Chapter 46 Days "You smile more than before."

Wang Ying's kiss on Zhao Yunsheng made him so happy that he came over to kiss Wang Ying as well.

"Stop it." Wang Ying pushed him.

"Stop making trouble, just give me a kiss." Zhao Yunsheng was taller and stronger than Wang Ying, so he was finally kissed by him.

There were two people laughing and making noise in the kitchen. When Chen Xiuqin came back, she heard the noise in the kitchen but didn't go over to disturb them.

Dinner was served, but Director Zhao had not yet returned home.

"Why did you come back so late today? Is there something going on at your factory?" Chen Xiuqin asked Wang Ying.

"I haven't heard of anything happening." Wang Ying said.

"We get off work at the same time, but you come back and have already prepared dinner, but he hasn't come home yet. I don't know what he is doing. He really treats the factory like his own home." Chen Xiuqin complained.

"He's a leader, so he definitely has more to do than us," Wang Ying said. Thinking back to his past life, he struggled with both work and family, and couldn't remember how much hardship he endured. It wasn't until the 1980s that things started to get a little better.

As they were talking, there was a noise at the gate. Director Zhao came back.

Director Zhao seemed quite happy. Even when Chen Xiuqin complained a few times, he didn't say anything back. He just said, "Hurry up and eat."

During the meal, Chen Xiuqin casually asked Wang Ying whether she was used to working in the factory and how she got along with her colleagues. Wang Ying said everything was fine.

At this time, Director Zhao said, "Zheng Liancheng showed me your summary report. It's very well written."

"Our Yingzi is very capable. What report?" Zhao Yunsheng said.

"It's the annual production report of welfare products." Wang Ying said.

"You've found the problem," Director Zhao said.

Wang Ying thought Director Zhao would not tell her about work, but it seemed he couldn't help it.

"Well, it's a big problem," Wang Ying said. "If we don't increase the budget this year, we're still going to go over budget, and it's definitely going to be quite a bit."

"Old Zheng is also having a headache. It's difficult for you this year. Okay, let's stop talking about it." Director Zhao saw Chen Xiuqin glanced at him and didn't dare to talk about work anymore.

When Wang Ying returned to her room at night, she took a piece of paper and a pen and sat at the desk to draw a sweater pattern, while Zhao Yunsheng watched beside her.

"Aren't you unhappy that others are wearing the same clothes as you? Why didn't you reply to that female comrade today?" Wang Ying said.

"Because her boyfriend is not in Beichong, no one can see him even if he wears it." Zhao Yunsheng said with a smile.

"You even found out where his partner is?" Wang Ying said.

"I didn't ask. She said she went to the countryside." Zhao Yunsheng said, looking at Wang Ying's profile. "I'm sorry to cause you trouble. You're already busy with work. Next time something like this happens, I will directly refuse."

"That's not bad. Maybe I can make a friend." Wang Ying said casually. She was stunned for a moment after she said it. She stopped writing and her mind went blank for a moment. She actually wanted to make friends. This was really a big change from her previous life.

"What's wrong? You forgot. You forgot to count." Zhao Yunsheng straightened his chest and asked Wang Ying to count the patterns on his sweater.

Wang Ying looked up and smiled at him: "I haven't forgotten, I just thought of something." After she said that, she was about to lower her head to continue painting, but her face was held by Zhao Yunsheng with both hands.

"What are you doing? Stop it." Queen Wang Ying retreated, and Zhao Yunsheng's hand followed suit. "Stop it, finish your painting and go to bed early. You have to go to work tomorrow."

Zhao Yunsheng said, "Xiao Yingzi, have you noticed that you laugh more than before?"

Of course Wang Ying noticed that she not only loved to laugh more than before, but was also more cheerful than before. Although not as bad as Zhao Yunsheng, her personality was indeed different from before.

"I love to laugh. Does that mean I'm no longer like that orchid in the valley? So you don't like it anymore?" Wang Ying said.

"What nonsense is this? You love to laugh because you are happy and you are content. I have contributed to this. How could I not like it?" said Zhao Yunsheng.

Wang Ying also felt that Zhao Yunsheng was indeed responsible. No woman could be unhappy with a man like Zhao Yunsheng... but then she thought that wasn't right. This was mutual. If everyone was happy with Zhao Yunsheng, Wang Hui wouldn't have divorced in her previous life. She shouldn't think too highly of him.

Wang Ying slapped Zhao Yunsheng's hand and said, "You're just flattering yourself. I need to get back to work, let go."

Zhao Yunsheng let go of Wang Ying, took a book, and sat next to Wang Ying to read.

The next day, Wang Ying went to work with two sweater patterns in her pocket.

When she arrived at the factory gate, Wang Ying happened to meet Xu Lili, so she took out a card from her bag and gave it to her.

"You really drew it for me, Wang Ying, you are so nice!" Xu Lili said excitedly.

"It's just something that comes naturally." Wang Ying said, "Are you knitting it for your partner too?"

"I don't have one yet," Xu Lili said. "I want to knit one for my dad."

Wang Ying felt that Xu Lili must be very favored at home. Generally, adult girls of her age rarely call daddy, they all call him dad.

"How filial." said Wang Ying.

"Hehe, by the way, if I don't know how to knit, can I come to your house and ask you to teach me on my day off?" Xu Lili said.

"Okay, my house is in the alley in front. You can find it by asking at the entrance of the alley." Wang Ying said.

The two of them went to the office and took teacups to the tea room to get hot water. When they came back, the three male colleagues had all arrived.

A few people were discussing what tasks they would have today and whether they needed to hold a meeting, when Deputy Director Zheng came and gave them today's task - to go to the warehouse to pick oranges.

There are two main types of canned fruits produced by the non-staple food factory, canned yellow peaches and canned oranges.

Oranges will definitely be damaged during transportation, so they have to pick out the bad oranges and send the good ones for cleaning and processing.

Several people looked at each other. Although they didn't understand why, they still obeyed the order and went to the warehouse.

After arriving at the warehouse, Wang Ying and the others realized that this job was always assigned to whoever was free. They were the least busy in the entire factory.

The quality inspector explained the standards to them, gave each of them a pair of cotton gloves, and then they started working.

Wang Ying and his colleagues spent the whole day picking oranges in the warehouse. Before leaving get off work in the evening, each of them was given a few oranges that were not too bad.

Xu Lili secretly said: "If I could pick oranges every day and get paid, I would be happy with it."

Wang Ying was not happy about it, and neither were several male colleagues. Who would want to do such repetitive and mechanical work?

"You'll get tired of it after a few days," said Wang Ying.

Wang Ying returned to the office, picked up her bag and left work.

When they arrived at the factory gate, Zhao Yunsheng was not there today. The female comrade who had asked Wang Ying for flowers yesterday came and waved to Wang Ying as soon as she saw her.

Wang Ying saw that she was holding a small cloth bag in her hand and wondered if it was a return gift to her.

Xu Lili said hello to Wang Ying at the factory gate and left.

"Um, Comrade Wang Ying, did you bring it?" the female comrade stepped forward and said.

"I have it. I'll get it for you." Wang Ying opened the canvas bag, took out the pattern and gave it to the female comrade. The female comrade was very quick and stuffed the small cloth bag in her hand into Wang Ying's bag, then turned around and ran away.

Wang Ying didn't have time to see what she stuffed into his mouth. He shouted at her back, but the female comrade had already run away.

"This comrade...how could this be possible?" Wang Ying muttered softly. What if she stuffed contraband into her? She didn't stay and went straight home.

When Wang Ying got home and opened the bag, he found two bars of soap. When Zhao Yunsheng returned, Wang Ying told him about it. Zhao Yunsheng said seriously, "If anyone asks me about it next time, I'll tell them. This is a good deal."

The people in Wang Ying's office had been picking out rotten oranges for four days in a row, and Wu Haiyang was getting a little restless.

"If we keep picking oranges like this every day, what will we do about our year-end benefits?" said Wu Haiyang.

Zhou Qianjin said, "Why panic? The leaders will make their own arrangements."

Xu Lili agreed on the first day, but started to feel bored after three days and said she would rather go back to write the report.

Wang Ying then asked, "Did you see anything from the information I showed us the other day?"

"I see." Luo Wenshu pushed his glasses up as he spoke. "The budget is underfunded and overspent every year. Your chart clearly shows it."

"I can see that. This year's budget probably hasn't been released yet. There's no news at all. We just arrived at the factory and should be doing something big, but instead we're picking up rotten oranges." Wu Haiyang said, "Should we go find Director Zheng?"

"You guys better calm down. Isn't the leader more anxious than you? The leader must have his reasons for making such arrangements. Why are you so anxious? After all, you are young and unstable." Zhou Qianjin said. He is the oldest of the five of them and is 25 years old this year.

"What if we are asked to pick oranges all the time?" said Wu Haiyang.

Xu Lili said, "I won't say anymore. Someone's here. Tomorrow's a holiday. Let's talk the day after tomorrow. We definitely have a meeting on Monday."

Several people kept silent and continued to pick oranges seriously until the end of the day.

On her way home from work, Wang Ying looked at her hands, stained yellow by orange peels, and felt a little like she was about to laugh. She'd successfully landed a job at the food factory, and she was actually feeling quite proud of herself, having secretly pushed for the exam. She'd imagined herself a promising career after landing, but reality immediately hit her hard. She seemed to see someone condescendingly saying to her, "What are you capable of? Go pick oranges!"

Life must be lived day by day, and the road must be taken step by step. In her previous life, she had also seized several opportunities and benefited from the dividends of the times to earn some family property. It was impossible to achieve success overnight.

Wang Ying walked home step by step.

It was Sunday, a holiday, and Zhao Yunsheng had planned to go out and play with Wang Ying. However, the temperature suddenly dropped and it started raining in the middle of the night, so the two of them couldn't go out. Instead, the family made dumplings at home.

Director Zhao went out in the rain after dinner. When Chen Xiuqin asked him where he was going, he didn't say.

It was a cold and rainy day. Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng were curled up in their quilts reading when they suddenly heard a knock on the courtyard door.

"Who is this? He comes to visit us on a rainy day." Zhao Yunsheng muttered.

Soon, Wang Ying and the other person heard Chen Xiuqin calling them from downstairs: "Yingzi, Yunsheng, come down, Yingzi's mother is here."

"Who is it? It's your mother-in-law." Wang Ying said.

Zhao Yunsheng smiled and said, "My mother-in-law is welcome to come."

Wang Ying was actually not very welcoming, thinking that coming in the rain might not be a good thing.