Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 60 Dinner at the Xue Family
"I was delayed a little today and kept you waiting for a long time."

Zhou Fengnian walked over and said to Zhou Yan with a smile: "I'll take you back later."

"No, you get off work pretty late."

Zhou Yan shook her head and said that this was only a small part of the reason. She was more worried that Zhou Fengnian would accidentally run into her family when he went to their street and it would be bad if they got stuck to him.

Given her mother's personality, she would definitely make a scene, and if that caused Zhou Fengnian to be disgusted, then she would lose more than she gained.

"It's nothing. I live nearby, and I won't be busy until tomorrow. I might not have the chance to take you there then."

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said.

Today he had some exchanges with the people from the Sixth Institute, which made him sigh secretly.

These ten foreign players from the Sixth Institute are all really hardworking guys. If he hadn't called them to go eat today, they would probably have worked until nine or ten o'clock.

Zhou Fengnian estimated that he would not be able to leave so early tomorrow. Others were full of energy and he did not want to pour a basin of cold water on them.

"By the way, I have to go back to cook today, so I may not be able to use the meal ticket for the cafeteria kitchen. Can I get you some?"

Zhou Fengnian remembered that Zhou Yan's family was of average condition, so she was naturally happy to save a meal, and the food in the cafeteria's small kitchen was also very good.

I can eat some meat almost every day.

Zhou Yan said a little embarrassedly: "Isn't this bad? Fengnian, don't you have a younger sister?"

"Chunhua is coming with me too. We'll both rent Luo Gong's house and cook together tonight."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he took Zhou Yan to the small kitchen.

Besides, he was not wrong. Engineer Luo did ask him to go home and cook tonight. He was just greedy and wanted to ask Zhou Fengnian to cook a good meal in the name of the machine tool team's work.

Aunt Li had already bought the pork offal and fish. There were a lot of tickets for level nine engineers, so Zhou Fengnian could also have a meal with her, so he naturally wouldn't refuse.

After Zhou Fengnian took Zhou Yan to the canteen, he said in surprise: "The factory is quite considerate. They serve meat dishes on the first day."

Fried meat with potato chips, spicy and sour cabbage and scrambled eggs with cucumber.

Zhou Fengnian took Zhou Yan's lunch box, took a little bit of food as well, then asked for two steamed buns before handing over the meal ticket.

This kind of dinner is rare for ordinary working-class families. Now the meat ration has not been restored, and no one will eat meat or steamed buns late at night.

After leaving the cafeteria, Zhou Yan still felt a little embarrassed. The day before yesterday, she accepted half a pound of milk candy and half a pound of fruit candy, and today she took two boxes of vegetables and two steamed buns.

She had just established a relationship with Zhou Fengnian for two days, and she had already been accepting gifts from Zhou Fengnian.

I have to give something in return. Zhou Yan made the decision secretly in her heart, and at the same time she was thinking secretly in her heart, wondering what Zhou Fengnian might be missing.

The two of them were chatting while pushing their bicycles to the factory gate, and they happened to meet Xue Peihua who was also pushing a bicycle out.

Seeing Zhou Fengnian and Zhou Yan, Xue Peihua became angry, then snorted coldly and left quickly.

She later went to see Uncle Zhang twice more, but Zhang Anhong never helped her.

Now Zhou Yan is openly with Zhou Fengnian in the factory again, and Xue Peihua is so angry that she doesn't want to stay in the factory for a single day.

Especially seeing Zhou Yan’s smug smile.

"Damn Zhou Yan and Zhou Fengnian!"

After Xue Peihua left the factory, she rode away on her bike. She had never suffered such an injustice since she was a child, and she must tell her parents about it when she returns home tonight.

——————“Mom and Dad, I’m back.”

When Xue Peihua returned home, she saw her parents were there, and the chef was cooking in the kitchen. She asked in surprise, "Mom, why did you and Dad come back so early today?"

"Your Uncle Zhang is coming to our house for dinner today. I came back because there's nothing else to do. Besides, I don't need to be on duty at the hospital anytime soon."

Jiang Rong said that she would be promoted to director soon.

Moreover, as the director, she is in charge of pharmaceutical logistics, so she does not have to be busy on the front-line operating table all the time, so she does not have to work overtime very often.

"Uncle Zhang? Why are we inviting him to dinner? I asked Uncle Zhang to help me with a few things at the factory but he refused and just watched me get bullied by others!"

Xue Peihua said with dissatisfaction: "Mom, can you help me vent my anger? Otherwise, I really can't stay in the machinery factory anymore."

Jiang Rong turned down the volume of the radio, turned around and asked seriously, "What's wrong? You can't stay in the machinery factory anymore. Who else in your factory dares to bully you?"

"Who else could it be? It's that Zhou Fengnian. He was clearly my friend, but when I was planning to bring him back to meet you, he found someone else."

Xue Peihua knew that her mother loved her the most, so she told her mother all her grievances.

After a while, Jiang Rong raised her eyebrows and said, "This is outrageous. How can there be such a person?"

Xue Peihua said quickly: "That's right, Mom, you have to help me vent my anger, otherwise I really can't stay in the machinery factory, or you can transfer me to another position."

"When I asked you to come to the hospital, you insisted on being a frontline worker. Do you regret it now?"

Jiang Rong poked Xue Peihua's forehead with her finger in anger, then sighed and said, "Okay, I'll ask your Uncle Zhang tonight, and you don't have to worry about the rest."

"Now I ask you again, do you want to go to the hospital instead? Or you can go to the Dongcheng District Government."

For an average family, transferring a factory to a hospital or a factory to the government is an extremely difficult task.

But the Xue family can do it easily. The factory releases people and another side takes them in, and they can transfer jobs within a few days.

"I won't go. It's too uncomfortable to work under your noses. I'll stay in the factory until you help me vent my anger, mom."

After Xue Peihua finished speaking, he stood up and walked towards his house.

After her daughter left, Jiang Rong turned to her husband and asked, "What do you think of what your daughter said?"

"What can I say? He's definitely not telling the truth. If Xiaohua was really bullied, there's no way Anhong wouldn't tell me."

Xue Zhengli said in a calm tone, doesn't he know his daughter well enough?

"Let's wait until An Hong comes. If she was bullied, she wouldn't be like this now. She probably came to you for help because she failed in her attempt to bully others."

Jiang Rong said unhappily: "Don't say that about our daughter. She is quite sensible. She may have been deceived."

After hearing this, Xue Zhengli knew better and stopped arguing. He picked up the newspaper and continued reading.

After a while, Zhang Anhong came. Xue Zhengli went to the door and welcomed Zhang Anhong in with a smile.

The family’s chef brought up the dishes one by one. For the Xue family, an ordinary dinner would consist of six or seven dishes.

Jiang Rong called Xue Peihua once, but after a while she didn't see anyone coming down. She couldn't help but get angry and said, "This Xiaohua is becoming more and more ignorant. Why didn't she come down to see Uncle Zhang when he came?"

"Forget it, sister-in-law. Xiaohua is probably still upset with me because I didn't help her at the factory."

Zhang Anhong said helplessly. He saw that this sister-in-law was just talking and it was impossible for her to really teach Xue Peihua a lesson, so he took the initiative to persuade her to stop him.
Seeing this, Jiang Rong sat back down, stretched out her chopsticks to pick up food for Zhang Anhong and said, "Anhong, tell my sister-in-law what's going on between Xiaohua and Zhou Fengnian from your factory?"

(End of this chapter)