"Yes, if you're interested, come for an interview."

This time, everyone in the entire brigade can come for an interview, and the best candidates will be selected.

The interviewers were Grandma Lin and Aunt Liang, since they were more familiar with the people in the village, and those who liked to cheat or shirk their duties were the first to be eliminated.

Song Meili also told Lin Yu that the educated youth were asking if they needed to hire office staff.

"Not needed at the moment." There are currently three salespeople, one accountant/financer, two clerks, and Lin Yu, the factory manager, in the office.

We have enough manpower.

"What we need most right now are people on the production line. If they're willing to do it, they can come for an interview."

Although working on the production line may not seem as nice as working in an office, the pay is actually not bad.

The educated youth earned too few work points; it would be better for them to work in the workshop.

Although she didn't like those people, Song Meili still asked for them and then relayed Lin Yu's words when she got back.

Yuan Bo comes from a wealthy family and looks down on production line work.

Xu Kunpeng did sign up.

On the day of the interview, Lin Yu even saw Su Qing, a former educated youth, arrive.

Grandma Lin was very tolerant of these educated youth children, knowing that they were not good at farm work and could not support themselves.

So everyone who signed up was approved.

The next day, Xu Kunpeng and Su Qing went to work at the workshop.

Yuan Bo only found out about this later. When Su Qing went to work, he wanted to go with her.

But the workshop's interview time had already passed, and they wouldn't wait any longer; he couldn't get in.

Song Meili laughed loudly: "I suspect Su Qing did it on purpose. She didn't want Yuan Bo to come along, so she didn't say anything when I first mentioned it."

Lin Yu also guessed that this was the case; Su Qing probably really didn't like Yuan Bo and was quite bothered by his pursuit.

"Has Xie, the educated youth, arrived?"

Xie Xinyu has finally become a full-time employee of the workshop.

"They're here, they're here. We're processing their onboarding today."

Not long after, Xie Xinyu pushed Ruyi over.

She has to go to work, so she leaves her child in the office, where a few of them help look after the child.

This is how Lin Yu took special care of her, allowing her to work and take care of her child at the same time, thus relieving the worries of a single mother.

Ruyi has grown a lot and is now babbling.

"Ruyi, call her Auntie." Lin Yu squatted in front of the car and teased the child.

The child, wearing a bib and drooling, called out "Yi-yi".

Lin Yu used her little bib to wipe her drool: "Ruyi is such a good girl."

Song Meili and Ou Manqing also came over to hear her calling for help.

"Manqing, you'll have a daughter too, how adorable!" Song Meili cupped her chubby little face in her hands.

Ou Manqing didn't care about having boys or girls; they didn't have any children in their previous life.

If they could have a child together, whether it's a boy or a girl, Ou Manqing would love it.

Lin Yu knew what Ou Manqing was going to do, but she wouldn't say!

Zhang Bing's child is due soon, so he quite likes Ruyi.

But he was too proud to admit his feelings, and he always kept his distance from Lin Yu and the others.

After everyone had gone to their respective work, he casually walked over and touched the child's little hand.

He even smiled gently at her.

Lin Yu noticed his little actions and found it amusing, but said nothing.

We still need to give him some face.

However, she also started to help Zhang Bing integrate into this small group, specifically by asking for his opinion on everything.

We'd bring him up in conversations too.

Sometimes I would ask him about Li Lanhua.

Li Lanhua's belly is now very big, but she still walks briskly.

Zhang Bing couldn't help but smile as he thought of how Lan Hua was still so energetic despite being heavily pregnant: "Lan Hua is in very good health."

He was physically weak from a young age and was often bullied.

Li Lanhua was different; she was always the one bullying others.

Even pregnancy did not weaken her.

Zhang Bing sometimes felt envious.

"Comrade Zhang Bing, have you ever thought about whether Sister Lan Hua should have a daughter or a son?"

Zhang Bing made no secret of it: "I love my son."

Song Meili rolled her eyes on the spot.

"You don't understand that having a boy or a girl is the same? How can you discriminate against girls?"

Song Meili was furious. At home, she was not valued because she was a girl.

Hearing these words made me even angrier.

Sure enough, she must have been out of her mind to have fallen for Zhang Bing.

Zhang Bing shook his head: "How can they be the same? Sons are family, daughters are outsiders, they'll get married and leave in the future."

His way of thinking is the norm nowadays.

Even more outrageous, Wang Zhaodi once said that her daughters were all money-losing goods.

"Sister Orchid, you're here."

Lin Yu shouted outside, and Zhang Bing immediately turned his head, as if afraid that what he had just said had been overheard.

The sun is shining brightly outside, and there's not a soul in sight...

Zhang Bing knew that Lin Yu was deliberately playing a trick on him, and he was so angry that his face turned red.

Song Meili felt relieved and snorted, ignoring him.

Lin Yu originally wanted to give him a chance to get along well with the people in the office, but he offended people as soon as he opened his mouth!

He is not only chauvinistic and sexist, but he also lacks emotional intelligence.

The other two men in the office were out running business, leaving only women in the office.

His comment, "Daughters are all outsiders," how could they not be angry?

Lin Yu shook her head and patted his shoulder: "Just focus on your work, you'd better not talk."

He looks like a human being when he closes his mouth.

Zhang Bing did indeed think that way, and he didn't think he was wrong.

Moreover, he believed that Li Lanhua was definitely carrying a son; this was his intuition.

Little did they know that it would be time when Li Lanhua gave birth.

The midwife brought the baby out and placed it in his hands, but he couldn't remember whether to ask if it was a son or a daughter.

He felt his blood boiling. Looking at the little thing in his hand, so small and soft, not even as long as one of his arm segments, his heart softened.

Seeing his dazed expression, Accountant Li assumed he didn't like it, so she slipped a red envelope to the midwife herself.

After the room was cleaned up, Li Lanhua's mother took the baby from her son-in-law's arms.

Zhang Bing still refused to let go.

"Quickly, take the child to Orchid for a look!"

Accountant Li added, "Zhang Bing, if you can't accept this..."

Zhang Bing looked up: "Huh? What?"

After saying that, he grinned foolishly and said, "Dad, Mom, this is my child. I'm a dad now! Hehe."

Accountant Li breathed a sigh of relief and said helplessly, "Yes, you're a father now. Quickly take the baby inside and let her mother see him."

Zhang Bing said "Oh," and turned back after walking to the door of the room: "Dad, I haven't given the red envelope to the midwife yet. It's in my pocket. Please get it for me."

"Okay, Dad will take it to her for you."

Accountant Li and his wife exchanged a glance and smiled.

Zhang Bing carried the child into the house, where there was still a lingering smell of blood.

Li Lanhua wasn't as energetic as usual; she looked very tired lying in bed.

Zhang Bing felt something was off and walked over: "Orchid?"

When Li Lanhua saw him and the child, she smiled and said, "Come here and let me see."