Chapter 21 When Yu Jiajia returned to her front door…
When Yu Jiajia returned home, she found a strange young man loitering in front of her house. When he saw her return, his eyes lit up, and he rushed over to her.
"Jiajia! You're finally back!" the young man greeted her warmly, reaching out to grab her wrist. "Come on, I'll take you to the state-run restaurant. Order whatever you like!"
Yu Jiajia abruptly took two steps back, glaring at him warily: "Who are you? I don't know you! Stay away from me!"
The young man didn't seem to mind, and instead smiled even more ingratiatingly: "I'm Duobao, Liu Duobao! Didn't Sister Xiaoqing tell you?" He proudly waved his watch on his wrist, "After lunch, I'll take you to the department store and buy you some new clothes. Look at your old clothes, they don't suit you. Oh, and I also brought a watch voucher..."
Is this Liu Duobao? Yu Jiajia felt a chill run down her spine.
The man in front of me was well-dressed—a polyester shirt, military green trousers, and shiny sneakers, with a bright watch on his wrist. Unfortunately, even the best clothes couldn't hide his height of less than 1.7 meters and slightly overweight figure, especially his already small eyes, which almost squinted into slits when he smiled.
“If you don’t like what you see in the department store, we can go to the city to buy it!” Liu Duobao confidently leaned forward again. “I can even take you to Beijing to meet my grandma. We can climb the Great Wall together, visit Tiananmen Square, and eat Peking duck…” He reached out to pull her along.
Yu Jiajia took several steps back: "Stop! Stop! Step back, stay away from me. Please call me Comrade Yu. You can treat whoever you want to dinner, buy whoever you want a watch, just don't bother me!"
Liu Duobao looked confused: "Why? I genuinely want to be good to you. I've arranged a job for you, bought you new clothes, made you not do any work, and treated your parents like my own. Is there anything you're not satisfied with? I can change it."
Yu Jiajia said coldly, "No matter what Lu Xiaoqing said, it wasn't me. I'm warning you one last time, if you don't leave, I'll call for help!"
Grandma Zhou, the neighbor, came out of her house and asked warily, "What are you doing here?"
Liu Duobao: "Grandma, I'm Jiajia's boyfriend. I'm waiting to take her out to eat." He took out a White Rabbit milk candy from his pocket and handed it to Grandma Zhou: "Grandma, please have some wedding candy."
Yu Jiajia was stunned. This shameless man! She quickly explained, "I don't know him. He came over and immediately said he wanted to treat me to dinner. Is he a human trafficker?"
Grandma Zhou grabbed a broom from the doorway and started hitting Liu Duobao: "You shameless bastard, you dare to say you're Jiajia's boyfriend? Don't you even look in the mirror? Pah! Who are you trying to disgust? Get out of here!"
Liu Duobao pushed his bicycle and fled in a disheveled state. He was running with a slight limp, making him look particularly pathetic.
Grandma Zhou threw the broom away: "If you ever dare to come to our compound again, I'll beat you every time I see you."
After he left, Grandma Zhou frowned and said to Yu Jiajia, "Next time you see him, call for help immediately and don't talk to him. You have too good a temper. You need to learn a few tricks from your mother. If you encounter someone who talks nonsense, just slap him."
Yu Jiajia hugged Grandma Zhou's arm and said, "Thank you, Grandma Zhou. I will definitely slap him next time."
This matter cannot be left unresolved; it must all be blamed on Yu Songqing and Lu Xiaoqing, those two incomprehensible beings.
She took a sponge cake out of her bag and thanked Grandma Zhou for helping to chase Liu Duobao away. She said, "Grandma, please try this sponge cake."
Grandma Zhou didn't want it and wanted to put it back in her bag, so Yu Jiajia stuffed the sponge cake into Grandma Zhou's mouth, saying, "It smells so good."
Grandma Zhou smiled from ear to ear, "You child, it's such a waste to give me such good food." She then said to Yu Jiajia, "Xu Dali's family still has to live in the compound. The leaders of the housing management department said they will give the Xu family another chance, but if they do it again, they will not be let off easily."
In the morning, Grandpa Wang, Grandpa Hu, and a few others went to the factory to complain to the leaders of the housing management bureau. Grandma Xu's family arrived even earlier. Grandma Xu cried her eyes out at the housing management office, coughing as she said she knew she was wrong and would educate her children properly in the future and would never do it again.
She has lived here for half her life, and if she is kicked out in her old age, she won't be able to survive.
They were all veteran workers from the steel rolling mill, and Director Xia of the Housing Management Department gave the Xu family a chance.
Yu Jiajia felt regretful, as she still had to continue being neighbors with the Xu family. After parting ways with Grandma Xu, Yu Jiajia took out her key and opened the west room door, placing the snacks on the table. She really wanted to lock up the food, but she didn't have a lockable cabinet.
She also wants to have a camphor wood chest with a lock made in the future.
It was almost noon when Yu Jiajia turned on the stove to make a hot and sour egg soup. Actually, she wanted to eat hot pot and snail rice noodles more, but the smell of those two dishes was too strong and would attract everyone in the yard.
I still want fried dough sticks!
While making hot and sour egg soup, he also showed off his chicken legs.
Before the soup was even ready, she had already eaten two large chicken drumsticks. The skin was crispy, and the chicken meat was tender and juicy. Dipped in chili powder, it was incredibly satisfying.
The hot and sour soup contains two eggs, half a slice of tofu, and is sprinkled with chopped green onions and cilantro before serving, along with two drops of sesame oil. It's sour and spicy, and very appetizing.
With the soup, she finished off two fried chicken wings and a vegetarian steamed bun with chives and eggs.
Hide the bones in your spatial backpack, and leave them outside when you get out.
After eating and drinking my fill, I felt a little dizzy from the carbon dioxide, so I took a short nap before going out.
On the way to the recycling station, I jumped rope with a group of children for a while and received my third reward for the day.
[Grilled Squid*4 + Herb Planting Skill Fragment*1 (9/10)]
Yu Jiajia was already quite full, but when she saw the giant squid, she felt she could eat a little more. However, there were people on the street, so it wasn't a good time to sneak a bite.
I squatted by the curb and secretly took a bite of a squid tentacle, satisfying my craving. When I passed the supply and marketing cooperative, I bought a cream popsicle.
When we arrived at the recycling station, we ran into a group of kids who came to buy toothpaste tubes and soy sauce bottles. After the collector paid them, the kids left happily, saying they would go and buy popsicles together later.
Yu Jiajia finished her cream popsicle in one bite, then went inside and said, "Sister, I want to buy some used books."
The purchasing agent sat in a wicker chair knitting, rubbed his knitting needles on his head, pointed to a piece of fabric and said, "Go and choose for yourself, don't rummage around."
Yu Jiajia: "Okay."
The recycling station was large and divided into several areas, all of which were very tidy. Yu Jiajia walked over in the direction pointed out by the collector. This area was full of old books and newspapers, stacked on the ground.
She flipped through it a little and found it full of dust, which made her cough.
There are many kinds of books, mostly students' textbooks, as well as various other miscellaneous books. There are no banned books, as no one dares to sell banned books to the recycling station.
Yu Jiajia couldn't find any books on planting medicinal herbs, but she did find a very thick book on growing crops. It looked quite old, so she decided to take it! In case she ever acquired the skill of growing crops, she could say she learned it from a book. She also saw a book called "Machine Tool and Tool Design." She flipped through it casually but couldn't understand it. However, it was similar to the books Yu Hongding usually read, so she took it back to him.
Finally, I also found a particularly worn copy of the "Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion" and kept it.
She put the books together and wandered around the junkyard again, hoping to find some hidden gems. She circled around a few times but didn't find anything that looked like an antique. She even picked up the iron rods on the ground to see if they might be gold.
But it doesn't look like it contains gold at all.
She mentally called out to the system, "Other systems can scan and appraise treasures, can you appraise them too?"
Unfortunately, the system did not respond.
"Try scanning it. Do you see any gold? Silver is fine too. I'm not picky."
cut!
waste!
She found a wooden pen holder under a pile of goods. It looked quite exquisite. She dug it out, took the pen holder and four books to pay for them. The total was 32 cents. Yu Jiajia paid quickly and then found some hemp rope to tie it up.
The three books must weigh three or four pounds, they're quite heavy.
As she was leaving, she thought the wooden shelf next to the purchasing agent was quite nice and looked very pleasing to the eye. It seemed to be a set with the pen holder and could be used as a small bookshelf. "Sister, is this wooden shelf for sale? I'll put my books on it."
The purchasing agent glanced at it, then picked up the enamel mug from the wooden shelf: "One cent."
Yu Jiajia gave another dime and tied the wooden frame to the hemp rope. The wooden frame was heavy, weighing about two pounds, and she almost didn't want it anymore... but she really liked it. There were bamboo carvings on the wooden frame, as well as a chubby little panda, which was especially cute.
So what if it's a little heavy! She can still bring it home. Imagining how cute the books would look, she felt full of energy. She picked up the rope, switching from left hand to right hand, and from right hand to left hand, and finally carried them away, wishing she could throw them all into her spatial backpack.
After hesitating for a moment, I still didn't use the spatial backpack casually.
It's right after get off work hours now, and if someone finds out, it'll be a huge problem.
A young man hesitated, then braked and pushed his bicycle over: "Comrade, do you need my help?"
Yu Jiajia looked up and instantly became alert.
The young man was very young, with delicate features, and wearing a white shirt that made him look clean and neat. He quickly explained, "I'm not a bad person. I saw that you were having trouble carrying your things. You can put the books on my bicycle, and I'll take them back for you. I'm a worker at the steel rolling mill. My name is Chen Yanshu."
Yu Jiajia also felt that the other person didn't seem like a bad person, so she shook her head and said, "Thank you. My brother will be home from school soon, I'll wait for him."
Chen Yanshu said, "Do you want to study mechanics? I have many books on this subject that I can lend you."
The top of the four books is "Machine Tool and Tool Design".
Yu Jiajia: "This book is one I bought for my dad." She saw Yu Songchuan calling to his friends in the distance. "My brother is here, I have to go now." She called out, "Yu Songchuan, come help me!"
Chen Yanshu watched Yu Jiajia leave, still not knowing her name. He opened his mouth but didn't ask.
That's really too presumptuous of me.
Yu Songchuan led Sanshi, Kunzi, and the two little girls to the supply and marketing cooperative. They came out quickly, and Yu Songchuan took four red bean popsicles, giving one to each of the three. The four of them stood at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative and ate popsicles together.
As soon as she came out, she heard her fourth sister's voice and quickly ran over. "Fourth sister, do you have any books on Chinese medicinal herbs?" She took the books from Yu Jiajia's arms with one hand.
The three of them, including San Shi, also started calling her Fourth Sister.
Yu Jiajia immediately relaxed. "I couldn't find it at the recycling station, but Aunt Cao lent me a book! Let's go back and study together." She took out a few pieces of candy and handed them to the four children. "Want some candy?"
Yu Songchuan: "Wow, White Rabbit candy!" He took one first.
San Shi and the others shook their heads and refused, all saying they wouldn't eat.
Yu Jiajia handed them the gifts one by one, and they thanked her even more warmly: "Thank you, Fourth Sister."
Yu Songchuan handed the popsicle he hadn't eaten yet to Yu Jiajia, his expression reluctant: "Fourth Sister, it's my treat today."
He's spent all his money, but he's already eaten four today, so he doesn't need to eat this one!
Yu Jiajia happily accepted it and handed Yu Songchuan a dime: "Go buy another one."
Yu Songchuan: "Yay!" He grabbed his things and ran off to buy popsicles.
Yu Jiajia ate her popsicle and talked to a few children, mainly listening to them talk about school. There weren't many classes now, so they mostly played at school. This morning, they went to a farm in the suburbs to help with the work and caught a lot of grasshoppers in the fields. They even opened a bamboo tube to show Yu Jiajia.
Grasshoppers can be roasted, but they're even more fragrant if you stir-fry them with some oil!
They were all taken home to add to the dishes at home.
The short-haired girl was named Li Ruyi, a tomboy. The short-haired girl was named Lele, who was very sweet-looking. She gave Yu Jiajia a small handful of black nightshade berries and lantern fruits, all picked from the ground. "Fourth sister, the black nightshade berries have been washed."
Yu Jiajia: "Thank you, Lele."
She peeled open a lantern fruit, tasted one, and found the skin to be very thin, breaking easily with a gentle bite, revealing fragrant and sweet flesh. The black nightshade berries were particularly small, tasting sweet and sour with a slightly astringent flavor, which was also quite delicious.
The group walked back together. Li Ruyi and Wei Lele were particularly fond of Yu Jiajia, and Wei Lele would steal glances at Yu Jiajia from time to time.
Yu Songchuan: "Lele, why are you looking at my fourth sister? Does she have flowers on her face?"
Wei Lele blushed instantly, "No."
Yu Jiajia reached out and took Wei Lele's hand. The little girl must think she's pretty, so she'll look at her more!
Everyone lives in this area. Wei Lele and Li Ruyi live in the courtyard house next door. They were just about to go home when they heard a noisy commotion coming from the toilet in front of them.
If there's excitement to be had, everyone will definitely skip going home and rush over here.
Now that we're closer, we know what's going on inside.
Someone has fallen into the cesspool and is currently calling for help, asking everyone to pull her out.
Upon hearing that someone had fallen into a cesspool, Yu Jiajia immediately stopped approaching. She figured it was best to just listen to the commotion from a distance. Wei Lele also stopped coming closer. Yu Songchuan and the others rushed in to see who had fallen into the cesspool.
Yu Songchuan quickly ran back, "Sister, it was Granny Xu who fell in, hahaha, only her head is sticking out."
His face was splattered with excrement; he had really eaten it.
Make her foul mouth!
Second Brother is truly remarkable! How did he manage to do that?! Yesterday he said he'd make Granny Xu eat shit, and today Granny Xu is eating it.
Yu Jiajia: "Lele, I'm going to go take a look ahead."
If it were Granny Xu who fell in, she would be able to endure the stench and take a look.
Granny Xu was struggling in the cesspool. She couldn't climb out on her own and had no strength. No one around her reached out to help her. She cried out, "Help me! Pull me out!"
A middle-aged woman said, "I wouldn't dare to pull you. What if I save you and then try to extort money from me?"
An old woman said, "Anyway, you won't die. Wait a moment, they've already gone to call for help. Their son and daughter-in-law will pull you up later."
Everyone was watching the spectacle from the sidelines, but no one went to pull Granny Xu up. Anyway, no one would die, and it was so dirty and smelly that no one wanted to get close to her.
It's all Xu Pozi's own fault; she's never been a good person, and now no one is helping her.
Granny Xu was furious. She was covered in a foul stench and maggots. She was so disgusted that she vomited and cried pitifully, "Get me a stick and pull me up first. I can't stand it anymore, vomit vomit vomit."
Xu Shangjin and Wang Cuifen were summoned and, upon seeing this scene, were also outraged; it was utterly disgusting.
Xu Shangjin: "Everyone, lend a hand and pull my mother out together. Brother Guoli, you're strong, please help me."
Grandpa Wang said coldly, "You don't want to rescue your mother?"
Xu Shangjin: "I'm not strong enough, I'm afraid I won't be able to pull it."
Grandpa Wang: "You and your wife, hurry up."
Xu Shangjin and Wang Cuifen gritted their teeth and went up, each grabbing one of Xu Pozi's hands and pulling her up. The two of them were actually quite strong, but it was indeed difficult, as Xu Pozi was too deeply entrenched.
Grandpa Wang directed everyone to pull Xu Shangjin and Wang Cuifen up with all their might.
Grandpa Wang spoke up and called over a few more men and women to help. Everyone endured their disgust and stepped forward to help, finally managing to pull Granny Xu up.
As soon as Granny Xu came up, she started shaking off the filth on her body. With each shake, she sent mud flying, and the people around her were in for a lot of trouble.
Especially the few people who had just come out to help, more or less all of them got infected.
Everyone was furious and quickly backed away. Wang Guoli yelled, "You did this on purpose! We rescued you, and this is how you repay us?" He looked at the yellow spots and maggots on his body and almost vomited.
A middle-aged woman also shouted, "Shameless bastard! You did it on purpose! I shouldn't have saved you!"
The Xu family is masters of repaying kindness with ingratitude!
Granny Xu frantically shook off the filth from her body and ran outside; she was going to take a bath.
People around them frantically backed away, afraid of getting in contact with it.
Grandpa Wang didn't care about the specks of dirt on his clothes anymore. He shouted angrily, "Stop right there! You're not allowed in the yard. Go wash in the river! If you dare to come into the yard, your Xu family will have to move out today!"
She's covered in dandruff; if she ran into the yard, would the yard even be safe?
If you deliberately graze in front of other people's houses again...
Granny Xu finally managed to beg the housing management department to let her not move today, and she really didn't dare disobey Grandpa Wang. But why was she the only one who fell into the cesspool?
She dared not return to the courtyard and turned to run outside. Wherever she went, people retreated, and she deliberately splashed water on others.
"Damn it, shamelessness knows no bounds."
I don't know who said that.
When Granny Xu saw the Yu family's little brats, her hatred surged, and she rushed over.
Yu Songchuan grabbed Yu Jiajia and ran away quickly, then turned back and yelled, "Don't come any closer!"
Seeing the terrified look on Yu Songchuan and his sister's faces, Granny Xu wanted to catch up with them even more and smear all the things she had on her body on them. After all, she hadn't done it on purpose; she had just accidentally bumped into them.
She chased after him, while the Yu siblings ran ahead.
Yu Songchuan sneered, "Go ahead and chase us!" He howled in agony, looking utterly disgusted: "Grandma Xu, what are you doing? Stop chasing us! You're making a mess of your excrement and urine everywhere! Grandma Xu, please don't do this!" He half-dragged his fourth sister down the steps and then ran down them, running wherever was difficult to walk.
Granny Xu was almost able to catch up with Yu Songchuan and his sister when, in the next moment, her foot slipped and she fell to the ground with a 'thud'. By sheer coincidence, her mouth hit a brick, and her mouth was full of blood.
Granny Xu cried out in pain, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and even spitting out a front tooth.
Her teeth were knocked out.
The crowd, who had all been splashed with dirt to varying degrees, did not feel sorry for Granny Xu at all; they only felt that the old woman deserved it!
Let her disgust people, let her be shameless!
That's despicable.
Grandpa Wang was so annoyed. This shameless old man really deserved it: "Why don't you hurry up and take your mother to get her cleaned up and then to the clinic to have her mouth checked?"
Pointing at Yu Songchuan and his sister, Granny Xu sobbed, "You've harmed me! You've deliberately harmed me!"
She had no front teeth, so her speech was slurred, making her look even more repulsive.
Grandpa Wang: "Go wash yourself clean in the river right away, and stop causing trouble. Xu Changjin, you must clean up the toilet and this road by tomorrow morning."
Granny Xu cried bitterly, "I'm so old, and I've been harmed like this. I don't want to live anymore, just let me die. It must be the Yu family. It was the Yu family that made me fall into the cesspool. It was the Yu family that made me fall and knock out my teeth. My life is so miserable."
Even without Yu Songchuan and his sister's explanation, someone spoke up for them.
"Old woman Xu, have some shame. You came out of the latrine and then chased after Jiajia and her brother from afar. Did you expect them to just stand there and let you wipe them all over? As for you falling into the latrine, that's because you've done too many bad things, and it's your bad luck."
"You blame everything on the Yu family. They just saved your grandson. How could they do this? They're repaying kindness with enmity."
"They're just jealous because the Yu family is doing well."
The Yu family had the hardest time in the compound a few years ago, having to support five children in school. But in the last two years, the children have grown up and found jobs, and their lives have become much easier.
Grandpa Wang said sternly, "Aren't you going to take your mother to take a bath? Are you waiting for someone else to take her? Does my word not carry any weight?"
His words had no effect; Granny Xu continued to curse and swear, throwing things around as if she wanted to get everyone covered in filth.
Grandpa Hu: "This family is really outrageous. They got all yellow sweat on themselves and chased people down the street. What kind of manners do they have?"
Grandpa Wang was furious: "Jianguo and Xiao Xu, go and invite the comrades from the street office." He couldn't handle it himself, so he let the people from the street office handle it.
Xu Changjin quickly stopped He Jianguo: "No need, no need, don't go. I'll take my mother to take a bath right away."
Wang Cuifen also stopped Xu Juan, saying, "Sister, don't go. After we bathe my mother, we'll clean up the streets."
He Jianguo felt like he wanted to die. "Let go! Let go right now! You've hurt my arm!"
Xu Juan darted away immediately: "Wang Cuifen, don't touch me! If you get my clothes dirty, you'll have to buy me new ones."
Xu Changjin and Wang Cuifen had just dragged Granny Xu upstairs; they were filthy, especially their hands, which were a complete mess.
Seeing that He Jianguo and Xu Juan did not go to complain, the two could only help Granny Xu up: "Mother, let's go take a bath."
The two of them also felt disgusted, but they couldn't be disgusted at this moment, since they were their son and daughter-in-law.
Granny Xu cried out, "This is trying to kill me! I don't want to live anymore! It was all done by that brat from the Yu family! They did it on purpose! You've all been fooled by them!"
Yu Songchuan: "Grandma Xu, what grudge do we hold against each other? Why would you fall into the toilet and then falsely accuse our family?"
Yu Jiajia's eyes reddened: "You chased after us, you scared us to death."
Grandma Zhou quickly comforted Yu Jiajia: "Good child, everyone knows."
Fang Dayong, from the front yard, squeezed into the crowd: "We should talk to the housing management department, otherwise what will happen if the Xu family refuses to clean the toilets and streets? Given the Xu family's character, do you think they'll clean them properly?"
Wang Dayong's wife, Zhao Hui, said, "I went to the factory. The Xu family is becoming more and more outrageous."
He Jianguo's wife, Xu Juan, went to the neighborhood office. She also wanted the Xu family to be criticized because she had also been involved in some of the criticism.
Grandpa Wang opened his mouth, then thought, "Fine, if Wang Dayong and his wife can get the housing management department to kick the Xu family out, that would be great."
Cheng Xiuying rode her bicycle back. When she saw the scene on the street, she frowned and immediately picked up her bicycle, afraid that the wheels would run over it.
The bicycle is the most treasured thing in the family.
She frowned: "What happened? Did the toilet explode? Who did this? Clean it up quickly, how can anyone live like this?"
Yu Jiajia and Yu Songchuan rushed over. Yu Songchuan said, "Mom, Grandma Xu next door fell into the toilet. After everyone rescued her, she was swaying around everywhere. When she saw Jiajia and me, she chased after us and fell down, knocking out her teeth. She wrongly accused our family of letting her fall into the toilet. She blames my fourth sister and me for losing her teeth."
Yu Jiajia: "She's so fierce and scary."
Cheng Xiuying's temper flared up immediately. "Fine, while I'm taking care of patients at the health center, she dares to bully my child. Who gave her the guts!" She picked up her bicycle and ran off again.
Grandma Zhou called out from behind, "Xiuying, don't you dare lay a hand on her!"
How could Cheng Xiuying possibly lay a hand on him? She would go to the factory to complain and make sure the factory knew about Siya and Wubao saving people.
Yu Songchuan and Yu Jiajia chased after them, wanting to go too.
Cheng Xiuying was quick and ran into Zhao Hui at the factory gate.
Zhao Hui planned to find Director Xia of the Housing Management Department and ask him to assess the Xu family's character, so that they wouldn't be given another chance and could be forced to move out and vacate the house.
Her children are all grown up, and one and a half rooms are simply not enough for them. They could move to the Xu family's house.
The Xu family's house has two and a half rooms.
Cheng Xiuying thought to herself, what's the use of finding the director of the real estate department? Director Xia is the best peacemaker. We need to find a big leader. The two of them split up and Cheng Xiuying went to find the factory director.
This is a good factory manager who is focused on production. In the two years since he was transferred to the steel rolling mill, the factory's welfare benefits have improved significantly.
Cheng Xiuying is the deputy captain of the security department of the steel rolling mill. She knows the habits of the big leaders very well, whether they are in the office or in the workshop.
She went to the office first and saw the secretary standing outside. The secretary waved to her when she saw her. Cheng Xiuying walked over in a few steps and said, "Secretary Wang, I need to see the factory director."
Secretary Wang said, "Let's talk about everything tomorrow. The factory manager is in a meeting."
Director Li's voice came from the office: "The textile factory has iron girls who braved the flames, the chemical plant has one-armed heroes who rescued state property, the steel plant has steelworkers who sacrificed themselves to protect the blast furnace, and the tractor factory has hardworking oxen who died on the job. What about our factory? Do we have any outstanding workers who are dedicated to the factory? We must not let them be buried. We must publicize them so that more comrades can learn from them."
A loud male voice rang out: "Comrade Zhang Tiantian from the Propaganda Department found two yuan, which was another worker's wages. He needed it to pay for his elderly mother's medical treatment. Without these two yuan, his mother would have died. This is not just about returning lost money; it's about saving a life."
Cheng Xiuying recognized the voice; it was Zhang, the deputy director of the labor union, and Zhang Tiantian was her niece. She pouted. If it were just two yuan, her mother would die of illness. How unfilial of her to not even be willing to withdraw her wages in advance!
Before Director Li could refute, the others retorted.
She then gave several more examples, such as Aunt Xue, who not only cleaned the factory thoroughly but also helped the workers with sewing and mending, making them feel the warmth of family in the factory.
The workshop director of Workshop 2 works hard, wishing he could work 24/7.
Factory Director Li: "They work very hard, but their efficiency needs to be improved."
Everyone was talking about ordinary good deeds, the kind that can be found in any factory. There were no near-fatal incidents or major property losses.
Other factories have role models and heroes, but if their factory doesn't have any, then all their performance indicators for the second half of the year will suffer!
Cheng Xiuying listened for a long time, but no one mentioned her children's deeds!
Didn't Section Chief Xia of the Housing Management Department know? And he didn't even say anything!
Thankfully, she came.
She pushed away the secretary who tried to pull her away, saying, "I really have something to do. Don't worry, it's important, it can solve a big problem for our factory." She then knocked on the door and went inside.
Secretary Wang was speechless. This Deputy Captain Cheng was really something else. He quickly followed him and said, "The factory director is in a meeting. Captain Cheng, please don't disturb him."
He did try to stop him, but he couldn't.
Cheng Xiuying said, "Factory Director, I know you're busy with work and I shouldn't have bothered you, but I'm really upset. Granny Xu is going to bully my family to death. They're too arrogant and domineering, and they're affecting our factory's image."
Factory Director Li and several other leaders looked at Cheng Xiuying, the deputy captain of the security department, who had once defeated a spy with three punches, saving the factory from losses.
Factory Director Li had a good impression of Cheng Xiuying, but he wasn't in the mood to solve Cheng Xiuying's neighborhood problem at the moment. However, when he heard Cheng Xiuying's next words, he instantly perked up.
Cheng Xiuying said, "My fourth and fifth sons risked their lives to rescue a young couple who were drowning in the reservoir. When they were first rescued, they had stopped breathing and their hearts had stopped beating."
Factory Director Li seemed to hear the most beautiful words: "When did this happen?"
Cheng Xiuying: "Just yesterday."
She recounted how the two children saved people, including Xu Dali stealing fish and Xu Jinbao getting stuck.
Unfortunately, the case at the Public Security Bureau is not completely closed yet, so we can't mention how the mother and her two children saved the police and got two criminals arrested along with this story!
I wonder if she'll be able to catch this wave of good opportunities.
But the fourth and fifth brothers definitely have to seize this opportunity.
"These two kids have such high moral character!" Director Li was overjoyed. These are the kind of exemplary heroes the steel mill needs! They risked their lives to save people and selflessly shared their first-aid methods!
Cheng Xiuying flattered, "The two children grew up in the factory; it's thanks to the factory leaders' excellent education."
Factory Director Li inquired about the two children's situations in detail. Cheng Xiuying said, "Jiajia just received her high school graduation certificate and is currently looking for a job. Songchuan is in the first year of junior high school at the steel rolling mill school."
He's no longer a factory worker!
Such an outstanding example must be a worker in the factory. If another factory hears about it and takes the child away, then there will be nowhere to cry.
During this special period, any factory that becomes an advanced and exemplary unit will receive more national resources.
Factory Director Li made the decision immediately: "The publicity department should add more safety awareness positions. Every summer, there are accidents involving adults and children playing in the wild. We must raise safety awareness. Litong, you are in charge of recruitment." He then told Cheng Xiuying, "Have Jiajia sign up."
It's practically like they're just saying they want Yu Jiajia to join the publicity department.
Chen Litong from the publicity department said, "I'll go post the recruitment notice in a bit. There will be an exam tonight, and the workers will be on the job tomorrow. We'll also provide timely training for the workers."
Factory Director Li nodded in satisfaction and said, "The Xu family's quality is really too poor. Xiaoming needs to strengthen the ideological education of the workers."
Wu Xiaoming, the chairman of the trade union, quickly replied, "I'll go in a bit."
Factory Director Li: "Everyone else, go ahead and get busy. Yongyi, stay here and draft the regulations. The factory will recognize and encourage outstanding children of factory workers!"
Section Chief Xia of the Housing Management Department was quite frustrated at the moment. Old Wang and Old Hu from the courtyard hadn't mentioned that Yu Jiajia and Yu Songchuan had saved two drowning people! They only said that the Xu family's child got stuck while stealing fish, and that petty thieves were no longer allowed to live in the courtyard.
When Granny Xu was crying, she didn't mention that her child had been saved by the Yu family, nor did she mention that when her child was stealing fish, the two Yu children were rescuing her from the river.
Section Chief Xia felt deceived. At the time, he felt sorry for the Xu family because both children were detained in the police station for "studying" because of a fish.
If he knew everything, he could have brought it up with the factory manager before Cheng Xiuying arrived, and thus gain favor with the manager.
Cheng Xiuying walked out happily; this trip had been incredibly fruitful! Once the police solved the case and she no longer needed to hide it, she would definitely let the factory know about it.
She's been the deputy captain of the security department for half her life; it's time for her to usher in a second spring in her career.
The leaders spoke to Cheng Xiuying in a friendly manner. Chen, the head of the publicity department, said, "Xiuying, have Jiajia bring her graduation certificate to the exam later."
Cheng Xiuying: "I'll bring her over in a bit."
Section Chief Chen then asked Cheng Xiuying what Yu Jiajia was good at.
Cheng Xiuying thought Siya was good at cooking, but she didn't know much else. Thinking of the clothes designed by Yu Jiajia, she said, "Jiajia has always had good grades since she was little, always ranking in the top three in exams. She can also draw, and she can draw anything realistically. She also has a good personality; she is down-to-earth, steady, and meticulous."
After such praise, I actually think that Siya is quite outstanding.
And Si Ya is very beautiful! I didn't think she was that pretty a while ago, but lately she's become more and more beautiful. In the entire steel rolling mill, there's no girl more beautiful than Si Ya.
Zhao Hui also found her way here. As soon as she saw Section Chief Xia, she ran over and said, "Section Chief Xia, you have to take care of the Xu family. They can't be allowed to live in the courtyard house anymore. You gave them a chance this morning, but they didn't change their ways and caused trouble again tonight."
The surroundings suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at Section Chief Xia.
Section Chief Xia's forehead was starting to sweat. They were only a few steps from the office; the factory manager must have heard it!
Cheng Xiuying: "When you came to see Section Chief Xia this morning, did you not tell him about Jiajia and Songchuan's rescue?"
Of course, she wasn't trying to excuse Section Chief Xia; she wasn't that kind-hearted.
If he had told her, why didn't Section Chief Xia say so earlier?
If you didn't tell him, then why didn't you tell Section Chief Xia?
She just wanted to know the answer.
Zhao Hui's forehead was now sweating profusely: "Huh? I don't know, didn't Uncle Wang or Uncle Hu say anything?"
Section Chief Xia was truly grateful to Cheng Xiuying for speaking up for him. He quickly said, "You're downplaying the seriousness of the matter, only mentioning that Xu Dali and Xu Jinbao stole fish, but you haven't mentioned that Jiajia and Songchuan were rescuing people while they were stealing fish. If Xu Dali and his brother were cowardly, they wouldn't have needed to go into the river; simply lending a hand from the bank would have been helping others and showing kindness. Their inaction and taking the opportunity to steal while others were in distress is truly despicable!"
Zhao Hui regretted it; she shouldn't have come.
Didn't Grandpa Wang and Grandpa Hu talk about these things this morning? Why didn't they?
Cheng Xiuying sneered inwardly. These old men, Wang and Hu, were probably afraid that their family would receive a reward from the factory.
As everyone descended the stairs, Zhao Hui quickly caught up: "Sister Xiuying, what's wrong? Section Chief Xia doesn't look too good."
Cheng Xiuying thought to herself, "No wonder he looks so happy. He's been blindly trusting and being fooled, and he's been incompetent. To make matters worse, his colleagues and superiors overheard it! If it were her, she would be absolutely furious."
She retorted, "Why didn't you mention Jiajia's rescue of Songchuan this morning?"
Zhao Hui said, "I really don't know. I guess they all think someone else told them."
Cheng Xiuying ignored her and quickly rode away on her bicycle, needing to get Siya to take the exam as soon as possible.
Zhao Hui: "Sister Xiuying, can you give me a ride?"
Cheng Xiuying pretended not to hear and rode even faster. When she reached the public toilet on Jiefang Road, there was yellow soup all over the ground. The Xu family hadn't cleaned it up yet, so she guessed that they wouldn't clean it up properly. She braked, carried her bicycle, and ran over.
The road was covered in it, causing her to accidentally step on some. She felt extremely nauseous, so she rubbed herself on the grass by the roadside, carried her bicycle to her doorstep, and looked carefully. There was no more yellow scum on the ground, but she still cautiously did not put the bicycle down.
When Cheng Xiuying arrived at the third courtyard, she smelled a foul stench. There was a wooden basin at the Xu family's door with several pieces of clothing in it, covered in excrement and maggots. A swarm of large flies buzzed around.
This won't do in the middle of summer!
Wouldn't the whole yard be swarming with flies?
As soon as she came in, Pan Hongying said, "Xiuying, you're finally back! Where are the factory leaders? Didn't they come? Why are you still carrying a bicycle? Put the bicycle down quickly and look at the Xu family. They left a basin of excrement at their door. How are we two families supposed to live here?"
Her family and the Yu family were the most affected.
Especially at the Yu family's house, flies were flying all over the west room window.
Cheng Xiuying: "The factory leaders will probably be here soon, so I'll put my bicycle away and go home first." She pushed past Pan Hongying and went home first.
The most important thing right now is Yu Jiajia's job; the publicity department is waiting for Jiajia to take the exam.
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Author's note: My darlings, I'll be putting on clips on the 22nd, and the update on the 22nd will be at 11 PM.
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—Yu Jiaojiao doesn't understand nuclear fusion, but the big shots all say she's a genius, so...right?
Yu Jiaojiao transmigrated into the body of an unlucky educated youth in a period novel.
After returning to the city, her family was eager to marry her off.
The stepmother made the decision: "Old Liu from the machine factory, although he has a limp, can get your brother a job!"
The father, smoking, said, "You're already 20, what are you being so picky about?"
The neighbor chimed in: "Women, they marry a man, and that's how they make a living!"
Looking at her greasy, balding blind date, Yu Jiaojiao's system suddenly awakened—
Ding! [Science and Technology Powerhouse System] successfully bound!
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She slammed her hand on the table and refused: "Who wants to go on blind dates? I don't have time!"
He then sent the proposal to the journal *Science*.
From then on—
Her casual sketches became top-secret archives of the Chinese Academy of Sciences;
The formula she "accidentally" let slip caused the old professor to be so excited that he was hospitalized.
Even the draft paper she wrote while yawning was treasured and collected by the military industry institute...
But she really doesn't understand!
She just... wrote it down casually?
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