Chapter 200 What the hell are you talking about
Zhang Hongfa and Lu Debang held the first joint workshop meeting in the village office today. The theme of this meeting was how to complete the Lujia Village flower business efficiently and with high quality. Participants in the meeting included the women's director Comrade Guo Xiuqin, business leader Ms. Shen Meng, and many women workers.

A group of women brought stools and sat in a row. Shen Meng sat at the other end with a table in front of her and a cup of hot tea with two red dates at hand. Her treatment was obviously a level higher than that of the female workers sitting below.

Shen Meng held the large enamel jar, opened the lid and blew into it, coughed twice, and took a sip of water. His demeanor was no different from that of an old cadre who had been in the village for many years. Zhang Hongfa and Lu Debang stared at him with their eyes wide open, thinking that this man was even more arrogant than themselves.

"I think our village office has been cleaned up and is much brighter than before."

"Of course not. When my Hongfa left in the morning, he was holding a broom. In all these years, I have never seen him work so hard."

"What kind of meeting was it? No one gave me any information. It looked quite serious."

"Why is Xiao Meng up there? Why did she only look for us? Will there be others coming over soon?"

"My sister-in-law is up there, so she must have something to say, and it must be a good thing, otherwise how could the village head and the party secretary, who are so stingy, make red date tea for my sister-in-law, and not the kind that is broken open, it's obvious that they spent a lot of money on it."

"Is this true? You have really sharp eyes. I didn't even notice it just now. Hahahaha."

Zhang Hongfa and Lu Debang felt embarrassed listening to their undisguised words. Guo Xiuqin almost laughed out loud, but when she thought that today was the first meeting of the workshop, she thought it was better to be serious.

"Ahem, ahem, be careful, be careful, the meeting is about to start, everyone please speak lower and be quiet. Xiangxiang, please close the door, the cold wind is blowing into the room, and soon everyone will be too cold to bear it." She was obviously unhappy when she said the last sentence.

The village chief and the party secretary are really something. They knew there would be a meeting today, but they didn't even light a brazier or something. They just swept the floor and gave them a few cups of hot water. This is too simple.

The two village cadres looked up at the sky in silence. There was nothing they could do about it. There wasn't much money in the village account to begin with, and the only liquid funds they had came from the ox cart that Uncle Guai drove every day. As for the rest, they could only rely on God's will.

"Zhenping's wife. No, Comrade Shen Meng, let's start now!"

"Okay, let's get started!"

Shen Meng started to act pretentiously in an unfathomable manner. Some things still had to be said by the village cadres, and she just needed to take the credit. There would be many more good things like this in the future, and she would seldom attend meetings in the future, so she had to keep some distance from everyone so that people would admire and respect her.

It's not that she thinks too much. If they still hang out together every day like before, and have no rules for talking and doing things, just wait. Not to mention doing things, she will be too busy to deal with the messy things between the aunts and uncles. Zhang Hongfa glanced at Lu Debang, nodded at him, stood up first, and said excitedly: "Comrades, I called you all here today because I have a very important thing to inform you. This matter was made possible entirely by Comrade Shen Meng who was not afraid of hardships, was willing to make sacrifices, cared about the people, and moved forward courageously. She has been busy with this matter before and after the New Year. Finally, at this time yesterday, she got the result. With the joint efforts of the textile factory and the supply and marketing cooperative, and with the strong support of the county's senior officials, our Lujia Village is going to build a hair flower workshop."

Shen Meng: “.”

Everyone: "."

What the hell is that? I can't understand a thing.

"Secretary, if you want to praise me, you should praise me. There is no need to use so many idioms. Most of the sisters-in-law and aunties who come here are illiterate. Just speak in vernacular Chinese."

"Okay, okay, I'm just too excited. To put it simply, Comrade Shen Meng has negotiated with the textile manufacturers. In the future, any scraps of cloth that are not easy to sell will be shipped to our Lujia Village, and our villagers will make them into head flowers and sell them in the supply and marketing cooperatives. Of course, there are labor fees for making head flowers, just like my mother Comrade Chen Jinling was allocated the materials for making head flowers. She will be given one cent for making one, and two cents for making two. After they are done, they will be handed over directly to Director Guo. Those that are qualified will be paid, and those that are unqualified will be reworked. In two days, the materials for the first batch of head flowers will be shipped to Lujia Village. If the first batch is good, then in the future it will not only be placed in the commune supply and marketing cooperatives, but also in the county supply and marketing cooperatives, and even in the provincial capital, other provinces, big cities, or even in Kyoto. The director of the commune revolutionary committee and the county officials all support this. Do you understand?"

After Zhang Hongfa finished speaking, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the people sitting below with their mouths wide open. He frowned and was about to say something when he saw them first in disbelief, then joy flashed across their faces, and then their faces flushed, and they began to discuss at once.

The most excited person was Yu Xueli. She had been thinking about going to work at the hospital these days, and having nothing to do when she returned home, she wanted to talk to the villagers about how she could help with the village work and earn work points when she came back in the evening. She didn't expect to be called to a meeting early in the morning to talk about such good things. She looked around at the people, and except for a few who were familiar with Shen Meng, most of them seemed to be young girls and wives who were not living a happy life in the village.

After looking into this matter, the person in charge was Director Guo. She immediately understood that it was probably Shen Meng who asked Director Guo to find these poor women.

"This matter has been decided and is almost ready. Here are the samples of the head flowers. If you have any questions, you can ask Jinghao. She is the first person to make these head flowers. She will be your team leader in the future. When Director Guo is not around, she will be in charge of everything. If the head flowers are not made well, they will have to be redone. No one's good words will be of any use. If this matter is accomplished, our Lujia Village will have a good future. In the future, everyone will have a good life. If someone cheats and cuts corners, delays this important matter, and cuts off the future financial resources of the villagers, then he will no longer be a member of my Lujia Village. As the village chief, I will directly convene a meeting to expel this person from Lujia Village."

The village chief Lu Debang has always had a good reputation in Lujia Village. He tries his best to be favorable to the villagers in his words and deeds. When there is a bad year and a reduction in grain production, he will report this to his superiors to ensure that the task grain is completed while also ensuring that the villagers have enough food to eat. This is the first time he has made such harsh remarks like today.

Everyone understood the importance of this matter, and naturally expressed that they would do their best. Some girls and young wives were excited but did not dare to speak.

"Xing'er, Xiaoyu, you guys don't have to be afraid. This is a big event in the village. Your parents, brothers and sisters-in-law have no right to interfere with you. And Shengnan, Dingqing, your mother-in-law and your husband, the village chief and the party secretary will go and talk to you. Just do your own things. No one can delay this matter. Otherwise, just do what the village chief says. It will be useless for anyone to plead for you."

"Hey, thank you Director Guo, thank you Director Guo."

Shen Meng looked at their happy faces and felt happy at heart. She loved seeing girls laugh, especially the kind of laugh like Yu Xueli's, when they had the courage to resist the shackles on their bodies and wanted to be reborn.