Chapter 87
After packing all the things, Zhou Jiani tiptoed out to wash her hands, came back and lay down on the kang to rest, checked the backend, and found that the net income after deducting the handling fee was just over two thousand. She curled the corners of her mouth in satisfaction, the larger the quantity, the different it was.
She went into the warehouse and picked out an enamel basin with a white background, a blue edge and patterns of workers, peasants and soldiers printed on the bottom from the pile of enamel basins. She adjusted its position and put it aside. She would keep this basin for herself. She would take it out to rinse it tomorrow and pour some water in it so that she could wash her hands in the house.
After making sure that everyone in the west room was asleep, Zhou Jiani took out the desk lamp, turned it on, and began to read. Occasionally, she would glance at the group chat, quickly scroll through it, and when she found nothing she needed, she would close her hands and continue reading.
The next morning, Zhou Jiani didn't go out to get the thermos cup. Instead, she closed the door, washed the non-stick frying pan, scalded it with hot water, and fried two eggs.
At this time, I found that she needed to buy something again - a small milk pot!
You can't use the big iron pot next to you to cook instant noodles, right?
You can’t boil water right now, but it’s still very convenient to boil water and use a large teacup to make tea.
This teacup was given by the organization before she went to the countryside. It was printed with "There is a vast world with great potential for achievement" and the name of the donating unit was printed at the bottom. It was one size larger than the teacup she had purchased, and was very suitable for making instant noodles.
Well, there is also the vacuum-packed ham I bought before, which I haven’t eaten yet and is still on the warehouse shelf.
Zhou Jiani took it out, opened the package, cut a small half and spread it evenly on the instant noodles, then put the fried egg on it and added some pickles. A hearty and delicious instant noodle breakfast was ready.
There were no vegetables at home, so Yu Wanxia and the others had hot steamed buns with porridge and some pickles in the morning. They had already decided to ask Sun Ping to go find her fellow villagers to buy vegetables today.
After eating, he quickly destroyed the evidence, drank another bottle of lactic acid bacteria, and slowly started to browse his phone.
Today is even more "crowded" than yesterday, with five group leaders starting groups in a row. While Zhou Jiani was happily grabbing red envelopes, she also didn't forget to watch the fun - the non-best-selling products were soon pushed to the point where there was no trace of them, just like what happened to her yesterday.
Zhou Jiani also started to pick out the items she was going to buy today, including enamel basins, enamel spittoons, kang sweeping brooms, floor sweeping brooms and large brooms.
There was no need to rush. She let the other leaders' things fly for a while. She set it to be automatically sent out after forty minutes.
Send the red envelope first, with the message: Looking to buy a instant noodle cooker.
Add to the edited content: Looking to buy open flame kettles, instant noodle cookers, multi-layer steamers, spatula sets, USB interface shoe dryers, wireless hair dryers, thermal underwear, and hand warmers!
I asked yesterday but there was no response, and I mentioned it again today, along with the new ones.
After setting it up, Zhou Jiani exited and took out the enamel basin she had chosen last night, washed it clean, scooped half a basin of water into it in advance, and scanned it all together and put it into the warehouse.
She took out the thermos she had kept in the warehouse for her own use, poured out the scale on the bottom, boiled water again to fill the thermos, and put it back in the warehouse.
Take out the thermos, make some red date tea, and put it back.
After packing up, she went out, locked the door, and went to the processing workshop to check the storage stools and the progress of orders of one hundred and two hundred.
Although the captain told her to rest well, she couldn't really rest at home and not even go out.
With the increase in manpower, the small courtyard, which was originally not big, looked even more crowded, and part of it was allocated to the village committee courtyard.
But there is no need to remind them anymore, as Zhang Laosi and the others have also realized the severity of the production problem. In addition to the provincial capital, Qiu Zeming also placed orders for Qingshui County, as well as orders from the county supply and marketing cooperative.
Seeing that they cannot get the money immediately, several old masters are now really anxious, worried that the public society will take the opportunity to raise the issue of diversion.
Although the factory is working overtime, the biggest problem at the moment is manpower, so three people were specially selected from among the apprentices to intensify the training of technical workers.
Seeing Zhou Jiani come in, everyone greeted her hurriedly and continued with their work.
Zhou Jiani turned around and nodded secretly. Everyone's enthusiasm was aroused. Several old masters no longer hid their skills and wished that the apprentices could master various weaving techniques immediately.
After coming out of the processing workshop, she went to the factory building where the foundation had been laid. She didn't know much about construction, but Li Jingdang was now working hard to achieve results. She took the drawings that she had drawn with Zhang Laosi and others and watched her fellow villagers work overtime, not daring to be careless at all.
As for the building materials, he actually managed to negotiate the credit deal, otherwise the progress wouldn't be so fast.
Zhang Laosi and his friends are experts in weaving and know every step by heart. Li Jingdang also humbly asked for advice, recorded a lot of precautions, and built the basement and smoking room that were needed.
In order to make water use more convenient, we contacted a well-digging team and they came to dig a well in two days.
Seeing Zhou Jiani coming over, Li Jingdang, who had become much darker and thinner, came over and asked, "Did Section Chief Zhou give any instructions?"
Zhou Jiani smiled and said, "I can't say there are any instructions from the factory, but I do need to find time to hold a meeting to discuss the issue of raw materials."
Li Jingdang nodded: "Understood. When the factory is almost completed, the public society will call a meeting with other brigades to discuss and absorb talents and their raw materials."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help laughing. Comrade Xiao Zhou took this into consideration and suggested to the Qianjin Brigade to put the construction of the factory building on the agenda urgently.
They are afraid that the commune or other brigades will use raw materials as a threat to force them to divert.
Zhou Jiani shook her head. "This step has already been decided. Let's not discuss it any further. Just follow the sequence. I think we should plan and carry out organized planting."
Li Jingdang pinched the sketch in his hand and urged that he was good at building a factory, but when it came to planting, he was weak. He nodded and said, "Okay, I need to hear the opinions of Director Zhang and others on this matter."
After taking a walk here, Zhou Jiani strolled to the plastic greenhouse experimental field.
After getting the precious seedlings and information, Qiu Zeming and everyone else worked overtime. They even set up a shed nearby last night. Everyone agreed to take turns to watch over them, for fear that someone would cause damage or something.
When she arrived, Qiu Zeming was sitting on a scrap piece of clay, flipping through a notebook. Seeing Zhou Jiani coming over, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Why are you here if you're not at home resting?"
Zhou Jiani smiled and said, "It's enough to take a day off just for the sake of showing it. Everyone is busy, how can I rest all the time?"
Qiu Zeming opened his shoulder bag, took out a stack of information and handed it to her, as well as a letter from the plastic greenhouse experiment team.
Zhou Jiani read the letter first. It gave them great encouragement and explained a lot of experience in greenhouse construction, scaffolding, temperature control, and planting. Of course, more detailed information was in the notes.
Qiu Zeming took her to see the transplanted seedlings. They looked good so far, but he didn't know how they would fare in a few days. He said, "These are the seedlings they recently cultivated in a plastic greenhouse for ten days. We can compare them with our own experiments later."
Of course, this is in the greenhouse. The batch they planted some time ago has also sprouted. It seems to be growing well at the moment, but it is still a little weaker than in the seasonal state.
Moreover, they have only covered the ground with film, and the formal greenhouse has not been built yet, so they cannot be compared with this batch of seedlings.
Building the greenhouse wall is not difficult, but the complicated part is the construction of the shed and a series of subsequent problems.
At present, more than half of the foundation of the wall has been completed. After the foundation is laid, the wall can be built very quickly. Now Liu Yan and his team are experimenting with building a scaffolding on the open space next to it.
Zhou Jiani also found a piece of discarded clay and sat on it, then started reading the information.
At around ten o'clock, someone posted a small cooking pot and spatula set in the group. The small cooking pot was double-layered with a steamer, so Zhou Jiani took a picture of the double-layered one.
I also ordered a three-piece spatula set, which includes a spoon, a spatula, and a colander, which are enough for daily use.
There is no movement on other items for purchase at the moment.
After finishing work in the afternoon, they went to the village with Yu Wanxia to get some fermented chicken manure, took it back and spread it on the ground, spread it evenly with a hook, and then prepared to plant their own small vegetable garden after some tending.
As for whether it smells or not, every household raises chickens and some even raise pigs. No matter whose house you pass by, you can smell the faint smell of feces. After smelling it for a long time, you get used to it.
When it got dark, she went to Zhao Mei's house in two trips to take away the dried cowpeas and dates. At night, after the two people in the west room fell asleep, she began to secretly pack them.
The enamelware and broom items that were set up in the morning were all sold out around two o'clock in the afternoon. Zhou Jiani sent out a red envelope to start a new group, and sent out the baskets, plastic portable woven baskets, bamboo thermos bottles, and peanuts and walnuts that had been packaged last night.
At this moment, except for 7 plastic portable woven baskets left, all the others have been sold out.
The plastic portable woven baskets also feature a nostalgic style and can also be used as props for film and television performances. There are twenty of them in total, and thirteen were sold in one afternoon, indicating that there is still a market for them.
The next day, Zhou Jiani went to the experimental field and spent the whole day there. Even though she couldn't help much, she was willing to take a look at the materials.
After helping Sun Ping move on Monday, Zhou Jiani went to Zhang Baosheng to get a letter of introduction to go to the city.
Zhang Baosheng was very tolerant of Comrade Xiao Zhou and asked her with a smile where she was going. Zhou Jiani did not hide her answer and said, "I'm going to have some fun. I haven't been to the city in all the time I've been here."
Zhang Baosheng said cheerfully, "Go and have some fun. The village will reimburse your travel expenses."
Zhou Jiani smiled and said, "No need to pay for the fare. This trip is just for me to go sightseeing. But considering it takes three or four hours to get there, I plan to stay there for two or three nights. Don't worry, I'm telling you."
How could she ask the villagers to reimburse her travel expenses and other expenses when she went to the city to purchase goods?
There was no other way. I ran around for several days and sold almost all the goods in two days. There were still five baskets left when I weaved them that day, which I saved to open next time with the dried cowpeas.
As the village's production could not be increased, she was temporarily unable to perform her job as a salesperson. Since she could not travel on official business, she decided to go on a personal business trip.
Anyway, she can afford the transportation fare.
She had agreed with Sun Ping that although they had moved, Sun Ping could stay at home for a few days while she was away. On the one hand, she could keep Yu Wanxia company, and on the other hand, when she went there today, she still smelled a strong smell of mud and dust in the house. It was quite unbearable to sleep with the doors and windows closed all night.
After explaining everything to Yu Wanxia and the others, I took a bus to the city the next day.
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