The sun is out today, the temperature is rising, and the snow is melting everywhere. The snow on the eaves turns into water and drips down, just like rain. You have to hold an umbrella when you go out, otherwise your head will be soaked by the snow.
And it's especially cold when the snow melts, and it feels like ice needles are pricking you when you stretch out your hands.
By noon, the snow on the south-facing roofs and roads had almost melted, but there was still thick snow on the shady sides, making people feel chilly and cold.
Jiang Yue went to the garment factory, but found the door closed.
She knocked on the door, and the person who came to open the door was not the previous guard, but the new guard obviously knew Jiang Yue and said to her: "Comrade Jiang, you came at an untimely time. Today is a low-temperature holiday, and the factory is closed!"
Jiang Yue took two steps back and raised her eyebrows. "Oh, so that's it. That's really unfortunate!"
The new security guard smiled at Jiang Yue and closed the big iron gate.
"Wait, how long will the cold weather holiday last?" Jiang Yue grabbed the big iron gate. It had just snowed and the temperature was low. The iron gate was icy and heavy. Even though Jiang Yue was wearing gloves, her fingers were frozen and she immediately retracted her hands.
"Well, I'm not sure about that! It depends on the weather. If the weather is good, we might be back to work tomorrow. If the weather is bad, we might be off for ten days or half a month!" The new security guard said with a wry smile and closed the big iron gate.
Jiang Yue looked up at the shabby garment factory, squinted his eyes, and turned to the Commercial Bureau.
"On holiday?" He Jingxuan frowned when he heard Jiang Yue say that the garment factory was on holiday due to the low temperatures.
"I've never heard of a low-temperature holiday lasting ten days or half a month!" He Jingxuan looked at Jiang Yue, "These people are deliberately slacking off, trying to delay your shipment!"
Jiang Yue naturally saw through the tricks of the garment factory employees and thought that she really couldn't do anything to them?
"He Jingxuan, I'm going to Beijing tomorrow and will be back in a week. Please help me keep an eye on things here and see if we can resume work as soon as possible."
The second batch of goods had to be delivered before the New Year, but looking at the current situation, it was likely that they would not be able to deliver on time. The people in the garment factory resented her for sending Director Zhou and Manager Zhang to jail, and they united to boycott her.
"Okay! Leave it to me!" He Jingxuan's eyes flashed when he heard Jiang Yue say that she was going to Beijing, but he didn't ask anything.
Since returning from Guangcheng, He Jingxuan and Jiang Yue have never talked about any personal matters except business.
He Jingxuan sent Jiang Yue out and met Director Wang of the Commerce Bureau. They had been to Guangcheng together before. At the Canton Fair, Jiang Yue served as an interpreter for Qingshan County and negotiated many big orders.
Director Wang was one of the few people in Qingshan County who knew Gu Ye’s identity and that Jiang Yue was the granddaughter-in-law of the Rong family in Beijing.
In fact, several people who had returned from the Canton Fair knew about it, and some people were talking nonsense and spreading it everywhere, but few people believed it. And even if someone listened to it, people in small places had no idea who the Rong family in Beijing was, so they just thought about it and that was it.
"Comrade Jiang Yue," Director Wang seemed to have something to say to Jiang Yue, but when the words came to his lips, he stopped.
"Director Wang, please speak!" Jiang Yue intuitively felt that Director Wang wanted to talk about Director Zhou, and she wanted to hear Director Wang's opinion.
Sure enough, Director Wang looked at Jiang Yue and sighed, "I heard about the garment factory. You young people are still impulsive!"
"What do you mean?" Jiang Yue asked.
"Zhou Gui has been the director of the garment factory for more than ten years. Most of the people in that factory were put in jail because of his connections. If you send Zhou Gui to jail this time, you will incur the wrath of everyone in the garment factory! They will definitely not produce goods for you anymore!" Director Wang said in a deep voice.
"But the garment factory also signed an agreement with me. If they fail to deliver the goods on time, they will also have to bear the losses!" Jiang Yue said.
"That's a matter for the future. For now, it seems they just want to make things difficult for you!" Director Wang sighed.
Because he knew Jiang Yue's identity, he came to remind her specifically, wanting to sell her on the best terms.
“Actually, you should be patient until this batch of goods is produced!” said Director Wang.
He Jingxuan frowned when he heard this.
"If Zhou Gui and Zhang Debao weren't so greedy, I wouldn't care so much," Jiang Yue shook her head. "It's not like I don't understand the ways of the world, but Zhou Gui reported a 30% loss to me. Who can tolerate that?"
"This doesn't include the loss of other materials, just the cloth! It's impossible for me to work so hard and only make a small profit while Zhou Gui and Zhang Debao make a fortune, right?"
Director Wang was speechless, his mouth twitched, and he cursed: "Then this Zhou Gui is really a piece of shit!"
"Zhou Gui thinks I'm easy to bully. Every time I go to the garment factory, he and Zhang Debao guard me like a thief! If all the factory owners run it like Zhou Gui, it will go bankrupt sooner or later!"
"Director Wang, I'm telling you the truth. If the garment factory fails to deliver this batch of goods on time and delays my delivery to the foreign merchant, I can afford to compensate the foreign merchant for breach of contract. But from now on, I will definitely not cooperate with the garment factory in Qingshan County again!"
"I'm not telling you this to threaten you, but since I live in Qingshan County, I have feelings for this place. I'm willing to create value for Qingshan County. However, garment factories are not unique to Qingshan County!"
Jiang Yue didn't finish her words, she knew Director Wang should understand.
Coming out of the Commercial Bureau, He Jingxuan said to Jiang Yue, "I know the technical director of the garment factory. I'll go ask him this afternoon."
Gu Ye was working overtime in the group this afternoon and did not go home for lunch, so Jiang Yue stayed in the clothing store to eat lunch.
Lian Rongrong has slept with Yang Cuiling these past two nights. Her home visit leave this year is over, and the army does not provide her with housing in the family compound. If she goes there, she can only live in the company with Wang Weixu, but Wang Weixu does not live in a single dormitory. As soon as she goes there, the instructor has to move her bedding to the duty room.
It's okay if it happens once in a while, but if you stay there for a long time, it will definitely be bad. Besides, the company is made up of men, so it's not convenient for Rongrong to sleep there at night.
In the afternoon, Jiang Yue went to the kindergarten to pick up Ningning after school. The temperature had dropped by then, and the cold wind seemed to penetrate into her bones.
Jiang Yue helped Ningning put on a scarf and gloves, and the two of them walked towards the headquarters of the 179th Division together.
We have to go back quickly, otherwise the road will be icy and it will be difficult to walk on.
When they arrived at the gate of the family compound, Jiang Yue was talking to Ning Ning with his head down when suddenly someone came towards them and they almost bumped into him.
"Jiang Yue, are you going to pick up Ningning from school?"
Jiang Yue looked up when she heard the voices and saw that it was the kindergarten teachers Tian Lingling and Jin Hongmei. Although there were some unpleasantness before, she still nodded and responded when someone greeted her, "Yes!"
However, Tian Lingling's expression today was very strange, especially when she looked at Ningning, the way she smiled made people feel very uncomfortable.
Jiang Yue thought that Tian Lingling was still unhappy because she refused to let Ningning go to the teachers' kindergarten, so she didn't take it to heart and took Ningning's hand, walking around Tian Lingling and Jin Hongmei to go home.
Behind Jiang Yue, Tian Lingling turned her mouth downward and spat, "Why are you so proud? You're raising someone else's child!"
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