Reborn in 1981, the first to get rich start with dairy cows.

"Dinner's ready!"

As soon as Shen Dong spoke, everyone got excited. Li Hu brought out two cases of Yanghe Daqu liquor, which Shen Dong had bought through connections—a total of 12 bottles!

This is fine wine; two bottles were placed on the table, and the men's eyes lit up.

"Factory manager, is this for us to drink?" Hu Weidong looked at the bottle from side to side, getting excited.

"What else can we do but use it as decoration? Drink up, drink without worry!"

The men drank Yanghe Daqu liquor, while the women added orange juice, which was homemade by the farmers and tasted delicious, especially popular with women and children.

"I'm actually not satisfied with this drink, but there's nothing I can do about it for now. In the future, our factory will make our own delicious milk drinks!" Before anyone could react, he moved towards the main table.

"What did the factory manager just say? That we produce beverages?"

"Yes, and also milk drinks!"

After Shen Dong left, everyone started discussing it.

Tang Yue waved to Shen Dong, calling him over, and specially reserved a seat for him next to Qiu Xiaoqin.

"Factory Manager, everyone said they're all waiting to toast you today, so you'd better be ready!" Tong Na said with a smile after Shen Dong sat down.

"I need to eat something quickly to tide me over!"

Shen Dong said with a smile, picked up his chopsticks, and saw that there were already quite a few dishes in the bowl. He thought that Tang Yue had prepared them for him. "My aunt really understands me and prepared everything for me."

Tang Yue's eyes darted around, and she deliberately said, "It wasn't me, it was Xiao Qiu who felt sorry for you and prepared it for you."

He winked at Qiu Xiaoqin, whose face was already flushed. She hurriedly explained, "No...it was Team Leader Tang who did it for you, I...I didn't!"

Shen Dong saw that Qiu Xiaoqin beside him had lowered her head, knowing that she was very shy with so many people watching, so he smiled and glared at Tang Yue.

"The braised pork knuckle is here!" Xiao Ma said, holding a large bowl in one hand. His voice completely drowned out the rest of the room. Everyone fell silent when they heard that the first hot dish was braised pork knuckle.

The whole pork knuckle was stewed until it was a bright red and shiny. Zhou Wuyang cut it into large pieces with a knife. The bowl was full and looked very appetizing. It also symbolized a prosperous and successful year ahead.

When this main dish was served, everyone's throats started to move, and some people began to swallow their saliva frantically.

"Stop looking and eat!" Shen Dong said cheerfully when he saw that no one had touched their chopsticks, and everyone then realized what was happening.

However, Hu Weidong was the first to react and hurriedly stopped everyone: "Factory manager, you need to give an opening speech so that everyone can start eating."

Shen Dong smiled and raised his glass: "I hope that next year at this time, we'll have even more people, a bigger event, and everyone will be even happier! Come on, first glass, bottoms up!"

After saying that, he drank it all in one gulp! The small glass of liquor burned from his throat to his stomach. Li Chenfeng wasn't good at drinking, and after one glass, his face turned red, and soon his bottom turned red as well.

Qiu Xiaoqin sat to the side, following Shen Dong's actions, and drank half a cup of fruit syrup. Her cheeks were slightly flushed, and her eyes kept glancing at Shen Dong.

Ever since Tang Yue deliberately left a spot next to her, her heart had been pounding.

From their first meeting to their onboarding and subsequent daily conversations, their relationship remained lukewarm.

She could feel that the way Shen Dong looked at her was different from how he looked at others.

But Shen Dong didn't say anything, so she could only pretend not to know and just continue doing her work diligently.

Regardless of whether the relationship will progress further, at least our lives have changed a lot, and I need to work hard for my family's livelihood.

Just as Shen Dong had taken a couple of bites of food, Hu Weidong came over with a group of people, carrying wine glasses.

"Factory Manager, our team respects you. We feel at ease working under you, and we'll definitely do our best next year!"

"Factory manager, we salute you!"

"drink!"

As soon as Group One left, Yang Zhengjun arrived with Group Two. Li Chenfeng followed beside him, his face already flushed, but thankfully his neck remained snow-white, showing no signs of an allergic reaction.

After the second group finished drinking, Li Guihua and Mao Dongmei came over.

"Team leader, it's our group's turn."

Qiu Xiaoqin realized that everyone had already toasted on behalf of their group, and it was their turn, but when she saw the wine in Mao Dongmei's glass, she felt a little apprehensive.

"I...I don't drink..."

"It's okay, team leader, I'll just drink. If you get drunk, our factory manager won't feel at ease, right, factory manager?" Mao Dongmei saw through the young factory manager's thoughts on the day she joined the company, and now that she had drunk some alcohol, she had let loose.

The people at the table laughed, and Tang Yueqi teased, "Xiao Qiu, drink up. If you get drunk, the factory manager will take you home."

The two men blushed deeply from the banter, and Shen Dong quickly said, "Come on, let's drink!"

After drinking three glasses of wine, Shen Dong's body temperature rose, so he took off his cotton-padded coat.

Qiu Xiaoqin watched Shen Dong's movements, and when he took off his cotton-padded coat, she took it from him and placed it behind the stool.

When he finally realized what was happening, he saw everyone teasing him, and his face turned bright red.

While the drinking and lively atmosphere was going on, Xiao Ma was also extremely busy, bringing out one hot dish after another from the kitchen.

Braised pork belly, stewed carp, stewed chicken pieces, scrambled eggs, fried dough twists, winter greens—one hot dish after another was served, filling the table to the brim.

Once all the hot dishes were served, the male employees began a round of toasts, one by one coming over to toast Shen Dong.

Fortunately, because he was unhappy in his previous life and often drank alone to drown his sorrows, he developed a high alcohol tolerance, and it seems that he brought this ability with him after his rebirth.

After drinking more than a dozen cups in a row, Shen Dong was starting to feel the effects. Although the cups were small, the total weight of the dozen or so cups was more than half a jin (250 grams).

After the men finished offering their toasts, the older women came over one by one.

"Oh dear, factory manager, you're already drunk? A man shouldn't drink this much!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than another middle-aged woman chimed in, "His sister-in-law, our factory manager is probably still a virgin..."

"Haha!" The old lady's voice was so loud that everyone at the next table heard it and burst into laughter.

Rural women can be quite witty and unrestrained in their jokes, and Shen Dong, unable to keep up, could only scratch his head sheepishly and shake his head with a smile.

"Factory manager, after the New Year, let's find a caring girl and show off our manly prowess!"

Once everyone was really engaged in conversation, they all chimed in with their own comments, and before long, the topic shifted to other people.

Shen Dong drank the whole can of yogurt, and the effects of the alcohol wore off a little.

He leaned back in his chair, listening to the laughter and toasts mingling together in the cafeteria, and the effects of the alcohol kicked in again.

After several rounds of drinks and dishes, the night grew darker, and the New Year's Eve dinner gradually came to an end.

Shen Dong stood at the factory gate, waving goodbye to everyone.

The canteen still held the lingering aromas of food and wine, and the red lanterns at the factory gate swayed gently in the breeze. Shen Dong smiled as he bid farewell to 1981.

The Baotashan Dairy Factory, built in 1982, is about to enter the expressway.