Chapter 83 By noon, the fields…

Around noon, Tian Lili and the others warmly invited Yu Jiajia to have lunch together, but Yu Jiajia said she wanted to have lunch with her parents. After giving the cake to Tian Lili, she left first.

She wanted to know what was going on with the dark-skinned, thin man.

Tian Lili held the lunchbox, watching Yu Jiajia walk away. She didn't understand why Yu Jiajia was so nice to her. If Yu Jiajia were a man, she would think that Yu Jiajia wanted to sleep with her, but Yu Jiajia was a young girl, and a very beautiful one at that. So why was she being so nice to her?

Is it because you want to find out about Director Fang from her?

Tian Xiaoxi: "Lily, quickly look inside!"

Tian Lili opened the lunchbox, inside was a very pretty little cake, carefully placed in the middle of the lunchbox. The edge was slightly rubbed, but it did not affect the cake's beauty at all.

The sweet aroma immediately emerged.

Tian Xiaoxi exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, is this a cake?"

When Director Fang celebrated his birthday, they went to perform at his home. I saw them once before; they were said to have bought the costumes from the provincial capital.

They only looked at it; they didn't get a slice of cake.

Now, they own a whole cake.

This cake is prettier; it belongs to them!

Yu Jiajia had originally planned to eat in the cafeteria with her parents, but now she's eating in a private room in the small cafeteria.

Section Chief Xia and Accountant Hu hosted the dinner, along with their two children, Xia Lei and Xia Jing. Factory Director Li and his wife were also invited.

Section Chief Xia and Accountant Hu once again expressed their sincere gratitude to Yu Jiajia and Cheng Xiuying.

If Yu Jiajia hadn't thrown the stone, Xia Jing would definitely have been stabbed by that pair of scissors! Those scissors were really sharp; Accountant Hu tried them, and they were sharpened to an extremely fine point. If they had pierced the flesh, how painful that would have been!

Accountant Hu started to cry when she talked about these things.

Cheng Xiuying and the factory director's wife both comforted her, saying, "Jingjing has managed to turn misfortune into good fortune this time, and she will surely have a peaceful and smooth life in the future."

Cheng Xiuying didn't actually know the specific reason. She and Yu Hongding took the person to the police station and then went back to work at the factory. Earlier, Accountant Hu had invited her to dinner, but she didn't want to ask too many questions.

After all, bad people do bad things simply because they are bad, and there doesn't necessarily have to be a reason!

After Accountant Hu finished speaking, everyone finally understood why the dark-skinned, thin young man wanted to kill Xia Jing.

His name is Xu Zhe. He has no relation to Section Chief Xia's family, but his previous girlfriend was Xia Nian'er, the daughter of Section Chief Xia's cousin.

This can also be considered a story of the farmer and the snake.

Xia Nian'er was not favored by her family, but she was very smart and found a powerful backer early on. She was well-liked by Section Chief Xia and Accountant He. With their help, she stumbled her way through high school and graduated. With Accountant He's help, she entered a textile factory and met Chen Lifeng through his introduction.

So she turned around and broke up with Xu Zhe, her boyfriend of two years. She cried and said that her cousin did not want to marry Chen Lifeng, who was already engaged. She wanted to repay the kindness of her uncle and aunt, so she had to break up with Xu Zhe and let him find a clean girl to marry.

Xu Zhe was dumped just like that, and he was extremely unwilling to accept it. He watched helplessly as Xia Nian'er and the policeman's son, who was the deputy director of the textile factory, went out together.

He wanted to do something, but the policeman was tall and had a gun on his waist, so he didn't even dare to get close.

He channeled all his hatred into Section Chief Xia's family. Could he really bear to see his own daughter marry someone else, so he made Nian'er marry in her place? The more he thought about it, the more he hated it. He followed the Xia family for several days and eventually set his sights on Xia Jing.

He spent the whole night sharpening scissors, intending to stab Xia Jing to death in one go.

He did just that.

In fact, what Xu Zhe said was true. Xia Nian'er's boyfriend was indeed introduced by Accountant Hu, but Accountant Hu did not know that Xia Nian'er had a boyfriend.

Xia Nian'er was good at playing the victim and saying that her mother wanted to marry her off to an old widower so that her younger brother could get a job. Accountant Hu felt sorry for this well-behaved and pitiful niece and introduced her to Chen Lifeng, the son of his good friend.

There was no engagement, and no substitute bride.

Chen Lifeng's parents were both cadres in a textile factory. Chen Lifeng himself was a policeman, tall and handsome, and good in every way.

Xia Nian'er was so smitten that she quickly broke up with Xu Zhe.

When Accountant Hu learned the truth, she felt like the sky had fallen. She never imagined that Xia Nian'er was such a scoundrel. The entire Xia family had been completely fooled by Xia Nian'er! She almost caused Xia Jing's death.

When Xia Nian'er arrived at the police station, she denied everything, saying that it was all Xu Zhe's imagination. She even begged Accountant Hu not to believe Xu Zhe's nonsense, saying that she loved Jingjing the most and would never say such things.

Xu Zhe then realized he had been deceived. He wept bitterly, begging the Xia family for forgiveness, saying he had wronged them.

Xu Zhe's family also knelt down and begged Accountant Hu to spare Xu Zhe.

How could Accountant Hu possibly forgive Xu Zhe? Regardless of whether he was deceived or not, he almost killed Xia Jing, and he must go to jail.

As for Xia Nian'er, she has been fired from the textile factory, Chen Lifeng has cut off all contact with her, and Xu Zhe's family hates her and beat her up.

Her reputation is completely ruined. Given how much her parents favored sons over daughters, she'll never have a good reputation.

Yu Jiajia's face was filled with mixed emotions. Xia Nian'er was quite good at manipulating people's hearts, but unfortunately she went too far. Xu Zhe went all out and stabbed Xia Jing to death.

Yu Songqing trembled as he listened. This Xia Nian'er was just as vicious as Lu Xiaoqing! Women are truly terrifying; they can even kill someone just by falling in love.

It's good to have a job; if he works hard, he'll get a raise! That's positive feedback.

Cheng Xiuying scolded Xia Nian'er for being heartless and Xu Zhe for being stupid like a pig, asking why someone with such good conditions as Chen Lifeng would need to arrange a marriage.

Accountant Hu was filled with regret, hating himself for being so blind as to think Xia Nian'er was so sweet and pitiful. Luckily, Jingjing was alright, and luckily, Xia Nian'er hadn't married into the Chen family yet, so she hadn't caused any trouble for them.

I will never help others casually again, and I dare not introduce anyone to potential partners.

Factory director's wife, Sun Yuxia, also had a complicated expression. The Yu family could save someone just by going to work! This is another great achievement! What kind of luck is this! The Yu family is lucky, and Xia Jing is lucky too!

She said, "Who would have thought Xia Nian'er would be this kind of person? You can never judge a book by its cover." Of course, she didn't like Xia Nian'er; she felt the girl had ulterior motives. But since she was someone else's relative, she certainly wouldn't interfere. She never expected things to develop like this.

Section Chief Xia had ordered the dishes in advance, and soon all the dishes were served: spicy chicken, braised pork, braised eggplant, smashed cucumber, boiled fish, and rice with rice as the staple food.

While the adults were talking, Yu Jiajia focused on eating. A chicken wing fell into her bowl, and she turned her head to look. It was Xia Jing next to her who had given it to her.

Yu Jiajia: "Thank you, Jingjing."

Xia Jing smiled sweetly, revealing two small tiger teeth, and said, "Jiajia, thank you for saving me."

Yu Jiajia: "We're destined to meet, otherwise how could we have bumped into each other on the road!" She also put a piece of braised pork on Xia Jing's plate.

Lunch was such a feast! Chef Zhao's cooking is truly excellent. The spicy chicken was deep-fried, making it incredibly fragrant! The braised pork was tender and juicy, perfect with rice! The best dish was the boiled fish; the fish slices were thinly cut, with hardly any bones, and the accompanying greens and bean sprouts were spicy and numbing—I could eat it forever! Finally, some smashed cucumber salad to cleanse the palate—crisp and refreshing!

In the time it takes to eat a meal, Yu Jiajia and Xia Jing have become best friends who can talk about anything. After the meal, Xia Jing wanted to go with Yu Jiajia to the Great Hall of the People to watch the cultural troupe's performance.

Yu Jiajia naturally agreed.

Lunch took quite a while, and by the time it was time to go back to work, I went straight to the Great Hall of the People.

Yu Jiajia could clearly feel that Tian Lili was more enthusiastic. Whenever she had a spare moment, Tian Lili would come to Yu Jiajia's side and sing for her. Yu Jiajia said, "Lili, although I really enjoy listening to you sing, you need to give your voice a rest. You should drink some water."

Tian Lili held a water glass and drank orange juice; it tasted so sweet.

Yu Jiajia watched the performance with her chin resting on her hand, thinking it was wonderful in every way.

Xia Jing stared at the model opera, cursing Zhu Jingsong through gritted teeth, wishing he could be torn to pieces. But then she was moved to tears by the unity of the workers and the greatness of the soldiers in the opera.

Seeing her like this, Yu Jiajia knew that the model operas were a great success.

Liu Weidong came over and called Yu Jiajia to the office to collect her salary. Yu Jiajia waved to Tian Lili and then ran back to the office with Liu Weidong!

Section Chief Chen was distributing salaries; he had collected everyone's wages from the factory office.

Yu Jiajia signed the payslip and was surprised to find that she had received 55 yuan this month, whereas she had thought she would receive that much next month.

Section Chief Chen handed her an envelope containing her wages and receipts, asking her to count them in front of her.

Yu Jiajia opened the envelope. There were five 10,000-yuan bills and one five-yuan bill, just the right amount! There was also a stack of red and green receipts!

Besides grain coupons, oil coupons, meat coupons, etc., the most precious thing was the industrial coupon, which consisted of two coupons. These were linked to wages, and you could get one industrial coupon for twenty yuan.

Lin Mei wanted to save up industrial coupons to buy a bicycle, and asked Yu Jiajia if she wanted to exchange them for cloth coupons.

Yu Jiajia exchanged an industrial coupon for two feet of cloth coupons, and then exchanged two feet of cloth coupons with Liu Weidong as well.

Liu Weidong: "I don't want your industrial coupons, but I'll give you the cloth coupons."

Yu Jiajia: "You take it."

Cloth coupons are precious, and she wouldn't want to owe anyone a favor because of them.

She didn't exchange her grain coupons and meat coupons; she had to save them for food.

She calculated her current cloth coupons and said that if she went home and asked her family for some more, it would be enough to exchange for Lu Chenzhou's.

Sigh, she won't be able to buy clothes until next month.

Xia Jing tugged at Yu Jiajia's clothes and whispered, "Jiajia, my family has cloth coupons. I'll give you seven feet tonight."

Yu Jiajia refused with great difficulty.

After receiving their wages, it was almost time to leave work. Yu Jiajia and Xia Jing went to find Accountant Hu first, as she was busy trying to finish distributing wages today.

Yu Jiajia: "Jingjing, let's go back first. You can come to my house to play. Your mom will come to pick you up when she gets back."

The two held hands and went to find Cheng Xiuying, and left work together.

Cheng Xiuying was among the first to receive her salary, which was 110.5 yuan. With all the receipts and other payments, her pockets were bulging, and she was walking with a swagger.

Being a deputy factory director is truly a blessing!

Cheng Xiuying felt that today was a very celebratory day. Her monthly salary was 110 yuan! Eleven ten-yuan bills were placed together, and her hands trembled as she counted the money! Last month, she was only earning 36 yuan a month. In just one month, her salary had tripled or quadrupled!

Cheng Xiuying decided to go to the food station to exchange for two jin of mutton so they could have mutton hot pot for dinner.

I also bought some tofu.

Yu Jiajia and Xia Jing sat in the back seat and went to the food station together.

Xia Jing was a little embarrassed. "I think I'd better not go. I'll just go home with my mom after get off work."

Cheng Xiuying: "Your mom's going to be busy today, probably quite late. We'll have dinner together at my house tonight."

Yu Jiajia pulled Xia Jing to sit in the back seat.

When she arrived at the food station, Cheng Xiuying didn't need to queue. She went straight to buy mutton. There were only a few pounds left. Cheng Xiuying took out her receipt, exchanged it for two pounds of mutton, and then went to another window to buy a pound of tofu.

There's no need to buy vegetables or the like, we have them at home.

Yu Jiajia really wanted to take out the hot pot set meal from her spatial backpack; it would have everything! Unfortunately, she couldn't!