The abacus competition that was supposed to take place last year has been postponed until now due to various reasons.
As soon as Qiu Yuling got to work the next day, after a small meeting, people from the logistics department came over and carried out several tables and chairs from various offices. They gathered ten tables and chairs and placed them in the middle of the yard.
They were divided into groups of ten at each table. The preliminary round began with each person randomly drawing a number sheet. Those who answered correctly and quickly advanced to the semi-finals. Those with ties also advanced to the semi-finals simultaneously.
Those who advance to the semi-finals will each receive a pair of cotton gloves.
After repeated screening in the semi-finals, only ten people entered the finals. As long as they made it to the finals, even if they did not win a place, they would still receive an aluminum lunch box as a reward.
The final was more difficult. There were six-digit numbers with decimal points and a hundred groups of numbers densely packed on a piece of paper. The criteria were still simple and crude, with the shortest time and the highest accuracy being the criteria.
Qiu Yuling was lucky enough to pass all the tests and enter the finals safely.
"Comrades, go back and practice hard. Tomorrow, the ten people on the list will be here for the finals." After Minister Jin finished speaking, everyone was excited and left, carrying the tables and chairs from their offices.
"Yuling, let's go eat together later." Wang Yingxi put his arm around Qiu Yuling's shoulders, looking mysterious.
"Okay, just tell me to put the lunch box and gloves back to my workstation before leaving." Qiu Yuling received a pair of gloves and an aluminum lunch box. Although she might not need them, they both represented honor and had to be kept properly.
The two came out of the cafeteria, and Wang Yingxi asked Qiu Yuling to go to her dormitory to eat. "I really have something to tell you."
"Sister Xier, why don't you just use your mouth to speak? Why do you keep pinching me? Do you want to inherit my lunch box?"
"Oh, look at me, I'm so excited. Let me tell you, those two broke up."
Are you talking about "Zhang Junyang and Qin Juan?" Qiu Yuling saw the two of them talking behind others' backs that day.
But she never talks too much about irrelevant things.
"Well, I heard that Qin Juan's father didn't agree or something. It seems that her father later married a woman named Duan, a doctor from Xin Province. Qin Juan didn't agree with her father's ideas, and her father didn't agree with her ideas either..."
"How do you know so clearly?" Qiu Yuling closed the lid of the lunch box and felt that she couldn't eat anymore. She saw saliva flying into the lunch box, so she had to make excuses and said she was full and would eat the rest in the afternoon when she got home.
"You eat too little, your stomach is not much bigger than a bird's, right?
Qin Juan's family and ours are old neighbors, so everyone can hear everything clearly."
"Is it so soundproof?"
"Hey, it's not that kind of sound insulation, we are just fellow villagers, chatting when we have nothing to do, and we love to talk about these things..."
The more Qiu Yuling listened, the more she felt that the surname Duan sounded so familiar.
"Is the female doctor's name Duan Yao?"
"Well, did I just say that?"
Qiu Yuling nodded. "You said it." Duan Yao was still jumping around. Where did she get so much energy?
"What does Qin Juan's father do?" Qiu Yuling pretended to be gossipy and chatted with her sister Xier about the person at the center of the gossip.
"Her dad works for a seed company, and he's involved in breeding new seedlings. I didn't ask about the details, but Qin Juan and I have never been on the same page..."
Wang Yingxi finally found a reliable conversation starter, and he poured out all the gossips he had kept in his mind during the recent vacation to Qiu Yuling.
On the way back, Qiu Yuling was still thinking about Duan Yao. It was not that she was gossipy, but this person always made her feel something was weird.
Let’s not talk about what Qiu Yuling was thinking for now, but Mr. Li from Lan City was immediately closer to her.
The old man was packing his bags to go to his son. The factory said that he was occupying an entire yard by himself. After much thought, he decided to move all his things into the upper room and vacate the other rooms, asking the factory to give them to other employees.
He was too lazy to argue anymore. He wasn't sure how many days he could live, so why bother with so much?
"Be careful, this is my granddaughter's bookshelf. I will give it to her in the future." Seeing that he was old but sensible, the factory staff agreed to vacate the house and let someone move in after just one mention. They immediately sent several young people over to help move things.
"I understand, Master Li. Don't worry, we're all being careful. The factory just told us to be cautious. We're renting this room from you, so we'll be under your command. Please vacate as many rooms as you can."
The old man snorted through his nose and said nothing. What he said was really better than what he sang.
If he really only vacates one room, he's afraid that the factory will find someone to make another complaint.
"Master Li, can we take down the bed in this room?"
"Tear it down. Except for the upper room, I'll keep a side room for these things. Move everything that can be moved out of the house."
They occupy his house and want to use his things? How can they not be so happy?
"Hurry up, I'm in a hurry to get food."
"Master Li, please go and eat first. Don't worry, we will take care of it. We guarantee that you won't get hurt." The one who spoke, Xiao Li, had the same last name as Master Li. They had exchanged a few words in the past, and now he acted as a bridge for communication between the group.
You can’t let the master go berserk.
"Hurry up and do it. I mean, after we're done, we can all go eat together. I'm an old man, so why should I be afraid of skipping a meal?"
Finally seeing the good face of the master, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Li said to several workers, "Hear, everyone, work harder. It's just a small amount of stuff, and we can move it in a few seconds. Master Li is considerate of us, and we can't delay the master..."
After sending off the workers who had helped him, Mr. Li sat dejectedly on the threshold, looking at the yard over and over again, "Ah, I never thought that I would have to leave here one day."
His chess friends, Lao Zhaotou and Lao Xiang, were also chatting together at the moment. "Now that Lao Li has left, there are fewer and fewer people left. No, I have to go see him and ask him to send us this year's pills..."
Old Zhao glanced at Old Xiang and said, "I knew your intentions were not pure. I'm going too."
The two old men originally thought that Old Li was trying to blackmail them, but after taking Mao's pills for two years, their old problems of back pain, leg pain, and arm stiffness were gone.
After they discussed it, they decided that this old medicine recipe was really effective, so they should grit their teeth and spend the money!
"Then it's better to walk and live to ninety-nine without pain or breathlessness than to live to eighty paralyzed on the bed." As soon as Lao Xiang finished speaking, his old friend rolled his eyes.
"You've been so smart from childhood to death, and you're still ninety-nine. Living without illness or disaster until eighty is a blessing you've earned."
"Yes, yes, it's a blessing, it's a blessing..."
Mr. Li finally had a chance to express his melancholy, but ended up being mercilessly beaten by his two old friends.
"Old Li, you're really not being so polite. The factory has already said they're renting your room temporarily. Isn't this a good opportunity for you to free up your time and enjoy the company of your children and grandchildren? What else can you be dissatisfied with?"
Old man Li didn't even glance at him, "Do you want this blessing?"
"Yes!" Old Xiang answered before Old Zhao.
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