It was almost five o'clock when Ji Luo and his friends came over after the meeting. Ren Rongyan was playing with their two children in the front yard of the staff compound. Ji Bingqing was preparing dinner at home. They could smell the fragrance from a long distance away.

"Bingqing, what delicious food did you cook? It smells so good."

Hearing her voice, Ji Bingqing immediately came out of the kitchen with a bright smile: "Sister Luo, are you done?"

"Well, I'm done."

Ji Luo saw that she was wearing a floral dress and had a short, elegant haircut. Her skin was much whiter than during the Chinese New Year and she was even prettier than before. He smiled and said, "The water here in Yangcheng is very nourishing. You two sisters have become much prettier."

She just went to the printing and dyeing workshop and met Ji Yujie who was working. Although she was wearing a uniform work suit and dressed simply and plainly, her face was still the same, but her inner temperament was different.

"Sister Luo, please stop teasing me. You are the most beautiful one."

Ji Luo came to the factory today for a meeting. She was dressed formally, with a white shirt and a grey skirt, looking like a professional elite. She had no makeup on her face, but she was as beautiful as a lotus in clear water. She also had the scholarly air of a high-level intellectual. She attracted a lot of attention when she visited the workshop before.

Ji Bingqing immediately asked her to sit down and brought a bowl of cool and refreshing ice jelly to her and Chen Zhifeng. "Sister Luo, I made this ice jelly myself. I just took it out of the refrigerator. It's cool. Tuantuan likes it very much. He just ate two bowls. You can try it too."

"it is good."

The meeting had just lasted for more than two hours, and Ji Luo was thirsty, so he picked up the bowl and ate it, "It tastes good."

"I also followed the old lady who set up a stall in the vegetable market to make it, but it's not as delicious as hers." Seeing Ren Rongyan and the others coming in, Ji Bingqing asked, "Tuantuan, do you want some ice jelly?"

"want."

Tuan Tuan loves to eat. He just ran outside and was sweating a lot. It’s very hot now, so he wants to eat something cold to cool down.

"Mom." Chen Zhaohui also raised his hand.

"Let daddy feed you a few bites."

Ji Bingqing went into the kitchen and scooped a large bowl for Ren Rongyan and his son, adding some of the brown sugar that Tuantuan loved to eat. Seeing Chen Zhifeng feeding his son with big mouthfuls, she reminded him: "Zhifeng, don't feed him too much. Just a few mouthfuls will be enough, otherwise he will have diarrhea again, like the night before last."

"Children have fragile stomachs, so don't let them eat too much at one time." Ji Luo also said.

"Mom, I'm a big kid. I can eat a lot and my stomach won't hurt." Tuantuan can finish a full bowl of rice.

Tuan Tuan was in good health. He had never caught a cold, had heat stroke, or had a stomachache. Ji Luo let him eat as he pleased. "If your stomach doesn't hurt after eating, then you can eat more. But don't eat too much. Auntie has cooked a lot of delicious dishes. You should leave some space in your stomach to eat."

"I'm going to take a shit first." Tuantuan said and went to the toilet.

Ji Luo: "...Ren Yunqian, you really are making me lose my appetite."

"Haha." Chen Zhifeng laughed beside him.

Ren Rongyan put down the bowl, couldn't help laughing, and slowly accompanied him to the toilet.

When Ji Yujie came back from get off work, they were all sitting in the living room, enjoying the fan and chatting. She entered the room and called out, "Sister Luo, brother-in-law."

"Yujie, it's time to get off work." Ren Rongyan nodded at her.

"Yeah, I just got off work." Ji Yujie was a little reserved in front of him. Seeing Tuantuan and Zhaohui playing cards together, she smiled and called him: "Tuantuan, do you still recognize me?"

"Auntie." Tuantuan remembered her, "Eat shrimp dumplings."

"He still remembers it. He remembers that he ate shrimp dumplings with us at Baiyun Restaurant last time." Ji Bingqing smiled and stood up, going to the kitchen to serve the food. "Yujie, wash your hands quickly. We'll eat soon."

"Okay, come right away."

Ji Luo called yesterday, and Ji Bingqing went out early this morning to buy a lot of vegetables, including a chicken and a duck. She packed them up in the morning and put them in the refrigerator in preparation.

There were four meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, a soup, and some cold dishes bought outside, filling the table.

Chen Zhifeng and his friends grew up eating chili peppers and are not used to the eating habits here. They will feel uncomfortable if they don’t eat chili peppers for a day. Today, except for soup and vegetables, all other dishes are made with chili peppers. These chili peppers that they often eat were also mailed by Chen’s uncle and his wife and Ji Erlin and others.

During the meal, Ren Rongyan asked, "Zhifeng, are Zhijun and his friends still doing business in the county?"

"Yes, I bought a large house with a shop diagonally opposite the state-owned hotel in the middle of last year. I use the shop on the first floor for business and the second floor for living."

"It's still a breakfast shop. They used to sell steamed buns, fried dough sticks, etc., but now they also sell noodles. They have hired two relatives to help. There are seven or eight tables in the shop. I heard from my uncle that the business is good. He plans to quit as the team leader after this term and go to the county town to help them."

The son and daughter-in-law opened a shop in the city to make money, and Chen Yikui and his wife stayed in the countryside to look after the fields and help take care of their grandson. They wanted their son and daughter-in-law to have another child, so after much deliberation they decided not to be the team leader anymore and go to the city to help the children, so that they could also arrange for a second child.

With Ji Luo's support and help, the Chen family is now developing very well. Chen Zhiling and Chen Zhibin both work in a home textile factory in the provincial capital and have a stable monthly income. Chen Zhijun and his wife open their own shop and earn more. Neighbors and relatives from all over the town envy their family.

"By the way, Sister Luo, I forgot to ask you something."

Ji Bingqing suddenly remembered something and asked her quickly, "I called the provincial capital two days ago and Jiaojiao happened to be in the store. I heard her say that He Ye's husband was seriously injured and was sent to Kyoto for rescue. How is he now?"

"I was seriously injured while on a mission. I broke more than a dozen bones and had burns on my waist and abdomen. I'm fine now, but my injuries were too severe. I have to stay in bed for at least half a year."

"Oh my God, more than a dozen bones are broken." Ji Bingqing and her sister both frowned.

Chen Zhifeng also drank with Zhao Dongming, and then asked: "Since the injury is so serious, are you going to retire?"

Ren Rongyan had to answer this question: "Dongming is more than three years older than me. If he had not been seriously injured this time, he would have been promoted to a higher level after completing the mission. This mission was not completed successfully, and he was seriously injured. Even if he recovers, he can't move up any further and can only retire."

After that, he paused, and then continued, "This year, the higher-ups have been proposing a policy of layoffs, and it is estimated that it will be implemented soon. Officers who are too old to be promoted will probably be among those to be laid off. If Captain Wang and his men cannot be promoted in the next one or two years, they will have no choice but to obey the arrangements and leave the army."

"My cousin said before that he wanted to join the army, but now it seems fortunate that he didn't go, otherwise he would have been laid off and returned to farming."

Chen Zhifeng brought all his cousins ​​from his uncle's family out, and they all now work in the production workshop of the Shacheng General Factory. They have no ambitions and low educational levels, and are very satisfied with their current jobs.

He came to Yangcheng to work during the Spring Festival and asked them if they wanted to come with him. However, they were reluctant to come here as they thought it was good to work in Shacheng and it would be convenient to go home during the holidays.

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