Chapter 64 Bagua
Gu Yihan pushed open the office door, and everyone in the room stared at her.
Sister Li quickly got up, grabbed Gu Yihan, and pulled her into the office. Then she closed the door and whispered, "You've become famous in our machinery factory. Tell me about what happened yesterday."
Gu Yihan: "..."
Tang Jiaojiao looked at Gu Yihan with bright, sparkling eyes and said in a soft, sweet voice, "Xiaohan, I want to know too."
Gu Yihan glanced at the people in the room and saw that they all had gossipy expressions on their faces. Amused, she said irritably, "They just want to take advantage of others."
Seeing their disbelieving expressions.
Gu Yihan could only say helplessly, "My mother gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, but she took my brother away because he was a boy."
"Later, when they saw that I could make money, they lied to me and said that I was their biological son."
They won't verify it anyway, so whatever she says goes.
Tang Jiaojiao looked at Gu Yihan with disbelief: "They are so shameless, how can there be such people?"
Sister Li put her hand on Tang Jiaojiao's shoulder and laughed at her lack of experience: "In the hospital, you see other people giving birth to boys, and there are even cases of babies being stolen and switched."
Sister Li deliberately tried to scare Tang Jiaojiao: "You should be glad we live in good times."
"You don't know, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, there were many such cases. Many doctors and nurses on the battlefield had to follow and take care of the wounded during the transfer."
"I don't have time to take care of my own children, so I can only pay my fellow villagers to help take care of them."
As Sister Li spoke, she shook her head and clicked her tongue, saying, "There are those who swap children, those who abuse children, and those who use children as free labor."
Tang Jiaojiao was pampered from a young age, and no one had ever told her these things before, so she was completely taken aback by what Sister Li said.
Seeing that they were talking so enthusiastically, Gu Yihan went straight to her desk and sat down.
Today is the last day of 1969. Tomorrow we'll have a three-day holiday. Gu Yihan was tidying up the table and looking at the newspaper.
Seeing that Gu Yihan was still reading the newspaper, Sister Li patted her table and said, "Xiaohan, dinner's ready."
Gu Yihan folded the newspaper and put it in the drawer, then turned to Sister Li and said, "Let's go."
In the cafeteria, Gu Yihan was queuing when she felt Sister Li poking her with her finger from behind. She turned around to look at Sister Li in confusion.
Sister Li pointed to Deputy Factory Director Shen, who was queuing for food across the street, and whispered, "Deputy Factory Director Shen has been demoted; he's now the deputy director of the workshop."
Gu Yihan glanced at the current Deputy Director Shen, who was wearing a dark blue workshop uniform and whose demeanor had changed.
She didn't offer any opinion, and looked away as Gu Yihan continued to queue.
When it was Gu Yihan's turn to ask Sister Li for a cornbread bun, she ordered a pork stew with vermicelli.
As soon as she sat down, Sister Li couldn't wait to take a bite of the pork stew with vermicelli and exclaimed, "Xiao Han, try it, it's really delicious!"
Seeing Sister Li's exaggerated expression, Gu Yihan also took a bite before replying, "The factory leaders reward us all year round."
Tang Jiaojiao sat down next to Gu Yihan with her lunchbox in hand, blushing as she asked, "Sister Li, is Comrade Liu Yang married yet?"
"Cough, cough, cough," Sister Li patted her chest vigorously before finally swallowing the cornbread.
Sister Li looked at Tang Jiaojiao with shining eyes and said, "No boyfriend, no marriage, what's wrong? You've taken a fancy to Liu Yang?"
While eating, Gu Yihan also glanced at Tang Jiaojiao. Chinese people love gossip, and she wanted to know too.
Tang Jiaojiao blushed and retorted, "No, Sister Li, I was just asking." After saying that, she picked up her lunchbox and ran away as if fleeing.
Sister Li shouted loudly as she watched Tang Jiaojiao's retreating figure, "Where are you going? We haven't eaten yet!"
Hearing Sister Li's loud voice, Tang Jiaojiao blushed bright red and ran even faster.
Gu Yihan turned her head and found that everyone in the cafeteria was staring at their table, so she could only tug at Sister Li and say, "They're all looking at you."
Sister Li looked at the people in the cafeteria who were all staring at her, gave an awkward smile, and finished her meal in a few bites.
Back in the office, Sister Li noticed that Liu Yang wasn't there. She ran over to Tang Jiaojiao, pulled her aside, and whispered, "Do you like Liu Yang?"
Seeing Tang Jiaojiao blushing and not answering, Sister Li felt like she was being scratched by a cat. She couldn't help but shout, "There's nothing shameful about liking Liu Yang, why are you blushing?"
"Crunch"
As soon as Liu Yang opened the door, he heard Sister Li calling out. He scratched his head, seemingly at a loss, and quickly went to his seat.
Tang Jiaojiao realized that Liu Yang had overheard her, her eyes instantly reddened, and she covered her face and ran out.
Sister Li knew she had meant well but had done something wrong. She wanted to pursue Tang Jiaojiao, but Sister Zhang stopped her and glared at her speechlessly, saying, "You just can't keep your mouth shut."
Sister Zhang turned to Liu Yang and said, "Little Liu, go and check on Tang Jiaojiao."
Liu Yang pointed at himself in disbelief and asked, "Sister Zhang, are you telling me to go find Tang Jiaojiao?"
Under his disbelieving gaze, Sister Zhang said, "Yes, you were the main trigger, so it's not unreasonable for you to go!"
Helpless, Liu Yang got up and left the office to find Tang Jiaojiao.
Gu Yihan looked at Sister Zhang with a puzzled expression and asked, "Sister Zhang, what's going on...?"
Sister Zhang glared at Sister Li before recalling Yi Han's words: "If the two of them get together, going to and from get off work together every day will help stabilize the accounting staff."
Gu Yihan was speechless at this excuse.
He was internally ranting, "There's still a long way to go before the wave of layoffs. As long as they don't make any mistakes, they can work until retirement."
Gu Yihan said to Sister Zhang half-jokingly, "Sister Zhang is quite kind-hearted. I'm just afraid of the matchmaking job, worried that I might get blamed if I don't do it well."
Sister Zhang didn't think too much about it and said with a smile, "I've been a matchmaker many times, and everyone I've met is happy and fulfilled."
Gu Yihan smiled but didn't reply.
A moment later, Tang Jiaojiao, blushing, walked into the office one after the other with Liu Yang.
Seeing that neither Gu Yihan nor Zhang Jie looked up at Tang Jiaojiao and the other woman, Sister Li didn't dare to speak, worried that she might say the wrong thing.
Gu Yihan finally made it to the end of the workday. She was suffering from post-holiday syndrome, and always felt that the last day was the hardest to get through.
He quickly packed his things, grabbed his bag, opened the door, and went down the stairs in one smooth motion.
Gu Yihan walked towards the entrance of the machinery factory. After walking for a while, she felt that there were people behind her. She quickly turned around and found that they were all workers leaving get off work.
Gu Yihan became wary and quickly walked to the entrance of the machinery factory: "Mao Mao".
Upon hearing Gu Yihan's voice, Mao Mao immediately ran out of the old man's house, wagging its tail and following Gu Yihan in circles.
Gu Yihan called out to the old man standing at the door inspecting the workers' bags, "Grandpa, Mao Mao is coming with me."
The gatekeeper nodded in Gu Yihan's direction.
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