Chapter 486

Meng Qingshan was a bit ashamed and said embarrassedly: "It was my narrow-minded thinking."

Lu Qiaoge curled her lips: "Brother Meng, your efforts and the achievements you have made are seen by me and the leaders. You have done very well."

Although Lu Qiaoge was younger than him, she was his leader.

Meng Qingshan was completely convinced by Lu Qiaoge, and this evaluation from the leader was no different from giving Meng Qingshan a reassurance.

After reporting a few things to Lu Qiaoge, he continued to work with great enthusiasm.

Lu Qiaoge drove to the Shangen Brigade.

On the way, she stopped at the commune and went to the branch factory to see the situation; it was operating normally, and the second batch of orders would be completed soon.

Now their main weaving material is corn leaves.

Other materials were given to the general factory.

The general factory developed very beautiful straw hats.

However, they couldn't be called straw hats, they should be called cool hats.

There were ribbons with bows on them.

This was goods Lu Qiaoge imported from the textile factory, in all colors.

Now the stock of straw hats had reached more than two thousand.

Straw hats might not be able to earn foreign exchange, but selling them domestically was also possible.

Seeing Lu Qiaoge coming, President Zhu also hurriedly ran over from the office: "Oh my, Little Factory Director Lu, you've come to inspect the work again."

"Hello President Zhu, hello, what inspection of work? I'm going to the Shangen Brigade to see the situation at the purchasing point, and by the way, I'm here to take a look. Did I disturb you?"

"What disturbance are you talking about? You are just too busy. I really hope you, girl, would run over here when you have nothing to do and give us some pointers. By the way, Little Factory Director Lu, are there any good side-line paths now?"

Lu Qiaoge looked at President Zhu, who was very serious, and after pondering, said: "The side-line with low cost and low risk is weaving."

"But your branch factory doesn't recruit people now."

Besides, even if they recruited people, they couldn't recruit hundreds or thousands.

The craft factory makes quality goods; if there are no orders, a bunch of people are here, who can support them?

To tell the truth, the so-called crafts produced are not bought by anyone in the country.

Of course, President Zhu couldn't say this to her face.

Lu Qiaoge said: "President Zhu, you can organize idle labor to weave straw hats, not quality goods, but the quality must pass."

After thinking for a moment, Lu Qiaoge took off the straw hat she was wearing, "You don't have to put this ribbon on, the specifications are unified. Just like the style I have now, if you can weave it, as long as it is qualified, I will purchase it, and the specific price will be based on the domestic market price. This is not for export for the time being."

President Zhu was actually just asking casually; if there was one, it would be best, and if not, it didn't matter.

Now it was spring plowing, and it was very busy, but there were still some who were idle.

Besides, now every commune production team was engaged in side-lines, and they had indeed tasted the sweetness of side-lines, so they would definitely not let go of the opportunity when they encountered it.

Unexpectedly, there was such an unexpected surprise.

He immediately said: "This is no problem. To tell the truth, although they are all rural people, this straw hat weaving still depends on our peasant brothers. As long as you purchase it there, I can take action here. There is no need to find a special venue for this; the tasks will be distributed, and they will find their own materials and weave them themselves. When the time comes, they will be verified one by one at the commune. Qualified ones will be exchanged for money, and unqualified ones will be taken home for themselves to wear."

To put it bluntly, the least valuable thing for these rural people now is time.

Lu Qiaoge was also straightforward: "Then tomorrow I will let Shao Le come to sign a purchase agreement with you."

Although Shao Le was still at the Neighborhood Office, he had invisibly become Lu Qiaoge's assistant, and many things were handled by him.

President Zhu said excitedly: "That's fine, I will hold a meeting now and issue a notice in a while."

That's great, by the end of the year, this will be his work achievement again.

Besides, Little Factory Director Lu promised to purchase, and also signed an agreement, which proved that as long as qualified straw hats were woven, it would be a side-line income.

President Zhu remembered the large patch of reeds in the lowland, and asked Lu Qiaoge again: "Can it be sold if we weave mats? Now there are farmers who go to cut reed stalks and then weave kang mats to sell when they go to the market, but not many people buy them. After all, this thing is not a consumable, and some families can use one for more than ten years. People in the city also buy them, but now there are fewer and fewer. Many live in buildings, and if they sleep on beds, there is no way to spread this thing if there is no kang."

Lu Qiaoge thought for a moment and said: "Why don't we hold another material exchange market? Don't take out the straw hats first, but you can take out daily necessities woven from reed stalks, sorghum stalks, or grass, or even dried vegetables from home. By the way, now Popoding and shepherd's purse have already come out, this is all possible."

President Zhu slapped his thigh and pointed at Lu Qiaoge with his hand: "You girl is a lucky star, I am so grateful to you, I will go to the meeting now."

President Zhu ran toward the office happily.

Lu Qiaoge also followed with a smile.

This President Zhu is a rare good president; not to say that he devotes himself to his work, but it's about the same.

Zhao Xiaoman's eyes were also bright, and she asked curiously: "Factory Director, do you also like to eat Popoding?"

"Of course I like to eat it, it can be washed clean and dipped in sauce, and it can also be blanched and used to make dumplings or steamed buns, the taste is very good."

Zhao Xiaoman really didn't expect that people in the city also liked to eat wild vegetables.

Lu Qiaoge said: "It's not that I like to eat wild vegetables, look at the time when the old crops are exhausted and the new ones are not yet ripe, some of the fresh vegetables in the fields have just been planted. If you want to supplement vitamins, then eat more wild vegetables."

Suddenly remembering one thing, Lu Qiaoge asked Zhao Xiaoman to take her to see the warehouse where corn leaves were stored.

The sun was just right today, and the room was very bright. Lu Qiaoge pointed to the corn leaves with soft colors, clear veins, and flexibility and elasticity, and asked Zhao Xiaoman: "Who processed this, do you know?"

Zhao Xiaoman also discovered the abnormality of these corn leaves; these bundles of corn leaves were placed separately on a wooden shelf.

Zhao Xiaoman said: "I haven't had time to ask Tan Ying yet. This was collected last time, and a part of it was taken by Comrade Shao to the general factory, saying that they want to use Jinjin grass and corn leaves together to weave plum blossom bags."

Lu Qiaoge knew this.

Lu Qiaoge got them a batch of dyes, which were plant dyes specially approved from above, ready to make a batch of quality goods.

Lu Qiaoge had seen the design drafts, and also saw how Fan Xiaoyu wove a plum blossom, so the workers under her were all very skillful.

Zhao Xiaoman added hurriedly: "I smelled it, it seems to carry a medicinal fragrance."

Lu Qiaoge also smelled it, otherwise she wouldn't have noticed this.

"Okay, then I'll go to the Shangen Brigade to see, you go ahead and work."

Zhao Xiaoman watched the jeep drive away. There was also a large basket of wild vegetables dug yesterday. She wanted to send them to Qiaoge, but didn't know if she liked to eat them, after all, these were wild vegetables.

Now it's good, Qiaoge also likes to eat them.

Tomorrow I have to get up early, go to the fields with my husband, dig more Popoding and shepherd's purse, and then send them to the family courtyard in the evening to Brother Shao Le, and let him send them to Lu Qiaoge.

I always want to repay Qiaoge, but I really don't know what to use to repay her.