Hong Haibo's words made the factory director immediately change the subject, "Yes, that's the truth!"
He continued: "I will send people to find out who the bad guys are who destroyed the vegetable fields later..."
"Don't wait any longer. Let's go to the vegetable fields now to see what's going on," Hong Haibo said. "Production is important, as are grains and vegetables. If workers don't have enough to eat, how can they have the energy to work hard?"
"Mayor Hong is right."
A large group of people followed Su Nanbing to see the vegetable fields.
The weather was hot in the afternoon, there was no wind at all, and it was as stuffy as an airtight jar, making people breathless.
There were not many people in the vegetable field, only a dozen or so, pulling out newly grown weeds with bare hands under the scorching sun.
Seeing a group of people approaching from a distance, they were puzzled and curious, and involuntarily put down what they were doing.
"Eh? Isn't that Director Chen?"
Wearing a yellow straw hat, Liu Cuilan asked her daughter-in-law Xie Lihua: "Isn't it Director Chen?"
"Yes," Xie Lihua wiped the sweat from her forehead, "Why did Director Chen come to the vegetable field?"
"It's inspection work. We have to perform well. Maybe if our vegetables grow well, Shuisheng will be promoted to deputy factory director or something."
Shuisheng is Aunt Liu's son and Xie Lihua's husband. He is currently just an ordinary junior worker, and his salary is only five yuan higher than He Dali's.
After hearing what her mother-in-law said, Xie Lihua covered her mouth and couldn't help laughing, "Mom, are you kidding me? Can anyone be the deputy director?"
"What? Doesn't my son have the ability to be the deputy director? It's possible for him to become a director in the future."
Liu Cuilan wanted to continue bragging, but her daughter-in-law tugged her arm, "Mom, please stop talking nonsense. How embarrassing would it be if Director Chen heard you?"
At this time, Aunt Xu from the vegetable field next door walked up to them and said, "Lihua, who do you think the person next to Director Chen is? He looks quite impressive."
"It's true, everyone seems to be nodding and bowing to him. He must be some big shot, right?"
"Is the person at the front the second son of Master Su's family? What's going on?" Others discussed.
Hong Haibo introduced himself a few words, said some words of encouragement and condolences, and then said: "Everyone just keep busy with your work, I will take a look at it casually."
"Mayor? He's actually the mayor..."
Liu Cuilan tidied her clothes, thinking that the mayor would definitely praise her when he saw her vegetable patch.
Although it is not as good as the Su family and the Xu family, compared with other families, her family's vegetable plot is considered to be the best.
"My vegetable patch is up there." Su Nanbing led Mayor Hong and the mayor's secretary to his vegetable patch.
Along the way uphill, Hong Haibo frowned, until he saw the Su family's vegetable patch, his eyes suddenly brightened.
Other leaders who inspected were also very surprised.
What you see in front of you is lush, green and full of vitality, completely different from other people's half-dead vegetables.
"This vegetable is so beautiful. I visited dozens of factories. Because of the temporary land reclamation, everyone had no experience and no fertilizer, so the vegetables did not grow well. Your vegetable is the best I have ever seen.
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After the mayor finished praising, several cadres beside him also praised them, thinking that these vegetables grew very well.
"How many months have you been planting this pumpkin?" Hong Haibo asked Sunan Bing.
"More than a month."
"It's only been more than a month?" Some people didn't believe it. "It's impossible. It takes at least two months for pumpkins to bloom, and your pumpkin looks like it's about to bear fruit..."
Su Nanbing had a proud look on his face, "My pumpkins sprouted three days after sowing, which is much faster than other people's pumpkins. Aunt Liu's family also planted pumpkins a month earlier than mine, and they haven't bloomed yet."
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Liu Cuilan, who originally wanted to accept the mayor's praise, immediately fell down when she heard this.
The second son of the Su family is such a brat! He just praises his vegetables for growing well, but he also insults himself. What does that mean?
She shouted in the direction of Su Nanbing, "It will take at least two months for the pumpkin seedlings to bloom. Your pumpkin blooms too early and may not bear fruit at all."
Noticing the mayor, the factory director, and others all looked at her mother-in-law, Xie Lihua blushed instantly and wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in, "Mom, what are you doing?"
"I... what I said is the truth. In my life, I have never seen a pumpkin that can bloom in more than a month. There must be something wrong with this pumpkin!"
Su Nanbing clenched his fists in anger and complained to Hong Haibo: "Mayor, look, just because my vegetables grow well, everyone says there is something wrong with my vegetables! They are obviously jealous and don't want to be nice to others!"
After saying this, he pointed at the tomatoes and said: "Originally, the tomato vines covered the entire fence and would surely grow a bunch of tomatoes. But it became what it is now because someone deliberately pushed it down."
In Hong Haibo's view, these tomatoes were already growing very well, but he didn't expect that they had been maliciously damaged.
"It's true. The stems and leaves here are broken at first glance. It's such a pity..."
Other cadres lamented, "It is difficult to grow tomatoes. Without fertilizer, I have never seen anyone grow tomatoes. Most of them are dead seedlings."
Hong Haibo asked Su Nanbing, "Are you sure your tomatoes were vandalized?"
"I'm sure it was the people in the building who pushed down my tomatoes!"
Speaking angrily, Su Nan pointed his finger at Liu Cuilan, "These people first laughed at my mother for not knowing how to farm, and now they want to destroy all the vegetables that my mother finally grew."
Seeing the mayor frowning deeply, with a scowl on his face, as if he was staring at her as a prisoner, Liu Cuilan hurriedly said: "Mayor, please don't listen to his nonsense, I have never touched his vegetables.
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Hong Haibo whispered a few words into Chen Yong's ear.
Director Chen nodded and asked everyone to gather together, saying that the mayor had something to ask everyone.
As the women approached, Hong Haibo asked: "Did you see who knocked down the fence frame of this child's house? Or tell me when did you finally see that the tomato vine was fine?"
"In the evening," a younger woman said, "it was getting dark. I was the last one to walk home from the vegetable field. The shelves were still in good condition at that time."
Speaking of this, she looked at Liu Cuilan, "I remember when I went upstairs, Aunt Liu just came downstairs and we bumped into each other. I asked her where she was going, but she ignored me and looked sneaky.
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Liu Cuilan's old face turned red and she yelled: "You fart! You are so sneaky. My grandson wanted to shoot the birds outside the window with a slingshot and was clamoring for marbles. I went downstairs to find fruits from the neem tree for my grandson to pawn.
Playing with marbles..."
In order to clear up her dislike, she seemed to suddenly think of something and said hurriedly: "That's right! When I was squatting under the tree to pick up fruit cores, I saw Zhao Hongxia heading towards the vegetable field. It was already completely dark at that time.