The fat lady turned sideways and glanced quietly at the door of the suite opposite.
"The deputy director lives across from you. His wife works as an accountant in the finance department, managing the allowances for all the factory employees. You have just settled down here, so if you need a living allowance, you can go to the finance department with Mr. Gu's work permit to get it."
Chen Xingling looked towards the door opposite and found that it was quiet early in the morning. Everyone must have gone to work.
"Okay, I'll remember that. Thank you for reminding me."
Then, she quickly turned around and rummaged through the snakeskin bag at the entrance, took out two bars of Xue Yi's soap, and wrapped them up in half a piece of newspaper that was torn off the side.
"Sister, thank you for taking the trouble to come here. My children and I just came from my hometown, so I don't have anything to give you. Please use these two bars of soap. Don't be disgusted."
The fat lady's eyes lit up and she pushed it away embarrassedly.
"No, no, this is my job, it's my duty! This soap... is a rare item, how can I take it?"
Chen Xingling quickly rolled up the newspaper and stuffed it into her hand.
"I've troubled you twice in the past two days. I may have to trouble you again when you move around the factory in the future. This soap is a gift from a distant relative. They gave me a lot. You can try it and don't complain about the small amount."
The fat lady smiled and held it carefully in her hands.
"Well... I won't be polite then. Sister, I work in the Personnel Department. If you need to get meal tickets or meat tickets, just go find me there. My last name is Ma, alias Ma Damei."
Chen Xingling smiled warmly and said, "Then I would like to thank you, Sister Ma."
Ma Damei turned around to leave, but stopped when she glanced at the door opposite, and her chubby body came back.
"Sister, I see that you are an honest girl, so I have to quietly remind you. Deputy Director Liu who lives across from your house is an honest man, but his wife is a powerful person. She is the niece of Director Guo, she is in her thirties this year, and she is well-known in our factory for her bad temper. Except for the team leaders and leaders of each group, no one in the factory can escape her scolding. You have to be careful when you live here, and remember not to provoke her."
"Oh." Chen Xingling nodded obediently: "Thank you, I will be careful."
Ma Damei narrowed her eyes and smiled, "I can tell at a glance that you are a smart person. But you don't need to be too afraid of her. Your engineer Gu is a top-notch engineer in the factory. Everyone knows that Director Guo values him the most. She wouldn't dare to do anything to you."
She went on and on about some of the rude things that happened next door, then happily went downstairs holding the soap.
Chen Xingling watched her leave and then half-closed the door of his house.
She folded a few old newspapers in half and tore them apart, then divided the dozen or so bars of soap in the snakeskin bag into twos and wrapped them up one by one so that she could give them away later.
Soaps in this era were a bit expensive, and you could only buy them in supermarkets or shopping malls. It was not a necessity in life, and ordinary people were reluctant to spend the money.
She took dozens of pieces from the cosmetics section of the supermarket and removed the wrapping paper, leaving only bare bars of soap.
A few days ago, I gave two pieces to each of my sisters-in-law. So far, three of them have come to tell her that the smell is very good. Not only do they like it very much, but even my little nieces like it very much.
Gu Qi always had a masculine mindset and was not good at dealing with people. She had not been in the factory for a long time, and she lived in the old building at the time, so she had almost no contact with Gu Qi's colleagues in the factory.
Now that she is a newcomer, she needs to build good relationships with her colleagues. After all, it is easier to get things done and the road will be smoother if she has more friends.
Anyway, there are plenty of little gadgets like this in the supermarket, so if they’re sold out, just go in and get some more!
Although the suite is large, there are no large furniture or supplies at the moment. It is also a brand new house that has just been moved into, so it is not difficult to clean. There are enough staff on duty, and the cleaning was completed in more than an hour.
At this time, several brothers moved a big bed and a small bed upstairs.
"I'll listen to you and only buy the ones that are newly made and unpainted. After bargaining, the unpainted ones can be saved by two dollars, so the total price is only a little over thirty."
Chen Xingling was very satisfied and hurried into the room to arrange how to put it.
The big bed can accommodate two people without any problem, and the small bed is not small either, being about one meter wide and nearly two meters long. It looks like it can accommodate little Tiger who is in his teens.
The eldest sister-in-law beside her helped wipe it and said with a smile: "When you have another baby at the end of this year or next year, I guess you and your brother-in-law will have to replace the bed with a bigger one."
"Remember to have more children." The sister-in-law blinked her eyes ambiguously and whispered, "Your brother-in-law is so handsome, and you are also good-looking, you must have at least four or five children. When they grow up, they will be tall and handsome, and they will definitely be the envy of others."
Chen Xingling: “…”!!!
Holy shit! Four or five? That sounds scary!
The brat outside needs to be taught well, otherwise he will become a villain in the future. If there are more... She dare not imagine it.
So she hurriedly changed the subject.
"It's almost noon, why don't we go out and find a small restaurant to have lunch."
Chen Daxing waved his hand and said, "There are only two or three restaurants in the city, and they are too far away. Is the work here almost done? I'll take everyone back first, and we can just have something to fill our stomachs when we get home."
"That won't work!" Chen Xingling firmly objected: "You came all the way here to send us here, deliver furniture and help with the cleaning. How can I let you go back with empty stomachs? Even if you are not hungry, the children will be hungry a long time ago."
Liu Peiyun's wrinkled face smiled and reminded: "There is no spark in your stove, not even a single piece of firewood can be seen. I don't know how I and Xiaohuzi are going to fill our stomachs."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Chen Xingling raised his eyebrows and took out the meal ticket and meat ticket from his pocket.
"Don't worry! There are two canteens in the shipyard. Employees and their families can go there to eat at mealtime. We don't have to cook, we can just go get some food. Since everyone is here, why not try the food in the big canteen here, okay?"
Everyone became interested when they heard it and agreed one after another.
"I haven't eaten in the company cafeteria yet! I heard that the food is made by professional chefs or cooks - it should be delicious!"
"How delicious can a big pot meal be! But we haven't tried it! Hehehehe!"
All the little kids jumped up and down and said yes.
Chen Xingling suggested, "How about we go over and eat together?
"No, no." Several sisters-in-law became shy, "We are not employees of the shipyard... It's embarrassing for such a large family to rush in to eat."
Chen Xingling quickly changed his mind and said, "Don't worry, let's go get it and eat at home. We can just bring a few big basins. Mom, have you washed and hung up the dishes I bought?"
"They've been hung out to dry." Liu Peiyun replied, "They're all in the basket, placed in the window to dry in the wind. The big basin - an enamel basin, right? They've all been washed, too."
So, Chen Xingling took a few large enamel basins and led Gu Yi and his elder brother to the first cafeteria in a hurry.
The workers haven't gotten off work yet, so there are not many people in the cafeteria. The meals have just been prepared and each portion is steaming hot.
Chen Xingling spent his meal tickets without hesitation, and even used up several meat tickets to buy two large bowls of rice, two bowls of vegetables and a large bowl of meat, and then returned to his new home in a grand manner.
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