Chapter 285: Long-lost Workplace

"Xiao Xia, how did you catch the human trafficker?" Seeing Lin Xia in person appear, the sister-in-law came over and looked at her admiringly.

When Lin Xia heard this, she was shocked. How did she become the one catching the human traffickers?

"Yes, yes! Tell us about it!" Immediately a group of people gathered around.

"Sisters-in-law, that's not the case!" Lin Xia was afraid that the story would get more and more bizarre, so she quickly explained, "I saw the child, and then I realized something was wrong. The man was caught by the train police. How could I, with my weak arms and legs, catch him?"

The sisters-in-law didn't believe it at first, but when they heard Lin Xia say this, they looked her up and down. She was thin even after giving birth, and now she had even less flesh.

After a sister-in-law looked at Lin Xia, she advised: "Xiao Xia, you have to eat more! It seems that it is really difficult to catch the human traffickers when you are so thin."

The sister-in-law muttered in her heart, is this a normal meal? With such a small body, which sister-in-law here can't knock her down!

A group of sisters-in-law nodded hurriedly, looking at Lin Xia's small figure and expressing their agreement.

Lin Xia didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she heard this. She ate a lot on weekdays, but there was nothing she could do about it as she just didn't gain weight.

In this day and age, being thin is no longer a consideration. Everyone agrees that eating more and working more is the best!

Seeing that the topic had changed direction, Lin Xia took the opportunity to sneak out of the crowd and took the children to buy groceries.

But when I was going home, I ran into Director Pei, and she stopped me. "Comrade Lin Xia, if you are not in a hurry, why don't you come and have a chat now?"

"Director, what's the matter? I just finished buying groceries." Lin Xia was not in a hurry, but she didn't feel it was appropriate to chat as she was carrying things in her hands and taking care of the child.

"It's an important matter." Director Pei saw her with her child and thought it was a good opportunity to take the child with him to take a look.

At this point, Lin Xia couldn't refuse, so she followed Director Pei to the Women's Federation, a house with a yard. There was a sign with "Women's Federation" hanging at the door, and it was not far from the family compound.

As soon as you enter the yard, there are some vegetables planted on both sides. At this moment, the vegetable fields are full of cabbages, radishes and so on.

Seeing Lin Xia looking at the vegetable field, Director Pei smiled and explained: "We plant them when we have free time. This way, we don't have to buy any vegetables."

Lin Xia didn't expect that she could farm while working. She was shocked and found it very novel. This was simply unimaginable in the future. If a company didn't deduct her salary for using the toilet, she would be considered to have met a conscientious company.

When I entered the house, I saw three people busying around. Among them was a pregnant woman with a big belly, but her walking was not affected at all.

When the three saw Director Pei and Lin Xia coming in, they all stopped what they were doing and looked over curiously.

"You guys go ahead and do your work." Director Pei waved his hand and pointed to a spot by the wall. "You can let the children play there."

Only then did Lin Xia see that there were two children inside, and the small enclosed space was very similar to her home.

"An An, take them out to play. Don't fight with other kids." Lin Xia gave them some instructions before following Director Pei into the office.

The three people outside the door looked at each other, and the pregnant woman was the first to speak: "That's great! If Lin Xia comes, you can relax a little while I go to give birth."

The other two looked at each other when they heard this, and they still had some thoughts in their minds. Most of the work in the Women's Federation was not tiring, but occasionally some of it was very physically demanding.

The two of them came early. When the Women's Federation was first established and was short of people, they were the only two who knew a little bit of reading and writing, so they came in. Later, as the number of people in the family area gradually increased, they kept recruiting more people, and the threshold for entry became higher.

Last time they heard the director say that there was another person who could be recruited, but for some reason that person didn't show up. It wasn't until later when someone saw the director go to Lin Xia's house that they knew who the director wanted to recruit.

Now that they saw Lin Xia being invited by the director again, they were still a little nervous. They had heard a lot of rumors about Lin Xia in the family area, but they didn't know much about her, and they didn't know if she was easy to get along with here.

Lin Xia was invited into the office, and Director Pei poured her a glass of water from an enamel mug, "This has been washed." She knew that Lin Xia seemed to be a bit particular.

Lin Xia smiled and took a sip from the jar. "Director, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"The fence outside was learned from your family. With it, they don't have to hold the children all the time when working. It helps a lot. I have to thank you for this." Director Pei suddenly mentioned the fence outside.

That was what she saw when she went to Lin Xia's house before. She saw toys put in it. After putting the child in it, she saved a lot of trouble and her work efficiency was greatly improved. Occasionally, she would take care of the child when he cried or urinated.

"Really? I'm glad it's useful." Lin Xia felt a little happy when she heard that it was useful.

"Can you come and consider a job now?" Director Pei suddenly asked when he saw that Lin Xia also thought the one outside was good.

Lin Xia was stunned. She didn't expect that Director Pei invited her here for this reason, nor did she expect that she was still thinking of recruiting her. She had to say that she was inexplicably happy in her heart. Although it was not as good as the three visits to the thatched cottage, the feeling of being remembered by someone was not bad.

Lin Xia pondered for a few seconds and asked, "I don't know much about the work of the Women's Federation, so..."

Director Pei's eyes lit up, as if the clam shell had opened a crack. As long as he seized the opportunity, he could open it and see the pearl inside. "Our work is very complicated and includes many aspects. The main and most important work is to protect women's rights."

The words "protecting women's rights" do not seem complicated, but Lin Xia, who has learned about this aspect in later generations, knows that this job is really not easy. It is not easy to change the old ideas that have existed for thousands of years. These predecessors have put a lot of effort into this.

Lin Xia suddenly felt hot all over. If she agreed to work in the Women's Federation now, could she make a small contribution to changing the status of women?

"I'm willing to give it a try!" After thinking it over, Lin Xia looked at Director Pei firmly and nodded in agreement.

"That's great!" Ever since being rejected by Lin Xia last time, Director Pei was not very confident that he could succeed this time.

Thinking back to the conversation just now, Director Pei felt a little moved and knew the reason why Lin Xia finally agreed.

Fearing that things might change over time, Director Pei took Lin Xia out of the office and announced to other colleagues, "In three days, Comrade Lin Xia will become our colleague. Welcome everyone."

Lin Xia smiled and lowered her head, "I will ask for your advice more often in the future."

The three of them greeted her in a friendly manner. It was hard to tell what their personalities were, but they seemed very friendly on the surface.

Lin Xia didn't expect that she would be back in the workplace so early. This feeling was a bit familiar.

After agreeing with Director Pei on a day to come to work, Lin Xia returned home with her child full of fighting spirit. During today's chat, she had more ideas about her future career planning and wanted to go back quickly to record them in her business plan.