After leaving the dormitory, Gong Linglong went straight to the door. When passing by the small canteen, she saw Meng Xiaoying standing in the corner and talking to a middle-aged woman. The woman was wiping her tears while talking, and the two seemed to be very familiar with each other.
She wanted to hide and eavesdrop, but Meng's parents came over from the other side, and Meng's mother called her, "Xiaoying, your aunt and grandma are leaving, let's go with them."
Cousin milk?
Gong Linglong guessed that the cousin grandmother she was talking about should be Xue Hailin's mother-in-law, and a cold arc appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"Got it, I'll be right there."
Meng Xiaoying replied, but did not go over immediately. Instead, she took the opportunity to talk to the middle-aged woman next to her.
The distance was a bit far, and Gong Linglong couldn't hear their conversation clearly. She didn't plan to eavesdrop anymore, so she walked towards the gate.
Bai Shuixian came out of the house about five minutes later, taking her lunch box to the cafeteria to get food. At this time, her expression had returned to normal.
"Narcissus, didn't your daughter come just now? Didn't she have dinner with you?"
Meeting a colleague on the road, Bai Shuixian smiled faintly: "I left something at home yesterday morning, and she just took the time to deliver it to me. She was busy at work and had to rush back to work, so I didn't invite her to eat together."
"Your daughter looks a lot like you, and she's very beautiful." The other person praised with a smile.
Bai Shuixian smiled, and seeing that she was holding a lunch box, she changed the subject at the right moment, "Sister Juan, wait a minute, I'll get some food and eat with you. I brought some chili meat sauce from home yesterday, but I was so busy that I didn't eat it yet. You should try it too."
"Okay, I'll wait for you here." The other party responded.
Bai Shuixian got her lunch and met two other colleagues on the way. She smiled and invited them to have some hot sauce, so she quickly ran back to the dormitory to get the meat sauce.
Four people sat in the pavilion in the rest area to eat. Halfway through the meal, a middle-aged woman in casual clothes came over, also holding a lunch box in her hand, with a smile on her face: "What delicious food do you want to eat?"
"Sister Yu."
The person who came was Yu Nan, the accountant of the sanatorium. She was about the same age as them. They had different jobs and didn't meet often.
Seeing her also coming with a lunch box, Bai Shuixian said with a smile, "Sister Yu, I brought some chili meat sauce from home. My daughter made it. I just asked everyone to come and try it. If you don't mind, you can try some too."
"It looks delicious, I'll try it too."
Yu Nan sat down next to her, took a spoon and scooped a spoonful to try. After taking a bite, he said, "It tastes good and goes well with rice."
"If Sister Yu likes it, eat more."
Bai Shuixian took the spoon and scooped some more for her, then pushed the small jar to the others with a kind and gentle smile: "You scoop it yourselves, I didn't ask you to do anything."
"Don't worry, we won't be polite with you." The female comrade sitting opposite smiled.
Among the five people, there was a man from the Security Department. He ate quickly and had almost finished his bowl of food when he spoke up. "Sister Yu, I heard you submitted your resignation. Why did you quit so suddenly?"
When Sister Yu heard this, her hand paused, her expression stiffened for a moment, and she twitched her lips: "My husband's job has been transferred to the Northeast. He will be gone for at least five years. It's not a good idea for us to be separated for a long time. I'm just taking care of the work."
No one else knew about this, so another senior female comrade hurriedly asked, "Sister Yu, why haven't I heard you mention this before? Why did your husband's job suddenly change?"
"It was a temporary arrangement by the company, and he just received the notice two days ago." Sister Yu's mouth corners were a little stiff.
"Is that so?" The man didn't ask her much about her husband's work, but asked her, "When are you leaving?"
"I'll leave after completing the formalities today."
Sister Yu had a smile on her face, but there was a subtle discomfort in her eyes.
Bai Shuixian was sitting next to her, and was listening to her talk with her head tilted to the side, and happened to catch the look in her eyes.
She was a little confused, but she was not familiar with Sister Yu. They had met seldom in the past month or two as they worked in the same unit, and each time they met they just said hello briefly, so she did not take the initiative to ask about her private affairs.
We chatted casually, and after dinner we went to the cafeteria to wash dishes together.
After washing the dishes, Bai Shuixian was about to go back to the dormitory to rest. Just as she turned around, a figure suddenly slid sideways and a bowl of water was splashed towards her face.
She instinctively stretched out her hands to cover her face, and the whole bowl of boiling water spilled on the back of her hands.
"ah!"
The boiling water fell on the back of her hand, causing her to scream in pain.
Bai Shuixian hurriedly shook off the water on her hands, and saw that the back of her hands were still steaming. She glanced at Sister Yu who had slipped to the ground, quickly turned around and rushed to the faucet to rinse the back of her hands with cold water.
"Narcissus, are you okay?" Sister Juan immediately came over to help her.
"fine."
Bai Shuixian frowned and kept rinsing with cold water. She turned around and looked at Sister Yu with a more inquiring look in her eyes.
Sister Yu had already climbed up by then. When she looked at her, there was a twinkle in her eyes and she apologized, "Comrade Bai, I'm sorry. The ground was slippery and I slipped. Did I burn you?"
Bai Shuixian glanced at the spot where she had just slipped, then looked at the back of her hand that was red with heat, and said in a low voice: "Sister Yu, luckily I blocked it with both hands. If I had reacted a little slower, my eyes would have been blinded and my face would have been disfigured."
"Comrade Bai, I'm so sorry. Let me accompany you to the infirmary to apply medicine." Sister Yu said hurriedly.
"No, I can go by myself."
White narcissus workers work with their hands. If boiling water is poured on their hands, blisters will form even if they are dealt with in time, which will affect the subsequent work.
She immediately handed the dishes and chopsticks to others, "Sister Juan, please help me take the lunch box down, I'm going to the infirmary to apply some medicine."
"Oh, okay, go ahead."
After watching her run away, Sister Juan glanced sideways at Sister Yu. Seeing that Sister Yu had a strange expression on her face, she didn't follow her to the infirmary and said, "Sister Yu, you just fell. Don't you want to go see a doctor and get some medicine?"
"I just slipped and fell, but I wasn't hurt. I'm fine."
Sister Yu quickly picked up the enamel bowl on the ground and said sheepishly, "I'm going to go see Comrade Bai Shuixian. I'm leaving first."
Bai Shuixian took medicine in the infirmary in time, but the boiling water was a bit too hot and a layer of blisters had formed. She could not continue working in the afternoon and had to ask her leader for leave.
When the senior staff of the sanatorium learned that her hands were burned, they were all very sympathetic to her and approved her leave. They all asked her to go home and rest for a few days and come back to work after her hands recovered.
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