Beautiful beauties in the 80s courtyard

Chapter 437 She was just bragging.
Lin Xiaomin slowly straightened her back, maintaining her last shred of rationality: "Qu Caifeng, I know your filthy and disgusting thoughts. We're both women, and I've never intended to make things difficult for you, but a woman like you is truly repulsive."

Qu Caifeng curled the corners of her lips; she didn't care at all.

These words don't hurt her, so why should she care?
“I originally wanted to divorce Cheng Wen, but now I don’t want to anymore. I want to grow old with Cheng Wen. Don’t you want to have a child for him? You can go ahead and do that. I’ll go to the security department and report you right now. I don’t mind sending Cheng Wen to jail.”

Then, Lin Xiaomin turned around and ran downstairs.

Qu Caifeng's expression finally changed.

Oh, so that's what you were thinking?

If that day ever comes, Lin Xiaomin will not be willing to send Cheng Wen to prison.

She was just bragging.

Cheng Wen was so good to her that even she, his neighbor, knew it, let alone her.

Qu Caifeng turned and went upstairs without caring at all.

The stairwell remains empty; no one comes up, and no one goes down.

I glanced at the door of the Cheng family's house next door; even if the old lady were listening at the door, she wouldn't be able to hear me.

Qu Caifeng reached out and opened the door. She had been on leave with Sister Mei for several days, and she needed to think of something to thank her with, otherwise no one would pay attention to her next time she needed to take leave.

Lin Xiaomin was already standing in front of the building. In order not to be seen in her disheveled state, she put on a hat and wrapped a scarf, leaving only her eyes exposed.

Although she unconditionally trusted Cheng Wen, Qu Caifeng's words just now inevitably affected her, especially the scratches Cheng Wen had accidentally left on his back...

Despite her many doubts, Lin Xiaomin forced herself to suppress her turbulent emotions and headed towards the neighborhood office.

At this time, Lu Qiaoge was not at the street office.

She, along with Deputy Director Huang, Sister Hua, Cadre Liu, and Shao Le, formed a visiting group and went to Sunflower Commune, which had the most contact with the 516 Military Factory.

Speaking of which, ever since Lu Qiaoge joined the subdistrict office, Manshan Commune and Guzitun Brigade have started helping each other with the military factory.

But in fact, the biggest beneficiaries were Manshan Commune and Guzitun Brigade.

Although Secretary Lin is only a secretary now, he also serves as the brigade leader.

Because of him, the entire commune also benefited.

But Lao Lin is a smart man; you can tell from how he treats the Lu family like relatives.

He was a very humble man. He always told the commune leader and others that he was getting old and that he should give the opportunities for honor and benefits to the younger generation. He also told the commune leader more than once that he was just doing the job for now and would step down as soon as a suitable successor was found.

As for his son now working in a food factory, no one said anything about it, because Old Lin's son was originally quite outstanding. He used to be the top student in the whole commune's exams, but now there are no more quotas for recommending students to go to university, so he couldn't go to university.

But he went to the provincial capital to take the exam for a machinery factory and passed, only his family couldn't find a substitute for him.

He's now the team leader of the machine repair group at a food factory, and I've heard he's apprenticed to a mechanical engineer.

Think about it, 516 isn't some ordinary small factory with no capabilities, so why would they hire you?
Not to mention, this kid didn't even rest when he went home for the holidays. He got up early and went to the commune to fix both of the tractors that had broken down.

Tell me, isn't this a skill?
The visit organized by Xiangyang Subdistrict Office was actually to express gratitude for the continued support from Manshan Commune.

Furthermore, it is necessary to discuss this with the commune leader.

After the start of spring, members are encouraged to plant vegetables in front of and behind their houses, or in any other available space.

Before the land was contracted out to individual households, the land belonged to the collective, and the commune could also set aside a piece of land for growing vegetables.

Once the vegetables are grown, they can be directly processed into dehydrated vegetables, and the demand for them from food factories remains huge.

Chairman Zhu and Party Secretary Lin of Manshan Commune stood at the gate early to welcome the people from Xiangyang Subdistrict Office.

Naturally, everyone was overjoyed.

The negotiations went very smoothly. What could Director Zhu say? He agreed to any request Lu Qiaoge made without hesitation. Because of Lu Qiaoge, when Manshan Commune went to the county to report on its work this year, it not only received high praise from the leaders but also won the honorary title of advanced collective.

This is the first time I've received this title in many years.

President Zhu knew what he should do.

In modern terms, that's called "clinging to someone powerful."

I didn't go empty-handed, and I left with quite a few local specialties.

It's hard to refuse such a kind offer, but constantly declining would hurt feelings.

They are all agricultural products such as wood ear mushrooms, dried vegetables, salted eggs, and salted goose eggs.

When passing by the Wagouzi brigade, Shao Le paused for a moment, then said, "You guys go back to your unit first. I'll ask for leave to go back to... Zhao's house."

Despite his threats, Zhao Laolaizi didn't actually dare to come knocking on his door, but he couldn't just ignore everything.

He has two younger brothers and one younger sister.

The younger brother is squatting by the fence.

My youngest brother is eighteen years old this year, and I also have a sister who is seventeen.

That younger brother was an honest man; he never bothered him and just kept working diligently in the fields.

The younger sister was a child bride in the Wu family of the same village. The young man, Wu Ming, had never come looking for him either.

Shao Le whispered to the others, "My younger sister, Zhao Xiaoman, is getting married before the new year. I need to go and see her."

No one could persuade them; whether to intervene or not was a difficult situation.

And it seems there's not much to say; basically, whoever ends up with whom will always face difficulties, just like Shao Le.

Shao Le got off the bus midway, carrying his belongings.

He had originally planned to go to Wanmanshan Commune, but then asked for leave to go to Wagouzi Brigade.

Lu Qiaoge remembered what Xiao Cangcang had told her last night...

During the off-season, apart from the collective tasks that the production brigade must do, many farmers are staying indoors during the winter.

Hibernation in rural areas means not working outdoors.

There are no places to work right now, so I mostly stay indoors.

In rural areas nowadays, even in well-off households, having a radio to listen to is considered quite good.

Then many people, regardless of gender, enjoy playing poker, dominoes, and mahjong.

On the surface, some people use soybeans or fried corn as chips, while others use stickers or simply play for fun.

Behind the scenes, that's where they play with money.

And there are many more. Even if you catch a lot of them, they have many hideouts, making them very difficult to catch.

Xiao Cangcang knew the communes and production brigades near the city outskirts like the back of her hand.

It said several were shot down.

However, Old Zhao is a big fan of gambling and is always winning money, so he's in a great mood and doesn't have time to bother Shao Le.

They now have a new base, an abandoned brick kiln behind a hillside outside the village, which is generally undiscoverable.

(End of this chapter)