Chapter 79
Although Lin Qingqing thinks her IQ is not high enough, she thinks her EQ is still there. Otherwise, how can she become an anchor with almost no scandals?
Usually when people say no, they basically want it. This speculation is not gender-specific. However, she can't lose face in front of the head of the group, Lu. So Lin Qingqing said: "Lu Haici, your father said that he doesn't want the gift from your mother, so do you want to give it or not?"
Lu Cheng's eyebrows jumped and looked at Lu Haici.
Lu Haici said: "Then don't give it."
Lu Cheng narrowed his eyes.
Lin Qingqing smiled faintly: "Why? Mommy got her salary and bought you a gift, but she didn't buy a gift for Daddy."
Lu Haici said: "Because I like gifts, so I want Mommy's gift. But Daddy said he doesn't want to buy clothes, he doesn't want Mommy's gift. Adults won't lie, Daddy said no, he definitely doesn't want it." Little Lu Haici, who answered his mother's question seriously, had no idea that his father was having dangerous thoughts at the moment, and his father wanted to sew up his little mouth.
"Really?" Lin Qingqing didn't know what Lu Cheng was thinking, but she really wanted to give Lu Cheng a gift. I didn't think of it before, but it's not too late to think of it now. "But Dad works very hard to earn money in the army. Although Mom is working now and can earn money, before Mom went to work, all the money in the family was earned by Dad. For example, the money for our meals and the money for the clothes you wear are all earned by Dad. Do you think Dad works hard?"
Lu Cheng: Is he really as good as she said? The dangerous thoughts gradually dissipated, and he began to think about himself. Whether it is true or not, in order to maintain his image in her heart, he must work harder.
"It's hard." Lu Haici looked at Lu's father, "Dad, when I grow up, I will work hard to earn money to feed you and buy you clothes."
Lu Cheng: There is no need to wait until you grow up. "I'll wait."
Lin Qingqing said again: "So Daddy works so hard, shouldn't we praise him, buy him gifts and clothes?"
Lu Haici nodded: "Yes."
Lin Qingqing asked again: "But Daddy says no now, what do you say?"
Lu Haici is only five years old after all, and his mind doesn't think so fast. He lowered his head and ate a few mouthfuls of noodles. Then suddenly said: "Then let's buy it for Daddy secretly, Daddy won't say no if he doesn't know."
Lin Qingqing touched his head: "Then I'll leave it to you when the time comes."
Lu Haici likes the feeling of being trusted by his mother: "Leave it to me, I promise to complete the task."
Lu Cheng: Do these two people treat him as if he doesn't exist?
But the mood is unexpectedly good.
"Really, you don't need to." Lu Cheng said again, "I actually have a lot of clothes, I..."
"Eat." Lin Qingqing interrupted him, "I haven't bought anything yet, and maybe I won't buy you clothes, but buy other things."
Lu Cheng: "..." He was wrong.
After breakfast, the family of three went out. Lu Cheng went to the army, and Lin Qingqing asked Lu Haici to wait for her at the gate of the family compound first, and she went to the office.
When Lin Qingqing went to the office, she heard Ji Yang's voice while waiting for Lu Haici at the gate of the family
compound. "Lu Haici..." Ji Yang had just come back from the cafeteria after having breakfast. He planned to go home alone and then go find Lu Haici to play, but he saw Lu Haici at the gate of the family compound, "Lu Haici, why are you here?" Ji Yang ran over in a hurry.
Lu Haici said, "I'm waiting for my mother. My mother has gone to the office. She will come later and take me to see her work. My mother said I can play on the side."
"Wow, can I play with you?" Ji Yang was so envious. His mother's workplace is not fun, and he is tired of it.
"I don't know either." Lu Haici said, "You should ask my mother."
Ji Yang said, "Okay, then I'll ask my aunt later."
"Ji Yang, I'm wearing big tiger pants today. It's a gift from my mother." Lu Haici patted his butt, "The big tiger is here."
"Wow, show me." Ji Yang couldn't wait to pull Lu Haici's pants.
"No, no." Lu Haici stopped him, and he looked around, "We will be seen here, let's go over there." He pointed to the corner of the guard room.
Ji Yang: "Okay."
So, the two of them came to the corner mysteriously, Lu Haici took off his pants and raised his buttocks: "Look, it's a big tiger, right? Does it look good? My dad and mom said it looks good."
"It looks good, better than my little yellow chicken, the big tiger is really good-looking." Ji Yang looked at the big tiger with envy, there is no child who doesn't like tigers, how majestic. Although the cartoon tiger made by Lin Qingqing is not as majestic as a tiger, it is also better looking than Ji Yang's little yellow chicken.
Lu Haici put on his pants again: "Don't we all have to wear tiger pants? Did your mother make you tiger pants?"
Speaking of this, Ji Yang became happy again: "My mother said she would make them for me, but my mother doesn't know what a tiger looks like. She said she would make them for me after we go to the zoo and see the tigers."
As an experienced person, Lu Haici nodded very clearly: "My mother and I have been to the zoo and seen tigers, so my mother knows how to make tiger pants."
"Your mother is so amazing..."
"My mother is the best mother."
"Your mother..."
"My mom..."
When the two were still playing, Lin Qingqing's voice rang out: "Lu Haici, where are you? Lu Haici..."
"Mom, I'm here." Lu Haici hurried out from the corner, followed by Ji Yang.
Seeing this, Lin Qingqing couldn't help but ask: "What are you two doing there?"
Lu Haici said: "I'm showing Ji Yang my big tiger pants."
Ji Yang said: "Yes, Lu Haici's big tiger pants are really beautiful."
Lin Qingqing: "..." She really couldn't understand the behavior of these two children with normal thinking. "Now are you ready? Mommy has to go do some work."
Lu Haici: "Look, Mommy, Ji Yang wants to play with me, is that okay?"
Lin Qingqing: "Of course I can." She was afraid that Lu Haici would be bored alone, and it would be even better if Ji Yang was here. Anyway, she could see it, so nothing would go wrong.
Lin Qingqing led the two children out of the family compound and came to the nearby fields. Because she had an appointment with the captain, she came ten minutes early. However, she did not expect that the captain was already there, which made Lin Qingqing feel a little embarrassed.
"Captain, I have kept you waiting for a long time." Lin Qingqing told the two children to play nearby.
The captain: "No, no, I came too early." He came to do things for the army, so he would definitely come early rather than late.
The two did not say anything polite and went straight to the point. Lin said lightly: "Captain, you see, now the fields and barren hills around here have been requisitioned by the army, but the margins of the fields and barren hills are very large, so I want to divide them and put up wooden fences, so that it looks like a farm. But I still need your guidance on how to put up the wooden fences and how to divide the area. After that, it's about turning the soil and sowing seeds, which also needs your approval. To
put it bluntly, I want to have a consultant on planting in my farm. Do you think you are interested?" Even if there are some military wives who know how to plant, they are definitely not as knowledgeable as the captain. As the leader of a production brigade, the captain must be one of the people who know the most about crops. Moreover, the captain is a local and knows more about the climate and soil conditions here than the military wives. Therefore, Lin Qingqing wanted to ask the captain to be the planting consultant.
The captain was stunned after hearing what Lin Qingqing said. He didn't expect that there was such a thing waiting for him. "Well...well, I'm still the team leader. If there's anything happening in the team..."
"It won't conflict with the team's affairs. You should put the team first. When you're free, come here to patrol, observe, and give us suggestions." Lin said lightly, "However, I may be getting something for nothing, because I can't promise you a consulting salary now, nor can I pay you a consulting salary. I can only make up for it after our farm has a good harvest and we make money."
"No, no, no salary." The team leader has never thought about getting a salary. He originally just thought that Lin Qingqing was a military wife in the army, and was in charge of such a big thing, so she must be an extraordinary military wife among military wives. She either had a background in her family, or her husband had a high status in the army. The captain came to help, firstly, he was sincerely serving the army. The military comrades protected their country, so what was it for ordinary people to do such a small thing? Secondly, he also wanted to establish a relationship with Lin Qingqing, in case there was something in the future that required the use of a relationship. Regardless of whether Lin Qingqing could help at that time, there was always a relationship.
Lin Qingqing certainly would not agree to not pay her salary, not to mention that she was now representing the army, even for herself, she did not want to take advantage of others. She did not like to take advantage of others, but she was also unwilling to let others take advantage of her. Even though her grandmother always said, taking a step back will open up the world. But she has had this kind of personality since she was a child. It was caused by her upbringing, and she herself has changed and stopped talking about it.
The issue of wages was no longer discussed. Lin Qingqing knew what was going on, and then she talked to the team leader about dividing the area and building wooden fences.
The two talked for a whole morning, from fields to barren mountains. With someone as experienced as the team leader, the matter was quickly finalized. However, there was still a lot to do in the afternoon. So Lin Qingqing invited the team leader to the cafeteria for dinner. The team leader wanted to refuse, but Lin Qingqing didn't give him a chance to resolve it. Moreover, the team leader had never been to the army cafeteria, and he also wanted to go,
so that he could brag about it in the team later. Because she was afraid that the team leader would be embarrassed, Lin Qingqing ate alone with the team leader, and Lu Cheng and Lu Haici sat together.
There were no pickled vegetables in the army today, but the vegetarian dishes were better than the vegetables from the farmers. After all, the vegetables in the brigade were also oily, and there was no shortage of oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and other condiments.
After lunch, Lin Qingqing went to find Zhang Hongping. The brigade leader went to the barren mountains to pick up some dead trees and came back to teach everyone how to make wooden fences.
"Such a large field?" Zhang Hongping was quite surprised after hearing Lin Qingqing talk about the area of the field.
Lin Qingqing said: "When the time comes, not only will we military wives work, but we can also call in soldiers who are not on a mission. You know, training is not just training in the boring army, turning the soil and planting is also a kind of physical training."
Zhang Hongping stared at Lin Qingqing blankly for a long time, and she silently raised her thumb to Lin Qingqing. Comrade Lin was the smart one.
Lin smiled and said, "It's not for nothing. We have to subsidize them with food and food. You guys... from here to there, you grow crops. From here to there, it's a farm. In fact, with the army's road as the center line, one side is all crops, and the other side is half crops and half farms. As for the side of the barren mountain..." Lin told Zhang Hongping everything she had talked about with the team leader for the whole morning. Then it was Zhang Hongping who led the wives of the soldiers to work.
Zhang Hongping naturally understood the reason: "I know, I have counted the situation of the military wives last night. There are a total of 138 military wives accompanying the troops here. Five of them will not participate in this matter, and three will participate, but they have other work to do and can only participate when they are free. I thought, since they are paid for their work points, it doesn't matter when they come to participate."
Lin nodded gently: "Indeed, it's all right. That still leaves 130 Lin Qingqing thought about it and decided that these 130 military wives could be divided into 13 squads, with 10 people in each squad, just like in the army. A squad leader would be selected from the 10 people, and the squad leader's treatment could be slightly higher than that of ordinary people. For example, ordinary people get 10 work points for one kilogram of food, while the squad leader can get 10 kilograms of food and 2 yuan a month in subsidies. "
Zhang Hongping thought: "Your idea is good, then I will go to select the squad leader tonight."
"No." Lin Qingqing thought there was no need to be so anxious. "You can divide them into 13 teams first, and designate where they will work. Then, during the work, see who performs best among the ten people in each team, and then designate who will be the team leader. The team leader can be changed every month, and if the performance is good, he can be re-elected."
"You are still smart." Zhang Hongping has always known that Lin Qingqing is a smart person, so she is not surprised by her method.
Lin Qingqing is not actually smart, but as a future person, she is standing on the shoulders of her predecessors. These are the ideas of her predecessors, and she just borrowed them.
Lin Qingqing and Zhang Hongping were talking about similar things. The team leader came down from the barren mountain. He was carrying two pieces of wood. Then, the team leader began to talk about the method of making wooden fences. As the captain spoke, Lin Qingqing took out a pen and paper and drew the pattern according to what he said.
The captain said: "Yes, that's it. I don't have any tools now. If I had tools, I could make a wooden fence shape."
Zhang Hongping: "That's easy. I know where I can find the tools. I'll borrow them."
Zhang Hongping is one of the oldest military wives in the family home. When she first came, the place was far worse than it is now, so she watched the family home develop and knew where they could find the tools they needed.
In just ten minutes, Zhang Hongping borrowed the tools, and then the captain began to make the wood pile.
The captain is an old hand, and he is very good at doing these things. In just ten minutes, he finished a wood pile. "After the wooden stake is made, it needs to be inserted into the ground. However, it is not rubbed directly into the ground like this. Instead, the ground is dug up and the wooden stake is placed in. This way it will be more solid."
The fields and barren hills had been demarcated, and there was nothing for the team leader to do, so he went back after making the wooden fences. Lin Qingqing and Zhang Hongping returned to the family compound and called all the military wives to a meeting with a loudspeaker.
This was the first meeting of the military wives, and also the first meeting after the establishment of the Military Wives Committee. Although this Military Wives Committee only has Lin Qingqing and Zhang Hongping for the time being.
At the meeting, Zhang Hongping selected a military wife who had just graduated from junior high school and had no job to be the scorer. As for accounting... there was no accounting major among the military wives, or anyone who had worked in finance, so it had to be postponed for now.
Then, Zhang Hongping divided the 130 people into ten groups and asked them to gather at the gate of the army at 8:30 tomorrow. After all, the wives of soldiers still have housework to do in the morning, and it is impossible for them to go to work as soon as the wake-up call rings at 6:30 like the men.
After the arrangements were made in the family compound, Lin Qingqing went to discuss with Hong Jun about letting the soldiers participate in tilling the soil.
Hong Jun felt that Lin Qingqing was really brave, but: "I can't agree to let the military participate in this. Of course, I don't object, because this is not something I can interfere with, and even the logistics department will not interfere. You have to ask the platoon leaders of each platoon." Hong Jun instructed Lin Qingqing, "The training of soldiers is based on the company, and the training is arranged by the company commander of each company. If the company commander arranges them to turn the soil as training, then they will not object. Under normal circumstances, the company commander's superiors will not interfere." What she didn't say was that the independent regiment had Lu Cheng, so there would definitely be no problem. But this statement seemed a bit abusive.
What Hong Jun could think of, Lin Qingqing could certainly think of, and she would not let Lu Cheng be criticized because of her own affairs. So, she went to find Political Commissar Qu.
"What did you say? Your farm paid the soldiers to turn the soil?" Political Commissar Qu laughed, "Your words are interesting."
Lin Qingqing said seriously: "Replying to the leader, I am not joking. First of all, the area of the fields and barren hills is not small. After all, 130 military wives are female comrades. Although the leader said that women can hold up half the sky, women do not have the strength and physique of male comrades. So we women can only hold up half the sky with wisdom, and the labor work depends on male comrades."
Puff... Political Commissar Qu laughed so hard that his stomach hurt: "So you say you are a person who uses wisdom, but your captain Lu and even me are all people who use labor?"
Lin Qingqing said: "That's because you are all male comrades who care about, love and respect female comrades."
"You're just giving me sugar water." Political Commissar Qu said, thinking about Lin Qingqing's words. Lin Qingqing's words were straightforward, but they made sense. Wouldn't it be better if soldiers could train and fight for food? Now that there are no missions, they are training every day in the same old way. It's time to change the pattern. "I have to ask about this, but I can't guarantee it. When will your plan start to be implemented? How much land and wasteland are there?"
Lin Qingqing: "Tomorrow we will arrange for the wives of the soldiers to measure the land and wasteland, and then we will start turning the soil and making wooden fences. Although there is no exact number, the leader of the production brigade here said that there are an estimated 500 mu of land. But these are all dry lands, and rice cannot be grown for the time being. We can only grow sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc. But I thought that sweet potatoes and potatoes can be taken to the grain station to exchange for rice, and one catty of rice is equal to three catties of sweet potatoes." In fact, sweet potatoes and potatoes can be made into sweet potato flour and potato flour, but she can't say it. She can only make salty food, which will not attract attention. If she can make sweet potato flour and potato flour, it will be too high-profile to say it out, so Lin Qingqing doesn't want to be high-profile.
Political Commissar Qu: "I'm relieved that you can arrange this. After you divide the 500 mu of land, the soldiers can turn the land. Our army has 45 companies. In this way, each company has to turn about 11 mu of land. Each company has 10 squads, which means that each squad turns one mu of land... This is a piece of cake. It can be completed in an hour."
Lin Qingqing sighed after hearing this. This is the truth of strength in numbers. If 130 military wives were asked to turn the 500 mu of land, they would be exhausted.
"Comrade Lin, you'd better be prepared for subsidies when the time comes." Political Commissar Qu joked, "You'll have to provide a lot of subsidies to these 45 companies."
Lin Qingqing said generously, "Give them a subsidy of 10% of the harvest from each acre of land."
"No, no, no..." Political Commissar Qu said, "Comrade Lin, that's not how it's calculated. You have to look for you now when we plow the land, but will you find them when we farm in the future? When there is a good harvest in the future, you won't be able to find them? So according to what you said now, you will give them a subsidy of 10% of the harvest when they plow the land, then for farming and the harvest, do you have to give a total of 30%?"
Lin Qingqing didn't expect this. Sure enough, the old ones are still the best. "Then what do you think is the right amount of subsidy?"
Political Commissar Qu smiled and shook his head: "This is your business, I don't care, anyway I will convince them, whether they can be satisfied next time is your business. In order to facilitate the next cooperation, Comrade Lin, you have to think of a way to make them willing to help."
Lin Qingqing said: "Yes, I will think about it when I go back."
It's easy to say yes, but how to think about it is a difficult problem.
So during dinner, Lin Qingqing was much quieter than usual, she was thinking about this matter.
Seeing this, Lu Cheng couldn't help asking: "What are you thinking about?"
Lin Qingqing didn't hide it from him, and repeated what Political Commissar Qu said: "Tell me, is there any way to make you willing to help?"
Lu Cheng wanted to say that he would definitely help willingly without her thinking of a way.
"I know a way." Suddenly, Lu Haici spoke before Lu Cheng.
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