Bi Qiao’an lay motionless in the icy snow, watching helplessly as the falling flakes slowly buried her. As her consciousness faded, her mind drifted back to the three arduous years she had spent ...
Chapter 347 It’s settled
Time quickly came to the end of March.
Haishi did not experience another late spring cold snap as everyone had imagined. Instead, the sky was clear every day and the temperature was rising steadily.
The temperature was 27 or 28 degrees, just like early summer. Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan followed the crowd and changed into short-sleeved long skirts.
However, they chose summer clothes made of slightly thicker fabrics.
On this day, as soon as the two arrived at the unit, Shen Yanming was called away by Zhu Shiliang.
Seeing the joyful expressions on each other's faces, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan both had a guess in their hearts, fearing that the matter was really settled.
They tried their best to remain calm and not show any emotion until the formalities were completed.
Less than ten minutes after Shen Yanming left, Zhu Ranran came over.
Just as Bi Qiaoan had suggested before, Zhu Ranran would be brought to the unit by Director Zhu every once in a while, so he was already very familiar with everyone.
However, every time he came to play, his first target was still Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan. This was not only a matter of liking each other, but also a relationship of secretly feeding each other.
Zhu Shiliang and Fu Shuling did not stop them after they found out. However, they would occasionally secretly send some delicious food to the couple. This way, there would be give and take, and their relationship would be natural.
Although the sun now rises at around 7 a.m. every day and sets at 6:30 p.m., the working hours of companies have not changed and are still from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The reason is still power rationing. Anyway, people can only work during the noon power-on period, so even if you advance or delay your work hours, it is meaningless to everyone.
Therefore, the arrival of little Zhu Ranran did not affect everyone's work at all. They were just sitting and waiting for the call anyway, and having more children made it more fun.
Moreover, Zhu Shiliang set such a precedent, and those colleagues who have children all breathed a sigh of relief. Many of them are the kind of family that all work outside, and they are worried about leaving their children at home every day.
Now it's OK to bring children to work. As long as they don't cry or make a fuss, and stay quiet while everyone is working at noon, no one will object.
Of course, Zhu Shiliang had consulted his superiors before doing this, but they didn't say they agreed or disagreed, they just told him to do it himself.
Zhu Shiliang thought about it and understood the reason.
I think the people above me are aware of everyone's difficulties, but the workplace is a workplace, you can't turn it into a kindergarten. So, no one will give you this advice.
However, you either don't do it or do it secretly. Anyway, the higher-ups will turn a blind eye, so you just have to be careful about the situation.
After Zhu Shiliang figured it out, he occasionally brought Zhu Ranran over. Other colleagues followed suit, but they were very careful about the limits. The children they brought were well-behaved and cute, and they would quietly do their homework while the adults were working.
At this time, the sunlight outside was blindingly bright. Zhu Ranran held a small fan and sat next to Bi Qiaoan, fanning her desperately.
Although he took the initiative, Bi Qiaoan always felt guilty about enslaving a child. She said, "Ran Ran, you should take a rest. I'm not hot!"
Zhu Ranran shook his head, "I'm not tired! Mom said pregnant women are most likely to get hot, and Aunt Qiao An is having a hard time carrying a baby, so I'm going to do my best to help you!"
Bi Qiaoan was very touched, but she still held Zhu Ranran's waving arms. She took out some waste paper from the drawer and said, "Aunt Qiaoan is a little bored, how about you play Go with me?"
Zhu Ranran blinked, a little confused, "How to play chess without a chessboard?"
"Let's draw it on paper!" Bi Qiaoan said, turning the scrap paper at hand to the blank side, and then using a ruler to help draw a grid. Finally, he and Zhu Ranran each took a pencil and drew circles on it.
It feels so troublesome, right? She wanted to take out a set of flying chess or Monopoly directly from the space, but the key point is, as an adult, you don’t have a three or five-year-old child, isn’t it strange to prepare these in the office?
In order to avoid being seen as an abnormal person by others, she decided to endure the hardship and play this game that does not require any props with Zhu Ranran.
Zhu Ranran was a very smart kid. Even when competing with an adult like Bi Qiaoan in terms of brainpower, he would occasionally win. Moreover, he had a good mentality. Although he would be frustrated when he lost, he would not lose his temper. When he won, he would cheer and then continue to work hard.
Maybe when one is obsessed with something, one will unconsciously ignore the external environment, so during the one-hour game between Bi Qiaoan and Zhu Ranran, neither of them complained about being overheated.
It was not until the call came at eleven o'clock and Yu Shui turned on the air conditioner that Bi Qiaoan felt a cool breeze blowing, which was really comfortable.
Then she picked up her phone and saw that Shen Yanming had sent her a message, asking her to eat first and not wait for him. The procedures were complicated and would take at least another hour to complete.
Bi Qiaoan understood what was going on, so she let Zhu Ranran play by himself for a while while she finished today's work first.
Although the apprentice that Shen Yanming had trained for her had already graduated, she always felt that if she worked here for a day, she had to do the work for a day, otherwise she would feel uneasy.
Of course, for an experienced person, handling spreadsheet matters is a breeze. Bi Qiaoan can accurately input a long string of numbers without looking at the keyboard, check it at the end, and then use the formula to quickly get the result.
An hour later, at noon, Bi Qiaoan picked up the lunch box and called Zhu Ranran out of the office.
Everyone thought she went to the restaurant to heat up her meal, but in fact, she and Zhu Ranran went to Zhu Shiliang's office.
The key was given by Zhu Ranran. After they went in, they closed the door. Zhu Ranran opened the cabinet door on the left side of the desk, took out his children's lunch box, and sat down with Bi Qiaoan to eat.
Why didn't they heat up the food? Because Bi Qiaoan brought noodles today, while Zhu Ranran brought jelly. Both were served cold, and it seemed like they were destined to be together.
The red chili oil, fresh and tender cucumber shreds, the blanched mung bean sprouts, the fragrant sesame paste, the chewy dough and the smooth jelly, oh my, it really makes people drool.
Bi Qiaoan and Zhu Ranran exchanged half of the food so that they could both have one more kind.
After finishing their meal, they slumped down on the soft sofa, touching their bellies in unison. Oh my god, they were so round!
The only difference is that one ate too much and the other was pregnant.
After resting enough, the two went to the bathroom to wash their lunch boxes. When Bi Qiaoan was about to return to the big office, he was stopped by Zhu Ranran.
He whispered, "Aunt Qiao An, it's so hot, how about we go outside and buy some ice cream? I haven't used my quota for this month, so I can treat you!"