."
Zhou Jiani pointed to the phone and said, "I'll call back."
“Fight!”
Zhou Jiani dialed the commune number, and after a few rings someone picked up the phone.
"Hello, I'm Zhou Jiani, an educated youth from the Qianjin Brigade. Is anyone looking for me?"
"It's Comrade Zhou Jiani. Hello, Comrade Zhou. No one is looking for you."
Zhou Jiani was stunned and checked: "Is it Xihe Commune?"
"It's Xihe Commune. No one's calling you from the provincial capital. Comrade Zhou, what's wrong?"
Zhou Jiani suddenly thought of something and slapped her forehead.
Grandma said someone from the commune was looking for her, and she subconsciously thought the call was from the commune. Besides the telephone, there was also a post office in the commune.
She was vaguely certain who was looking for her, and it felt like someone hit her in the heart twice. The thing that was originally uncertain seemed to be a little certain again.
But after thinking about it, I still feel that it is impossible. There must be some work that needs to be communicated.
But now that the call has been made to the commune, I might as well file a complaint first.
He pretended to be puzzled and said, "Strange, is this someone else's prank? I'm helpless. First they reported it, and then they did another prank..."
The person on the other end of the phone hurriedly said, "Comrade Zhou Jiani, what's the report? Is Comrade Zhou okay now?"
Zhou Jiani was about to frown, but then realized the person opposite couldn't see her, so she said in a deep voice, "It's okay. Someone must have thought I'd been in the city too long, so they reported it to the neighborhood committee. Luckily, I met two good leaders, and after understanding what happened, they realized it was all a misunderstanding."
"But thinking about it... the more I thought about it last night, the more scared I became. I was so scared I couldn't sleep well the whole night. I was worried that the report would have other consequences and ruin our cooperation plan with the department store. By the way, I haven't asked you yet..."
"My name is Li Jingdang, and I'm the commune secretary. Comrade Zhou, please wait a moment. Director Zhai wants to speak to you."
Zhai Xiangqiang answered the phone and said in a serious tone, "Comrade Zhou Jiani, this is Zhai Xiangqiang. Could you please recount the incident?"
Zhou Jiani hurriedly said, "Director Zhai, thank you for your hard work on duty during the holidays. It's like this..."
She briefly explained, then concluded, "We're not sure who reported me. If any unit in the provincial capital contacts our commune to verify my work, I'd appreciate it if the comrades in the commune could help explain it to them."
"Of course we should. No matter who they are, no matter what their intentions are, we must not allow them to sabotage this cooperation. I will report this to my superiors."
The woven baskets of the Qianjin Brigade can be brought to the provincial capital without going through any higher-level channels. This is a particularly glorious thing in the entire commune, even in the entire county or city. If things go well, his resume will also look good, and there must be no accidents.
"Then I'll trouble you, Director Zhai!"
Having lived a new life, Zhou Jiani had no intention of letting herself be wronged. She had a mouth and would complain.
After hanging up the phone, Shao Kangwei asked a few more questions about yesterday's report. Hearing that it was anonymous, he was also puzzled: "Who is so bored?"
Zhou Jiani couldn't figure it out either, so she held her chin and waited.
A few minutes before four o'clock, the phone rang. She picked it up: "Hello, this is Qiyang Second Textile Factory..."
"Comrade Xiao Zhou is indeed on time."
It’s really Qiu Zeming.
Zhou Jiani scratched her head uncomfortably and said with a smile, "Comrade Xiao Qiu, why are you running around town instead of working in the team?"
Qiu Zeming laughed and said, "Comrade Xiao Zhou, you are too heartless. I waited in town for a whole day just to give you good news."
Zhou Jiani quickly laughed and said, "Just kidding, Comrade Xiao Qiu, you've worked hard."
Qiu Zeming curled his lips, but didn't say anything good. He asked, "Is the new movie released?"
Zhou Jiani felt like someone had stepped on her heart, and said uncomfortably, "We're on it, there are so many people."
Qiu Zeming: "Once we get to the county town, let's call those people you mentioned and go see what the new movie is about."
Zhou Jiani: "Well, good!" Then she said, "What's the good news you mentioned?"
"I will arrive at your place with the goods the day after tomorrow morning. Please ask Comrade Xiao Zhou to prepare for the reception."
Zhou Jiani: ...
The delivery time is advanced, well, not by much, just one day earlier, okay, that's good news.
Changing her hand to hold the microphone, Zhou Jiani lowered her voice and said, "Don't forget the vegetables we picked from the villagers. We've already found a delivery point for several hundred kilograms. Also, last time the team leader mentioned compensating me for my food rations—ahem, the team leader even mentioned a larger reward. It would be great if you could bring some along with the delivery. It doesn't matter if it's corn or sweet potatoes, coarse grains or fine grains. I'm not picky. Comrade Xiao Qiu, please pay attention and help check it out."
After saying that, he waited nervously for the reaction from the other end of the phone.
She felt that Comrade Xiao Qiu was smart enough to understand what she meant.
She told Director Huang that the matter of several hundred kilograms of vegetables was a sudden idea and she had not told the brigade in advance. She planned to mention it when she called back to complain tomorrow. After all, there was still time to prepare.
It’s just right for Comrade Xiao Qiu to take this news back.
But I can’t say that in front of Uncle Shao.
The question of rations came later. The word "buy" was not mentioned at all, but a few seconds later, Qiu Zeming's chuckle was heard: "How many kilograms did Comrade Xiao Zhou get as a reward?"
Comrade Xiao Qiu really understood.
Zhou Jiani held the microphone and smiled happily: "Try your best." It's up to you!
Qiu Zeming chuckled and said, "I understand, Comrade Xiao Zhou. I promise to complete the task."
After hanging up the phone, he turned around, his smile faded, and nodded, "Are you calling too?"
Zhao Weiguo was also stunned for a moment, obviously surprised to see Qiu Zeming here. He smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I didn't expect Comrade Qiu to be here too."
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