Chapter 62 Giving Up the Opportunity for Promotion
The spring breeze, bringing with it the fresh breath of life, gently sweeps across this ancient town, awakening the sleeping earth.
Under the caress of the spring breeze, Su Qing's shop seemed to be injected with new vitality, and the business was flourishing day by day like the buds in spring.
The delicate silk-like goods, in the gentle blow of the spring breeze, gradually weave into a prosperous and vivid picture.
In the Xingqing Public Sales Agency, Su Qing was busy. She was wearing a light blue Dacron shirt, which made her look like a blue and white flower blooming in the spring breeze, elegant and charming.
There was wisdom and shrewdness in her eyes as she carefully arranged the goods on the shelves and talked enthusiastically with customers.
"Boss Su, the silk you have here is of top quality. I plan to bring some back." A customer praised.
"Thank you for your compliment. The silk we use is carefully selected and the quality is guaranteed." Su Qing replied with a smile, her voice full of confidence.
In addition to being busy with the store opening, Su Qing is also devoting herself to the preparations for the Xiangyang Production Team's annual work summary meeting.
Time flies, and it is already 1976.
In the second half of last year, Su Qing signed a contract with Xiangyang Brigade.
In just six months, she strictly followed the terms of the agreement, converted work points into wages, and ensured that Accountant Bai made public the figures every month.
The villagers had no objection to this, and their wages were paid on time within three days.
At the end of the year, Su Qing handed over the deserved profits to Xiangyang Brigade as promised.
Since the implementation of the contract, Xiangyang Brigade has suffered from reduced production and poor harvest due to weather reasons in the first half of the year.
However, Su Qing planted rice in just half a year by scoring points based on work, which not only helped the production team complete the task of handing over the public grain and withheld grain.
In addition, a silk production base was established by holding night schools, carrying out educational activities, and developing the sericulture industry.
She processed the silk carefully and sold the finished product in shops in the town.
This series of measures has achieved a win-win situation for the production team, villagers and contractor Su Qing, and the most important pilot work has also achieved remarkable results.
Su Wangxing, as a representative of the commune, had just returned from a commendation meeting in the county.
As soon as he came back, he sent someone to inform Su Qing to go to the commune in the afternoon to discuss the preparations for the next year-end summary meeting.
Since the opening of Xingqing Supply and Marketing Cooperative, seeing that Su Qing was very busy, Lu Xingchen stayed in the town to help manage the silk shop business.
Today, he was wearing a dark coat and looked particularly handsome and tall.
His deep eyes revealed an unwavering strength.
He walked to Su Qing and whispered, "Su Qing, the rough processing of silk can no longer meet market demand. We must find a solution."
Su Qing nodded slightly to show her agreement. She knew that this was an issue that could not be ignored.
Lu Xingchen pondered for a moment and continued, “I think we can introduce some advanced processing equipment to improve production efficiency.
At the same time, we can also recruit some experienced workers and strengthen their training.”
Su Qing nodded, she knew this was the only way out at the moment.
She looked at Lu Xingchen with trust in her eyes: "Then I'll leave it to you. I believe you can solve this problem."
During this period, Bai Lanxiang has been on business trips to the countryside.
Su Qing learned that Zhou Zixuan's cold and fever had recurred, so no matter how busy she was, she would take time out every day to go to the hospital to take care of him.
Although, Lu Xingchen had already arranged for Chen Ruifeng to accompany him and take care of things.
But Su Qing was still worried.
Zhou Zixuan's condition has improved significantly. His complexion has become more rosy and his eyes have become brighter.
"Sister Su Qing, you're here." Zhou Zixuan's voice was still a little weak, but full of joy.
"Xuanxuan, how do you feel now?" Su Qing asked gently.
"Sister, I feel much better." Zhou Zixuan smiled and looked very polite.
After taking care of her for several days, Zhou Zixuan even treated Su Qing as his own sister, and his every move showed his affection for her.
In the following days, Su Qing and Lu Xingchen were busy solving the problem of silk processing.
They visited several factories and finally selected a reputable equipment supplier.
At the same time, they also recruited some experienced workers and strengthened their training.
One night, Su Qing and Lu Xingchen sat in the corner of the store. They looked through the account books, and tired smiles appeared on their faces.
"Su Qing, our efforts have not been in vain, business is getting better and better." Lu Xingchen said.
Lin Yueran's accounts were clear at a glance. Seeing the obvious profits, Su Qing smiled and nodded. She looked at Lu Xingchen with gratitude in her eyes: "Xingchen, thank you for your support all the time. Without you, I might not be able to get to where I am today."
Lu Xingchen's heart moved, he looked at Su Qing, a complex emotion flashed in his eyes.
He finally held back, and during the day Chen Ruifeng came running over excitedly to report the good news.
In the last mission, the heroic Captain Lu risked his life and successfully completed the mission, but was seriously injured. His deeds were outstanding, and today the unit sent us good news.
Lu Xingchen was going to be promoted, but he had never told Su Qing before and chose to stay and silently support Su Qing's business expansion.
He looked at Su Qing quietly, with a hint of conflicting emotions in his eyes.
"Su Qing, I have something to tell you." Lu Xingchen finally made up his mind.
Su Qing's heart was shocked. She looked at Lu Xingchen, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes.
"My rank has been promoted and I may be promoted." Lu Xingchen finally said it and breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's good. I'll go buy some food and make an extra meal tonight to help you celebrate!" Su Qing was happy for him when she heard that.
But Lu Xingchen pulled her back and said, "Don't you have to go back to the commune for a meeting this afternoon? I can just ask Xiaofeng to do it."
"Yes, you see how busy I was today. If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have really forgotten about it." Su Qing patted her forehead.
The commune meeting was over and it was already dusk. If I rushed to the town now, I would think the sales agency would be closed.
Thinking of having an extra meal to celebrate tonight, Su Qing went straight home.
Sure enough, Chen Ruifeng was there too. He bought all the dishes, all of which were Su Qing and Lu Xingchen’s favorites.
He followed Captain Lu and had become very familiar with the tastes of his leader and his sister-in-law.
"Sister-in-law, you're back!" When Chen Ruifeng saw Su Qing coming back, he straightened his back and greeted her with a serious face.
"Well, thank you for your hard work, Comrade Xiaofeng. It's all thanks to you that we're here tonight. You must stay and have dinner with us." Su Qing made a warm invitation.
Normally, Chen Ruifeng never stayed for a meal, so he was flattered by Su Qing's invitation.
"I often see you attending night school. Have you ever thought about taking the college entrance examination?" Su Qing asked with concern.
Seeing Su Qing caring about him so much, Chen Ruifeng's ears suddenly turned red, "I haven't really thought about the college entrance examination, but I love listening to Teacher Di's class."
"It's a good thing to learn some knowledge." Su Qing washed her hands and began to prepare dinner for tonight. "By the way, can you help me invite Teacher Di to dinner as well?"
"Captain Lu has already made arrangements. I told Teacher Di when I came back that Captain Lu will pick her up on the way." Su Qing was quite surprised by Chen Ruifeng's answer.
"Comrade Xiaofeng, what's going on with Captain Lu's promotion? I saw your captain seemed to have something on his mind when he talked about this."
"Captain Lu, he..."
Seeing that Chen Ruifeng seemed to be hesitant to speak, Su Qing became a little anxious.
"I guess Captain Lu has given up the opportunity for promotion." This was her guess in her mind.
Unexpectedly, Chen Ruifeng nodded and said, "Yes, our captain decided to stay. He wants to help you."
After hearing this, Su Qing felt warm in her heart. She didn’t expect that Uncle Lu would make such a big sacrifice for her.