Each table was served twelve dishes and a soup, including braised fish, braised pork with preserved mustard greens, and poached chicken...
The dishes were plentiful and the aroma was irresistible, causing everyone to crane their necks to look.
Wow, so much delicious food!
"This braised pork looks delicious!"
The employees' exclamations of praise were endless, and they were practically drooling.
Just as everyone was getting ready to start, music suddenly started playing on stage, and the employees began to perform the shows they had prepared.
First up were several young women from the pharmaceutical factory. Dressed in matching white lab coats, they performed a lively dance. Although their movements weren't professional, they were full of energy and won rounds of applause from the audience.
Next, the restaurant's chefs went on stage and performed a skit about funny things that happened in their daily work, which made everyone laugh out loud, some even laughing until they cried.
The performances were more and more exciting, bringing the entire New Year's gathering to a climax.
The employees enjoyed their delicious meal while watching the exciting program, their faces beaming with happy smiles.
Lin Li sat in the main seat, looking at the joyful and peaceful scene before her, her heart filled with satisfaction.
Employees are the company's most valuable asset. As long as everyone works together with one mind and one heart, the company's future will definitely be better.
As the New Year's gathering drew to a close, the employees all wore expressions of lingering enjoyment.
They gathered in small groups, discussing the show they had just watched, sharing their prizes and red envelopes, their eyes filled with anticipation for the future.
Everyone expressed that they would work even harder next year to make money for the company and live up to General Manager Lin's trust and expectations.
When the meeting ended, the employees carried rice and meat, and clutched red envelopes in their hands, walking out of the auditorium in high spirits.
Their steps were light, their faces were smiling, and they seemed to be full of energy.
Lin Laosan led his two nephews by the hand, with Lin Li following behind. Watching the employees' departing figures, a satisfied smile appeared on her face.
"Mom, everyone is so happy today."
"That's right," Lin Laosan said. Lin Li nodded, "If everyone is happy, they'll have more energy for work next year."
Holding the Chinese chess set he had won, Lin Hu excitedly said, "Grandma, I want to come to the New Year's gathering again next year!"
Lin Yao also looked up and said softly, "I'll join too."
Lin Li smiled and patted her two grandsons' heads: "Okay, we'll come again next year."
The evening breeze, carrying the fragrance of winter plum blossoms, swept through the factory area. Lin Li looked up and saw the red flag on the top of the office building, fluttering in the evening wind.
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After the New Year's gathering, Lin Laosan took the two little ones and boarded the train back to his hometown.
Lin Li calculated the time and prepared to teleport there instantly.
I'm getting old, and taking the train is too tiring.
She worked very hard in order to live to be a hundred years old.
Two days later, at dusk.
Lin Li received a call from Lin Laosan, and on a whim, she returned to her hometown.
In the courtyard house of his hometown, Lin Laosan was cleaning with his two little ones.
When they saw Lin Li coming over, they all gathered around her.
"Mommy/Grandma, you're here!"
"Um!"
Lin Li nodded and took out the gifts she had brought back from Hong Kong from her spatial storage.
"Third brother, Lin Hu, Lin Yao, you all go and distribute these gifts to the village chief and the neighbors."
"Okay!"
The three accepted the gifts, each bearing their name.
The three of them ran out in a flash.
Lin Li took the broom from them and continued to slowly sweep the snow in the yard.
She was wearing a navy blue khaki cotton-padded coat today, which was very warm.
"Squeak~~~"
The courtyard gate was pushed open.
Lin Li thought it was Lin Laosan and the other two returning, and with a smile on her face, she was about to ask when she saw Lin Xiaomei, whom she hadn't seen for almost three years, appear at the gate of the courtyard.
She walked in arm in arm with a man.
The man was wearing an inappropriate off-white suit, with the collar open revealing a gold chain, and his belly jiggled as he walked.
"Mom, let me introduce you."
Lin Xiaomei shook off the man's arm and deliberately puffed out her chest. Her red ski jacket stood out conspicuously in the gloomy courtyard.
"This is Boss Wang, a big boss from Hong Kong."
Boss Wang took two steps forward, rubbed his thick hands together in front of his chest, and spoke in broken Mandarin.
"Hello, Aunt Lin... It's nice to meet you. This is just a small token of my appreciation."
He pulled a gold-embossed red envelope from the inside pocket of his suit, and when he handed it over, the gold ring on his finger was so dazzling that it was hard to open one's eyes.
Lin Li only glanced at it, then continued sweeping with the broom in her hand.
The bamboo sticks made a "rustling" sound as they scraped across the frozen ground.
She didn't even lift her eyelids, but said coldly.
"I'm sorry, I don't have a daughter."
Lin Xiaomei: ...
The obese Hong Kong businessman looked at Lin Xiaomei with a surprised expression.
Lin Xiaomei's face flushed instantly. She stomped her feet, snatched the red envelope, and tried to stuff it into Lin Li's pocket.
"Mom, what are you doing? Mr. Wang flew all the way back from Hong Kong to spend the New Year with me. Do you know how expensive that plane ticket was?"
Lin Li took a step back, dodging her move.
His sharp gaze made her heart skip a beat.
Why is my mother's gaze so cold?
Is he still angry with her?
That shouldn't be! So much time has passed, and this old woman is still so temperamental!
If she hadn't returned to the village and learned that she had led the villagers to open such a large garment factory, she would never have visited her at all.
As Lin Xiaomei thought about it, she rolled her eyes and walked back to Boss Wang's side.
She reached out and tugged at Mr. Wang's suit. "Look at this fabric, it was bought in Hong Kong, it's worth half a year's salary for you!"
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