In Jiang Li's view, the person who was eloquent just now was just standing at the counter stupidly, speaking nothing.

"How did this female comrade get to know Deputy Factory Director Qi? She seemed so affectionate with him," the salesperson at the food counter said sourly.

This deputy factory director just reported for duty at Wuyang Food Factory yesterday. It's no wonder that he has such a good life.

I heard that he was a retired soldier who had won second-class merit in the army and was a real combat hero.

He just reported to the food factory yesterday, and today he came to inspect the food counter of the supply and marketing cooperative. None of the unmarried young women who saw him along the way blushed.

Deputy Factory Director Hun Qi exudes an aura that keeps strangers away. Apart from necessary communication, he never talks much, which makes many girls with ideas stay away.

This country girl started talking to Qi Shaoqiang, and it seemed like they had known each other for a long time. The sales clerks at the counter were very interested in what they saw.

"You're overthinking it. I guess it's because Director Qi is hot-tempered and feels sorry for that girl because she's poor.

Can Director Qi marry a country girl? "

"It doesn't matter how beautiful she is!"

Jiang Li didn't listen to these sour words. She walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative and looked around.

There is a food factory, a machinery factory, a textile factory and two state-owned hotels in the county. The employees are short-staffed and not only do they pay wages but they also issue invoices.

She wanted to exchange some food coupons and cloth coupons.

Qi Shaoqiang followed Jiang Li, the paper bag in his hand swaying, and watched her walking around the textile factory's family area, bargaining with people for some food coupons.

He also asked about the price of cloth coupons, but didn't buy any because they were too expensive. In the end, he went to a state-owned hotel.

This time Jiang Li ordered five meat buns and a bowl of pork chop noodles.

The original body was too thin, with arms as thin as sticks, and could be blown down by a gust of wind. He needed to be strengthened.

Looking at the pig's elbow trembling in the window, Jiang Li swallowed and held back.

Five meat buns for one piece, and meat cutlet noodles for one piece and three.

Add in the one piece I gave to Qi Shaoqiang and the eighty cents I spent on the egg cake, and it totaled sixty cents to exchange for two kilograms of grain coupons.

Jiang Li went out and had more than six yuan left on her.

Pork is only 70 cents a pound, and people are thrifty and want to buy it, so they have to exchange it with ordinary people.

Plus, Jiang Li can cook, so we can go out to eat now.

The golden fried meat steak was piled high on the white noodles, and the glossy noodle soup was sprinkled with chopped green onions.

Jiang Li picked up a piece of noodles and put it into her mouth. It was chewy and springy. She then took a bite of the tender meat steak, and her hungry stomach was finally soothed.

It smells so good.

Jiang Li drank up all the soup, then took the bun and ate it in small sips.

She ate in a gentle manner but very slowly, finishing the three buns in no time.

Jiang Li touched her stomach, which still had room left, and stopped eating with some regret. She must have eaten a lot at Jiang's house that night, and there were two meat buns left to supplement her diet at night.

A bowl of red pork elbow fell on the table in front of her. Qi Shaoqiang sat down in front of her with a serious face, and then pushed the pork elbow towards her.

"Comrade Qi, the pork elbow is still hot this time. Do you like it too?"

Qi Shaoqiang pretended to be calm while drinking water, but when he heard the words, the water spurted out and the tips of his ears turned red.

He met Jiang Li's grape-like eyes and nodded as if possessed by a ghost.

Although Jiang Li was very nervous, she still pushed back her elbow and said, "I have no money on me, and I am still asking for money. You eat slowly, I am leaving first."

"Jiang Li!" Qi Shaoqiang called Jiang Li, and when he saw her turn around, he didn't know what to say. After a long while, he said, "Your grandma and uncle haven't bullied you recently, have they?"

Jiang Li was very smart. She thought of the day when Qi Shaoqiang inexplicably appeared in the team headquarters, and Captain Wu changed his usual attitude of not caring about it and came to the Jiang family to deliver the pension.

I immediately understood that it must be Qi Shaoqiang who helped her behind the scenes.

She sat down in front of Qi Shaoqiang, "You went to see our captain that day, was it because of you? Did you help because you felt sorry for him?"

"Yes!" Qi Shaoqiang subconsciously refuted, but soon hesitantly explained.

He didn't answer Jiang Li's question. Instead, he took out a small paper bag from his back and handed it to Jiang Li. "Here."

Jiang Li was surprised. "What is this?"

Qi Shaoqiang didn't look at her. "Here's White Rabbit Milk Candy. Have a couple of bites when you're hungry."

"Comrade Qi Shaoqiang, you are so nice to me, are you pursuing me?"

As soon as he said this, Qi Shaoqiang stood up quickly, and his long arms and legs knocked over the bowls of food carried by passers-by, and the dishes and chopsticks were scattered all over the floor with a clanging sound.

He hurriedly cleaned up the mess, apologizing profusely. Fortunately, the bowls were all empty, so no one paid attention.

Qi Shaoqiang's face flushed when he sat down, but he still said yes to Jiang Li who was smiling.

His tightly clenched hands under the table revealed his nervousness, "Comrade Jiang Li, you can come for inspection.

Healthy, no bad habits. Love cleanliness, can cook.

The salary is also bad, 18 yuan a month, plus various tickets and subsidies."

"I want to be friends with you with the intention of getting married."

Jiang Li was shocked by his frankness. He looked at her with such sincerity and frankness that Jiang Li felt at a loss as to what to do.

She looked him over carefully.

Qi Shaoqiang has a good appearance and meets his own aesthetic standards.

She is quite kind and likes to meddle in other people's business.

She has a bit of a straight-talking personality, and Jiang Hongmei made her cry last time.

He worked as deputy director of a food factory and was guaranteed a profit regardless of the weather.

It is indeed a wrong person to marry.

But you can't decide your life so quickly.

Jiang Li has always been very honest with herself and did not deny that she also had a crush on Qi Shaoqiang.

"Okay. But if you pass the test, the marriage will be cancelled."

Qi Shaoqiang's face was filled with irrepressible joy, and he used all his self-control to stop himself from laughing out loud.

Once the relationship was established, both of them were a little too embarrassed to look at each other.

"Have you bought everything you wanted?"

"Are you going to work this afternoon?"

The two spoke at the same time. Jiang Li chuckled and said frankly, "I wanted to buy two clothes, but the cloth coupons were too expensive and I couldn't bear to exchange them."

Qi Shaoqiang took out his wallet, pulled out a few cloth coupons and a stack of money and handed them to Jiang Li, "I just came back two days ago, and I have all the coupons and everything.

Take these cloth coupons first and use them to buy some clothes for replacement.

I'll exchange some cloth coupons tomorrow, and after get off work we'll go shopping in the department store and buy you some clothes."