Beautiful beauties in the 80s courtyard

Chapter 369 Path to Promotion
The reason I didn't deliberately think about Cao Jing was because Cao Jing's motives were obvious: to cover up her mistakes and steal credit. Afterwards, she was afraid and dared not mention that past event, so she pretended to be injured by the trauma and transferred back to her hometown.

These are all normal reactions.

But Lu Yu was completely open and honest.

Either her heart is made of stone, she's a born wicked woman, or there's a secret here that no one knows.

Lu Qiaoge came by bus, so she will naturally have to take the bus back as well.

The bus stop was specially set up at the entrance of the food factory, and it's also a few minutes' walk from Lu Qiaoge's house, so commuting to and from get off work is very convenient now.

The food factory was only five stops away from the guesthouse, and Lu Qiaoge quickly returned to the food factory.

Lu Yun was waiting for her at the gate, and said apologetically, "Qiao Ge, I'm sorry to have delayed your work."

He has no memory of her, and although he knows that the person in front of him is his own niece, he cannot feel the blood connection.

Lu Yun often felt that her soul and body were separate.

She knows this is not good, so she is trying her best to adapt.

Lu Qiaoge smiled and shook her head: "It won't delay anything, Second Aunt, don't worry about it."

Lu Qiaoge noticed that Lu Yun seemed to have something to say to her, so she simply led Lu Yun toward home.

As they walked, she asked, "Second Aunt, did you just remember something?"

Lu Yun nodded, hesitated for a moment, but still said decisively, "When I heard you ask Lu Yu about the Chen family, a few images flashed before my eyes, but they were too fast for me to grasp."

She frowned: "It has nothing to do with that Cao Jing; the scene is related to Lu Yu."

Then, she shook her head regretfully.

There's no point in saying so much if I can't remember anything.

Lu Qiaoge, however, knew her second aunt's activities over the past week or so before the so-called sacrifice.

Although not all of it, it pieced together more than 70% of the whole picture.

Some of them were provided by Cao Jing and Lu Yu.

What they provide must be genuine.

Initially, the focus was on dealing with the Chen family, the biggest local tyrants.

Lu Qiaoge said confidently, "Old Sun will be back soon. With him around, even if he can't remember everything, he can still remember some of it."

Lu Yun's eyes lit up immediately.

"Yes, it's better than having a blank mind when I think about the past, even if it's just memories of my childhood."

Lu Qiaoge smiled: "When you think of your second aunt when you were little, you think of your grandparents, my dad, and my fourth uncle."

Lu Yun was stunned for a moment. She had always had a question in her mind: the Lu family clearly only had three children including her, so why was the youngest, Lu Cheng, called the fourth child?

In the Lu family, men and women are all ranked together according to seniority.

Lu Da is the eldest, she is the second eldest, so who is the third eldest?

Her mother didn't mention it, and she didn't ask.

Finally, unable to hold back any longer, he whispered to Lu Qiaoge, "Qiaoge, do you know why your fourth uncle is the fourth oldest? Who is the third oldest? Is he a man or a woman?"

"I know that. That was my third uncle. He got typhoid fever when he was five years old and didn't make it..."

This was pretty much what Lu Yun had guessed.

I don't know why, but after asking this question, I felt much closer to Qiao Ge.

Lu Yun sighed and said, "I know that these two people are my mortal enemies, but I can't muster any more anger. Watching them cry, laugh, and talk about the past in front of me is like watching two people acting."

Lu Qiaoge nodded: "Second Aunt, you're right, those two are superb actors."

Lu Yun frowned and said, "I've met many poor fisherwomen in Nanyang, but I've never seen anyone like Lu Yu who has undergone such a complete transformation."

Lu Yun glanced at Lu Qiaoge again: "Qiaoge, I don't look down on poor people. You were born and raised on this land. You may not know about the concepts and gaps between masters and servants in some large families." "Master and servant are two different concepts."

"Of course, Lu Yu shouldn't be timid and hesitant just because of this. What I'm trying to say is that I see the same aura of the Sheng family patriarch and his eldest daughter in her."

“Those who come from poor backgrounds, even if they have lived a life of luxury for twenty years, still cannot develop certain qualities.”

"If you ask me to describe it in detail, I can't say it."

"In short, Lu Yu gave me an even more unpleasant impression than Cao Jing."

Lu Qiaoge clenched her fist; yes, she felt the same way.

His eyes darted around. Should he just grab the two of them and give them a private interrogation?
On second thought, I promptly dismissed the idea.

Lu Yun couldn't think anymore; she felt a headache coming on. Lu Qiaoge took her to the bus stop and checked the time; she still had two hours before she got off work.

With Meng Qingshan, Zhou Li, and Sister Zhao at the food factory, Lu Qiaoge returned to the subdistrict office with a clear conscience.

Old Hu had told her about her path to promotion.

She's now a full-fledged cadre, but she hasn't passed her probationary period yet. Even though she's concurrently the factory manager, she's actually the lowest-level cadre, a clerk. To get promoted, she needs to become a section chief, deputy section chief, section chief, and so on...

This is the current promotion path.

As long as a food factory operates under the name of a street office, it is considered a small workshop within a large collective. The factory director is a section-level cadre, but his administrative rank is still level 23.

Currently, Meng Qingshan and his colleagues are just regular workers.

Lu Qiaoge had already reached the same level as Sister Hua and Sister Qiao in the subdistrict office in less than half a year.

This is already rocket-like speed.

Old Hu meant that if she followed the established procedures in the subdistrict office, it would take three years to reach the section chief level. However, if she became the director of the food factory, she would directly reach the section chief level. Once the factory separated from the subdistrict office and became on par with the steel mill parts factory, she could then move up the ranks normally.

Lu Qiaoge didn't care.

After all, Lao Hu didn't know that the college entrance examination would be reinstated when she was twenty-one, but judging from the current situation, Lu Qiaoge inexplicably felt that maybe it would be possible next year.

A person's power is limited.

However, people like her also have an unpredictable influence.
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Baiheshan Sanatorium.

Chief Engineer Gu was taking his medicine. After he finished, he said to Old Sun, "Old Sun, can I go back to 516 with you?"

Sun Ziliang glanced at him and asked, "Wouldn't it be better to rest here for a year?"

Chief Engineer Gu: "I'm very anxious."

"Then let's go together."

Sun Ziliang is not one to be overly polite or force people.

Since Lao Gu thinks he's capable, then he is. Let him do as he pleases.

Old Sun didn't care at all.

He's thinking about the water now.

I feel refreshed and invigorated every day when I use it to brew tea.

But should I bring it up with Lu Qiaoge when I get back?

Considering that he was able to treat her second aunt's illness, Lu Qiaoge would definitely give him more, but that wouldn't be quite right.

Sun Ziliang readily abandoned the idea.

In layman's terms... let's give it a critique!

Sun Ziliang didn't think there was anything wrong with this idea.

Anyway, he's just a strange person.

(End of this chapter)