CHAPTER 74: CHAPTER 74: ONE GRANDFATHER AND ONE GRANDSON.

Director Yang nodded, very satisfied, and patted Director Hao on the shoulder.

"I didn’t expect you, comrade, to have considered everything so thoroughly, and your work capability is quite strong."

He turned to look at Fan Jianshe, who had an indifferent expression, which made Director Yang somewhat displeased.

This young man lacks a strong sense of responsibility.

Although the timing is indeed very tight, one shouldn’t treat this matter lightly.

"Your name is Fan Jianshe, right? Even though Deputy Director Hao’s schedule is a bit tight, you should still do your best to manage it. Even if you only get back a thousand pounds or two thousand pounds, at least it would show you’ve made an effort.

In this regard, your sense of responsibility isn’t as strong as Deputy Director Hao’s. Young man, you need to work harder in the future! You can’t be careless when serving the people, nor can you engage in bureaucratism."

Director Yang was speaking earnestly.

Although he was older, he believed that these young men still needed good cultivation, as young people will be the successors of this era in the future.

His dream was to diligently nurture responsible and capable young successors.

Director Hao was smug.

"Xiao Fan..."

He was about to righteously say a few words, after all, Director Yang had personally said that Fan Jianshe lacked a sense of responsibility.

How could someone like that stay in a procurement position?

Staff who do not serve the people do not deserve to continue working in this position.

Fan Jianshe smiled and said, "Director Yang, you’re absolutely right. One should be responsible for everything they do. It’s precisely because Director Hao gave me a task with tight timing and heavy workload that I haven’t had a moment’s rest from yesterday to today.

Last night, I already coordinated with the nearby farmers, and today was the day to load the trucks. My lateness was due to returning from loading, which caused the delay."

He pointed at the truck at the gate.

Everyone was taken aback.

What’s this about then?

Director Hao’s expression changed.

How could Fan Jianshe have managed this?

A week earlier, he sent his brother-in-law out to handle this task, and even then, they barely managed to find five thousand pounds of green onions.

The remaining five thousand pounds of green onions, failing to complete the task, wouldn’t matter anyway.

Just getting these five thousand pounds was enough to earn everyone’s praise.

Now, Fan Jianshe is pulling in green onions?

How could it be?

His brother-in-law had already scoured the surrounding villages.

Anything there was to purchase, they had already procured.

Other procurement stations, supply and marketing cooperative purchasers were also competing for goods.

Now, there’s certainly no green onions available for Fan Jianshe.

"Xiao Fan, failing to complete a task does warrant a certain level of punishment. Yet we should act upright and honestly. If you engage in boasting, even I won’t be able to continue supporting you."

Deputy Director Hao looked pained.

Director Yang immediately understood, realizing that Fan Jianshe was trying to avoid blame from him.

Pulled a trick known as empty city strategy.

"Xiao Fan, Deputy Director Hao is right. If you’ve made a mistake in this matter, a mistake is a mistake. Young people admitting mistakes bravely is no cause for shame. After all, given the tight schedule, it’s understandable if the task couldn’t be completed.

But if the issue is wrong and you still won’t acknowledge your mistake and attempt to deceive everyone. Have you thought about the consequences of this? In that case, I’m afraid you could be dismissed. Our nation’s units cannot allow some black sheep to disrupt everyone’s work here!"

Towards the end, Director Yang spoke in a harsh tone.

He sincerely hadn’t expected young people nowadays to go to such lengths to cover up their mistakes?

Blatantly lying with eyes wide open.

Frustrated by their lack of progress, he also started to lose his good impression of Fan Jianshe.

He originally thought this young lad was nice; honest and simple, although the task wasn’t completed, this was understandable.

Now, however, Director Yang felt that this was a severe matter.

Fan Jianshe laughed and said, "Director Yang, you’re absolutely right. I understand this matter can be big or small. If everyone doesn’t believe, you can go out and see, the truck parked outside isn’t going anywhere. Even if I were lying, I couldn’t suddenly conjure green onions."

Fan Jianshe indeed aimed for this effect.

Deputy Director Hao’s brother-in-law rushed over.

Jumped off the truck.

"Leaders, the green onions are here. Let’s quickly unload them together. Although the price of green onions went up by a penny over our purchase rate due to high competition from other procurement efforts, I went ahead and agreed to this extra penny with the farmers."

Feigning a wipe of sweat from his forehead, appearing busy and tired.

Somewhat caught off guard when he didn’t get a reply from Director Hao.

At this moment he was here to save the day, shouldn’t someone speak up?

At the very least, praising the effort.

"A penny more? Well, that’s really quite something. Deputy Director Hao, my green onions...the farmer mentioned that to support the nation and the workers, despite his green onions being the best in the area, he wouldn’t raise the price by a penny."

Director Hao’s brother-in-law froze.

What’s going on? Wasn’t it decided that their green onions would rescue the situation? Why does it look like there’s another batch of green onions here?

"Let’s look at the green onions first. There’s still good and bad in green onions, and of course, prices can vary. After all, buying goods follows the principle of value for money, everyone understands this."

Deputy Director Hao found himself a way out, thinking that given his brother-in-law’s busy days, Fan Jianshe’s green onions probably aren’t that good.

Maybe it’s a good opportunity to let the leaders see which is superior and inferiority.

Everyone came up to the truck.

Director Hao’s brother-in-law hurriedly opened the tailgate, "Xiao San, quickly throw down the onions on top."

Everyone could see but examining closely when it’s right in front is certainly appropriate.

A big bunch of onions was thrown down.

Indeed quite impressive.

Compared to the green onions they purchased in previous years, these really had longer, thicker stalks.

By standards, charging an extra penny for green onions like these wouldn’t be unreasonable.

The main reason being, it’s the harvesting season, and major supply and marketing cooperatives are scrambling for goods, so buying such good onions at a penny higher isn’t unreasonable.

Deputy Director Hao smiled instantly, knowing that despite his brother-in-law being fond of taking little advantages, his work was trustworthy.

Look at what’s laid before them; no one can say anything against it. As long as Fan Jianshe’s onions later can’t compare with these.

Then he’d have justification to deal with Fan Jianshe.

"Now let’s check Xiao Fan’s onions!"

Fan Jianshe had eagerly leaped onto the truck, throwing down several bunches from the back.

Director Yang saw, and everyone’s eyes went wide.

These onions were extraordinarily beautiful, not only fresh but also starkly different from the previous onions.

One was like a grandfather, and the other like a grandson.

The main thing being the grandfather looked so majestic, making one stare in amazement.