Returning wealthy individuals develop their hometowns and become rich in the 1980s

"Dear employees! Please note that the year-end is approaching. We are now announcing some information regarding company benefits and holiday arrangements. The company will officially begin its annual holiday on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month and will resume work on the 8th day of the first lunar month..."

"Attention, staff..."

"..."

Inside the Lianzhai Industrial Park, inside and outside the Guangdong Food Processing Plant and in the workshop, announcements about the year-end holiday and the collection time of benefits were constantly being broadcast. At this time, the workers in the workshop were busy with their hands and all listened attentively to the sweet voice on the broadcast.

As soon as the broadcast stopped, the female worker Yao Min whispered to another woman next to her, "They say the holiday starts on the 23rd, not the 25th?"

"Who told you it has to be twenty-five? Did Shuisheng tell you?"

"Mmm," Yao Min blushed slightly when she heard her older sister mention Cai Shuisheng's name, and responded with a soft "Mmm."

Seeing Yao Min's expression, the older sister teased her like an experienced person, "How are things going between you two? If you feel you're really compatible, why don't you just have a New Year's Eve dinner at Shui Sheng's house instead of going home?"

"Isn't that a bit too fast? We've only been dating for less than six months." Yao Min replied shyly.

The older sister gave her a disappointed look, "Silly girl, if you like someone, you have to seize the opportunity, otherwise someone else will snatch them away, and you'll regret it."

"Your older sister and I only went on fewer than three blind dates. On the fourth date, we went to the Civil Affairs Bureau with our household registration books to get our marriage certificate. There's no time for that kind of romance. If you really like each other, you just settle down and live a good life together. Most of the time, those who hesitate and waver end up breaking up!"

"Trust your older sister. I've been through this. You have to judge a man's character by his ambition," the older sister lectured Yao Min. "Shuisheng is the team leader of our factory's transport team. He drives a tractor-trailer and earns a little over two hundred yuan a month!"

"Each trip comes with a meal allowance, plus a full attendance bonus, and that adds up to over 3,100 yuan a year. That doesn't even include the year-end bonus. A salary of over 3,000 yuan a year is more than even the county magistrate earns. You'd better grab this opportunity!"

"Let me tell you, Xiaomin, who is also my older sister, is now living with your brother Xu. If I were your older sister, I would have dragged Shuisheng to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get our marriage certificate long ago!"

"Sis, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Yao Min blushed after her older sister's words, but then she thought about Cai Shuisheng. He was indeed good-looking and had a good salary. She wondered if she should be a little shameless and tell Cai Shuisheng that she could spend the Chinese New Year at his house this year.

"Think about it, you only make ninety yuan a month, and you eat and live in the factory. Once you two get married, you'll have a salary of three hundred and ten yuan, which is more than five thousand a year. If you work for two years, you'll be a ten-thousand-yuan household. I wish your brother Xu could be transferred to the motorcade too," the older sister said enviously.

"It's nothing like what you're saying, sister. I have to take my salary home every month to help support my family," Yao Min said, her voice growing softer as she spoke.

The main reason Yao Min didn't dare to propose getting a marriage certificate with Cai Shuisheng was that she had finally gotten a job at the factory, and she still had two younger brothers to go to school. Her parents were farmers in the countryside, and they barely made ends meet with the work points they earned from the production team.

If she works at the factory for a year and then gets married, will her in-laws still allow her to take her monthly salary back to her parents' home for them to use?

This is what Yao Min is worried about. She knows that Cai Shuisheng is a good person and has a good relationship with the factory leaders, especially the deputy factory director Chen Zaisheng. Every time Cai Shuisheng comes back from a trip, he will sneak into the office and get some special treatment from Chen Zaisheng.

Even the big boss, Chen Zaiguang, was addressed as "brother" by Cai Shuisheng. This was no secret in the factory. Many female workers would stare at Cai Shuisheng with adoration, as if they were glued to him.

The two got to know each other thanks to the older sister. The older sister was a chatterbox, and every time Cai Shuisheng went to the laundry room to do laundry, the older sister would chat with Cai Shuisheng there, and over time they became familiar with each other.

Every time Cai Shuisheng returned from a trip, he would buy a bottle of soda at the supermarket next to the laundry room and sit there watching the workers in the workshop clock out. The older sister had noticed that Cai Shuisheng was staring at Yao Min, so she secretly asked Cai Shuisheng if he had a crush on Yao Min. If so, she would play matchmaker for him.

Yao Min is 1.65 meters tall. Although she is a bit slender, her figure is the same as that of girls in this era, which is flat and easy to fight. But the key is that she is good-looking!

With the older sister's help in making the connection, the two chatted a few times at the supermarket entrance, and their relationship progressed rapidly, leading to a relationship.

The get off work bell rang, and Yao Min glanced at the clock on the workshop wall. It was 5:30. She took off her gloves and followed her older sister out of the workshop, chatting and laughing. When they arrived at the canteen, Cai Shuisheng had already prepared her meal and was waving to her.

"Xiaomin, over here," Cai Shuisheng said, wearing a blue uniform jacket with two plates on the table in front of him. Under the envious and jealous gazes of all the female employees in the factory, Yao Min blushed and quickly walked towards Cai Shuisheng's table.

When they first arrived, Cai Shuisheng, Chen Zaijun, Huang Pingcheng, and others agreed to share meals. However, after all six of them joined the convoy, their return times never matched up. Later, after they all started dating, the "meal-sharing alliance" completely broke down.

Getting food for your buddies is never as important as getting food for your girlfriend!

"Aren't you going to drive today?" Yao Min took the chopsticks that Cai Shuisheng handed her and whispered to him, "You ordered too much. I won't be able to finish it."

"It's okay, I'll eat what you can't finish," Cai Shuisheng chuckled. "I only made one delivery to Tuogang today, so I don't have to wait for the goods there. That way I can get back to the factory sooner. Eat up, don't just watch me."

Yao Min ate rice with her chopsticks in small bites, then suddenly remembered that the year-end bonus was coming up soon. Not knowing what it would be, she asked Cai Shuisheng, "Do you know what the bonus will be this year? The workshop broadcast it today, but it didn't say what it would be."

Cai Shuisheng leaned close to Yao Min and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "The biscuits, rice, flour, and oil they gave out, along with the lucky draw, TVs, electric fans, and radios, were all brought over from Tuogang."

"There really is a TV!"

Yao Min's eyes lit up when she heard that there was a chance to win a TV in a raffle. Cai Shuisheng whispered, "There are so many people in the factory, it's not that easy to win. I'll get one from Brother Zaisheng and put it in the dormitory, hehe!"

"You can do that? Won't the factory find out?!"

"What are you thinking? I bought it with my own money!"