Chapter 414 Zhao Hongying's Speculation
The profits of food workshops are steadily increasing.
Song Lubai was very busy throughout April, May, and June.
The dried starch had to be made into noodles, and the bran radishes had to be turned into radish strips glistening with red oil. The workshop was busy every day.
The dried starch was all made into noodles, and the radishes were all used up.
Once this batch of goods is delivered, there won't be much work left in the workshop.
Everyone felt quite unaccustomed to having free time.
After the meeting, Song Lubai returned to the workshop and said to everyone, "You've all worked hard for months, and soon you'll be able to go home and rest. Take a few days off first, and from now on you'll have to go to the Seed Breeding Company and the Horticulture Company to work according to your assignments..."
Everyone's faces fell.
They knew that there was no work in the workshop, and they would have to go to work in the fields from now on!
Alas, the good days are over!
Song Lubai said with a smile, "Don't be discouraged, everyone. I haven't finished calculating the final accounts yet. Once the final accounts are calculated, the workshop will reopen in September, and everyone will come back to continue working. It's only two months. When we reopen, we'll give everyone the rewards for this period. Everyone will get one."
Everyone then became happy.
As the main group packed up and headed out, Song Lubai called Lao Wang over and told him to stay in the duty room every day from now on and guard the food workshop.
Old Wang was overjoyed.
The deputy team leader really found him a good job, keeping him in the workshop without having to do any work.
Old Wang patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, not a single vermicelli will be lost. I check the yard inside and out several times a day, and there will absolutely be no accidents."
Song Lubai wasn't afraid of anything else, but she was afraid of a fire. If a fire broke out, the workshop would suffer a huge loss.
She felt the workshop needed a large wolfhound; she remembered there were two tied up in the armed forces compound, and one of the female dogs had given birth to puppies before the new year.
She walked home with light and cheerful steps. Listening to the clucking of the hens in the yard, she went to the chicken coop and took an egg out of the nest.
After laying an egg, her hen would raise its neck and crow loudly. Whenever they heard the continuous clucking, the family knew that the hen had laid another egg.
Chen Shaohua and his family fed the chickens wild grass and wheat bran every day. The two hens were plump and round, and they laid eggs every day, dozens of eggs a month.
The rooster that was caught at the beginning of the year still looked small. Song Lubai, who wanted to eat meat today, couldn't bear to kill the rooster and simply fried several eggs instead.
While Song Lubai was busy cooking in the yard, a woman pushed her child in a stroller and came with Zhao Hongying.
This woman used to be an educated youth in the company, and this year she joined the office as a clerk. Song Lubai would occasionally see her.
"Comrade Yu, why did my daughter come back with you today?"
Comrade Yu said with a smile, "I ran into Comrade Zhao on the road, so I shamelessly followed him."
Zhao Hongying sat down and said, "Your husband Wei Yang has gone out on an urgent matter and asked me to bring the child back. He might not be back tonight."
Song Lubai squatted down and teased the child, asking, "What's the emergency? Why can't you bring the child back to me?"
Comrade Yu whispered, "I heard that the 13th Company has found coal."
Song Lubai's eyes widened.
If this is true, will their group have an easier time during the winter?
Wei Zhao returned shortly after. When it was time to eat, Yu Qiaoqiao stood up and said, "Then I won't disturb your family's meal. I'll come and chat with you again next time."
Song Lubai smiled as she saw the person off.
Yu Qiaoqiao left, and Zhao Hongying walked to the door, opened her mouth, then closed it again.
When Song Lubai turned around, she didn't see him and casually said, "How about we eat at my place?"
Zhao Hongying swallowed back what she wanted to say, "Zhigao has cooked, I'm going home to eat."
In the courtyard, Liu Zhigao was bending over, fiddling with the firewood in the stove. Hearing his child calling for his mother, Liu Zhigao took a moment to look up and said, "You're back. Dinner's almost ready. Bring me the bowl, let's eat."
After finishing their meal, while resting and cooling off under the shed in the yard, Zhao Hongying whispered, "You know Yu Qiaoqiao, whom I mentioned to you before, right? I saw her going to the leader's office again today."
"That girl is very diligent. She fills the teapot with water, wipes the table and cleans for the boss. She's very attentive. Just now, that girl came to Xiao Song's house with me."
Sensing something was off about her tone, Liu Zhigao whispered, "You think there's a problem?"
Zhao Hongying lowered her voice to a whisper, “I think that girl is probably after Wei Yang.”
"If she really harbors such shameless thoughts, I'll tear her skin off."
Liu Zhigao said, "It's none of your business. If anyone's going to tear this apart, it's not your place. Besides, I don't think Wei Yang is that kind of person. Are there any female comrades in this group who are more attractive than Song Lubai?"
Even if Song Lubai gets married and has children, she will still be the most beautiful woman in the production and construction corps.
Zhao Hongying sat up straight and said, "What do you know? That girl is pretty too. She's good at talking, and her voice is lovely. Who knows, Wei Yang might be bewitched."
Liu Zhigao covered her mouth and said, "Don't talk nonsense. You're making things up. Even if people had eight mouths, they couldn't explain it clearly."
Zhao Hongying trusted her intuition. Isn't that all there is to it between men and women? She could tell there was something going on between two people just by looking at each other.
She had never seen Wei Yang and Yu Qiaoqiao make eye contact, but she felt that Yu Qiaoqiao's motives were impure.
There were only a few tables in that office. Apart from Wei Yang, who was under thirty, the rest of Feng Gang and the others were all men old enough to be Yu Qiaoqiao's father. If they weren't there for Wei Yang, who were they there for?
Liu Zhigao didn't believe it, but Zhao Hongying snorted, "I can't talk to you about this, you wouldn't understand anyway. I'll keep an eye on Yu Qiaoqiao from now on and see what she's up to."
With the food workshop matter settled, Song Lubai moved her office to the government office.
Compared to the previous period, her work has been very easy lately. Even when she brings her child to work, she is very relaxed.
After spending a lot of time in the government office, she also noticed a problem.
Yu Qiaoqiao was going to Wei Yang's office too often. She had run into Yu Qiaoqiao twice when she entered that office. Today, Yu Qiaoqiao was even pouring hot water for Wei Yang.
Looking at the steaming hot water in the teacup, Song Lubai said with a faint smile, "Xiao Yu, you're a proper person, why are you doing these tea-serving chores every day? Everyone in this office has hands and feet, you can't spoil them."
Wu Jianying lifted her eyelids, smiled, and didn't say anything.
Feng Gang put down his newspaper, looked up, and said, "That's right, Xiao Yu. I've told you to come here less often and do less work, but why don't you listen?"
Yu Qiaoqiao smiled and said, "What you are doing is important and important, these small things are just casual matters. I do my work quickly and it won't cause any trouble."
Song Lubai glanced at her again, then lowered her eyelids and said nothing more.
After waiting a while, Wei Yang returned from the restroom.
Song Lubai got up and pushed the cart, saying casually, "Let's go, it's time to go home and cook dinner after work."
Wei Yang inexplicably sensed a dangerous atmosphere. He looked around the office and saw the tea still steaming in the teacup. He knew why.
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