Chapter 29: A method for achieving outstanding results, suitable for "lazy people." ...
"Wow, Xiangxiang, you're so capable!" Ms. Li, the female worker who was controlling the machine, held up her notebook, which recorded the hourly performance of each female worker. She circled Qin Xiangxiang's score in red.
Qin Xiangxiang's record stood out among the female workers, making her extremely happy.
She was a little reluctant to bring Qin Xiangxiang along before. This girl was talented, but unfortunately, she was lazy and unambitious, which made her hard to stand. However, once she got serious, she achieved remarkable results.
Master Li's eyes kept flashing. Qin Xiangxiang was a female worker she had trained. Her performance was excellent, and she felt proud of herself. "Oh my god, Qin Xiangxiang, you are really my good darling."
Qin Xiangxiang was stunned: "Huh?!"
It's midnight now. The shift handover has just been completed. Qin Xiangxiang is exhausted and just wants to find a place to sleep. Her eyelids are as heavy as those of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. She is the Queen Mother who is forcibly keeping them from meeting. It's not that the Queen Mother doesn't want the lovers (eyelids) to meet, but there is a hidden reason behind it.
"Think about it, you're really capable! Look at your results... You did so well today, you were outstanding! You're way better than the other female workers, no one can compare to you!"
Qin Xiangxiang looked confused. "Master Li, you're talking nonsense, don't tease me."
That Mr. Li is really annoying. He always treats her like a donkey, dangling carrots in front of her and trying every possible way to praise her. It's unbearable.
She was on the night shift today, so she wasn't putting in much effort. She was only thinking about how to slack off and barely controlled her body. She was like a small boat drifting on the sea, letting things take their course. It's already quite good that she's still standing here at midnight, considering she's supposed to be a lazy bum.
She couldn't remember what she had done in the past few hours.
"You're being modest, but you didn't say anything wrong. You did very well. Look at the records, everyone look at the records. Our Xiao Qin didn't have any problems today. What an impressive result!"
Wow!! Think about it, you're amazing!
"Your worst hour today was better than my best hour! Oh, how embarrassing, I'm so clumsy."
"I guess he's been secretly working hard on it."
...
Hearing their praise, Qin Xiangxiang felt completely numb, as if she had been electrocuted. Before that dream, Qin Xiangxiang had only thought about slacking off at work and changing jobs; she had never seriously studied. Even now, she didn't want to be an excellent and qualified textile worker. Every day, she went to the workshop like a duck being forced onto a shelf, basically not paying attention and just doing what she could.
The result was outstanding.
What kind of ghost story is this?
Did I work really hard? Xianyu couldn't remember ever working hard. She had forgotten the past few hours. All she remembered was that it was almost time to get off work, and she felt so tired, sleepy, and wanted to go to sleep.
At this moment, Qin Xiangxiang was unaware that this lazy, easygoing person could easily enter a state of "concentration" in order to avoid mental suffering. In later terms, it would be a state of "flow".
Once you enter "flow," you become completely absorbed and don't feel tired or hungry. After the flow ends, it just feels like time has flowed by in the blink of an eye, and the flow of those few hours was incredibly fast.
But in Qin Xiangxiang's eyes, this is a "lazy person's work method" that she recently invented. As long as she immerses herself in a state of flow, unconsciously empties her mind, and doesn't feel physical fatigue, she won't feel that work is painful.
It's often the same when playing the piano. Once you're comfortable with the piano, you don't think about the sheet music at all when you play, and you don't consciously try to memorize it. Your body has a very natural memory, and without the brain actively controlling it, your hands unconsciously play the whole piece.
Working as a machine operator requires quick eyes and hands, much like playing the piano; it demands fast hands, timely reactions, and skillful dexterity.
Qin Xiangxiang was so focused on "being lazy" that she never expected this "lazy state" to be so effective, allowing her to become the top female textile worker.
Qin Xiangxiang: Could it be that I am actually a textile genius?
"Qin Xiangxiang performed exceptionally well! Let's all give her a round of applause! Everyone should learn from Qin Xiangxiang!"
"Clap clap clap clap!!"
A round of enthusiastic applause surrounded Qin Xiangxiang, but Qin Xiangxiang, standing in the center of the applause, couldn't smile at all.
Standing not far from her, Ms. Zheng couldn't smile either. She was in agony. All night, she had tried her best to surpass Qin Xiangxiang, but she just couldn't.
She kept track of her head count every hour, and if she made a mistake, she would scold herself. However, under such cruel discipline, she still couldn't keep up with the average female worker, He Aihua, let alone Qin Xiangxiang.
It's impossible that I can't surpass the drama queen Qin Xiangxiang even after putting in so much effort!
Could it be that Qin Xiangxiang's biological mother taught her the secrets of being a "cart worker"?
"Think about it, if you keep this up, your name will definitely be on the list of outstanding female workers at the end of the year. With such good results, who else would they give an award to if not you?"
"You need to work even harder and be even more outstanding! When the year-end evaluation is held, there will be a reward of bicycle industry vouchers... I heard that there might be TV tickets this year too. If you put in more effort, your master will also enjoy the good fortune thanks to you."
“If you are rated as outstanding for three years, you will be promoted to a cadre. Let’s think about it. In the future, you will be a cadre like your mother, a member of the Youth League Committee, a member of the Party… I’m not destined to be a leader, but if I can train a factory director in the future, that will be something to be proud of.”
"Think about it, you have to work hard!"
Master Li pulled Qin Xiangxiang aside and whispered grand promises in her ear, but Qin Xiangxiang remained expressionless, just like her dead husband at home.
Honestly, you can't hit someone who's smiling at you. When someone praises, encourages, and compliments you, a normal person can't say anything to refute them.
If someone is highly motivated, hearing such praise from their mentor would surely excite them greatly, making them eager to work themselves to the bone to excel, and they wouldn't be satisfied until they've worked themselves to death in the workshop!
But Qin Xiangxiang is essentially a lazy bum, with no dreams other than being good at eating and being lazy. Is it possible to motivate a bum to strive?
In the dream, she seemed to have a twisted personality that led to "striving," but striving ended in debt, bankruptcy, misfortune, and a tragic death.
She thought that since she could live a good life without doing anything, why should she work hard? Wouldn't it be better to just be a lazy, carefree person?
It's better to be a hardworking textile genius than to be one!
"Think about it, you should take your master's words to heart..."
Qin Xiang wanted to know if Master Li meant well, but she really didn't want the pancake. She finally understood why that deadbeat man, Li Jianzhi, always had a blank expression. Maybe that was something he had learned from his superiors.
These leaders all love to make empty promises, talking about performance evaluations and elections for cadres!
"If you're willing to work hard, you'll be our workshop director in two years, Qin Xiangxiang." Master Li got more and more excited as he spoke, and patted Qin Xiangxiang on the shoulder with a smile.
The cool night breeze ruffled the hair beside her ears, and Xianyu thought about it and tears welled up in her eyes. Was she really a born textile worker?
The only advantage of being a female textile worker in a factory is probably that it's purely physical labor, requiring no mental effort.
But she was too lazy to move; she just wanted to lie there motionless.
Qin Xiangxiang looked down at her toes, pondering that the urgency of divorcing Li Jianzhi had decreased, but the urgency of changing jobs had increased dramatically. She didn't want to be a sewing machine operator in a textile workshop for three years; that would be too tiring for a lazy person like her!
When Li Jianzhi comes back to visit his family, he stays in Shanghai for at most a month, and then he leaves. He will likely only come home once every two or three years. He also diligently sends money to his lazy wife every month. Even if they divorce, he will still send money. So whether they divorce or not, it's pretty much the same.
He's so cruel to his son, leaving him with him for a month or two every year, hehehe... Qin Xiangxiang guessed that after the man left, she could educate the chubby boy like this: "If you don't behave, I'll send you to your dad's place."
It'll scare him into silence.
Unlike in her dream, this time her parents would not be sent to a farm. Her whole family could stay in Shanghai and live apart from Li Jianzhi. Whether they divorced or not wouldn't make much difference. Moreover, with the title of military dependents, others wouldn't be able to bully her.
If she can get a divorce quickly, she'll get one; if not, she can drag it out. Qin Xiang wants to eat and drink well and doesn't want to marry someone else for the time being.
Li's conditions are good, right? But his monthly salary is only seventy-eight, while I, a lazy bum, can earn seventy a month without doing anything, enough for me to eat and drink by myself. Who would want him? Even if I want to find a second spring in my marriage, I want to find someone young and handsome!
The most important thing right now is to find a way to slack off and not work, and to have a reasonable excuse.
What kind of reason is considered reasonable?
Taking sick leave? Or getting hurt? It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone.
Why!
Qin Xiangxiang's eyes suddenly lit up. Although she had forgotten many of her previous dreams, there was one thing in her dream that left a deep impression on her. She was living in a military family compound with a military family on the first floor. There was an elderly person in this family who was in a wheelchair and needed to be taken care of by his daughter-in-law every day.
Later, one day a typhoon hit the island, bringing torrential rain and flooding. After the water receded, a cobra was swept into the family compound by the current. The old lady was sunbathing at the door that day when a cobra was slithering under the stairs. The female family members were all terrified and screamed.
The elderly woman in the wheelchair was also startled! She jumped up from her wheelchair and backed away with the other female relatives—now everyone knew that she had been faking it when she said she couldn't move her legs.
To avoid being lazy and have his daughter-in-law serve him, he sits in a wheelchair and pretends to be "crippled" every day. What a character!
But this is indeed a method suitable for "lazy people".
Xianyu Qin suddenly had a flash of inspiration: she could do the same. She wouldn't need a wheelchair, and she wouldn't need anyone to take care of her every day. She could just pretend to be lame. She could use crutches, take a leave of absence without pay, and after two or three years, when her mother became a factory leader and her "leg" recovered, she could be reinstated. People would sympathize with her and, because of her physical limitations, transfer her to a long-day shift—perfectly reasonable! That would be wonderful.
But how did you get injured? You can't just say you twisted your ankle on flat ground, can you? It has to be a reasonable reason that evokes pity and sympathy.
—What if she was beaten by her husband?
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