Return to 1981 and start from breaking off the engagement

Chapter 111 Weijun, thank you
Director Hao was startled at first, but the next moment he retracted his hand without leaving a trace and put the Chinese cigarette into his purse.

With You Damin's good relationship and kindness, Yao Weijun didn't need to bring too many gifts. A pack of cigarettes was enough to show his sincerity.

"Comrade Yao, you said you were going to buy a sewing machine today, but you haven't done it yet?"

Director Hao put away his cigarette and felt a little guilty, so he asked kindly.

"No, I plan to visit the county stores later. Frankly speaking, I really don't have a clue in this regard."

All sewing equipment involved is sold at designated points in state-owned stores. If you want to buy it, in addition to money and tickets, if you buy a large quantity at one time, it is best to have a certificate from the unit, which will be more convenient.

So Yao Weijun said frankly.

"Just like this, I will take you there when you go to work in the afternoon. You are a friend of Damin, and our first cooperation went very smoothly. I will definitely help you if I can help in this regard!"

Director Hao said lightly with a smile on his face.

"That's good, thank you, Director Hao, for your trouble."

Yao Weijun was happy, looked at his watch, and sincerely invited:

"It's almost lunch time, so let's do this. Director Hao, I'm really grateful that you can help me like this. Let's go out for a quick bite at noon. Just give me a chance to express your feelings, okay?"

"Isn't this not good? Haha... Comrade Yao, you are so polite."

Director Hao laughed heartily and declined habitually.

Seeing that he did not refuse on the spot, Yao Weijun made up his mind to treat him to a meal and said a few polite words at the right time.

Director Hao nodded in agreement, and the two drank tea and chatted for a while. When the time was almost up, they walked out of the clothing factory together.

In a restaurant, Yao Weijun carefully booked a private room. After ordering the food, he specially ordered a bottle of good wine that cost more than ten yuan, which gave Director Hao plenty of face.

After eating and drinking, by the time they left the restaurant, it was already the afternoon work time for the garment factory. Director Hao asked Yao Weijun to wait for him at the factory gate, then went to the factory alone, and came out a short time later carrying a black leather bag.

"Let's go directly to the County No. [-] Machinery Store in the city. They specialize in selling all kinds of sewing equipment. The person in charge of them and I are friends. Later, you can purchase it as a partner of the garment factory. The procedures will be much simpler. ”

Director Hao finished explaining with a smile and patted the black leather bag again, "In addition, I also brought you some industrial coupons, which can be used to offset part of the purchase price, haha..."

"Thank you, Director Hao!"

Yao Weijun nodded in agreement, motioned Director Hao to get on the motorcycle, and drove over.

When I arrived at the County No. [-] Machinery Store, with Director Hao present, the process of purchasing sewing machines was indeed much simpler. In less than an hour, seven sewing machines were already loaded on the car.

The price of a sewing machine is 170 yuan. With the industrial coupon deduction from the garment factory, Yao Weijun only spends 140 yuan per sewing machine.

The seven units totaled 980 yuan, which he paid on the spot.

After watching the car transporting the sewing machine drive away, Yao Weijun first sent Director Hao back to the garment factory, and then rushed to Gejiacun.

Today, in addition to the task of making ten pieces of "general school clothes", we also took on the task of sewing buttons on [-] pieces of cotton coats. After the goods were negotiated at the clothing factory in the morning, they were shipped to Gejiacun in advance.

Yao Weijun has now bought seven more sewing machines and wants to send them to Dou Lili.

……

"Guardian, you are so awesome!"

In the huge courtyard of Gejiacun's original primary school campus, seven sewing machines had been unloaded on the ground. When Dou Lili saw Yao Weijun arriving, she gave a thumbs up with excitement on her face.

At first, she felt that working with Yao Weijun was a bit disadvantageous, but she no longer thinks so.

Because if it were her, regardless of whether she had the money or not, the work efficiency alone would be beyond her reach.

"Sister Lili, this time we have the equipment and the work is more complicated. You have to be more attentive!"

Yao Weijun warned with a smile.

"That's for sure! I have the foundation in this area, and the factory has also sent technicians. Don't worry, Weijun, I promise to control the quality well and not cause you any trouble!"

Dou Lili combed her hair and waved her fist to express her firm stance.

"There has always been a job of sewing buttons on cotton coats, and everyone is familiar with it. I'm not worried. The main thing is for these 'general's' clothes. As long as you do it well this time, the garment factory will also take over all this work next time." Give it to us!”

When Yao Weijun said this, he pointed to the sewing machine next to him, "Okay, you can arrange for people to move the machines into the house, and I will go and see the driver off."

"Yes!" Dou Lili nodded vigorously, turned around with joy and asked others to get busy.

Yao Weijun gave the driver a cigarette at the entrance of the hospital, said a few polite words, watched the car drive away, and then went to another room to drink tea and rest.

After a while, Dou Lili walked in tacitly.

This time she went to the garment factory to pick up jobs. According to the previous agreement, the money for the previous batch of jobs should have been settled. Seeing that Yao Weijun did not leave immediately, she began to feel faintly excited.

I worked hard and hard for more than ten days, just to earn this money.

A total of 750 yuan in processing fees, excluding workers' wages and lunch expenses, Dou Lili had long ago calculated, and she personally could get about 170 yuan.

This money can be said to have exceeded the harvest of the villagers in a year. How could she not be excited?
She was unable to return to the city due to various reasons, and she was unwilling to live her whole life farming in the village. She had many ideas of making money, but they were all shattered by reality.

But since he got into this relationship with Yao Weijun, he finally saw hope.

"Why are you standing still? Sit down!"

At this time, Yao Weijun spoke with a smile, pulling her thoughts back.

"Guardian, thank you!"

Dou Lili thanked her softly with a sincere expression, controlled her inner turmoil, and slowly sat on the chair.

"As for cooperation, there is no such thing as thank you, so what? The money from the last batch of work has been settled."

After Yao Weijun finished speaking calmly, he took out 750 yuan from his bag and placed it between the two of them.

Dou Lili's eyes lit up, but she did not lose her composure. Her throat rolled a few times, she took out the palm-sized workbook from her purse with a smile, raised her head and said:

"Well, I recorded all the expenses and workers' wages here. I asked the third sister to do it with me. Guard, please take a look."

At this point, she glanced at the money on the table and said excitedly: "According to our agreement, you are the one who talks about it, and you should distribute the money."

Yao Weijun didn't show any pretense, he took the account book calmly, scanned it from top to bottom, nodded slightly and said:
"The records are very detailed. The total of workers' wages and other expenses is 140 three yuan and 150 cents. Well... let's calculate it as [-] yuan.

Give the extra money to my third sister. She will be responsible for accounting from now on. You can take 600 yuan of the remaining 180 yuan! Yao Weijun said, put down the account book in his hand, picked up the money and started counting it.

Soon, a total of 330 yuan was placed in front of Dou Lili.

"Weijun, you are so awesome! I really admire you now. Don't worry, I will devote 100% of my energy to production matters in the future and I will ensure that you won't let anything slip by!"

Dou Lili picked up the money and said from the bottom of her heart.

"That's great." Yao Weijun laughed, and then gave some instructions again about the production and processing of the 'General's' finished clothes.

Finally, he said seriously: "These ten pieces of 'general school' will be made as soon as possible. After they are sent to the garment factory for inspection and pass the inspection, a large batch of goods will be shipped.

I estimate that the next settlement may be a little later. After all, the factory's finance department finds it troublesome to settle piecemeal settlements every time. Now that we have this fee to cover the bottom, the next settlement will be almost at the end of the month. Is it okay for you? "

Yao Weijun was going to the capital next, so he had to arrange everything in advance, especially the payment. He never thought of using it by his own hands.

"No problem! Everyone feels at ease after receiving this amount of money. Anyway, I don't need to spend much money on buying many things. It's just a meal for lunch, which is enough to last until the end of the month!"

Dou Lili nodded readily and agreed.

"Well, I feel relieved when you say that." Yao Weijun looked at her with a smile, "Sister Lili, I will trouble you to worry about it next. I won't delay you here. If you have anything, call the village headquarters." Just call."

"Okay! Guardsman, walk slowly, I'll see you off!"

When Dou Lili heard this, she quickly stood up and enthusiastically accompanied Yao Weijun out of the house.

After greeting Third Sister and Aunt Liu Cui, Yao Weijun left Gejiacun.

On the way home, he turned a corner and went to Da Liu Commune.

In the cooperative.

Yao Weijun picked the fruit.

In the northern rural areas during the winter these days, there are few perishable fruits such as bananas, but more local apples, pears, and pineapples and oranges that are easier to store.

"Comrade, you won't buy canned food this time? Let's take a look. What kind of fruit do you want to bring?"

The salesperson happened to be the same middle-aged woman from the last time she bought cans. She was very impressed with Yao Weijun. At this time, she took the initiative to come over with a warm smile and said hello.

"..." Yao Weijun did not respond, but picked up an apple and examined it, frowning slightly.

When the salesperson saw his expression, he knew that the apples were not fresh, so he quickly explained:

"Don't worry, these have been sitting outside for a long time. That's good. There are still unpacked ones in the cooperative's warehouse. I'll bring some for you to take a look at!"

"Okay, get some other oranges, pineapples, etc., I'll buy some of them!"

Yao Weijun reminded.

"Come on! Just wait a moment!"

The salesperson greeted the colleague in the distance and quickly turned around and went to the back.

Not long after, she came back with a few net bags in her hand, put them on the counter, and said to Yao Weijun: "Are these fresh enough? How many of each do you think?"

"Well, it looks okay," Yao Weijun looked at it carefully, nodded with satisfaction, and said calmly: "According to this quality, please give me thirty kilograms of each fruit."

"Okay!" The salesperson couldn't help but look at him deeply again, smiled and nodded in agreement.

Nowadays, cooperatives require tickets to buy things, but Yao Weijun is not short of money and has already prepared a lot in his work bag.

After all the fruits were weighed, the salesperson brought a few clean fertilizer bags so that customers could put the fruits in and carry them easily.

After the settlement was completed, Yao Weijun returned to Jianchang Village carrying apples and oranges on his motorcycle.

When he got home, he did not immediately test the mixed fruit cans. Instead, he leisurely went to the greenhouse to check it out, and then went to the site where the cellar was dug to learn about the progress of the project.

Now that it's December, the cellar is almost dug. At most, it can be officially completed with some leveling and paving.

Chen Shoushan smiled and smoked a cigarette, using this time to express his willingness to join greenhouse cultivation.

"Weijun, I was busy working on the cellar some time ago and I really couldn't get away from it. Now that the project is about to be finished, I plan to follow you to work on the greenhouse immediately!"

Chen Shoushan looked serious and continued:
"As the captain of the production team, I can't lag behind others in this regard. A few days ago, I asked your aunt to go to the greenhouse to study, but I don't worry about her learning things from an old woman's house, so I will have to go there in person in a few days. Get out of the shed, you have to arrange for someone to teach me!"

"That's what I'm saying. Uncle Shoushan, you and the others have done the most to dig the cellar. This is a big thing for the benefit of the villagers. How can the greenhouse grow without you?"

Yao Weijun responded equally seriously, "Don't worry, as long as you have free time, you can always go to the greenhouse to see and learn. I will ask the uncles who were the first batch of cultivation with me to give you special guidance!"

"That's great. Also, I heard that you are planning to build a second set of greenhouses. When the time comes, I'll take a share, too!"

Chen Shoushan warned again.

Yao Weijun readily agreed. His purpose was to encourage the whole village to join in. Chen Shoushan's request was naturally what he wanted.

"By the way, Uncle Shoushan, don't I put the red dates and melon seeds in the village in cellar No. [-] now? So I want to wait for you to finish all the work and find someone from the village to come to the cellar to help me guard it. Is this okay?"

Yao Weijun asked calmly.

All of his supplies were put into the cellar, and he was worried that in a few days when all the people working there would be gone, it would be unsafe without anyone to guard them.

"What's the problem with this? Haha, Guardsman, you can make arrangements yourself, or you can let me help you find someone!"

Chen Shoushan smiled and pointed to a few adobe houses at the entrance of cellars in the distance and said:

"When I first dug and built the cellars, I considered the safety issue. I looked at the houses next to the entrance of each cellar. None of these will be demolished. When the village's materials are put into the cellar in the future, people will indeed be arranged to guard them at night. of!"

"Well, then I have an idea."

Yao Weijun nodded happily, chatted with Chen Shoushan for a while, and then returned home.

……

"Wei Jun, I have the weekend off tomorrow and I can help you all day long. Give me a task. Should I fry melon seeds with my sister-in-law tomorrow, or can I make cans with my mother?"

After dinner in the evening, Yu Xiunan made tea for Yao Weijun and asked energetically.

(End of this chapter)