Chapter 200: What Nonsense Are You Talking About?
Zhang Hongfa and Lu Debang held the first joint workshop meeting in the village office today. The theme of the meeting was about how to efficiently and effectively execute the head flower business plan for Lu Family Village. The attendees included Comrade Guo Xiuxin, the women’s director, Ms. Shen Meng, who is leading the business efforts, and many female workers.
A group of women carried their stools over and sat down in rows. Shen Meng sat at the other end, where there was a table. She had a cup of hot tea with two red dates next to her, clearly a notch above the treatment of the female workers sitting below.
Shen Meng held a big enamel jar, lifted the lid, blew on it, coughed twice, and took a sip of water. Her mannerisms were just like a seasoned cadre who had been in the village for many years. Zhang Hongfa and Lu Debang’s eyes widened as they looked at her, feeling that she was even more bureaucratic than themselves.
"I think our village office has been cleaned up, it looks much brighter than before."
"Well, yes, when Hongfa left this morning, he really took the initiative with the broom for once, I haven’t seen him work with such enthusiasm in years."
"What meeting are they having? They didn’t even give us a heads up; it looks quite serious."
"Why is Xiao Meng sitting at the top? Why did they only pick a few of us? Are others coming later?"
"My sister-in-law is up there; there must be something important she’s about to tell us, definitely something good. Otherwise, how could the village chief and the secretary, who are usually so stingy, provide her with red date tea, and not even the cheap kind? They must have spent some money on that."