Jiang Baige stood at the gate of the steel plant, staring at the crowd intently, fearing that her brother would pass by if she wasn't paying attention.

A fair-skinned girl came to the gate of the steel factory, and many people stared at her.

The neighbor couple who lived in the same building as the Jiang family came out and recognized her at a glance.

The couple was about to ride their bicycles when they saw the eldest daughter of the Jiang family at the door and went up to greet her.

"Jiang family girl, you're back."

When Jiang Baige saw them walking towards her, she curled the corners of her lips and smiled at them.

"Uncle Shen, Aunt Zhang! You're off work."

Zhang Hong agreed, "Yeah, it's time to get off work. You're here to pick up your brother, right?"

Jiang Baige responded, "Yes, but the workers are almost gone. Did you see him inside?"

A man walked by them, heard what they were saying, and interrupted.

"You're looking for Jiang Baiyang, right? He's still inside. Just now, when we were leaving work, the workshop director called him to tell him something."

Jiang Baige nodded to the man and said, "Oh, thank you."

I couldn't help but wonder, why would the workshop director want to see my brother alone? And after work, anyway.

Zhang Hong said, "I was wondering why I didn't see him!"

Jiang Baige smiled at the Shen family couple and said, "Uncle Shen, Aunt Zhang, I won't bother you anymore. You've been working all day, go home quickly!"

Zhang Hong asked: "What about you?"

Jiang Baige glanced inside the gate and said, "I'll wait here for Bai Yang to come out."

Shen Cungeng said: "If he doesn't come out in a while, you can talk to the guard and go in."

After Jiang Baige thanked the couple, she stared at the gate again.

After Zhang Hong and his wife walked away, someone followed them and asked them what was going on.

"Hey, Zhang Hong, whose family is that little comrade at the factory gate?"

Zhang Hong said, "The eldest daughter of the Jiang family went to the north to be an educated youth after the New Year. I didn't expect her to come back so early."

The man looked back at the young comrade at the factory gate, chatted with Zhang Hong and his wife for a few words, and then left.

Jiang Baige waited until most people had left, then quickly ran to the guard to ask.

The security guard was an old man. Jiang Baige had been here before and heard from his father that the old man's surname was Yu.

Jiang Baige knocked on the door of the guard room. Just as Old Man Yu was about to drink some water, he saw a young comrade standing outside.

He asked, "Young comrade, it's time to get off work here. Who are you looking for?"

Jiang Baige asked, "Uncle, my brother is still inside. Can I go in and look for him?"

Uncle Yu looked at the young comrade and thought he was quite polite and good-looking, so he nodded.

"Go in! But don't stay too long. Come out as soon as you pick someone up."

Jiang Baige responded, "Hey, I'll be out soon."

She pushed her bicycle and was about to go in.

The old man said again: "You can't ride this bicycle in. You can park it here and come out to get it later."

Jiang Baige smiled at him and said, "Hey, thank you for reminding me."

Jiang Baige parked her bicycle on the side of the road and headed towards the workshop.

The steel plant has several factory buildings, and she didn't know where Jiang Baige was.

Seeing a worker passing by, Jiang Baige hurried forward to ask.

"Comrade, do you know Jiang Baiyang?"

The man glanced at her and pointed behind him.

"It's over there! Come on over there!"

After thanking the man, Jiang Baige went to the direction he pointed.

In the workshop, Jiang Baiyang was left alone after work to be reprimanded because he couldn't move the production parts and fell to the ground, almost hitting someone.

At this moment, he lowered his head, helplessly picking at the corner of his clothes with his fingernails, and did not dare to talk back even when being scolded.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, I'll say nothing since you're still a child, but you can't try to do it all by yourself. Do you know how much work goes into wasting time if this one part breaks?"

"And today I almost hit someone's foot. Everyone working here is the backbone of their family. If you hurt them, can you afford to pay for it?"

The older ones here have retired and the younger ones have come up to take their place, but the child who took over the job in the Jiang family is so young that they are helpless.

People have earned their jobs, so you can't just fire them.

The workshop director was talking to himself, and Jiang Baiyang just lowered his head and didn't answer, which made him even more angry.

This child is neither lazy nor talkative, but he is very ruthless and strong-willed.

After a while, the director suppressed his anger and did not tell him to go home on the spot.

Jiang Baiyang whispered, "I also want help! But because I'm young, they don't want to partner with me. I can't play until the end of the work!"

After hearing this, the workshop director sighed.

Considering that this was the only job they had to support, he said, "It's not your fault. Everyone has their own tasks, but you're too young, and there's no suitable position for you to be transferred to right now."

"Is Lao Jiang feeling better? If he is, please have him come over. This is considered a work-related injury, and the factory has a nutrition allowance that he needs to come in person to collect."

When Jiang Baiyang heard that there was also nutrition money, he asked happily, "Really? Then I'll tell my dad when I get home."

His eyes were slightly stunned: "But he has just been able to sit up. I'm afraid he can't come to the factory yet. If I ask my mother to come and collect the nutrition allowance, is that okay?"

The director thought for a moment and said, "That's not impossible. Go back and tell her to come tomorrow."

The nutrition and medical expenses amounted to more than one hundred yuan, and he did not dare to give it to one child. He heard that if the child was lost and robbed on the road, it would harm them.

Jiang Baige listened outside the door for a while, then knocked.

When the person inside saw her, Jiang Baiyang opened her mouth wide and almost screamed.

This is his sister, why is she here?

The workshop director, however, looked unhappy. "Who are you? From that workshop? Why are you still here instead of going home after get off work?"

Jiang Baige didn't expect that when the workshop director was talking to her brother just now, she felt that this person seemed quite nice, but why did he turn around and start scolding people?

She said apologetically, "Director, I'm not from your factory. I'm Jiang Baiyang's sister. I came here today to pick him up from get off work."

"I waited outside for a long time but didn't see him go out. I asked around and found out he was still here, so I asked the security guard to let me in to look for my brother."

She thought she should make it clear that it was not the security guard who let her in. The security guard was a very nice person. She was afraid of breaking the rules. If the workshop director got angry and fired Uncle Yu, she would be hurting him.

The workshop director looked at her and then at Jiang Baiyang.

"This is your sister!"

Jiang Baiyang nodded, "Director, this is my sister."

"She went away as an educated youth. I don't even know when she'll come back."

The director responded, "Well, now that your sister is back, you can go home!"