Chapter 81: Welfare! Could it be that the eldest sister has also been reborn? ...

After the Little New Year, Beichong begins to feel a bit like the New Year. Although many old customs are now banned, the New Year is still a little different from normal times. Beichong is especially open compared to other places.

The department store restocked its stock twice at the end of the year, the Wujiaohua store also received a batch of radios and bicycles, the meat processing plant put in a lot of extra pork, and the food factory also shipped out truckloads of soy products, canned goods, biscuits, peach cakes, and the like...

On the 25th day of the 12th lunar month, the food factory began to distribute welfare products to various units. Packages of "newly packaged" cloud cakes were sent to the logistics departments of various units along with the new products.

Wang Ying and Xu Lili were in the warehouse, responsible for checking the shipment figures. Zhou Qianjin and his colleagues took the checklists and drove around the various units to verify the numbers. To avoid unnecessary trouble, Wang Ying now usually brought Xu Lili or Tian Yulan with him when he went on assignments.

Zhou Qianjin and Luo Wenshu both felt it was a pity; they still wanted to learn more from Team Leader Wang. Wu Haiyang, however, was genuinely intimidated and didn't dare interact with Wang Ying. He even swapped his desk with Xu Lili's, much to Xu Lili's delight; she felt closer to the team leader.

In between their busy schedules, Xu Lili and Wang Ying chatted: "Team leader, I'm really looking forward to everyone's reactions after eating Shaqima! I'm sure everyone will like it!"

"Probably, except for people who don't like sweet food." Wang Ying said that she was very confident in the new product. In her previous life, Shaqima was particularly popular after it was promoted in Beichong.

"How could anyone not like sweet food? I can't wait to soak myself in sugar water," Xu Lili said. "After they try our new product, they want to buy more, so they go to department stores and supply and marketing outlets, only to find out they can't even find it. Haha..."

Wang Ying was amused by Xu Lili: "After the welfare is distributed, we have to ship the goods to department stores and various supply and marketing cooperatives and stations. We can't let people who want to buy wait too long." Hunger marketing is not very applicable at this time. People have limited money and tickets. There are greater uses for them. Otherwise, how can they be called "side dishes"?

Wang Ying and Xu Lili worked all day in the warehouse, distributing all the units that needed to be distributed. Zhou Qianjin and his team followed the unit's truck back to the factory. They said everything went smoothly! First of all, the packaging received unanimous praise!

This time the paper mill was very cooperative and provided them with packaging that completely restored Qiu Zhenhua's design.

It was already past closing time and dark when a few people emerged from the workshop to find it was snowing. Beichong is located in a land neither north nor south, so it sometimes snows in winter, but not every year.

"It's snowing!" Xu Lili raised her hand to catch the snowflakes.

"Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest." Zhou Qianjin said.

"It would be best if we have a good harvest next year, so that our raw materials for production will be guaranteed." Luo Wenshu continued.

"It will definitely be!" Xu Lili caught a snowflake, held it in the palm of her hand, and said with certainty.

Some people pushed the carts, while others walked towards the gate and said goodbye to each other.

Wang Ying saw Zhao Yunsheng standing at the door of the message room from afar. The light in the message room made the snowflakes particularly obvious. Zhao Yunsheng was wearing a long coat and standing in the wind and snow, looking particularly tall and straight.

"Team leader, your husband is here to pick you up again. He is really the best man to his wife I have ever seen. Don't forget what he said last time that he would introduce me to a date! I want to find a date at the cultural center." Xu Lili said.

Wang Ying said: "I'm so busy at the end of the year, who has time to date?"

"Let's wait until spring comes, then we can go on a spring outing together. Ask your husband to invite his colleagues, how about that? By the way, maybe we can organize a social gathering between the cultural center and the non-staple food factory!" Xu Lili clapped her hands and said.

It was obvious that Xu Lili really wanted to date someone. Wang Ying smiled and said, "That seems like a good idea. Let's wait until spring comes and flowers bloom."

As the two of them were talking, they arrived at the door of the message room. Xu Lili and Zhao Yunsheng said goodbye and trotted away.

"Why are you standing outside without an umbrella?" Wang Ying walked up to Zhao Yunsheng and patted the fallen snow on his shoulders. Then she realized that Zhao Yunsheng was not riding a bike.

"I just want to stand in the wind and snow and wait for you." Zhao Yunsheng said.

Wang Ying smiled: "Well, this is very romantic."

Zhao Yunsheng chuckled when he saw his little trick exposed. He took Wang Ying's hand and put it in his pocket. Wang Ying found a small saline bottle in Zhao Yunsheng's coat pocket. It was filled with hot water and was very warm.

"You don't even ride a bike, you just want to walk in the snow with me, right?" Wang Ying said.

"As expected, you understand me best." Zhao Yunsheng said with a smile.

After a long day at work, Wang Ying was exhausted and just wanted to get home early, wash her face with hot water, and then slip into a warm bed for a good night's sleep. But she also enjoyed pursuing this kind of romance with Zhao Yunsheng. She gradually felt that this kind of emotional enrichment was particularly nourishing and brought a deep sense of joy. Perhaps this was also part of life's "side dishes"?

The two walked slowly towards home. The snow fell heavier and heavier, and soon there were piles of snow in their hair and on their shoulders.

After arriving home, they looked under the light in the yard and saw that both of them had white hair.

Zhao Yunsheng looked at Wang Ying and smiled. Wang Ying asked, "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing." Zhao Yunsheng brushed the snow off Wang Ying's shoulders and hair. Seeing the white snow on her hair, he thought of the phrase "grow old together", which was still too corny. Zhao Yunsheng thought that it would be enough to just think about it in his heart, and he should not say it out loud, lest Xiao Yingzi dislike him.

"Lower your head, I'll brush off the snow for you too," said Wang Ying.

Zhao Yunsheng lowered his head, and Wang Ying gently brushed the snow off his head.

The two returned upstairs. Zhao Yunsheng had already prepared hot water as usual, so they quickly washed up and settled into bed. After finishing his last novel, Zhao Yunsheng edited and revised it several times, but stopped writing again for a while, sleeping with Wang Ying every day. He made good use of the birth control products his eldest sister had gotten him...

On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, many units began to distribute welfare benefits.

At the cultural center, Zhao Yunsheng got his share, which included two bags of shaqima weighing one jin, two strips of Yunpian cake weighing one jin, two buckets of noodles weighing two jin, and two jin of oil.

When Zhao Yunsheng returned to the office with his benefits, he ran into Qiu Zhenhua, who was proudly saying to someone, "This new packaging for the Yunpian Cake is beautiful, isn't it? I drew it! Hehe!"

"You kid, is this true?"

"Of course it's true, but it's not entirely my idea. It was the idea of Team Leader Wang from the non-staple food factory," said Qiu Zhenhua.

"Who, Zhao Yunsheng's lover?" Of course, everyone at the cultural center had heard about Wang Ying's incident. The mention of Team Leader Wang reminded them of Zhao Yunsheng's lover. There were some unpleasant rumors at the time...

"Yes, it's her. This new product, including the improved Yunpian Cake, was all thought up by her lover." Qiu Zhenhua's tone was full of pride, as if he was talking about his own lover. He felt a little embarrassed when he saw Zhao Yunsheng coming over.

"That's amazing, but don't just look at it for show! I wonder how it tastes!" The colleague Qiu Zhenhua was talking to was curious about the flavor of the gift, but he couldn't bear to open it, so he turned the cloud cake over and over in his hands. He thought to himself, with such a beautiful packaging, he could give it to someone else...

Zhao Yunsheng happened to walk up to them, generously unwrapped a piece of cloud cake, and said, "Come and try it!"

"Hehe, then I won't be polite." Qiu Zhenhua extended his hand first, and then the colleague took it.

When other colleagues passed by, Zhao Yunsheng was happy to share with them. He opened a bag of shaqima and gave it to his colleagues.

"Hmm! What's this called? It's delicious!"

Qiu Zhenhua showed the shaqi ma packaging to his colleague: "It's called shaqi ma. Did you see this word? I wrote it, hahaha!"

"This is really delicious! I think it tastes better than cakes and peach cakes! Will you sell this later?"

"It depends on whether everyone likes it or not." Qiu Zhenhua said deliberately.

"Who wouldn't like that? I'm definitely going to buy it!"

Zhao Yunsheng had almost distributed all of his cakes and shaqi ma. Everyone who had eaten them praised them. He even praised Wang Ying as well. Zhao Yunsheng was so proud. These were made by his wife!

Welfare products were also distributed to the Wujiaohua store.

"Xiuqin, you said this new product was developed by your daughter-in-law and her team? Is that true?"

Chen Xiuqin said: "Of course it's true. Her position at the factory is the leader of the product development team. It looks good! It tastes good!"

"It looks good and tastes delicious! Your daughter-in-law is so capable!"

Chen Xiuqin sighed, "Isn't it just that I'm too capable, and people are jealous of me? Last time, she was framed because she developed those two new products! They wanted to take advantage of her! Luckily, the organization saw through the villain's scheme!"

"Wow, that's amazing! So delicious! I couldn't even bite the fried fruit I got in previous years! I really like this. Will you sell it in the future? Don't just sell it during the New Year like you did with the cloud cakes."

"I heard that it is sold all year round, just like biscuits and peach cakes," said Chen Xiuqin.

"Then I'll save the ticket and buy this later!"

Lu Yanfen listened to Chen Xiuqin praising her daughter-in-law. She looked at the cloud cake and shaqima in her hands, thinking about something.

At the garment factory, Wang Hui also received benefits. She had previously claimed she didn't want to work, claiming she was pregnant, but Sun Qiaoling and Du Wenxiu disagreed. Wang Hui, feeling pregnant with Du's child, made a scene at home. Sun Qiaoling finally compromised, offering Wang Hui full wages and no housework as long as she continued working. Only then did Wang Hui agree to continue working until Du Wenxiu recovered.

Wang Hui sat at her workstation, looking at the shaqima, her heart beating faster and her breathing becoming rapid.

She had always heard that her elder sister was working on some new product, but she hadn't taken it seriously. But when she saw this shaqi ma, she suddenly became frightened. Wasn't this shaqi ma supposed to be available many years from now? How could her elder sister have come up with it now?

Could it be that her elder sister had also been reborn? Wang Hui felt as if she had been struck by lightning, her head buzzing.

How could the eldest sister have come up with something from over a decade later? She must have been reborn too! But if she was reborn, why would she agree to the marriage swap? This shouldn't be right. Jianguo would be so successful in the future, and she just gave him up and gave him to her? And Yaozu, her own son, she didn't want him either? Was she so deeply hurt by her past life that she simply chose to give up? But she shouldn't have chosen Zhao Yunsheng either. Didn't the eldest sister know what kind of person Zhao Yunsheng was in her past life?

Wang Hui's mind was in a mess. Sometimes she thought that her elder sister was reborn like her, and sometimes she felt that her elder sister was not reborn... She was so nervous that even her stomach felt uncomfortable.

Wang Hui wanted to eat something to calm her nerves. She was now the eldest daughter of the Du family, so she didn't care about anyone else. She opened a bag of shaqi ma and started eating. It tasted exactly like she remembered! She suspected her eldest sister had been reborn. Wang Hui wanted to run to Wang Ying and ask her if she had been reborn, but wouldn't that expose her as well?

"Are you going to open it and eat it right now?" said Wang Hui's colleague who worked at the next desk.

"It's my own welfare, what's wrong with me eating it?" Wang Hui is not so humble in the factory now. After all, she is here to cover for the shift, and now she is pregnant, so no one can do anything to her.

"What do you mean by yours? This belongs to Du Wenxiu, right? You've only been here for a few days."

"That's none of your business. It's my own sister-in-law's food. What's wrong with eating it?" Wang Hui said as she took another piece to eat.

The colleague next to her glanced at her and cursed in his heart: Greedy woman!

"This year's benefit is so beautifully packaged and tastes good." Other colleagues also opened it and ate it, and their praises reached Wang Hui's ears.

"The food factory is okay this time."

"I heard it was invented by Wang Ying last time. It was because of this new product that the workshop director became jealous..."

Previously, these people had been saying bad things about Wang Ying, but now they were praising her for her ability. Wang Hui listened with mixed feelings and began to hesitate about whether to find a way to stay in the garment factory. But now she was pregnant, so even if she wanted to stay, she probably couldn't...

In the entire Beichong, there is no unit that is dissatisfied with the distribution of these two things.

When it’s time to get off work, the employees return home with the benefits, and they receive unanimous praise from the elderly and children!

The next morning, people started going to the department store to buy shaqi ma, but all of them went in vain. Some of them were running errands for their bosses and were determined to buy it.

The manager of the pastry counter at the department store had no choice but to run to the food factory to find Qian Tongsheng.

"Director Qian, how are you going to deal with this matter?" Director Han from the department store said when he saw Qian Tongsheng.

"Director Han, what's happening?" Qian Tongsheng started to act stupid.

"What else is wrong? You have distributed the welfare products, but why don't you distribute the goods you are selling? I have been asked this question by dozens of people this morning!" Director Han said unhappily.

"Oh, doesn't this depend on the reaction of the people? We are also taking a risk. I am still nervous, afraid that people will not like it." Qian Tongsheng said.

"Don't give me that. I think your beard is about to stand up to the sky. You are so great. You have launched a new product that everyone likes! Just give me a definite answer. When will it be available in the market?" said Director Han.

"It's almost done, almost done!" Qian Tongsheng said, "We've only just distributed so many welfare products. How much production capacity can our small food factory have?"

Director Han knew that this was also the truth, but he was annoyed by being harassed by people at work, especially those who worked for the leaders, and he didn't want to offend them.

"You'd better distribute the goods quickly, otherwise I will ask those who want to buy them to come to your non-staple food factory." Director Han said.

"I understand, I understand." Qian Tongsheng said happily.

Previously, when something went wrong in the factory, he would be looked down upon by leaders of other units whenever he attended meetings. Now that this new product is about to be a huge success, he can finally make a comeback.

Qian Tongsheng sent Director Han away and asked someone to invite Wang to his office.

Qian Tongsheng was a little excited and lost his mind, but when he saw that Comrade Wang Ying was still so calm and composed, he also put down his "beard that was sticking up to the sky".

"Comrade Wang Ying, you have heard that the people like our welfare products very much! You have successfully completed the task of delivering these welfare products." Qian Tongsheng said.

"It's all thanks to the support of the leaders," said Wang Ying.

"Haha, without your proposal, there would be no follow-up support. This is your credit, and the factory will reward you!" Qian Tongsheng said with a smile.

"We are all serving the people and contributing to the construction of socialism. We don't seek rewards, but only the satisfaction of the people." Wang Ying said this without hesitation.

"Okay, that's the kind of awareness we as the employees of our food factory should have." Qian Tongsheng was very satisfied with Wang Ying's answer. "Next, we'll start distributing the goods. What are your thoughts on subsequent production?"

Wang Ying nodded. "Let's start by distributing the products and see how sales are in Beichong. We'll see if our production capacity can keep up, especially with the raw materials. Can we guarantee them long-term? If there's any left after supplying this city, we'll see if we can promote it to the surrounding areas. After that, when sales stabilize, I'll develop new flavors, just like the Yunpian Cake..."

Wang Ying told Qian Tongsheng about the follow-up plan, and Qian Tongsheng nodded repeatedly.

"Very good, very good... The subsequent production will still be left to you." Qian Tongsheng said.

"Yes," Wang Ying agreed. Actually, these matters should have been handled by the workshop director, as she was only the development team leader. But she didn't ask about the workshop director. She couldn't ask about such matters. Wouldn't asking about them violate her purpose of serving the people?

Wang Ying felt that with her current qualifications, it was impossible for her to be promoted to workshop director so soon. She guessed that the leaders would let her do the work of a workshop director, but would not give her the position and benefits of a workshop director until she achieved greater success.

Wang Ying was not in a hurry. He first grasped the real power and trained his subordinates, so he didn't have to worry about not being able to become the workshop director in the future.