Strict Wife Of The ’70s Manages The Household - Chapter 972
Ren Hongxia laughed, “If you like it, you can take more of them home. Our peppers are very spicy.” Seeing that Lin Lan was occupied with said food, Ren Hongxia regretfully rubbed her hands on her pants instead, unable to have a good handshake.
Lin Lan, “Thank you, Secretary Ren. In addition to the task of drying peppers for the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, do you guys do anything else with the peppers?”
Since she was familiar with Ren Hongxia and understood her temper, although Lin Lan would agree that she was a little bit extreme, the other woman was actually very easy to get along with.
Hearing this, Ren Hongxia frowned and said earnestly, “Comrade Lin Lan, I know what kind of person you are. You are an advanced and good comrade; you wouldn’t stand out and do any sort of side business.”
Lin Lan nodded immediately, “No, no, that’s not what I meant. What I think is that if you do some side business for the brigade, the members’s lives will also improve. For example, what do you think about making some hot sauce and pickled peppers?” The peppers of Yongxing Brigade were really good, at least better than those of Shanzui Village. It might be an issue with the soil types, which was why Lin Lan chose not to grow them herself and always procured them from the Yongxing Brigade.
Ren Hongxia, “Comrade Lin Lan, we must maintain the true nature that represents the proletarian poor and lower-middle class peasants. Chili peppers are just chili peppers; please refrain from imitating the tone of a revisionist.” She patted Lin Lan’s shoulder, the force heavy to the point where Lin Lan nearly ended up sitting down.
Lu Changwei on the side smiled and helped Lin Lan out, “With the leadership of Secretary Ren, chili peppers are just chili peppers. It would probably be more delicious if it’s made into chili sauce.”
Ren Hongxia laughed, “Lin Lan is a good comrade, you should communicate more and invite her for more talks.”
Lu Changwei nodded and began to help Lin Lan pick chili peppers. At this time, a lot of the chili peppers were not yet mature. Most of the ones that they had collected were bitten by insects and needed to be picked out.
Ren Hongxia squatted down and talked to Lin Lan about several issues such as rising to the top, the bourgeoisie and of course, revisionism. She spoke loudly and her voice was filled with ups and downs, a standard cadre-styled meeting.
Lin Lan…Secretary Ren, I was wrong. I didn’t want to shake hands with you, so I was just trying to make small talk. I won’t dare tinker with your philosophies again, please just let me go.
Seeing Lin Lan look like she had lost her desire to live, Lu Changwei laughed. When Ren Hongxia finished a paragraph of words, he took the opportunity to change the subject, “Secretary Head, is the matter of the Workers, Farmers and Military University true? Can the educated youth in our brigade sign up?”
Ren Hongxia, “Well…I have to look at the documents carefully again. I know that there is an age limit, maybe amongst the teens. At any rate, those who are married are not allowed to go. After finishing the course, they have to return to their original units(2).”
(T/N: What they’re referring to here is an option to further one’s studies, but there are conditions to it, which will be explained below)
No matter what the original intentions and regulations were, from the central government to the local governments, the documents were passed down layer by layer before they finally reached the brigade units at the most basic level. The various requirements and explanations were already understood beyond recognition.
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