"It's been so long since I've had your cooking, but this dish must have been made by my mom, right?"

Wang Guoqing took a bite of the braised wild pheasant with green beans and immediately recognized the flavor as being made by Grandma Wang.

"Yes, it was made for you by your mother herself!"

"Come on, this stir-fried vegetable dish is the one I cooked myself, you should try it!"

Knowing that Lin Xue was coming to town that morning, Old Mrs. Wang gave her some special instructions.

Normally, Lin Xue wouldn't have to cook, but before leaving, she noticed some leftover stir-fried vegetables from the morning. Not wanting the children to eat leftovers, she brought the vegetables with her.

Poor Wang Guoqing had no idea that the plate of stir-fried vegetables he was eating was leftovers from Lin Xue's breakfast that morning.

Although it was leftovers, the stir-fried greens had a lot of minced garlic in them, and when eaten with the baby pheasant, they tasted exceptionally delicious.

"Xue Ni'er, what brings you to see me today? Did something happen at home?"

After dinner, before his roommates returned, Wang Guoqing took Lin Xue's hand and asked her with concern.

"Something really happened at home, and Mom asked me to come and tell you in person!"

Hearing Lin Xue's affirmative answer startled Wang Guoqing quite a bit.

"Xue Ni, what happened to our family?"

Wang Guoqing's tone was a bit off; was the Lin family causing trouble again?

"There was the elementary school graduation exam a while ago, right? I took the exam on the recommendation of the brigade leader!"

As she said this, a smug little expression flashed across Lin Xue's face.

"Here, this is my elementary school graduation certificate. Please take a close look, Comrade Wang Guoqing!"

Lin Xue shoved her elementary school graduation certificate into Wang Guoqing's hand.

Upon hearing that it wasn't the Lin family causing trouble again, Wang Guoqing breathed a sigh of relief.

Later, when he realized that his wife had taken an elementary school graduation exam, he was shocked again.

"Honey, you're amazing! You've never been to school, how come you're so capable?"

With trembling hands, Wang Guoqing opened his graduation certificate. Seeing the large black characters and his wife's one-inch photo, he felt incredibly proud!

"It's all thanks to my Xueqin for teaching me so well, otherwise I wouldn't have this good fortune!"

The two chatted sweetly for a while longer.

When the other employees in the dormitory returned, Lin Xue mentioned that Old Mrs. Wang had prepared a lot of things for Old Mr. Wang, and asked her to bring them along, pulling Wang Guoqing along to take her with her.

Wang Guoqing also wanted to tell his father that his wife had passed the elementary school graduation exam.

Such a great thing shouldn't be something I can be happy about all by myself, right?

So the two left the dormitory and went to another place in Linyuan Town.

"Linyuan Steel Plant?"

"Guoqing, how did our dad manage to get in there?"

When Lin Xue saw the huge plaque on the factory gate, she was absolutely stunned.

"Cough cough cough!"

"Xue Ni, that's because you don't understand our father!"

Wang Guoqing looked around and, seeing that no one was nearby, whispered a few words into Lin Xue's ear.

"ah!"

"How come you two, father and son, are so capable? So many things happen in this town, and yet you two always seem to get caught in them?"

"Hmm~"

Before Lin Xue could finish speaking, Wang Guoqing covered her mouth.

It's quite absurd that this old man Wang was able to work at a steel factory.

A large part of the reason is that he was just too lucky.

The steel plant manager accidentally lost the public funds he was carrying when he went out six months ago.

Old Wang found the money and personally delivered it to the police station, where it eventually returned to the factory manager.

Out of gratitude to Old Wang, the factory manager specially arranged a temporary job for him.

His job was much easier than Wang Guoqing's; he worked as an assistant to a manager in the logistics warehouse.

To put it bluntly, he was just a doorman; aside from not having much freedom, he didn't need to do any heavy work.

The moving and lifting work is handled by young and strong men; his job is simply to help the administrator keep an eye on the gate and prevent people from entering or leaving at will.

Such a good job shouldn't have been available to Old Man Wang.

But the factory manager intervened and vouched for him, which is how they managed to force him into the program.

And because Old Wang was getting old and wouldn't be able to work for many more years, he stayed in this position.

Although they were just temporary workers, the benefits they received were no less than those of regular workers.

With the factory manager looking after him, the factory was also very tolerant and caring towards him.

"Who are you two looking for?"

When Wang Guoqing brought Lin Xue to the gate of the steel plant, the gatekeeper came out and asked.

"Hello sir, I'm here to see my father. He's Wang Tiezhu from the Logistics Management Department!"

Wang Guoqing was the first to walk up to the old man, greet him, and introduce his father.

"Oh, you're Tiezhu's third son?"

The gatekeeper clearly recognized Wang Tiezhu, and immediately identified Wang Guoqing by his appearance, build, and skin.

"Yes, I am Wang Tiezhu's third son, and this is my wife. My mother asked my wife to bring some things to my father. I wonder if it would be convenient for us to come in?"

Seeing that the other party seemed to know of his existence, Wang Guoqing immediately introduced Lin Xue, who was beside him, hoping that the old man would let them in.

"In principle, I shouldn't let you in, but since you are Tiezhu's son and daughter-in-law, I'll make an exception!"

"But once you're inside, you can't wander around aimlessly. Don't cause trouble for your father!"

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