Gong Fanrui walked up to Secretary Wan and spoke as if she was talking to a subordinate: "Is this the secretary of the commune?"
Wan Ximin looked at the girl who spoke in an official tone and said, "I am the secretary of Xiangyang Commune. Who are you?"
"I am a new educated youth here. My grandfather is the head of the Beijing government. My uncle and my father are both cadres in Beijing. I am very honored to meet the secretary today."
Wan Ximin immediately understood, it turned out that he was someone who was trying to curry favor with others, no, he was someone with a good background.
The other party was of considerable importance, so he spoke more politely.
"Do you want to talk to me about something?"
"I just want to introduce myself to the secretary and get to know him."
"Okay." Wan Ximin agreed and said nothing more.
I hope that if anything happens to this young educated youth in the future, he will never find me.
In addition, the background of what she said also needs to be examined.
The captain called out to Wan Ximin and reporter Fang: "Don't just stand there, come inside to rest your feet and drink some water. We'll have lunch here at noon."
"What's going on?" Wan Ximin was about to refuse when he suddenly smelled the fragrance coming from the kitchen, and he couldn't say the words to refuse.
Then he asked reporter Fang: "Reporter Fang, what do you think of the captain's hospitality?"
Reporter Fang was also tempted by the aroma and said, "I'll listen to Secretary Wan."
Wan Ximin: “…”
If you want to eat, then you want to eat. Just put the blame on him.
He looked at the captain: "There is another driver outside. There are three of us in total. I'm afraid..."
"Yes, yes, we have plenty of food at home, definitely enough." He quickly winked at Lu's mother and asked the people in the kitchen to make more food.
Even if he didn't signal her, Mother Lu was ready to go to the kitchen.
Yu Jingjing found out that there were three more people to eat, so she added some more vermicelli to the pot and made a cold dish of smashed cucumber. There were many cucumbers at home, so the quantity was enough. As for the staple food, she just had some coarse grain pancakes.
A few people here were busy with pleasantries, leaving Gong Fanrui aside.
Anyway, she had already told Wan Ximin about her family background. When the village doctor examination came in the future, Wan Ximin would have to weigh whether to let her go or let Yu Jingjing, who had no background at all, go.
She could see that Wan Ximin's politeness towards her proved that he was wary of her family's background. Even the captain's family, a family of idiots, didn't know how to curry favor with her.
As I was about to leave, I saw Yu Jingjing busy in the kitchen.
Humph, the captain is not even worthy of being her lackey, but Yu Jingjing is willing to be this family's lackey. She is indeed of low status.
The reporter went to the driver, who was puzzled: "Aren't we going to eat in Shihezi? There are plenty of food and fruits back home. What can we eat here in this poor place?"
"If you don't want to eat, just wait until you go over there to eat."
The driver was really hungry: "Forget it, I'll just eat here."
As a result, as soon as I arrived in the yard, I was captivated by the fragrance that filled the yard.
Only then did he understand why those two wanted to eat here. If he had known this earlier, he would have come down long ago.
When the food was served, Wan Ximin looked at the greasy pork stewed with vermicelli and drooled.
After eating a little, he praised it highly: "It's better than what the chefs in state-owned restaurants cook."
Lian Fang's reporter also praised it: "I have never eaten such delicious pork stewed with vermicelli. Who has such good cooking skills?"
"It's one of our educated youth, Yu." The team leader pointed at Yu Jingjing.
Wan Ximin suddenly realized: "So she is an educated youth from your place. I thought she was your daughter or daughter-in-law."
With such a nice girl, Lu Yunxiao actually wanted to marry Junyi. He admired Lu Yunxiao even more.
"Secretary Wan, where are you and reporter Fang going?" the captain finally asked, although the answer might be heartbreaking.
"I will take reporter Fang to the Shihezi Brigade next door to you for an interview. Captain Lu, you also know that the Shihezi Brigade is the best brigade in our commune for grain production and fruit production, and it is also an advanced brigade in our county. I will take reporter Fang to do an interview there. The content of the interview will be published in the newspaper for other communes and brigades to learn from.
After hearing what Secretary Wan said, the team leader felt both jealous of the Shihezi Brigade and sad.
The terrain of their brigade is not as good as that of Shihezi Brigade. They do not have as much farmland for growing crops, and their annual grain harvest is the lowest in the commune.
Their brigade has mountains, and Shihezi brigade also has mountains, but their mountains are covered with willow branches, which cannot be eliminated no matter what they do, while the mountains over there are fruit trees, and they can sell the fruits for a lot of money every year.
Wan Ximin saw the captain's worry and patted him on the shoulder: "Keep working hard. One day, if they have it over there, we will have it here too."
The captain really wanted to take a deep puff of welding smoke to relieve his worries. This is how leaders comfort those subordinates they look down upon.
"We'll do our best."
After the meal on the 3rd, Wan Ximin took out some food coupons and money and put them on the table: "You can't eat the people's food for free."
The captain took it and stuffed it into his pocket: "I didn't prepare anything delicious, I was afraid you would dislike it. Even if relatives or friends come, we have to provide meals, right?"
Once you take the money, you no longer have any relationship with your leader.
Wan Ximin smiled, said goodbye, and left with the other two.
After they left, the captain seemed to have aged 30 years in an instant. He took out his pipe and squatted at the door, smoking the welding cigarette one puff after another.
"In another year or two, we won't be able to catch up with you. Our place is small, and there are many potholes. When it rains in summer, crops can't be grown in the potholes. How can we have more food than you? Our brigade has many mountains, but they are all willow trees. We can't kill them no matter what we do, and we can't plant fruit trees at all."
The others were also at a loss, and Yu Jingjing suddenly saw two butterflies woven with wicker on the windowsill and a basket hanging on the wall.
I said to the team leader, "Uncle Captain is here. We have a lot of willow trees here, so we can use the wicker branches to make baskets or other objects for holding things. I know you will definitely say that we can weave things, and so can others. The last time I went to the supply and marketing cooperative, I saw that the styles of the baskets there were very ordinary and simple, and the quality was also very average.
We need to edit something different from others, something better than others, and work hard to improve the quality and style.
Think about it, our products are of better quality and style than others. If the prices are the same, others will definitely buy our products. Moreover, I have seen that the willow trees on our side of the mountain are poplar willows, which are suitable for all kinds of weaving. ”
She picked up the two butterflies. They were so lifelike that at first she couldn't believe they were made of willow twigs.
"Who made this? With such skills, why would you worry about not being able to sell the things you make?"
When Lu Yunyang heard her praising himself, he was immediately flattered. His craftsmanship was finally going to be put to good use.
"I, I made it up."
“It’s very well written.”
The captain thought for a while and said, "Yu Zhiqing, your idea is a good one, but we only have those styles for making things."
“I’ll design the style.”
Some of the willow products she has seen in modern times can reach the level of handicrafts. If they are carefully designed, they will definitely be popular.
"Uncle Captain, why don't we give it a try? We can make a few and sell them to the supply and marketing cooperatives. If the results are good, we can produce them in large quantities."
The team leader was delighted when he heard this. "Yu Zhiqing, if our team can generate income from willow weaving, it will be a great thing for our team."
"I'll go draw the blueprint now. When I'm done, I'll let Comrade Lu Yunyang edit it."
"good."
Lu Yunyang answered in a sonorous and powerful voice, feeling that he had finally found a place to put his abilities to use and that he had never felt as powerful as he did today.
Yu Jingjing quickly drew a beautiful basket and handed it to Lu Yunyang. The Lu family found that it was indeed a style they had never seen before.
They have ready-made cut and peeled willow branches at home, and they can start weaving by soaking them in water for two or three hours.
Lu Yunyang hurried to soak the willow branches.
Yu Jingjing was free now and wanted to go to the mountain to practice playing the guitar. When she said goodbye to the Lu family, Lu Yunxiao said, "I'll go with you. If you have any movements that are not right, I can help you correct them."
"Okay." She also wanted to have a companion.
The two went up the mountain together. Yu Jingjing practiced shooting hard for the past two days. With the high accuracy of the gun butt bullet made by Lu Yunxiao, she soon successfully shot a wild rabbit with the gun butt bullet. However, due to the great power of this bullet, the rabbit was killed directly.
Yu Jingjing wanted a live rabbit that she could raise in the space.
"It would be nice if we could catch two alive."
But it is very difficult to catch a rabbit alive, and it is even more difficult to catch it unharmed.
"We can find the rabbit's hole first, and then catch it directly from the hole at night."
"Okay then." Yu Jingjing wanted to come over in the evening. "I can come over by myself in the evening. You didn't sleep well last night. Go to bed early tonight."
She wanted to put the caught rabbit into the space, but if Lu Yunxiao was present, she would probably have to keep it outside.
"Don't worry, I can protect myself. Don't forget, I still have the powerful weapon you gave me. There will be no problem." She raised the bullet in her hand.
"Well, you must be careful."
"Yes."
They first found the rabbit's nest on the mountain and then went down the mountain.
After going down the mountain, Yu Jingjing was afraid that the Lu family would encounter problems when weaving baskets, so she went to the Lu family with Lu Yunxiao again.
The Lu family's willow twigs have been soaked, and Lu Yunyang is starting to weave them according to the drawings given by Yu Jingjing.
The young man was indeed the most skillful man in the family and he was also smart as well. He quickly weaved the bottom of the basket.
The bottom is the foundation. If the bottom is well woven, the whole basket is half successful.
The other members of the Lu family were learning from him. Two hours later, Lu Yunyang had woven a new style of basket, and everyone was amazed.
"Okay, okay, such a beautiful and sturdy basket, I want to buy it when I see it." said Mrs. Lu.
Because they needed a few more samples, the Lu family started weaving baskets together.
Yu Jingjing had her meal at Lu's house before going back. After leaving the educated youth camp, she felt so free that she could eat wherever she wanted and go back whenever she wanted.
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