Although Lin Qingqing thinks her IQ is not high enough, she feels that her EQ is still there. Otherwise, how could she become an anchor with almost no scandals
Usually when people say no, they basically want it. This assumption is the same for both men and women. However, she couldn't give up on Team Leader Lu. So Lin Qingqing said, "Mr. Lu Haici, now your dad says he doesn't want the gift from your mom, so do you think you want it or not?"
Lu Cheng's eyebrows jumped and he looked at Lu Haici.
Lu Haici said: "Then don't send it."
Lu Cheng narrowed his eyes.
Lin gently smiled: "Why? Mom got her salary and bought you a gift, but she didn't buy a gift for Dad."
Lu Haici said: "Because I like gifts, so I want a gift from mom. But dad said he doesn't want to buy clothes, and he doesn't want a gift from mom. Adults won't lie, and if dad says no, then he definitely doesn't want it." Little Lu Haici, who answered his mother's question seriously, had no idea that his father was having dangerous thoughts in his head at this moment. His father wanted to sew his little mouth shut.
"Really?" Lin Qingqing didn't know what Lu Cheng was thinking, but she really wanted to give Lu Cheng a gift. She hadn't thought about it before, but it's not too late to think about it now. "But Dad works very hard in the army to make money. Although Mom is working now and can make money, but before Mom went to work, all the money in the family was earned by Dad. For example, the money for our meals and the money for the clothes you wear, they are all earned by Dad. Do you think Dad works hard?"
Lu Cheng: Is he really as good as she said? The dangerous thoughts gradually faded away, and he began to think about himself. Regardless of whether he was, in order to maintain his image in her heart, he had to work harder.
"It's hard work." Lu Haici looked at his father, "Dad, when I grow up, I will work hard to make money and feed you and buy you clothes."
Lu Cheng: There is no need to wait for you to grow up. "I'll wait."
Lin Qingqing continued: "So dad works so hard, shouldn't we praise him, buy him gifts and clothes?"
Lu Haici nodded: "Yes."
Lin Qingqing asked again: "But now Dad says no, what do you think we should do?"
After all, Lu Haici was only five years old, and his mind didn't think so quickly. He lowered his head and ate a few mouthfuls of noodles. Then he suddenly said, "Then let's buy it secretly for Dad. If Dad doesn't know, he won't say no."
Lin gently touched his head and said, "I'll leave it to you then."
Lu Haici really likes the feeling of being trusted by her mother: "Leave it to me, I promise to complete the task."
Lu Cheng: Do these two people think he doesn’t exist
But I feel unexpectedly good.
"Really, it's not necessary." Lu Cheng said again, "I actually have a lot of clothes, I..."
"Eat." Lin interrupted him gently, "I haven't bought anything yet, and I may not buy you clothes, but other things."
Lu Cheng: “…” He was wrong.
After breakfast, the family of three went out. Lu Cheng went to the army, and Lin Qingqing asked Lu Haici to wait for her at the gate of the family compound while she went to the office.
When Lin Qingqing went to the office, she heard Ji Yang's voice while waiting for Lu Haici at the gate of the staff quarters.
"Lu Haici..." Ji Yang had just come back from the cafeteria after having breakfast. He was planning to go home alone and then go find Lu Haici to play. But he saw Lu Haici at the gate of the staff quarters. "Lu Haici, why are you here?" Ji Yang ran over in a hurry.
Lu Haici said: "I'm waiting for my mother. My mother went to the office. She will come later and take me to see her work. My mother said I can play on the side."
"Wow, can I play with you?" Ji Yang was so envious. His mother's workplace was not fun, and he was tired of it.
"I don't know either." Lu Haici said, "You should ask my mother."
Ji Yang said: "Okay, I'll ask my aunt later."
"Ji Yang, I'm wearing Big Tiger pants today. It's a gift from my mother." Lu Haici patted his butt, "Big Tiger is right here."
"Wow, let me see it quickly." Ji Yang couldn't wait to pull Lu Haici's pants.
"No, no." Lu Haici stopped him. He looked around and said, "We will be seen here by others. Let's go over there." He pointed to the corner of the guard's room.
Ji Yang: "Okay."
So, the two of them came to the corner mysteriously, Lu Haici took off his trousers and raised his butt: "Look, it's a big tiger, right? Does it look good? My parents said it looks good."
"It looks good, better than my little yellow chicken. The big tiger is really good-looking." Ji Yang looked at the big tiger with envy. There is no child who doesn't like tigers. They are so majestic. Although the cartoon tiger made by Lin Qingqing does not have the majesty of a tiger, it is also better looking than Ji Yang's little yellow chicken.
Lu Haici put on his pants again: "Don't we all have to wear big tiger pants? Did your mother make big tiger pants for you?"
Speaking of this, Ji Yang became happy again: "My mother said she would make it for me, but she didn't know what a tiger looks like. She said she would make it for me after we go to the zoo and see the tigers."
As a person who has experienced this, Lu Haici nodded very clearly: "My mother and I have been to the zoo and have seen tigers, so my mother knows how to make tiger pants."
“Your mother is amazing…”
“My mom is the best mom ever.”
"Your mother..."
"My mother..."
While the two were still playing the flute, Lin Qingqing's voice rang out: "Lu Haici, where are you? Lu Haici..."
"Mom, I'm here." Lu Haici hurriedly ran out from the corner, followed by Ji Yang.
Seeing this, Lin Qingqing couldn't help but ask, "What are you two doing over there?"
Lu Haici said: "I'll show Ji Yang my big tiger pants."
Ji Yang said: “Yes, Lu Haici’s big tiger pants are really nice.”
Lin Qingqing: "..." She really couldn't understand the behavior of these two children with normal thinking. "Are you ready now? Mommy is going to do some serious work."
Lu Haici: "Look, Mom, Ji Yang said he wants to play with me, too, is that okay?"
Lin Qingqing: "Of course." She was afraid that Lu Haici would be bored alone, and it would be even better if Ji Yang was here. Anyway, she could see it, so nothing unexpected would happen.
Lin Qingqing took the two children out of the family compound and came to the nearby fields. Because she had an appointment with the team leader, she came more than ten minutes early. However, she did not expect that the team leader was already there, which made Lin Qingqing feel a little embarrassed.
"Captain, sorry to have kept you waiting." Lin Qingqing told the two children to play nearby.
Captain: "No, no, I'm here too early." He came to do things for the army, so it was inevitable that he would come early rather than late.
The two of them didn't say anything polite and went straight to the point. Lin Qingqing said, "Captain, you see, the fields and barren hills around here have been requisitioned by the army, but the margins of the fields and barren hills are very large, so I want to divide them up and put up wooden fences, so that it looks like a farm. But I need your advice on how to put up the wooden fences and how to divide the area. After that, it's about turning the soil and sowing, which also requires your supervision.
To put it bluntly, I want a planting consultant in my farm. Are you interested? "Even if there are some military wives who know how to plant, they certainly don't know as much as the team leader. As the leader of a production team, the team leader must be one of the people who knows the most about crops. Moreover, the team leader is a local and knows more about the climate and soil conditions here than the military wives. Therefore, Lin Qingqing wanted to ask the team leader to be the planting consultant.
The captain was stunned after hearing Lin Qingqing's words. He didn't expect that there would be such a thing waiting for him. "This... I am still the captain. If there is something wrong in the team..."
"It won't conflict with the team's affairs. You should focus on the team. When you are free, come here to patrol, observe, and give us some suggestions." Lin Qingqing said, "However, I may be getting something for nothing, because I can't promise you how much consultant salary you will get, and I can't pay you how much consultant salary you will get. I can only make up for it after our farm has a good harvest and makes money."
"No, no, no need to pay." The captain had never thought about getting paid. He originally just thought that Lin Qingqing was a military wife in the army, and was responsible for such a big thing, so she must be an extraordinary military wife. She either had a good family background, or her husband had a high status in the army. The captain came to help, firstly, he was sincerely serving the army. The soldiers defended their country, so what was it for ordinary people to do such a small thing? Secondly, he also wanted to establish a relationship with Lin Qingqing in case there was something in the future that needed to be done through a relationship. Regardless of whether Lin Qingqing could help at that time, there was always a relationship.
Lin Qingqing certainly would not agree to not pay her salary. Not to mention that she was now replacing the army, she did not want to take advantage of others. She did not like to take advantage of others, but she did not want to be taken advantage of by others. Even though her grandmother always said that if you take a step back, you will have a broader horizon. But she had been like this since she was a child. This was caused by her upbringing, and she herself could not change.
There was no more talk about wages. Lin Qingqing knew what was going on, so she talked to the team leader about dividing the area and building wooden fences.
The two talked for a whole morning, from the fields to the barren mountains. With such an experienced person as the captain, the matter was quickly finalized. However, there was still a lot of work in the afternoon. So Lin Qingqing invited the captain to the cafeteria for dinner. The captain wanted to refuse, but Lin Qingqing didn't give him a chance to resolve it. Moreover, the captain had never been to the army cafeteria, and he also wanted to go, so that he could brag about it in the brigade.
Because she was afraid that the captain would be embarrassed, Lin Qingqing ate alone with the captain, while Lu Cheng and Lu Haici sat together.
There are no meat dishes in the army today, but the vegetarian dishes are better than the vegetables cooked by farmers. After all, the vegetables in the brigade are oily, and there is no shortage of seasonings such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc.
After lunch, Lin Qingqing went to find Zhang Hongping. The team leader went to the barren mountains to pick up some dead trees and came back to teach everyone how to make wooden fences.
"Such a large field?" Zhang Hongping was quite surprised after hearing Lin Qingqing talk about the area of the field.
Lin Qingqing said: "At that time, it will not only be us military wives who will work, we can also call in soldiers who are not on missions. You know, training is not just boring training in the army, turning the soil and planting is also a kind of physical training."
Zhang Hongping stared at Lin Qingqing blankly for a long time, then silently gave Lin Qingqing a thumbs up. If anyone is smart, it has to be Comrade Lin.
Lin Qingqing smiled and said, "It's not like we're working for nothing. We have to subsidize them with food and grain. You guys... from here to there, you grow crops. From this place to there, there's a farm. In fact, the army road is the center line. One side is all crops, and the other side is half crops and half farms. As for the barren mountain shore..." Lin Qingqing told Zhang Hongping in detail what she and the team leader had talked about for the whole morning. Then, it was Zhang Hongping who led the wives of the soldiers to work.
Zhang Hongping naturally understood the reasoning: "I know. I counted the situation of the wives of soldiers last night. There are a total of 138 wives of soldiers accompanying the army. Five of them will not participate in this matter. The other three will participate, but they have other work to do and will have to wait until they are free to participate. I thought that since they are paid for their work points, it doesn't matter when they come to participate."
Lin Qingqing nodded: "Indeed, both are possible. There are still 130 military wives. Lin Qingqing thought about it and decided that these 130 military wives could be divided into 13 groups, with 10 people in each group. Just like in the army, a group leader would be elected from among the 10 people. The treatment of the group leader could be slightly higher than that of ordinary people. For example, ordinary people can exchange 10 work points for one kilogram of food, while the group leader can get 10 kilograms of food and a monthly subsidy of 2 yuan."
Zhang Hongping thought: "Your idea is good, then I will go to elect the monitor tonight."
"No." Lin Qingqing thought there was no need to rush. "You can divide them into 13 teams first, and designate where they work. Then, during the work process, see who performs best among the ten people in each team, and then designate who will be the team leader. The team leader can be changed every month, and if the performance is good, he can be re-elected."
"You are really smart." Zhang Hongping has always known that Lin Qingqing is a smart person, so she is not surprised by her method.
Lin Qingqing is not actually smart, but as a person of the future, she is standing on the shoulders of her predecessors. These are just ideas of their predecessors, and she is just borrowing them for use.
Lin Qingqing and Zhang Hongping were talking about the same thing when the team leader came down from the barren mountain, carrying two pieces of wood on his back. Then, the team leader began to talk about the method of making wooden fences. While the team leader was talking, Lin Qingqing took out a pen and paper and drew the pattern according to what he said.
The captain: "Yes, that's it. I don't have any tools right now. If I had tools, I could make a wooden fence."
Zhang Hongping: "That's easy. I know where the tools are. I'll go borrow them."
Zhang Hongping is one of the oldest military wives in the family compound. When she first came here, it was far worse than it is now, so she watched the family compound develop and knew that the tools they needed were there.
In just ten minutes, Zhang Hongping borrowed the tools, and then the team leader started making wooden stakes.
The team leader is an old hand and is very good at doing all these things. He finished a wooden stake in just ten minutes. "After the wooden stake is made, it needs to be inserted into the ground. However, it is not to be rubbed directly into the ground like this. Instead, the ground should be dug up and the wooden stake should be placed in. This way it will be more solid."
The division of fields and barren hills had been decided, and there was nothing left for the captain to do, so he went back after finishing the wooden fence. Lin Qingqing and Zhang Hongping went back to the family compound and called all the military wives to a meeting using a loudspeaker.
This was the first meeting of the military wives, and also the first meeting after the establishment of the Military Wives Committee. Although the Military Wives Committee only had Lin Qingqing and Zhang Hongping for the time being.
At the meeting, Zhang Hongping selected a junior high school graduate and unemployed military wife as the scorekeeper. As for accounting… there were no military wives with accounting majors or those who had worked in finance, so they had to put it off for now.
Then, Zhang Hongping divided the 130 people into ten groups and asked them to gather at the entrance of the army at 8:30 tomorrow. After all, the wives of soldiers still have housework to do in the morning, and it is impossible for them to go to work as soon as the wake-up call rings at 6:30 like the male comrades.
After the arrangements were made for the family compound, Lin Qingqing went to discuss with Hong Jun about getting soldiers involved in tilling the land.
Hong Jun felt that Lin Qingqing was really brave, but: "I can't agree to let the soldiers participate in this. Of course, I don't object, because this is not something I can interfere with, and even the logistics department won't interfere. You have to ask the platoon leader of each platoon." Hong Jun instructed Lin Qingqing, "The training of soldiers is based on the company, and how to train is arranged by the company commander of each company. If the company commander arranges them to turn the soil as training, then they will not object. Under normal circumstances, the company commander's superiors will not interfere." What she didn't say was that the independent regiment had Lu Cheng, so there would be no problem. But this seemed a bit selfish.
Lin Qingqing could certainly think of what Hong Jun could think of, and she would not let Lu Cheng be criticized because of her own affairs. So, she went to find Political Commissar Qu.
"What did you say? Your farm paid soldiers to plow the land?" Political Commissar Qu laughed. "That's interesting."
Lin Qingqing said seriously: "In reply to the leader's words, I am not joking. First of all, the area of fields and barren hills is not small. After all, the 130 military wives are female comrades. Although the leaders say that women can hold up half the sky, women do not have the strength and physique of male comrades. Therefore, we women can only use our wisdom to hold up half the sky, and the labor work must rely on men."
Phew… Political Commissar Qu laughed so hard that his stomach hurt: “So you are a person who uses wisdom, while your captain Lu and even I are people who use labor?”
Lin Qingqing said: "That's because you are all gay men who care about, love and respect lesbians."
"You're just filling me with sugar water." Political Commissar Qu said, thinking about Lin Qingqing's words. Lin Qingqing's words were blunt, but the truth was there. Wouldn't it be better if soldiers could train and fight for food? Now there are no missions, and they are training every day in the same way. It's time to change the pattern. "I have to ask about this matter, but I can't guarantee it. When will your plan be implemented? How much land and wasteland are there?"
Lin Qingqing: "Starting tomorrow, we will arrange for the wives of the soldiers to measure the area of the fields and wasteland. After the measurement, they will start to turn the soil and build wooden fences. Although there is no exact number, the leader of the production team here said that there are roughly 500 acres of land. But these are all dry lands, and it is not possible to grow rice for the time being. We can only grow sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc. But I thought that sweet potatoes and potatoes can be taken to the grain station to exchange for rice, and one catty of rice is equal to three catties of sweet potatoes." In fact, sweet potatoes and potatoes can be made into sweet potato flour and potato flour, but she can't say it. She can only make this kind of braised food, which will not attract attention. If she can make sweet potato flour and potato flour, it will be too high-profile to say it out, so Lin Qingqing doesn't want to be high-profile.
Political Commissar Qu: "I'm relieved that you can arrange this. After you divide the 500 acres of land, the soldiers will come to turn the land. Our army has 45 companies. In this way, each company has to turn about 11 acres of land. Each company has 10 squads, which means one squad turns one acre of land... This is a piece of cake. It can be completed in an hour."
Lin Qingqing sighed after hearing this. This is the truth. If 130 military wives were asked to turn over the 500 mu of land, they would be exhausted.
"Comrade Lin, you have to be ready to provide subsidies when the time comes." Political Commissar Qu joked, "You have to provide a lot of subsidies for these 45 companies."
Lin Qingqing said generously: "Give them a subsidy of 10% of the harvest from each acre of land."
"No, no, no..." Political Commissar Qu said, "Comrade Lin, this is not how it's calculated. If you turn the land now, you have to find you guys, but will you look for them when you plant the land in the future? You won't be able to find them when there's a good harvest? So according to what you said now, if you give them a 10% subsidy for turning the land, then for planting and harvesting, won't you have to give them a total of 30%?"
Lin Qingqing hadn't thought of this. As expected, the old ones are the wisest. "Then what do you think is the appropriate amount of subsidy for me?"
Political Commissar Qu smiled and shook his head: "This is your business. I don't care. Anyway, I will convince them. Whether you can satisfy them next time is your business. In order to facilitate the cooperation next time, Comrade Lin, you have to think of a way to make them willing to help."
Lin Qingqing said: "Yes, I will think about it carefully when I go back."
It is easy to say, but how to do it is a difficult problem.
So during dinner, Lin Qingqing was much quieter than usual. She was thinking about this matter the whole time.
Seeing this, Lu Cheng couldn't help but ask: "What are you thinking about?"
Lin Qingqing did not hide it from him and told him what Political Commissar Qu said: "Tell me, is there any way that can make you willing to help?"
Lu Cheng wanted to say that he would definitely help willingly without her having to find any solutions.
"I know a way." Suddenly, Lu Haici spoke before Lu Cheng.