Ji Xia helped Xu Yufen prepare the menu and sent her several recipes for braised dishes and meats before turning around to attend to her own business.
Back at the workshop, which has been quite busy recently due to personnel changes.
Chen Jing took Chen Xiaogang to Huacheng, and less than a week later sent a telegram back saying that they had secured a stall in Baima, Huacheng, and also signed an agreement with a long-distance transportation company.
From then on, Chen Xiaogang stayed in Huacheng, regularly going to the transportation company to collect goods and be responsible for payments.
Zheng Tang and Luo Song were hired as warehouse manager and salesperson, respectively.
Hou Fang, Chen Qiuyu, and Hou Xiaolian intend to follow Ji Xia and Chen Jing to the capital.
In fact, Ji Xia did not want to bring Chen Qiuyu to Beijing. After all, she was most familiar with this workshop, and with the recent personnel changes, she was worried that the workshop's operation would be affected.
However, Chen Qiuyu really wanted to go to Beijing to broaden his horizons, and Chen Jing also felt that the capital would be their key development area in the future, and that bringing along two experienced people would be a great help.
After several discussions, Ji Xia agreed to promote Du Yulian, an all-around female worker in the workshop who could do any job, to a management position.
The group has been busy handing over their work recently, and the workshop is also extremely busy.
Ji Xia returned to the workshop and handed over her newly drawn design sketches to Du Yulian and Chen Qiuyu. Monkey then excitedly told her some good news.
"A-Xia, your notification letter has arrived. Your family sent word that you need to return to the brigade as soon as possible!"
"Has the notification arrived?"
Ji Xia got so excited that she almost tore the blueprint in her hand in half, and the others screamed with excitement.
Chen Qiuyu asked excitedly, "Sister Xia, the admission notice has arrived. Are we going to leave?"
"First, we'll hand over the work. We'll be heading to Beijing two weeks in advance, so make sure your handover is done properly before then."
Ji Xia gave a few instructions, turned around to pack her things, and then turned back excitedly: "Tonight, have them kill two chickens, get two fish, and buy a few pounds of meat to cook a good meal. It's on me."
"Yay!" A group of employees screamed excitedly. Ji Xia happily packed up her things, turned around and left the workshop.
Chen Qiuyu left a message for Chen Jing, then hurriedly packed her things and returned to the brigade to ask her father for the notification letter.
As the bicycle sped towards the intersection of the road, she braked suddenly.
A bicycle lay askew at the narrow intersection, making it impossible to pass through the narrow path, which was only about a meter wide.
Lin Haodong lay on the grass beside the car, clutching his lower back, his brow furrowed in pain.
Beside him, a short-haired girl with a spirited look struggled to her feet, supporting Lin Haodong as if trying to help him up.
Did they fall at this intersection while riding their bikes?
Ji Xia stared at the mangled bicycle on the ground, then at the two young men and women stuck in the grass by the roadside, speechless for a moment.
Fortunately, it's not March or April now, and the grass on both sides is dry and hard, unlike in early spring when it's always a muddy mess.
However, Ji Xia couldn't help but show disdain when she saw the two of them.
Is Lin Haodong really that useless, coming from a rural farming background? How serious could it be if he fell off his bicycle? He needed the girl with him to support and pull him up, like a delicate little girl?
The other one must be the daughter of Station Chief Yu of the grain depot, a girl named Yu Qiongyu.
If she hadn't seen Lin Haodong's Adam's apple and beard, she would have suspected that he was a woman dressed as a man and that his gender had been reversed with Yu Qiongyu's.
Ji Xia glanced at the bicycles in the middle of the road, then at the grass on both sides of the road, and decided to cross through the muddy grass beside her.
Suddenly, she met Lin Haodong's resentful gaze: "Can't you see we both fell down?"
"So what? Did I make you fall?"
Ji Xia sneered. Shameless man, it's better to be considerate of a dog than to be considerate of him. She also gave up on the idea of walking past him.
"That's true, gentlemen, but this bicycle is blocking the road. Shouldn't you move it to the side so it doesn't obstruct pedestrians?"
Yu Qiongyu turned around, smiled faintly, and nodded apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'll move it right away!"
She rubbed her knee as she spoke, endured the pain, stood up, and went to move her bicycle.
Lin Haodong felt hurt by her matter-of-fact tone and contemptuous gaze, and his face turned even uglier.
He sneered, "Didn't you see we're all injured?"
"I saw it, so what does it have to do with me?"
"You—you really are cold-blooded, heartless, and utterly inhuman—"
Ji Xia curled her lips, her eyes filled with disgust as she looked at Lin Haodong: "Humanity? You actually have the nerve to talk about humanity? Do you even have that?"
"Speaking of which, Lin Haodong, you really are like a woman. You threw a girl down and then lay on the ground crying, acting like you're crippled and needing your female companion to serve you. You're truly shameless."
"You, Ji Xia, aren't you going too far?"
Lin Haodong angrily pushed himself up from the ground, while Ji Xia merely curled her lips and gave him a contemptuous look.
Yu Qiongyu reluctantly pulled the bicycle aside, and frowned slightly upon hearing this: "Ji Xia, are you the Ji Xia who got into university this year?"
Ji Xia leaned calmly against the bicycle, wearing a color-blocked striped casual shirt and slim-fit jeans. A thin leather belt was threaded through the waistband of the jeans and tied at the side, making her look stylish and pretty.
Looking up at her flawless face, with skin as white as snow, eyebrows like green mountains, and almond eyes as clear as autumn water, she was indeed a rare beauty.
Yu Qiongyu was very familiar with Ji Xia's name, but this was the first time she had met him in person.
Seeing that unbelievably beautiful face, the voice that was about to rebuke them softened.
"Comrade, we didn't fall in the middle of the road on purpose. Aren't you going a bit too far by verbally abusing my companion?"
“I’m a fair person, I believe in reciprocity. Your companion insulted me first, so don’t blame me for being impolite.”
She nodded to Yu Qiongyu, then glanced at Lin Haodong with disdain: "Young lady, let me offer a word of advice: your companion is not a man by nature. He can't farm, he can't study, and he can't support a family."
"Think carefully before you start dating him. Don't ruin your whole life for his looks. He can even make you fall off a bike, and he pretends to be disabled so you can take care of him. What else can he do in this life?"
"Ji Xia, don't think I won't hit you—"
Upon hearing this, Ji Xia merely scoffed and rode away on her bicycle with a cold laugh.
All that could be heard was her clear voice coming from afar: "Am I wrong? Even your mother is supported by my salary. I've been supporting you for over a year for nothing. Do you even have the ability to support a family?"
Lin Haodong stood up in a fit of rage, limped a few steps after her, and then angrily cursed at Ji Xia's retreating figure.
He turned around, cursing, only to see Yu Qiongyu staring at his leg with a gloomy expression: "So, what you said earlier about your leg being broken was a lie, and you're not actually seriously injured?"
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