"Let's order milk. Malted milk requires a ticket, and the farm won't ask us for a ticket when they sell milk to us."
Qiao Xinyi said, "50 cents a bottle, much cheaper than in the city. A bottle of milk in the city costs 50 cents, and milk is more nutritious than malted milk."
"My husband Lu said that milk is more nutritious than malted milk." Mrs. Lu nodded, "We are thinking of setting it up three days a week for our two children."
One bottle of milk costs one yuan a day for each of the two children. They can't afford to drink it every day, but they don't want the children to lose out on nutrition, so Mrs. Lu discussed with her husband and decided to drink it on fixed days a week, Monday and Friday.
The supply of milk has only increased in the past two years. A few years ago, it was quite difficult for ordinary families to order milk for their children.
"What about your family?" asked Mrs. Lu.
"If there is no limit, each person in our family will have one bottle a day." Qiao Xinyi said, "If there is a limit, then we will focus on children and the elderly first."
"There is definitely no limit to the amount of milk we supply to our family compound. After all, no family can afford one for each member of the family. There is definitely enough milk on the farm."
After hearing what Qiao Xinyi said, Mrs. Lu became even more certain that her decision to order milk for her child was the right one.
If milk wasn't a good thing, Qiao Xinyi wouldn't give each family member a portion.
It's $2.50 a day now, but by this time next year it will be $1.50 a day.
Hearing Qiao Xinyi and Sister Lu talking about milk, several other sisters-in-law came over and started chatting.
After that, I don’t know how the word got out, but the rumor spread in the compound that Qiao Xinyi said milk was nutritious and that drinking it would make children smarter, so almost every household in the compound ordered milk.
Fu Bailu couldn't stop laughing when she told Qiao Xinyi about this when she got home.
"The family members all said it was you who said it. They said you are such a smart person and if you said it was a good thing, then it must be a good thing."
Fu Bailu clearly heard Qiao Xinyi only say that she grew taller that day, so she thought the rumor was a little funny. "I've also heard some mothers tell their children that drinking milk can help them get 100 marks in the exam."
Qiao Xinyi didn't care. "Anyway, as long as they are not allergic to milk or lactose intolerant, and are willing to drink milk, and are willing to spend the money for their children to drink it, drinking a glass of milk every day is really not a bad thing for children."
Qiao Xinyi did not go out for several days, and only drove back to the textile factory's staff quarters on the 18th day of the Lunar New Year.
"Mom, when will your factory have a holiday?" Qiao Xinyi asked.
"After work tomorrow, we will have a holiday the day after tomorrow. This year, the factory will have a holiday for the New Year, and we will go back to work on the first day of the lunar year." Chen Yubing said, "But the factory said that if you need to take a leave, you can tell the factory in advance. If you need to take a leave, you can take it until the first day of the lunar year, and go back to work on the seventh day."
This policy is to take care of non-provincial workers who are not native to the capital. After a busy year, they want to go back to their hometowns to reunite with their families and visit relatives and friends during the Spring Festival.
Therefore, the factory will arrange the workload of the workshops after the Spring Festival as appropriate, and deploy people in each workshop to work as usual. As long as it does not affect production, the factory system is still very humane.
"Fu Qingshan has to be on duty during the Spring Festival this year. I will spend New Year's Eve with him. On the first day of the first lunar month, I will bring the children and Aunt Fu here. We can live in the small western-style building for a few days, and then when Fu Qingshan is not on duty, I will take the children back to accompany him."
Qiao Xinyi said, "If mom asks for leave, we can go to the army and stay for a few days. There are plenty of quilts at home. If the bed is too small, we can make a bunk bed."
"Okay." Chen Yubing nodded. "I'll ask the factory tomorrow. If they don't need any more people, I'll take a few days off. If they do, we'll let people who are not from the provincial capital go back to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year reunion. That way, people from the provincial capital won't compete with them for the positions."
"My mother has such a high level of awareness." Qiao Xinyi hugged Chen Yubing's arm and smiled, "Just for your ideological awareness, the textile factory will definitely rate you as an activist."
"Mom has been awarded the title of activist in the factory for ten consecutive years. She got it last year, but she didn't get it this year." Qiao Yunbai joked, "Mom hid all her certificates in the drawer."
"A lot of things happened in my family this year, and my mother often took leave. The factory was going to give me this award, but I told the factory office that I would give up the spot." Chen Yubing thought about her attendance rate this year, how could she feel comfortable taking the award?
Although the factory office said that it would be a people-only election like in previous years, Chen Yubing knew that people still chose her this year because of her two daughters.
So Chen Yubing gave up on her own initiative this year.
But Chen Yubing, an activist in the previous ten years, did not lose out.
After all, she worked the longest overtime hours in the entire factory and had full attendance every year.
At that time, in order to earn more overtime bonuses, she was willing to work as long as the workshop was willing to schedule her.
I earned the overtime bonus, and after receiving the prizes at the end of the year, I could exchange them for some cloth to make clothes for my children.
Chen Yubing went to the kitchen to clean up the pickled vegetables that she wanted Qiao Xinyi to take away, so Qiao Xinyi went to chat with Qiao Baihe.
"You came home yesterday?" Qiao Xinyi looked at Qiao Baihe teasingly, "You didn't come back alone, did you?"
Qiao Baili smiled helplessly, "Are you asking this question knowingly?"
"I was wondering why Tang Yuanchao would give up this opportunity to show his courtesy." Qiao Xinyi sighed.
"Well, he sent me home, had a meal at home and then rushed back. He changed his unit and his current work is much busier than before." Qiao Baili nodded, "But no matter how busy he is, he always finds time to come to school to see me."
"He's afraid that if he doesn't show up in front of you for a long time, you'll forget him. He's even more afraid that if he doesn't show up by your side for a long time, some boys in your school will pursue you, and then you'll be chased away when he's not around." Qiao Xinyi would always describe Tang Yuanchao as being very competitive when it comes to pursuing a partner.
"You're right." Qiao Baili nodded in agreement. "Sometimes they're so busy that they drive over to give me something to eat, but they leave before they even say a few words."
This is to seize the time. Even if you just pass by Qiao Baili's school, you have to squeeze out some time to go find Qiao Baili.
Qiao Xinyi didn't ask Tang Yuanchao about anything else, but she noticed that Qiao Baili's expression and tone when she talked about Tang Yuanchao were obviously completely different from when they first met.
Qiao Xinyi muttered to himself that as long as Tang Yuanchao didn't make any mistakes or change his ways, he would probably be able to get Qiao Baili as his wife after she graduated from university.
But there are still many years in between, it is too early to say these things now.
However, Qiao Baili has been in college for half a year and she is much more confident now.
"I've packed my things and I'm ready to go." Qiao Baili lifted the sack on the bed and put it on her shoulder. However, the stuff was too heavy and she swayed, causing the sack to fall back on the bed with a bang.
She was silent for two seconds, turned around and called Qiao Yunsong in, then said to Qiao Xinyi, "It's a good thing you have a car."
"You're only staying there for one or two nights. Why are you bringing so many things with you? Are you moving?" Qiao Xinyi stared at the sack on the ground and asked in doubt.
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