1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 558 Soft Fist
As a silly girl with a very good relationship with others, Tugou's injury naturally touched the hearts of countless people. Therefore, the number of people who came to visit the patient in the past few days could form a reinforced company.

If it weren't for the fact that Lu Yingying had just undergone surgery and was in urgent need of rest, and if it weren't for the fact that the cadre ward had strict regulations on visiting hours, it is estimated that Tugou would have to be transferred to the neurology department before his bones had healed.

However, although the cadre ward has strict control over visitors, it gives the green light to family members who take close care of the patients. Not to mention staying in the ward for an entire afternoon, even if you want to stay overnight, you can do so as long as you don't share a bed with the patients.

So, now classmate Tugou is sitting on a rocking hospital bed, like a little kid who has just learned to eat complementary food, eating the sweet potato porridge fed by others with a sad face.

"Mengmeng, can we try something else next time? Even corn grits porridge will do. I've been eating sweet potatoes for almost twenty years and now I have a stress reaction. Now I get acid reflux whenever I eat sweet potatoes... Besides, what the hell did you put in this porridge? It smells terrible!"

Classmate Tugou looked at someone's little apprentice pitifully, feeling the strange taste coming from his mouth, with a hint of pleading in his tone.

Everyone has different physical conditions. Just like Yang Mo would have stomachache if she only ate beef, she would also have acid reflux if she ate too many sweet potatoes. The heartburn feeling was so uncomfortable.

Bai Mengmeng ignored her and scooped a spoonful of sweet potato porridge from the stainless steel thermos bucket and put it to her mouth: "The doctor said that you should eat lighter during this period, and my grandmother told me since I was a child that sweet potatoes can replenish blood. We women are most afraid of deficiency of both qi and blood, so I followed the advice of Dean Huang and added some angelica, gastrodia, and motherwort... Although the taste is a little strange, you are a patient now, so just bear with it for now."

Gastrodia elata?

Angelica?

Motherwort?
Tugou felt dizzy, but facing the sweet potato porridge that was already delivered to her mouth, she couldn't refuse it. She could only put on an attitude of sacrificing herself and drank the porridge in one gulp.

After savoring the sweet, bitter, and strange medicinal-flavored soup melting in his mouth, Tugou leaned sideways with some difficulty, saying with a hint of uneasiness, "By the way, Mengmeng, did my mom hear about this?"

Bai Mengmeng curled her lips and said, "Don't worry. My master told everyone the day you were admitted to the hospital that no one is allowed to gossip about you in front of your mother. I guess your mother won't hear about this for the time being."

Hearing this, Lu Yingying heaved a long sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good."

Tugou has a typical second-generation Qilu girl personality. She is very open with everyone she meets. If you ask who the only person she is afraid of is, it is definitely her mother who often chases her around with a pair of fire tongs, making her panic.

To be honest, what she was most worried about these days was that her hot-tempered mother would first bring people to Xishahe Village to make a big fuss after knowing about this, and then sit beside her bed, holding her ears and nagging her for 24 hours.

But I didn’t expect that Yang Shidan issued a gag order on the day I was hospitalized?

That guy is quite capable!
Thinking of this, she looked at someone's little apprentice and said curiously, "Mengmeng, aren't you busy with work now? How did you have time to look after me for three days in a row?"

Although it is said that the disciple does the work for the master, it is not strange that Bai Mengmeng, the little disciple, takes care of her childhood friend on behalf of her master when Yang Mo is not available. But Bai Mengmeng is now the acting director of the General Office of the Drilling Company. At this time when Zhang Wenshun has not returned yet, she not only has to manage a lot of things in the General Office, but also has to be responsible for various coordination matters with Momo Baitou, so she is definitely very busy.

In this situation where he has essentially taken on the main responsibility, it is not surprising that Bai Mengmeng took out a day from his busy schedule to show his filial piety to Yang Shidan. However, it is a bit unreasonable for him to take care of himself for three whole days in a row... Classmate Tugou has also been a manager himself, so he naturally knows that a snake cannot survive without a head. Given the complexity of the current affairs of the General Office, the disappearance of the department leader for three consecutive days is likely to cause a big mess.

Bai Mengmeng smiled at her when she heard this: "Sister Lu, look at what you said. Your health is the most important thing right now. Master has said that the week after surgery is the key to recovery. He can't spare the time now, and he's worried about leaving it to someone else, so... I have to take care of you for this week."

Lu Yingying frowned: "What about the General Office...?"

Bai Mengmeng chuckled and fed him another spoonful of sweet potato porridge: "The General Office looks very busy right now, but it's actually all bullshit;"

"Uncle Zhang was transferred to the western border to fight as a frontier, and Master hasn't been back for years. Now Old Wang is getting more and more powerful. Except for Mo Mo Bai Tou, he has the final say in all departments... Now the work of each department every month is clearly arranged by the General Manager's Office."

"So, unless there is a difficult task that needs to be tackled, it doesn't matter whether I, the acting director, am here or not. Just follow the arrangements of the General Manager's Office... Oh, I forgot to mention that the General Manager's Office has also introduced the process management system of Momo Baitou. All work is assigned in the form of process sheets, under the euphemism of management reform. So although Mr. Wang's approach is a bit overbearing, you can't say he is wrong."

At this point, Bai Mengmeng sighed lazily, "Sister Lu, you also know that unlike Dahua Company, Drilling Company 1 is a production unit after all. In addition to coordinating the relationship between local workers and farmers and cooperating with Momo Baitou, the General Office does not have many truly challenging tasks. Instead, most of them involve things that are really messed up... So, even if I'm not here, just let the employees below follow the instructions of the General Office's process sheet, and nothing big will go wrong."

Lu Yingying naturally knew what Bai Mengmeng meant by "bullshit". With the strong return of Mr. Wang, it was no secret that the newcomers from the second and third companies, with the support of a certain general manager, were fighting openly and secretly with the old people from the first company. She nodded gently, but still felt a little strange: "It's okay for the other work of the General Office, you can let the people below do it, but when it comes to coordinating with Momo Baitou, without you watching over there, aren't you afraid of mistakes? You know, Momo Baitou has a lot of projects this year, and a considerable number of them are key projects."

In a production-oriented unit like the drilling company, there are many technical talents, and even a few senior engineers can be considered as big names in the same industry. However, talents in the commercial economic field are scarce. In addition, it is the early 90s when people are crossing the river by feeling the stones, so talents in this field are even scarcer. Therefore, even though Bai Mengmeng, the young apprentice, is just a green hand in the eyes of her master, she is already the most outstanding one in this field among the nearly employees of the drilling company. Therefore, without her to coordinate the cross-departmental cooperation, let alone the General Office, even the group of elites in Mo Mo Bai Tou feel uneasy.

Bai Mengmeng just smiled when he heard this. "After Uncle Zhang, Deputy Section Chief Qin will also go to Mexico with Director Li and others to carry out preliminary preparations for the springboard market after the signing ceremony at the end of this month. So once Deputy Section Chief Qin leaves, Momo Baitou will only have Deputy Section Chief He as a section-level cadre."

"Although Momo Baitou still has one chief, one acting chief, and two deputy chiefs in terms of staffing, it has actually been operating in the traditional model of one chief and two deputy chiefs. According to the current situation, since Deputy Chief Qin is going abroad to work, it is time to promote someone to temporarily take over his job."

"But my master has no such plan. Even when Mr. Wang mentioned this on the phone, he just said there was no rush."

At this point, Bai Mengmeng sighed softly: "I can see that Uncle Zhang is unlikely to come back in the short term. Master is planning to let him open up a second battlefield of his own in Western Xinjiang. On the one hand, it will allow him to accumulate enough achievements, and on the other hand, it will allow him to get out of this mess of the drilling company."

"In fact, I think Master asked Deputy Section Chief Qin to go to Mexico to carry out work for similar reasons. After all, Deputy Section Chief Qin is actually quite capable, but his foundation is too weak. It may not be a good thing for him to continue staying in the drilling company."

"So, the reason why Master never nominated a new deputy section chief/acting deputy section chief is very clear... He wants to make He Yongyi the official and hand over Mo Mo Bai Tou to him. He will only promote a new deputy section chief/acting deputy section chief after He Yongyi can truly take control of the situation."

"Therefore, during this period of time, Deputy Section Chief Qin is busy handing over his work to He Yongyi... During this period, Momo Baitou is in a delicate period. Although I am the acting director of the General Office, as my master's apprentice, it is not appropriate for me to go to Momo Baitou frequently during this period of time, and it is easy to give people some misconceptions;"

"So, during this period of time, I consciously did not personally get involved in the cross-departmental cooperation with Momo Baitou, and Momo Baitou also consciously did not express dissatisfaction with this matter. They even patiently guided and corrected some deficiencies in the cooperation of the employees of the General Office... In other words, at least before the end of the month, I will not participate in the cross-departmental coordination work with Momo Baitou, Sister Lu, do you understand?"

Lu Yingying rolled her eyes with some exhaustion, she was most annoyed by the bullshit plotting in big companies. Although she knew that such things were unavoidable, she tried her best not to pollute her ears if possible.

She nodded gently and was about to say that she understood, but suddenly she thought of a question: "No, even if you are Yang Shidan's apprentice, you are naturally a strong contender for the chief and deputy chief of Momo Baitou, but everyone knows that you will be transferred back to Tongren soon... With this situation, what are you afraid of? "Bai Mengmeng pouted: "My sister Lu, there are always variables in this world. I just have a high probability of being transferred back this year, but I will not definitely go back. Isn't this something that has not been finalized yet? No matter from which angle, even for the sake of considering He Yongyi's feelings, it is not suitable for me to appear frequently at Momo Baitou during this period!"

Bai Mengmeng sighed and said, "In fact, my master asked me to come to Texas because he wanted me to come here to get some peace and quiet, so you don't have to worry about me. We have such a good relationship anyway, so it's only right that I take care of you for a few more days."

Tugou classmate blinked his eyes, looking puzzled: "Hide... in peace?"

Bai Mengmeng looked at the elder sister who was nagging and refusing to eat the sweet potato porridge she had fed him, and put down the spoon in frustration. "Yeah, you don't know that your injury this time caused a big uproar in the county. After Executive He and his men were rejected twice by my master, they started to use roundabout tactics... These past few days, people have been coming to me all day to make indirect inquiries, either asking me to introduce them to my master or asking me to say something good about them. It's so annoying."

"The worst thing is that Su Yu seems to be under a lot of pressure. He told me several times that he can't bear it any longer, but he knows that my master is really angry this time. So in order not to make things difficult for him, it's a good idea to come to Texas to have some peace and quiet for a few days... According to my master, I can go back after You City reaches a conclusion in a while."

Eh?
Yang Shidan was really angry this time, and he rejected He Changwu and his team several times. Even the communication channel with Bai Mengmeng was blocked?
Lu Yingying blinked her eyes. Although she felt that Yang Mo was making a big deal out of nothing, for some reason, an inexplicable joy surged from her heart.

Seeing that the girl had a pale and exhausted face, but was smiling foolishly with her mouth curled up, Bai Mengmeng rolled her eyes speechlessly: "Sometimes I think my master is too willful. Although I am also very angry about your injury, Sister Lu, the county has shown its attitude. Even the two useless people from the Zhao and Chen families were brought here to apologize, and they acted as if they would kill or chop them up at your will;"

"Since they have shown this attitude, even if Master is furious, can't he just beat those two losers to death? If it doesn't work, you can beat those two guys up after you recover from your injury, Sister Lu;"

"As a result, Master was determined to fight to the death. Not only did he put the blame on the boss, he also forced Mayor You and his team to set up a special investigation team to thoroughly investigate the matter. It is said that he also planned to help Ma Qingyuan promote the township finance county management model... Isn't this tantamount to cutting directly into someone's aorta? Don't you know that when the news came out, Executive He and his team were furious!"

Lu Yingying smiled when she heard this. "Yang Shidan told me about this. I thought it was a big deal at first. But I think she is just an ordinary silly girl from the countryside. She is just a little injured. We can just pin the offender to the ground and beat him up. There is no need to make such a big fuss."

"But later, after listening to Yang Shidan's explanation, I felt that he was right. For him now, there are not many opportunities to get mad with a good reason. If I don't take this opportunity to do what I want to do, not to mention him, even I may regret it and lose sleep in a few years."

At this point, Lu Yingying tilted her head and looked at Bai Mengmeng: "Mengmeng, you will also enter the administrative system in the future, and I heard from Yang Shidan that the situation in Tongren is much more complicated than that in Qilu, so..."

"You know, the implementation of the township finance county management model is not just your master's revenge on He Changzhang and others, nor is it just as simple as helping Ma Qingyuan achieve results;"

"More importantly, with the hundreds of strong village companies that have already taken shape in Dezhou and Lanling as a foundation, if the township finance county management model can be truly implemented, then as long as everything goes well, in a few years, we, the forgotten rural people, will have the qualifications to make our own voices heard... At the very least, we will no longer be like the same meaningless dogtail grass that was harvested and trampled as before."

"I know that you have lived in the Tongren compound since you were a child, so it's hard for you to understand the feelings of us rural people, but you just need to know that our demands are not high... It's enough to have enough food and clothing, to be able to hold your head high, and to have the right to say no when necessary."

At this point, Lu Yingying paused for a moment: "Yang Shidan once said that the princes of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were never afraid of the common people talking to them about the laws of the Qing Dynasty, but they were most afraid of the common people putting down the laws and showing their fists;"

"He also said that according to the current situation, in a few years, the hard fists in the hands of the common people will be useless;"

"So, when you don't have a hard fist anymore, it's very important to have a soft fist in your sleeve that you can use to say no loudly."

Although her face was still somewhat pale after the operation, and even looked a little sallow, Lu Yingying's eyes were terribly bright: "I don't know what people who can make soft fists look like in other places;"

“But in Dezhou and Lanling, the strong village companies that can be supported by Dahua Company are all village collective enterprises in the true sense;”

"We can't guarantee that everyone is a good person, but I know that in this world, the majority of people are kindhearted. So even if they are just a bunch of country bumpkins that you city people look down upon, as long as the fist that is raised to say no is public, then there is still hope for this world!"

"So, I totally agree with Yang Shidan's approach. I agree with him 100,000 times!!"

Bai Mengmeng stared blankly at Tugou classmate lying on the hospital bed.

This woman, who was only three years older than her, did not have a high level of education, only a technical secondary school degree;

There was nothing to recommend her about her background either. She was just a noisy girl from the countryside of Qilu, which you could find everywhere.

Although she looks good, she is far inferior to her real master's wife. Moreover, after three years of grassroots work, her originally tender face has been covered with a layer of roughness from the wind and frost, and her cheeks have a few traces of the dark blush commonly seen in the north, which makes her look even more rustic.

But for some reason, this woman, who was not particularly outstanding in any aspect among the people she knew, actually made her feel a little hesitant to look at her.

My master has laid out a lot of detailed plans in the past few years.

Including the woman on the bed, a group of people worked tirelessly day after day.

Do you just want to give those peasants the right to say no?

Bai Mengmeng was a little absent-minded, thinking about what he had seen in Qilu in the past two years, and thinking about the other side of the Ten Thousand Mountains.
Suddenly, I sighed in bewilderment...

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PS: The previous chapter was put into a small black room, and I don’t know if it can be released, so I can’t write the planned follow-up content, and I can only delete and modify a chapter temporarily.

Although there would be a sense of lack of logic without the foreshadowing of the previous chapter, the real intention of the protagonist's various early layouts was pointed out anyway.

OK, considering the actual situation, the next few pages will not involve content that is easy to be reported, and may write more about daily life, please forgive me. (Now I can basically confirm that many of the chapters that have been included are reported by readers, otherwise it is impossible to explain the time when they were blocked. I have to say, this is really boring. Um... the unpopular poet Li Shangyin, right?)
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