Chapter 60: The Contact Person Appears

Zhou Yinghuai hesitated for a moment, and at Wen Hao’s suggestion, he sent the pork to the Jiang family, to avoid wasting such good food with their three cooking skills.

Twenty pounds of pork was enough for the three of them to eat for a long time.

“Little Zhou, you’re too polite, Wen Hao said you like braised pork, Aunt Lin will make it for you.” Lin Meiru smiled and took the pork, she decided to show off her cooking skills to the three city dwellers.

Wen Hao followed closely behind and went into the kitchen to help, his mouth was full of flattering words, “Who in the Red Flag Commune doesn’t know Aunt Lin’s cooking skills? If you go to Beijing, you can even cook state banquets for foreign guests…”

Lin Meiru was so excited that she decided to pay out of her own pocket and cook ten more eggs. She wanted Wen Hao to know what a real state banquet chef was like!

Jiang An’an couldn’t bear to watch, her mother was so easily fooled.

“Little Jiang,” Zhou Yinghuai called out to her, “The kiln will be officially opened tomorrow, do you want to come and see? The first batch of bricks has been successfully fired, if the kiln opening is successful tomorrow, we will officially apply to the higher authorities to set up a brick factory.”

Jiang An’an was overjoyed, “I’ll go, definitely! You young intellectuals have done a great thing, the Nanxi Brigade has a brick factory, both events should be celebrated, let the brother brigades in the surrounding areas celebrate together.

Don’t worry, I have a green channel at the newspaper, I will definitely describe tomorrow’s grand event well.”

That’s what Zhou Yinghuai wanted to hear.

The two smiled knowingly.

To increase the purchasing power of the brick factory, they had to advertise. When it came to making advertisements fresh and unique, Jiang An’an was the best.

“After discussing with Yang Zhiqing, we decided to refer to the operation model of the brick factory in the neighboring commune. However, in terms of personnel selection, we will follow the call of the Women’s Federation and treat men and women equally, providing equal employment opportunities.”

Zhou Yinghuai had seen the Women’s Federation’s actions these days, he admired Jiang An’an’s efforts for the women, and he also wanted to contribute to this great revolutionary cause, that is, to provide more jobs and employment opportunities.

Economic independence is the confidence of women!

“Besides that, there are two clerical positions, which can be specifically for women who are struggling after divorce, like Li Dayi.”

This was exactly what she needed, Jiang An’an excitedly stepped forward and took his hand, expressing her sincere gratitude to the women, “You have given these women a second chance in life!”

On the side, Jiang Degui’s eyes widened.

His daughter’s white and tender hand was resting on Zhou Yinghuai’s dark and rough palm, it was extremely irritating to look at.

After his daughter finished speaking, he immediately stepped forward and pushed them apart, he enthusiastically pulled Zhou Yinghuai’s arm towards the wall, pretending to ask, “Zhou Zhiqing, you’ve seen a lot of the world, you must know why my peach tree isn’t as good as other people’s, the peaches it produces are small and sour.”

Jiang Degui thought smugly: I’ll make you lose face for trying to seduce my daughter!

“Uncle Jiang, your peach tree has too many branches, you need to prune them a bit, and you also need to prune the fruit in the spring. Too many branches will prevent the tree from growing tall, and the dense fruit will not get enough nutrients from the tree.” Zhou Yinghuai spoke confidently, and finally praised, “Auntie is diligent and clean, she even swept all the leaves clean. Actually, autumn and winter are the best times to fertilize peach trees, the leaves are all nutrients.”

Jiang Degui quickly forgot about his teasing and asked seriously, “Then I’ll go pick some leaves back?”

“The leaves and soil under the roots of the trees in the mountains are natural fertilizers, they are great for vegetable gardens.”

“Soil can fertilize the land?” Jiang Degui was eager to try, he couldn’t wait to go up the mountain to pick up soil, “Zhou Zhiqing, you know so much.”

Zhou Yinghuai looked into the distance, he missed home, “My grandmother, before she passed away, still missed her vegetable garden in the countryside, she taught me all this knowledge.”

Jiang Degui sighed and patted him on the shoulder, after patting him, he suddenly realized something was wrong. Wait, wasn’t he trying to make things difficult for this kid?

He grabbed his arm and pulled him in another direction, “Zhou Zhiqing, help me take a look, why can’t I keep my chickens in the coop?”

Humph! He didn’t believe that Zhou Yinghuai knew carpentry.

His homesickness was interrupted, Zhou Yinghuai looked at Jiang Degui’s back helplessly, a warm feeling flowed through his heart. Uncle Jiang and Aunt Lin were tough on the outside but soft on the inside, how could they be misunderstood by the villagers?

“Uncle Jiang, your carpentry work is really beautiful.” He praised.

Jiang Degui looked at the crooked chicken coop, then at Zhou Yinghuai’s grateful eyes, and finally looked up at the sky in a daze.

Bullying the honest and kind Zhou Zhiqing, his conscience suddenly felt a little bit of pain!

That day, every household in the Nanxi Brigade was filled with the smell of meat.

Except for the next door.

The whole family was in the county hospital accompanying the patient.

Jiang Dezhu had his leg broken, the doctor tried his best to save him, but he would probably be lame for the rest of his life.

Grandma Jiang was so angry that she chased after her daughter-in-law and beat her, “You can’t even keep an eye on your own husband, you let him go up the mountain, what will you do if he breaks his leg?”

“I tried to stop him, but I couldn’t, Zhu Po can testify.” The eldest daughter-in-law was innocent, she was resentful towards her husband in her heart.

Grandma Jiang was even angrier, “The whole village is spreading rumors that Dezhu slept with a widow, it was Zhu Po who spread it, you little bastard, you ruined your husband’s leg and his reputation.”

“Grandma, you should blame Zhu Po, it’s not my mother’s fault.” Jiang Zhizhi felt sorry for her mother and couldn’t help but say something.

Unexpectedly, Grandma Jiang slapped her in the face and scolded, “You’re all good-for-nothing girls, Jiang An’an is much better than you. You’re still a high school student, you’ve been in school three years longer than her, and you’re useless.”

Jiang Zhizhi covered her face and ran out. As she exited the ward, she bumped into an older woman.

The woman rubbed her chest and scolded her, “You little brat, you’re so clumsy, are you rushing to be reincarnated?”

Jiang Zhizhi shrank her neck, not daring to retort, tears welled up in her eyes.

The woman’s eyes flickered, and she suddenly became amiable, “Hey, what’s your relationship with the patient inside? I heard he was brought in covered in blood, he must have suffered a lot.”

“He’s my father.” Thinking that her father was injured because of stealing public property, Jiang Zhizhi blushed with shame.

The woman’s eyes lit up, she gritted her teeth and took out two Great White Rabbit candies from her pocket, continuing to ask with a smile, “How did he get hurt?”

Jiang Zhizhi had only seen Great White Rabbit candies in Duo Bao’s hands, she heard they were very expensive.

The woman saw the longing in her eyes and stuffed the candies into her palm, “Auntie is just curious, tell me.”

Jiang Zhizhi’s heart skipped a beat, she became wary. Great White Rabbit candies were in high demand, who would be willing to give them away just to hear gossip? This person was up to no good.

“He was fixing the roof and fell into the pigsty, he was stepped on by a big fat pig.” Jiang Zhizhi made up a reason, she clutched the candy and ran away.

Leaving the hospital, she went straight to the police station, and she happened to meet Wu Jian’an.

“Police comrade, I want to report a case, there’s a suspicious woman outside the ward asking about my father’s condition, she even bribed me with Great White Rabbit candies.”

Wu Jian’an was startled, he thought: Zhou Yinghuai was right, the contact person has appeared.

Actually, Jiang Zhizhi didn’t know that they had already arranged for a policeman to disguise himself as a patient and stay in the same ward as Jiang Dezhu.

Wu Jian’an’s expression didn’t change, he gave her a thumbs up and praised, “You’re good for being vigilant. I’ll send a policeman over later, but don’t mention this to your family, don’t let the cat out of the bag.”

Jiang Zhizhi nodded excitedly, she felt like she had protected her father’s safety, she was a real little hero!

When they catch the bad guy, she’ll tell Jiang Dezhu, he’ll be happy. By then, Grandma won’t scold her anymore, she won’t think she’s not as good as Jiang An’an!