"Jiang Xin, is this Brother Gu?"
Liu Xinyan asked hurriedly when she saw Qiao Jiangxin coming in.
Qiao Jiangxin nodded, "Yes, it was Brother Gu. He probably knew that the Gu family was looking for me, so he called to comfort me."
Liu Xinyan opened her mouth, "Did Brother Gu say..."
Qiao Jiangxin knew what she wanted to ask, so she lowered her voice and said, "Brother Gu said that Brother Peng is fine. He went to a faraway place to carry out a mission. It was a secret mission after all, so they told us not to ask anywhere else."
When Liu Xinyan heard about Peng Zhihua's news, she couldn't help but smile and lowered her voice, "Okay, okay, okay, I won't ask. I'll just ask Brother Gu. There's no other place to ask.
Well, Jiang Xin, did Brother Gu say when Brother Peng will be back? The New Year has passed and it is already February. ”
Qiao Jiangxin shook her head and said casually, "You, a Jeju city dweller born and raised in a military compound, don't know this, so how can I, a country girl who has never seen the world, know this?"
Liu Xinyan glared at Qiao Jiangxin and said, "Nonsense, you are not a country girl."
As they were talking, Sister Hong, who worked as a handyman, came in and said, "Boss Qiao, the guy who's delivering honeycomb briquettes is here with a whole cart of them. Where should I put them?"
Qiao Jiangxin quickly stood up and followed Sister Hong out, "Put it in the woodshed. Brother Chunxiong (the chef's apprentice) has already laid out the rainproof cloth and wooden boards. Just put it there."
A group of people followed the coal miners to carry coal back and forth to the kitchen. It was already past eleven o'clock when they finished the work. Qiao Jiangxin asked the newly hired chef Uncle Deng and his apprentice Zhang Chunxiong to prepare a few dishes, and everyone sat around a table and started to eat.
Uncle Deng is a good cook, and he used to be a host of mobile banquets in the countryside. In order to get everyone familiar with him as quickly as possible, Uncle Deng has been the host these past few days, and Qiao Jiangxin has eaten with everyone.
During the meal, Qiao Jiangxin noticed that Sister Hong looked at him several times. When Qiao Jiangxin turned around to look at her, she avoided his gaze again, leaving Qiao Jiangxin confused.
After the meal, Sister Hong and Zhao Xue cleaned up the dishes. She seemed to be hesitant about saying something, but she didn't say anything, probably because she was hesitant about something.
Qiao Jiangxin and Liu Xinyan were discussing the package pricing in the room when Sister Hong came over without telling anyone.
"Qiao, Boss Qiao..."
She glanced at Liu Xinyan, looking embarrassed and blushing, not knowing how to start.
Qiao Jiangxin thought, "Sister Hong, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly. Sister Xinyan is not an outsider. I felt that you wanted to find me several times just now."
Sister Hong works hard and has a kind personality. Qiao Jiangxin has a good impression of her. During the previous interview, Qiao Jiangxin also got to know her family to some extent.
Her husband was an educated youth who went to the countryside in the 1970s. Later, when he returned to the city, Sister Hong also came back with him. Now she lives with her husband's entire family, including her mother-in-law, husband, brother-in-law, sister-in-law and so on.
Sister Hong was a little embarrassed to speak, "Boss Qiao, I want to ask you for an advance on my salary..."
Qiao Jiangxin asked subconsciously, "What's wrong? What difficulties have you encountered?"
Sister Hong's face flushed red, and she kept pulling at the corners of her clothes with embarrassed hands. She had just been there for a week, and the food was so good. The store hadn't even opened yet, but she had already received an advance on her salary. This was against the rules and not very decent.
If this incident gave Boss Qiao a bad impression of me and affected the job I had finally found, it would be a loss.
For a moment, Sister Hong was anxious and afraid, and quickly waved her hands at Qiao Jiangxin, "I, I, I won't lend it, I was just talking nonsense."
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