Finally home.
The train arrived on time at noon.
Jiang Yanxu had to go and deal with matters at the funeral home, so he left as soon as he got out of the train station.
Wang Taozhi returned home with a roast duck and the photo album He Ruixue gave her. She couldn't wait to find He Chunsheng and her neighbors to show off her experiences along the way.
Zhao Meiya was no less excited than her. She took another roast duck, said hello to He Ruixue in a hurry, and rushed back to the village.
She couldn't wait to call a meeting of her old sisters and announce her return with a grand symposium. It was obvious that the village would be bustling for several days.
He Ruixue piled the things she bought in the living room, didn't take much rest, and went to work with her bags.
In the office, facing Han Fuqing's resentful eyes, she felt a little guilty and took out two sets of brand new stamps.
"Sister Han, you see, I miss you even when I'm out playing. I heard you like collecting stamps, and I went to many places to collect these two sets."
Han Fuqing accepted the gift, her expression softened, "I appreciate it. If you really care about me, please help share some of the work.
You've been gone for more than half a month, and even Xie Peng came to ask me if I fired you."
"I just got off the train and came to work, Sister Han. If you have any work next, just leave it to me."
"That's what you said. Look back at your desk. The documents are piling up like a mountain. These aren't too urgent. Take your time to deal with them. I'm going on a business trip starting tomorrow, so I'm afraid I'll be busy for the next month."
"No, I really don't want to take the train."
"Who do you think I am doing this for? The New Year is coming soon, and I was planning to move you up a level.
Look at your intermittent nature. If you don't produce some results, how can you convince others?"
He Ruixue nodded repeatedly and agreed without hesitation.
It wasn't until she walked out of the office that she realized—
That's not right. Is she being PUAed in the workplace?
However, the pie that Sister Han painted is really worth eating. Compared to it, being busy for a few days is nothing.
When returning from Beijing, it is essential to give souvenirs to colleagues.
Most colleagues get a dim sum set, which contains the famous Beijing Eight Pieces, a large eight pieces plus a small eight pieces, a total of sixteen dim sum pieces in two layers.
It was wrapped in a rose-red cardboard box, printed with a peony pattern symbolizing prosperity and prosperity, and tied with a thin rope.
Everyone was very happy after receiving it. The packaging was beautiful and the pastries were exquisitely made, like flowers.
Whether it is displayed to entertain guests during the Chinese New Year or given as a gift, it is a matter of great face.
Colleagues who were more familiar with each other, such as Xia Lingqing, Xu Dening and Zhao Jiajia, each received two boxes of snacks and a Beijing fan with the Temple of Heaven painted in ink on it.
There is also a pair of clay Peking Opera Qingyi puppets, wearing small cloth clothes, with oil paint on their faces, and they are in the posture of singing opera, which looks vivid and lifelike.
As for the secretary, Xie Peng and Chef Huang, who are older than her.
Two boxes of dim sum, two bottles of Xifeng liquor, a snuff bottle bought in Liulichang, a sheepskin hat, a box of Tongrentang supplements and a small jar of jasmine tea.
It is thoughtful and not too expensive, and everyone who receives the gift is very happy.
Xia Lingqing couldn't help but open the snack box as soon as he got it. He took out the jujube flower cake and tasted it in small bites, while holding it at the bottom with one hand, for fear that the pastry would fall to the ground and be wasted.
"It's truly nationally famous, even better than the snacks in our store. Did you have a great trip? Where did you go?"
Xu Dening came to join in the fun, but he was reluctant to open his own, so he stole Xia Lingqing's snacks to eat.
She slapped the thief's hand away and said, "Eat your own. There's only one of each. If you eat it, I'll be gone."
"Aren't there two boxes?"
"My parents don't eat it?"
Thinking of something, Xia Lingqing reluctantly broke off half of the piece and said, "Save it for my daughter."
After thinking for a moment, she took off a small portion and stuffed it into her mouth, trying to convince herself, "My daughter is young and can't eat too much. It would be a waste to keep it at home. I'll eat it for her first, as a way for her to show filial piety to me in advance."
Xu Dening was speechless. "She is only a few years old. Why didn't you go there when Pangu created the universe?"
"Don't the experts in the newspapers all say that education should start from childhood? Ideological education is also education. Comrade Xu, you're not married, so you don't understand this principle."
"Having a daughter is so great! When I have a son, I'll marry your daughter to my family and see how you can still show off."
Xia Lingqing looked at him with disdain. "You haven't even started yet. Even if you give birth to a son, he will be at least five years younger than my daughter. Who knows who will take advantage of whom then."
He Ruixue asked, "Xiao Xu, how are you and your partner doing?"
"Almost. Liu Qing came to visit my home, and I also went to her home for dinner, so it's settled. Now my mom and her mom are discussing the marriage.
The betrothal gift wasn't much, just 36 yuan, but they required me to have three houses and a bicycle. My parents are worried about this."
Thirty-six yuan is indeed low in the city.
It is equivalent to 18,000 in later generations, just for the sake of asking for a good luck.
"It seems her family loves their daughter very much."
"Yes, her brothers are all married, leaving her with only one sister. They said they didn't want her to suffer through marriage. If it weren't for my good job, I wouldn't have had the chance to meet her."
Xu Dening blushed, "Xiao Qing is a good person and deserves a good life, but I have a large family, and my salary in the past few years has either been used to pay off debts or to support my younger brothers and sisters.
My mother is considering whether to borrow money from my great-grandfather and his family to buy three empty rooms in the courtyard next door so that I can get married first."
The great-grandfather he mentioned is Xu Mingyu's elder. As a scientific researcher, his salary is definitely not low, and he can easily take out this money.
Xia Lingqing asked, "What about paying back the money? Will you and your wife share the burden?"
"How is that possible! Three good rooms, and then Xiaoqing will have to pay for them after she gets married. Isn't this cheating?
My mother said that the debt is shared by all, but when the family is divided, I won’t have a share of the money.”
Xu Dening didn't care about this. A purchasing agent had many connections. As long as he didn't have to hand over most of his salary, he would not be short of money in the future.
"As for the bicycle, I can buy it, but I don't have enough tickets. Sister He, Sister Xia, can you lend me a few industrial tickets? I will definitely pay it back next year."
Their unit's industrial invoices are issued on a quarterly basis, and the next batch will have to wait until next year.
Xia Lingqing didn't hesitate at all. He opened the drawer and took out ten industrial tickets, slapping them in front of him. "You're welcome. Consider it a wedding gift for you. You don't have to pay it back. You'll need the tickets plenty of times when you move and live your lives."
He Ruixue also took out ten and handed them over, "Me too, don't forget to treat me to the wedding."
After several times of robbing the rich to help the poor, plus the system rewards, she really has no shortage of this stuff.
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