Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 589 - 588: Just Not That Temperamental Person

Chapter 589: Chapter 588: Just Not That Temperamental Person

The sun was high in the sky, clear and bright.

At the Ten Miles Team village entrance.

Li Dahe smoked his cigarette, Lin Nianhe was peeling pine nuts, an old and a young discussing the future of the Ten Miles Team.

"I figure, some of our village’s women comrades now have work, but there are still those who can’t sew well and a bunch of old men, plus those in their fifties and sixties and those with bad legs who can’t work the fields..." Li Dahe said, frowning as he spoke.

Those with bad legs.

It used to be only Accountant Zhao, but now Zhao Zhuangshi was added to the list.

Zhao Zhuangshi’s legs were finally crippled; he was depressed for three days until Widow Zhao and Yu Xiangqin each grabbed an ear and scolded him into feeling better.

No one in the village laughed at him; firstly because Zhao Zhuangshi injured his leg while saving someone, and secondly, though he was formerly a village tyrant, he still had some reputation among the younger generation, and ordinary people dare not offend him.

But he was still young, currently capable of making matchboxes to supplement the family income and working in the cattle shed, but this was not a long-term solution.

Accountant Zhao did think about teaching Zhao Zhuangshi accounting, but he only knew three hundred and seventy-two characters, and mathematics was even more daunting for him.

Li Dahe exhaled a puff of smoke, continuing, "So I figure, it wouldn’t be bad to start a factory, at least it’d provide another path for everyone."

Lin Nianhe, chewing on the fragrant pine nuts, pondered for a moment and said, "There’s no problem with starting a factory, but we can’t let the match factory fund it."

"What do you mean?" Li Dahe became nervous, "Starting a factory takes a good bit of money, it’s not like building six rooms like the village school, didn’t the textile factory also seek benefits from the city when they started a branch?"

"Don’t rush, let me explain slowly," Lin Nianhe, feeling thirsty, took a drink from her water bottle before continuing, "The textile factory is starting a branch, we are to be branched out to, there’s fundamentally a different matter."

"If we let the match factory fund it, then they would control the speech and management rights, sending a bunch of people to oversee production with all kinds of demands. Would we still be able to focus on our farming?"

Li Dahe furrowed his brows and declared firmly, "The work in the fields absolutely cannot be delayed; it is the foundation of our sustenance, nothing must interfere with that."

"That’s true, but if we ask ourselves honestly, who would prefer to be a farmer if they could be a worker? Would the match factory recruit according to your wishes, only taking those who can’t work the fields? They would also want strong labor."

Lin Nianhe said, causing Li Dahe to frown deeper, puffing on his cigarette without a word.

Lin Nianhe took another sip of water and continued peeling pine nuts: "So, we can only start the factory ourselves, set our own rules, take on our own profits and losses, the match factory shouldn’t even think about interfering."

The topic circled back to money, Li Dahe rubbed his hands, asking cautiously, "Girl, can you calculate how much it would cost to build a match factory?"

"Just the construction of the factory building alone, at least two thousand." said Lin Nianhe, "But if you include production lines and the like, it wouldn’t work without one hundred and eighty thousand."

"The two thousand our team could indeed afford, but for one hundred and eighty thousand... let them keep making matchboxes for now." Li Dahe clicked his teeth and started to get up to leave.

"Don’t rush, hear me out," Lin Nianhe pulled him back, pushing a handful of pine nuts into his hand, "That’s why we need technical support from the match factory—rent a production line from them, and for the rent, give them 5% of the net profit each year."

"Ah?" Li Dahe furrowed his brow, "Can they agree to that? If they start their own factory, wouldn’t all the money they make belong to them?"

"If they start their own factory, they’d also have to recruit the right people," Lin Nianhe chuckled, "It’s easier to meet King Yan than the little devils. If they insist on starting their own factory, I could meddle so much that they won’t be able to recruit a single worker, eventually just leaving a factory building built for nothing. Ahem, Uncle Team Leader, I mean you figure out a way to meddle with the recruitment, not me doing it, I can’t manage that."

Li Dahe glared at her: "No one else but you can do this."

"Don’t joke, I’m a kind-hearted good person, not capable of committing such unscrupulous acts."

"Which good person can come up with such a harmful idea without even blinking?"

"..."

Lin Nianhe awkwardly touched her nose and looked up at the sky.

After a while, she cleared her throat and continued: "If they can get money without doing anything every year, why bother with this hassle?"

Li Dahe ate a couple of pine nuts and thought for a moment before nodding: "That’s true, but can they provide us with a good production line? If they send over some junk, wouldn’t we be wasting our money?"

"Hey, you don’t need to worry about that, my master is a Level 8 Machinist at the Beijing Machinery Factory! He’s the chief engineer at the machinery section of the Spring Trade Fair! When the time comes, I will invite him to improve our production line... Hahaha Uncle Team Leader, you understand the ways of the world better than I do, so we need to be sincere when asking for help which is why I have to go back to Beijing..."

Li Dahe: "Hmm, we should indeed ask in person, otherwise, it wouldn’t be proper. You go handle things in the provincial city, and I’ll push your Uncle Zhao to invite them over in Beijing."

Lin Nianhe was silent for half a minute, then started to act up:

"No more! I don’t care anymore! I’m getting moody!"

"What if I give you a kick, would you feel better?"

"..."

Lin Nianhe pursed her lips and saw Uncle Team Leader’s anxiously fidgeting feet, she shook her head with a grievance: "Don’t you know me by now? I’m not someone who gets moody."

Li Dahe burst into laughter, and looking at Lin Nianhe, he slowed his tone somewhat unfamiliarly: "Alright, the situation has been tense these days, don’t swagger around everywhere. Once things stabilize, you can go wherever you want, I won’t be bothered to manage you."

Lin Nianhe’s eyes lit up suddenly: "So I don’t have to go work on the construction site this summer break?"

"Oh, that you still have to do."

"..."

Summer break was still far off, Lin Nianhe ate a meal of shredded potatoes and went to the provincial city with a recommendation letter.

Before leaving, she specifically called Su Yuncheng to report her itinerary.

Sure enough, as Lin Nianhe stepped out of the train station in the cover of night, she looked up to see Su Yuncheng waiting by the car.

He was dressed in a military uniform, standing straight, the jeep behind him was not Sun Bo’s.

"Brother Yuncheng!"

Lin Nianhe jogged over, her eyes curved into crescent moons with her smile.

Su Yuncheng was also smiling, took the small suitcase from her hand, and said: "Tired? Let’s go home first."

Lin Nianhe tapped on the car window, asking, "You have a car now?"

"Yeah, there’s a lot to do, need to run around a lot, can’t always borrow Brigade Commander Sun’s car," Su Yuncheng said as he turned to open the car door for Lin Nianhe and helped her in.

Su Yuncheng’s position was set, and since he would be staying in the provincial city frequently, both a house and a car were arranged properly.

His house was right next door to Sun Bo’s, a two-story detached house. Parking the car in front of the house, Major Su’s ears turned red.

"Cough cough, I thought it wouldn’t be convenient for you staying at a guesthouse when you come to the provincial city, so I prepared a bedroom for you... I can stay over at Brigade Commander Sun’s place."

Lin Nianhe’s eyes sparkled, seeing it was dark and no one was around outside the window, she leaned closer and grabbed the hem of Su Yuncheng’s clothes, her voice soft, "But I would be scared staying by myself."