I live in the countryside

Chapter 180 Ran Ran Trains People (Double Changes into One)

A few days after Qiao Churan came back, she told Chen Mei that Qin Muzhou had proposed to her.

When Chen Mei heard the news, she was surprised at first, and then delighted, "Why didn't you tell me such a big thing?"

"You are really kid, and Xiao Qin, oops, I thought you were really going to the provincial capital to do business, why is there such a thing?"

Chen Mei was very happy. The smile on her face never stopped when Qiao Churan said this.

The tone is also full of exclamation, "Really, I have proposed marriage."

From her point of view, the relationship between her daughter and Xiao Qin is now stable, and Qin Muzhou's marriage proposal is just an attitude. Sometimes the village is very particular about etiquette, such as marriage, it depends on the man's attitude, and the attitude shows the sincerity of the other party. But sometimes, for Some things are not so rigid.

At least Qin Muzhou's proposal, in Chen Mei's opinion, was no different from an engagement.

She saw the pink and purple diamond ring on Qiao Churan's hand, and looked at it for a long time, "He really prepared a house in the provincial capital?"

Parents should always care about their children's future life, and Chen Mei is no exception.

Although he knew that Qin Muzhou's status was unusual, and he also said that he would settle in the south in the future, but Qin Muzhou's purchase of a house in the provincial capital could better show his arrangement on this matter.

Qiao Churan laughed, and showed Chen Mei the photos of the house. Chen Mei had never seen such a nice house in her life, and she was not dissatisfied with it: "Then when will his parents come? Are they all arranged? How is his mother?"

"Mu Zhou said that it will be two or three months later, um, when the time comes, his parents will come over, so they will come and apply for a job."

Speaking of this, Qiao Churan felt a little uncomfortable, so Chen Mei glanced at her and said happily, "Okay, when his parents come over, I see that you can get engaged at the end of the year."

Speaking of this, Chen Mei also began to mutter: "Then from now on, I have to prepare some gifts in return, and if you two want to get engaged, you have to prepare gay relatives, ouch, fortunately, I raised a pig this year, then No, it’s not enough, I have to ask your aunts, I have to keep two more pigs by the end of the year.”

As Chen Mei said, she wanted to drag Qiao Zongming over to discuss together.

Qiao Zongming was by the side, listening to the conversation between the mother and daughter, he was naturally happy in his heart, but seeing that Chen Mei was in such a hurry, he also comforted him: "All of these can be arranged, don't worry, wait for Xiaoqin's parents to come Let's discuss the matter of engagement again, where is our heat?"

"That's right." Chen Mei came to her senses and patted her forehead: "Look at my short temper."

Qiao Churan smiled sullenly. Sure enough, her mother just let go of her engagement, and it will take some time for Qin Muzhou to think about getting married.

Speaking of this, Chen Mei scolded Qiao Churan again: "You are a real kid, you didn't tell me about such a big thing, it's been several days and you're only telling me now."

Qiao Churan; "..."

Chen Mei poked her on the head: "You are just ignorant, how old you are, you have to call Xiaoqin home tomorrow, and your dad and I will have a table of dishes, we have to have a meal together, and I have to give him a meal." A big red envelope."

Qiao Churan muttered, "I want it too."

Chen Mei said: "It's not for you."

Qiao Churan: "..."

mother?

The next morning, Qiao Churan went to the Agricultural Economics Society, and asked Qiao Chengcai and Qiao Chengshu to bring their IDs and go with them.

When they arrived at the Agricultural Economics Society, they took them to fill in the form and go through the formalities. Qiao Churan brought someone here and followed.

This matter is not a troublesome matter. In terms of economic development, the Agricultural Economic Society has the responsibility and obligation to help farmers open up various channels. Logistics is one of the important links. It's just that the news has been sent out for a long time, and no one has heard of it. Taking the initiative to do this, the acting village chiefs of each village also mobilized, but still no one came, so the Agricultural Economic and Economic Society could only find people as much as possible.

Site selection, contact with the logistics center in the provincial capital, and communication and docking are all done by the Agricultural Economics Society, so the difficulty has been greatly reduced.

The three of them came earlier, and the form was almost half filled before the Agricultural Economic Society officially went to work.

Wang Lili came here at this time.

When passing by another office, I saw Qiao Churan talking to someone. The two men who filled out the form seemed to be familiar with her, and they directly called her Ranran.

Wang Lili only glanced at it, took two steps, and stopped a younger colleague in the club: "Someone joined the club today, and he looks very familiar with Sister Qiao. Was it Sister Qiao who brought her here?"

The little colleague sighed: "No, it is said that he intends to apply to open a logistics point in the town. The person is from Sister Ranran's house. Sister Ranran brought people here to apply for support subsidies."

The little colleague was still holding the document in his hand, and looked very anxious. He only heard about it, and he left in a hurry before he had time to tell Wang Lili more.

Wang Lili paused on the spot, with a smile on her lips.

Tsk, what he said is one thing, but behind the scenes, he didn't distribute this big pie to his family. Qiao Churan knew how to benefit his family.

Wang Lili didn't stay long, and turned back to the office.

The last time the Brocade Workshop opened, after being warned by Qiao Churan once, Wang Lili has settled down now, but probably because of what happened last time, her position in the office is a bit awkward.

Not to mention that the two men Zhang Hua and Luo Bin would not take the initiative to contact her too much, Susu's attitude is very obvious. She has already labeled Wang Lili as a green tea bitch. Apart from necessary work exchanges, she has almost no personal information. In the communication below, Wang Lili was not even called for dinner.

Of course, Wang Lili seldom eats in the canteen of the Agricultural Economic Society.

But after all, she can be regarded as the deputy department of the Propaganda Department, and there are always some jobs that can be arranged. After returning to the office, she asked Luo Bin to prepare and go to the brocade workshop with her later.

This was part of the job, and Luo Bin naturally cooperated.

Qiao Churan just brought the two brothers, Qiao Chengcai, to explain some support policies in detail. After going through the process, he asked the brothers to go back, but that was already an hour later.

When returning to the office, it happened that Wang Lili was taking Luo Bin out.

Wang Lili didn't glance at her and didn't say a word, but Luo Bin said: "Sister Ran, we're going to the brocade workshop."

Qiao Churan nodded: "Well, let's go."

After she returned to the office, Susu looked at the background of the two walking away, touched Qiao Churan's side, and gave her a document to sign: "Luo Bin is so pitiful."

Qiao Churan laughed: "Why is she so pitiful?"

Susu pursed her mouth: "Working with a green tea."

I still don't know what they are doing. Susu can see it now. Wang Lili looks like it came out of the TV station. In fact, she doesn't even count as flamboyant fists and embroidered legs. She doesn't have any skills. What is in the other party's head, she has no professionalism at all, and she, who is not a photographer, can't stand the photo taken like that.

It’s like playing house with a child, like shooting whatever I like. I don’t have the concept of work and service at all, and I don’t know what her center is.

Qiao Churan glanced at her, smiled and said nothing, but Zhang Hua poked his head out from behind the computer: "Luo Bin, a big man, still wants you to feel sorry for him? Why don't you feel sorry for me and work overtime every day?"

Susu gritted her teeth, and took the document signed by Qiao Churan to pat Zhang Hua's head: "Shut up!"

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Of course, Brocade Workshop also has its own photographer, but the Agricultural Economic Society also has its own publicity work to do. The two sides cooperate with each other, so they still need to come and see it frequently. Besides, brocade weaving is also an intangible cultural heritage industry in Chaoyang County, with Wuxi Town as the center Naturally, we must vigorously publicize it. As soon as Wang Lili arrived at the Agricultural Economics Society, she asked, "Is Mr. Yuan in?"

A little girl was in charge of the reception, smiling slightly: "Mr. Yuan has come here today, and I will follow the arrangement of the shooting by the Agricultural Economic Society today. If you need it, please tell me, and we will try our best to cooperate."

Wang Lili looked back at Luo Bin, "You tell her."

As she spoke, she said directly, "I have something to ask Mr. Yuan."

"Sorry." The other party stopped her: "Mr. Yuan is busy now, so no one can disturb you. Do you have an appointment in advance?"

Of course, Wang Lili didn't make an appointment in advance, so she had no choice but to give up and said with a smile, "In that case, I'll wait. I have a shooting plan here, and I need to discuss it with Mr. Yuan. Please let me know."

The opponent should come down.

Luo Bin glanced at Wang Lili, and when the two of them went to another place, he frowned and asked in a low voice: "Isn't the plan already decided? Sister Ran and Brother Qin have passed it. Why do you want to change it?"

"Sister Qiao was in charge in the past. She made plans based on her own ideas and actual conditions. Now that this matter is in my hands, of course I have to do it according to my own ideas. The president agrees with me, as long as Mr. Yuan is here Just cooperate."

Luo Bin only felt that it was hard to say, "Sister Ran doesn't know that you have changed the plan?"

Wang Lili didn't answer him, "When it's confirmed, I'll tell you that I'm in charge of this matter now, and I'll deal with the president directly, without going through Sister Qiao and Vice President Qin."

Luo Bin's complexion became sour, the plan has been finalized, and even Yuan Hao's quarterly plan has passed, and Wang Lili suddenly wants to change it, not only does it appear that the Propaganda Department of the Agricultural Economic Society is very unprofessional, but it will also cause trouble for the following things , after all, everyone is implementing the plan according to the plan, and the whole body will be affected by a single hair.

Of course, Qiao Churan didn't know what happened to Wang Lili, but when she got off work at noon, Yuan Hao called, and she knew that Wang Lili had approached Yuan Hao with a new plan.

Because of Mo Guiyuan's arrangement, Qiao Churan has already told Yuan Hao that she will no longer be the main person in charge of the brocade workshop's cooperation with the Agricultural Economic Society, but she will still be approved in the end. The two parties will follow the original plan Just go ahead.

Yuan Hao knew about it, so when Wang Lili came to her today and said he wanted to discuss a new plan, he was surprised for a moment.

When she hung up the phone, Qiao Churan's expression turned pale. When she looked at her phone again, she realized that half an hour ago, Luo Bin asked her on WeChat if she wanted to change the shooting plan, but she kept I was busy and didn't pay attention to the WeChat messages.

Seeing Luo Bin coming back alone, Wang Lili did not follow behind, Qiao Churan asked Luo Bin: "Didn't Wang Lili come back with you?"

Luo Bin said: "She went to eat, and she may not be back in the office until the afternoon."

Qiao Churan nodded. It was almost noon when she got off work. Wang Lili probably wouldn't come back either. She didn't say anything. On WeChat, Yuan Hao invited her to have dinner and tea with Qin Muzhou in the brocade workshop. When Wang Lili changed the plan without authorization, Qiao Churan went with Qin Muzhou.

The filming and publicity are all set, and the Agricultural Economic Society and the Brocade Workshop cooperate with each other. Naturally, Yuan Hao can't agree to modify the plan for no reason. After arriving, he didn't say much about it to Qiao Churan and Qin Muzhou, just mentioned it. , both sides said they would not modify the plan.

But Yuan Hao mentioned one thing: "There is an old man in Liucun, who still has a very primitive wooden loom at home, and she also has a lot of brocade clothing, and she has mastered many crafts of hand-made brocade. I went to see it before. However, I originally wanted to pay for it, but the old man was unwilling. Although there are many people who know how to weave brocade by hand, in fact, many people have only a half-knowledge. For some complex patterns, this machine can make regular and symmetrical patterns, and can weave warp and weft threads, but the patterns must be made by hand, because the old man is old, otherwise I would like to invite her to come here and give it to us guide guide."

When Yuan Hao talked about this matter, he was also full of regrets.

This is also a big problem that brocade weaving is facing today. It is a big dilemma. Although modern machines have been added, the machines can only do so much. They can solve the problem of format, but they cannot inherit, develop and continue.

This is also the biggest reason why Yuan Hao decided to locate this brocade workshop in the countryside, in Wuxi Town.

Qiao Churan listened to Yuan Hao's words, but thought about it, "An old man from Liu Village?"

Yuan Hao nodded: "The old man seems to have some knowledge and can speak the local mandarin. It's not a big problem for me to communicate with her."

Qiao Churan smiled: "How does it feel, you're talking about my grandma."

Yuan Hao was slightly surprised, and immediately took out his mobile phone: "The world is so small? Is it your grandma? I took a picture, take a look?"

Yuan Hao showed Qiao Churan the photos he had taken during the previous gathering, and Qiao Churan only saw one, then smiled: "It's my grandma."

"In Liucun, my grandmother is famous for her skillful hands. When she was young, because of her weaving skills, the door of the house was almost broken by the matchmaker. When I went back when I was young, I could always find it in her closet. When she saw a lot of brocade, she still used it to make skirts for me, but she gradually stopped making skirts as she got older and people hardly wear brocade now.”

Yuan Hao's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he was even a little excited: "Can you help?"

Qiao Churan shook her head: "The ones left behind are my grandma's treasures, and she won't sell them."

If Qiao Churan remembers correctly, there are some relics left to her by her grandmother's mother. She is willing to show it to Yuan Hao, which is her support for Yuan Hao's matter, and if she refuses to sell it of.

"How is the health of the old man?" Yuan Hao said with some embarrassment: "It is true that many traditional crafts have been lost now. Although younger people can still weave brocade, how to weave patterns is very unfamiliar. Grandma's seen real tradition with a lot of variety."

Qiao Churan laughed: "If you tell my grandma about this, she will definitely be willing to come. The old man is still in good health. He is now in his seventies and can walk from Liu Village to the town in one go, but I can't agree rashly. You said to let my grandma come over, my grandpa, aunt and uncle are worried."

This is why even though the Brocade Workshop was settled in Wuxi Town, Qiao Churan never had grandma's idea.

Yuan Hao also understood this truth, and was very embarrassed for a while. Qiao Churan said: "If you want to ask her to guide you, you can actually go to my grandma's house occasionally to ask, and she will be very happy. Go back and talk to my uncle and grandma. Grandpa said, there should be no problem."

Yuan Hao doesn't lack anything now, except for traditional techniques and patterns, which are not handed down through words, but only exist in the mouths and memories of the older generation. Qiao Churan can agree to this, he doesn't know how much I was happy, so I agreed immediately.

The time for a meal, plus chatting, was only more than an hour. Yuan Hao was thinking about Qiao Churan's grandmother, and wished he could visit her immediately. After the meal, he personally sent Qiao Churan and Qin Muzhou out. Chunyu works in the brocade workshop.

Zhou Chunyu was obviously taken aback when he saw someone, and Qiao Churan just glanced over and said nothing.

The Brocade Workshop has recruited a few handymen, obviously Zhou Chunyu is one of them.

After leaving the Brocade Workshop, Qin Muzhou asked with a smile, "Why didn't you take me to meet my grandpa and grandma?"

Even Yuan Hao has met him, but he has never met his genuine boyfriend. Besides, from what Ranran said, she is much more affectionate with her grandparents than she is with Grandma Qiao.

It is the more important elders.

Qiao Churan: "..."

Heh, Mr. Qin's call of grandpa and grandma is so easy to pronounce.

But she still explained: "I didn't go back for a while to sit and chat with my grandma. I wanted to take you to see my uncle or aunt's family when they came back together, but sometimes they only stay for a day when they come back. , can't keep up."

Qin Muzhou snorted, obviously not satisfied with this arrangement, then looked at Qiao Churan and said, "I have always had time now, and I can visit my grandpa and grandma at any time."

At the end, I did not forget to add: "Next time you just pass by, you can take me to see grandma."

Qiao Churan laughed: "So anxious?"

Qin Muzhou: "I've been in a hurry, doesn't Ranran know?"

Qiao Churan: "..." Okay!

But speaking of it, it's really time for Qin Muzhou to meet grandma. Grandma knows that she has a boyfriend, and she has talked about it several times. This time she knows that she has agreed to Qin Muzhou's proposal, and she won't let her see anyone. I don't know. What is it like to be counted by her?

However, when the time comes to bring Qin Muzhou, there must be someone protecting her. Thinking of this, Qiao Churan glanced at her boyfriend guiltily, and became even more sure that she would take Qin Muzhou to see her grandmother next time!

When Wang Lili returned to the office in the afternoon, Qiao Churan asked about the plan change.

Wang Lili said: "The president asked me to take charge of this matter, and felt that we should take the initiative, so I modified some things according to actual needs."

"Do you know how much trouble it will cause if you modify the plan without any major situation happening? Brocade Workshop and us are quite happy to cooperate. If this is not the case, have you thought about the consequences? No matter what Say, you can modify the plan if you want, but at least let everyone discuss it and let me know." Qiao Churan looked at Wang Lili, and her questioning tone was more calm.

Wang Lili was naturally dissatisfied: "The president asked me to take the initiative, mainly responsible for this matter."

"You don't need to move out the president." Qiao Churan said: "You didn't do this properly. Although the president asked you to take charge of this matter, the cooperation between the Agricultural Economic Society and the Brocade Workshop does not go through the president's approval. The edge is directly connected."

Not to mention that Mo Guiyuan didn't know much about propaganda work, the person in charge of Mo Guiyuan didn't go through everything at work, and Mo Guiyuan didn't care about it at all.

"Sister Qiao, so you think I can't change the plan, even the president can't manage the work of the propaganda department?" Wang Lili raised her chin and asked Qiao Churan.

Qiao Churan looked at her silently for two seconds: "Okay, if you want to change it, give me a reason to convince me."

Naturally, Wang Lili couldn't give a reason, it was simply because the original plan was made by Qiao Churan, and Qiao Churan was mainly responsible for the original matter, and she just wanted to change it.

Qiao Churan also knew that she couldn't give any reason, so she said lightly, "I hope that this kind of thing won't happen next time."

　Brocade, as you should have guessed, is actually the Zhuang brocade of Guangxi.

　　As one of the four famous brocades in China, its reputation has long been inferior to that of Yun brocade, Shu brocade, and Song brocade.

　　The year before last, Xiqing interviewed a master of arts and crafts in Guangxi who specialized in the inheritance of Zhuang brocade. Hearing her tell many stories about Zhuang brocade, he also understood the predicament he is facing today. I admire the meaningful sigh of the cause. The more I understand this matter, whether it is a culture, art, or a cause, the more I feel that it is necessary to pass it on.

　　So this is also the selfishness of writing this.

　　But when writing this in the text, I made some changes for the sake of plot and novel simplification.

　　I have seen many readers ask me if I am from Guangxi. Hahaha, those who have read my previous article should know this question. In fact, this article has many private settings, all of which are from Guangxi's culture, crafts, food, etc. Etc., but not exhaustive, some fictionalized changes, not entirely serious.Also, let me remind you that many of the things mentioned in this book cannot be completely compared with reality. I am not recording, but I want to say a little bit of the original intention and intention behind these things.

　　I think they are worth remembering.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)