Lin Yu sometimes feels distressed about her appearance.

Putting everything else aside, her round face and the two dimples when she smiles make her look very young.

She is twenty-two years old this year, which is indeed not very old.

However, as the factory manager, she needs to engage in external communication, so she often tries to appear more mature and composed.

Of course, they all failed in the end.

Lin Yu didn't shy away from these things and even told reporter Chen about it.

Reporter Chen thought the girl was quite cute; she was indeed a young woman in her early twenties.

"Everyone knows you're still young, so there's no need to worry so much. This makes you more approachable."

He wasn't lying. When he met Lin Yu and chatted with her for a few minutes, he felt relaxed.

That's Lin Yu's personal charm.

She replied without modesty, "That can be considered one of my strengths."

"Yes, Director Lin is very outstanding."

The two walked into the factory office while talking.

It's hot outside, but it's quite cool inside the factory.

Zhang Li brought over a few glasses of cool boiled water, and Chen, the reporter, and the photographer only felt better after drinking them.

He looked at the simply decorated office, which was very different from those in other organizations.

The house is just a few simply painted rooms, but the decor has a rustic charm.

Wildflowers are arranged on the table, echoing the rural scenery outside the window. A breeze blows in from time to time, making sitting in the office a pleasant experience.

This is something you can hardly experience in the city.

Both reporter Chen and photographer sighed, feeling calm and peaceful, as if the wind and scenery had soothed away their work fatigue.

Lin Yu explained, "Everyone must get tired from reading and writing at the table every day. In the countryside, there is no shortage of sunshine and grass."

"So from the very beginning of the office design, we added large windows so that everyone could enjoy the view when they were tired from work."

Reporter Chen said with a smile, "I'm a little envious of the workers in your office. Director Lin really thinks of them."

Which leader would even think about what to do when employees are tired from work?

Lin Yu smiled and said, "I work here myself, and these kinds of sights are hard to find in your city, but we have a lot of them here."

"It's all free, so why not enjoy the countryside?"

"This is quite a novelty for us colleagues in the office as well."

At this point in the conversation, reporter Chen asked, "I heard that all the comrades in the office are former educated youth who went to the countryside?"

Lin Yu shook his head and said, "Most of them are, but some are young people from the brigade."

She recruits through exams; as long as the applicant's knowledge level is sufficient, they can be hired.

However, there were very few children in the entire group who received an education, and in the end, only two or three of them were able to pass the exam and get a job in the office.

The educated youth were different; they had all received an education in the city.

Most of them are fresh out of school and haven't forgotten much of their knowledge.

They can basically all get in.

Therefore, most of the current office staff are former educated youth who were sent to the countryside.

Reporter Chen then asked, "So they can get into the office, while there are only a few local young people. Don't the members of the brigade have any objections?"

Reporter Chen is a well-traveled person; many people in the countryside are very xenophobic.

How can these educated youth from other places not have any complaints when they sit in offices while the local children work in workshops and fields?

Lin Yu smiled and said, "You might not believe me, but I'll take you to ask the workers in the workshop."

With that, Lin Yu led the reporter to the vermicelli production workshop.

This workshop was the first one set up in the factory, and all the workers here are from the Lianhua Brigade.

Upon seeing Lin Yu, everyone greeted her warmly, "Little Yu is here!"

Lin Yu addressed them as Grandma, Aunt, Madam, Sister-in-law, and Uncle, showing that she was familiar with all of them.

She then introduced the reporters and photographers to the workers: "Reporter Chen has questions for you. Don't hold back, just speak your mind."

"I see. This reporter is so young. I thought he would be a bit older."

"What are you saying? It's a world for young people now, look at our brigade too, isn't it?"

"That's true."

The group started discussing the other person's age right in front of the reporter.

Lin Yu felt a little embarrassed and quickly coughed twice to remind them to be careful.

He then said to reporter Chen, "I'm sorry."

Reporter Chen didn't mind at all, and even said with a smile, "I didn't expect that I could be called a young person here."

He's not young anymore at work, he's 32 this year, and he's starting to feel like the older generation is about to be swept away by the younger generation.

Unexpectedly, in the eyes of this group of elderly women, he was still a young man.

After hearing his words, the older women all said, "Compared to us, you are definitely young, and you are only thirty-two. What's old about you? I wish I were only thirty-two years old right now, so I could work hard for another fifty years!"

Reporter Chen believed this; he felt that these elderly women were positive and optimistic.

They are always full of energy when they are working.

So he asked, "Do you find your work tiring?"

"Not tired at all. How could it be more tiring than the harvest season?"

They were only assigned to work in the factory because they are now old.

In previous years, the rush to harvest crops would exhaust several elderly people to death.

Therefore, they are very grateful to be able to work in the factory now, without being exposed to the wind and sun.

Do you think this job is easy to get? Many people want it but don't have it.

After all, working in the factory means getting a salary and receiving benefits during holidays.

Reporter Chen asked them with great interest, "What kind of benefits do you get?"

The older women chattered on and on for a long time.

What he said surprised reporter Chen. During holidays, people over fifty years old receive red envelopes and gifts.

The mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival are made by the factory itself, and the New Year's gift is a package made from all the products in the factory.

Normally, each person receives two cans of food per month.

Such benefits are practical and quite generous.

This made reporter Chen even more curious about just how profitable the factory was, that it could support the welfare benefits of hundreds of people.

But right now, he has to ask the very first question.

"I heard we can still go to the office, don't you want to go?"

The older women waved their hands, saying, "We wouldn't even consider that, we're not educated enough."

Reporter Chen pressed further, "And what about your children at home? Don't you want them to work in an office and have an easier life?"

Upon hearing this question, the elderly women fell silent.

Reporter Chen thought to himself, "They must also have a lot of opinions about educated youth coming into the office, right?"

He waited for the older women's reply.

But they said, "Sigh, if only we had let our son Zhuzi study more back then."

"That's right, my daughter had excellent grades in elementary school, it's a pity we didn't let her go to junior high."

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