Siheyuan: Walking the Path of Qin Huairu

Because Xu Huizhen had a baby at home, she didn't stay in the mountain for long and returned.

When I passed by Xu Jianshe's house, I saw Xu Jianshe's mother sitting at the door. It was quite cold now, and there were few people sitting around on the street.

Xu Hui really thought that this old woman might have known that she was coming and was waiting for her here on purpose.

Jianlin politely called out, "Auntie," as a greeting. Xu Huizhen pretended not to know her and didn't even look at her.

Unexpectedly, Old Lady Xu took the initiative to greet him and said, "My daughter, didn't my family's construction company ask you to bring back his salary?"

Xu Huizhen sneered in her heart and said, "No, Auntie. Mothers are always concerned about their sons who are out there alone, whether they can have enough food to eat, whether they can wear warm clothes in winter, whether they miss home, etc. You, as a mother, only care about money. Poor Xu Jianshe, it's the same whether he has a mother or not."

After hearing Xu Huizhen's sarcasm, Old Lady Xu frowned and said, "How can you talk like that? I am your elder after all. What's wrong with me asking for my own son's salary? You are so sarcastic."

Xu Huizhen had no affection for her grandmother in her previous life. She retorted: "Don't pretend to be an elder to me. My elders are all buried. Your son's salary was not given to me, so you can't get it even if you ask for it."

Xu Lao Niang: "You! You are trying to sow discord between us. You have no good intentions."

Xu Huizhen: "You only have one son in your heart, and that's Xu Jianshe. You don't consider Xu Jianshe as your son at all. I've seen people who are biased, but I've never seen someone as biased as you. I don't have time to argue with you here, I'll see you later." After saying that, she left quickly.

The angry old woman shouted from behind: "You black-hearted bastard, are you trying to piss off an old woman like me to death?"

Xu Huizhen thought to herself, whether you live or die has nothing to do with me. I don't want to waste my words with you. If I get angry and get into trouble, it will be a waste of time to be blamed.

Xu Jianlin was very embarrassed standing behind. He didn't understand why his cousin, who was always smiling, looked so angry today.

In the evening, Secretary Xu knew that Xu Huizhen had arrived, so he came to Uncle Xu's house carrying two kilograms of pork and a duck.

Aunt Xu and Jianju were busy cooking in the kitchen. Xu Huizhen, Uncle Xu, and Secretary Xu were chatting in the inner room. Secretary Xu was grateful to Xu Huizhen from the bottom of his heart for his son's job in the city, and he expressed his gratitude repeatedly.

Xu Huizhen said: "That's because KunKun's father performed well in the factory, so the factory gave him a backdoor. Otherwise, even if they were recruiting workers, they would have recruited in the city, because there are too many young people without jobs in the city."

Next, Xu Huizhen talked about the planting of high-quality apples. Secretary Xu is also a knowledgeable man, otherwise how could he become the village secretary? She expressed her firm support for this matter.

Xu Huizhen asked again: "I see they are building a reservoir on the mountain. I wonder if it can be completed this year?"

Secretary Xu said: "It should be about the same. The reservoir in our village is not big. Because of the natural geographical advantages, it is relatively easy to build. With the labor force of several villages working together, there should be no problem."

Xu Huizhen: "I heard that the harvest will not be good in the next two years, and many places will experience drought. So no matter what, we should build reservoirs this year and store as much water as possible to be prepared. We should also store more food. When wild vegetables grow next spring, we can boil them in boiling water, dry them and store them. Sophora japonica flowers and elm money can all be dried."

Xu Huizhen thought that dried vegetables were better than eating grass roots and tree bark. The situation in the next three years would be very bad, and everyone on earth knew it.

Uncle Xu was very anxious when he heard this and asked, "Huizhen, are you telling the truth? Is it really that serious?"

Xu Huizhen nodded and said, "It is said that many places across the country will experience drought, but we don't know if it will happen here. We just need to know the situation ourselves, and we must not tell anyone, otherwise we will be charged with disturbing social order and arrested."

Uncle Xu sighed and said, "Hey, we have only lived a few years of good life. We still need to make some preparations. It is better to be prepared."

Secretary Xu also nodded seriously, indicating his agreement.

After dinner, the three of them went to the warehouse. The warehouse was filled with goods to be sold to Xu Huizhen. There were chicken and duck eggs, soybeans, mung beans and other grains. There were also slaughtered chickens and ducks, pork, dried vegetables and so on.

Xu Huizhen asked: "Secretary, would you like to reconsider keeping these grains for yourselves?"

The secretary shook his head and said, "No need. After selling the goods, you can use the money to buy more durable grains." After collecting the goods, Xu Huizhen returned to the county town the next day.

As for Han Qingqiu, she spent the whole morning in the county town, bought some straw and rattan products that she liked, and returned to the hotel at noon. There was a female police officer waiting there, and a staff member from the county government office also came.

It turned out that after Ren Gongan sent Xu Huizhen away and came back, he told Deputy Director Tang that Xu Huizhen was the director of the embroidery factory, and that the embroidery factory had export channels. This matter attracted the attention of Deputy Director Tang. He thought that this opportunity could not be missed, so he quickly contacted the county government.

The county government also sent clerk Xiao Sun to further understand the situation.

The three of them had lunch together at the state-owned restaurant in front of the hotel. After Xiao Sun learned the basic situation, he asked Han Qingqiu, "Did you gain anything from your trip this morning?"

Han Qingqiu said: "I have taken a look and found that most of the products sold now are practical and the workmanship is a bit rough. If they want to meet our requirements, they need to be improved. To develop in the direction of handicrafts, they must be practical, beautiful and ornamental."

Xiao Sun thought while eating, and finally he said: "How about this, let this public security comrade accompany you in the afternoon, you can walk around the county at will, I will go back and ask the leaders to see if we can let each commune below select people with special skills in compilation, bring their finished products to the county to hold a meeting tomorrow morning, you can put forward your requirements, and let them make samples according to your requirements and their own expertise until you are satisfied."

Han Qingqiu: "That's fine, but it will cause you some trouble."

Xiao Sun: "You're welcome. We are honored that you have chosen Yushui County as the target of your investigation. If this is done well, it will be of great benefit to our county."

So, the next day Xu Huizhen and Han Qingqiu were invited to the Yu Shui County Government, and Director Kuai of the office warmly received them.

Xu Huizhen sighed, saying that there are smart people in every era, and it is good this way, with the government stepping in, they can do much more smoothly.

After arriving at the meeting room, people from communes closer to the county town had already arrived. They also brought their own samples. Because the incident happened suddenly and there was no time to prepare, some people brought old and used samples.

Xu Huizhen and Han Qingqiu used the time before the meeting to look at the samples. Han Qingqiu said, "Huizhen, look, they are much better than what I bought yesterday."

Xu Huizhen nodded. There are so many experts among the people. There are all kinds of straw and rattan products, some of which are really good. There are straw hats, futons, handbags, storage boxes, flower baskets, small animals, children's toys, etc. There are even straw shoes for children, which are very beautiful.

Some samples are decorated with different colors, which is very design-oriented. It is much better than Xu Huizhen imagined. The raw materials used are corn husks, oil grass, cattail grass, rattan, etc.

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