Back in the classroom area, Chen and his classmates warmly welcomed them, "Well done! You won the women's relay race, and our class is currently in first place in the overall standings!"
The sports meet will last for two days. Today's event is the track and field competition, and the girls in their class performed very well.
In the sprints, Zhang Yuanyuan and Yan Lin won first place in the 100-meter and 200-meter events, respectively.
Jiang Xiaoli was among the long-distance runners; she won first place in the 1500 meters.
The boys' results were also good, but because there were several strong athletes in other classes, they got several second and third place finishes.
Chen waved his hand and said, "Yuan Man, Feng Ze, you two go to the convenience store and buy two cases of drinks. It's on me, everyone!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a cheer erupted from the class, "Teacher Chen is awesome!"
Jiang Xiaoli leaned against Xiao Muyu, "I only ran 100 meters, but I feel completely drained. I feel like I could eat a whole cow right now!"
Xiao Muyu handed her a small bread roll, saying, "We don't have a cow, but have a small bread roll."
She flattened the soft little bread and stuffed it into her mouth. "Are all your projects competitions tomorrow?"
"Yes, the high jump is tomorrow morning." Xiao Muyu calmly ate her snacks, having spent the day cheering everyone on.
Jiang Xiaoli was about to tell her to cheer her on tomorrow when she suddenly remembered the factory. "Um... you won't be angry if I don't come to cheer you on tomorrow, will you?"
Xiao Muyu took the drinks Yuan Man had given them and handed one to her. "You're going to the food factory, right?"
She nodded. "Yes, I'd like to go take a look. Production and stocking have already begun."
Xiao Muyu patted her shoulder, "Alright, I'm not an athlete, you don't need to cheer me on. You go ahead and do your thing. Whether I become the dean in the future depends on you!"
Jiang Xiaoli put her arm around her shoulder and said with a grin, "Don't worry, it'll be fine!"
She slipped to the last row and said, "Hey, Teacher Chen, I'd like to ask for leave tomorrow."
Their class achieved good results in the sports meet, and Chen Zhe was in a good mood, so he readily agreed.
"You've finished all your projects for today, right? Okay, write me a leave slip later."
Jiang Xiaoli saluted him, "Okay, I'll go write it right now!"
She ran back and asked Chen Jing, a prolific writer of news articles, for a blank sheet of paper, and quickly wrote a leave request.
Chen Jing asked from the side, "You've taken another day off? I haven't heard the steamed bun shop being very busy lately?"
Her sister has now been promoted to store manager, and apart from the few days when the new store opened, I haven't heard of any major moves by the steamed bun shop recently.
Jiang Xiaoli capped the pen and handed it back to her. "It's not about the steamed bun shop, don't worry, it won't stop me from highlighting the important points for you."
"Hehe, I didn't mean to rush you, I was just asking out of curiosity." Chen Jing was a little embarrassed, afraid that she would misunderstand.
Jiang Xiaoli stood up and patted her shoulder, "I understand."
I handed the leave slip to Chen Zhe; all the competition events for today have now concluded.
Back home, she whined and clung to Li Guizhi's shoulder, pleading, "Mommy, I want to eat meat, big chunks of meat!"
Li Guizhi knew that she had worked hard in the competition today, so she had prepared a very lavish dinner. "I've only prepared these dishes today. I'll stew meat for you tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, Xiaoyu and the others are coming over for hot pot, right? I'll buy pig's trotters and ask your Aunt Xu Feng to braise them for you. Is that alright?"
Her eyes lit up instantly. "Haha, I completely forgot about that! I wish I could skip Saturday and go straight to Sunday!"
Li Guizhi chuckled and gently pinched her little nose. "You little glutton, I'm really afraid you'll be kidnapped by something delicious one day."
Jiang Xiaoli hugged her tightly, refusing to let go, "How could that be? I love Mom's taste the most!"
Li Guizhi pulled her off her, "Alright, aren't you hungry? Let's eat."
While eating, she reported, "Mom, tomorrow is the school sports meet, and I'm asking for leave to go to the factory."
“Okay, it’s good to go and take a look. But didn’t you say your teachers were going to make a home visit? When are they coming?” She was worried that it would be inconvenient since she would be attending night school later.
Jiang Xiaoli paused for a few seconds and thought for a moment, "I don't know, I'll ask our teacher Chen on Monday. Maybe he trusts me too much?"
Li Guizhi nodded, "You can talk to your teacher. If he's busy, I can go to the school."
"Okay! No problem."
Halfway through the meal, a voice called from outside the yard, "Xiao Li! Xiao Li! You have a phone call!"
"Hey! It's here!" Jiang Xiaoli put down her chopsticks. "It's probably Zong Jiayu calling."
She had just arrived at the convenience store when the phone rang.
Aunt Wang remained seated at the counter, not getting up. "You answer it. They must have called back right on time."
She answered the phone, and it was indeed Zong Jiayu.
"Little Pear, I won't be going home today. The new equipment installation and debugging are finished, and everything at the factory is normal." His voice sounded a little hoarse.
Jiang Xiaoli asked with concern, "Yes, I feel at ease with you at the factory. Why is your voice hoarse? Remember to drink more water."
Zong Jia chuckled lightly, "It was noisy in the workshop this afternoon, we had to shout to talk. It's okay, I'll be fine after a day's rest."
"That's good. By the way, I'll go to the factory tomorrow and give the sales team some tips on promotion."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xiaoli didn't go home. Instead, she went to a pharmacy on the next street and bought some dried sea buckthorn fruit.
Li Guizhi looked at the bag in her hand and asked, "Xiao Li, is your throat sore?"
She put the bag aside and continued eating, "No, it's for Zong Jiayu. He probably talks too much and his voice is hoarse."
Li Guizhi sighed, got up and went to the kitchen. She brought back a bottle of honey. "This is for you. Take it to Xiao Zong tomorrow and let him make some honey to drink with him."
The next day, Zong Jia happily drank the honey water infused with Malva nut, saying, "My throat feels much better now."
Jiang Xiaoli rolled her eyes at him. "Are you drinking water infused with magic pills? My mom said you need to take care of yourself!"
"Yes, I know." He felt a sweet warmth welling up inside him; Little Pear was so cute, stubborn on the outside but soft on the inside.
After Zong Jia finished drinking a whole cup of Malva nut and honey water, he said, "Come on, I'll take you to see the workshop."
The original four workshops of the cannery were redesigned, and now only two workshops are in use.
The workers were all wearing clean work clothes, hats, and masks.
Jiang Xiaoli nodded in satisfaction. "This hygiene standard must be maintained. We absolutely cannot allow any food safety issues to occur."
"Yes, Uncle Wei has added a few more items to the workshop hygiene standards you set. Workers will have to check their personal hygiene every day before they start work, and I will also do spot checks," Zong Jiayu reported.
Walking to the packaging line, Jiang Xiaoli picked up a bag of spicy strips, opened it, and tasted it. "It tastes good."
Zong Jiayu nodded with a smile, "We only added a small amount of food preservatives to the original recipe to extend the shelf life of the spicy strips."
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