Xu Lei had no idea that he had been targeted, but the new head steward, Aunt Liu, gathered several families together for a meeting.
"From today on, our compound is no longer considered together with the compound next door. We are an independent compound. I know it's not easy to force everyone to maintain a good relationship, but I still want to emphasize that it's okay to have friction, but distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Don't be the one who starts trouble first. If something really happens, I won't take sides with anyone. I will only take the side of reason."
Aunt Liu revealed her bottom line. She also had a job when she was young and was a very energetic person. Now that she has really taken on a major responsibility, she will not give up out of fear.
After these words were spoken, the faces of both the Ma family and the Xu family looked unhappy.
Ma Dalian was always a talker, but she felt that she and Aunt Liu had no major conflicts, and they often went out to buy groceries together. Wasn't their relationship closer than Aunt Xu's? Why did she speak so harshly and not stand on her side
Aunt Xu thought Aunt Liu was too treacherous and heartless. Her family had been having trouble recently. First, she was beaten by the Ma family, and then Yang Dan told his grandmother about the cabbage incident, so Ma Dalian accused her of being a thief. Even Aunt Liu put the winnowing basket for drying radishes inside the house, where it could be seen.
This action undoubtedly offended Aunt Xu badly, and she cursed the two of them thousands of times in her heart.
They don't even think about it. If their own lives are better, why would they want to take advantage of them? They are all neighbors living in the same compound. Why do these two families live so much better than their own? Are these two people so unloving
Aunt Xu felt aggrieved and resentful.
In the same compound, it was Wang Ying who felt that what Aunt Liu said was very much to her liking.
Nowadays, human relationships are more important than anything else. Sometimes, even if someone is not so right, as long as they play the victim, others will suffer in silence. Wang Ying is very annoyed by this. If right or wrong is not important, then everyone should just stop focusing on living a good life. After all, whoever is pitiful is right.
The first compound meeting ended hastily, but Aunt Liu said something casually.
"Xu Lei, what you said before about wanting to exchange houses is really unfortunate. The two empty houses in the compound next door have been allocated, just around the same time as yours. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to change."
Wang Ying looked at Xu Lei in surprise. Just because of a fight between two families, this family was actually going to move away
Xu Lei said something unlucky, but nothing could be seen on his face.
He sighed: "I'm just asking you. If I can't find out the answer, I won't move. I grew up in our courtyard. If my eldest son hadn't caused any trouble, I really wouldn't want to move. The main reason is that I feel guilty living here..."
Xu Lei really wanted to move out, mainly because of the big incident this time, and he always felt that something was wrong with this yard. It felt like a big net was slowly spreading its wings in the dark.
In his life-threatening business, his intuition was sometimes very accurate.
Xu Lei thought that if he moved far away, he would seem guilty. It would be best for him to exchange houses with his company, and move to a house in a few large courtyards nearby. Although his house only had two rooms, it was large, so he could exchange it for a three-room house that was not that big.
But since Aunt Liu said there were no vacancies in the courtyard next door, then this matter could only be dropped.
After Xu Lei finished speaking, Ma Yongjun sneered: "You are not even a waiter in a hotel anymore, you are still dreaming!"
Aunt Liu didn't say anything. In fact, it was true. If Xu Lei's current job was not sold, then he could really change houses, but his family was just a name for the allocated room, and their work relationship was no longer with the hotel. When Aunt Liu went to ask, the street office directly said that the vacant room next door had been allocated recently, and even if it was not allocated, it had nothing to do with Xu Lei.
Xu Lei got angry when he heard Ma Yongjun talking. This stupid bastard actually made fun of him!
Damn it, when I leave, I will sell all his children to the farthest place!
The incident of losing the child seemed like a gust of wind, and soon everyone in the compound forgot about it.
The main reason is that Chinese New Year is coming soon!
Wang Ying went to work and Dr. Yang called her over.
"Our factory has special approval for pregnant women. Now that you are pregnant, you have a ration of five kilograms of eggs and half a kilogram of brown sugar. Do you want to claim them now or wait until after you give birth? If you want, I'll give you a receipt."
This is the convenience of working in a counterpart unit.
The infirmary is responsible for issuing these welfare tickets to pregnant women in the factory. Pregnant women can take the welfare tickets to the logistics department and exchange them for corresponding tickets, which they can then add to their grain and oil books to buy things.
"If you're not in a hurry, you can wait until after you give birth. Then you'll have a can of milk powder or a can of malted milk."
Wang Ying thought for a while and said, "Let's wait until after the New Year to buy the eggs and brown sugar, and wait until after the birth to buy the milk powder."
She sighed: "The treatment in our factory is really good."
It’s said that everyone wants to go to the city to work as a worker now. Large state-owned factories like sugar factories treat their workers very well.
Doctor Yang: "That's right. When you are born, from pregnancy to delivery, you will be given a few more kilograms of food coupons every month."
This is also the purpose issued from above, to provide benefits to pregnant and postpartum workers.
After talking about the benefits for pregnant women, it is time for each department to distribute New Year gifts.
The factory prepared a bag of hard candy, two pounds of pork, a bag of peach cakes, and two pounds of eggs for all employees.
The four festival gifts made everyone smile with joy.
Zhang Na happily wrapped the pork in newspaper: "My mom got two pounds, my dad got five pounds, so we have nine pounds of pork in our house! We can eat it until the end of the New Year, but I don't know if there will be any front leg meat. I like dumplings made with chopped front leg meat, preferably with lotus root filling, but corn kernels are also good..."
Wang Ying was really impressed by Zhang Na. How could she still talk about the division of meat like this? This was not the era when showing off wealth was naturally right. Now if you lived well, you would attract attention.
Wang Ying was about to help Zhang Na, but Xiao Zhou, the purchasing agent in the office, said with a smile: "That's right, my favorite meat at home is the one cooked with corn, it's not so salty."
Wang Ying looked at the short handsome boy Xiao Zhou in surprise.
After being here for so long, she had a very bad relationship with Jiang Lin and a very good relationship with Zhang Na, but she was not very close to everyone else. But she had an impression of this Xiao Zhou.
The short handsome boy Xiao Zhou’s favorite saying is “My mom said”.
Although Zhang Na also likes this, and both of them are rare mama's girls, Zhang Na's mother Wang Ying has seen it. She later came to thank her for reminding Zhang Na to pay attention to the rumors and gave her two kilograms of peach cakes. She looked like a skillful and generous female employee.
Although Wang Ying has never met Xiao Zhou's mother, she can get a glimpse of her from Xiao Zhou's daily conversation.
"Sister Yang, please introduce me to a date. I don't have high requirements. As long as he is good to my mother and filial."
"Sister Yang, you don't need to register mine yet. I'll go back and ask my mom."
"My mother said that a wife doesn't have to be very pretty, the most important thing is to bring good luck to the family."
"My mother..."
…
After listening to it many times, Wang Ying knew about Xiao Zhou's family background.
His family was well off, after all, he had a lucrative job as a purchasing agent for the medical office, and he had some connections with the hospital. His father was a factory worker, and his mother was a cashier at the Maternal and Child Health Hospital.
Besides him, there is another elder sister in the family, but she went to the countryside a long time ago.
After Xiao Zhou finished speaking, Zhang Na continued happily: "I like corn ones too! And fennel ones! Well, shrimps are good too, but they are hard to buy here..."
Xiao Zhou: "Isn't it..."
The two of them started chatting, and Wang Ying simply kept silent.
Since the topic is no longer about what was divided up at Zhang Na's house, there is no need to deliberately change it.
but…
Wang Ying looked at Xiao Zhou meaningfully.
If she said this was a coincidence, she wouldn't believe it.
As expected, after work, everyone happily walked out with their assigned items. Xiao Zhou put down his and asked attentively, "Comrade Xiao Zhang, can you carry it? Let me help you?"
This action was very obvious, and everyone in the infirmary understood it. Yang Qing's eyes sank slightly.
Zhang Na: "No need, you help Sister Ying! She's still pregnant! I don't need it, I can do it!"
After saying that, he grunted and carried the things away.
Everyone: …
Wang Ying smiled and handed the things in her hand to Xiao Zhou: "Then I'll trouble you, Xiao Zhou."
I don't know what Xiao Zhou was thinking, but his face just gloomed a little before he took it: "No trouble, no trouble! Sister Ying, didn't Brother Shuang come to pick you up today?"
Wang Ying: "The company is also distributing things today, and they agreed to come later. Xiao Zhou, why aren't you moving? Can't you carry it? If you can't carry it, put it down. I can wait a little longer."
Xiao Zhou: “… It’s okay! I can carry it!”
A real man can’t say he can’t do it!
Wang Ying packed up her things and went out with an amused look on her face.
After she left, everyone in the office covered their mouths and laughed.
Jiang Lin had just finished seeing a patient in the clinic. When she came in, she saw everyone smiling, and she felt uncomfortable.
After Wang Ying had a fight with her, Doctor Yang seemed to no longer treat her the same way as before. When people occasionally heard her say something hurtful, they would directly refute her.
This really pissed Jiang Lin off. She went back and complained to her uncle, who scolded her again. Her uncle said she didn't unite the masses and that she shouldn't expect to have much development in the future.
Jiang Lin felt very aggrieved. What was wrong with her? After all, she graduated from a decent medical school and was quite capable of treating patients. Why did anyone criticize her
In the past, when she saw everyone laughing, Jiang Lin would inevitably make a few sarcastic remarks, but now she has learned her lesson and knows that others will not indulge her, so she can only come in with a stiff face. She threw and slammed the New Year gifts and took them away in a random bag.
Yang Qing quickly packed up her things and went to catch up. Jiang Lin lived with her relatives, and she lived in the staff dormitory, which was in the same direction.
"Doctor Jiang... Doctor Jiang, wait for me."
Yang Qing finally caught up with Jiang Lin and panted: "Let's go together."
Jiang Lin looked at her suspiciously: "What are you going to do?"
Normally, she and Yang Qing were just nodding friends when they met, but since the other party was so eager to come forward, she must have something to say.
Yang Qing: "I, I, I..."
Jiang Lin is most impatient to hear people stuttering: "If you don't want to talk, don't talk! You're wasting my time!"
Yang Qing lowered her head, looking very pitiful, but Jiang Lin was not a man, so she didn't know how to ask. If Yang Qing didn't say anything, she wouldn't ask, it was no big deal!
When Yang Qing raised her eyes again, Jiang Lin was about to turn the corner.
She could only hurry up and say, "Doctor Jiang, I'm fine. I just think you've been working too hard lately..."
Jiang Lin: "I'm working hard, what's your business?"
Yang Qing: …
Is this person sick
How can you not eat anything soft or hard!
As if she was afraid that Jiang Lin would not listen again, Yang Qing said quickly: "I think you are working too hard. You are just an intern, but you have seen so many patients recently. Doctor Wang Ying is just pregnant, so she is so delicate..."
Jiang Lin: "What's wrong with me being an intern? How can you, a nurse, look down on me, an intern?"
Yang Qing: "… That's not the point. What I mean is that Wang Ying got pregnant right after she arrived. Doesn't this mean that she has to share all the work at the company with you?"
Jiang Lin: "What's the matter? Are you not satisfied with my consultation? Do you think I'm not as good as Wang Ying?"
Yang Qing: "... No, I think you are good, but you are so busy and Wang Ying is so free."
Jiang Lin: "You don't like me going to see patients? Are you mocking me for not being as skilled as her?"
Yang Qing: "... I'm really not..."
Jiang Lin was furious: "Well, Yang Qing, I thought you were a nice person, but now you think of me like this! What's wrong with me being an intern? Why can't I see patients? You mocked me for not being as skilled as Wang Ying, and thought I wasn't as good as Wang Ying? You even pretended to be pregnant, saying, "What's wrong with her being pregnant?" Isn't that called pregnancy in our factory? You're a woman, and you used pregnancy as an excuse to mock me. I'll remember you!"
Jiang Lin was filled with grief and indignation: "Sooner or later, I will make those of you who doubt me accept me! I don't rely on my uncle's connections to be a household name!"
Yang Qing: …
Oh shit.
Don't you understand what people are saying
Is that what I meant
Provocation, provocation, can't you see it
Besides, what's wrong with being a relative? Why do you bother? Can't you just live your life as a relative
Yang Qing looked at Jiang Lin running away and was furious.
There are only four people of the same age in the office now. Wang Ying stands with Zhang Na, so she is isolated.
That's why she thought of joining forces with Jiang Lin.
Jiang Lin's uncle was the deputy director of the factory, and her aunt was only a small leader in the medical office. Although she was jealous of Jiang Lin, they were both ordinary relatives, but why was Jiang Lin a doctor and she a nurse
Yang Qing thought that she should stand on the side of Jiang Lin first, and then stab Jiang Lin in the back when Jiang Lin was no longer of use.
Who told her that she is better off than me!
She will be jealous of anyone who is better than her!
The last time she spread gossip about Zhang Na, she was too careless and it wasn't long before the other party found out. She later looked for Zhang Na several times, but Zhang Na was unwilling to pay attention to her.
Yang Qing knew that Wang Ying must be involved here.
Speaking of Wang Ying, Yang Qing disliked her even more.
Why did she, a barefoot doctor, get to work as a doctor in a factory
Moreover, as soon as she arrived, she outshined all the female staff in the medical office!
Yang Qing secretly inquired and found out that Wang Ying's job was bought and had nothing to do with the factory.
This made Yang Qing even more worried.
I, who have connections, am the nurse. Why should she be the most popular girl in the infirmary? She is married and pregnant, why should she compete with these young girls
Since the first day Wang Ying came, Yang Qing had been keeping a close eye on her, hoping that something would happen to Wang Ying so that she could report her.
Who knew that although Wang Ying seemed not very active, she did not dodge the tasks assigned to her, and was very steady and excellent in treating patients. After only a few months, she was praised by her aunt at home. Now she is the one her aunt relies on the most in the infirmary. To put it bluntly, when her aunt retires, Wang Ying will be the one with the most hope.
Yang Qing had no choice but to hope that Jiang Lin would beat Wang Ying down.
As a result, she waited and waited, always thinking that Jiang Lin would teach Wang Ying a lesson after being humiliated by her. But who knew that Jiang Lin just turned his face away when he saw Wang Ying, and the two of them didn't even have a conflict!
Yang Qing cursed Jiang Lin in her heart for being useless.
Her uncle is the deputy factory director!
How hard can it be to screw someone
If it were her, she would punish everyone who offended her!
Taking advantage of Wang Ying's pregnancy, which was the most unstable period of the first three months of pregnancy, Dr. Yang gave some work to Jiang Lin. Because there were many female employees in the factory, some of them were unwilling to see male doctors, so Jiang Lin's workload increased significantly.
Yang Qing felt that Jiang Lin should be angry at this time, right
As a result, when they just met, she realized that Jiang Lin was also a big fool!
She doesn't understand anything!
Oh shit.
She meant that she felt she was working hard, but Jiang Lin didn't understand what she was saying!
Yang Qing was so angry that she kicked the flower bed on the roadside several times.
As soon as he finished kicking, he heard someone shouting, "That little girl! The short little girl over there! I'm talking to you! Why are you kicking the flower beds in the factory? Don't you know that it costs money to maintain? Which department are you from?"
As soon as Yang Qing saw that person wearing armbands, she realized that it was one of the old ladies in charge of discipline in the factory, so she ran away immediately.
There were also angry shouts coming from behind.
"Why are you running? Young woman, if you do this again next time, I will definitely punish you if I catch you!"
Yang Qing: Haha, as for punishment, wait until you catch me!
Wang Ying was standing at the factory gate with four gifts distributed by the factory. Not long after, Xu Shuang came pushing a bicycle. Seeing her freezing at the gate, she became a little angry.
Wang Ying placed her warm hands on Xu Shuang's face: "Just arrived! Do you think we are in sync?"
Xu Shuang was about to say something but her words got stuck in her throat.
Wang Ying laughed and said, "We have distributed meat and eggs. Be careful with them. What are we going to eat tonight?"
Xu Shuang: "I made it for you at home, beef hotpot."
Wang Ying was overjoyed: "There's beef?!"
Xu Shuang nodded: "Our restaurant was allocated some beef today. It was originally intended for cooking. I told Master and paid for the vegetables. We bought it from the restaurant and then took the raw beef back to cook it ourselves."
It’s definitely expensive, but not having a ticket is a good deal.
Wang Ying jumped for joy: "That's great!"
Xu Shuang: "We also distributed festival gifts. I received six items. Five pounds of eggs, a box of oranges, a chicken, a duck, a box of peach cakes, and five pounds of meat."
Wang Ying was a little sour: "Why did you divide so much?"
Xu Shuang: "It's not that we got more, it's that I got more."
He took the example of a master chef. In a restaurant, there are only him, his master Chen Dong, and another chef Su who are at this level. The rest of them cut their order by half or cut down on a few items.
Wang Ying said enviously: "It seems that it is better to have a higher rank."
Xu Shuang has already obtained a place in the first-level chef examination. She will be able to go to the provincial capital to take the examination in the early spring of next year, and will pass the first-level examination when she comes back.
Wang Ying had never doubted that he had obtained the first-level certificate, and the people around him had no doubts either. So even though he was still at the second level, the things he obtained were basically the same as those of other masters.
It's just that one ticket for three major items is missing.
Xu Shuang explained: "The hotel gives one every year, and usually three chefs take turns to get it. This year it was a sewing machine, and it was given to Master Su."
Wang Ying nodded: "We already have a sewing machine at home, and Master doesn't know how to use it, so it's only right to give it to Master Su. What about next year? What tickets will there be next year?"
Xu Shuang: "What do you want?"
Wang Ying thought about it and realized that she now had all the three major items at home, and there were even two of them, so she had no shortage of anything.
"You want a TV?"
Xu Shuang: “…”
Wang Ying: “It’s a bit difficult.”
Xu Shuang: "It's not just a little difficult, it's very difficult. I'm afraid there are less than a hundred in our county, and we don't have a radio station here. If you want to watch it, you have to buy wires, more than ten meters of wires..."
Wang Ying laughed dryly: "Well, forget it."
Xu Shuang didn't understand why Wang Ying mentioned the TV. In fact, he felt that the TV was not as good as the movies. The TV was blurry and there were few things to watch. It was far less than the radio, and not as clear as the movies.
Wang Ying was also surprised after learning about it. So this is what televisions are like nowadays? Well, forget it for now.
"We don't lack anything. You can ask Master if he wants a bicycle next year."
In fact, Wang Ying has noticed one thing since this year: the enthusiasm of the general public for revolution has declined a lot.
Although the situation has been somewhat turbulent in recent years, most people are still engaged in stable production and development, and everyone's life is better than in previous years.
Now that life has gotten a little better, I’m naturally not in the mood to mess around.
Except for a few people who are still stirring up trouble, the rest of the people are already tired.
So Wang Ying felt that Chen Dong could relax a little bit from his previous low-key approach, and buying a bicycle was not out of line.
He has been a master chef for so many years, it would be too outrageous if he couldn't even afford a bicycle.
After Wang Ying said this, Xu Shuang also agreed.
"I'll ask my master later. If he's afraid of an accident, he can just say the bike is mine and he's borrowing it from his apprentice."
The two of them went home chatting happily, and as soon as they entered the door, they smelled the extremely delicious aroma of beef.
Wang Ying opened the door with shining eyes. The hot beef pot was stewing on the small stove. After simmering on low heat for half an hour, it was just ready to eat.
Large pieces of beef slices are stir-fried with various seasonings, then colored and stewed with spices. The fragrant and spicy smell of authentic beef fills the entire house.
Xu Shuang opened the door to let the smoke in the room out, then closed the door and moved a stool for Wang Ying so that she could sit by the pot to eat.
Wang Ying took a small bowl in her hand and scooped herself a bowl of food and enjoyed it with relish.
The beef was stewed till tender, and every fiber of the beef was soaked in gravy. The bean sprouts and dried mushrooms underneath were also delicious. While Xu Shuang was eating, she added another layer of green vegetables on top.
Spicy and juicy beef, crispy bean sprouts, juicy mushrooms, and crispy young Chinese cabbage. A lot of chili peppers were added, and Wang Ying was sweating from the spiciness, but she felt very refreshed.
Wang Ying ate two bowls in a row before putting down her chopsticks.
This day is so promising!