Chapter 84 Rest
When Lin Qingqing was conducting a vigorous employee training program at the supply and marketing cooperative, the surrounding neighbors all heard the news of her promotion.
This wasn't something Lin Qingqing said, but rather something someone from the family compound heard when they went to the Qingshan Supply and Marketing Cooperative to buy things. At first, the person was puzzled, wondering if everyone at the supply and marketing cooperative was called "Manager Lin." Upon asking, they learned that Lin Qingqing had been promoted at the end of last month.
Oh my goodness, this is terrible!
Lin Qingqing has only been with the supply and marketing cooperative for about six months. How did she get promoted?
The most puzzled person was Sister Qian. Why didn't their supply and marketing cooperative have a store manager position? That morning, Lin Qingqing had just left for the canteen to have breakfast when Sister Qian heard the noise and hurriedly went out.
After leaving the house, he was still dozens of meters away from Lin Qingqing when he called out, "Hey girl, are you going to have breakfast too?" He jogged over to Lin Qingqing's side.
"Yes, are you going to have breakfast too?"
"Of course," Sister Qian said. After walking with Lin Qingqing for a while, she seemed to only remember to say as they entered the cafeteria, "Oh, by the way, I heard you got promoted. Congratulations!"
Lin Qingqing has been busy with training lately, leaving early and returning late every day, so she really didn't know that the news had spread. She was a little surprised when she heard this: "Who told you this?"
Sister Qian immediately mentioned someone, then asked doubtfully, "She said you got promoted, didn't she?"
"Yes, that's true," Lin Qingqing said.
There weren't many people in line ahead of them, and Sister Fu at the window overheard their conversation and asked, "Oh, you got promoted? Congratulations!" As she spoke, she gave Lin Qingqing an extra tiger-skin egg.
Upon seeing this, Lin Qingqing quickly said, "I didn't order tiger-skin eggs."
"This is a personal gift for you, congratulations on your promotion," Sister Fu said cheerfully. Last time she took Lin Qingqing to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy clothes, Lin Qingqing helped her put together an outfit. When she wore it home, her husband was dazzled and became much more passionate that night. Moreover, when they bought the clothes, Lin Qingqing also gave her a small wallet, which her daughter loved and wore every day.
Sister Fu is a straightforward person; she remembers when others are kind to her. Hearing that Lin Qingqing had been promoted, and thinking she didn't have anything good to give her, she made her an extra deer-skin egg.
At that time, eggs were still a rare commodity and were supplied in limited quantities. Lin Qingqing immediately said, "No, no, I can't have them."
"If you don't want it, you're disrespecting me," Sister Fu said sternly. Seeing that Lin Qingqing remained silent, she smiled and said, "If you're touched, next time I go to your supply and marketing cooperative to buy clothes, you can choose for me."
Lin Qingqing readily agreed: "Okay then."
After finding a seat, Sister Qian looked at the tiger-skin eggs in Lin Qingqing's bowl, then at the clear soup noodles in her own bowl, and said enviously, "Sister Fu is so good to you."
"Perhaps we're just kindred spirits," Lin Qingqing said.
Sister Qian thought about it and agreed. Sister Fu had a bad temper and often yelled at people when serving food. Only Lin Qingqing always managed to get a smile from her, and now she even got tiger-skin eggs as a gift.
But Sister Qian wasn't a glutton. After saying that, she continued to inquire about Lin Qingqing's promotion: "Our supply and marketing cooperative's stores are all directly managed by the director. Why does your supply and marketing cooperative have a department manager?"
“The department manager position is a newly added one,” Lin Qingqing said, referring to the previous performance evaluation.
"Your supply and marketing cooperative is so good. Why don't we have such good things in our supply and marketing cooperative?" Sister Qian exclaimed after hearing this.
“No matter how good our supply and marketing cooperative is, you still prefer to stay at the supply and marketing cooperative in the family compound, don’t you?” Last week, she talked to Sister Qian about the Qingshan supply and marketing cooperative’s recruitment, but after considering it, Sister Qian decided to stay at the supply and marketing cooperative in the family compound.
Sister Qian chuckled after hearing this, "That's what I was worried about." If she could manage the Xingfeng counter as soon as she got in, she would definitely go without hesitation. But no, to manage the Xingfeng counter, you have to get first place in the exam. And the exam content is so fancy that she has never even heard of it. If she works so hard to get in, she would only be managing the worst performing counter. She might as well stay at the supply and marketing cooperative in the family compound.
After hearing about Lin Qingqing's promotion, Sister Qian had an idea and subtly asked, "Do you think it's possible that our supply and marketing cooperative might also add a store manager position?"
Lin Qingqing found Sister Qian's question strange and laughed, "I don't know your supply and marketing cooperative director either, so how could I say for sure?"
"So how did your director come up with the idea of creating a manager position?"
This isn't something that can't be said. Lin Qingqing said, "Think about it, you work in the supply and marketing cooperative, and your job is the same day after day for years. Don't you lack motivation at work?"
Sister Qian thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's right."
"If your manager decides to create more store manager positions, what would you do?"
Sister Qian's eyes lit up: "I will definitely work harder."
Lin Qingqing spread her hands: "See, our director's intention in doing this is quite obvious."
"Yes!" Sister Qian suddenly realized, and at the same time started to think. Their director used the Qingshan Supply and Marketing Cooperative to provoke them every day, telling them to correct their work attitude and work hard. So, could she do the same to provoke their director?
That afternoon, when the director of the supply and marketing cooperative in the family compound mentioned once again that the Qingshan supply and marketing cooperative, which was once not as good as theirs, was thriving while their cooperative was deserted, Sister Qian said what she had prepared.
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Lin Qingqing was unaware of what had happened at the supply and marketing cooperative in the family compound. She had been incredibly busy with the training program lately, wishing she could split herself in two. Sometimes, lying in bed at night, she would wryly smile to herself. She had initially thought that working overtime was impossible, but now she had no time to rest.
Until the exam ended and the sales clerks for Xingfeng counter were selected, she worked for two days and felt that it was enough, so she quickly applied to Director Gao for three consecutive days off.
Actually, according to the original rest system of the supply and marketing cooperative, it was not possible to have three consecutive days off like this, because it was previously fixed to one day off per week. Unless you combined a Sunday and a Monday off, you would only have one day off per week, and you could not move this week's holiday to the next week.
Lin Qingqing had long objected to this rest system and suggested to Director Gao that rest days be arranged arbitrarily within the month, and if the person concerned was willing, four consecutive days off would be fine. Of course, this would inevitably create an additional job position to fill in when others are on rest.
However, this isn't a big deal, because before the extended holidays were restricted, the counters that were supposed to have days off were often left unattended. It's only in the last two months, in order to boost sales, that many people have become reluctant to take time off, which has eased the situation slightly. But relying on employees voluntarily working overtime in the long run is definitely not sustainable; someone still needs to step in to ensure that each counter is open year-round.
Director Gao had also been thinking about this issue. After listening to Lin Qingqing's suggestion, he agreed to change the rest system and also changed the recruitment plan from one person to two people.
After the rest system was changed, everyone was still observing and no one dared to take consecutive days off. Lin Qingqing took the opportunity to set an example for everyone.
On her first day off, Lin Qingqing slept until late morning. After lunch, she took advantage of the good sunshine to wash all the bed sheets and blankets that hadn't been changed in a long time and cleaned the house inside and out.
When Xie Wei returned home that evening, Lin Qingqing subtly asked, "Have you noticed any changes at home?"
Since Lin Qingqing had asked, Xie Wei knew that something must have changed at home, but what was it? He first looked at the dining table, which was empty, then looked at the display cabinet, where a pot of tea had been added... but it definitely wasn't that. If it were because of the tea, Lin Qingqing wouldn't have asked him what had changed at home, but would have specially brewed a pot of tea for him.
Xie Wei's gaze fell on the empty vase on the coffee table. When the chrysanthemums were in bloom, Lin Qingqing would pick a few flowers and put them in it every few days. After the weather turned cold, the chrysanthemums withered, and the vase became empty.
But it's been so long, it shouldn't have anything to do with the vase.
Xie Wei walked to the master bedroom and looked at the desk. On the desk were several books, a bottle of face cream, and a bottle of osmanthus oil.
The face cream was something they bought together at a department store. Xie Wei asked, "Did you buy osmanthus oil?"
"...No, take another look?"
Xie Wei guessed: "Did you buy a new book?"
"No, guess again."
Xie Wei had no choice but to turn his gaze to Lin Qingqing and look her up and down.
Lin Qingqing felt uncomfortable being stared at by him: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
“You’ve become even more beautiful,” Xie Wei said.
The sudden sweet talk stunned Lin Qingqing. A smile appeared on her face, but she scolded, "I asked you what changes have occurred at home, don't try to dodge the question."
Xie Wei said matter-of-factly, "These are the changes I've observed."
In reality, Lin Qingqing's hairstyle was the same as always, and her clothes were what she usually wore; Xie Wei didn't see any change in her. But judging from his wife's expression, it seemed he wouldn't have a good day unless he found something different. Driven by his survival instinct, Xie Wei had to rack his brains to come up with an answer that would satisfy her.
Lin Qingqing was indeed satisfied with Xie Wei's answer, but she deliberately nitpicked, saying, "I asked you to look after the house. Didn't you notice how clean and tidy it is? I spent the whole afternoon cleaning it today!"
Xie Wei looked at the doors, windows, coffee table, sofa, and floor, and realized they were indeed much cleaner than usual. He suddenly understood and said, "So that's how it is."
"But you didn't even notice," Lin Qingqing said with a pained expression. She had originally planned to be a little reserved when Xie Wei asked her, and to say in a nonchalant tone that she had just tidied up a bit.
Xie Wei hadn't expected this to be such a chaotic mess, so he quickly racked his brains and then said in a serious tone, "Maybe I only saw you when I came back, so I didn't notice you."
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