Qin Xiao couldn't help but feel envious. Yes, he was envious. He admitted that he envied Bu Senyuan, Qiu Kai and Su Kang.
Since he was a child, he was taught to keep a distance from everyone.
You cannot joke around with your peers, and you must be even more humble and respectful when you are with your elders. In short, etiquette must be perfect and impeccable.
He is not very close to his parents, and the question they ask him most is about his studies.
His parents were polite to each other, and he hardly ever heard them talk about the daily necessities of life.
It seems that the Qin family only has work to show to others and has no secret life of their own.
He wanted to know what it felt like to have a free-flowing conversation with a girl.
He also wanted to know what it felt like to return to his own home and have a free conversation.
Jiang Jun pushed the itinerary forward, in front of Qin Xiao, and raised his voice, "Director Qin? The places I checked off are the ones I want to visit first."
Isn't it okay that she only has one year of work experience?
She called out twice, but he didn't respond.
I want to bang the table!
Qin Xiao calmly returned to his senses and took a quick glance. "Okay, that's settled. I just thought of a suitable candidate. We can take her with us when we go to the grain management office tomorrow."
Jiang Jun took back the itinerary. "Okay, thank you, Director Qin! I'll reorganize the itinerary later and give it to you before we leave tomorrow morning. Is that okay?"
Qin Xiao nodded: "Okay."
The two of them were silent, each packing up their paper and pen.
All the colleagues in the office had left, leaving only the two of them.
Jiang Jun locked her desk and took her handbag. Seeing Qin Xiao still waiting for her, she said, "Director Qin, you don't have to wait for me."
They took different routes and it was inconvenient for them to exit the office compound together.
Qin Xiao said, "I'll take you home! It was my negligence at work that made you work overtime with me until so late. It's already dark, and you haven't had dinner yet. Xiao Fang got some food in the cafeteria. You can take it home and heat it up."
He really wanted to follow her and see what her life was like.
Jiang Jun politely declined: "Don't bother. There's some dry food in the dormitory. I'll just go back and make some."
She is the only female employee in the dormitory now. She has been working overtime until now, and if she asks someone to send her back, what will other colleagues think?
Yan Lixin already had some grievances against her. Just before leaving, he turned around and gave her a rather unfriendly look.
It seemed that if she was not careful, she would be caught and attacked.
As for overtime, she didn't think it was Qin Xiao's fault. Look at the other colleagues, they all leave when it's time to get off work. If they can't finish the work today, they will do it tomorrow. If they can't finish it tomorrow, they will do it the day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. No one is in a hurry to finish things like her.
She discovered that the people around her cared more about relationships than efficiency—everyone was afraid of offending others, afraid of making others unhappy, and always tried their best to behave and do things in a way that would not displease others, not seeking to be fruitless, but to avoid making mistakes.
In her opinion, caring about personal relationships is precisely the most offensive and inefficient thing to do - to consider one person's feelings is actually equivalent to sacrificing the feelings of another person. The person who is sacrificed is simply of no use here and now. If one day you want to win over people, you may not necessarily get a favor even if you spend ten times the time and effort.
Without efficiency, how can there be achievement?
Qin Xiao insisted, "Team Leader Yan and the others are all having their working meals in the cafeteria. You and I are the only ones working overtime. Deputy Team Leader Jiang is already working so hard. If you get tired again when you go back, it will affect your work."
Jiang Yun then realized that she could not change the regular schedules and quantitative habits developed by others, and she could not make others accept her own casual lifestyle habits.
"Thank you, Director Qin!" Jiang Jun no longer forced him. "I can carry my lunch box back myself. Director Qin really doesn't need to send it. After working all day, the commute is my only chance to exercise."
This is a fact.
In this strange place, all actions that are out of place are considered unconventional and can easily become the target of attention.
The feelings and effects brought about by high-intensity labor and high-intensity exercise are different.
Qin Xiao was silent, picked up his briefcase and walked out, standing at the door watching Jiang Yun lock the door. This has been their family's habit for many years. After seeing guests out, they must wait until the guests are out of sight before returning.
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Jiang Jun walked slowly, just to recall over and over again what Chen Yuanwu said to her on the phone.
It took her nearly half an hour to walk a distance of more than ten minutes.
There were little girls playing hopscotch and kicking sandbags on the road, and she had to avoid them from time to time. Most of the little boys were chasing and fighting with them. One of them even ran over and bumped into her, almost knocking the lunch box in her hand to the ground. She shouted "Be careful", but the boy kept yelling that she was blocking the way, holding the small stick in his hand and baring his teeth at her.
Jiang Jun smiled helplessly. There were such naughty kids everywhere he went.
The little boy was still unwilling to give in, thinking that Jiang Jun's laughter was making fun of him. He followed her closely with a group of little boys, reciting nursery rhymes that she could hardly understand.
Jiang Yun was roughly familiar with this kind of slang nursery rhyme, which was a funny doggerel poem that paid attention to rhyming the ending sound.
Lingcheng was a major city for imperial examinations in ancient times with a profound cultural heritage. Not only did the beautiful women from Wang and Xie’s poems fly into the homes of ordinary people, but the rhythm of their poetry also permeated the streets and alleys.
When I returned to the dormitory, Yan Lixin was chatting with Su Kang.
Seeing Jiang Jun open the door and come in, Yan Lixin joked, "Xiao Jiang, what's wrong? You can't finish it, but you still come back with it?"
The change (demotion) of position and the change (obedience) of work tasks made Yan Lixin's tone of speech become somewhat bitter.
You will have to bear the consequences if you eat it. It is originally a derogatory term.
Having Yan Lixin make such a change implied that Jiang Jun couldn't stand Qin Xiao's criticism, which made people feel uncomfortable no matter how they listened to it.
We all work in the same office, why distort the facts like this?
Jiang Jun stopped and turned to Yan Lixin: "Team Leader Yan, the mouth that eats the man is soft, and the hand that takes the man is short. We are all in the same boat, so why should we be divided?"
Yan Lixin's face darkened: "Xiao Jiang, who have you seen me eat?"
Jiang Jun opened the lunch box and showed it to Yan Lixin and Su Kang. "It's just the work meal from the cafeteria, the same as yours! I work overtime but don't get overtime pay, and I have to eat cold food. Does Team Leader Yan think I shouldn't eat it?"
The disunity wasn't started by her!
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