Chapter 196 I'm almost done

Seeing Chen Yi leave, Liu Yuwei chatted with the remaining two people.

Then he calmly asked some questions, saying that he just wanted to know the situation of this office.

"So, Director Chen also has a high school education." Liu Yuwei nodded in understanding.

Upon hearing this, Wu Mei said, "We both only have junior high school education, and you also have high school education?"

"Yes." Liu Yuwei replied with a smile: "I just graduated from high school this year, so I went to work in the factory, didn't I?"

In fact, she should have gone to the countryside, but someone in her family had already gone there, and if she could find a job there, she wouldn't have to go.

Fortunately, the job was arranged and she didn't have to suffer in the countryside.

When she thought about her eldest sister who had become a rural woman and was married, she felt a chill down her spine.

She doesn't want to become like that!

Wu Mei didn't expect that she also had a high school diploma, and it was not easy to graduate from high school at that time.

Moreover, the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University can also be recommended. If there are vacancies, these high school graduates can be admitted.

When Chen Yi came back, the office had already started doing what needed to be done.

Sitting on the chair, she flipped through the books on the table. They were all books from this era, so there wouldn't be any problems.

Ever since the incident with Zhang Zhaodi, she never kept the picture album in her office again.

Even if you go out halfway, you have to lock it in the drawer. Of course, when you put it in, you put it in the space and pretend to lock it, so that no one will find out if you pry open the drawer.

Chen Yi turned to look at Liu Yuwei, and their eyes met.

Liu Yuwei was stunned for a moment, then turned her head away awkwardly and pretended to do something else.

Seeing her in this state, Chen Yi sneered in her heart. This child has not yet reached the level of cultivation. Even if she is curious, she can't just stare at her all the time, right?

Thinking of this, she wondered if she couldn't get along well with lesbians?

But look at Ma Li, Fang Xiaoli, Wu Mei and Li Qing, they all get along well.

That's someone else's problem, definitely not hers.

Thinking of this, Chen Yi turned around and continued reading.

After get off work in the afternoon, Ma Li came here and was waiting for her at the office door.

"Hey, isn't this Director Ma? How come you have time to come and see me?" Chen Yi teased her with a smile, which was really a bit too much.

Ma Li rolled her eyes and said, "Don't be so funny! I have something to talk to you about today."

She looked serious and there was no trace of joking in her expression.

Seeing this, Chen Yi nodded and went to a deserted place to talk with her.

"What's wrong, Sister Li?" she asked.

Ma Li sighed and said, "My mother-in-law is dying, so she wants to have some beef. But where can I get beef? I was thinking, don't you have some connections? Can you help me get some?"

"It doesn't have to be much, half a catty will be enough, or two ounces will be fine. She can't eat much anyway..."

I’m almost dying, how much can I eat?

Chen Yi pursed her lips and said, "Sister Li, go home first. I'll send it to you later."

There was meat in her space, but it was frozen meat. However, she had thawed a lot of it in advance and could take it out.

But the person is here with her now. No matter how anxious I am, I can't just conjure him up out of thin air, right?

"Okay, then I'll go back and wait." Ma Li said and left.

Regardless of whether Chen Yi could get it or not, she had tried her best, because she had asked someone to inquire in the neighboring provincial capital, and there was indeed no supply.

At this time, cattle are the main labor force in the countryside, and they will not be easily slaughtered unless their death is irreversible.

This old lady was a pain in the ass when she was alive, and she didn't forget to make trouble for them even after her death.

Can't this beef be made without pork? Can't it be made with mutton? I don't want either, I just want beef.

Watching Ma Li leave, Chen Yi also rode away on her bike, found a place to wander around, and then walked towards Ma Li's house carrying two pounds of beef.

She couldn't just give two taels if someone asked for them, could she? After all, they were preparing for the funeral, so she couldn't be so stingy.

Because she had been to Ma Li's house before, she still remembered it.

When she arrived and knocked on the door, she was out of breath. Ma Li's house was too far away, and it took her almost half an hour to ride there.

"Girl, did you buy this?" After seeing her, Ma Li also saw the two pounds of beef she was carrying.

Chen Yi handed it over and said, "Sister Li, go and do it quickly. I have to go home, so I won't be here anymore."

What if the old lady died after eating the beef? What if we blame her? So we quickly yo-yoed.

Ma Li nodded gratefully, and only after watching the person leave did she remember that she had not given the money.

But there’s no rush, it’ll be the same if I give it tomorrow.

She turned around and picked up the meat to chop the stuffing and make dumplings. The old lady wanted to eat steamed beef dumplings. No one knew when she had eaten them before, but she insisted on eating this.

"Have you got it?" The family members came over and were surprised to see the chopped stuffing.

Before, they used mutton to make steamed dumplings and fooled the old lady into thinking it was beef, but the old lady was confused but not stupid and refused to eat it.

I don’t eat any other meat but beef.

Ma Li nodded and chopped the stuffing silently.

When the steamed dumplings were brought to the old lady's mouth, it was unexpected that this bedridden woman actually sat up and ate the dumplings.

The children thought that their grandmother was fine, but only the adults knew that this was a last gasp of lucidity.

Sure enough, after eating the beef dumplings, the old lady smiled with satisfaction.

"This is the taste of the beef dumplings my mother used to make for me when I was a child." As she smiled, the redness on her face faded, and then she closed her eyes and sat on the kang without a sound.

…

Chen Yi returned home and found that He Mingcheng had not come back yet. She thought he should have come back.

I raised my hand and looked at the time. It was already six o'clock in the afternoon.

Forget it.

She washed her hands, washed the rice and cooked, then stewed the beans she had bought.

There are also vegetables in the space, but I happened to see them today, so I bought some.

We don’t apply fertilizer now, so it doesn’t look very good, but it tastes good.

After a while, the aroma of meat and beans wafted out of the pot.

"I'm back!" He Mingcheng pushed his bicycle into the door and shouted.

Chen Yi was sitting in the house folding clothes. When she heard this, she smiled but didn't respond.

After a while, He Mingcheng came in, hugged her from behind and said, "How come you didn't hear me coming back?"

"Why, do I have to go out and kneel down to greet him?" Chen Yi rolled her eyes.

Hearing this, He Mingcheng turned her over and said, "That's not impossible, but you have to keep your voice down so that no one else can hear you, and the door has to be closed."

"That's not the time to do that!"

Chen Yi pushed him with a smile, "You are such a jerk! Go wash your hands and serve the food."

"Okay." He Mingcheng stopped making trouble and turned around to wash his hands.

The two of them sat on chairs and ate while Chen Yi asked, "How is Zhang Wei's situation? He seems a little abnormal."

She had noticed this morning that this person was clearly not the same as before, but she couldn't tell exactly what was wrong.

Good night.

(End of this chapter)