When Sun Rende heard the guard said that Wei Yujin was coming, he nodded with Zhen Zhen, gave her a wink, and then told the guard, "Let the comrade surnamed Wei come directly to my office."

When Sun Rende hung up the phone, Zhen Zhen hurriedly instructed him: "Director Sun, please don't tell her that this factory is mine, just tell her that you are an acquaintance of our family."

Sun Rende laughed and joked: "It seems that Mr. Li is very low-key outside."

Zhen Zhen nodded very contentedly: "Much to make a fortune in silence."

At the door of Tengda Furniture Factory, Wei Yujin was anxiously watching the doorman make a phone call, for fear that the young man would send him away with the phrase "the factory manager is not available".

The doorman put down the phone and came out of the delivery room. Wei Yujin's heart was about to jump out of nervousness. He clasped his hands tightly together, and a stiff smile appeared on his face: "Well, what did the factory manager say?"

The doorman opened the door and stretched his hand inside with a polite smile: "The factory manager asks you to come to the office to find him."

Wei Yujin breathed a sigh of relief. As she walked in, she kept saying to the doorman, "Thank you, comrade, and trouble you."

Following the path pointed by the guard, Wei Yujin quickly found the factory director's office. She took two deep breaths at the door, and then she mustered up the courage to knock on the door twice.

The door was opened all of a sudden, Wei Yujin looked at Zhen Zhen who was standing in the office smiling at her, her whole body relaxed and her heart felt a lot more at ease: "Zhen Zhen, are you here too?"

"Yeah." Zhen Zhen invited Wei Yujin to sit down on the sofa: "Today, editor-in-chief Yu handed me a manuscript to interview some companies, and there happened to be Tengda Furniture Factory, so I stopped by first. By the way, I forgot to introduce you, This is Director Sun of Tengda Furniture Factory." Zhen Zhen pointed at Wei Yujin again: "My classmate is also my current colleague, Wei Yujin."

Wei Yujin and Sun Rende both stood up and shook hands. Wei Yujin was thinking about how to speak about his family when he heard Sun Rende say: "Just now, about your situation, Li Chang...cough...Li Mingzhen has already told me. Logically speaking, our factory There are strict procedures for recruiting, and a situation like your man is actually not in line with our regulations."

Wei Yujin raised her heart when she heard this, and thought that she was rejected by others, her face turned pale, just as she was about to open her mouth to show that she understood, she heard Sun Rende continue: "But it just happened to be a coincidence, now we are a few people. The workers in the workshop can no longer meet the production needs, the factory will start recruiting workers soon, and then your men will come to work with the newly recruited workers.”

Wei Yujin didn't expect such a twist. She didn't know what to do for a while, so she could only stand up and repeat and say thank you, Sun Rende smiled: "Ming Zhen has never asked me to help, it's rare for her to speak once. I have to help."

Wei Yujin stretched out and took Zhen Zhen's hand, Zhen Zhen saw that Wei Yujin was about to cry again, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Eldest sister, this big brother Sun and my family are also old friends, otherwise I wouldn't dare to play this package with you in the morning. Now that it's settled, go back and call early and ask your husband to bring the baby over."

Sun Rende took out a bunch of keys from the drawer: "Ming Zhen said just now that you may not have a place to live, and the factory happens to have an vacant house that can be lent to you first. But when your husband arrives, remember to tell him not to live with other employees. It is said that the influence of the province is not good.”

"Don't worry, we are very tight-lipped, this has already caused you a lot of trouble." Wei Yujin stood up and bowed to Sun Rende, Sun Rende said quickly, "You are welcome, you are not an outsider, so it's not early. Now, let's go see the house early."

This house is only two streets away from the factory. The gate faces the road, and there are two large houses facing the gate. One side of the yard is the kitchen and the other side is the storage room.

Sun Rende opened the door, Zhen Zhen took Wei Yujin and walked in, only to see that the room outside was a little empty with only sofas, coffee tables and dining tables. The room inside is a suite, with a single bed and a bedside table in it, and a large wardrobe, a bookshelf, and a desk by the window in the outside room. This is what Sun Rende gave to Wang Xinzhi when he lived here. arranged.

Sun Rende gave Wei Yujin the key: "The dormitory in the factory is generally lived in for three years first. If there is still no housing after three years, you can renew the loan. You can go through the formalities with me after your man goes to work."

Seeing this spacious house, Wei Yujin's eyes were red, she pulled Zhen Zhen excitedly and didn't know what to say, Zhen Zhen smiled and patted her hand, turned her head and said to Sun Rende, "I think this house still lacks one. Double bed."

Sun Rende nodded: "I told the warehouse before I left, and it is estimated that someone will come and pull it over after a while."

Wei Yujin said quickly: "This is already very troublesome for the factory. We can buy what we need. How can we even need the beds in the factory."

Sun Rende smiled: "It's not just for you, every employee who lives in the unit's dormitory is equipped with furniture that we produce ourselves."

The three of them were talking when four young men came over with a tricycle pulling a double bed and a mattress. Sun Rende helped set it up, and then said to Wei Yujin, "I'll give you the key, and I'll give it to you on the 1st of next month. Men can go directly to the factory to report."

Although Wei Yujin is a top student who graduated from the Chinese Department of Imperial Capital University, she didn't know how to express her gratitude in words at this time, and she was even too excited to speak. Seeing this, Sun Rende and Zhen Zhen nodded and turned to go first. left.

As soon as the door was closed, Sun Rende heard a loud cry coming from inside, and couldn't help but stop. Thinking back to that time, I had no job and no relatives, so I could only live alone in a dilapidated house in my hometown, and I was full and hungry. If Li Mingzhen hadn't found her and brought her back to the imperial capital, she would have been long ago by now. Killed in one head. Hearing Wei Yujin's cry, Sun Rende understood Wei Yujin's feelings very well.

Zhen Zhen waited for Wei Yujin to cry bitterly enough before she took out a handkerchief from her bag and handed it to her: "Go wash your face, I won't tell others about you crying in front of me."

Wei Yujin chuckled again with tears in her eyes, took the handkerchief and wiped away the tears, stretched out her hand to embrace Zhen Zhen in her arms, and said with choked: "Sister, thank you."

"No need to thank you." Zhen Zhen patted her on the back: "Just treat me to dinner when your family is reunited."

"That's necessary." Wei Yujin learned Xu Jiajia's mantra, and both of them laughed immediately.

Wei Yujin turned on the faucet to wash his face, then washed his handkerchief, took a clip and hung it in the yard. Back in the house, Wei Yujin took Zhen Zhen's hand and walked out: "Today is a good day, go, sister invites you to dinner, let's celebrate."

"Sister Wei...Sister Wei..." Zhen Zhen was dragged out several meters away, when she regained her senses, she quickly grabbed Wei Yujin: "Let's not be busy today, you can either clean up here or clean up. It is to go back to the dormitory early, after all, it is not close to the work unit, so I have to go home early, and my mother still thinks about me talking about the first day of work."

Seeing that Zhen Zhen was really embarrassed, Wei Yujin didn't push her any further, took her hand and said, "Then I have to invite you to dinner when I wait for Sunday."

Zhen Zhen said with a smile: "When you have free time during the week, you can cook at home and invite me to eat, and I will also try your Northwestern cuisine."

"Okay!" Wei Yujin smiled heartily: "That's it."

Zhen Zhen looked at her watch, it was getting late, and after saying goodbye to Wei Yujin, she quickly rode home. Wei Yujin finally found her new home in Didu, excitedly went to a nearby small store to buy some daily necessities and prepared to come back to clean up. When passing by the grain store, she bought two meat buns to celebrate.

Zhen Zhen returned home, Wang Sufen had already prepared a table of dishes and was looking forward to waiting for Zhen Zhen to come home, Li Muwu walked around the door every two or three minutes, and when he came out for the eighth time, he finally saw Zhen Zhen's figure .

Li Muwu suddenly became overjoyed, and ran back to the yard and shouted loudly: "Zhen Zhen is back." Then he hurried to the door to wait for Zhen Zhen.

As soon as Zhen Zhen rode to the door, Li Muwu came over with a big fan to fan her: "Did you go to work today? Did you sleep at noon? Your milk made mung bean paste for you and poured honey, but it was delicious."

Zhen Zhen smiled while pushing the bicycle into the upside-down seat: "It's good, but it went well, you don't know me, you have a good life."

Li Muwu suddenly smiled at ease, Zhen Zhen followed Li Muwu into the house, poured half a basin of warm water and washed his face, when he looked up, he saw the three people around him, Nian and his parents, all of them looked at him with rudeness. Own.

Zhen Zhen laughed immediately: "What are you looking at? Haven't we seen each other for a day? How did it look like half a century?"

Mrs. Li narrowed her eyes happily: "It's not about my eldest granddaughter, you can see how fast these days go, Zhen Zhen has gone to work in the blink of an eye."

Zhen Zhen laughed dumbly and said, "If you say that, I've already gone to work. Don't I still have a furniture factory? I'm still the director of the factory."

"That's different. It's just a joke. Now this is a serious job." In Mrs. Li's heart, she still felt that working in a state unit was called a job. It's like Guihua's clothing store has already done a lot. The money earned in one day is more than Mingdong's monthly salary, but Mrs. Li still doesn't think it is a job.

Zhen Zhen knows that not only the older generation thinks this way, but many of her own age also regard the job assigned by graduation as an iron job, and would rather get a meager salary than come out and make a fortune on her own.

Mrs. Li put the towel in Zhen Zhen's hand on the shelf on one side, and pulled her to sit at the dining table: "Your mother specially cooked a lot of good dishes today, come and eat."

Zhen Zhen took a mouthful of rice, then took a pair of chopsticks and braised fish, and nodded vigorously: "My mother's dishes are delicious, just like the ones I ate when I was a child."

Wang Sufen couldn't close her mouth with a smile, and quickly brought her some more fish meat and scooped some fish soup bibimbap for her.

"Honey, I also want to invite a nanny to come back." Zhen Zhen took a bite and discussed with Mrs. Li, Wang Sufen was a little unhappy when she heard it: "I can still work here, what nanny?"

Zhen Zhen knew the temperament of old people who are reluctant to spend money, and patiently persuaded her: "Mom, if we were in Beicha's hometown, I wouldn't mention this, and you can clean up the house and the house by yourself. But now we are in this house. It's too big. Just wiping and plastering the floor will tire you out. Mom, now your daughter is making a lot of money. What's the difference between making money without spending and saving up a pile of waste paper? You listen to me on this matter. , I'll look for two good babysitters back, and you can enjoy your happiness."

"Two babysitters?" Wang Sufen was taken aback: "I can't bear to ask for one of them. You just do two for me. Why do I need so many babysitters?" Wang Sufen hesitated for a moment and bargained with Zhen Zhen: "Zhen Zhen Zhen ah, you said that there are only four people in our family plus you, and there are two nannies to serve. The landlords in the past didn't cook the buns that much. If you insist on hiring a nanny, you can hire one, and I will do half of her work and half of it."

Zhen Zhen persuaded her patiently: "Mom, look at Junjie next door, his mother is younger than you, and his population is not as large as ours, but he still has two babysitters. Usually housework and cooking are taken care of by babysitters, she Growing flowers, watching movies, climbing mountains, that’s life.”

Wang Sufen was a little envious when she heard it, but her mouth was still hard: "Can you sleep at night without doing any work?"

Zhen Zhen explained: "It doesn't mean that you are forced to do nothing, you can do what you like instead of wasting time and energy on cleaning and cooking."

After listening for a long time, Mrs. Li finally nodded: "Just as the child said, you have worked hard all your life, and you also enjoy the happiness of the child. You can see that Mu Wu is also the kind of person who doesn't work and sleep well, but Now you look at it, all your thoughts are on fishing, and if you don’t take it out for a day, you will be troubled. Just like what Zhen Zhen said, you can have fun and have a good life for a few days.”

Wang Sufen pondered for a long time, and finally came up with a favorite thing to do: "I think my favorite thing to do is farming, especially in our home. Oh, I have a sense of accomplishment."

Zhen Zhen nodded dumbfoundedly: "Okay, this is also a hobby."

The family of four happily finished dinner, Zhen Zhen helped Wang Sufen to bring the tableware to the kitchen, and when she returned to the house, Mrs. Li couldn't wait to ask her, "What did you do at work today?"

Zhen Zhen sat cross-legged on a chair, holding a teacup and said, "Today I just finished reporting and I took up a task to interview ten companies and write a report. I don't have to go to the unit this week, I will bring the manuscript directly next Monday. Just go."

This kind of thing is too professional, and Mrs. Li can't understand it. What she is more worried about is that her granddaughter is tired: "Are so many units running here? Are you tired?"

"I'm not tired, I just asked people some questions in the past." Zhen Zhen remembered the snacks she bought from the food factory, and quickly stood up and went to the cart to take out a bag: "Honey, I went to the Didu Food Factory this afternoon and stopped by the way. Bought some snacks for you."

Now that the weather is hot, the dim sum will go bad after four or five days, so Zhen Zhen picked out two pieces and put them in a separate bag, and then took them out when they finished eating them for two or three days.

Mrs. Li took over the dim sum, and seeing that there were several kinds of them that she did not know, she couldn't help but start to recall the bitter and sweet: "Nowadays people are really more and more good at eating, you said how difficult it was to eat white noodles in the past, I can only eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year, and I don’t dare to open my belly to eat it. But now you can see that you can’t be satisfied with eating white noodles, and you have to put sugar and milk or something. I really dare not think about it in the past.”

Although they had already eaten, Mrs. Li still took out a piece of dim sum. She broke it into three pieces and handed it to Li Muwu and Wang Sufen each: "The dim sum that your daughters made money to buy, try it."

The cake was not big. Li Muwu and Wang Sufen ate it in one bite.

Zhen Zhen smiled: "It's good if you like it, I'll buy it for you in the future, if you're hungry during the day, you'll eat two pieces of stuffing for your stomach or something."

The family was chatting happily when Xi Junjie came over from next door. Mrs. Li hurriedly asked him to sit down and asked with a smile, "How is work today? Are you used to it?"

"Very good." Xi Junjie nodded: "I just went to mainly study the official documents that I have exchanged with European countries in recent years, and I didn't get started with specific things."

Zhen Zhen took out the mung bean paste made by Mrs. Li and gave Xi Junjie a bowl: "Aren't you tired from working all day? You're still running here."

Mrs. Li gave a "tsk" and patted Zhen Zhen's arm: "This child, why are you talking, isn't Junjie coming to see you?"

Xi Junjie and Zhen Zhen didn't pay attention to those false etiquette for a long time, he didn't take it seriously, and said some gossip, Xi Junjie mentioned his purpose: "Honey, I'm going to put a copy in my and Zhen Zhen's new room. Phone, so that the unit can be easily contacted for anything in the future. I don’t think there is a phone here, do you want me to help you with the application? I’ll have to make a separate trip in the future.”

Zhen Zhen was also pondering this matter, when she heard it, she nodded her head: "Sooner or later, you have to be safe. Since you go to the formalities, just help me with it, then you will be safe in my room."

"Set the phone to my house?" Mrs. Li couldn't help saying, "Then it will be much more convenient for me to call your uncle and your third uncle and third aunt. I'll call to inform you when the phone is settled. Their wedding day."

The happiest thing for Zhen Zhen is that with her own efforts, Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen can live better and better, seeing the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law go to talk about the phone. Zhen Zhen took a mouthful of mung bean smoothie and asked Xi Junjie, "Do you know where I can hire a babysitter? I would like to ask two babysitters to help clean up the house."

Xi Junjie was very concerned about Zhen Zhen's affairs, he immediately asked, "Any requirements?"

Zhen Zhen thought about it for a while, and said her requirements the same: "Quick hands and feet, neat work, sincere mind, I don't know much about the rest, you help me with my staff."

After listening, Mrs. Li said, "It's delicious to cook. It would be even better if she could cook our Northeastern cuisine."

Xi Junjie smiled and nodded: "Nurse, don't worry, it's on me."

have to go to work tomorrow, Xi Junjie went home to sleep after eating the smoothie, Zhen Zhen also went back to the room to rest, the roses in the room were blooming in the night sky, exuding a faint floral fragrance.

According to the roadmap planned by herself, Zhen Zhen went to all the enterprises in five days and accumulated a lot of materials. During this period, Wang Xinzhi also signed a contract with the garment factory, and got a sample of Xingzi's shirt for Zhen Zhen to see. Relying on the very clear design drawings drawn by Zhen Zhen, Wang Xinzhi was a serious one. He stayed in the garment factory for two days and watched others make the samples. Zhen Zhen carefully checked the samples sent by Wang Xinzhi, and found that it was the same as what she remembered, so she immediately asked the garment factory to start production as soon as possible.

The factory here is working at full speed, and Zhen Zhen's mind is all on the writing of the manuscript. She used the two days over the weekend to not only write the newsletter that Chief Editor Yu wanted, but also organize four articles on the development of the company with the rich topics in her hand. Side note.

It was already dark at night, Zhen Zhen copied the last line of the draft on the manuscript paper, then put down the pen and rubbed her wrist. After two days of hard writing, Zhen Zhen did not know how many times she typed out the draft and revised the sentence, and only then did she form the final draft. Looking at the messy paper on the table, Zhen Zhen missed the computers of later generations and typed on the computer. Much faster than writing by hand.

Early on Monday morning, after going to work, Zhen Zhen went directly to Editor-in-Chief Yu's office and took out a thick stack of manuscripts: "Editor-in-chief Yu, this is the manuscript I wrote, in addition to the manuscript you requested, I have written four more manuscripts. On a side note, I would like to ask you to give some pointers."

Seeing that Li Mingzhen had just started to work, he took the initiative to give himself the workload at home. Editor Yu couldn't help but nodded because of his studious attitude: "Okay, I'll look at it in a while, the first desk against the wall in the editor's office is you. 's desk, go and read the nearest newspaper first."

Wei Yujin and the others have their own positions. Although Yu Shoujing sent Li Mingzhen to the field, he also reserved an office space for her, and prepared necessary office supplies such as pens, ink, and manuscript paper.

Zhen Zhen took a stack of newspapers and went back to her seat, just after reading the headlines on the front page, Wei Yujin came in from outside, she saw Zhen Zhen's eyes suddenly brightened, she hurriedly sat down beside Zhen Zhen and whispered: "I have already The yard is all tidy up, I called my man last Tuesday, he has already tidy up the house, sold all the food and everything, and will take the child on the train tomorrow."

When Zhen Zhen heard this, she couldn't help but feel happy for Sister Wei: "This is a good thing, but in the future you won't be as convenient as living in a dormitory for work."

Wei Yujin said with a smile: "It takes 20 minutes to get to the work unit by bicycle, but it's not too far. I moved everything there yesterday, and I went to the personnel bureau just now to retire the dormitory. When are you free? I invite you to dinner at home."

Zhen Zhen thought for a while and said, "Then let's celebrate your housewarming this Sunday."

The two settled on a date, Wei Yujin went back to her work station and started to try to write a message, Zhen Zhen glanced at the newspaper in her hand, and swept the editor-in-chief Yu's office with her consciousness a little worriedly.

Editor-in-chief Yu has read several of Li Mingzhen's manuscripts, and it is not necessary to mention the side notes, because Li Mingzhen's interviews are very detailed. Through the development of enterprises, changes in workers' lives, and the comparison between the past and the present, the changes brought about by the reform and opening up are analyzed one by one. presented. As for the manuscript arranged by Editor-in-Chief Yu, Li Mingzhen not only interviewed enterprises, but also went to relevant government departments, and obtained various values ​​that can reflect the rapid economic development in the past two years. At the beginning of the article, authoritative data was listed, interspersed with the relevant remarks of leaders. Through the comparison of different companies, especially companies like Tengda, which have been on the brink of bankruptcy and have not been able to pay wages for half a year, it took just two years. It has become the largest furniture factory in China, and it has been able to express the new opportunities brought by the reform and opening up to the enterprise. It depends on whether the enterprise adheres to the rules or is bold and innovative.

Yu Shoujing originally gave Li Mingzhen this topic to let her practice how to interview and collect information, but he did not think that Li Mingzhen could write articles that could be published. Old reporters should study for at least three months before trying to publish manuscripts. But he didn't expect Li Mingzhen's article to be very comprehensive, and he only needed to add a few comments before it could be published in the newspaper. Yu Shoujing picked up the pen and made corrections directly on the manuscript.

Two hours later, Yu Shoujing finally called Zhen Zhen to the office. If Yu Shoujing was kind to Zhen Zhen a week ago, now it can be said to be amiable. Handing the revised manuscript to Zhen Zhen, Yu Shoujing looked at her with satisfaction: "As expected of a student of our Imperial Capital University who won the special scholarship for four consecutive years, your writing ability is beyond my imagination, this press release is very well written, I have made changes, I can report it in the afternoon, and I can see it in the paper as soon as tomorrow."

"Really?" Although she knew that she had worked hard, Zhen Zhen was still very excited when the results of her efforts were recognized: "Thank you, editor-in-chief."

Yu Shoujing smiled: "These four side notes are not bad either, there are suitable places to publish them one by one." Zhen Zhen secretly compared herself in her heart, when she walked out of Yu Shoujing's office, she felt that her legs were floating .

That afternoon, when the newspaper was finalized and different editors reviewed the manuscript, Zhen Zhen secretly used her consciousness to look at the position of her manuscript, and it was actually on the second page of the headline, which was already a great achievement for a newcomer.

When he came home in the evening, Zhen Zhen rushed into the yard and shouted loudly: "Nanny, my manuscript has been approved, and tomorrow's Hua Guo Daily has my manuscript." When she heard this, Mrs. Li was so excited: "Zhen Zhen mother, Hurry up, send a telegram to your hometown!"

Early the next morning, Mrs. Li went out to guard the door of the post office before dawn. When the door opened, she rushed in: "Comrade, today's Hua Guo Daily will give me 100 copies!"