Yu Yao looked in the direction of the voice, and smiled when she saw the people there. "Comrade Xu, what are you doing here?"
Xu Xiaohui said with a smile, "Our Yangcheng Food Factory is assisting the comrades from the commerce department in receiving you at this Canton Fair. It's perfect that we will be responsible for receiving your Haixing Food Factory."
"Oh, right, Team Leader Zhu is here too. He's taking the comrades from Chongming Food Factory to their dormitories, he should be here soon."
Yu Yao raised an eyebrow, "Team Leader Zhu?"
“That’s right, Team Leader Zhu.” Seeing her surprise, Xu Xiaohui smiled and explained, “Do you remember the experiments you did for Comrade Zhu before? As soon as Comrade Zhu returned to the factory, he started to improve the machine and increased its efficiency by 10%. His contribution was outstanding, and he was directly promoted to the team leader of the maintenance team. He also said that he wanted to thank you properly when he saw you this time.”
Tao Xueying and the others stared wide-eyed as if they were hearing a legend, exclaiming, "Master Zhu is amazing!"
Yu Yao was also happy for Zhu Xinmin. With such a talent for mechanics, he was sure to make a name for himself in the future.
Xu Xiaohui helped Yu Yao and the others carry their things onto the truck that was picking them up, and then got on the truck with them.
On the way, Xu Xiaohui talked about her accommodation.
Yu Yao then learned that there were so many people attending the Canton Fair that the guesthouses were not enough to accommodate them. In order to provide accommodation for the comrades who had come from afar, the local comrades were arranged to stay in the dormitories of the local state-owned factory.
There are many dormitories at Yangcheng Food Factory, and employees from three state-owned factories live here.
Haixing Food Factory is one of them.
Besides Xu Xiaohui and Zhu Xinmin, they were also greeted by two burly men who mainly helped them carry their luggage.
Xu Xiaohui and Zhu Xinmin volunteered to receive them.
The Yangcheng Food Factory is not far from the Lu family's old residence; it's about a ten-minute bike ride away, which is quite close.
Yu Yao brought some things for the old house this time, which made things much more convenient.
Yangcheng Food Factory was doing well, so its dormitories were all six-person rooms, unlike Haixing Food Factory where the dormitories were all eight-person rooms.
There are five of them, including Yu Yao, but there are only four seats left in this dormitory. The extra person will have to move to another dormitory.
As the class monitor, Yu Yao volunteered, "I'll go."
“Alright, Comrade Yu, come with me.”
Xu Xiaohui led Yu Yao to the dormitory room that was two rooms away. "This is the closest dormitory to you workers that isn't full. We're just one person short, so it'll be convenient for you to stay here."
Yu Yao thanked her, "Thank you, Comrade Xu, this is fine."
Xu Xiaohui opened the dormitory door and handed the key to Yu Yao. "Each dormitory is equipped with a thermos. The water room is at the far right end of the corridor, and the public toilet is at the far left end of the corridor. If you have any questions, you can ask the dormitory manager."
Yu Yao nodded, indicating that she had remembered everything.
Xu Xiaohui had other things to do and had arranged to have dinner with Yu Yao that evening, so she left.
The dormitory wasn't large, but it was bigger than my high school dormitory from my previous life. There were beds on top and desks and wardrobes underneath. The aisle in the middle was about 1.5 meters wide and had two tables placed there.
There are six metal cabinets by the window for storing valuables, and a washstand on the balcony for holding a washbasin and a foot basin.
This condition was considered quite good in China in the 1970s, and Yu Yao was very satisfied.
The beds further inside and the one on the left side of the entrance are already occupied, leaving only the bed on the right side of the entrance.
There were things on the desk under the bed, so Yu Yao could only put her luggage on the stool first, take a towel and an enamel basin, and ask Liu Chaoying and the others to go to the water room to fetch water to go back to the room to wipe the bed.
The bed had probably been uninhabited for a long time; a layer of dust covered the palm mattress, which Yu Yao cleaned little by little with a towel.
The desk below wasn't spared either; it was cleaned up and everything was put back in its place.
It took more than ten minutes to finally clean the bed. Yu Yao took out the quilt, folded it into a double layer, and placed it on the palm mattress. She also arranged the red peony-patterned sheets and blankets.
In April, the weather in Guangdong Province has already turned hot, humid, and warm, and mosquitoes have become more prevalent.
After making the bed, Yu Yao took out the mosquito net and hung it up. Her skin was delicate, and she had a blood type that attracted mosquitoes, so she couldn't sleep well without a mosquito net.
Knowing that she was coming to Guangdong Province, Lu Ze specially asked someone to exchange for a mosquito net ticket and bought a mosquito net for her to take with her.
She had just finished making her bed when she heard women chatting and laughing outside the dormitory, and then the dormitory door was opened.
Two women with braids came in; one looked to be about twenty-seven or twenty-eight, and the other about fifteen or sixteen.
The two men, carrying clean aluminum lunchboxes, looked at Yu Yao with a hint of amazement in their eyes.
Yu Yao smiled at the two of them, "Hello comrades, I am an employee of Haixing Food Factory. My name is Yu Yao. Hello!"
The two men smiled at Yu Yao in a friendly manner, "Hello comrade, we are both from Yangcheng Food Factory."
The older woman said, "My name is Niu Xianhua, and I work in the pastry workshop of Yangcheng Food. This is Lin Ling, and she works in the brewing workshop."
Lin Ling was a bit more impatient, and looked at Yu Yao with envy: "Comrade Yu, you are so beautiful. I have never seen a female comrade in Guangdong Province with better skin than you. Your skin is so white that it seems to glow."
"Thank you for the compliment. You are beautiful too."
Niu Xianhua and Lin Ling had a good impression of Yu Yao. Seeing their things still on Yu Yao's desk, they apologetically put their things on the table in the middle.
"Comrade Yu, is your bed ready? Do you need any help?"
Yu Yao shook her head. "No need, thank you."
After finishing all this, Yu Yao and Niu Xianhua said goodbye and went to the dormitory where Aunt Liu and the others lived with their military satchels to help them pack up.
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