Rebirth in Famine: She Thrives by Lucky Space
Chapter 150 gathering

Chapter 150: 150 gathering

"It’s cool, if everyone gets together because I’m back, it shows they think highly of me." Wei Kaiyun managed to handle the situation confidently.

The secretaries were engaged in some gossip. "Jiang Xinyu, I heard the gender relations at your textile factory are a bit messy?" Liu Yuwei asked, full of curiosity.

"How come I haven’t heard about it?" Jiang Xinyu was stunned. What gender relations? She had been busy flaunting her new clothes and gathering money to feel satisfied since returning from her business trip, without paying attention to anything else.

"You don’t know?" She Xiaoyun looked at Jiang Xinyu in surprise.

A blank look!

"There was once a social gathering organized by the mine club. Apparently, a female worker from your textile factory caused two men to fight each other."

"Oh? What’s the connection between that and the gender relations at our textile factory?"

"Can’t you wait for me to finish?" She Xiaoyun rolled her eyes at Jiang Xinyu.

"Sister She, go ahead, you tell us."

"Actually, it’s not a big deal. The lady couldn’t stand the situation, stormed out blindly, and happened to fall into the arms of a man who wouldn’t let go. Everyone said the man held onto her without releasing."

"That doesn’t seem like much of a problem, right? Let’s not throw mud at our textile factory’s female workers."

"Isn’t this enough? There’s even more explosive news. The wife of the man holding the lady came over, saying they’ve been together for a while now."

"Did anyone see who the lady was?"

"No one mentioned it, and I didn’t go either."

"Oh! I don’t think it’s necessarily the fault of our textile factory’s female employee."

"Xinyu, this is no small matter. Besides, people love this kind of gossip."

"Boring. Why is it always the woman’s fault?"

With this, no one spoke. The world is indeed unfair to women, but this view is deeply ingrained.

"Jiang Xinyu, was it true that a director’s wife from your factory caused a scene, and you resolved it?" Liu Yuwei continued to ask.

"Secretary Liu, you’re really well-informed, aren’t you?"

"Of course."

Watching the blaze of gossip among everyone, Jiang Xinyu could only helplessly say, "I did resolve it, but it was all a misunderstanding. Two people living in different places, there are bound to be misunderstandings."

"Director Jiang, it’s not good to not tell us the truth, is it?" Meng Fanxing also joined the conversation.

"What I said is the truth, believe it or not." The men’s gossip was really quite speechless.

"Of course we don’t believe it. Besides, when life is so dull, naturally people want some entertainment and excitement."

"Let’s eat, the braised pork is getting cold."

Everyone knew Jiang Xinyu didn’t want to continue this topic, so they moved on and talked about other things.

"This year, the benefits and welfare of the steel factory should be the best, right?"

Wang Fangtian smiled, "Not bad. This year, they’ve directly converted it into money, giving everyone more than a month’s salary."

"Are the workers satisfied?" Cao Xuelian asked. He was worrying about where to procure goods.

"Not really satisfied. First, it’s hard to buy good things even with money now. Second, the front-line workers aren’t happy because their salaries aren’t as high as the cadres, so the benefits aren’t much."

"Why not just average it out?" Lv Beiguang chimed in.

"Is your distillery giving out benefits like that too?"

"Well, we have the idea, but haven’t finalized it yet."

"That’s a method too. The textile factory and grain station can distribute benefits."

"That was settled when we went together last time."

"Yeah, it’s just you two being sneaky!"

Liu Yuwei laughed heartily. He treated it as them praising him.

"Xinyu, what specific things is your textile factory handing out?"

"I don’t know. I’m on vacation for forty days, not returning until the fifteenth of the first lunar month."

"That’s really lucky." She Xiaoyun envied. At their supply and marketing cooperative, they’re not allowed to take vacation during this month, and have to work on Saturdays and Sundays.

"That’s well-deserved for Jiang Xinyu." Lv Beiguang knew best the hardships of traveling, as even he, a young and strong man, almost couldn’t handle it, not to mention a woman.

"Xinyu, why don’t you talk about the situation abroad?"

"What is there to say? It’s pretty much the same as here, except they didn’t have any disasters, so there’s more food."

"Besides windbreakers, what else do they have that we don’t?"

"Pretty similar, but I bought a fur coat."

She Xiaoyun’s eyes lit up, staring at Jiang Xinyu.

"I haven’t dared to wear it yet; it cost me a year’s salary."

Upon hearing this, She Xiaoyun felt disheartened. Spending a year’s salary on an outfit, she really couldn’t bring herself to do it.

"Jiang Xinyu, after going there twice, what’s your biggest impression?"

"Fear. If someone shoots me, I’m finished."

The table went silent at this, especially Lv Beiguang, as the borders were simply a nightmare for him.

"Xinyu, how did you manage to get through?"

"Bow, kowtow, speak kindly, slip them some money."

"That’s tough."

"Yes, when we came back, Mr. Qian got beaten a few times."

"Are you okay?"

"They actually respected female workers a lot, even gave me a bag of milk candies."

No one drank alcohol, so they were almost finished with their meal. Meanwhile, the leaders continued on, with Hao Shichao going out to brew them tea.

Wei Kaiyun had been watching over, observing that none of his wife’s friends showed any special interest in her, which put his mind at ease.

"Xinyu, what do you plan to do during this long holiday?"

"Not sure yet, maybe just rest for a while."

"Aren’t you bored? Want to come and hang out with me?"

"No, if our director finds out, he’ll think I want to jump ship to the supply and marketing cooperative.

I’ll just stay put."

"If you’re bored, you can wander around the city. There’s quite a bit of entertainment at the mine club, I tell you."

"Okay, I’ll go for a spin if I get bored."

The men gathered, but the topic didn’t interest Jiang Xinyu and She Xiaoyun, so they moved aside to chat quietly.

"We’ll stock goods around the fifteenth; you should come check them out, don’t miss out."

"Know what they’ll have?"

"It’s what they’re sending down, the usual stuff."

"Alright, I’ll come see if I’m home on the fifteenth.

I won’t stay longer; I’m heading home."

Jiang Xinyu spoke a few words at the leaders’ table; no one tried to hold her back.

"Jiang Xinyu, I’ll come to see you off. I have something to discuss," Lv Beiguang stood up too.

The two left the restaurant. Lv Beiguang rode his bike to take Jiang Xinyu home. They didn’t say much on the way.

"Secretary Lv, didn’t you have something to discuss with me?"

"She agreed to go work at the textile factory."

Jiang Xinyu understood he was talking about Lv Beiguang’s sister-in-law.

"Alright, I’ll swing by the textile factory this afternoon. Initially, she’ll have to be a temporary worker."

"Okay, got it, sorry to put you through it."

"I’ll just try my best."

Arriving at the doorstep, Lv Beiguang returned to the restaurant. The leadership meeting didn’t wrap up until after one in the afternoon. Wei Kaiyun was the last to leave, biking straight home.