When I went out, I didn't get treated like a protagonist who would slap someone in the face.
As usual, they went to the supply and marketing cooperative first, then to the farmers' market, and then to the grain station, the county meat processing plant, the government building, the county steel plant, and a more remote coal yard. There were also some so-called factories that were actually small workshops, such as the match factory, the garment factory, etc. Finally, they took a walk around the hospital affiliated with the steel plant not far from their compound.
The largest factory in Songshan County is the steel mill, which employs nearly 2,000 workers, representing 2,000 families. Basically, if the steel mill collapses, Songshan County will also suffer.
The steel plant's superior came from a military factory in Beilin City, which was the largest factory in the entire Beilin City and the entire province, with nearly 8,000 employees.
After walking around with Jiang's mother, she came back with some things in her hands. Before she even entered the gate of No. 14 compound, she saw a middle-aged woman with a matching face at the door. Her eyes lit up when she looked at her and she said, "You are Bai Zhou's new wife, right? My husband is Li Cheng, a fifth-level fitter in the factory. My name is Xiong Cuihua."
"Aunt Cuihua." Song Jiayu called out obediently.
"What did you buy with your mother-in-law?" Xiong Cuihua had no intention of taking advantage of anyone, she was purely curious.
"A pound of soybeans. I'm going to grow some bean sprouts to eat. By the way, Aunt Cuihua, I also brought some melon seeds. Would you like some?" The time to complete the task has come, and Song Jiayu seized the opportunity.
"This..." Xiong Cuihua, who loves eating melon seeds, was hesitating.
Song Jiayu grabbed a handful and placed it in Aunt Cuihua's hand, smiling and saying, "It's just a handful of melon seeds, just take them. I just arrived at the compound and don't know much about it. I don't know anyone in Tianwen Lane either. Aunt Cuihua, if you have time, please introduce me to some~"
Xiong Cuihua didn't even return the sunflower seeds after eating them. Hu Huochaihe's business was delayed the night before. He cracked the sunflower seeds with one hand and started talking non-stop: "You asked the right question. There's nothing in our compound that I don't know. There's also nothing in Tianwen Lane that I can talk to anyone about."
Song Jiayu nodded. As for the community cow, a powerful community cow is the one who knows the inside story of that area.
"Let's talk about the Qian family in the compound first. Did you talk to Old Madam Qian this morning? Don't pay attention to what she says. She's been oppressed by her daughter-in-law at home, and her heart is very twisted. And her son, Qian Zhuangshi, is very cowardly. He has worked for more than 20 years and is still a first-class worker. His wife Zhou Ying is a third-class riveter in the factory. The whole family depends on Zhou Ying."
"The Qian family has three children. The eldest, Qian Youfu, has done nothing since graduating from junior high school. He's a well-known street urchin in Tianwen Lane, and all he wants is to take over his father's job. The second, Qian Youmei, is in high school and is determined to marry a cadre. The third, Qian Youcai, is a troublemaker, and Old Madam Qian has spoiled him to the point of lawlessness."
Song Jiayu nodded, and the Qian family had a general impression.
Seeing that Aunt Cuihua's melon seeds were running low, she gave her a handful and sat down to eat them together. She also asked, "What about the other families?"
"Well, let me tell you about my family. My husband, Li Cheng, is a level 5 fitter in the factory. He likes to brag and cares about his reputation. I also have four daughters and a little son. They are Li Chun, Li Xia, Li Qiu, Li Dong, and Li Ba."
Song Jiayu: ...
No, I almost thought the youngest son was named Li Tian. Now spring, summer, autumn, winter and day are not complete!
"I don't need to say much about the Gu family. Gu Siyi and Jiang Baizhou have been brothers since childhood. Gu Siyi was admitted to a technical secondary school and found Lin Xue, who is also a technical secondary school student. Although the couple has only worked in the factory for a year, their salary is higher than most people. Your Baizhou is just in poor health, otherwise he could have gone to university with such good grades. It's a pity."
Song Jiayu really didn't know this. She planned to ask someone directly when Jiang Baizhou came back.
"There's also the Wu family in the compound. I don't like the couple from the Wu family very much. Wu Li is just a small clerk in the purchasing department of the factory, but he holds his head high when he returns to the compound. And his wife is the same. She looks down on people in our compound, so she treats the young couple from the Gu family better."
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[Complete the mission of gossiping with Aunt Li and exploring the secrets of the compound, and successfully check in with Xiong Cuihua to receive a reward of ten kilograms of sunflower seeds.]
This reward is great. Aunt Cuihua really loves eating melon seeds. Next time you want to know something, just bring the melon seeds to Aunt Cuihua.
It was almost noon, and Song Jiayu prepared a pot and clean gauze to sprout soybeans. Compared with vegetables that need a long time to grow in the soil, bean sprouts obviously shorten the growth process, but they can have good nutritional value when infused with wood-type supernatural powers.
Before placing the soybeans on the gauze sprinkled with water, the soybeans placed in the palm of your hand received the full force of the wood seedlings. In just three seconds, the seedlings wilted.
Song Jiayu wanted to laugh, but for the sake of the healthy growth of the seedling, she did not laugh. Although the system was not working, she felt that the wood seedling had self-awareness.
The soybeans with wood energy did not show any changes on the surface. A handful of soybeans were spread on gauze and sprinkled with water.
The steel mills in Songshan County have closed for the day.
As a level 1 electrician, Jiang Baizhou has an easier job than other workers. After all, as long as there are no problems with the electrical equipment in the factory, he usually only needs to conduct a round of inspection in the morning and afternoon.
After queuing up in the cafeteria to get two aluminum boxes of food, I was about to reach Compound No. 14 when I met my good brother Gu Siyi who was getting off work from the hospital.
"Old Jiang, men with wives are different. I never see you so anxious to get off work."
"What do you think? By the way, when is your Lin Xue going to have some free time? Bring her to meet Jiayu."
Gu Siyi's face was filled with worry. "I don't know either. I don't dare ask. Since I joined the factory, I've been more obsessed with mechanical design and manufacturing than before I was in school."
"Then let's get to know each other someday when we're free. I'm going home first."
"Forget your brothers when you have a wife!"
"Think twice, isn't this what I learned from you? When you and Lin Xue were dating, how many times did you break up with your brothers?"
After Jiang Baizhou finished arguing with his good brother, he walked in and saw his wife sorting clothes in the room. The cabinet that only contained his clothes was now filled with his wife's clothes.
Seeing this clearly, he felt particularly satisfied.
"Jiayu, I brought lunch, let's eat together."
"Coming right up."
Song Jiayu put her clothes away and placed her only five yuan in savings into a suitcase. She walked out of the room and sat down on a bench next to the dining table in the main hall. "Today, you guys at the factory are having fried pork with dried tofu and stir-fried cabbage. These two big steamed buns made from four boxes of flour are really good."
Jiang Baizhou handed Song Jiayu a large steamed bun and took one for himself, eating with the food in another aluminum lunch box. "The chefs in the factory cafeteria are not as good as Chef Xu. The factory director once wanted Chef Xu to work in the factory."
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