My Beloved Super Fierce Wife
Chapter 339 - A Very Serious Versailles

Chapter 339: 339 - A Very Serious Versailles

In such a harsh environment, just staying quiet is hard enough, let alone maintaining a high work efficiency.

She didn’t suggest providing it to the general workers because the factory had too many people.

Delivering to everyone in the factory was not quite realistic.

After that translation job, she had several more interactions with everyone in the Technology Department.

Having a good impression of them, that’s where the idea of delivering Mung Bean Soup came from.

In those days, people had simple hearts and high levels of ideological consciousness.

Everyone supported what was good for the collective!

Hearing Lin Tang’s words, Zhou Peiyu was the first to agree.

"I think this is a great idea, I’ll join in, but where will the raw materials come from?

Even if we’re just serving the technicians, we would need quite a lot of materials, right?"

The raw materials she referred to were mung beans and sugar.

If it’s a small amount, it’s manageable, but anything more becomes difficult.

After all, there’s a shortage of everything these days!

Before Lin Tang could answer, Wang Wen and others voiced their support:

"This is a good deed, we’re in.

If the technicians are doing well, the factory does well, it’s only right.

As for the raw materials, we should be able to gather enough if we all chip in."

Those who had jobs, except for those with exceptionally heavy family burdens, usually didn’t lack money.

For such a good cause, they were naturally willing to contribute.

Lin Tang, with a touch of Versailles, said, "My family has saved up some mung beans, which should be enough."

Not just mung beans, but red beans too.

She liked porridge boiled with red beans.

These days had been too hot, so she had exchanged quite a few mung beans from the system.

She had sent some home and still had plenty left over.

Zhou Peiyu responded with envy, jealousy, and a tinge of resentment.

"How come you have everything? You’re really drawing envy."

Lin Tang shrugged her shoulders, saying helplessly, "Well, we’re country folks, we like to save things up, little by little, and then we have everything."

The envy levels rose even higher.

Zhou Peiyu had a face full of speechlessness.

She chided helplessly.

"Are you really a country person? I feel like you, as a country person, are much better off than us. How about we switch places?" she joked half-seriously.

Lin Tang lifted her chin.

"That won’t do, my dad, mom, and brother only dote on me."

Proud as a peacock.

Zhou Peiyu pointed at her with a playful gesture, laughing so hard she blossomed like a flower.

"You, you, I never realized before that you’re such a treasure."

After joking around for a bit, they returned to the topic at hand.

"Back to the matter at hand, so you’ll provide the goods, I’ll add some money to it, help wash the beans, and tend the fire, okay?"

Zhou Peiyu, thinking about Lin Tang’s unrivaled cooking skills, rubbed her hands together with anticipation gleaming from her little person inside.

Sigh.

Serving the factory’s technicians, there’s bound to be some left over, right?

She wanted to have a taste.｡◕‿◕｡

Lin Tang had no objections, saying, "....yeah, sure!"

Even though the beans were already washed and soaked ahead of time, there was still the task of tending the fire.

Zhou Peiyu looked towards the other male colleagues in the office, asking, "What about you guys?"

After some thought, Wang Wen said, "We’ll contribute money too."

Yang Du and Ding Yi nodded in agreement.

Their minds were filled with the clatter of little schemes, wanting to have a taste as well.

Zhou Peiyu glanced at them, shaking her head.

She whispered to Lin Tang, "They’ve been eyeing your cooking skills for a long time, probably waiting for this day."

Yang Du couldn’t take it anymore and retorted with a light, dissatisfied tone.

"Don’t disdain us yet, aren’t you also longing for it?"

The food Lin Tang brought from home, when had it not smelled so delicious that it made their Braised Pork tasteless?!

And she dared to talk about them, hmph!

This must be what his old mother meant by ’the pot calling the kettle black.’

Zhou Peiyu looked awkward.

Uh...

It wasn’t wrong to say she was longing for it either.

But was that the main issue right now?

She said calmly, "I’m longing for it, sure, but didn’t I volunteer for the job of washing the beans? Having a little to drink afterwards wouldn’t be too much, would it?"

Yang Du and the others were at a loss for words.

That’s not excessive at all!

When Ding Yi kept silent, all was well, but once he spoke, it was a bombshell, "We have the strength, we can move things."

Yang Du’s eyes lit up, "Right, right, that much Mung Bean Soup must be very heavy, you two ladies couldn’t carry it, but we can."

Using our strength for a few bowls of Comrade Lin’s Mung Bean Soup, that’s not excessive, right?

Lin Tang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

She truly didn’t realize she had only brought lunch a few times, and it already made her colleagues so envious.

It was her fault.

"There’s no need to make such a big deal out of it, it’s just Mung Bean Soup.

If outsiders heard you talking like this, they’d think it was abalone, sea cucumber, or Buddha Jumps Over the Wall."

Before, when she brought food to let everyone have a taste, they all declined repeatedly.

She thought that none of them were interested.

The other people at the Broadcasting Station: "..." Who wouldn’t want it, it was just that there were too many of them, and they felt too embarrassed!

Zhou Peiyu also realized they were being too effusive.

She felt a bit embarrassed.

Ahem...

The dishes that Comrade Lin brought were simply too fragrant, and one couldn’t help but desire them.

Just thinking about it could make one’s mouth water like the Qiantang River.

Zhou Peiyu had become close with Lin Tang and was a lot more casual in her speech.

Upon hearing this, she said, "You have a misunderstanding about your own cooking skills.

If I have the chance, could I bring some ingredients and you help me cook a meal, I won’t be greedy, just two dishes will do."

Right, just like that shiny red Braised Pork and Tomato Scrambled Eggs.

Exactly what Lin Tang had brought for lunch the previous days.

The expression on Lin Tang’s face gradually turned to one of resignation.

"There’s really no need for that. How about this, I’ll make extra tomorrow and give you half, I have to cook anyway, it’s not much trouble."

Zhou Peiyu’s eyes lit up like a bulb connected to electricity.

"That would be lovely, thank you so much."

Yang Du and the others watched with envy.

Well, there will always be another opportunity in the future.

After they finished discussing the matter at hand, everyone started their morning work.

At first, it was so busy that time flew by quickly.

Soon it was noon.

Lin Tang had gotten up a bit late that morning and hadn’t prepared food, so she didn’t bring lunch.

She went to the cafeteria to eat with Zhou Peiyu.

After lunch, the two went to Lin Tang’s house together.

This was the first time Zhou Peiyu had visited a colleague’s home.

She was particular about people and proud, and there were very few she deigned to associate with.

Lin Tang was one of them.

"Your courtyard is really nice, and you even have a vegetable garden, how wonderful!" Zhou Peiyu said enviously.

Her own home was already quite sizable for these times, but it was no match for her large family.

So it felt cramped.

Lin Tang’s gaze flickered slightly.

She said with a smile, "Your home is your own, unlike me who has to pay rent every month."

She didn’t want to draw too much attention.

After all, she lived alone with a courtyard, two rooms, a separate bathroom, and a kitchen.

That’s just asking for envy.

Lin Tang admitted she was being too cautious.

But knowing what history had in store, she couldn’t help but be cautious.

A secret isn’t a secret unless it’s taken to the grave.

Zhou Peiyu thought about it and instantly felt half her envy dissipate.

"Although you have to pay rent, having a large place with freedom is much better than squeezing a whole family together," she said.

Finding a rental like this in the city was incredibly fortunate.

Lin Tang responded noncommittally to Zhou Peiyu’s comment.

"Yeah, let’s not talk about this anymore. Let’s get moving, or we’ll be late for work later."

Zhou Peiyu glanced at her watch.

They had forty minutes left.

Indeed, time was tight.

"Oh my, I wasn’t paying attention, it’s getting late. What should we do? Can I help with anything?" Zhou Peiyu asked.

Lin Tang took out three wooden buckets from the corner.

"The beans are already soaked; I’ll cook them, it’ll be quick. You can go wash the buckets in the courtyard, we’ll need them to put the Mung Bean Soup in."