dtnovels Chapter 187: Bean Products for Cloth
Chapter 187: Bean Products for Cloth
Third year of famine, hope.
With the food compensation from the military, the rice porridge in the villagers' bowls finally became thicker.
Everyone is happy.
It's not just that it's hard to have enough food to eat, but more importantly, they remember the three-year deadline that was originally predicted.
I counted the days as if they were years, and finally the time came to an end.
It’s like running a race and about to reach the finish line, which makes people unconsciously regain motivation and no longer hesitate.
They knew that the suffering would soon end and better days would surely come.
Winter passes and spring comes.
With the arrival of the first rain of spring, everyone cried with joy.
Even though the spring rain is biting, the villagers still stand in the rain stubbornly, with their arms open, to welcome the hard-earned rain from heaven.
This rain is like the sweet dew from the willow branches in Guanyin's jade bottle pouring down, bringing spring to the earth and reviving all things.
I’m not sure about other areas, but at least in the Northeast, things are thriving.
The mountains and fields are full of vitality, work is in full swing, life is back on track, and people are living and working in peace and contentment.
Due to the exposure of the roster, there was a great turmoil in the upper echelons of Beijing City, and a reshuffle also took place in Qingshan Town.
Wang Bichang, his followers, and other people who were planted in the organization were all secretly taken away.
The only thing we told outside was that it was a public office in Beijing.
Shen Yiming was in charge of this matter. He had always thought that he had a lot of information about the nails.
But when he pulled those people up by the roots, he found that he was pulling out radishes with mud.
There were more people planted in Beijing than he had investigated.
From government departments to garbage collection, it can be said that they are omnipresent, which makes him feel scared every time he thinks about it.
Just imagine, if Gu Mingyue hadn’t discovered the location of the base.
Perhaps, when that group of people completely takes control of Qingshan Town, that will be the day to ship the things out of the country.
His intentions are truly sinister and his plan is far-reaching.
Let’s assume that if the decisive evidence, the roster, had not been found, who knows how many people would have been corrupted and turned against the government.
Fortunately, Beijing is far away from here, and many things are beyond our reach, which gives Qingshan Town a chance to catch its breath.
In fact, if Shen Yiming looks back carefully, he will find that many critical moments...
Because of Gu Mingyue, the troublemaker, those people's plans were hindered to a great extent.
Not to mention that he didn't know, even Gu Mingyue herself didn't know.
For example, if she hadn't controlled Wang Bichang, he would have been afraid to act rashly.
When they caused trouble at the machinery factory, it was impossible to overthrow the factory director and let someone with real ability take over.
It also prevents people from controlling the factory and doing things that harm the country.
Shen Yiming just took it as a blessing at this time, which made him more rigorous in his future work and reach a higher position.
Let’s get back to the present.
Until the things in the cave are properly dealt with, Qingshan Town is temporarily taken over by the military.
Everyone entering and leaving must be strictly checked. Except for the people in Gujia Village who know a little, the statement to the outside world is that the whole nation is catching spies.
Once, Gu Mingyue met Shen Yiming.
When the two were chatting, it was heard from their voice that the selection of the commune's president would have to wait for the completion of the Beijing-city investigation before someone else could be arranged to take over.
When Gu Mingyue found out, she was just surprised, but she was no longer worried about "who is coming" like before!
With the inscription personally written by a senior leader, she is equivalent to having a golden medal of immunity from death.
Not to mention someone causing trouble, even the king of heaven wouldn't dare to touch her.
During this period, it is worth mentioning the situation of the children at home.
Guangsheng was admitted to Fengtian University of Technology in the neighboring city last year. If food hadn't been in short supply, my sister-in-law would definitely have been unable to resist hosting a banquet for everyone.
Nowadays, the school system is not unified. In Northeast China, it is 5-2-2, with five years of elementary school, two years of junior high school, and two years of high school.
Guangrong and Guangcan are already 17 years old and have decided to take the college entrance examination this year, aiming for a university in Harbin.
The younger ones, Xiao Shitou, Guangxin, Xingfu, Yixuan and Yinuo, are still at the stage where they are ignorant of the sufferings of the world.
For them, not having to do homework is the happiest thing.
The two older ones, Xinsheng and Xintu, are 16 and 13 years old respectively.
I had never attended formal school before, so I had always been attending classes with Xiao Shitou and others.
In addition, in rural schools, one class contains students from many grades, so their situation is not out of place.
Perhaps because they were in a hurry to grow up and support the family, the two children worked very hard and did not forget to take extra lessons even during the famine.
The freshman often reviewed with Guangrong and Guangcan, and when he learned that the two were taking the college entrance examination this year, he decided to go with them.
As for Xintu, he is preparing for the junior high school entrance exam. This child is relatively introverted, but he has his own ideas.
Seeing how hard he was studying, Gu Mingyue guessed that he was preparing to skip a grade.
She didn't interfere too much. Since he wanted to learn, she would continue to support him.
Of course, it was not an individual’s help, but a joint decision of the villagers.
In the past, everyone was short of money and might have been more concerned.
Since the tofu workshop in the village resumed operations, it has the confidence to provide assistance to some needy families.
That day, Gu Mingyue personally went to the textile factory and proposed to exchange soy products for cloth.
Bai Yanqing laughed, "Are you a Pixiu girl? You only spend money and never earn money. You exchanged soy products for cloth scraps. Are you going to exchange the cloth scraps for money again? In total, you not only didn't spend a penny, but you also made a net profit."
Gu Mingyue originally was quite interested in the labor fee for sewing rags with scraps of cloth.
But during the three-year disaster, she hardly left the house. She was bored at home and would watch some handicraft videos in private, and gradually changed her mind.
The manual labor is tiring and troublesome, and you can't earn much.
Now that their village has the imperial sword, it wouldn't hurt to take a bigger step and build another workshop.
So when she heard the question, she immediately denied it and said, "You are wronging me. I am not going to ask you for the labor fee. I exchange the cloth for other purposes. By the way, speaking of this, I also want to tell you a good news. The Gujia Village Handicraft Workshop will be established soon. Sister Bai will be the person in charge. From now on, the purchase of cloth will be handed over to her, and you two can meet more often."
Bai Yanqing suddenly realized, "I was wondering why you didn't care about the money you made from sewing cloth. It turns out that you have bigger plans."
Gu Mingyue pretended to be serious. "Oh, it's just a preliminary idea. It may not make money yet. We are family, so I'm telling you this. You should keep a low profile to the outside world."
Bai Yanqing was amused by her appearance and couldn't help but said, "You are so cunning that you are almost like a sieve. Only my silly daughter follows your lead every day. You better be careful and don't sell her out."
Gu Mingyue complained, "You are really talking nonsense. How can we cheat our own family? I am not that kind of person. Look, this piece of cloth..."
Bai Yanqing said helplessly, "I'll ask my secretary to take you there. You can pick whatever you want. I'll let you pick as many as you want. This will save you from complaining to Feng Lai that I don't support you, one of our own."
"I'm not that kind of person." Gu Mingyue emphasized again shamelessly.
Then he added, "I won't be polite to you. I'll have them take us away right away."
When the villagers saw the sacks full of ox carts and learned that they were all cloth scraps, they couldn't help but wonder, "What are they going to do?"