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Military green shirts were quite eye-catching in this era.
Meng Songying had even tucked the hem of her shirt into her pants, making her long, straight legs appear exceptionally long.
Many people turned their heads to look three or four times, and when Wang Shuitao walked towards the cafeteria with him, she wished she could cover her face.
Occasionally, words like "stylish" would drift into my ears.
After seeing this, Director Sun hesitated for a long time before finally managing to say, "Engineer Meng is quite particular today."
Li Yuanhong casually moved his rice bowl in front of her, and when Director Sun looked over in astonishment, she glared at him fiercely.
Even food can't shut you up!
The two left first, and Meng Songying suddenly moved closer in the noisy crowd and asked in a low voice, "Am I ugly?"
Wang Shuitao felt a warm breath on her earlobe and pinched it with her fingers. Then she poked Meng Songying's shoulder with her index finger, pressing hard.
I pushed him a little further away.
"Not ugly."
Not hearing the answer she wanted, Meng Songying's hair stood on end.
As the two parted ways outside the cafeteria, Wang Shuitao exclaimed, "It looks beautiful!"
Then he ran into the factory office, his footsteps echoing loudly on the cement floor.
Comrade Wang, who changed his name to Lao Wang, was sweeping the floor today, chuckling sheepishly.
Wang Shuitao was already of marriageable age, and logically she shouldn't be getting matchmakers so late, but for some reason, she always had the air of a young girl who hadn't grown up.
Perhaps it was because that fearless, youthful spirit couldn't be hidden.
Adults don't have the drive to cause a major upheaval.
When that old lady came to visit yesterday, everyone realized that Wang Shuitao was already a grown woman.
I heard that he only has one older brother who is in the army and has served for quite a long time. I guess he will be able to get a job when he comes back.
She herself also works at the sugar factory, and she is ambitious and appreciated by the factory manager and his family.
Many people were immediately interested, but upon closer observation, they discovered that she was very close to Meng Songying, the factory's chief engineer.
Meng Songying has been here for several years. Apart from being an orphan with no one to help her, which is a disadvantage, she is otherwise outstanding in the entire county.
Some people then shrank back again.
Seeing Meng Gong dressed up and leaving home today reminded me of yesterday when Wang Shuitao was introduced to a blind date, and the rest of the people also backed out.
Zhang Ping'an is also a worker in the workshop, a sugar-boiling worker. He has been married for eight years and has four children.
His wife was very fertile, and all his babies were sons.
Normally, he's the one everyone envies in the workshop, but today he's constantly being bombarded with strange looks.
He knew perfectly well why.
But Zhang Ping'an didn't care. People in the workshop often saw Wang Shuitao and Meng Songying coming and going together, and they knew earlier than others that there must be something fishy going on between the two.
Even so, he still strongly supported his younger brother's efforts to bring Wang Shuitao back as his wife.
Zhang Pingkang was someone his family had long since abandoned.
If a sickly boy who is about to die can catch a beautiful woman, then his parents have not raised him in vain.
At that time, his sister-in-law can put in a good word for him with the factory director and his wife.
Moreover, since the younger brother is probably unable to have children, his four sons can inherit the four jobs of himself, his wife, his brother, and his wife.
Zhang Ping'an had also made up his mind: four sons were enough to carry on the family line, and he wouldn't have any more children.
As for Engineer Meng, what girl would want to marry such a jinx who's so quiet and unresponsive?
He didn't know that Meng Songying was adopted; he only knew that he had lost his parents at a young age.
I thought Meng Songying's parents died young and that they usually disliked him because he was unlucky, so they wouldn't associate with him.
Zhang Ping'an planned to have his younger brother prepare some nice words to trick Wang Shuitao into coming back first.
As for his brother's wife wanting to rekindle her affair with Meng Songying after his brother's death, he would welcome it.
He could also hold leverage over the two men, forcing Meng Songying to pass on all his skills to his eldest son.
Yes, it's just the eldest son. As long as the other three have jobs, that's fine. Most of the benefits should go to the eldest son.
He smacked his lips with satisfaction. It didn't matter that Wang Shuitao didn't want to see his brother. Next time, he could have his brother come to the factory to deliver some things, and they would run into each other.
Not to brag, but his younger brother's pretty-boy looks are quite convincing.
After Wang Shuitao refused yesterday, she felt that the matter was settled and put all the messy things like blind dates to the back of her mind.
She didn't even need to use her brain to remember the man's name.
Because the sugar factory produced two outstanding gift boxes, the provincial capital issued an additional task, ordering the factory to produce more.
Not only will they be sold around Chinese New Year's Eve, but they will also be sold during the National Day holiday.
At least 100,000 boxes are needed.
Wang Shuitao spent the entire day yesterday communicating with the lumber mill.
One hundred thousand boxes is definitely not enough for Wangjiazhuang's production capacity, and nowadays farmers cannot deviate too far from their farm work.
After discussions and with Wang Shuitao's efforts, the factory finally decided to obtain 90,000 simple carved wooden boxes and 10,000 uncarved wooden boxes from the lumber mill.
Uncarved wooden boxes are sent to Wangjiazhuang for more detailed carving and coloring.
It will contain deluxe versions of rainbow candies and flower candies.
It's basically just fruit flavoring added; this time, a fresh batch was delivered from the provincial capital.
Red is strawberry flavor, orange is tangerine flavor, yellow is lemon flavor, green is apple flavor, cyan is plum flavor, and purple is grape flavor.
Since there wasn't a suitable fruit flavor for the blue one, we decided on the original flavor.
Wang Shuitao went to the timber manufacturers to negotiate prices with Director Wu from the factory office.
The final price for the simple carved wooden box was set at 35 cents, which is the same price as the handmade boxes produced in Wangjiazhuang.
The person in charge there muttered, "This price is only because you ordered a lot. We're all factories in the same county, that's why we're giving you this price."
The price was low; originally, a wooden box should have cost four mao (0.4 yuan). Wang Shuitao already knew this, and she had secured business for Wangjiazhuang by virtue of her price advantage.
He just smiled, and Director Wu next to him was also smiling.
"This young comrade Wang from our factory is quite remarkable."
The same words, spoken in different tones, can be categorized as either sarcastic or complimentary.
Anyway, Wang Shuitao couldn't detect any positive emotions in Director Wu's tone, but she decided to let the internal strife at the lumber mill go.
Next is the price of the uncarved wooden box, three cents.
The processing fee in Wangjiazhuang is one cent per piece, and the total price is four cents.
The cost of a box of candies with added fruit flavoring is estimated to increase by about five cents.
However, the price of the deluxe version has increased from one yuan to two yuan.
Even in the 1970s, there were wealthy people who, having experienced the frenzy of the Dragon Boat Festival shopping spree, were full of confidence in the deluxe version.
At this moment, Director Wu came over to Wang Shuitao's desk and first criticized it for being too messy, saying that the young girl should know how to tidy up.
Then, raising his voice, he said, "Director Sun specifically instructed you to handle the matter of getting beetroots from Heilongjiang Province as well."
Then he turned to the others and said, "Everyone should learn from Comrade Wang Shuitao's spirit of striving for progress. Ah, hahahahaha."
There was complete silence below; no one dared to utter a sound.
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