Chapter 530

Chapter 530

On the 26th to the 28th, the brigade grinded tofu and made vermicelli while continuing to slaughter the pigs and divide the meat. The village was very much bustling with activity.

Lin Lan had Erwang steam the Chinese New Year’s buns at home whereas Dawang, Maisui and Sanwang went to pick up the items. Maisui was there to settle the accounts, Dawang handled the labour and Sanwang was there to deal with the people around them— every single child was essential to the team.

Han Qingsong and his bureau also had a day off, so they went to the County to hold a commendation meeting. Of course, Han Qingsong earned his share as well.

At the meeting, Sun Zhuowen and Huang Weizhong were asked to come forward by Han Qingsong to tally the amounts of rewards that were available. Not even a single item could be missing as there were even inter-bureau rewards to give out as well.

Rewards generally consisted of food, clothing, utility, tickets as well as cash.

The commune also had year-end benefits such as flour, oil, eggs, sugar, etc. Although they couldn’t be compared with the County’s rewards, they were not bad.

The most eye-catching benefit was the grand ticket, which was only given once a year to one person. This year, it was decided to be granted to one among the cadres of the Commune. Last year, it was the opportunity to obtain a new bicycle but this time, it was a ticket for a sewing machine.

Receivers of the reward could directly head to the County’s Supply and Marketing Cooperative to exchange and pick up the goods with the ticket alone. For comparison, the employees were merely issued 2 to 3 normal tickets a month, but buying a new pair of leather shoes required more than 10 tickets and a new watch was worth more than 150 tickets. Regardless of marriage or working purposes, every man dreamt of flaunting those goods.

Hence, everyone wanted it.

This year, the cadres decided to give Han Qingsong the card and the Director himself expressed his desire to obtain it.

His wife had to worry about doing needlework every day. With a sewing machine, everything would not be a problem and no one would dare to laugh at his wife’s poor craftsmanship.

The custom of Chinese New Year forbids the use of needles and threads because they have a belief of not accidentally poking the dragon’s eye, which would prevent rainfall for the coming year. Therefore, Han Qingsong and Lin Lan discussed that it would be better to buy them in February next year.UppTodated from nô/v/e/lb(i)n.c(o)/m