Chapter 33 My Wife Uses My

Master Feng from the maintenance team of Factory 1 suddenly started to attack. Zhao Jianjun was stunned for a moment, then he laughed and said cheerfully: "Old Feng, look at what you are saying! We are repairing equipment in Factory 2, and you are saying that something went wrong? Aren't we all doing this for production and construction, for the factory?"

Master Feng would not take the blame. Even if the workers in Factory 1 dared to tamper with the equipment, they would be scolded, not to mention the workers in Factory 2 who were just waiting to eat and die and had no production enthusiasm at all.

"Zhao Jianjun, when your factory is really active in production and construction, it will be like the sun rising from the west. I really don't know you." Master Feng's face was dark, and his voice was really scary. That was the authority and confidence of a skilled worker with decades of experience. "The equipment in this factory is worth tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. How can you have the courage to dismantle and tamper with it? If it is really damaged, can you afford the compensation?"

"How can it be so serious?" Zhao Jianjun still smiled, but his eyes were shining and he was determined. "Our equipment has been repaired and is working well. There is no problem at all! Besides, you are so angry that you might scare our new comrades."

Master Feng from the maintenance team of Factory 1 came to argue with Director Zhao, and the news soon spread to the workshop of Factory 2. At that time, Lin Xiang and Kong Zhenzhen were checking production tasks in the workshop, chatting and laughing with the workers in the workshop.

Lin Xiang had fixed the equipment in the factory. The workers would give her a thumbs up whenever they mentioned her. The melon seed lady stuffed her with a handful of melon seeds and gossiped, "Xiao Lin, you and Captain He are dating. Are you going to get married? You must let us share in the joy when the time comes."

It is said that older brothers and sisters are gossipy and passionate. The news of Lin Xiangchu's boyfriend spread far and wide. In addition, He Hongyuan was a well-known figure in the army, so she also became famous. She was really overwhelmed by the gossip about her. Fortunately, there was a commotion outside, which attracted everyone's attention.

A worker went out to see the excitement during his free time, but soon came back to report the news, saying in an exaggerated manner: "Hey, Xiaolin, you should hide quickly. If you really can't, just slip out through the back door. Mr. Feng from Factory 1 is here to cause trouble for you. He said you messed with the equipment and broke it down."

When Sister Guazi heard that it was Feng Laoheng who came, she slapped her thigh and tried to push Lin Xiang out through the back door of the workshop: "You are young and thin-skinned, you can't stand his scolding, go out and hide."

Lin Xiang had never heard of Feng Laoheng. Looking at the reactions of the workers in the workshop, she could guess that he was not an ordinary person. But from the sound of it, it seemed that the maintenance team felt that they had not repaired the equipment properly and came to accuse them?

Lin Xiang naturally didn't want to hide, otherwise she might really be accused by the maintenance team of a factory.

"Brother Liu, Sister Qiu, let me follow you and take a look. The masters in the first factory are not unreasonable. The equipment in our factory is now operating normally. If there are any problems, the masters in the first factory can help to fix them. I can also learn from them."

Seeing that Lin Xiang was as calm as a rock, everyone thought that this little girl didn't know how powerful Feng Laoheng was. He even dared to challenge the factory director!

Master Feng was too lazy to argue with Zhao Jianjun any more, and since calling him back would not work, he simply went to the workshop to check the equipment himself. If he really found any major problems, he would not show any mercy!

The production workshop of Factory No. 2 suddenly became lively. Master Feng was familiar with all these people. The only unfamiliar young female comrade was obviously Lin Xiang, the new recruit who was assigned to Factory No. 2 and was the one who blindly ordered the dismantling and repair of equipment.

Seeing that she was just a weak little girl, Master Feng narrowed his eyes and shouted in a deep voice: "Comrades from the Second Factory, although the Second Factory has a light production task and can't make much contribution to the factory, it can't mess around! Especially let a young person who has just been recruited into the factory mess around!"

This was almost naming names, and for a moment, the workshop became lively and there were many whispers.

The melon seed sister Qiu Hongxia crushed the melon seed shells on the ground with her cloth shoes and said with a smile: "Master Feng, look at what you said. If your factory's maintenance team hadn't been invited to come no matter how hard we tried, we wouldn't have to repair it ourselves."

Following Sister Guazi's words, the others also started to talk at once: "That's right, you guys in Factory One are so fast at repairing the equipment, how can we in Factory Two not do it ourselves? We can't delay the production tasks today."

Master Feng felt a headache, especially since the people in the second factory were still pretending. Could he still believe that they were afraid of delaying production? They were never active before!

But when a group of people were talking to each other, the youngest female comrade in the middle of the crowd was calm. She didn't seem to be in a hurry to explain, nor was she panicked at all.

His heart sank, and he felt even more that this girl had no idea of ​​her own limitations.

Lin Xiang could tell from the attitudes of the other workers that Master Feng held a high position in the food factory and guessed that he really had some skills. These days, skills are king, and if you have skills you have confidence, and even the factory director has to give you some face.

But today he was quite dissatisfied with her. Lin Xiang stood up and said, "Master Feng, our factory equipment had some minor problems yesterday and couldn't work. We were really afraid of delaying production, so we tried to repair the equipment. Fortunately, the equipment can now operate normally. It would be great if you could come and take a look. You are an authority, so please check if there are any other problems with the equipment."

Lin Xiang spoke in a neither humble nor arrogant manner. She explained the reason without being arrogant and showing off her abilities to the maintenance team. Master Feng himself did not realize that his mood had calmed down a little, but he had a proud temper, so he stopped talking and checked the equipment first.

Master Feng and Master Xiao Huang were very nimble and were very good at operating the large equipment. They seemed to be very familiar with the operations that ordinary people had no idea how to operate. Without any hesitation, they dismantled the equipment and checked it.

The workers watched from the sidelines, and several older women whispered to comfort Lin Xiang: "Don't worry, Xiaolin, we can all testify that the equipment has been repaired. If they dismantle it and say it's broken somewhere and file a complaint, we will tell the factory manager that they were the ones who dismantled it!"

The elder sisters' voices were quite low, and when these words reached Master Huang's ears, he pursed his lips and held back his laughter. What kind of people are these people from the second factory? They want to plot against their master and apprentice openly. It's quite funny.

As for Master Feng, he frowned and pouted, not wanting to bother with those unmotivated workers from Factory 2.

Lin Xiang didn't expect that the workers of the second factory could come up with such a "disgraceful move" to help her sue the maintenance team. It was actually a little cute. She suppressed the arc of her lips and replied: "Sister Qiu, don't worry, we repaired the equipment yesterday according to the instructions, there must be no problem."

Lin Xiang is still confident.

Sure enough, everyone saw that Master Feng's expression was becoming more and more amiss. He walked around with a frown on his face, glancing at Lin Xiang's position from time to time, staring at her suspiciously.

"Young comrade, how did you direct the repaired equipment yesterday?" Master Feng only then looked at Lin Xiang straight in the eye.

Wow, this is really strange. This equipment has a lot of old problems, including a bunch of minor ones, and it often needs to be repaired. This time it was repaired really well, and even several parts were replaced just right.

Lin Xiang was not proud of himself and said honestly: "Master Feng, we studied it by looking at the instruction manual."

Master Feng was surprised: "You can read the instruction manual? That's..."

He couldn't even understand the foreign language!

Master Feng only has primary school education. He learned electrical engineering technology through brain research and years of practice. He could not understand those strange foreign languages ​​when studying foreign equipment. When the food factory was first established, it needed to purchase equipment from other factories. He also stayed in the factory for two months and studied hard. But later, there were still many problems in the actual operation process. He could not understand the instruction manual and had no one to ask, so he could only study on his own. After all these years, he has finally figured it out.

Now, this new employee at Factory 2 actually said that she could read the equipment manual!

"Comrade Lin, come with me." Master Feng called Lin Xiang aside.

But when these words fell into the ears of other people in the second factory, they were not well-intentioned. Everyone looked at Lin Xiang, what a young girl. Master Feng was the one who could teach those big and strong apprentices in the factory tears.

Several workers immediately spoke up: "Master Feng, how old are you? Why are you still making things difficult for a young woman?"

"If you have anything to say, just say it here, but don't make our new employee Xiaolin cry!"

Master Feng, who had just turned around and taken a few steps, felt a headache. Damn it, these people in the second factory really have something wrong with their brains!

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Factory 2 was in an uproar, and gossip about Factory 1 had also spread. He Fen gathered herself together and returned to the factory office as if she had come back to life. She shook off her previous frustration and humiliation and shared gossip with her colleagues: "I just went to the maintenance team and saw Master Feng leading people to Factory 2 for inspection. He was so angry that he looked like he would come back to complain to the factory director."

When everyone heard that there was something interesting going on, they asked excitedly: "What happened? How did Factory 2 offend Master Feng?"

"That's because Lin Xiang pretended to know everything and had to dismantle the equipment yesterday. How dare she, a newcomer, destroy the equipment like this? You all know that Master Feng values ​​this the most, so how could he not be angry?"

When Officer Bai heard this, he took a deep breath and said, "Lin Xiang is really too bold!"

Hong, the clerk beside him, was also shocked: "That's it, Master Feng will definitely scold her and then go to the factory manager to have a good talk. This newcomer doesn't know her place. She should not offend anyone but Master Feng."

In the office, Shen Chunli was the only one who was still unaware of Master Feng's majesty. She was curious: "Is he really that scary?"

He Fen put on a friendly look at this moment, and said politely to Shen Chunli: "Chunli, you just came here and you don't know much. Master Feng has a high status in the factory. He dares not give face to anyone. Now that Lin Xiang has made him angry, she will have to bear the consequences."

After that, she chuckled and said, "This matter has nothing to do with me, so don't be so harsh on me. The equipment was dismantled under Lin Xiang's command, and the anger is from Master Feng."

Shen Chunli curled her lips, thinking that He Fen was being weird, and wanted to see Lin Xiang being scolded by Master Feng.

Just as everyone was silently mourning for Lin Xiang, Bai Ganshi, who occasionally looked out to see what was happening outside, saw Master Xiao Huang from the maintenance team hurriedly running back to the factory.

She hurriedly called out, "Master Xiao Huang, you came back alone? Come here quickly!"

A group of people gathered around, each of them either watching the show, eating melons out of boredom, or waiting for Lin Xiang to get into trouble, and asked, "What's going on? Is Master Feng scolding someone?"

"Lin Xiang was scolded and cried?"

"If you ask me, the people in Factory 2 are dishonest. They dared to tamper with the equipment! They are asking for trouble!"

Soon, workers passing by heard the noise and came over to inquire. They all learned about Factory 2, especially the news that a new employee, Lin Xiang, was scolded by Master Feng for tampering with equipment.

Everyone was talking at once, and Master Huang was so confused that he could hardly speak.

"No, no!" Master Huang yelled, and finally found some peace. He shook his head and asked in confusion: "Who told you that Master Feng scolded the Second Factory and Comrade Lin Xiang? That's not true!"

He Fen exclaimed in surprise: "Why didn't you scold me? I saw with my own eyes that Master Feng was extremely angry. Didn't you go to the Second Factory to settle the score earlier?"

Master Huang sighed, then laughed again: "Hey, this is totally different. I was angry because I thought the equipment was disturbed, but Comrade Lin Xiang from the Second Factory actually knows how to fix it. Not only did she fix the equipment, she was also able to understand the manual and discussed it with me. I just praised her for her ability despite her young age."

Everyone: ???

He Fen: !!!

Master Huang went back to the factory to get a tool kit for his master. He hurriedly explained to everyone and ran away, leaving a group of people in the wind.

The workers looked at each other in astonishment: "Master Feng is still capable of exaggerating?"

Everyone knows that Master Feng is very strict with himself and others, and rarely praises anyone, not even the dozen or so apprentices he has trained. But today he actually praised the new employee of the second factory! This is really weird!

But after the excitement died down, everyone went back to their own places, doing what they had to do. Even if they muttered a few more words, it wouldn't have any effect. Only He Fen stood there in a daze, muttering, "It's impossible."

When she returned to the office, Bai, who was sitting in front of her, was amused: "It seems that Comrade Xiaolin is a talented person. What a pity! If someone hadn't tricked him into going to the second factory, it wouldn't be such a waste of talent."

He Fen naturally understood Bai Yun's slander against her. She glanced at her and said nothing more.

Several colleagues nearby stepped out to smooth things over: "It's no big deal that she only managed to repair the equipment by accident. Could it be possible that she could steal the work from the maintenance team?"

"She will be back in a few months to take over Sister Sun's job. Then we will all be in the same place. Why are you talking about that?"

He Fen bit her lip and returned to her seat angrily. She heard Shen Chunli's muffled laughter from the next room and her hands were shaking with anger.

"Some people want to see others being embarrassed, but they don't know who is being embarrassed."

Shen Chunli muttered indifferently that she had finally realized that not all people in this office were good people. He Fen was extremely vicious. Not only had she harmed Lin Xiang once before, but now she was targeting Lin Xiang several times. She was truly a troublemaker!

As the work was about to end, Shen Chunli went to the next-door Food Factory No. 2 for the first time since she entered the food factory.

The rumored Food Factory No. 2 was not a good place. It was dilapidated and lacked enthusiasm. It was said that the workers were all cunning and had no awareness of devoting their spare time to production and construction. Naturally, Shen Chunli did not like it either.

When she walked into Factory 2, she found that the workers there were different from the lively and high-spirited scene in Factory 1. They were not as listless as she had imagined. It was just that their energy was concentrated at the end of the work day, and they ran faster than rabbits.

Shen Chunli saw several people in the room at the door of the second factory office. Director Zhao was holding a teacup and talking happily. There was another male clerk who was writing furiously and reciting a few lines of poetry from time to time. A female clerk was knitting wool, and Lin Xiang was cracking melon seeds with a smile on her face.

How depraved!

"Lin Xiang~" Shen Chunli called someone at the door.

Lin Xiang was a little surprised that Shen Chunli actually came to the second factory. After leaving the office, she asked, "Comrade Shen Chunli, why are you here?"

"Comrade Lin Xiang, you are really... in Factory 2, you can't be corrupted by their lazy attitude. You will be back to Factory 1 in a few months, so you must maintain your ideological awareness!"

Lin Xiang: "..."

Shen Chunli looks young, but how come she speaks so maturely, as if she is giving me a political lesson.

"In fact, Factory 2 is not as bad as you think. It's pretty good here." Lin Xiang also broke her perception. After all, the workers in Factory 2 are very optimistic. At critical moments, they will worry about being scolded by Master Feng and will stand up for themselves.

The second factory is actually somewhat different from what is rumored.

Shen Chunli looked at Lin Xiang with horror, thinking that she had been corrupted! But the relationship between the two was neither salty nor cold, so she didn't try to persuade her too much, and only said: "You should think it over. You will return to Factory 1 sooner or later. Make a clear distinction between you and Factory 2. Don't let your reputation be ruined. Also, be careful of He Fen, she has always been targeting you."

When Lin Xiang heard He Fen's name, her eyes sparkled. After further inquiries, she learned that Master Feng had met He Fen before he rushed over angrily today.

She could easily guess that it must have been He Fen who fanned the flames.

"I will be careful. Thank you." Lin Xiang could see that Shen Chunli was an honest person. Especially after she found out that she was cheated last time, she still wanted to return the publicity officer position to her. She was really an upright person.

Shen Chunli's face froze, and she thought of how this man had deceived her by making such an ugly appearance on the train, and even pointed at an old lady and said that she was a human trafficker. She choked up again: "Don't thank me, I'm not worried about you, it's just that I took the position of publicity officer that was originally given to you, and if you can't come back to the factory later, I will feel unhappy."

It was obvious that He Fen didn't want Lin Xiang to return to Factory 1, so she tried to set a trap for her.

Lin Xiang saw Shen Chunli's arrogance and smiled. When saying goodbye to her, she immediately went back to the office, grabbed half of the melon seeds and stuffed them into her hand: "Okay, then I have to thank you for coming here to remind me. I'll just give you the melon seeds. I have to get off work, Chunli, bye!"

Shen Chunli was biting melon seeds in anger. Oh, it wasn't time to get off work yet. Was Lin Xiang really corrupted? She followed suit and left work early. She even called herself Chunli affectionately?

I don't know her well at all! I should at least add her as a comrade!

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This time, Lin Xiang didn't go home directly after getting off work early. When Master Feng learned that she could understand foreign instruction manuals, he asked her a lot of questions and discussed the "TIME" brand instruction manual with her for a long time. He couldn't help but marvel at her.

Later, he was still needed for maintenance work at Factory 1, so he left reluctantly. Before leaving, he asked Lin Xiang to go to Factory 1 to see him for the manuals of other equipment before work.

Walking from Factory 2 to Factory 1, one can clearly feel the difference in factory area and environmental construction, just like walking from the 1950s to the 1970s, the gap is obvious.

Look at the clean and impressive office building of Factory 1, and the spacious and advanced workshop, and then think about Factory 2. Sigh, Lin Xiang, who works at Factory 2, sighed in her heart, they are really one born by the biological mother and the other by the stepmother.

However, as she walked along, she found that she seemed to have gained some "fame" in the factory. Workers on the road would look at her a few times when they saw her, and some would even come forward to say hello and exchange a few words.

Lin Xiang sensed something strange, but couldn't figure it out.

Little did she know that because of the criticism of He Fen, she gradually became famous and became the object of daily gossip among the employees in the factory. Coupled with He Fen's publicity today, everyone thought that Lin Xiang was scolded by Master Feng. Who would have thought that Master Xiao Huang denied it in the end, saying that Master Feng had clearly praised Lin Xiang.

This is terrible!

These series of events made Lin Xiang famous.

After asking around, they arrived at the maintenance team. Master Feng, who had a stern face, saw Lin Xiang coming and waved: "Come, Xiaolin, take a look at this instruction manual. There has always been a problem with our shrimp paste fermentation equipment, but we have been studying it for a long time and can't completely fix it. I don't know what this foreign thing is!"

In the past, I always studied on my own, but today, Master Feng found someone who can understand the foreign instruction manual, so he was very excited.

Lin Xiang was not familiar with the professional terminology in this area. She could only translate everyday words and then try with Master Feng. One relied on his knowledge of equipment and technology, while the other made a guess based on his knowledge of English. They finally gave a rough translation.

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As a result of this delay, Lin Xiang got off work 20 minutes later than her normal working time, which was a rare occasion today.

Before leaving, Master Feng held the instruction manual with the notes and translations written on it, smiling happily, and said several good things in a row: "Look at you, you are not as useful as the new girl!"

Master Feng was angry at his disciples for not fighting back.

Turning to Lin Xiang, he said with a friendly face: "Xiao Lin, come over every day to help us out. Our factory has a lot of equipment."

Lin Xiang thought about the moody Master Feng, and felt a little worried. She was afraid that she would get a scolding for what she said. Not to mention, wouldn't she have to work overtime every day?

She considered, "Master Feng, we still have a lot of work to do in Factory 2. It's not good for me to go to Factory 1 every day, right?"

Master Feng's face froze, and his eyes suddenly became sharp as he looked at the young comrade. He knew that such a young comrade had been corrupted by those scoundrels in Factory 2 in just over half a month!

"I understand!" He had dealt with the people in Factory 2 many times. The people in Factory 1 were all about selfless dedication, while the people in Factory 2 were calculating their interests in everything. No one could take advantage of them. "I'll report to the factory manager and give you overtime pay."

Lin Xiang's eyes lit up. There was an unexpected gain! She was short of money and tickets, especially various cloth tickets, meat tickets, sugar tickets, and cake tickets!

"Can you give me more tickets? I've only been here for a short time and I need everything, but I can't buy anything without a ticket."

When Master Feng heard this, his cloudy old eyes narrowed. Look, he is even getting ahead of himself and trying to bargain with me!

This little girl really doesn't know her place.

Before he could say anything, Lin Xiang said, "Master Feng, if possible, I can help translate the manuals of all the equipment and compile them into a book, and add detailed diagrams of the equipment, so that it will be convenient for you to use them."

Hehe, alright, go ahead and kick my ass!

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Lin Xiang got Master Feng's promise that he would personally go to the factory director to apply. Others might not be able to apply, but Master Feng had this ability. If she translated a manual for the factory, she could get a two-yuan subsidy plus a month's quota of tickets. So if she translated a few more manuals, she could save a lot of tickets! Then she could buy cloth, clothes, meat, candy, cakes... and her life would be more enjoyable. If she really relied on the monthly quota of tickets, she would have to save up cloth tickets for a whole year to make a set of clothes, which was really too difficult.

Besides, the work in Factory 2 is really not very busy. She can just take the manuals back to Factory 2 and translate them during working hours. She doesn't have to worry about overtime at all. It's the best of both worlds.

Lin Xiang, who had not expected to have an unexpected reward, walked out of the factory with a smile on her face. At this time, most of the workers in the factory had left work, so the road was relatively quiet. But just as she walked to the door, she suddenly saw a tall and straight figure appear at the door.

Your ideal partner is waiting at the door!

Lin Xiang swung her braids and ran to He Hongyuan in excitement, saying loudly, "Comrade He Hongyuan, guess what good news I have for you today!"

In He Hongyuan's eyes, Lin Xiang was mostly relaxed and happy, but it was rare to see her running towards him with such a happy expression on her face today. She was like a new swallow in spring, running towards people's hearts with a smile on her face.

Looking at the woman who stopped and stood in front of him, He Hongyuan curled his lips unconsciously and said, "Did the factory pay you again?"

He still remembered how happy Lin Xiang was after receiving her salary, as if that was the happiest thing.

Lin Xiang curled her eyebrows playfully, with a smile on her cheeks: "You guessed half right! But it's not my salary, it's extra money."

The two walked all the way to the family compound. Lin Xiang excitedly told He Hongyuan about the master from the maintenance team of Factory 1 who came to visit and asked him to help with the translation equipment. Finally, he concluded, "It seems that the reputation of our Factory 2 is not all bad. At least Master Feng agreed to strive for extra invoices for me. If it was someone from Factory 1, maybe he would not be willing to do it and would think that this is a lack of ideological awareness. But you are from Factory 2, you didn't see it. The look in Master Feng's eyes seemed to say, look, you have been corrupted by the lazy thinking of Factory 2! There is no hope!"

Lin Xiangyi beside him was still talking about what happened in the factory. He Hongyuan had never been interested in listening to these topics that were not related to fighting and training. But at this moment, he was able to calm down and listen to this clear and pleasant voice that penetrated into his ears and heart.

Finally, Lin Xiang suddenly remembered how old-fashioned and serious He Hongyuan was, and asked him tentatively, "Do you think I don't make selfless contributions to the factory, but I'm still fussing about overtime compensation?"

Falling in love is an important experience in life, but it also requires constant adjustment. People of the same era can have clashes in thoughts and values, let alone people of different eras. Across the long river of time, she is not sure whether the differences between the eras will create a more difficult-to-bridge gap in concepts.

For example, would He Hongyuan think that he has gone too far and should make a selfless contribution to translating the manual?

The man's voice suddenly sounded, with a bit of righteousness: "Of course you should get overtime compensation for working overtime, especially since you are helping Factory 1 in Factory 2. I would be worried if you didn't ask for this compensation."

Lin Xiang blinked, a smile appeared in her clear eyes: "What are you worried about?"

"I'm worried that you're too stupid and young, and that someone will take advantage of you and use you as a laborer." He Hongyuan laughed, "People should never be bullied, otherwise it will happen again if it happens once."

"Then I won't~" Lin Xiang felt relieved. She almost forgot that Comrade He Hongyuan was not an ordinary person!

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Lin Xiang had a light workload at the Second Factory and had a lot of free time, so she brought many of the equipment manuals that had given Master Feng a headache to the Second Factory Office for translation.

After all, it was a special era. In recent years, there was no teaching soil or development environment for foreign languages. Even knowing that you knew foreign languages ​​could easily bring trouble. Lin Xiang was also cautious about this. She just thought that she had a little understanding of it before, and her family background was clean, so there was nothing suspicious.

For this purpose, she deliberately slowed down the translation speed and marked the various precautions clearly on the schematic diagram.

Time flies, and it's the end of the week. It's Sunday, and everyone has a day off. Lin Xiang finished a week's work and prepared to go shopping in the city for the first time!

Early in the morning, Feng Li prepared food, boiled two eggs and steamed three corns. Except for Zhou Shenghuai who went to the army to work overtime and attend a meeting, the three female comrades in the family set off after having a full meal.

The three met He Hongyuan at the dock.

He Hongyuan was still wearing a white military uniform today. When Lin Xiang, wearing a blue military uniform, walked to his side, the two of them, one white and one blue, matched the blue sea and sky perfectly.

The only way to leave Langhua Island and enter the city is by boat. He Hongyuan bought four boat tickets, and the group and other military dependents boarded the ship one after another.

Lin Xiang's excitement was written all over her face. After staying on the island for so long, she was looking forward to some time outside. She had heard Aunt Feng and Yuezhu mention that the island had a relatively complete range of supplies, but after all it was not as rich as in the city. Even the food and clothing were quite different.

The four of them found a seat in the cabin and sat down. On Lin Xiang's left was Zhou Yuezhu, and on his right was He Hongyuan. He rested one hand leisurely on the side of the cabin, listening to Lin Xiang talking to her aunt and cousin.

The three female comrades were planning what to buy after entering the city. Lin Xiang, in particular, needed a lot of things. In addition, she had a lot of receipts in her pocket as she had received the reward for translating two instruction manuals from Master Feng yesterday.

She turned around and boasted to He Hongyuan: "Look, I have saved three feet of cloth coupons now! I also have two catties of meat coupons, one catty of cake coupons, and four ounces of sugar coupons..."

Lin Xiang's eyes were gentle, and her low voice was like the sound of a mountain spring, falling into He Hongyuan's ears. With a smile on his face, he reminded her, "Use the cloth coupons from last time, and make some clothes for yourself."

Lin Xiang was embarrassed, bit her lip lightly, and glanced at the man sideways: "Aunt Feng also said that she asked Zhou Luteng to give her more than ten feet of cloth coupons to make clothes for me. You also gave me more than ten feet of cloth coupons. Why do I need to make so many?"

Cloth coupons are so precious nowadays that even if Lin Xiang wants to have a whole closet full of new clothes, she knows that she has to take her time.

He Hongyuan raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Don't use Aunt Feng's, use mine."

Lin Xiang said softly: "Hmm?"

There were many passengers around, and it was very noisy. The two of them stood close to each other in order to hear each other's words clearly. She seemed to be whispering to He Hongyuan in a quiet place, and handed back the cloth coupons that He Hongyuan had given her last time: "I have already told Aunt Feng that I will return your cloth coupons to you first, you can use them yourself."

Aunt Feng insisted on taking her to buy cloth to make clothes, and Lin Xiang agreed after persuading her several times. As for He Hongyuan, she felt that he was too serious. They had not even gotten married yet, but this man seemed to be ready to hand over everything to her.

In comparison, Aunt Feng’s cloth coupons were not that popular.

He Hongyuan did not take the cloth coupons she handed over, and just said, "We are old men who wear military uniforms all the time, so we don't need this."

Lin Xiang pushed the cloth coupon forward again: "Then you give it to Aunt He."

He Hongyuan chuckled: "My mother would rather give it to my daughter-in-law."