Chapter 169 Exiled to the Northwest to Die (2/2)

When that time comes, Lin Han will have to go with her man to that godforsaken place to join the army, and she'll suffer a lot.

Thinking of this, Wang Ru felt better than ever before, wishing she could send Lin Han to the Northwest right now and let him be dried into a mummy in the endless yellow sand.

Just wait and see.

After receiving instructions from Mr. Gu, the Publicity Department held a meeting to formulate the content of the essay competition.

We happen to be selecting outstanding women for our social media campaign soon, so we can combine these two activities.

A call for submissions was issued throughout the entire military region, with the theme "New Revolutionary Trends: Women Hold Up Half the Sky".

Everyone can submit their own understanding of the new fashionable woman, which can be a specific portrait of a person or their insights on this topic. There are no restrictions on style or content.

However, the "new" here is not something that is unconventional or unorthodox, but rather something that is "new" within the broader framework of the political landscape at the time.

It is the "new" of red, the "new" of revolution.

When the news reached the family compound, everyone responded enthusiastically.

Except for military dependents who have never been to school and cannot read, everyone else must participate, even if it is just writing two lines of text, they must submit their "homework".

Although it was an essay contest organized by the Publicity Department, it was also a political task assigned by the organization.

When Wang Ru heard that the essay contest was linked to the publicity wall and that the selected outstanding works would be copied onto the publicity wall, she immediately showed great enthusiasm.

She not only has to write, but she has to write well, ideally to be shortlisted for the best publicity piece.

But then I thought about it, and since she was going to be painted on the propaganda wall as a "new fashion woman" anyway, it didn't seem that important whether her article was published or not.

Ideally, someone else would write an article promoting her, which would be copied next to her portrait; this would double the promotional effect.

After thinking about this, Wang Ru went to find Li Qiao.

Others might not agree to help, but Li Qiao is easy to talk to. If she disagrees, he will threaten her with Zhang Qiang's mother, and she won't dare to disagree.

Li Qiao had originally planned to use this essay contest as an opportunity to shine, but Wang Ru insisted that she write an article praising Wang Ru.

She was speechless.

If she submits this article, it will make her seem like Wang Ru's little tagalong, always trying to curry favor with her, which will make her look down on.

But she couldn't refuse, so she could only swallow her anger.

When Lin Han received the news, she was in the yard drying daylilies and dried vegetables with Grandma Jiang.

These daylilies and dried vegetables were delivered by Grandma Li's son early this morning.

They say there are plenty of these things in their agricultural research institute's subordinate units, and they're all worthless; basically, nobody likes to eat them.

So they found a tricycle and delivered all the things that others didn't want to Grandma Li.

Grandma Jiang wanted to pay, but Grandma Li refused to accept it no matter what.

"These are all things that other people didn't want, but my son got them for free. He even said he could have as many as he wanted, and that..."

Grandma Li's last words sounded somewhat hesitant.

Grandma Jiang asked curiously, "What else did you say?"

Grandma Li couldn't help but laugh.