Beautiful beauties in the 80s courtyard

Chapter 113 Even if you have opinions, you have to keep them to yourself.
Naturally, neither of them would bring up Su Hongmei's family matter.

Lu Qiaoge took the money back on Meng Xia's behalf, and Meng Xia thought about it for a moment but still secretly gave Lu Qiaoge five yuan.

My daughter has a boyfriend. When we go out together, she can't expect Qin Hengzhi to buy her an ice cream.

While having lunch, Lu Qiaoge inquired about the progress at the food factory. Lu Qiaoling excitedly reported to Lu Qiaoge, "Second Sister, we finished cleaning up this morning. The men will repair the doors, windows, tables, and chairs this afternoon. Oh, and Brother Chang'an can repair broken vats. He can fix all those broken big vats this time. We can even make a long table from the scrap wood... We women still need to cut grass, collect branches, and gather some stones and broken bricks... Shao Le is very capable; he kept going until the end of the workday."

Meng Xia asked worriedly, "Qiao Ge, if your factory is built, will you be hiring or will you be using the current staff? If you don't advertise openly, won't those unemployed youths have something to say? Also, if they all go to the food factory, won't your service station be disbanded?"

And you know what? Meng Xia got right to the point.

Lu Qiaoge said, "With Brother Chang and my sister-in-law, we have enough workers for now. As for the others, we have to keep our opinions to ourselves. Back then, because it was a voluntary service and there was no salary, everyone complained and refused to come. Some people even mocked them as fools. Now that a food factory is being established, our street office will definitely prioritize the volunteers."

The service station cannot be disbanded; it must continue operating. Currently, Qiao Ling and her colleagues can continue to serve as volunteers, doing good deeds when they're not busy, going wherever help is needed. They have the energy for this until the food factory is on track.

Meng Xia thought to herself, "If you had said from the beginning that you might set up a food factory, this service station would probably be packed with people."

Lu Qiaoling immediately stated, "We will all do as Second Sister arranges. Everyone knows that this job opportunity was specially secured for us by Second Sister, and we will definitely cherish it very much."

Su Hui nodded in agreement: "I will try my best to make good shortbread and corn cakes, and make sure I don't hold Qiao Ge back."

True to their word, the two left together after finishing their meal and cleaning up, without taking a lunch break.

Lu Qiaoge didn't take a nap either. She was reading a letter. The tabby cat had gone to the military representative's office to play in the morning. After eating and drinking its fill, it brought back a letter, which was in a small cloth bag and hung around its neck.

Lu Qiaoge suddenly realized, oh, she and Qin Heng were dating.

Qin Hengzhi's penmanship is beautiful; each stroke carries a powerful force that penetrates the paper.

He said he would take her to the city's grand theater to see a ballet that evening.

They also said they were too busy to have dinner together.

There was also a beautiful multicolored stone in the small cloth bag, which he said he found by the river this morning during a training exercise.

Lu Qiaoge smiled and carefully put the letter away.

The stone was also beautiful, with natural rainbow colors, and Lu Qiaoge placed it on the windowsill.

The tabby cat said, "Little master, Representative Qin is so bold to dare ask me to bring you something."

Lu Qiaoge: "Didn't you help pass on a message last time?"

Hua Hua: [Does he know something?]

Lu Qiaoge stroked the cat's head: "It's okay if you know. Cats and dogs are naturally intelligent."

Hua Hua's eyes darted around: "Old Turtle asked me to tell you that the deputy manager went to Hongxing Lake again, accompanied by Deputy Factory Director Lin. They took a boat ride around, seemingly without saying much, just looking around. Deputy Factory Director Lin seems very keen to hand over Hongxing Lake to the fishing company."

Lu Qiaoge stared at the tabby cat: "Even if I were the factory manager now, I can't just dive down to retrieve treasures for no reason."

Hua Hua didn't care: [You're not incapable of lying, just make up any excuse.]

Lu Qiaoge glared at him: "The key is that I'm not the factory manager now."

Hua Hua: [Aren't you just temporarily managing the food factory? You're still the factory manager.]

Lu Qiaoge waved her hand: "You're a mature cat now. You should learn to catch your own fish. Only by being self-reliant can you have enough to eat and wear. Go on, with the old turtle helping you, you'll definitely be able to do it."

The tabby cat meowed a few times, thinking that it was now so smart that it might actually be able to catch fish to eat on its own. Anyway, with the old turtle and the big carp around, it wouldn't fall into the water.

So the tabby cat ran off happily and confidently.

Lu Qiaoge wasn't worried; it had its companions in Red Star Lake, so there shouldn't be any problem. After a short rest, Lu Qiaoge went to work.

I had only been sitting in the chair for a short while when the telephone rang.

This is the phone number for the main office.

Right next to Sister Qiao's desk, she answered the call, and a few seconds later her eyes widened as she called out to Lu Qiaoge, "Qiaoge, it's Representative Qin on the phone."

Everyone went to see Lu Qiaoge.

Lu Qiaoge was surprised that he would call her during work hours.

Qin Hengzhi's voice came through the telephone receiver. The call quality wasn't very good, but Qin Hengzhi's voice had an indescribable clarity and gentleness, making it very pleasant to listen to.

Did you receive it?

Lu Qiaoge naturally knew what he meant, so she softly hummed in agreement. Qin Hengzhi on the other end said, "Okay!"

After that, he hung up the phone.

Before Sister Qiao and the others could tease her, Sister Hua arrived at work.

Following behind were Gu Zhendong and Wang Xiaomin, both beaming with joy.

The people in the office looked at each other without saying a word.

Gu Zhendong took out a handful of candy from his pocket, which turned out to be White Rabbit milk candy. He gave two pieces to everyone in the room and the rest to Sister Hua.

Nobody thought two pieces of candy were stingy.

Even now, you need sugar coupons to buy this kind of milk candy.

Anyway, the atmosphere improved a lot.

Unexpectedly, Sister Hua narrowed her eyes, looked at the two beaming people, and suddenly exclaimed, "Gu Zhendong, I remember now, aren't you dating Liu Cuixia?"

Wang Xiaomin's face darkened.

He refrained from refuting Sister Hua's words only after Gu Zhendong shook his hand.

Sister Hua naturally wouldn't dwell on this; she was just asking casually to see the other person's reaction.

Then I noticed the strange expressions on the faces of the other people in the office.

I knew those two would arrive this morning.

Marriage certificates are now handwritten. Just as Sister Hua was about to write the marriage certificate for the two of them, someone swept in like a whirlwind.

Everyone looked closely and exclaimed, "My God, isn't that Liu Cuixia?"
Why did she come here again?

This must be how much they like Gu Zhendong, or how unwilling they are to accept it.

No one's stopping us or interfering; we're all young people, so let's not get involved.

Sister Qiao even secretly slipped Lu Qiaoge a handful of sunflower seeds and whispered, "I bet Liu Cuixia is going all out. To prevent these two from getting married, she'll definitely say she's pregnant, and with Gu Zhendong's child no less."

Lu Qiaoge's eyes widened suddenly.

This was the 1970s, were these people really that bold?

Sister Qiao said, "There's nothing strange about that. Didn't you see it this morning? Liu Cuixia isn't the type to just accept things passively. Besides, this girl is very stubborn. No one in her family can stop her from doing whatever she wants. If Wang Xiaomin wants to marry Gu Zhendong, she'll have to go through a lot of trouble."