On the fifth month that Lin Nianhe went to the countryside, it snowed.
She stopped her bicycle and looked up at the falling snowflakes in the sky.
The snow in the Northeast is the same as the people in the Northeast, straightforward and straightforward. After a few scattered snowflakes are symbolically used as a friendly reminder of the arrival of the first snow, clumps of catkin-like snow will fly towards the black earth in the northwest wind.
Lin Nianhe reached out to catch the snow, but instead of catching the snow, there was a pair of cotton gloves in his hand that were so thick that they were heavy.
"Um?"
She watched blankly as Su Yuncheng took out a gray woolen scarf from his bag, and couldn't help but ask, "You still carry scarves and gloves with you?"
It has indeed been a lot colder these past two days, but not to the point where I need to wear such thick cotton gloves.
"Yesterday I heard from the captain that it's going to snow in the next two days," Su Yuncheng said, wrapping Lin Nianhe's head and face with a scarf, "You're going out today, so I took it with me. It's mine, you Wear it first."
Su Yuncheng's scarf is thick and long, and has a nice soapy smell. This scarf must have been placed far away from Feng Wei, otherwise it would be contaminated with the smell of cigarette smoke.
Lin Nianhe buried his face in his scarf and watched him put on gloves for himself.
Su Yuncheng lowered his eyes and said while putting on gloves for her: "I got a military coat for you. It's in the village. I'll go back and bring it to you later."
Lin Nianhe's eyes were bright as he looked at him and said, "My mother sent it to me."
"I know you do," Su Yuncheng raised his eyes to look at her, "The winter here is much colder than in the capital, and you are more likely to get cold if you sit in the classroom all the time. Wear one layer and another to cover up to avoid getting cold. "
Lin Nianhe's heart felt warm, and she nodded vigorously: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Major Su was not afraid of anything but his little aunt, who was usually a naughty little aunt. That heart is instantly softened.
He smiled softly, his eyes full of tenderness. After responding, he said: "Let's go, it will snow heavily in a while."
The snow fell very quickly, turning the ground white in a short time. When we arrived at the commune, there was already a thin layer on the ground.
As soon as Wang Xiao saw Lin Nianhe, he greeted him: "Quick, quick, come over and warm yourself up for a while, but don't freeze."
He stood up and poured Lin Nianhe a cup of hot water.
Lin Nianhe thanked her and didn't drink after taking it. She quickly took out the pattern and hair flower sample that she had rearranged and put them on Wang Xiao's table: "Uncle Wang, the pattern and sample of hair flower are ready. You can Take a look."
Wang Xiao praised it without looking at it: "This flower is really well done! Xiaolin, your hands are so skillful!"
Lin Nianhe: "That was done by our brigade's aunt and other educated youths."
Wang Xiao blinked, not feeling embarrassed at all, and praised in another sentence: "It looks really good like this, even better than the ones sold in the provincial capital supply and marketing cooperatives, ahem... Xiaolin, it's you who did this, right?" ?”
Lin Nianhe pursed her lips and said, "Yes, yes."
Wang Xiaozhao breathed a sigh of relief, then picked up the drawings and samples and compared them one by one.
Before, he had only praised Lin Nianhe out of habit, but now that he looked carefully, he felt that he had not praised him enough.
"Okay, okay, I'll ask the director of the textile factory, Xiao Zhao, to come over and arrange the production as soon as possible, and then send it to the supply and marketing cooperative for sale." Wang Xiao smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed to a slit.
"Uncle Wang, we are not outsiders. If I have anything to say, just say it directly -" Lin Nianhe said while burning, "Can the supply and marketing cooperative in the provincial capital listen to you?"
Wang Xiao: "..."
Of course... I won't listen.
Lin Nianhe pretended not to see his embarrassment, and said while rubbing his hands: "I can make them proactively find the textile factory and ask for the sale of our hair flowers."
Wang Xiao: "...!"
Although Wang Xiaojie has only been dealing with Lin Nianhe for a short time, he understands this girl's behavior very well.
He asked directly: "Daughter, tell me, what should I do?"
Lin Nianhe loved dealing with such smart people. She said with a smile: "Actually, it's not a big deal. I just want to find some odd jobs for the handy aunts and sisters-in-law in the countryside."
Wang Xiao nodded and continued to look at her.
Lin Nianhe: "No, that's it."
"Don't you want anything?" Wang Xiao asked hesitantly.
"I want another ten tons of coal, can you give it?"
"This, this...it's not that I don't give it, it's that I really don't give it! It really doesn't happen, even if you break my bones!"
Wang Xiaozhao had a look on his face as if he was going to kill me if he asked for more coal.
Lin Nianhe raised his eyelids: "What are you talking about? Just find a better job for the skilled folks. The labor cost for processing one head should not be less than ten cents."
When Wang Xiao heard the price, he felt heartbroken, as if he had been stabbed. He looked at Lin Nianhe's expression and asked tentatively: "Isn't this salary a bit high?"
"The bottom line of the ex-factory price of hair flowers is 40 cents, and the cost of raw materials is only 5 cents at most. Being able to sell it at this price depends entirely on labor besides design." Lin Nianhe took the trouble to reason, "Don't think this is such a small thing. It’s simple to make, just what you see, but the best tailor in our village spent a week or so researching it before making it.”
Wang Xiao didn't hear the truth behind it. He only remembered "forty cents".
"Forty cents? Why don't you add one or two cents to the supply and marketing cooperative? You can buy more than half a catty of pork!" Wang Xiao stared, and the hand holding the flower was trembling, "Xiao Lin, it's not that I don't believe you, But if this thing is not for food or drink, can anyone buy it?"
"You can just close the door and mutter a few words to me. Don't say anything after you go out. It will show your cowardice." Lin Nianhe rubbed his hands, "A bottle of soda costs only ten cents. If you drink it, you still don't quench your thirst. Aren't there still people buying it? Hongdou Popsicles cost five cents, don’t you feel hungry after eating them? Although our popsicle sounds a bit expensive at first, it won’t be a problem if you use it for half a year. Do you think about it, how much does it cost per day on average?”
Wang Xiaozhao is very talented in calculating money. Lin Nianhe asked casually, and he answered the question in the next second: "Three cents of money!"
Lin Nianhe: "..."
She didn't even realize for a moment what unit "cent" was.
But this didn't stop her from continuing to lie: "Yes, three cents, rounded up, is about free money."
Wang Xiaozhao looked at Lin Nianhe with complicated eyes: "You are the one who does the accounting. Accountant Zhao should give you the account book."
He couldn't help but imagine Lin Nianhe's calculations——
Fertilizer expenditure: 0 yuan
Expenditure on agricultural tools: 0 yuan
Repair expenses: 0 yuan
…
Total expenditure: 250 yuan
What a damn little genius at settling accounts!
Lin Nianhe: "You are quite capable of yin and yang."
As she said that, she stood up, took a bouquet and opened the door, waving to a young lesbian passing by: "Comrade, do you like this bouquet?"
The lesbian came over and her eyes lit up when she saw the exquisite headdress: "It's so beautiful! Is this a new product from the supply and marketing cooperative? How much does it cost?"
"Six cents."
"Huh? This is a bit expensive..."
"But this head flower is purely handmade. One can last for about half a year. Do the math. It only costs three cents a day. What can you buy with three cents?"
"Ah! This is free of charge!"
Wang Xiaojie: "..."
He didn't understand, but he was shocked.
(End of chapter)
