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Yuyu: Having someone come late for something that has been planned is very annoying. I'm surprised SP did not just fire him on the spot. I know I would.
Yu Lu asked several questions in a row with concern in her voice. Her eyes were sincere and not fake. They were undoubtedly good friends.
The dormitory wasn’t big, only about ten square meters, with four bunk beds. The whole wall against the northern side of the room was a wardrobe, also four upper and four lower compartments, a total of eight, but the dormitory room wasn’t full as there were only seven people, and the empty bed was just used to place their suitcases.
It could be seen that the girls were all clean and that the small room was very neat and tidy.
Shu Ping put the fruit on the desk that belonged to the original owner and invited everyone to eat. There were only three people in the dormitory at this time: Yu Lu, Wang Yazhi, and Zhu Xiaojuan.
"I going to the class teacher today to talk about this. Something happened at home. I probably won't become a teacher in the future."
The three roommates gathered around. Compared to eating, they were more concerned about Shu Ping's work. After studying for several years in a normal school, what else could she do if she didn't become a teacher? This was a matter of her life.
Moreover, the roommates knew that Shu Ping's parents had passed away, and her only relatives were her uncle's family. She was the youngest in the dormitory, so everyone would subconsciously take care of her more.
"What happened to your family? What's so serious? Tell us, maybe we can help."
No one in the whole school knew that the original owner's family had opened a food factory. The original owner was low-key and didn't like to be in the spotlight. Later, her father passed away, and the food factory was handed over to Jiang Hai. Because she was too sad, the original owner deliberately avoided all topics related to her father.
The original owner couldn’t hide this fact. After all, she had never thought that she would take over the factory one day. Now that Shu Ping's arrival has changed the trajectory of things, it wasn’t appropriate to hide many things. Her roommates really care about her. After graduation, everyone would go their separate ways. Now was the best time to "confess". Many things would lose their meaning if they were not said after that point.
Shu Ping broke a banana and shared it with the three of them. She casually said the shocking fact with the most indifferent expression.
"Actually, my family has a food processing factory, which was opened when my father was alive. The peach cakes and biscuits I brought before were produced by our family’s factory. After my father passed away, my uncle and I entrusted the factory to a trusted person to manage it. We only found out a while ago that the other party pocketed a lot of money from the factory without our knowledge, and he even wanted to take the factory for himself. In order not to let my father's efforts go to waste, I had no choice but to take over the factory myself. I wasn’t at ease with anyone else."
The three of them were stunned when they heard this. They even forgot to put the peeled bananas into their mouths. They thought that their roommate whom they had lived and eaten together with for three years was bronze, but unexpectedly she was a king. After not seeing each other for a few days, how did she upgrade from a poor kid to a director of a food factory?
Hongyun brand food wasn’t bought by every household in the local area, but at least eight out of ten households buy its products. Who didn't use sugar when cooking? When visiting relatives and friends, they always bought some crispy candies, peach cakes, and biscuits to bring with them. There was also brown sugar water for women to soak with during confinement and menstruation. Zhu Xiaojuan, who suffered from dysmenorrhea, often bought it.
This feeling was so strange, like someone from another world suddenly appeared, and they had a close enough intersection. Their roommate became a factory director!
Wang Yazhi pinched her arm and said in a slightly exaggerated tone, "I'm not dreaming; it turns out that the rich man I’ve always wanted to meet is right next to me! Can I buy things from your house in the future without charging money?"
The atmosphere in the dormitory relaxed with this funny joke. Although Yu Lu at first was a little unhappy that her friend didn’t tell her the truth earlier, friendship prevailed in the end. After hearing Shu Ping say that the factory was almost embezzled by bad guys, she was still very worried. Things might not be as easy as Shu Ping said.
She recently watched the Hong Kong drama "Heaven and Earth Men". The bad guys in it were so bad. Her friend had a simple and weak personality. To take back the factory left by her father, she must have suffered a lot.
Zhu Xiaojuan was the most insightful among them. She advised Shu Ping, "'A journey of a thousand miles tests a horse's strength, and time reveals a person's heart'. My mother always told me that people in society are complicated and cannot be trusted. You’ll meet more people since you’ll be managing a factory now. You must be vigilant against everyone. You must hold your money firmly in your own hands, so you don't get cheated again."
It must be said that Zhu Xiaojuan spoke the essence of the matter. Wasn't the original owner cheated? If Shu Ping hadn't come, the original owner would have most likely lost both her money and her life.
"Well, don't worry, I'm not the same person I used to be."
She was now Shu·Niu Hulu·Ping. It was a pity that "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was broadcast more than ten years later, so she couldn't share this joke with them. It was really a pity.
(Niu Hulu.
The Legend of Zhen Huan. This is a movie about the rise of Zhen Huan in the palace. She is also conferred the title of Niu Hulu Zhen Huan.
)
"So you are very powerful now. How big is your food factory? Do you have to manage many people and have the final say?"
"Not very powerful, I only manage 30 to 40 people. Not as many as our class teacher."
After saying this, the four of them laughed together, and there was no estrangement because of this matter.
Several girls in their twenties, who have not been tempered and influenced by social reality, were superheroes in their own worlds and were full of hope and expectations for the future. They didn't think that there was any difference between being a teacher and a factory manager. There was no distinction between high and low professions. Maybe the salary of a teacher wasn’t as much as that of a factory manager, but the value of a person shouldn’t be measured by money.
When they finished their internship and officially started working, they would have their own income. They didn't need to envy what others had, and they should be content with what they had.
Maybe because of this, the friendship on campus always seemed to be purer than in society. But what would happen in the future and whether such pure friendship could be maintained depended on how they managed each other.
"You don't know how happy those students at the bottom of the class will be when they hear that you're giving up the internship opportunity. With their usual grades, they would have been left out. Now that you’ve left a vacant spot, they have more hope."
Every year, each school had a limited number of teacher positions. The supply was less than the demand, and the school's graduates were selected on a merit basis. The original owner's grades had always been good, so as long as she had an internship, there would be no problem with her job assignment.
Shu Ping talked with her roommates for a while, and when it was almost time, she picked some fruits and went to see her class teacher.
The head teachers of the current graduating classes had been very busy with student internships. The head teacher of Class 2 was a female teacher in her thirties who had been with the class for three years and was very responsible to her students.
Shu Ping had already told her the basic situation over the phone before. When they met today, the head teacher asked her in detail to make sure that she really didn’t need the school to arrange for her internship.
"Although it's a pity, this teacher still wishes that you realize your ideals and that everything goes well."
After saying that, she took a blank form from the drawer and gave it to Shu Ping, "This is the internship report that every student must submit before graduation. You can complete it according to your actual situation."
Shu Ping took it and replied with a smile, "Okay, thank you teacher. I’ll definitely try my best to do it well."
After solving the school problem, Shu Ping said goodbye to her roommates and set off on the road back to the village. After rushing, she finally arrived home before dark.
When her aunt heard the sound of the courtyard door opening, she came out of the kitchen and smiled when she saw it was her. "You're finally back. Your uncle and I were so worried about you. We have chicken soup in the pot. Wash your hands before drinking it."
"Your brother called today and said that after he returned to school, he found an opportunity to visit his classmate's house again. They said that Jiang Hai's case is a done deal and there’s no chance of changing the case. However, we have to wait for a few months for the verdict. There are too many things at the court. Let's relax and not worry about it."
Shu Ping nodded while drinking the chicken soup. "Well, I won't worry. Anyway, the factory is back and most of the money has been paid back by the Jiang family. I'm now thinking about how to develop the factory better. Let's leave the matter with Jiang Hai and Gu Zhihong to the judicial authorities."
The day after tomorrow was the monthly market day. It was also the first time that the Hongyuan Food Factory would try to set up a stall. She hoped it would be a good start.
On the fifteenth day, Shu Ping arrived at the factory at six o'clock. Warehouse employees Ye Wei and Li Yueling had already prepared everything in advance, and they were just waiting for the driver Shi Lei to arrive, so they could set off at any time. However, after waiting for a long time, it was almost seven o'clock and no one had appeared.
Li Yueling was in her thirties, and she was meticulous in her work, but she had a hot temper. She urged Ye Wei to find someone.
"Shi Lei is not reliable at all. He is not on time nine out of ten times. I guess he went out to drink and play cards last night and forgot about his work."
Shu Ping was dissatisfied, but did not show it on her face. In fact, she did not want to use Shi Lei since she knew he and Wu Peng in the workshop were Jiang Hai's men, but she had no valid reason to exclude him. Unreasonable dismissal of employees was an easy way to leave a bad impression of her. She appointed Zhu Yunlong not only because she saw his strength, but also because she wanted to "force" Wu Peng to leave on his own initiative.
"Does Shi Lei often delay work like this?"
Hearing Shu Ping's question, Li Yueling's heart skipped a beat, and she regretted saying so much. She looked around and saw that there was no one else besides the factory director, so she breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that someone would hear and tell Shi Lei, and his wife would come to her house and make trouble for her.
However, she had to tell the factory director, and she wasn't afraid of others spreading the news.
"He’s been a well-known troublemaker in the village since he was a child. He doesn't want to do the serious work in the fields. He follows a group of second-rate people in the town to learn bad things. But he is still quite smart. He spent a lot of money learning to drive in the city. It took him a year to get his driver's license. Later, when the factory bought a truck and recruited drivers, he came to apply. He was embarrassed to go back since he was from the same village, so he just stayed. Our factory doesn't have much delivery work. Some customers buy goods and drive themselves. Which of their drivers doesn't help move the goods? But he was so good that he let us move goods with them, and he stood by like a big shot, smoking and drinking tea. He would finish work as soon as we finished moving the goods and closed the door."
Li Yueling complained a lot, and it could be seen that she really didn't like Shi Lei. Although it was trivial, Shu Ping still got some useful information and made up her mind to fire Shi Lei. Who made him rush into the fire?
He brought the work mistakes to his doorstep.
Since he had been notified of the departure time in advance, he should have arrived on time unless there was a natural disaster or man-made calamity, instead of making everyone wait for almost half an hour.
About seven or eight minutes later, Ye Wei ran back from the office building, panting, "I called his home and he wasn't there. His wife said she would help look for him. She just called back and said he was in town. He’ll be here in ten minutes."
Li Yueling couldn't help rolling her eyes again. Whether he could arrive in ten minutes was another matter. Even if they left at this time, the good spaces were already taken. If they delayed any further, they would have to stay in the last row. She wasn't willing to go to the back when she went to the market because she had already bought everything she wanted from the front row.