She patted Shen Yanshan on the shoulder and said generously, "Come on, I've made up my mind. You don't need to persuade me anymore, nor should you doubt yourself. You'll succeed in whatever you do, and you'll do it better than anyone else."
Shen Yanshan: …
He was silent for a while, then suddenly said, "I'm going to take a shower."
His back looked almost like he was fleeing in a hurry.
Li Chuchu raised her eyebrows slightly.
What's wrong with this guy?
Forget it. She still had to go to work tomorrow, so she'd go to bed first.
After Shen Yanshan left the room, he didn't go far. He stood at the entrance of the compound, looking at the lighted window.
His heart was still pounding wildly, as if he had never felt such a vivid life before.
She said she wasn't afraid.
She said he would surely succeed.
Only those who had never been unconditionally trusted by anyone could understand the value of this moment.
And when Li Chuchu said the words "not afraid" without changing her expression, Shen Yanshan's heart seemed to be scalded.
This kind of unprecedented scorching heat finally brought a little spring to the winter that had endured in his body for more than twenty years.
Just like this,
Shen Yanshan carried this hot heart,
And endured the cold wind for most of the night.
…………
Today, she was going to receive foreign experts with Teacher Xie and Senior Sister Mu Wan. So Li Chuchu came early in the morning.
As soon as she entered the broadcasting room,
She saw Mu Wan nervously pull her to one side and whisper, "Chuchu, do you know that Su Huan?"
Li Chuchu nodded. "Yes, I do."
Wasn't she trying every means to curry favor with Mu Wan yesterday?
Mu Wan looked a bit strange and carefully reminded Li Chuchu, "You'd better be on your guard against her. This person seems very strange. It seems that she's a bit... dissatisfied with you. If there's any misunderstanding between you, you'd better clear it up as soon as possible."
This was a rather euphemistic way of putting it.
Li Chuchu already understood.
It seemed that it was necessary to explain some things to her senior sister.
"Thank you for your reminder, senior sister. She was my high - school classmate before. She used to like forming small groups to isolate me. I didn't expect she'd still be like this now."
Mu Wan originally felt a bit guilty about speaking ill of others behind their backs. But after hearing Li Chuchu's explanation, she immediately became furious. "How can this person be so bad? She's also spreading rumors about you everywhere to ruin your reputation!"
Looking at Li Chuchu's beautiful, delicate, and pale face like a little white rabbit, she automatically imagined how Li Chuchu had suffered a lot of bullying but had nowhere to complain. Driven by a sense of justice, she grabbed Li Chuchu and walked outside.
"No, I'll go and ask her clearly! How can she do this?"
Li Chuchu quickly grabbed her. "Senior sister, don't go. She definitely won't admit it. I have a way to solve this."
Mu Wan was determined. "No. If you had a way to solve it, she wouldn't have bullied you in high school and still be bullying you now. Listen to your senior sister. I'll take you to ask her clearly in front of her."
Li Chuchu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Mu Wan really thought of her as a coward who could only endure humiliation.
"Senior sister, she made things difficult for me on the way here yesterday, but I retorted. Now she's angry and spreading rumors outside. And rumors are hard to clarify. I have to make her admit her mistake by herself."
Mu Wan was half - believing.
Seeing that there was no sign of lying on Li Chuchu's face, she felt relieved.
"Okay. Call me anytime you need me."
"By the way, today is payday. Go to the labor and salary department to collect your coupons and salary. Don't forget."
If Mu Wan hadn't mentioned it, Li Chuchu really wouldn't have known about this. It was also the first time she knew that state - owned factory workers received their grain and oil coupons at the labor and salary department.
"Okay, I know."
After having breakfast in the cafeteria, Li Chuchu went to the labor and salary department to collect her salary and coupons.
There was a long queue here. Some people were still carrying iron lunch boxes in their hands. They should have just come out of the cafeteria.
After waiting in line for nearly half an hour, it was finally Li Chuchu's turn.
The coupon clerk was wearing a long sleeve protector that reached to the elbow. She was clacking away at the abacus without even raising her head. "Next."
"Hello, I'm Li Chuchu from the broadcasting room. I'm here to collect my coupons."
"Li Chuchu, right?"
The coupon clerk counted out several pieces of money and coupons according to the amount in the ledger and handed them to Li Chuchu.
"Sign your name and press your fingerprint behind it."
After Li Chuchu signed her name, she walked out of the queue. She counted the coupons in her hand.
Thirty pounds of grain coupons, three pounds of meat coupons, and sixty yuan. Li Chuchu counted as she walked.
She suddenly stopped in her tracks.
Wait, only three pounds of meat coupons? That's all?
She had the "licking - dog mall", so she could buy meat even without coupons.
But she had overlooked an objective problem.
In this era, there was a quota for meat consumption.
No wonder Shen Yanshan asked her how many meat coupons she had left yesterday. With her eating habits, how many jobs would be enough for her to eat meat every day?
Li Chuchu suddenly slapped her forehead.
It seemed that she couldn't be so indulgent in eating meat in the future.
…
When she returned to the office,
Li Chuchu found that Su Huan was also there.
Oh, she's so diligent.
She subconsciously glanced at Mu Wan.
Mu Wan frowned and shook her head at Li Chuchu: Su Huan wasn't scheduled for the morning shift.
She stepped forward to remind Su Huan, "Su Huan, your shift is in the afternoon. You don't need to come so early."
When Su Huan saw Mu Wan, she immediately got close to her attentively. "Senior sister, I heard that you're going to receive foreign experts this morning. I'd like to go and see."
Hearing this, Mu Wan was in a dilemma. After knowing what kind of person Su Huan was, she didn't really want to have much contact with her. But she didn't know how Teacher Xie had talked to Su Huan and thought this was Teacher Xie's intention.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Teacher Xie informed them in advance to go directly to the meeting room. Su Huan insisted on going with them. Along the way, she deliberately or unintentionally squeezed Li Chuchu out.
But neither of them took her seriously.
When they arrived, Teacher Xie and the factory director were communicating with several blond and blue - eyed foreign experts.
Teacher Xie was communicating with them in fluent foreign language. Her shoulders and back were straight, and her head was slightly raised. Even the factory director beside her could only be a foil. The foreigners were arguing with her red - faced.
The others were stunned.
Mu Wan's eyes looking at Teacher Xie were almost turning into starry eyes.
"Teacher Xie looks so elegant when she speaks English. I'm going to learn it in the future!"
After a while, both sides took a short break, and the conversation paused briefly.
Teacher Xie glanced back and saw the three people at the door. She frowned slightly. "Why are there so many people?"
…
There was no such thing as "being euphemistic" in Teacher Xie's dictionary.
As soon as Su Huan heard this, she quickly said, "Teacher, senior sister brought me here to see the world. It was Li Chuchu who insisted on coming. Why don't you let her go out?"
Mu Wan finally saw this person's ability to distort the truth.
She exposed Su Huan on the spot. But at this moment, the situation was a bit serious. The foreigners seemed to be judging them. Mu Wan was a bit proud and didn't want to lose face for her country in front of the foreigners.
Teacher Xie frowned slightly.
"See the world? This is a very serious occasion. It's not a place for you to see the world."