Chapter 68

After Lu Yu and the others left, Jiang Nian followed Ge Mei to the state-owned embroidery shop.

The state-owned embroidery shop in Yuanshi was bigger in appearance and scale than the original one. Jiang Nian followed Ge Mei in. Standing at the counter was a lesbian who was about her age. She had short hair, bright eyes, and a mole at the corner of her mouth. She looked very capable at first glance.

Ge Mei introduced: "This is our receptionist at the front desk, her name is Suna. She is responsible for receiving customers, introducing our embroidery, cleaning the entire embroidery shop, and keeping our embroidery shop clean and tidy at all times, so that customers can feel comfortable and happy when they come in."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Hello, my name is Jiang Nian."

The smile on Suna's face made people feel comfortable. Ge Mei introduced Suna: "This is our new embroidery girl, Jiang Nian, you will work with us from now on."

Not sure if it was Jiang Nian's illusion, when Ge Mei said her name, she clearly saw a flash of surprise in Suna's eyes.

After Ge Mei finished speaking, she took Jiang Nian to one side and whispered, "I have already handed your information to the director. The director has approved it and there is no problem. You can start now."

Jiang Nian didn't expect it to be so fast.

She said, "Okay."

The embroidery shop here is very large. There are three tables and benches outside. There is a compartment next to the counter. There is a half-curtain hanging on it, with the words "State-owned Embroidery Shop" embroidered on it. Ge Mei took her in. The space inside is not small either, with more than enough space for five embroidery frames. There are two rows of cabinets against the wall, and some stacked embroidery fabrics and several embroidery tents are placed on the cabinets.

The five people inside just heard the voices outside, and they all looked up at Jiang Nian who was following Ge Mei. Jiang Nian nodded and smiled at everyone. Three people also smiled at her, and two people just glanced at her coldly and lowered their heads to continue embroidering.

Jiang Nian didn't take it to heart.

Ge Mei clapped her hands: "Stop what you are doing, I will introduce you to everyone."

The five people put down their work and looked up at Ge Mei. Ge Mei said: "This is Jiang Nian, the new embroiderer of our state-owned embroidery shop. From now on, we will all be comrades working together. If there is anything we don't understand, we can discuss it with each other."

Ge Mei also talked about some work rules, and finally introduced the five embroiderers to Jiang Nian one by one.

The embroiderer sitting in the front row was called Yu Xia, who was the same age as Zhai Peipei and was also quite friendly. She smiled at Jiang Nian and said a few words. The embroiderer sitting next to her, who looked a few years younger than Yu Xia and was called Dong Shu, just looked at Jiang Nian coldly and said nothing, and continued to embroider with her head down.

Jiang Nian said a few polite words, and was not used to these introductions.

There were three people sitting in the back. One was called Jia Yuan, who, like Dong Shu, just looked at Jiang Nian, snorted coldly, and then lowered her head to embroider. The two people sitting next to her were called Shu Xue and Fan Shan. They smiled at Jiang Nian and didn't say much.

Ge Mei said, "I have always been impartial and everyone speaks with real ability. Since I can let Jiang Nian come to our embroidery house, I am sure that she will bring our embroidery house to a higher level of progress. Yesterday, the director and others came to discuss the two embroidery pictures from overseas, and we embroidered them flawlessly, leaving those people unable to find fault. I have decided to give one of these two embroidery pictures to Sister Dong and the other to our new embroiderer, Jiang Nian."

As soon as these words came out, the five people looked up at Jiang Nian, and some of them had more or less sarcasm and indifference in their eyes.

Jiang Nian: ...

She looked at Ge Mei speechlessly.

Sister Ge, you really know how to make me hate you. You

hit me hard right away. Dong Shu frowned tightly, and even looked at Ge Mei with displeasure. Yu Xia was also a little unhappy. Jia Yuan, who was leaning against the window, sneered, and didn't give Ge Mei and Jiang Nian any face. Jiang Nian's eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and he vaguely realized that something was wrong in this embroidery manor.

Shu Xue and Fan Shan, who were sitting in the back, didn't say anything, but looked at Jiang Nian with a meaningful look.

Ge Mei's expression remained unchanged, and her tone was the same as before: "Everyone continue embroidering, I'll take her to the dormitory to familiarize herself with it."

After that, she took Jiang Nian out. Suna outside said with a smile, "Director Ge."

Ge Mei nodded and led Jiang Nian outside. They had already seen the dormitory just now, and Ge Mei brought it up again. Jiang Nian knew she had something to say.

The two of them walked on the street. Ge Mei could no longer maintain the smile on her face, revealing a rare look of frustration. Jiang Nian pursed her lips and asked, "Has everything been difficult since you came here?"

Ge Mei's smile was a little bitter: "The first time we met, I knew you were very smart and could see through some things at a glance."

Jiang Nian was actually a little timid. She was sensitive to these things, but she was a little dull about emotional matters, especially when facing Lu Yu. If Lu Yu had not taken the initiative to tell her everything in the hospital that time, she might still be confused about her feelings for Lu Yu until now.

She smiled and said, "That Jia Yuan is very hostile to me."

Ge Mei sighed, "Not only is he hostile to you, he is also hostile to me. Our place is not as good as here in Yuanshi. Although we are all comrades, the status of an embroiderer is still more important than that of a director like me. If the director is gone, we can find someone with good work style and strong skills to continue the job, but it's different for an embroiderer. It's hard to find an embroiderer, and it's even harder to find an embroiderer with excellent embroidery skills. The state-owned embroidery shop in Yuanshi has been We have gradually started cooperating with overseas companies, although it is not on a large scale yet. But looking at the current situation, it is estimated that large-scale cooperation will be possible in a few years. At this juncture, embroiderers are indispensable talents in the state-owned embroidery house, and I, as the director, have to do things according to the mood of comrade embroiderers. "

Jiang Nian looked at Ge Mei. After not seeing her for half a year, Ge Mei had more white hair than six months ago, and her complexion was not as good as six months ago. She looked much more haggard.

Ge Mei turned to look at Jiang Nian: "Jiang Nian, I'm sorry, I don't want to push you into trouble, but my only confidence now is you. As long as your embroidery can surpass Dong Shu's, we can fight for our reputation in the embroidery manor, and they won't dare to look down on you anymore. In the embroidery manor, strength is the key. With your embroidery skills, I believe they will all look at you differently."

She stretched out her hand to Jiang Nian, and Although her weathered face showed signs of old age, her eyes were firm: "Let's overcome difficulties together and move forward."

Jiang Nian reached out and held Ge Mei's hand, and said with a smile: "Since I am Sister Ge's trump card, I will put my utmost effort into this matter and will not let you suffer a loss." This

was to repay Ge Mei's favor, to fight for Ge Mei's dignity, and at the same time to fight for herself.

This state-owned embroidery house is different in scale from the previous one. The previous one was just a small-scale business, but the embroidery house in Yuanshi is a real bloody storm.

Jiang Nian and Ge Mei walked around outside for a while, and listened to Ge Mei's general description of the background of several people in the embroidery house. After talking for a while, they went back.

Ge Mei went to the textile factory to check out the embroidery. Jiang Nian returned to the embroidery house. When he opened the door, he heard Suna's voice: "Comrade Jiang, you're back."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Yeah."

It was still cold, and there was a stove burning in the embroidery house. Jiang Nian warmed himself on the stove and heard Jia Yuan's voice coming from the compartment: "I don't know if she is a mule or a horse, but she dares to take her out for a walk. If she smashes the embroidery, she, the director, can also go away."

Dong Shu said: "That's right. She handed over such an important embroidery to her as soon as she arrived. Director Ge looks down on us from the bottom of her heart. I want to see if this Jiang How good is Nian's embroidery? Director Ge will have no place to cry when the time comes."

Fan Shan said, "I think that embroidery girl is quite young. Is her embroidery really that good? Can she compare with Sister Yu and Sister Dong?"

Speaking of the two elders with the best embroidery in the embroidery manor, they are Yu Xia and Dong Shu. Yu Xia just turned fifty this year. She is the oldest and the best embroidery in the embroidery manor. Dong Shu is a few years younger than Yu Xia. Her embroidery style is different from Yu Xia's, and her edges and corners are sharper than Yu Xia's. In the conversation with Ge Mei just now, Jiang Nian learned that the ones who are most dissatisfied with Ge Mei in the embroidery manor are Dong Shu and Jia Yuan.

Dong Shu's temper is like a sharp rock, you can't touch her.

Yu Xia is like a sharp rock wrapped in cotton. Although she looks friendly on the surface, she is actually more aggressive than Dong Shu, but she never shows it. The most thorny one is Jia Yuan. On the way back, Ge Mei revealed to her that Jia Yuan is the daughter-in-law of the deputy director of the textile factory. She relies on her husband's family to be rich and powerful, and often shows off in the textile factory and embroidery factory.

Jiang Nian thought of a villain who succeeds, which is quite suitable to describe Jia Yuan.

Su Na glanced at Jiang Nian and saw that Jiang Nian was just standing quietly by the stove, warming himself, as if he didn't have much emotion about the sound inside. She was so focused that she just came back to her senses when Jiang Nian looked up at her, and smiled a little embarrassedly.

Jiang Nian nodded gently at her, and there was also some smile in his bright eyes.

She knew that Dong Shu and the others said it deliberately for her to hear. After she came in, Su Na greeted her and the others heard it.

Jia Yuan's voice could be heard occasionally in the compartment, but Jiang Nian was too lazy to pay attention to it and didn't take it to heart. After warming up her hands, she turned around and walked into the compartment. Fan Shan and Shu Xue looked up at Jiang Nian, smiled and said nothing. Jia Yuan snorted coldly, "I really don't understand why Director Ge asked you to come to the embroidery manor? I guess you are a relative of Director Ge and got in through the back door?"

Dong Shu took over the conversation, "Our embroidery manor relies on strength to speak. Even if you got in through the back door, If you don't have the strength,

you'll still be kicked out." Yu Xia said, "Okay, we are all in the same embroidery shop, let's be friendly." Then she said to Jiang Nian, "Don't take their words to heart. After all, you took over this overseas embroidery right after you arrived. It's normal for them to feel uncomfortable. Just show them your real ability."

Jiang Nian glanced at Yu Xia. Yu Xia had a smile on her face, but she didn't miss the sarcasm in Yu Xia's eyes.

What Ge Mei said was right. Yu Xia was a sharp horn wrapped in cotton. Her soft words were sharp. Not only did she act as a peacemaker, but she also lifted her up in the air, waiting to watch her fall to the ground.

Compared to Yu Xia, Jiang Nian prefers dealing with Dong Shu. At least Dong Shu is straightforward and doesn't have many twists and turns in her heart.

Jiang Nian said with a smile: "Since Sister Yu said so, I have to try my best when embroidering. I can't let Sister Yu down for this kind reminder." Yu

Xia nodded, ignored Jiang Nian, and continued to embroider with her head down.

Dong Shu and Jia Yuan looked at Jiang Nian and just found it funny.

Try your best?

They looked at her young age. How good can her embroidery skills be? Can she compare with Yu Xia?

There was an idle embroidery frame next to the wall. Jiang Nian pulled it to the corner of the window and sat next to Shu Xue. Suna came in from outside, holding a piece of exquisite embroidery cloth and handed it to Jiang Nian. Then she went out to get the drawing paper and said, "Comrade Jiang, this is what you want to embroider."

"Thank you."

Jiang Nian took the drawing paper, skillfully fixed the embroidery cloth on the embroidery frame, and then rolled the silk thread neatly, spread the drawing paper on his legs and looked at it quietly. He looked at it for a long time. Shu Xue next to him looked at her several times in a row. Jiang Nian turned his head and smiled at her.

Shu Xue's face froze, and she asked in a low voice, "Aren't you embroidering yet?"

She had been looking at it for almost an hour.

Jia Yuan was sitting in front of Jiang Nian. Hearing this, he turned his head to look at Jiang Nian and sneered, "She must not know where to start. I have only embroidered one flower in the one hour she was dawdling."

Fan Shan was sitting next to Shu Xue and also looked at Jiang Nian.

Jiang Nian ignored Jia Yuan's ridicule and let her perform a one-man show. Jia Yuan felt that Jiang Nian was short of breath and was embarrassed. She immediately became more concerned about the joke.

Dong Shu and Yu Xia also turned their heads to look at her. They saw Jiang Nian looking down at the drawing paper spread on her legs. A few strands of bangs were drooping, casting fine shadows on her snow-white skin. She had not yet started embroidering, but she was posing in a very relaxed manner.

Jiang Nian sat there until lunch time. Seeing that Jiang Nian had not started sewing, Jia Yuan started to mock her again: "You have been sitting here for half a morning, why haven't you started sewing yet? Don't you know where to start sewing? Do you want me to teach you?"

Fan Shan said: "Jia Jie, let's go to eat."

Jia Yuan ignored Fan Shan and looked at Jiang Nian and said: "After dinner, will you sit here for another afternoon?"

Jiang Nian finally responded. She folded the drawings and glanced at Jia Yuan when she stood up: "If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

After that, she walked past her and left. When she left, she asked Suna: "Is my lunch box with you?"

Suna nodded: "Yes, Sister Ge gave it to me yesterday."

"Jiang Nian, say it again!"

Jia Yuan yelled, and was about to chase him out and ridicule Jiang Nian to vent his anger, but unexpectedly, Jiang Nian's voice came from outside the cubicle: "Jia Yuan, don't let me go to the director to report you for causing trouble and deliberately targeting new comrades. You have a serious personal fighting style."

Jia Yuan got even angrier when she heard this. She opened the partition curtain with force and stared at Jiang Nian with wide eyes: "Go ahead and sue me if you have the guts. Do you really think I'm afraid of you? When the director comes and asks about the situation, who can prove that I'm engaging in a personal struggle?"

After saying this, she raised her chin high, looking like she was showing off.

Jiang Nian knew that Jia Yuan was used to being arrogant because of her status as a husband's family, and she also relied on her status as an embroiderer to not take Ge Mei seriously. She originally thought of just enduring it, but now she really wanted to put up with Jia Yuan's arrogance.

She took the lunch box from Suna and said, "It's easy to sue you. I will report your personal style to the leaders above. I believe that the leaders will not only ask the people in our embroidery factory, but also the textile factories that have frequent exchanges with our embroidery factory will ask about your daily work style."

Seeing Jia Yuan's increasingly stiff face, Jiang Nian continued, "Even if we can't find out anything in our embroidery factory, it's still very important to report your personal style in such a large textile factory. It is unknown whether we can get anything out of the weaving factory. If you can shut everyone up, I will report you to higher authorities. I will report you as an embroiderer who is so powerful that you can shut everyone up. I believe our leaders will conduct a thorough investigation to find out the bad apples in the state-owned factory and correct the bad atmosphere. "

The people in the embroidery house were stunned for a moment. No one expected that the newcomer would be so eloquent.

And every word he said was on point.

Jia Yuan usually relies on her husband's family status and always thinks she is superior. Let's not talk about whether she can find out anything in the embroidery house. As long as she goes to the textile factory to investigate carefully, those who have complaints about Jia Yuan's husband's family will definitely jump out. Then not only will Jia Yuan be criticized, but her husband's family will also be implicated.

In this way, Jia Yuan's life in her husband's family will not be easy.

Jia Yuan naturally thought of this. Although she was so angry that she was about to overflow from her chest, she dared not scold Jiang Nian again.

Jiang Nian's move not only made Jia Yuan calm down, but also made Dong Shu restrain herself a little.

After all, Ge Mei is the director, and she can't be as free as she is in dealing with people. If she offends Jia Yuan, Jia Yuan might join forces with a few people to write a letter of accusation to the higher-ups to report Ge Mei. Even if Ge Mei didn't do anything, she would still be affected.

Jiang Nian finally realized how difficult it was

for Ge Mei in the past six months. No wonder Ge Mei called her several times in the past six months, and she wanted her to come to Yuan City to develop.

Jiang Nian took her lunch box to the canteen of the textile factory. While eating, she saw three people sitting on a bench not far away. One was Jia Yuan. The older one should be Jia Yuan's mother-in-law, and the man next to her should be her husband. Suddenly, the sky in front of her darkened. Jiang Nian retracted his gaze and saw Ge Mei sitting opposite.

She smiled: "Are you done?"

Ge Mei looked a little tired: "Almost."

After saying that, she took a sip of noodle soup, then looked at Jiang Nian, a smile appeared in her tired eyebrows: "Suna told me about what happened at noon."

Jiang Nian asked: "How is Suna?"

Ge Mei understood what she meant: "She's doing well. She has helped us reduce a lot of burdens." She looked at Jiang Nian and married the meat on the plate to her: "Jiang Nian, I have lived most of my life. The luckiest thing in my life is knowing you."

Jiang Nian looked at the meat on the plate and smiled: "If you give it to me, I won't be polite."

Ge Mei was even happier: "Eat quickly." Ge

Mei left after dinner and didn't stay long with Jiang Nian. After all, they would be criticized if they stayed together for too long. Jiang Nian also left the textile factory and returned to the embroidery shop. When she started to thread the needle, the others came back one after another.

Shu Xue was sitting on the side. Seeing Jiang Nian's skilled technique and the rare and good stitches, she finally calmed down after a whole morning of confusion and asked curiously, "Don't you need to look at the drawings anymore?"

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "I've memorized the drawings."

Shu Xue widened her eyes in surprise, "You've been sitting here all morning just to memorize the drawings?"

Jiang Nian nodded lightly, "Yeah."

Shu Xue was still a little worried, so she asked in a low voice, "Don't you need to compare the colors and details again?"

Fan Shan on the side also heard it, and turned her head curiously to look at Jiang Nian. Jiang Nian threaded a few stitches with skilled and quick techniques. It was obvious that she was a veteran, and it could be said that her stitches were even more skilled than Yu Jie's. Dong Shu and the others also turned their heads to look at Jiang Nian, and their eyes were fixed on her fingers.

Her hands were very white, and her fingers were slender and pretty, which made the needlework look much more delicate.

Jiang Nian said, "No need."

She said it firmly and confidently.

Dong Shu frowned and her eyes paused on Jiang Nian's embroidery for a long time before she turned her head and glanced at Yu Xia. She saw that Yu Xia was also looking at Jiang Nian's embroidery, so she said, "No matter how good your memory is, there will be times when you make mistakes. I'm afraid they are all fake."

Yu Xia smiled and said to Jiang Nian, "You'd better take a closer look at the embroidery. Don't be too blindly confident. What if you embroider the wrong color and pattern, not only will you waste the silk thread, but also ruin a piece of good embroidered cloth. This is the embroidery that was sent overseas, and there can't be any problems."

Jiang Nian replied, "Thank you, Sister Yu, for reminding me. I remember it." She

didn't say anything more.

Jia Yuan looked at Jiang Nian's skilled embroidery, snorted coldly, and turned around to do her own thing.

The embroidery room was quiet all afternoon, but the other people would take a look at Jiang Nian's embroidery more or less, especially Shu Xue next to her, who was distracted by watching Jiang Nian's embroidery and had her fingers pierced with needles several times. Jiang Nian

pursed her lips to hold back her smile and didn't say anything.

Yu Xia and Dong Shu, who were sitting in the front, also turned their heads to look at her. Seeing that Jiang Nian lowered her head and embroidered quietly, she really didn't even look at the drawing paper. Yu Xia frowned, turned her head and continued to embroider, but her mind was a little complicated.

She and Dong Shu exchanged glances for a while, but neither of them spoke.

Jia Yuan leaned back and moved from time to time, and she almost bumped into Jiang Nian's embroidery several times. Just when she wanted to continue, Jiang Nian's cold voice came from behind: "My needlework is not good, you have to be careful."

Jia Yuan's back stiffened when she was about to lean back.

She didn't dare to gamble with her body, so she snorted coldly: "I was just stretching my waist, didn't I accidentally bump into your embroidery frame? How can it be a threat?"

Jiang Nian sneered: "Your waist is really thick, you can bump into my embroidery frame from such a distance?"

Jia Yuan: ...

At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the embroidery shop also closed.

Yu Xia first stood up and stretched her waist, then walked to Jiang Nian's embroidery frame: "How are you embroidering--" When she looked down at the embroidery, she stopped talking.

Dong Shu glanced at her and ignored her, then stood up and went to the cafeteria with Jia Yuan.

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "I embroidered a little."

She looked up at Yu Xia's somewhat unnatural face, and asked in a fake tone: "Sister Yu, how about this?"

Yu Xia curled her lips and smiled: "Very good."

Shu Xue said: "Sister Yu, Jiang Nian didn't look at the embroidery for the whole afternoon, but she could remember the colors and patterns in her mind. She is really smart."

Fan Shan followed and said: "My brain is not working now. Even when I was young, my memory was not as good as Jiang Nian's. How about that ?"

Yu Xia raised her head, glanced at Jiang Nian, and said with a smile: "You still have to look at the drawings. What if there is a mistake? You can't think that you are still young and your brain is working well, so you think that your memory must be fine."

Jiang Nian still said the same sentence: "I know, thank you Sister Yu for reminding me."

The sound of a phone ringing came from outside, followed by Suna's voice. A few seconds later, Suna lifted the curtain of the compartment and looked at Jiang Nian: "Comrade Jiang, your phone is ringing."

Jiang Nian knew that it was Lu Yu calling.

She quickly got up and ran out. As soon as she picked up the phone, she heard Lu Yu's low and attractive voice from the other end of the phone: "Are you off work?"

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Yeah, I'm off. How about you?"

Lu Yu said, "I just finished my work."

"Jiang Nian, who's calling?"

Yu Xia's voice came from behind her. Jiang Nian answered without hesitation, "My boyfriend."

Lu Yu's low laughter came from the receiver, and she was very happy to hear it.

Jiang Nian's face turned red for no apparent reason. She bit her lower lip and whispered, "I'm going to eat first."

The man said "hmm" and added, "I'll come to see you in a few days."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Okay." After

hanging up the phone, she turned around and saw Yu Xia staring at her. Jiang Nian didn't say anything. She took her lunch box and prepared to leave. Then she heard Yu Xia ask, "Jiang Nian, what does your partner do?"

They left the embroidery shop together and went to the cafeteria of the textile factory. When they heard Yu Xia's question, they all pricked up their ears and listened.

Jiang Nian just said, "A soldier."

Yu Xia was stunned for a moment, and even Suna and Shu Xue were stunned for a moment. They didn't expect Jiang Nian's partner to be a soldier. It was a very honorable and good thing to be a soldier in the army these days. If you are a high-ranking official in the army, it would be better than marrying Jia Yuan. Although Jia Yuan's mother-in-law is the deputy director of the factory, the man is only a team leader in the factory, which is incomparable to the high-ranking officials in the army.

Yu Xia wanted to ask Jiang Nian what position her partner was in the army, but she saw that she and Suna had already walked away.

Yu Xia: …

Jiang Nian and Suna lined up to get their meals and chose a seat in the corner. They ate and chatted. They learned from Suna that Jia Yuan did not live in the dormitory. She had her own family. Fan Shan's husband worked in a machinery factory. They both had urban hukou and lived in a tube-shaped building. They had two children. Her husband's family was from the city, so the whole family lived in the tube-shaped building.

There were three dormitories in Xiuzhuang, one for the director Ge Mei, one for Yu Xia and Dong Shu, and one for Shu Xue and Suna. Jiang Nian's dormitory was next to Suna's. Ge Mei had already prepared the bedding in advance.

Jiang Nian saw the shadow of Zhang Xiaoyi in Su Na, but seeing that Su Na was older than Zhang Xiaoyi, she asked, "How old are you?"

Su Na smiled and said, "30."

Su Na was also a talkative person, and she seemed to have opened up her mouth and said a lot.

She had two children at home, and her husband was looking after the children at home. She worked here and sent her salary back home every month to support her family. Her family was not far from here, and it took five hours to get there by car. Sometimes her husband would bring the children to see her, and the whole family was very happy.

Su Na's job could be done by anyone, so she was not much better off in the embroidery factory.

The dormitory building was next to the textile factory and close to the embroidery factory.

After dinner, Jiang Nian and Suna went to the bathroom to wash their lunch boxes. When they turned around, they saw a familiar face. The person followed a few people and walked around the corner. His back was no longer as slim as before, but looked fatter. Suna saw Jiang Nian standing there without moving, and touched her arm: "What's wrong with you?"

Jiang Nian came back to his senses and shook his head: "Nothing."

She seemed to see Sun Ying.

I don't know if I saw it wrong.

When I returned to the dormitory, Shu Xue had already washed up. She saw Jiang Nian and Suna coming back and greeted them. Next to them was the dormitory of Yu Xia and Dong Shu. When Jiang Nian went to the bathroom with an enamel basin, he bumped into Dong Shu. Dong Shu just looked at Jiang Nian coldly and left.

Jiang Nian ignored her.

After washing up, she went to bed. There was a bed for each person. Jiang Nian had insomnia after changing the bed. She tossed and turned until midnight before she fell asleep. The next morning, she was woken up by Suna. She got up, dressed, washed up, and went to the embroidery shop after breakfast. As soon as she entered, she met Ge Mei. They said a few words and then separated.

Ge Mei had a lot of things to do today. She said that the secretary from the city would come to the embroidery shop and the textile factory for inspection next month, so the textile factory was also very busy during this period. They had to do everything well and must ensure that there would be no mistakes when the secretary came to inspect.

Jiang Nian was quietly embroidering today, and Jia Yuan didn't deliberately cause trouble. Shu Xue would occasionally take a look at Jiang Nian's embroidery. The more she looked, the more shocked she was. Finally, she whispered, "Can I see your drawings?"

It had been almost a day, and Jiang Nian hadn't

even looked at the drawings. To be honest, Shu Xue was afraid that she would make a mistake.

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Okay."

She handed the drawings to Shu Xue, and Fan Shan, who was standing beside her, came over curiously. The two of them lowered their heads to study the drawings, comparing them one by one with Jiang Nian's embroidery. There was really no mistake at all. Whether it was the stitches or the embroidery skills, they were all rare and superior.

Shu Xue couldn't help but exclaim, "You are so amazing."

Fan Shan initially thought that Jiang Nian was so young, and how good could his embroidery skills be? Unexpectedly, in just one day she was able to prove to them that she was not only good at embroidery, but also had an amazing memory. She memorized all the drawings after just looking at them for half the morning.

Fan Shan glanced at Yu Xia and Dong Shu in front of her, pursed her lips and said nothing, just handed the drawing to Jiang Nian.

"Can you be quiet?"

Dong Shu turned her head and glared at Shu Xue, her face was very unhappy.

Jia Yuan also turned her head and glared at Shu Xue, and said unhappily: "You have only embroidered a little bit, but you think you are so good. No wonder your embroidery skills are not as good as ours. With this little skill, what good embroidery can you embroider?"

Shu Xue's face was a little pale, and she lowered her head and said nothing.

Yu Xia acted as a peacemaker again: "Okay, okay, everyone embroider quietly and be calm."

Jiang Nian glanced at Shu Xue, and Shu Xue noticed her gaze, raised her head and smiled at her.

Jiang Nian also smiled and continued to do her work.

She had embroidered a small part in the past three days, and Shu Xue talked to her more. The three of them lived in a dormitory and would talk to each other at night. Jiang Nian then realized that Shu Xue was about the same age as her. She also learned embroidery from her grandmother. Although her embroidery skills were not top-notch, they were passable. The designs she embroidered were also relatively cheap, so she kept watching the expressions of Dong Shu and the others in the embroidery house.

At lunchtime, Jiang Nian went with Shu Xue and Suna.

Since Jiang Nian came to the embroidery manor for three days, the people in the embroidery manor have been divided into two groups. One group is Yu Xia, Dong Shu, Jia Yuan and Fan Shan, and this group is Jiang Nian, Shu Xue and Suna. Ge Mei also noticed that the atmosphere in the embroidery manor was not right during these three days, but she did not ask much, just occasionally mentioned about Jiang Nian's embroidery.

After lunch, Shu Xue wanted to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some brown sugar, so she asked Jiang Nian to go with her. When the two came back, they saw a military vehicle leaving the gate of the embroidery manor. The car was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, only a shadow was left.

Jiang Nian suddenly thought of Lu Yu. She trotted back to the embroidery manor and opened the door, seeing Jia Yuan and Fan Shan leaning on the window and looking out. There was no Lu Yu inside except the people from the embroidery manor. She asked Suna, "Did anyone look for me just now?"

"Why did you run so fast?"

Shu Xue caught up and took a breath.

Jiang Nian opened the door and looked outside. There was no trace of the military vehicle. Suna said, "Those two people just now are here to see Sister Ge."

Jia Yuan laughed immediately, looking at Jiang Nian with a sneer on her face: "You don't think those officials are here to see you? Who are you? How shameless are you? How can you ask others if they are here to see you?"

Jiang Nian: ...

Yu Xia's voice came from the compartment: "Maybe they really are here to see Jiang Nian. Jiang Nian's target is a soldier. What if his target is a regiment commander?"

Her tone was calm, but Jiang Nian still heard the mockery in Yu Xia's words.

She ignored the two people, turned around and went into the compartment to continue embroidering, wondering if the person sitting in the car just now was Lu Yu?

If it was him, why did he leave in a hurry since he was already here?

Was there something urgent in the group?

Jiang Nian thought for a while, and then put her mind into embroidery. It was not until Shu Xue called her to eat after work in the afternoon that she put down the needle in her hand, and went to the cafeteria with Shu Xue and Suna. The three of them found a seat in the corner and sat down. Just after they said a few words, two people sat down at the table next to them. One of them had a very familiar voice.

Jiang Nian frowned slightly, turned her head and took a look, and was stunned.

It was really Sun Ying...

Sun Yuan said that her father sent Sun Ying to another place, but she didn't expect that he sent her to the textile factory in Yuan City. The person sitting opposite Sun Ying was Wu Youshan. Sun Yuan said that after Sun Ying was sent away, Wu Youshan also followed her.

The two gave up their original jobs as doctors and nurses and came to the textile factory to work as workers.

Sun Ying also saw Jiang Nian, her face suddenly changed, she picked up her lunch box and ran away. Wu Youshan, who was sitting opposite, was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Jiang Nian, his brows suddenly wrinkled, and he also got up and ran away with his lunch box.

Jiang Nian:...

Shu Xue asked curiously: "Do you know each other?"

"No."

Jiang Nian buried his head in eating and retorted.

She knew that Sun Ying didn't dare to provoke her, and Wu Youshan had to avoid her when he saw her. They were also afraid that she would expose the embarrassing things they had done before. If it spread throughout the textile factory, Sun Ying and Wu Youshan would lose all face.

She slept with Wu Youshan the day before her wedding, and married Tang Ze when she was pregnant with his child.

Jiang Nian: Tsk tsk.

On the way back to the dormitory after dinner, she ran into Chen Yao outside the dormitory building. Chen Yao was wearing a green military uniform and holding a bag of food in his hand. When he saw Jiang Nian, he immediately waved and smiled. Jiang Nian said to Shu Xue, "You go back first."

Then she ran to Chen Yao's side.

At this time, people coming and going outside the dormitory building were from the textile factory and embroidery factory. Dong Shu and Yu Xia came back from the cafeteria and saw Chen Yao and Jiang Nian under the tree. Yu Xia said, "That seems to be Jiang Nian's girlfriend."

Dong Shu snorted coldly, "What's the big deal

?" "Shu Xue, what's the name of Jiang Nian's girlfriend?"

Yu Xia asked Shu Xue, and Shu Xue shook her head, "I don't know."

Dong Shu sneered, "If you don't want to say it, don't say it. You don't know yet, who would like to hear it?" After that, she

took Yu Xia and left.

Shu Xue: ...

Suna whispered, "Don't take it to heart, Sister Dong's temper is just like that."

The two of them went back to the dormitory first, and before leaving, they looked at Chen Yao and Jiang Nian under the tree again.

It was dark at this time. Someone was holding a flashlight outside the dormitory. The beams of light were very dazzling at night. Chen Yao handed a bag of food to Jiang Nian and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, this is what Captain Lu asked me to bring to you. He has been on a mission these days and won't be back for a while, so he asked me to come and see you."

Jiang Nian took the food and looked down. There were a lot of snacks in it, including a roast chicken wrapped in oil paper. A strong fragrance permeated her nose, and she blinked: "Why so much?"

Chen Yao smiled and said, "Captain Lu told you to eat more, he will come back to see you in a while."

Jiang Nian smiled, thinking of the military vehicle she saw at noon, and asked in a low voice: "Did Lu Yu come to the city today?"

Chen Yao shook his head: "No, he has not been in Yuan City for the past three days."

Jiang Nian:...

She suddenly felt that she was quite embarrassing at noon today.

Thinking about Lu Yu was like going crazy.

Chen Yao sent the things and left. Jiang Nian returned to the dormitory, and Shu Xue started to ask, "Is that your date?"

Su Na also came over, looking curious.

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "No, my boyfriend asked him to bring me some food."

After that, he put the food on the cabinet next to the bed and gave Suna and Shuxue a piece of White Rabbit candy and chocolate respectively. The two had sharp noses and smelled the smell of roasted chicken. They sniffed and said, "Your boyfriend is really good to you. It cost a lot of money to buy these things."

Not to mention the candy, chocolate, malted milk and several kinds of expensive fruits, just this roasted chicken and cream biscuits cost a lot of money. Shuxue and Suna couldn't help but wonder what kind of background Jiang Nian's boyfriend had in the army to be so generous.

The roasted chicken was still hot. If it was left until tomorrow and it got cold, it would be greasy and not tasty.

Jiang Nian took out the roast chicken and shared it with Suna and Shu Xue. The rich aroma wafted out through the window. The people in the dormitory hadn't had a good meal in half a year, so when they smelled the aroma, they wanted to lean over the window to sniff it hard to satisfy their cravings. Dong Shu and Yu Xia also smelled the meat, and after they sniffed it hard, they felt that the dinner they had in the evening didn't smell good anymore.

They went to Xiuzhuang early the next morning. Dong Shu said to Jia Yuan, "I don't know who was eating meat in the dormitory last night. The smell was so delicious that it filled our dormitory and made Yu Xia and me sick."

As she was talking, Suna's laughter came from outside the door, "Jiang Nian, thank you for treating us to roast chicken last night."

Shu Xue also said, "We haven't eaten meat for almost a year. Last night, thanks to Jiang Nian, we got to eat meat. Your partner is so nice to you. He treated you to cream biscuits and chocolate fruit roast chicken. Jiang Nian, when we have the chance, you must take us to meet your partner."

Shu Xue said this deliberately to annoy Jia Yuan.

Shu Xue's words were heard by several people. After they came in, Dong Shu and the others' faces changed, and they all turned around and sat down. No one said a word.

In a blink of an eye, Jiang Nian had been in the embroidery shop for half a month.

Lu Yu did not call again during this period, and she had embroidered one-third of her embroidery. Since the roast chicken incident that day, Dong Shu never spoke to Jiang Nian again. Jia Yuan would occasionally make a few sarcastic remarks to Jiang Nian, but Jiang Nian would always retort in a mild manner, which made her feel bored.

At noon after work that day, Jiang Nian asked Shu Xue to help bring back lunch. She wanted to finish these stitches.

As soon as Yu Xia and Dong Shu opened the door of the embroidery mansion, they saw a military green military vehicle parked at the gate. Jia Yuan and Fan Shan walked out and saw two men in military uniforms getting off the car. They looked young, handsome, and had the temperament of officials.

Suna came out with a lunch box in her arms. When she saw the two of them, she was stunned for a moment and asked, "Are you looking for Director Ge?" Then she shouted inside, "Director Ge, someone is looking for you."

"Here they are."

Ge Mei put down the enamel cup and walked out and saw Lu Yu and Gu Shizhou. She immediately smiled and said, "Captain Lu is here to see Jiang Nian?"

There was a smile in her words.

Lu Yu glanced at the people in the embroidery manor, his majestic brows relaxed and he nodded to Ge Mei with a faint smile: "Is she here?"

Ge Mei smiled and said, "Yes."

Then he shouted to the inside of the door: "Jiang Nian, Captain Lu is here."

Almost as soon as Ge Mei finished speaking, there were footsteps from inside. Jiang Nian ran out of the embroidery manor and saw Lu Yu standing next to the car. His heart was pounding. They had been together every day some time ago, and now they hadn't seen each other for half a month. Jiang Nian felt like a long time had passed.

"Lu Yu."

Jiang Nian walked over, her eyes bright and beautiful. She raised her head and stared at Lu Yu. The corners of her tightly pursed lips could not hide the smile, which made Lu Yu feel warm in her heart. She reached out and rubbed her head: "Are you hungry?"

Jiang Nian nodded lightly. Lu Yu smiled softly and said, "I'll take you to dinner."

"Okay."

Jiang Nian responded in a low voice, and seeing Gu Shizhou on the side, she shouted, "Political Commissar Gu."

Gu Shizhou nodded.

Several people standing at the gate of Xiuzhuang blinked and looked at Jiang Nian, especially Yu Xia and Jia Yuan, whose eyes almost popped out. Yu Xia didn't expect that Jiang Nian's target was actually the head of the group, and this man was impeccable in both height and appearance. It seemed that he was very caring towards Jiang Nian. To put it bluntly, he was the kind of person who could hold him in his hands and take care of him like a baby.

Yu Xia suddenly felt a little pain on her face.