Huo Chen was holding a pheasant in his hand, his hair was a little messy, obviously he had just come down from the mountain and had no time to tidy it up.

"I just went to the mountains and shot a pheasant. You can bring it back and cook it for dinner."

Xu Ying nodded and took the pheasant.

Huo Chen looked at her curiously: "Are you going to the county town by bike?"

Xu Ying responded, and Huo Chen's face suddenly darkened: "Are you in such a hurry to get to work? The road is full of mud now. What if the car slips and falls?

I'll take you there later." Since Xu Ying started working, it has become increasingly difficult for him to see her.

Xu Ying thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Anyway, she would just go and ask about the quota and see how the factory is doing: "Okay."

Seeing that she agreed, Huo Chen smiled and said, "I want to go to the county town to buy some things. Will I go to your house to propose marriage tomorrow?"

The last sentence was asked.

When Xu Ying heard the proposal, she was stunned for a moment and a blush quickly appeared on her face.

When Huo Chen lowered his eyebrows, he saw the little girl's panicked and shy expression. His eyes flashed slightly and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Xu Ying lowered her head: "Well, I'll listen to you."

Hearing these words, his eyebrows moved slightly, and endless smile spread in his eyes.

He has been waiting for this proposal since the Chinese New Year, for more than a month, and every moment has been extremely tormenting for him.

Now hearing her answer, Huo Chen couldn't help but feel a little soft in his heart. He touched Xu Ying's hair, then carried the pheasant into Xu's house.

"Uncle, aunt, this is the pheasant I shot in the mountains. You can eat it tonight."

As soon as Xu's mother saw Huo Chen, she became more and more satisfied with her son-in-law.

"Come to our house for dinner tonight." Thinking of Grandma Huo, she said, "Bring your grandma along.

We have fish at home recently, both of you should come and eat."

Huo Chen also came to discuss the engagement in the evening and nodded.

Ma Yiguo saw that Huo Chen was a little confused, and when he saw him go out with Xu Ying, he felt envious.

After leaving Xu's house, Huo Chen rode his bike with Xu Ying towards the county town.

The two arrived at the gate of the food factory. When the gatekeeper saw Xu Ying coming, his face immediately broke into smiles.

"Xiao Xu, you're here. If Director Sun knew you were here, he would be so happy.

Our factory was lucky to have survived this time. Fortunately, Director Wu of the Machinery Factory was kind and helped us repair the machines. Otherwise, more than half of the machines would have been scrapped."

As soon as I entered the factory, the old man who was guarding the door started chattering about the recent changes in the factory.

As soon as Xu Ying arrived at the factory gate, she learned all the gossip in recent days.

The old man who opened the door said this and turned around to notice Huo Chen standing beside him. He was a little surprised by his appearance and asked curiously, "Minister Xu, is this your girlfriend?"

Xu Ying nodded without hesitation.

The gatekeeper looked at the two of them and nodded frequently. Yes, they were a perfect match, both of them were good-looking and they were a good match.

After the two walked away, the gatekeeper was still staring at their backs: one was pretty, the other was handsome, and I wonder how good-looking their children will be in the future.

Xu Ying took Huo Chen directly to the door of the factory director's office and asked him to sit and wait outside while she went into the office.

When Secretary Zhang saw her coming, he was immediately surprised and ran into the office quickly: "Director, Director, Minister Xu is here."

When Director Sun heard that Xiao Xu was coming, he smiled with wrinkles all over his face: "Oh, Xiao Xu, I finally get to see you. I missed you so much these days.

You don't know, our factory has gone through a great hardship this time, all the machines in the factory were soaked in water, if it weren't for Director Wu from the machinery factory helping us repair the machines, we would have suffered a huge loss this time."

Director Sun saw that there was no surprise on his face and was a little surprised: "Could it be that you knew it a long time ago?"

Xu Ying nodded: "Well, Director Wu is indeed a good person."

When Director Sun heard this, he stood in front of Xu Ying and smiled attentively. People who didn't know the truth might have thought that Xu Ying was the leader and he was the subordinate.

"Xiao Xu, Director Wu is so nice, we can't be ungrateful." Director Sun's words were obvious, but there was something else behind them.

Xu Ying looked at him, waiting for him to speak.

Director Sun looked a little uncomfortable when he was stared at. He hurriedly turned aside and said, "Director Wu is so kind. I want to help his factory."

Xu Ying nodded. Just help, why tell her?

Director Sun looked at Xu Ying without saying anything.

Xu Ying was suddenly confused. Looking at what she was doing, did he want her to help the machinery factory?

My God, she just lived a dozen more years and witnessed the future development of China, but that doesn’t mean she understands mechanics.

"Director, what are you looking at me for? I am a girl and I don't know anything about machinery."

Secretary Zhang murmured quietly, "That's right, Minister Xu is a girl, how can she know something about big pieces of iron?

Besides, how old is he? Even if he is smart, he is not a god, perfect in every way!"

Their factory director is too dependent on Minister Xu. He always thinks that Minister Xu is omnipotent and knows everything.

Director Sun glared at Secretary Zhang, thinking that this guy was deliberately trying to sabotage them.

"Xiao Xu, I know you are a girl and don't understand machines, but don't you have a mouth that can deceive people?"

Xu Ying's eyes widened and she looked at Director Sun as if she had been struck by lightning. Okay, she is a little shameless, but she is also telling the truth.

When she was in front of the factory manager, she turned out to be a liar! Xu Ying felt hurt and turned to leave.

Director Sun also realized that what he said was inappropriate, and quickly stopped her: "Bah, bah, bah, don't listen to my nonsense, Xiao Xu.

What I mean is that you are good at talking and smart, and everything in your hands is definitely elevated to a higher level.

Can you mention the products of the machinery factory and say a few good words about them at the diplomatic forum?"

Xu Ying paused, quite surprised: "Has our quota been determined?"

Director Sun chuckled and said, "Almost. It's decided."

"Oh~" Xu Ying had a cold face and sat on the chair without saying a word.

Director Sun felt scared and looked left and right.

After thinking for a while, he suddenly slammed the table and said, "Xiao Xu, there has been some progress on the traitor issue."

After saying this, Director Sun took out a few lists and placed them in front of Xiao Xu: "Take a look at these people, they are the ones who wanted to resign in the past few days.

I asked Secretary Zhang to investigate and found out that these people had close contacts with Deputy Director Qian.

I followed the investigation and found that Deputy Director Qian was connected with the previous Director Li of the food factory.

I also found out in the past few days that he has connections with food factories in other places.”

Xu Ying frowned when she heard this, thinking of Deputy Director Qian's frosty face: "He's a traitor."

Director Sun quickly nodded and said, "Isn't that right?"

(End of this chapter)