Chapter 22: Get Compensation and Purchase

"Oh!" Jiang Haitang thought that this was indeed the case, so he stopped refusing and left in a hurry.

She walked too fast and did not see the charming smile on Lu Liangchen's face as he looked at her back.

"Hey, you can still laugh?"

Director Hu came to see Lu Liangchen for something, and when he saw him smiling, he couldn't help but make a joke.

"Director, why are you here? If you have anything, just ask someone to call me over." Lu Liangchen coughed lightly to ease the embarrassment.

"It's only two steps away. It's not like I can't walk." Director Hu found a seat and sat down leisurely. "Make me a cup of rock sugar tea. I remember you just got a bag of rock sugar a few days ago."

Lu Liangchen spread his hands and said, "No more, I gave it away!"

"You kid can't even bear to give up a piece of rock sugar?" Director Hu obviously didn't believe it.

Lu Liangchen's family is not here, and he lives alone in Jincheng. Who should he give it to?

"I really gave it away. I'm out of rock sugar. I'll make you a cup of tea."

"I don't want to drink it anymore. It's too bitter." Director Hu waved his hand.

Lu Liangchen was honest. When Director Hu said he didn't want to make tea, he really didn't make any. He pulled a stool and sat opposite Director Hu.

"My transfer order will come in two months at the earliest and three months at the slowest. You need to hurry up and get a thorough understanding of the factory's situation."

"It's almost done, don't worry. This time, when our factory is hiring, I'll find a way to let two or three of our own people in."

Hearing that Lu Liangchen had already made a success, Director Hu stopped talking and said, "I heard that you arranged for someone to pick up a child?"

Lu Liangchen said: "My comrade died, leaving behind only a daughter. Now his wife has remarried, and the grandparents can't take care of the child, so they wrote to me."

"Liangchen, it's right to take care of your comrades' orphans, but your personal problems haven't been solved yet. If you have more children, I'm afraid no good girl would want them."

Director Hu was worried. Lu Liangchen was good in every way except that he never found a partner.

I am almost 28 years old. When other people are at this age, their children are already old enough to help with cooking.

His family has called him several times and asked him to introduce him to a girl, but this guy is not interested.

"I'm a good-looking man, there will always be someone willing to marry me."

"There are so many female workers in our factory, isn't there one that you're attracted to? If that doesn't work, I'll ask your aunt to introduce a few who work in the government. You can find some time to meet them."

Lu Liangchen waved his hands hurriedly: "Director Hu, please don't worry about it. I know my limits."

Jiang Haitang's figure and her brilliant smile suddenly appeared in Lu Liangchen's mind.

His feelings for Jiang Haitang came a little suddenly. For some reason, he felt that she was the destined one for him.

Director Hu didn't know that Lu Liangchen was thinking about the girl. He rolled his eyes at him and didn't believe him at all.

"You know your place. If you know your place, you wouldn't be 28 and still not have a wife! Forget it. I don't want to bother with you anymore. I'll ask your dad to find you later."

Lu Liangchen: “…”

Why do you still need to find the parents?

"By the way, how old is the little kid you're picking up?"

"Three and a half."

"You are busy at work, what should you do if you take the child over?"

"Send the child to the nursery during the day. If I can't take care of him, I can find an older woman to help look after him. That should be no problem." Lu Liangchen said after thinking for a while.

Although he knew that taking this child in would increase the difficulties and even cause troubles, he couldn't just leave the child alone.

"Now that you have the child, you can't slack off on your work. If you have any difficulties, come to me and your aunt!"

Director Hu gave some instructions again before saying goodbye and leaving.

Lu Liangchen scratched his hair as he thought of the upcoming child.

At this time, Jiang Haitang took the money and tickets and went to the supply and marketing cooperative with Liu Hongmei to purchase.

She came to the city alone and had nothing. Jiang Haitang bought everything she needed in one go.

I even bought a bamboo thermos.

In the past, when we lived in the countryside, we used to warm water in a pot. But in the city, it was not so convenient, and a thermos was a must.

After buying a large number of items, Jiang Haitang was about to purchase some fabric when she was dissuaded by Liu Hongmei.

"Every quarter, the factory has to give out a batch of defective cloth to the employees, using internal tickets. It will be next week, and then we will buy the defective cloth directly."

Jiang Haitang pointed at the clothes she was wearing and said, "Director Liu, these are the only two pieces of clothing I have. They are so tattered that they are unbearable. If I don't make a new set, I will have nothing left to change into."

"Indeed, you are such a sincere girl. The clothes worn by the mother and daughter of the Li family are all good, so how come you don't even have a decent set?"

Liu Hongmei poked Jiang Haitang on the forehead in frustration.

"I used to think that Li Ergou had sacrificed himself, and I couldn't bear to see them suffer any longer. Who knew that they had been lying to me from the beginning. It's my bad luck!" Jiang Haitang said with a wry smile.

"It's all in the past. You're considered a freshman now. Once your job is stable, I'll introduce you to a good one."

Jiang Haitang shook her head: "I don't really want to find a partner for the time being. I'm divorced, so I don't think I'll find a good one."

"Bah, why are you divorced? At best, you worked as a nanny in the Li family for a few years. Come on, we'll buy you a set of ready-made clothes, and then choose the right cloth to make you a set of clothes next week. That will be enough for you to wear."

The two went to the clothes counter.

There are not many styles of clothes to choose from in this era. The only options are floral shirts, white shirts, or floral jackets.

Jiang Haitang finally chose a white shirt, a red jacket and a pair of black pants.

"Buy two pairs of shoes too. These shoes of yours are unwearable."

Seeing that Jiang Haitang looked completely different in her new clothes, Liu Hongmei couldn't help but make another suggestion.

Jiang Haitang also had this idea, so she chose a pair of black velvet shoes.

"One pair isn't enough for washing. How about buying another pair to alternate with?"

Jiang Haitang said: "The weather will get cold in a few days, and I won't be able to wear single shoes anymore. A pair of shoes will be enough. I can make shoes myself, so I will do it myself when things get more stable."

"It just so happens that I made a lot of jackets at home some time ago. You can use one first."

"Sister Liu, this won't work. The fabric is so precious." Jiang Haitang quickly refused.

"They're nothing precious. They're just scraps of cloth and old clothes. Fabric is hard to come by, but we textile workers can still come up with these little things."

Jiang Haitang thought back and it seemed that the workers in the textile factory were all dressed quite well.

"Thank you in advance."

"Don't be polite, I've bought everything I can, let's go back."

"Director Liu, I want to buy some more candy."

Seeing the counter selling sugar, wine and side dishes, Jiang Haitang remembered that there was a sugar ticket among the tickets Li Shengli gave her in the morning, so she simply used it.

"Do you still have candy tickets?"

It seems that Li Shengli really suffered a heavy loss this time.

"I have one, Director Liu, please wait for me."

Jiang Haitang put down everything she was holding and went to the counter to buy a pound of fruit candy.