“The city is strongly supporting communes and villages to establish factories and cooperatives based on their existing conditions. Yanghe Village applied to set up a winery a few days ago, so I came to take a look at the situation.”
Before even reaching Yanghe Village, we saw the textile factory here; it was just an empty lot when we came here before.
In addition, since this place was related to his aunt, he couldn't help but want to come here to take a look first. Unexpectedly, he ran into her, which was a real bonus.
The winery is the most important thing in the village and for the educated youth settlement right now. When Lu Ronghui heard that he was in charge of this, she immediately became much more enthusiastic.
"Comrade Wei, you may not know that Yanghe Village has a long history of brewing wine, and Yanghe wine is very famous in several villages around here."
Now, with the educated youth and the village jointly running the factory, the technical conditions, raw materials, and management personnel are all in place, so the distillery will definitely be established.
She took An'an's hand and immediately started talking to Wei Hui about the conditions for setting up a factory in the village. Wei Hui raised his eyebrows in surprise. Whether it was before or the last time in the city, Comrade Lu had always been very indifferent.
If he hadn't spoken up to remind me, I might not have remembered him even after seeing him a few more times.
Lu Ronghui realized after a while that the person next to her hadn't spoken, so she stopped and felt a little embarrassed.
"I'm not trying to promote myself, I just think that if we can set up a winery, it can improve the conditions in the village and the lives of the educated youth."
The original intention of sending educated youth to the countryside was to bring their talents and knowledge to the development of remote areas. Now, it's a good thing that their knowledge can be fully utilized.
"Of course, I believe Comrade Lu understands the conditions for setting up a factory better than I do."
"I work in a textile factory now. I've only heard about it from my old friends. I'm sure Comrade Wei will be able to get a more comprehensive understanding of them when he meets them later."
Lu Ronghui didn't want Wei Hui to think she was boasting about her conditions for running a winery, so she quickly distanced herself from the situation.
Their conversation was too formal. An'an, holding her aunt's hand, stopped looking at the unfamiliar uncle and instead kept looking to both sides.
Wei Hui didn't expect that she was no longer in the village; he knew that Lu Ronghui lived in the family compound.
"You work in a textile factory?"
"Um"
When they arrived at Yanghe Village, the Party Secretary and the people from the educated youth settlement were already waiting there. They were all a little curious to see Wei Hui coming with Lu Ronghui.
"You know Xiaohui?"
Lu Ronghui hesitated for a moment. Did she even know him? They had only met a few times, and at this time, saying that Wei Hui knew her would seem like she was trying to curry favor with him.
"Yes, I know you. The Party Secretary and the Brigade Leader have met me before, but you may not remember me."
"ah?"
Everyone was shocked. Several middle-aged women who came to watch the commotion recognized him immediately. After all, they had been eyeing such a handsome young man for a while.
"Someone has been to our village."
"You've been here several times, haven't you? You people have such bad memories."
While they were talking, Lu Ronghui took An'an to Aunt Tian's house, where Liu Jiandong was also home.
"Uncle is going up the mountain!"
Liu Jiandong tugged at her little tuft of hair in annoyance, "Going up the mountain every day, at this rate, you'll eventually plunder the mountain dry."
"You're talking nonsense all day long. Hurry up and take your basket with you and grab more things down here. It's getting cold."
"Mom, aren't you going?"
Aunt Tian paused for a moment and secretly glanced at Xiao Hui.
That young man must be interested in Xiaohui. They've met again now; they just came here together.
Xiaoqing suddenly asked her about the young man that day; there's probably something going on here.
Xiao Hui doesn't seem to have figured things out yet, so she has to keep an eye on those old women, afraid they'll just give their daughters away to other people.
"What, can't your mother take a day off?"
Liu Jiandong covered his forehead and sighed. He had only asked a question and hadn't said anything else.
An'an covered her mouth and giggled, then followed her uncle up the mountain.
The village secretary and the people at the educated youth settlement paused, wondering why Comrade Wei suddenly looked around.
"Village chief, where should we build the winery? I've looked around the village and it seems there's no vacant land."
"Yes, yes, our village is a bit far from the back mountain, and we plan to build it there."
"Then let's go over and take a look."
Everyone quickly led him towards the back of the mountain, where An'an was carrying his own little basket and swaying back and forth. Unexpectedly, they ran into that uncle again.
"Uncle, are you going up the mountain too?"
"Yes, what are you doing up the mountain?"
"I'm really good at catching rabbits."
Liu Jiandong and Aunt Tian: "..."
Aunt Tian quickly cleared her throat. "How could children catch any rabbits? The adults go up to gather firewood, and they just go up to play."
An'an then realized that she shouldn't say she was going hunting in the mountains, but rather that she was going to play.
"Yes, gathering firewood."
Liu Jiandong was surprised to find himself followed by a bunch of people. What puzzled him most was that his mother had said she wouldn't go, so why was she on the scene again?
The most puzzled people were probably the village chief and the team leader. They hadn't thought of taking people to see the winery's address, but several old women in the village were eager to sell their daughters off.
"Comrade Xiao Wei, has your family arranged a marriage for you yet?"
"You're so young, your family shouldn't be in a hurry, right? Xiao Wei, have you been dating anyone?"
Aunt Tian rolled her eyes. Everyone thought she had asked the question in a very tactful way, but in reality, everyone could see the ulterior motives on her face.
"I have someone I like, and I've already had someone come to propose marriage."
"ah?"
The women exchanged glances and asked a few more questions before finally giving up. This time, they stopped following them and went straight into the mountains to gather some firewood before heading down.
Lu Ronghui was not far from them and heard it, but she didn't pay any attention to it.
The two groups parted ways, heading deeper into the mountains. Aunt Tian had been secretly smiling ever since she heard what Comrade Xiao Wei said later.
"Mom, what are you doing? Why are you acting so strange today? Your smile is so creepy."
Liu Jiandong muttered a few words, and now that he was going to the mountains with them, Aunt Tian wiped the smile off her face and glared at him fiercely.
Shut up!
"Mother!"
An'an had already seen Song Qing, and she shouted and ran over.
"Mom is amazing, she collected so much firewood."
Before the person even arrived, the flattery had already begun. Song Qing smiled helplessly. Aunt Tian went over to chop firewood with her and asked Liu Jiandong to lead them to the trap.
After finally getting Xiao Hui away, Aunt Tian whispered, "Comrade Wei Hui has come to the village. He just came with An'an and Xiao Hui."
"Huh?" Song Qing stopped chopping wood. "They came together?"
"Of course, someone just asked Wei Hui if he had someone he liked, and he said directly that he went to propose to her, and he even emphasized that he liked her."
What made Aunt Tian most hopeful was that he didn't say the marriage proposal had failed, which immediately made all the eager old women back down.
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