Chapter 47
Jiang Yao originally thought that Boss Lu had just shown affection at noon and that was it, but she didn't expect him to come again in the afternoon.
At about three o'clock, he appeared at the office door again, holding the same enamel cup as the one on her desk.
It was office hours and she didn’t want to disturb others, so she walked out and asked, “Why are you here again?”
Lu Che raised the cup in his hand and said, "The cafeteria has a snack this afternoon. They cooked sweet taro dumplings for us. I'll pour you a cup."
As he spoke, he carefully put the cup into her hand and said, "It's cold, you stay here, drink something to warm yourself up, I'm leaving now!"
Before she even drank the sugar water, Jiang Yao's heart was already warm. She said, "I gave you your cup. What are you going to do?"
"It's okay, I'll just use the lunch box to prepare it later."
"You can use the lunch box to drink sugar water, but what about water?" Jiang Yao said, "Wait, I'll give you my cup."
As she spoke, Jiang Yao carried the cup in and then took out her own cup.
Lu Che took the cup, smiled and said, "I'll pick you up after get off work," before turning and leaving.
When Jiang Yao returned to the office, her co-workers were walking out with their cups in hand. Someone saw her and teased her, "Jiang Yao, you stay at the door. We have to go get the sugar water ourselves. You are not so lucky to have a man deliver it to your door."
"No problem, just go ahead." Jiang Yao knew that everyone had no ill intentions and just wanted to tease her.
Huang Ying was walking at the end, and Jiang Yao inevitably made eye contact with her.
Jiang Yao was as frank as ever, but Huang Ying lowered her head with an evasive look.
Putting aside the fact that she is her love rival, Huang Ying is quite pitiful, facing her every day. Jiang Yao really hopes that the nursery will open soon, so that she won't have to work so hard for her.
What she didn't expect was that Huang Ying was even more unable to cope than she thought. The next day at work, she heard from her coworkers that she had quit her job and went to work as a financial officer in another factory.
Now that the person has left, everyone is speaking out more boldly. Someone said, "Actually, Huang Ying is really unnecessary. Looking at the factories in the entire county, which one can compare to our electromechanical factory in terms of efficiency? If you go to other factories, your salary and subsidies will definitely be reduced."
"That's right. No matter how upset you are, you shouldn't go against money. Nowadays, everyone is trying their best to get into our factory. It will be difficult for her to get back in once she leaves."
"The difficulty is that you are not Huang Ying. Have you forgotten who her uncle and aunt are?"
"That's right, but I still think she doesn't need to give up on herself for a man. How can a man be as reliable as herself?"
Everyone was so excited talking that they even forgot that the "man's" wife was also there. Everyone looked at each other, and the worker who said this apologized to Jiang Yao: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, I just..."
"It's okay." Jiang Yao shrugged indifferently, and then said sincerely: "It is true that people rely on themselves the most. I also don't think Huang Ying needs to quit her job for me. Anyway, I won't be here for long. I'm just here to make a transition before the nursery is set up."
She was so frank that everyone's favorability towards her increased by two degrees, and they also began to understand why Director Li recruited his niece's "rival in love".
Even though Jiang Yao had a clear conscience, the matter still became a hot topic in the mechanical and electrical factory, with various versions of the story.
She herself didn't care, but Lu Che was worried that she would be unhappy, so he hugged her and comforted her at night, "Wife, don't listen to those people's nonsense, they are just idle."
"I don't care." Jiang Yao said, "I'm too busy thinking about the nursery every day. It's up to them to say whatever they want."
"You're really not unhappy?"
"Of course, why would you lie?" Jiang Yao said, "Don't think it's easy to open a nursery. There are too many things to consider, and you can't be careless about children's affairs."
Seeing that she was only focused on work, Lu Che believed that she really didn't care, so he began to kiss her, "Wife, since you don't need comfort, then you comfort me."
"..." He really seized the opportunity to benefit himself.
The next day, as soon as Jiang Yao arrived at work, Director Li took her to inspect the nursery site.
The nursery is located right next to the electromechanical factory, in a reserve workshop that has not yet been put into use. But as we are in a hurry to set up the office, we have requisitioned this place first, and will build a new two-story workshop later.
This workshop is just an empty shell, and it is completely unfinished inside. We need to complete the basic decoration first.
"A nursery is a place for children to be raised. What do you think about using more different colors when painting the walls?" Director Li asked.
Jiang Yao thought for a moment and said, "I think it would be better to just put on a layer of gray, and find some handmade red dot masters to paint the walls as smooth as possible. Colorful things can indeed please children, but the smell of paint will be very strong, and the formaldehyde released is not good for people's health."
"Formaldehyde? What is formaldehyde?" Director Li asked puzzledly.
"It's the harmful chemicals released from paint. The children who come to our nursery are all infants and young children, so they can't come into contact with them." Jiang Yao said: "Although plastering is not as strong as painting, we can renovate it every few years, and the cost is much cheaper than painting. In addition, we can do some manual decoration, which will definitely not be worse than painting."
Director Li couldn't help but sigh as he saw her making sense. "Sometimes a job requires new people, so that there will be many new ideas. Jiang Yao, I see that you have a lot of ideas in your mind. Tell me all of them at once today."
"Okay, I do have a lot of ideas." Jiang Yao said, "Before, people said that our electromechanical factory is located in a remote area, not as good as the old factories such as machinery factories and maintenance factories, but from what I see today, this is our advantage."
"There is a large piece of vacant land next to the factory. We can reclaim it, plant vegetables and fruits, and raise chickens, ducks and fish. Children don't eat much, so I think we can achieve self-sufficiency in time."
Director Li: "Will others say we are having an affair?"
Jiang Yao: "As long as we emphasize self-sufficiency and aim to reduce the operating costs of the nursery when we report to the higher-ups, I believe the leaders will agree."
"Okay, I'll try it then." Director Li then asked, "Anything else?"
"Yes, regarding the recruitment of childcare workers, I think we should give priority to the family members of our electromechanical factory employees." Jiang Yao said: "This will make the employees feel more at home in the factory. Secondly, the employees of the electromechanical factory are mostly young people, and their wives are mostly between 20 and 30 years old. Young people are more energetic and are more likely to accept new parenting concepts, which will be beneficial to our future management."
"I agree with this." Director Li said, "I really don't want to find a woman who can be a grandmother. You are so young, it's easy for them to bully you by taking advantage of your age."
"Director Li, you really care about me."
"Don't say that. You did a good job and I can also take credit for it," Director Li joked.
Director Li started to arrange the work after she returned. Considering that the childcare workers would be managed by Jiang Yao in the future, she was responsible for recruiting the childcare workers.
According to previous surveys on employees' family situations and willingness to attend daycare centers, the nursery plans to enroll 100 infants and young children in its initial stage of operation. Based on this size, 20 childcare workers will be needed.
It's not easy to be a worker these days, let alone a nursery affiliated with an electromechanical factory. Everyone is scrambling to get in.
If it had not been made clear in advance that only family members of the electromechanical plant's employees would be recruited, the doors of Director Wu and Director Li's homes would probably have been broken down by people from outside.
Director Li didn't want people to always come to her for backdoors, so she gave this job to Jiang Yao. Of course, she also took into account that she was an educated youth sent to the countryside, and Lu Che was not from the county town, so there were fewer relatives between them, so she could recruit more fairly.
So, after the news spread, there was a constant stream of people coming to Jiang Yao's office to inquire about the news from work day to night.
Jiang Yao did not act superior because of this. She was polite to everyone. If anyone's family wanted to be a childcare worker, she would hand them an application form and ask them to fill it out and submit it.
Filling out the form does not mean you will be hired. Anyway, she will cast a wide net and select the good ones when the time comes.
Her door was often visited by many people, and Lu Che was not spared either. The workers in the workshop usually came to him to discuss research, experiments and other issues, but now they came to him and the first thing they asked was "Can you ask your wife to recruit my wife as a childcare worker?"
This seriously affected his work. At night, when he was at home, while complaining to Jiang Yao, he said proudly: "Wife, I now feel that you have the demeanor of a leader. Although the position of childcare is not particularly ideal, as long as you stick to it for ten or eight years, you will definitely be a leader in the future."
"..." Jiang Yao couldn't help but twitch her lips after hearing this. Being a nursery teacher was just a stopgap measure. When the college entrance examination was resumed, she would have to take the college entrance examination again.
"I won't continue to be a childcare worker. If there is another opportunity, I will leave." Jiang Yao muttered, "Don't stop me when the time comes."
"Another chance?" Lu Che's face suddenly tensed. "Will you abandon me and the two children if you have the chance to return to the city in the future?" At the end, his tone and expression looked so pitiful.
"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Yao hugged him and said, "Even if I really have the chance to go back to the city in the future, I will not abandon you. If you want to go with me, then go with me. If you don't want to, I will stay."
Of course, she still had to go to college, but she would definitely come back to join them after graduation. In fact, she was not too worried about this problem, because the boss was not so narrow-minded. He just didn't have the policies and conditions now. Once he had them, he would never be able to stay in this small county.
With her words, Lu Che was finally comforted. Just when he was about to take the opportunity to kiss his wife, there was a gentle knock on the door.
"It must be my grandmother. Go open the door quickly." Jiang Yao pushed him.
Lu Che stood up and opened the door when he heard the old lady say, "I forgot to tell you when we were having dinner. Zhao Zhiqing and Du Zhiqing came this afternoon and said they are hosting a wedding banquet the day after tomorrow and asked you to go. They also asked you to help notify Zhu Zhiqing."
“…”
Jiang Yao didn't expect that Zhao Pengfei and Du Yuejia would invite her to their wedding. After all, she didn't invite them when she married Lu Che.
"Wife, do you think this Zhao Pengfei has some conspiracy?" Lu Che asked as soon as the old lady went back to bed.
"What kind of conspiracy could there be?" Jiang Yao rolled her eyes. "I guess they invited all the educated youth in Qingyuan. If they didn't invite me, it would look awkward."
"Really?" Lu Che obviously didn't believe it and asked, "Then are you going or not?"
"Of course I will." Jiang Yao said, "If I don't go, won't it seem like I still have feelings for her and don't dare to attend?"
Lu Che originally wanted to persuade her not to go, but after hearing what she said, he immediately changed his mind, "Then go, and I'll go with you then."
"Why are you going? Have they invited us to join them? If not, it will look like we are just there to get a free meal, which is a bit embarrassing," Jiang Yao said.
"Yes, didn't you hear grandma say just now? They invited us, and when the time comes, not only will we go, but we also have to bring Cheche and Xiaolu."
"……Why?"
"Anyway, the share money is already paid. If you don't eat, it will be a waste. Bring two more people to eat to make your money back."
"...I always feel that you are not going there to eat, but to show off that you have a bunch of twins."
"Yes, by the way, I want to show off that I have a good wife."
The next day, Lu Che and Jiang Yao left home fifteen minutes earlier than usual, because before going to work, she had to go to Zhang's house to inform everyone of Zhao Pengfei's commission and visit Zhu Xia.
The two women wanted to talk in private, so Zhang Dong automatically made room for them.
"Du Yuejia finally made it." This was Zhu Xia's first reaction when she heard the news, and then she lowered her voice and said, "Yaoyao, let me tell you in secret. I always thought that Zhao Pengfei didn't want to marry her because he regretted it."
"What do you regret?" Jiang Yao asked curiously.
"Of course I regret pushing you away. Men are sometimes so bad. They don't know who is most important to them until they lose you."
"Maybe." Jiang Yao had never had any feelings for Zhao Pengfei, so she wouldn't feel emotional when she heard this, but she didn't want to continue the topic, so she asked, "Have you heard about the mechanical and electrical factory's nursery recruiting childcare workers? Do you want to do it?"
"Of course I want to. I heard Zhang Dong tell me last night." Zhu Xia was excited and emotional when she mentioned this. "This is a great opportunity to become a worker, but I'm pregnant now and I have no experience in raising children. Can I apply for the job?"
"That depends on whether the recruitment manager thinks highly of it?" Jiang Yao said, deliberately raising her chin.
Seeing this, Zhu Xia immediately cooperated and said, "Team Leader Jiang, please give me a chance. I will definitely work hard. As long as you recruit me, I will be yours and I will be devoted to you from now on."
"Just the last sentence will do." Jiang Yao couldn't help but break her composure, "You belong to your Zhangdong family, not to my family, but the one in your belly will be my family's godson or daughter in the future."
"I don't even know if it's a boy or a girl." Zhu Xia was worried again when she mentioned this. "My mother-in-law stares at my belly all day long and asks me if I like sour or spicy food. She wants to infer whether it's a boy from these clues. To be honest, I'm under a lot of pressure."
"All old people are like this. Don't worry about it. The most important thing is that the child grows up healthily." Jiang Yao comforted.
Speaking of "health", Zhu Xia's cheeks suddenly became hot. She leaned close to Jiang Yao's ear and whispered, "I had sex with Zhang Dong last night. Although he was very careful, I'm still a little worried about whether he would get a baby."
"Are you three months pregnant now? If you are, don't be afraid." Jiang Yao said.
"Yes, I heard from my sisters-in-law that it's okay after three months, so I'm so bold." Zhu Xia said with some distress: "I don't know why men think this way. After giving birth to this one, I have to have another one. I don't know what to do."
"What can I do? Just bear with it." Jiang Yao said as a matter of course.
Zhu Xia: "You make it sound so easy. I don't believe your Lu Che can tolerate it. How did you solve it?"
"He can't really bear it." Jiang Yao said, "But no matter how difficult it was, it's over. We've both completed our mission, and we won't have this worry in the future."
"…Are you showing off to me?"
"I guess so." Jiang Yao said cheerfully, "Who asked me to give birth to two children at once?"
“…”
After leaving Zhang's house, Lu Che and Jiang Yao went to work at the electromechanical factory. They went to the post office at noon. This time there were no packages or letters from Lu Qing, but there were from Jiang Zhen.
At night, after the children fell asleep, Jiang Yao had time to open packages and read letters.
Jiang Zhen's package was still very substantial. In addition to some mountain products, he also had a few toys made of wood for the brother and sister.
The toys were made with great care, and every part was polished and smooth to the touch. Jiang Yao placed them in the corner of the crib so that Changchang and Xiaolu could see the new toys as soon as they woke up.
"Stop busying yourself." Lu Che waved at her, "Come and see what my brother wrote for you."
"Okay." Jiang Yao climbed onto the bed. Lu Che had already opened the envelope. She picked out the letter and said, "Put the money and the bill away first."
Lu Che followed the order, picked up the money and went to dig out the small tin can. Before he opened the lid of the tin can, he heard Jiang Yao scream “Ah…” But before she could finish her sentence, she covered her mouth tightly.
"What's wrong?" Lu Che didn't care about what he was holding and immediately walked over to ask, "Wife, what happened?"
Jiang Yao opened her arms and hugged him. Even though she lowered her voice, she couldn't hide her excitement. "My brother said he found a sister-in-law for me."
"Really?" Lu Che was also happy. After all, his brother-in-law was older than him, and men understood men. Who wouldn't want to have his wife hug him when he went to bed at night?
"Really." Jiang Yao nodded and handed the letter to him, saying, "Read it yourself."
The couple took the letter and read it from beginning to end, but Jiang Zhen did not reveal any other information about his new sister-in-law except revealing in his heart that he was already married and would bring his new sister-in-law back to visit relatives around May.
"What is my brother doing? He wrote two pieces of paper but didn't mention where my sister-in-law is from or how he knew her. He didn't reveal a single word." Jiang Yao said dissatisfiedly.
"Didn't brother say that he would be back around May? We'll know then." Lu Che hugged her and lay down. "You're so happy today, let's do some exercise to celebrate."
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