Li Waishan was so angry when he heard what Xie Zhenghe said. He thought, why is this woman always causing trouble for him and holding him back?
Cuilan is a worrying person. He thought she was a well-behaved daughter, but she turned out to be so thoughtful. He has already found out the address of Xu Yuan. He looks down on Xu Yuan. He thinks he is a frivolous guy. But his daughter is not ambitious enough. She will definitely not be able to live well in the future. He wants to send Li Cuilan far away to prevent her from always instigating his wife to do stupid things.
He immediately said to Xie Zhenghe: "Zhenghe, don't worry, Zhengchuan's wife is a hero of our Shanghe Village, I will never let her suffer any injustice."
After saying that, he turned around and locked the door of the brigade, then walked towards the cafeteria. After taking two steps, he turned his head and looked at him.
Xie Zhenghe is a gentle and refined man. Even after working for so many years, one can still see a hint of scholarly air in him. He has an education, having graduated from junior high school and also attended high school for one or two years.
He knew a lot of words, and there were not many people in the village who were as knowledgeable as him. Moreover, he was hardworking and down-to-earth. After much thought, Li Waishan felt that he was the right person to be the next village chief.
Of course, Su Li is also capable, which Li Waishan has to admit. Of course, it's not that Li Waishan favors boys over girls and doesn't choose Su Li, but from a comprehensive consideration, if Xie Zhengchuan, the police station chief, can be promoted in the future, whether Su Li should follow him to live in the county town or further places, no one can say for sure.
Li Waishan has a broad vision. He is not the old man in the village who only knows how to work in the fields and smoke dry tobacco. He has also seen a lot of things.
Then he whispered, "Zhenghe! The cadres of the county production team will hold a regular meeting in a few days. Come with me!"
Xie Zhenghe's eyebrows jumped, and he knew in his heart that Li Waishan wanted to cultivate him. He was silent for two seconds and replied, "Yes, Uncle Waishan."
Li Waishan nodded, put his hands behind his back, and walked away with big strides, humming a tuneless little tune as he walked.
Xie Zhenghe followed him silently.
Here, Su Li watched as a few aunts pushed another pot of red sugar syrup over and over. No one paid attention to the time and they were getting more and more excited.
After Li Waishan arrived at the cafeteria, he took Xie Zhenghe and went straight to find Su Li. The three of them walked aside. Li Waishan knew that Su Li had not heard about the insults from others. Looking at Su Li's sweaty face, Li Waishan felt a little guilty, but he decided to vent her anger in his heart.
The three of them stood still, and Su Li said, "Uncle Waishan, it's almost noon, why don't we stop for a while and have lunch before coming over to continue."
"It's okay. I asked when I first came here. Wangcai and his team work in two shifts. Those who are taking a break usually go home to eat, and then come back to work after dinner."
"But the kitchen is full of aunties and grandmas, and they can't handle it after a long time."
Xie Zhengchuan said at the right time: "How about this! The women who wash sugar cane can come over and help. They are young and down-to-earth. They can come and give it a try."
Su Li turned around and glanced at Xie Zhenghe and said, "Brother, have you chosen someone?"
"Yes, there are a few. You can come and try them."
Su Li nodded, "But to be honest, you have to follow my rules when working here."
"That's for sure. Don't worry. I know what's going on."
Li Waishan continued, "Zhengchuan's wife, some leaders from the county will come here to observe our workshop in the next two days. You two must follow me when the time comes. Also, after observing, will they learn the skills?"
It's no wonder that Li Waishan has such thoughts. He is really afraid of being poor. In all the years in Shanghe Village, only now can he hold his head high and be tough in front of other production team leaders. In previous years, he would avoid them whenever he could. When he couldn't avoid them, he would keep his head down and keep silent. After all, his production team still owed them money for the famine.
It was not easy for him to fight for his life now. If his skills were learned by other production teams, he would have no chance to survive.
Su Li smiled and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Waishan. Not to mention that they can't remember all the steps of making brown sugar, even if they do remember them, they can't master the temperature, precautions and methods of deduction without special guidance. Another problem is the sugarcane seedlings. Even if they can find sugarcane seedlings, they can't buy fertilizers and nutrient solutions, so the output and quality cannot be guaranteed. What's more, the brown sugar workshop in Shanghe Village was already mature at that time, and the brown sugar was of high quality and cheap, so they wouldn't waste their time on it."
Hearing Su Li say this, Li Waishan felt relieved. "That's it, that's it, that's it. You are busy. I will leave first. I want to go to the sugarcane field to check it out."
Xie Zhenghe knew that he was going to vent his anger on the third son's wife, so he hurriedly followed him.
Old Man Xie picked up a group of his own children from school, sent Xie Laifu, Xiangzhi and Xiaofang to Old Xie's house, and took Li Dan, the only child, directly to the canteen of the production team. Everyone in the family was busy. The second son's wife was pregnant again, and her belly was getting bigger. The family listened to the third son's wife and didn't let her go to work. She just stayed at home to take care of Xianglan and Xiaoqin, wash clothes, and look after the piglets.
So the task of picking up and dropping off the grandchildren from school fell on him.
He also enjoys his leisure time. He smokes a cigarette every day and spends time with his grandchildren. Watching the children chattering, he feels a lot younger!
"Grandpa, is my mom busy in there?" Hu Zi looked at so many people, and his little head kept turning, but he was small, and all he could see were adults' legs, swaying in front of him, and there were also crackling sounds.
He was a little anxious and wanted to run inside, but before he took two steps, Li Dan grabbed him and took him away with his schoolbag.
"Brother, let go quickly, I'm going to find mom inside."
Father Xie tapped Hu Zi on the back of his head.
"Ouch, it hurts. Grandpa, please push harder."
"Don't run around, little bastard."
After that, he turned to the sweaty Daniu who was sitting at the door and taking a rest and asked, "Daniu, have you seen Zhengchuan's wife?"
"Uncle Xie, Zhengchuan's wife is busy in the kitchen!" Daniu said and took a big sip of brown sugar water, "It's so sweet!"
Su Li was just about to come out. She saw that it was almost time and was worried that the children would not have time to eat lunch after school. She just saw Old Man Xie and a few children looking out the door.
"Dad, here I come."
"Hey! These kids, after school, they don't even want to go to their family for dinner, they have to come and see you first."
Su Li's smile deepened when she heard what Father Xie said, "Really? Darlings, you miss your mom, don't you?"
Baoya hugged Su Li's legs and said, "Yeah, I miss my mom."
The other boys blushed a little, but they were too shy to hug Su Li so blatantly. However, Hu Zi was shameless and went up to hug Su Li's other leg.
With red ears, she said, "I...I miss my mother too."
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