Chapter 133 You just need to give me some spiritual strength
Canned food was a rarity in the early 1980s. Ordinary families couldn't afford it because it was so expensive. The average wage at the time was only a few dozen yuan, and you needed a ticket to buy these things. Therefore, most people could only enjoy it during the Lunar New Year.
Tian Xin remembers that when she was a child, there was a wooden box in her grandparents' house that was always locked. After the Chinese New Year, the box would be opened and there would be a lot of delicious food hidden inside: crystal cakes, malted milk, canned food, milk powder and even biscuits.
The children were very greedy and surrounded the elderly to ask for food. Every time, their grandparents would give the girls a small biscuit, secretly take their brothers and sisters into the house and close the door.
The first time she tasted canned food was at her grandmother's house. She was eight years old at the time, and when she saw her grandfather accepting a can of food from a guest, she clamored for it. Because the guest was present, her grandmother took her to the yard and gave her an orange.
Oranges were a rare fruit in the north at the time, and she had never tasted one before, so she took one in her hand and sniffed it. When she had enough, she peeled it and ate it carefully, petal by petal. That afternoon, that orange, was one of the few fond memories of her childhood.
After eating, she couldn't bear to throw away the orange peel; it smelled so good. If she soaked it in water, would it taste like canned food, sweet? She thought so, and so she did. She had never tasted canned sugar water, so she assumed this was what it tasted like.
Later, grandpa opened the can of oranges and shared it with five children, including her. She got a small bowl of syrup with two orange slices and a small cherry in it. She tasted it carefully and found that the can of syrup was so sweet.
In the years that followed, she grew up and understood why she couldn't eat canned food, so she stopped forcing it. Orange peels soaked in water with a little sugar tasted just as good. As long as it was sweet, it was canned food to her.
Lin Zhou bought every flavor he could find, opened them all, and laid them out on the table. Besides the canned goods, there was also a bag of fresh oranges on the tea table.
"Try them and see which flavor is the best!" he said.
She held the spoon, undecided, looking at the row of open cans, lost in thought. Suddenly possessing so much, she felt overwhelmed, and thought back to the small bowl of sugar water she had as a child...
"Come on, open your mouth!"
As she was thinking, a spoon suddenly came towards her, holding a small orange slice. She looked up and saw those beautiful, starry eyes. The man with the picturesque features was smiling gently at her. He raised his hand slightly and held the spoon to her lips: "Try it, it tastes like orange!"
“…” She said nothing, but her heart was beating again.
"What's wrong? Don't like this?"
Seeing her stunned, he quickly took back the spoon: "How about trying yellow peaches?"
The hand reached out again, and he used a spoon to cut small yellow peaches: "This is delicious!"
“…”
"Eat! Why are you standing there?"
"Lin Zhou, thank you!" She said calmly, with mixed feelings in her heart.
"Don't be polite to me!" he said. "Try it!"
"Okay!" She lowered her head and took the spoonful of yellow peaches he offered her. A rich sweetness spread from her mouth, filling her taste buds. The sweetness didn't just linger on her tongue, but spread from her mouth all the way to her heart, taking root there and blossoming into a small flower.
She tried hard to swallow the tears that were about to overflow, quickly picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful and handed it back: "Try it too!"
“…”
The person opposite her took the spoon without hesitation and looked at her: "Okay!"
Then, he handed over the spoon in his hand: "Try them all, we can talk while we eat, we have plenty of time today!"
"good!"
Lin Zhou was meticulous. Seeing that the yellow peaches were too big, he chopped them up piece by piece with a spoon. Then, like a magic trick, he pulled out a bag of dried tangerine peel from the bag of oranges: "This is dried tangerine peel. If you like to soak it in water, this one is cleaner!" He smiled.
“…”
Alas...what can she say?
Say thank you? That seems too cold! Then... "Okay!"
She picked up a spoon and went through the cans one by one, tasting each flavor.
Lin Zhou stood up and sat back down opposite her, then continued, "I'll continue, and you listen while you eat!"
"Um!"
"Since there's no problem with the tax payment, we need to look at the financial statements! Have you seen their financial statements?"
Tian Xin took a bite of the orange and thought for a moment, "No! They should all be in the finance department."
Lin Zhou then asked, "How long can you check the settlement statements from your weighing room?"
"According to Li Baiwan, these drivers' salaries are settled on a monthly basis, and these settlement statements should be available every day. But if I rashly check the settlement statements and find that there are problems, it will inevitably arouse suspicion," Tian Xin put down the spoon, leaned back in her chair, thought for a while, and said, "So, I was hesitant before. But now..."
She glanced at the consumption list on the table: "With these, it's not suspicion."
"What do you want to do?"
"check!"
"Investigate?" Lin Zhou turned around and asked, "How do you want to investigate?"
How to check?
Tian Xin picked up an orange and began to peel it again. After a moment of contemplation, she slowly said, "The factory is just getting together. We can't make too much noise right now. I might have to investigate privately first!"
"Investigate it yourself?" Lin Zhou was a little surprised, and his voice suddenly became louder: "No! You know what that person looks like now. I won't allow you to take such a risk!"
"How can this be called an adventure? It's so much fun!" Tian Xin joked, "Just think about it, if I could really find out that Zhang Feng was secretly doing something wrong, how much loss would the factory have to recover?"
"That won't work either," Lin Zhou said firmly, "I'll find someone, don't worry about it!"
"Well...don't be impatient," Tian Xin waved her hand. "Don't get excited. Just listen to me!"
"It'll take time for you to find someone, and if you're not careful you might alert the enemy. For an internal matter like this, only someone from the inside can get to the bottom of it. He won't be on guard against me, so it'll be easy to find out. As long as I don't tell you and you don't say anything, no one will know! If Li Baiwan knew, he would agree to let me investigate!"
"Even if he agrees, that won't work. If you accidentally fall into Zhang Feng's trap, I..."
"Isn't this just suspicion now? We're not 100% sure. If not, we could just call the police and be done with it! Why bother?" Tian Xin said, "Don't worry, I've been through some tough times before, so this little thing is easy to handle! I've got a plan!"
Lin Zhou's eyebrows were almost twisted into an "8". She took a look and said jokingly: "Untie your eyebrows. Don't frown so often at such a young age. It makes you look old!"
Lin Zhou sighed, relaxed his brows, walked back to sit beside her, and said in a gentle tone again: "Then..." He hesitated: "What can I do for you? Or..."
"Hey, hey, hey, stop it!" Tian Xin shouted: "Don't ask anyone to follow me, I hate this!"
"That……"
"You just need to keep your phone open," she turned her head and smiled: "Let me contact you at any time...that's all!"
"no……"
This is not okay, that is not okay. She was a little annoyed and said angrily: "Lin Zhou, this matter has nothing to do with you, don't interfere."
“…” Lin Zhou frowned again.
"Hey, Lin Zhou!" She patted him on the shoulder and said softly:
"You just need to give me a little... mental strength, let me know there's someone I can rely on... that's all!"
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