Chapter 28
The department store has its own cafeteria. Xu Di had exchanged his food coupons yesterday and brought a lunch box with him when he came in the morning.
The canteen did not provide lunch boxes at that time. Workers had to bring their own lunch boxes, the old-fashioned aluminum lunch boxes.
After many years of use, the lid has some holes in it, and the original color of the lunch box is no longer visible because it is not well maintained.
Xu Di followed Sister Tang to the cafeteria and lined up at the window. Fortunately, there weren’t many people and the sales clerks at the counter took turns eating.
When it was Xu Di's turn, she took a look and saw stir-fried cabbage slices, stewed tofu, and carrot soup, all vegetarian, with no meat.
Xu Di ordered a serving of rice, a portion of stewed tofu, and a bowl of carrot soup.
"Oh, it's been several days now. We've only eaten cabbage, carrots, and potatoes every day. There's no meat at all. We're not geese, so we don't eat vegetarian food every day."
Sister Tang was holding the same meal and complaining to Xu Di in a low voice.
"Sister Tang, was our cafeteria like this before?"
Xu Di went to high school for one year, and the food in the school cafeteria was even worse.
"Alas, there was a plague recently. A lot of pigs and chickens died. There is a shortage of pork and eggs."
Sister Tang works in warehousing and is well-informed.
"The vegetables have just been planted. It will take some time for eggplants, beans and tomatoes to come off."
"That's right. I eat cabbage, radish, potato and seeds at home every day. The cafeteria also has this kind of food. Really, I'm about to vomit."
Sister Tang complained but she couldn't not eat. Fortunately, there was stewed tofu today.
Xu Di didn't say anything and hurried to eat as he had something to do in the afternoon.
After lunch, there was time for a break at noon. Xu Di looked at the other people in the office. Some were sleeping on the table, and some were busy taking apart their sweaters. It was a change of seasons, and their sweaters and trousers were no longer wearable and were too small, so they could only take them apart and re-knit them.
Xu Di had nothing personal to do, so she took out some rules and regulations of her department from the file cabinet in the office and looked at them.
After lunch break, Xu Di continued to reconcile accounts with the people in the warehouse in the afternoon. He still read more, took notes more, and didn't speak easily.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, people in the office began to pack up and leave work.
Xu Di also put on his shoulder bag, which contained a clean lunch box, and left the office.
The first day of work passed just like that, and Xu Di experienced a working atmosphere that was different from his previous life.
Arriving at the bus stop, it was packed with people. Xu Di felt pain all over his body. Soon, he was going to be squeezed again.
After finally getting off the bus, Xu Di wondered what to do next as the bus was too crowded.
At the Xu family, Mrs. Xu hasn't come back yet. She is working the night shift today.
Mrs. Xu was cooking. She was on the early shift today and happened to be hanging out with Xu's mother.
"Xu Di is back. How is it? It's your first day at work. Are you getting used to it?"
"It's OK, sister-in-law, what are we having for dinner? I'll change my clothes and make it with you."
Xu Di hurried into the house to change clothes. Her sister-in-law had already worked a day, and she couldn't wait to eat ready-made food.
In her previous life, every time she came home from get off work, she was busy cooking, taking care of the children, and doing laundry, and she wished she could grow two more hands.
At the beginning, she also asked Li Kai to do housework, but he didn't even move.
After talking too much, the two started quarreling. They quarreled and quarreled without helping at all, and the child was scared and started crying loudly.
Later, she got tired of arguing and gave up. Instead of arguing with him, I had already finished my work.
Otherwise, after a quarrel, you will not only have more work to do, but will also be tired and angry.
Therefore, Xu Di particularly hates being the only one busying around after get off work while others just sit there idly by like big shots.
"I made cabbage stewed with tofu and steamed flower rolls in the evening. I don't know what happened recently. I can't buy pork and there are not enough eggs."
Mrs. Xu had already prepared the meal, and Xu Di was helping with the cleanup.
"I heard from my colleagues in the office that there seems to be swine fever and chicken plague. They also said that the cafeteria in the department store has been eating vegetarian food for several days in a row."
"That's it! Even if the plague is over, we still need to keep the pigs and chickens for a while!"
Mrs. Xu works in the pharmacy of the factory hospital. She doesn't come into contact with many people and doesn't really know any gossip.
"Yes, a pig needs to be raised for at least seven or eight months, and a chicken needs more than a hundred days."
Xu Di thought about the eggs and hundreds of roosters in his space, and he didn't dare to act rashly at this time.
The aunt and sister-in-law chatted while working, and time passed quickly.
Family members came back one after another and asked Xu Di about his feelings on his first day at work.
Xu Di patiently repeated today's work content to reassure his family.
At the Xu family’s home, the whole family was happily eating around the table.
In the government compound next to the department store staff quarters where the Liang family lived, Grandma Qian had a worried look on her face because her second grandson would not be coming back again.
"Grandma, I'm about to go on a mission. When I come back, I'll go home on vacation. When the time comes, I'll definitely go see the person you introduce me to. I'll never break my promise."
Zhang Chaoyang made the promise on the other end of the phone. After persuading his grandmother, he quickly hung up the phone and saluted. But then he thought that his grandmother couldn't see him, so he just made it a habit.
Grandma Qian stared at the phone for a long time, as if by staring at it she could convey her thoughts to her grandson's mind.
I am 23 years old now, and all my attention is focused on the army. I am not in a hurry to deal with personal problems.
Well, let me think first, among the people I know, which girls are suitable for Chaoyang, and who would not mind that he is serving in the army and is away from home all year round.
"The girl from the Wang family in the compound seems to be 20 years old. I wonder if she has a boyfriend. The granddaughter of the Li family in the Public Security Compound seems to be 21 or 22 years old. The granddaughter of the Zheng family in the family compound next door..."
Grandma Qian muttered to herself about the girls of marriageable age from the families she knew, wondering if they would like her grandson.
Chaoyang is good-looking and tall, the only flaw is that his eyes are a little small.
Grandma Qian sat alone on the sofa thinking about her grandson, but she didn't know that her grandson had already packed his bags and set out on another journey.
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and the days pass one by one.
Xu Di has been working for more than a month and has received his first salary. His second month's salary is not far away.
The school has officially been closed for vacation, and Xu Di and her classmates in this high school class have officially graduated.
The streets are full of young people rushing around. Every day, they run around the gates of different factories, asking about recruitment matters.
"No, the factory is not hiring this year."
"We have already recruited enough people, there are no more positions."
"If the benefits are not good, why recruit people?"
…
Every slightly immature face showed disappointment. No job means going to the countryside.
If it weren't for the job given by the Liang family, Xu Di would also be one of these people.
In the evening, when Xu Di returned to the family compound after get off work, he could still hear some noisy noises.
"Why can't you let my second brother go? It's his turn. Mom, you gave the job to my second brother, so what about me? What should I do?"
"Your second brother has a girlfriend, how can he go to the countryside? Other people's daughters also go to the countryside, why don't they make a fuss like you do?"
"You are biased, you only have your son in your heart!"
"Bang..."
Xu Di was startled and felt lucky again that the family he came from did not discriminate against girls.
You don't have to do as written in the online dramas, where you have to pack up and move to the countryside in order to get rid of your bad family, and start a new life far away from home.
"Xu Di, what are you thinking about? Come in quickly, wash your hands and eat. Today we are making dumplings with leeks, eggs and dried shrimps."
"Hey, here I come, Mom, you are awesome, where did you buy the dried shrimps?"
"A group of people came to the cafeteria, and we each got a little."
Xu's mother's cheerful voice made Xu Di feel warm inside.
"Second sister, hurry up, I'm waiting for you, the dumplings are getting cold."
Xu Jun was greedy and urged his second sister.
"It's cold!"
An An, who didn't understand what was going on, also shouted along with his uncle, causing the others to burst into laughter.
"Ha ha……"
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