"What should we do then?"
"have no idea."
They've been struggling to keep up in meetings these past few days. The city leader happens to be a retired comrade of the high-ranking leader, and the two are practically exchanging insults in the office, neither willing to back down.
With such a large factory and so many workers in the city, the fabric would definitely be in high demand and there would be no worry about sales. Therefore, as long as the textile factory could be set up, there would be no problem of losses.
The military region felt that it could handle the matter entirely; it had land and people, and it was the one that proposed it first.
The city leaders thought that it was the city's market, and they should definitely fight for it for the nearby communes, so the two sides argued endlessly.
"The leaders told us to continue, and Zhao Qin's father sold us the batch of usable machines that were being phased out of his factory at a low price, and also wrote back to us."
There are many textile factories in Shanghai; he can help us contact other factories to see if they have any usable, retired machines.
With the director of a state-owned textile factory around, many problems can be easily solved. The most important thing right now is to determine the site and start building the factory.
I wonder what the final agreement between the military region and the city will be. Will the factory be able to recruit its own employees, or will it have to recruit a certain number of workers from nearby communes according to the city's conditions?
"Mom, hurry, hurry, hurry!"
The couple were chatting in the side room when An'an burst in like a cannonball.
She hadn't drunk any water after returning from the nursery class and had been playing wildly outside until she was so thirsty that she ran back home.
Lu Yang quickly poured her a glass of water, but she only drank half of it before running out again.
"Don't run so fast, we need to go home for dinner soon."
"I see."
She replied "I understand" and rushed out quickly, only a small figure could be seen.
Lu Yang felt rather bitter. In the past, when he came back, the two of them could spend some time together, father and daughter would chat for a while, but now that he came back, she didn't even glance at him.
They have good friends now and want to go out and have fun together.
Song Qing also felt a little strange. She had been back for so long and had become familiar with and very dependent on her daughter. But now that An'an had new friends and new social relationships, she had less time for her parents. The two of them couldn't adjust to this situation for a while.
When it was time for dinner, An'an finally sat down at the table and excitedly told her parents about the children in the preschool class.
While Lu Yang was happy that his daughter had a new playmate, he was also secretly jealous. Children's world is too small; with other children around, parents have less to do.
"Dad, when are we going to Auntie's?"
In the first few days after Lu Ronghui arrived, Song Qing took her to see her aunt. However, since Song Qing has been attending a nursery school and working, they haven't seen each other again.
"Waiting for your vacation."
This is probably the thing An'an is least used to. Before, she could go to her third aunt's house whenever she wanted, but now she has to choose a time when she's on vacation.
"My third aunt said the gosling is about to hatch, so we'll bring it back on our way."
Song Qing was surprised. After all this time, she still hadn't forgotten that little goose. How could a child have such a good memory?
"Mom, why can't we let Auntie live at home?"
An'an suddenly realized that her aunt lived in Yanghe Village, and she could only visit her during holidays. But if she stayed at home, she could see her aunt when she came home from school.
Song Qing paused, realizing that they hadn't expected this at all.
Yanghe Village is very close to here. If Rong Hui moves into our house, she can easily ride her bike to work. She doesn't need a bicycle in the family compound.
"Then ask your aunt next time you see her."
"OK"
An'an happily agreed. It's probably because all nieces like their aunts. She and Lu Ronghui have always had a good relationship, and she can tell her stories once her aunt moves in.
Lu Yang picked up a piece of food for Song Qing, and he was very grateful that she treated his sister like her own sister.
Song Qing thought about the situation at the educated youth settlement. She sighed. Normal people couldn't live in the educated youth settlement.
It's no wonder Song Qing thought that way; a major incident happened at the educated youth settlement a few days ago—someone's belongings were stolen.
The person whose watch was stolen was Liu Ruo; it went missing.
Liu Ruo had no idea when she lost the watch. She had listened to Lu Ronghui and put it in the cabinet as soon as she arrived. She only discovered the watch was missing when she went to pack her things later.
At first, the older educated youth didn't believe it. They had lived there for so many years without any thefts, so why were there thefts as soon as the new educated youth arrived?
Liu Ruo's eyes were red from crying. The watch was left to her by her grandmother and was very important to her.
"We haven't lost anything at all. Why don't you look again?"
"That's right, we've been living here just fine."
The people in the educated youth dormitory were all startled and checked themselves to see if they had lost anything. In the end, they found that only Liu Ruo's watch was missing, which made some people disbelieve it.
"If something was lost, why was it only you who lost it?"
Their main fear was that if they told the village that the educated youth dormitory was missing, the villagers would suspect that it was one of their own who stole it, and then how would people view them?
“I keep it in the cupboard; it was left to me by my grandmother.”
"Since it wasn't one of our people who took it, let's report it to the police and find the captain."
"no!"
The people in the dormitory split into two factions. One faction wanted to find the police to catch the thief directly, otherwise they would have to live in fear forever.
One group of people were afraid that it would affect the villagers' perception of them, and that they still needed the villagers' opinions to get the chance to return to the city.
The two sides argued endlessly. Liu Ruo's things were indeed missing, and the watch was very valuable. Lu Ronghui looked through the cabinet.
"The cabinet was locked and there were no signs of it being pried open. Liu Ruo, like us, always locks the cabinet before going to work. In addition, the things inside were not messed up, which means that we are one of our people."
Reporting it to the police would indeed be bad for us, but we can't just leave it like this.
"How about we give the person who took the watch another chance? If she secretly puts it back, we won't pursue this matter any further."
Liu Ruo nodded through her tears, saying she would do anything to get it back.
I had given up hope and thought I could only go to the police, but to my surprise, I found my lost watch in the closet the next day.
The already awkward atmosphere in the dormitory, caused by Bai Rongjun's poor relationship with everyone, became even more eerie.
Everyone inside felt uneasy, each suspecting who had stolen the watch.
Before, people would leave their lockers open as long as someone was in the dorm, but now they lock them up immediately if they leave even half a step away.
The cliques within the dormitories became even more pronounced, with a clear distinction between the new and old educated youth.
The older educated youth suspected that the problems stemmed from internal issues among the new educated youth, since they had lived there peacefully for so many years, yet these new educated youth had caused so much trouble in just a few days.
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