Chapter 227: Driving the Sedan Back to the Village
After parting with Qiao Yabin, Su He drove the sedan back to Huangxi Village.
Although she had ridden back in a sedan several times before, none of those caused as big a stir as this time!
After all, a young girl who could drive at this time—this was something extraordinary!
“Su family’s eldest girl is getting more and more capable—she even drove back herself! Their ancestral grave must be smoking with good fortune!”
“Smoking? I think it’s already on fire! Last time Old Su made such a foolish mistake, and she didn’t even say anything. Where can you find such a good granddaughter?!”
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Old Madam Liu curled her lips. It’s true Su He didn’t say anything—but she had her follow-up moves!
It was said that Third Uncle Su and his wife, along with his in-laws’ family, were now being ostracized in the village. Not only were they being talked about behind their backs, people even threw stones at their door late at night.
She had figured it out—this Su He was far more scheming than her grandmother!
Old Madam Su was only fierce with her mouth, nothing more. She just happened to have a good granddaughter.
At this moment, Su He was coaxing Old Man Su and the others:
“Grandpa, Dad, Mom, Aunt—come on, I’ll take you for a ride!”
Old Man Su was a hundred percent willing, but because of what happened with Third Uncle Su, he felt guilty toward Su He and seemed a bit awkward.
Su Yongguo, however, agreed readily. He was very interested in cars and wanted to take a close look at how a sedan differed from a tractor.
Zhao Cui’er and Su Yufen were naturally willing, and even little Tie Dan clapped his hands, shouting to ride in the car.
Back then, there was no concept of overloading, so Su He took them all for a spin.
After returning home, Zhao Cui’er pulled Su He into the west room.
“Su He, why do I feel like you’ve gotten thinner again? Have you been so busy with work that you’re not eating or sleeping well?”
Su He smiled. “Mom, you must be mistaken. Grandma cooks good food for me every day—I feel like I’ve even gained weight.”
Zhao Cui’er was still not reassured and continued to remind her of this and that.
Though a bit nagging, Su He didn’t find it annoying at all.
Among all the Su family, only Zhao Cui’er and Su Yongguo truly treated her well from the bottom of their hearts, without any ulterior motives.
As for Old Madam Su and the others, more or less, they all had their own intentions. If not for Su He’s capable methods, things would have long since turned upside down.
After talking for a while, Zhao Cui’er hesitated before saying, “Su He, the commune arranged for me to be the leader of the mobile quality inspection team… did you speak to them on my behalf? Isn’t that… not too appropriate? I’m mainly afraid it might affect you negatively.”
Su He felt warmth in her heart. “Mom, don’t worry. Everything was done through proper procedures.”
Zhao Cui’er let out a sigh of relief. “That’s good. Don’t worry—I’ll work hard and won’t drag you down.”
After chatting a bit longer, Su Yongguo pushed the door open and came in.
Eight out of ten sentences from Su Yongguo were about the sedan—clearly showing how much he loved it!
Su He laughed. “Dad, instead of waiting to drive a tractor, how about I find a truck driver to train you? Then you can come to the Huaihua branch and drive a truck.”
Su Yongguo was almost overjoyed!
“Su He, is that true? I can drive a truck?!”
How could a tractor compare to a truck?!
Of course he wanted to drive a truck!
Seeing Su He nod, he grinned from ear to ear.
Su He then found her aunt and said with a smile, “Aunt, work hard and perform well these days. After the Huaihua branch starts production, I’ll find a way to promote you.”
Her aunt nodded repeatedly.
Just a few months ago, she had been suffering domestic violence, living a life without light.
It was Su He who pulled her out of that mud!
Now life was getting more and more hopeful.
Su He didn’t feel there was anything wrong with promoting capable relatives. Besides, in this era, it wasn’t taboo—urban factories even had inheritance systems for jobs.
As long as Zhao Cui’er and the others did their work well, she could naturally silence others.
Old Man Su had been listening from the east room the whole time, regret filling his heart.
If not for that incident, Su He would definitely have arranged some work for him too.
Even being a gatekeeper at the Huaihua branch would have been fine!
But what’s done is done—he could only blame himself.
He had also heard about how Third Uncle Su’s family was being ostracized in Zhangjia Village, but he had no particular thoughts about it.
The fact that Su He hadn’t sent them to jail was already merciful enough. Using some methods to let them suffer a bit was only fair.
Su He only stayed at home for a little over two hours before driving back to the county.
When Old Madam Su heard she had gone back to the village, she slapped her thigh so hard it turned red!
“Su He, why didn’t you bring Grandma along?! I’ve been missing your mother—last night I even dreamed about her!”
Su He: …You probably miss Old Madam Liu more, don’t you?!
The next morning, Su He went to the textile factory to find Director Feng and talked about the opening ribbon-cutting ceremony.
“Director, our textile factory is An County’s first enterprise to earn foreign exchange through exports. Even though this is just a branch groundbreaking ceremony, it should still have some momentum.
If we build up the atmosphere, it might spark a wave of export enthusiasm and get more people involved. Here—this is the list of people I plan to invite.”
She handed the list to Director Feng.
Looking at it, Director Feng could only think of one idiom—casting a wide net.
All the important figures in An County were on it!
“Director, you can invite the county leaders. I’ll handle the heads of various units and commune directors. I have experience with this from the night school’s report performance.”
Director Feng didn’t see any problem and nodded. “Alright.”
Su He immediately went to the sales department and started making phone calls.
For Su He, this kind of thing was a piece of cake.
Whether they originally wanted to go or not, after a bit of her persuasion, everyone readily agreed.
Director Shen of Xiangyang Commune almost dropped the phone when he heard Su He had become the Huaihua branch director.
Others struggled for decades and still couldn’t become an official. But this girl—small promotion in two days, big promotion in three—if not unprecedented, then at least unheard of before!
And since Director Feng let her handle the invitations, it showed he valued her highly—she clearly had real authority in the branch!
No wonder he had thickened his face back then to hire her as a liaison.
He truly had foresight!
