A soft-waisted educated youth has sex with a loyal dog and a rough guy in the 1960s

Chapter 1282 Light and Heat
Chen Xiangdong discussed the budget with Lu Miao, and then immediately went to get it done.

By the time things started to look promising, summer vacation was almost over.

The two female college students who were staying at the hostel moved back to their school dormitories ahead of schedule.

The children in the family no longer go outside.

The big shift is getting back into the swing of things and preparing for the new semester.

The two smaller ones are competing with each other, seeing who can raise more money through selling paintings and flowers during the summer vacation.

As for the smallest one?

The carefree dog is still purring in the yard.

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After taking over the detergent factory, it quickly entered the renovation phase.

Besides repainting the walls and floors, the factory also repaired or replaced any problematic production machines and conveyor belts that needed fixing or replacement.

Chen Xiangdong wasn't good with machinery, so he invited Fu Jingyou to go and take a look.

With the children back in school, Lu Miao's daily life became even more empty.

Besides reading books and newspapers, I usually spend my free time writing and drawing in my notebook.

Design the outline of the pump bottle in advance to prepare for use when the detergent plant restarts.

For the workers who took over, retaining the original formula was only a short-term production plan in the initial stage.

For sustainable development, breakthroughs and innovations in technology are still necessary.

Therefore, Lu Miao privately instructed Chen Xiangdong to keep an eye out for talent in this area.

If necessary, invest more money, or go to universities in advance to sponsor and recruit personnel.

Along with the acquisition of the detergent factory, various raw material suppliers were also negotiated and secured.

Chen Xiangdong came into contact with two herbal breeding bases in Pingyin, Shandong and Yili, Xinjiang. After that, the main products of "Rose One" washing and care products and essential oils no longer relied entirely on imports.

Around the same time, Fu Jingyou's factory purchased two new machines, and the production of transmission cables was also put on the agenda.

After several batches of materials were scrapped, by the time the qualified steel wire cables that passed the tensile testing machine were finally delivered, it was already late autumn, November.

Around this time, two letters arrived from my hometown.

The first letter was sent by Tianzao on behalf of Li Dachui.

The gist is that Li Dachui has a sixteen-year-old daughter named Li Xiangyang, who has just graduated from junior high school. She is currently unemployed and stays at home. She is very well-behaved, sensible, and hardworking.

In his letter, Li Dachui flattered Lu Miao and Fu Jingyou, saying that they had seen the world.

He wrote this letter hoping Lu Miao could point out a way for his daughter.

What it means is actually quite easy to understand.

This Li Dachui is here to find a way out for his daughter.

Having already received a favor from Li Dachui, Lu Miao found it difficult to refuse this request, but he didn't agree to it so readily either.

She called the county to the south and asked Hu Zhiyuan to find out about Li Xiangyang from Tianzao.

After hearing that she was indeed a down-to-earth and honest girl, Lu Miao slowly relented.

He wrote back saying that the year was almost over, and if Li Xiangyang was willing to come to Beijing, Li Dachui would send her over after the New Year.

Li Dachui was actually taking a gamble, shamelessly. Lu Miao agreed to make arrangements for Li Xiangyang, and Li Dachui was overjoyed.

When the Li family heard that Li Xiangyang was going to a big city to broaden his horizons, they all clasped their hands together and said it was a stroke of good luck from their ancestors' graves.

Now, let's talk about the second letter.

The second letter was sent by the He family.

A pair of floral cloth shoes was also sent along with the package.

When Lu Miao saw the object, he had a premonition.

Upon opening the envelope, it was indeed there.

Zhao Lanxiang is dead.

Before she died, Zhao Lanxiang made two pairs of cloth shoes during her lucid moments.

One pair for Keru, and one pair for Minmin.

Minrui was in the village, and after the shoes were made, Chen Guifen put them on him right away.

But Minmin lives in northern Beijing, and they don't know her workplace address.

So the shoes were sent to Lu Miao.

With the person dead, the debts were settled. Lu Miao felt neither joy nor resentment nor hatred, and there was not even any emotional fluctuation.

However, considering Minmin's situation, she went upstairs to put on a long trench coat, and then went downstairs to have Liu Xiaozhu drive.

In the six months since I returned to northern Beijing, this was the first time I stepped out of my home and went to the cultural center.

Minmin was overjoyed to hear that she was coming, but after getting on the bus and hearing what had happened, Minmin quieted down again.

After all, it was her biological mother who had passed away, and Lu Miao was actually very worried that Minmin would be sad.

But Minmin showed neither joy nor sorrow, remaining remarkably calm.

Even after examining the pair of cloth shoes with their not-so-fine stitches for a long time, Minmin only said one sentence:

"My feet have grown up a long time ago."

Minmin hadn't been home for several years, and even when she did go back once, she never had any close contact with Zhao Lanxiang.

Zhao Lanxiang didn't know what size shoes she wore, or perhaps Zhao Lanxiang's memory was hazy and still stuck in the past.

Zhao Lanxiang made these floral cloth shoes according to the size of the shoes Minmin wore when she was twelve or thirteen years old, based on her memory.

Lu Miao patted Minmin, silently keeping her company without saying a word.

Minmin then said:
"Auntie, I don't regret not going back at all."

Lu Miao remained silent.

Minmin sat in the car for a while, then took her things and got off.

Lu Miao looked at her through the car window and saw that before entering the cultural center, she stuffed the shoes, along with her package, into the trash can.

Liu Xiaozhu, who was in the car, also saw that Minmin had lost her things, and turned around to ask:
"Sister-in-law, should we go and retrieve it?"

Lu Miao shook his head slightly and sighed almost imperceptibly.

The weather in late autumn is unpredictable, and the letter was delivered by the young postman in the afternoon.

When they arrived, it was already getting dark, and now it was drizzling outside.

Liu Xiaozhu rolled up the car window, just about to ask Lu Miao if she wanted to go back.

Before he could even speak, a figure ran out of the cultural center.

Minmin slipped and fell on the road, but she still managed to pick out the things she had put in the trash can not long ago.

Saying you don't regret something doesn't mean you really don't.

If one truly has no regrets, one wouldn't so easily say it out loud, as if it were proof.

The trauma of her childhood could never be healed. But blood is thicker than water, and in an era that emphasized filial piety, that person was her mother, with whom she could never completely sever ties…

Watching Minmin wipe away her tears and re-enter the cultural center, Lu Miao looked away and said:
"Go back."

"Hey!"

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Lu Miao and Fu Jingyou returned to Beijing in August, and did not go back to their hometown for the Spring Festival this year.

After spending a lively and festive New Year in northern Beijing, Lu Miao's health has returned to a relatively stable state.

But before returning to work at Ying She after the Lunar New Year, she had actually returned to Jingbei University even earlier.

Chen Maoding had visited them when they first returned from their hometown.

Based on Lu Miao's academic and teaching abilities, as well as his experience in cooperating with the national government, Chen Maoding asked Lu Miao to fill out the application form.

The application form was approved during the start of the new semester after the New Year, and Lu Miao was promoted from a large lecturer to an associate professor.

She went back to school to coordinate coursework.

Around this time, Li Dachui, who had been contacted from his hometown, also arranged for his daughter, Li Xiangyang, to come to northern Beijing.

Lu Miao owns several factories, and arranging a job for someone is just a matter of a word.

However, she was meticulous and considered all the circumstances, so she did not reveal to anyone that the factory belonged to her, only saying that it belonged to a close friend.

Lu Miao's work wasn't particularly busy, but as her social status gradually rose, it became impossible for her to personally lead every random person who came to the village out for fun.

Therefore, when Li Xiangyang came, Lu Miao took him to his home and only arranged for Wang Xiu and Liu Xiaozhu to lead him around the front door when they were not busy.

After letting Li Xiangyang stay at home for a few days to familiarize himself with the city environment, Lu Miao called Meizi to come over and handed him over to her.

Relationships can be close or distant; this is just returning a small favor.

Lu Miao would never cross the line and try to get someone into the system.

But for other things, like working in the detergent factory or learning sewing skills, Lu Miao asked Meizi to take Li Xiangyang to his own factory and the garment factory that Wang Yuehua was in charge of.

Regardless of Li Xiangyang's final intentions, it's all negotiable.

Let's talk about Kokuei-sha again.

Lu Miao returned to work in April.

Just as Minister Zhan said, after Minister Wang stepped down to the second line, the position became vacant.

The position was originally assigned to Lu Miao, but in order to take care of Lu Miao's still not fully recovered health, the agency temporarily transferred a comrade from the Tianjin branch.

Lu Miao, on the other hand, remained in his original position.

Although Minister Zhan had discussed this arrangement with Lu Miao, the other colleagues in the company were unaware of it.

Last year, Kokuei-shi moved into a new office building and recruited many new employees in the meantime.

These new recruits knew almost nothing about Lu Miao, the deputy minister who had returned to work.

Therefore, it is easy to be misled.

Because of her past experience with tuberculosis, Lu Miao needs to wear a mask when going out in March and April when willow catkins are flying everywhere in northern Beijing.

Office windows cannot be opened normally, and ventilation can only be achieved through window air conditioners.

Turning on the air conditioner in March or April, whether directly or indirectly, undoubtedly made her a target of public criticism.

The gossip within the organization was even more intense.

The discussion initially shifted from speculation about her promotion to discussions about her work abilities, and gradually escalated to discrimination against her as a woman.

Unfortunately, just as everyone was discussing these topics, Lu Miao happened to be there and confronted them directly.

In front of everyone, Lu Miao did not show any anger.

She only instructed the relevant personnel to go back and have their respective superiors visit her office.

Everyone's faces froze, and their hearts sank.

But I still held onto a sliver of hope, thinking she probably wouldn't get too angry.

But they are destined to be disappointed.

To be honest, after two years of staying at home and recuperating, Lu Miao's temper has become much calmer.

She doesn't usually have much energy to pay attention to these things.

Unfortunately, it's not just gender antagonism in the workplace; she simply cannot tolerate anything that involves discrimination against women.

These people have directly offended her, so she will inevitably have to make an example of them.

Several department heads entered Lu Miao's office. Lu Miao got straight to the point, saying, "If you can't solve the gender discrimination in the workplace, then wait for someone else to solve you." This reprimand left the department heads speechless.

Afterwards, several departments involved held a large meeting.

Some of those who were disciplined and received ideological education fell silent after realizing their mistakes, while others remained unconvinced.

They believed that Lu Miao was just feeling guilty, which was why he took the jokes of his subordinates seriously.

But what they think is unimportant.

Because soon, a slap in the face that would silence everyone will be about to happen.

On the surface, Lu Miao's job position has not been promoted.

However, with the support of two senior figures, President Qin and Minister Zhan, Lu Miao received a joint recommendation and was honored to become a candidate to participate in the election of the next National People's Congress representative.

During the same period, Fu Jingyou's career was also progressing steadily.

Fu Jingyou is a practical and down-to-earth person, and he has a strong work ethic.

He always took seriously the jobs that state-owned factories were unwilling to take on in the past.

Since then, his factory has gradually built up a good reputation.

The Tianjin floodgate was indeed his opportunity.

When the Tianjin floodgate was completed in June 1988, the steel wire cable he recalculated and developed made a name for itself with its extremely high standards.

He investigated the market and discovered that only his factory could produce steel wire cables of that specification. He seized the opportunity and quickly applied for a patent in November of that year.

Huasheng Machinery Factory gradually began to emerge.

For a long time afterward, this included not only floodgates in various places, but also elevated highways in Haikou and across rivers.

In any project involving steel cables, they are always given priority when making selections.

In 1990, Fu Jingyou took over the Jingbei Medical Instrument Factory, which had declared bankruptcy in 1989, for 760,000 yuan and renamed it Jingbei Huasheng Medical Instrument Factory.

In the same year, Zhou Yurong, a senior member who had participated in the Malan Project, resumed correspondence with Fu Jingyou.

In 1994, Fu Jingyou signed a confidentiality agreement, and the Beijing North Huasheng Machinery Factory was officially incorporated into the national military factory.

Later, their story may have come to an end.

But it doesn't matter.

Because the seeds that carry on their bloodline are shining brightly on their way to various fields.

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