Su Meihua had never borrowed money before, and she didn't know how to ask for help right away. But thinking of her parents and children back home, she brazenly explained her purpose.
"Yu Yao, your sister-in-law has something she wants to discuss with you."
"Sister-in-law, tell me, is there anything I can do to help?"
Su Meihua bit her lip. "It's like this, Lao Lei and I are planning to move to Chief of Staff Wang's old compound, but I just sent the money I've been saving back home this morning, and now I only have enough for this month's expenses. Sister-in-law, I'd like to borrow some money from you. It doesn't have to be much, just a hundred yuan will do."
"One hundred yuan probably won't be enough. We'll definitely need to buy more things when we move to a new house. I have two hundred yuan at home, I'll lend it to you first. If it's not enough, I'll go to the post office to get it tomorrow."
Su Meihua was very grateful: "That's enough, that's enough. To be honest, my husband Lei also went out to borrow money. We only need to borrow 100 yuan."
Yu Yao didn't say much. She went inside, took out a hundred yuan, and gave it to Su Meihua. "Sister-in-law Meihua, if it's not enough, come back to me. You don't need to rush to pay back the money. Let's get through this difficult time first."
Holding the money, Su Meihua's eyes were filled with tears: "Yu Yao, thank you and Commander Lu. We will definitely pay you back as soon as possible."
"No need to be polite. We're all neighbors, and it's only right to help each other. We're happy to continue being neighbors with Sister Su."
Rather than living with a military dependent whose temperament she didn't know, Yu Yao preferred to be neighbors with Su Meihua, whom she knew well and got along with.
After Su Meihua and Regiment Commander Lei pooled together three hundred yuan, they immediately went to the division commander to discuss the matter of the old courtyard.
After the Lunar New Year, Yu Yao returned to work at the factory.
Zhao Shengli saw her and said, "Yu Yao, Director Li wants you to go to his office."
"Thank you, Brother Zhao, I'll go right away."
When they arrived at Director Li's office, he was on the phone. When he saw Yu Yao, he asked her to wait on the wooden sofa to the side while he continued his call.
After hanging up the phone, Director Li said, "Yu Yao, the higher-ups attach great importance to the application of this new production line. They specially sent three experienced colleagues from Yangcheng Food Factory to assist us. One of them is Xu Xiaohui, the foreman of the canned food production line at Yangcheng Food Factory. Here's the jeep for you. Driver Xiao Liu knows more information. You and Driver Xiao Liu go pick them up."
Yu Yao took the car keys and found the driver, Xiao Liu. The two of them drove the jeep to the dock.
Not long after arriving at the dock, they saw the ship that Director Li had mentioned. Yu Yao stood on the dock holding a sign that read "Xu Xiaohui, Yangcheng Food Factory" and waited.
A young man, dressed in leather shoes and looking no more than eighteen, stood before her, his eyes filled with scrutiny and suspicion. "You're Yu Yao? Did you really develop Coconut Grove brand canned goods?"
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