Chapter 23 Principle "Don't even think about getting into the food factory..."

If Zhao Yunsheng always looked at Sister-in-law Yanfen, Wang Ying would definitely think there was something wrong, but since Zhao Yunsheng didn't even look at Yanfen, she also felt that it was a bit too deliberate.

Yanfen eats very delicately, making almost no sound. She even stirs the noodles with the tip of her chopsticks and puts them into her mouth instead of slurping them up like others.

When Chen Xiuqin occasionally spoke to Yanfen, she would put down her chopsticks and wait for Chen Xiuqin to finish and respond before eating. If Chen Xiuqin continued talking, she would just wait.

Wang Ying thought this young widow was quite interesting and different from the people she had met before.

After dinner, Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng cleared the dishes. Director Zhao went out with the teacup, while Yanfen and Chen Xiuqin talked in the main room.

Wang Ying washed the dishes while Zhao Yunsheng dried them with a clean cloth.

"What does Sister-in-law Yanfen's family do?" Wang Ying asked.

"I don't know," Zhao Yunsheng said. "Why do you keep asking her? Why don't you ask me if my day at work was good, if I had a full lunch, or if I'm tired from work?"

Wang Ying smiled and said, "I think she's quite interesting. She looks different from the average person."

"You mean she looks like a young lady?" Zhao Yunsheng said.

"You can't say this casually." Wang Ying said that it is very taboo to say these things at this time. If you are not careful, you will be accused of something, and parading and criticizing will be the least of your worries.

"You guessed right." Zhao Yunsheng put the washed dishes into the cupboard.

"Really?" Wang Ying was a little surprised and asked in a low voice, "Then what is her background?"

"She's the descendant of a capitalist," Zhao Yunsheng said. "But her family donated all their wealth to the revolution. Okay, let's stop talking about her."

Wang Ying stopped what he was doing and tilted his head to look at Zhao Yunsheng.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Yunsheng said.

Wang Ying said, "I asked you, will you tell me? If you don't tell me, I won't ask you again, but next time, don't say I don't care about you."

Zhao Yunsheng was a little discouraged. He sighed and said, "Did you hear something?"

"Maybe," Wang Ying said. What he heard in his previous life was still hearsay! "But I don't believe what I heard. I believe what you said."

"I'll tell you when we get upstairs," Zhao Yunsheng said.

Wang Ying thought there must be something behind this. She continued working, and Zhao Yunsheng joined her. The two of them quickly cleaned up the kitchen and returned to the main room.

Yanfen was wiping tears when Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng entered the room. Seeing them, she turned her back and wiped her tears with a handkerchief, giving them a sheepish smile. Wang Ying looked at Yanfen and thought of the word: pity.

Is it really okay for her to be like this in this era? Wang Ying thought to herself, and suddenly realized that after being reborn, she was more concerned about the shackles of the times than the people of their time. She knew best that this era would soon pass...

Chen Xiuqin sighed and said, "Weifeng has been gone for more than two years. It's time for you to move on."

So she was crying for her deceased husband... Wang Ying thought to herself.

"It's difficult..." Yanfen's voice trembled, and she looked so pitiful.

"You are so stubborn that you refuse to leave. You insist on staying in the original room. You won't let anyone touch Weifeng's things in the room. You see them right in front of you every day. How can you leave? It would be strange if it wasn't difficult. I see you don't want to." Chen Xiuqin said.

"It's pretty good now." Yanfen said.

"You really are... You look so weak, but you're so stubborn. No one can persuade you." Chen Xiuqin sighed again, "I won't try to persuade you anymore. Yunsheng is married now. When you have time, come and play with me and Yingzi. Don't stay home bored."

"Yeah." Yanfen responded and smiled at Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng.

Wang Ying also smiled at her. It seemed that Yanfen had not come to the Zhao family often in the past two years to avoid suspicion.

"It's getting late, I have to go back, otherwise my parents will worry." Yanfen said as she stood up.

"I'll see you off." Chen Xiuqin stood up.

"Yunsheng, Yingzi, come to my house and play when you have time." Yanfen said.

"Okay, sister-in-law, be careful on the road." Wang Ying replied, but Zhao Yunsheng didn't say anything.

Chen Xiuqin sent Yanfen out of the house and sighed when she came back: "What a stubborn girl! I wonder how many more years she will have to stay in the Gao family. She still has a few years of youth. In two years, it will be difficult for her to get married."

"Mom, you are not from the Women's Federation, why do you care about other people's affairs? They want to be widows." Zhao Yunsheng said.

Chen Xiuqin snorted: "Young people like you are always talking about love and romance. She must have read too many messed-up books when she was young."

Wang Ying thought of the book wrapped in a book cover by Zhao Yunsheng and glanced at Zhao Yunsheng.

After Chen Xiuqin finished speaking, she felt that this was a bit inappropriate for Zhao Yunsheng and Wang Ying, a newly married couple, so she immediately changed the subject: "Yingzi, how is your sweater knitting going today?"

"I knitted it for Dongbao first, and now I have finished knitting a piece." said Wang Ying.

"You wove it in pieces. Take it down and let us see it. Zhao Yunsheng, go upstairs and get it." Chen Xiuqin said.

Zhao Yunsheng went upstairs immediately. When he came down, he kept clicking his tongue and hid the sweater that Wang Ying had knitted behind him.

"What are you hiding? It's not you who knitted it." Chen Xiuqin said unhappily.

Zhao Yunsheng took the sweater out from behind him and spread it out with both hands to show Chen Xiuqin: "Look, it's beautiful, isn't it? You haven't seen flowers like this before!"

"Oh, I've never seen this before. How is it woven?" Chen Xiuqin took it and said in surprise.

"It's knitted with five threads." said Wang Ying.

"It's beautiful! I've never seen anything like it before." Chen Xiuqin was very happy. "Your elder sister will definitely like it." Chen Xiuqin said with a turn of her eyes, "When the time comes, ask your elder sister to take Dongbao out for a walk more often."

Wang Ying smiled but didn't respond. Zhao Yunsheng also laughed, and the family didn't elaborate. Sometimes, a sweater pattern can make a friend.

Wang Ying and his wife chatted with Chen Xiuqin about family matters and talked about going to the countryside. According to Beichong's policy of decentralization this year, if Wang Ying and her sister did not get married, they would definitely be the next to do so.

Many families in Beichong are in turmoil now, especially those with many children. Who will go to the countryside, who will get married, whose job will be replaced, how to get a medical certificate... Every household has its own problems, and I don't know how many stories have been born from them.

As he was speaking, Director Zhao came back with a teacup, looking solemn and full of thoughts.

"What's wrong? Why did you go out and come back with some worries?" Chen Xiuqin said.

Director Zhao said, "Several factories in the city may want to hold exams to select a group of people."

Wang Ying's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. How could she not remember this happening in her past life? If there was an exam, she would just take it. Why would she even bother getting married?

"Isn't this a good thing?" said Chen Xiuqin.

"What good news, Luobokeng." Director Zhao knocked the teacup on the table, obviously dissatisfied with this matter.

"Ah? Has it really been delegated to certain leaders?" Chen Xiuqin said in a low voice.

Director Zhao snorted and didn't answer, but he also agreed.

"Really? Who started it? Which factories are participating? Aren't they afraid of chaos?" Chen Xiuqin sat next to Director Zhao. At this moment, the family of four were sitting around the dining table.

"It's not a large-scale selection, it's being done secretly, so not many people know about it," Director Zhao said. "It's still uncertain whether it will succeed, and some leaders are strongly opposed to it."

"Is the non-staple food factory also participating?" Chen Xiuqin asked.

"I was against it, but Lao Qian agreed and Lao Zheng kept silent." Director Zhao said that Lao Qian was Qian Tongsheng, the director of the non-staple food factory, and Lao Zheng was Zheng Liancheng, the deputy director.

"Tsk, what are you objecting to? Go ahead and take the exam! It's a good opportunity for Yingzi to take it." Chen Xiuqin said.

Director Zhao glared at Chen Xiuqin and said, "You asked me to dig a carrot pit for Yingzi in the factory! You might as well drag me out and shoot me right now!"

After Director Zhao finished speaking, he went back to his room angrily.

"What a stubborn guy!" Chen Xiuqin muttered unhappily, then turned to Wang Ying and said, "Yingzi, don't worry, I'll try to persuade your father again."

Wang Ying said quickly, "I'm not in a hurry. Mom, please talk to me nicely. If it doesn't work, forget it. Dad is a principled man."

"What principles? He's the only one who has principles. Everyone else is just a bunch of idiots!" Chen Xiuqin said. "I'm going back to my room. You guys should go back too."

After Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng washed up, they went upstairs together.

The two of them were lying on the bed. Wang Ying no longer wanted to listen to the story of Zhao Yunsheng and the young widow. She only thought that if there was an exam this time, she would have to find a way to pass it.

Zhao Yunsheng lay quietly, waiting for Wang Ying to ask him questions. After a long wait, Wang Ying remained silent. The lights were still on, and he turned around to see Wang Ying with a serious expression, clearly lost in thought.

"What are you thinking about?" Zhao Yunsheng asked.

"Exam." Wang Ying said.

Zhao Yunsheng snorted and said sourly, "Let me ask you, are you thinking that if you had known there would be an exam, you wouldn't have to marry me?"

"Wrong!" Wang Ying said, "It's not that I don't have to marry you, it's that I don't have to marry anyone."

Zhao Yunsheng became even angrier. "Can't you just say something nice to me? Forget about getting into the food factory. Director Zhao won't even bother finding you a job there. Even if you were to get in based on your own abilities, he'd still be able to get you out."

"Why?" Wang Ying asked, but in fact he had also thought about it before. Director Zhao was too principled.

Zhao Yunsheng said, "Why else? Director Zhao wants a good reputation."

"Director Zhao's behavior is unacceptable. We should promote talented people regardless of their personal relationships!" said Wang Ying.

"Director Zhao, don't worry about that. Haven't you seen that my second sister still doesn't have a job?" Zhao Yunsheng said, "Actually, my second sister had a chance a few years ago, but my father blocked it. Now my second sister and her husband don't like to come home because of this. Besides, with my father around, she's probably not going to pass the exam. She's probably not going to get a job at the non-staple food factory anyway."

Wang Ying thought about it. In her previous life, Wang Hui had indeed never had a job. She felt a little puzzled. She had never expected that the old man, the director of the non-staple food factory, would not only not be a help, but would become a hindrance...

Why did she marry Zhao Yunsheng then? Wang Ying couldn't help but think so. Although Zhao Yunsheng was still quite good at the moment, Wang Ying had a heart for career development.

In her previous life, even before her divorce, she had always wanted to enter the snack food industry. During that time, she was also in talks with people in the next city about a snack food business, hoping to continue the unfinished work of her past life. She had a plan in mind: first, she would join the food factory, then find ways to make achievements and climb the ladder. Later, when the enterprise reforms and deepening reforms came, she would follow the policies and, relying on the skills she had learned in her previous life, gradually expand the food factory...

Zhao Yunsheng kept staring at Wang Ying and suddenly called out to her, "Comrade Wang Ying, what are you thinking about?"

Wang Ying was startled by Zhao Yunsheng: "I didn't think anything."

"Hurry up and tell me!" Zhao Yunsheng propped his head on his elbow and stared at Wang Ying. "Confess and I will give you leniency. Resist and I will give you severity!"

Wang Ying certainly couldn't say what she was thinking, so she just said, "I'm wondering what the story is between you and Sister-in-law Yanfen."

"Tsk tsk tsk, there's a liar from the Wang family who married into the Zhao family." Zhao Yunsheng shook his head. Wang Ying had a serious face just now, and it was impossible that she was thinking about this.

"Tell me, what is the story between you and Sister-in-law Yanfen?" Wang Ying said with a smile.

"You're smiling, but I can tell you're guilty! I won't say any more!" said Zhao Yunsheng.