Ginger tea is probably the best way to get rich overnight. Even after working all night and not sleeping, I still feel energetic. I simply pack up, lock the door and go to work. Everything I see is pleasing to the eye and I walk with a breeze.
"Good morning!"
"Good morning! I haven't seen you for a few days. Xiao Jiang looks so radiant. Is there something good going on?"
Look, the eyes of the masses are sharp, and people really can’t hide their happiness.
"Well, isn't tomorrow a day off? I'm planning to improve my diet and gain some weight. I was just thinking about what time to get up tomorrow to queue up at the grocery store!"
Her desk was clean. I didn't know who was so diligent. Logically, she was the only newcomer in their department, so it was assumed that she should do these chores.
"Isn't it clean? The new Xiao Jiao is diligent, you haven't seen him yet, right? Xiao Li has been transferred to another position, and Xiao Jiao is an advanced member transferred from the workshop."
This sentence of the elder sister is quite informative. Xiao Li is the mama's boy who I don't know where he was transferred to? He was transferred from the workshop and he is an advanced member. The new Xiao Jiao is not an ordinary person!
"Really? I have to thank my new colleague for keeping the office so clean right after I arrived. I want to learn from her."
After that, she sat down in a chair and began to sort out the documents. The subsidy was issued together with the salary. She wanted to get the reimbursement of the railway station shipping fee and the driver's transportation fee.
"Xiao Jiang, this is our new comrade Jiao Shuying. Xiao Jiao, her name is Jiang Cha, and she just returned from a business trip."
The eldest sister introduced the two of them. The girl looked chubby and her eyes were rolling around.
"My name is Jiao Shuying. Let's learn from each other from now on."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to her, and Jiang Cha took it and shook it twice.
"My name is Jiang Cha, and I'm also a newcomer. Let's make progress together."
Letting go, Jiang Cha took the receipt to the accounting office, handed it in together and waited for reimbursement.
"Hey, Xiao Jiang is back. This trip took quite a while. How's that thing my elder sister asked you to do?"
When I walked into the room, I saw Sister Wang chatting happily there. She even turned around and greeted her. I really admire this sister.
He pulled the person aside, handed over the remaining money and tickets, and gave her the cloth bag he had brought.
"Sister Wang, what do you think of these two pieces of material? The remaining money and tickets are all here. Please count them. I met an acquaintance in Hangzhou this time. The internal price is not a ticket, so please don't tell anyone."
Sister Wang opened the bag, took a quick look, and immediately tied it up and stuffed it into the drawer. She didn't even bother to look at the money and bills in her hand, and put them in her pocket without even looking at them.
"Jiang Cha, what did you bring for Sister Wang? You're hiding it from us. You're so secretive. Why don't you take it out and show it to everyone?"
Looking up at the new arrival, Xiao Jiao, I found he was indeed a tough guy. He didn't see that everyone else was pretending not to know. Who in the house hadn't brought anything with them?
"I asked Jiang Cha to bring two pieces of fabric from Hangzhou. They're for my daughter's wedding next month. I'm not showing them to you because I'm afraid you'll be too blinded by them."
The laughing incident is over. The other party made it clear what he said. It's not a prohibited item, so why bother making a fuss? It made everyone feel awkward.
In the afternoon, everyone in the office would share what they were going to prepare for the next day. They would also share where they could find delicious food or how a particular dish would taste even better after being modified.
"Xiao Jiang, why aren't you chatting with us? Did I say something wrong this morning that upset you? I really don't mean anything else, I'm just asking out of curiosity."
Her head was slightly lowered, her eyes slightly red, as she looked at Jiang Cha eagerly. Jiang Cha didn't miss a single move during the entire routine. Green Tea's live broadcast had given this straightforward woman a lot of experience.
"You might have misunderstood. Xiao Jiang isn't participating because she can't cook. If you don't believe me, ask the others. She'd be number one when it comes to clumsiness."
The last time she learned to knit a sweater, she left such a deep impression on the older sisters that they misunderstood that she couldn't cook.
"How can I cook? I just want to learn from you guys. Comrade Jiao, please don't cry. If I don't do anything right and you're not satisfied, you can just tell me directly.
Please don't cry. I can't bear to see other people cry. It reminds me of when my parents passed away. I cried so much at their funerals. I can't bear to see that."
After saying that, he rubbed his eyes pretending to return tea with tea. What a lunatic, he only wants to bite himself.
As soon as Jiang Cha finished speaking, the older sister in the office came over and patted her, as if to comfort the poor child. In fact, she was hiccuping from trying to hold back her laughter. What can't she see that these bad guys are all old and smart?
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that. I just saw that you weren't very sociable, so I wanted to remind you."
Jiang Cha ignored her and lingered until the end of get off work. She then hurried home with her bag on her back. She had to go back to watch the masters work.
When I arrived at my family's house, the master had already finished the work. The surface was smooth and the edge of the kang was cemented. The whole thing looked very beautiful. The stove was placed in the kitchen, the westernmost room of the main house.
"Girl, now that the kang is built, you have to keep it burning for a few days to dry it out inside and out, then go buy a kang mat. You can sleep on it during the winter, it's guaranteed to be warm. This kang was built by me, so it's guaranteed to be easy to burn, and it'll heat up quickly without smoking."
After the job was done, they didn't ask her for money, saying that Director Liu had already paid in advance. He returned the key to her and left with his work tools.
Jiang Cha walked around the yard, picked up some leaves and dead branches, mixed them with the firewood prepared in the space, and lit a fire to see how it went.
The smoke from the hot pot she had seen on TV was rising up the chimney onto her roof. The large pot in the Eight-Ink Kitchen was filled with water, and steam was slowly rising from it.
Open the west room window so the moisture can escape faster. Stuff a dead tree in there; I heard burning wood like this can keep it burning for a long time.
After a shower and sleep, she has to get up early the next day. She hasn't touched her grocery store this month. Waking up early to queue for groceries is a very important family activity these days.
For example, pork cost 1 yuan per pound and required a meat coupon, but if you bought pork for 20 cents, you didn't need a meat coupon. Often, a family would take turns queuing up, each person buying the 20-cent piece.
She thought it was still early at four in the morning. When she arrived, there were already more than 40 people in front of her. Even wrapped in her coat, it was still quite cold. She wondered what time these people had arrived.
It was her turn to negotiate with the chef and, amidst the envious gazes of the crowd, she bought a whole pig's head. This sought-after but not very cost-effective item was not usually bought by ordinary people, but restaurants and cafeterias would reserve it in advance when needed.
For ordinary people, the fattier the meat, the better. They'd bring the meat home and make a lot of oil, which they'd store in jars for cooking. Pig's head was reserved for drinking during festivals, as it was full of bones and meat and didn't make enough oil. Who would buy it if they didn't have any money? It wasn't worth it.
Holding the big pig head, I returned home amidst the envious gazes of others. The scenery was no less than shopping for luxury goods with big logos, so beautiful.
She found a sack to put the pig's head in, then put the gifts for the aunts into the big bamboo basket she used for shopping, put it on the back seat and drove straight to her grandma's house.
I saw a group of people sitting at the entrance of the alley from a distance. I lowered my head and thought that if I rode twice quickly, they would lose sight of me. Who would have thought that at such an old age, their eyesight was still so good?
"Hey, isn't this Xiao Jiang? Why don't you come over and sing a song for us?"
She turned around to say hello to them, kicked off with sparks, and rushed into the yard. She knew she couldn't come to this alley anymore. She was still too shameless.
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