Chapter 215 Returning to Work After Leave

He Caiwei had no idea that the two little ones were discussing catching bad guys for her on their way to school.

Today is her first day back at work after a two-week vacation. She carried a bag full of wedding candies and placed a few on each person's desk when she arrived at the office.

"Hey, our bride's back! How was your trip?" Everyone assumed she was on her honeymoon. As soon as she stepped into the office, the older women there started teasing her.

"Dear brothers and sisters, I'm back. This trip was a bit rushed, so I didn't go out much. I stayed in Beijing for a few days, mainly to treat my dad and uncle's comrades. There's not much to do in the capital these days, and the situation there is very tense. Everyone is on edge. My uncle also said that we should try not to go out for the next few years, so it's much more desolate than when I went there before." He Caiwei took out a handful of candy from her bag and put a handful in each spot.

They were all relatively hard-to-find milk candies, interspersed with one or two chocolates wrapped in gold foil.

He Caiwei distributed all the candies inside, and only after leaving did she sit down to start working.

She took a two-week leave, and her work was shared by other people in the finance department during that time. Perhaps because their calculation method was more efficient, although it increased one person's workload, none of them actually worked overtime.

Factories today are not like they were in the 1980s and 90s, where people worked overtime because they couldn't finish their work. Now, only those with ability and skills work overtime.

When He Caiwei returned this month, when the reports were being submitted, the team leader started coming over at 10:00 AM with the attendance sheets of the 10 shifts of their team.

The current textile factory, including the security department, has a total of about 3,000 people. The efficiency is quite good. After several years of development and improvement, the average operator now earns about 27.5 yuan a month, plus an extra 2 yuan per year based on seniority.

The class monitor will receive an extra 5 yuan in position allowance, and the group leader will receive 10 yuan more than the class monitor.

When rice cost 8 cents a pound and flour cost 6.5 cents a pound, 27.5 yuan was enough to support a family.

Except for the famine a few years ago, after all, even the supply and marketing cooperatives had to sell it for 4 or 5 mao, and it was even more expensive on the black market. Of course, at that time, because it was impossible to buy food, the factories also provided subsidies.

In an era when ration coupons could be used as money, sometimes grain could be bought directly on the black market using grain coupons or other types of coupons.

Office-based administrative staff like them are paid according to their administrative rank.

He Caiwei looked at this month's performance and was surprised; it had increased quite a bit in recent months.

"How come everyone's salary has increased this month? Did something terrible happen to me in the last two weeks?" He Caiwei looked at the report in her hand and then at everyone in the office with a puzzled expression.

"Isn't this the first textile machine we independently developed that has started production? It's the one our half-baked engineer and the factory manager worked together to develop a similar machine. Not only did it save a lot of money, but it also became the first textile machine developed by our country. I heard that there will be a reward from above, but I don't know the specifics. Your factory manager was involved in this, didn't you know?" Minister Xu looked at He Caiwei with a smile. Not only was she knowledgeable, but she was also humble and polite. Everyone in the finance department liked this young lady.

"No wonder he was always leaving early and coming home late. I had no idea what he was doing." He Caiwei really didn't know about this, but she did remember her brother coming over to borrow a book from her.

She just didn't ask her brother why he wanted to borrow the book.

To think that their factory's half-baked engineer could actually come up with this?

"Alright, alright, today is only your first day back from leave. Just do half of it today, and you can finish the rest tomorrow. Or we can do it for you. The method you wrote is already quite fast." Minister Xu took a sip of tea, watching her fiddling with the abacus, and tapped the table with his hand to tell her to take her time.

He Caiwei glanced at the stack of forms and quickly sorted through them. She could finish these forms in just over half an hour, not a whole day. Since Minister Xu had said so, she wasn't in a hurry.

Then the entire finance department started chatting and gossiping.

Although He Caiwei was still holding that stack of forms, she had only completed less than a third of them by the time the bell rang to signal the end of the workday.

She had just arrived at the factory gate when she found that her father and brother had come.

"Dad, aren't you usually pretty busy? How come you have time to pick me up?"

“I’m all done with work. I don’t know what’s wrong with these factories, they all suddenly started ordering at the same time, which has kept me from spending much time with your mother this past week. Come on, let’s go, Dad will take you. Let that brat ride by himself.” Lu Zhiheng pulled his daughter onto the bike and rode off.

Lu Qingfeng looked at his uncle's shameless behavior with a helpless expression.

He really didn't know where his uncle's competitive spirit came from. No matter what, this was his wife, they had registered their marriage and held a wedding banquet.

However, seeing his uncle acting so childlike, Lu Qingfeng could only smile and follow behind on his bicycle.

Old Man He stood at the alley entrance with a smile, watching this funny scene. He patted his grandson-in-law on the shoulder, telling him to get used to it.

He had no idea where his daughter had gotten such an immature son-in-law. It was already immature enough that he was jealous of his own son and daughter, but he even tried to steal his daughter from his nephew.

I really don't know what he's thinking.

"Grandpa, why did you come to this intersection? It's a bit hot, be careful not to get heatstroke..." Lu Qingfeng got out of the car and quickly walked over to help the old man.

"It's alright. I'm getting old, so I just wanted to come out for a walk. Your aunt has already prepared the meal, and I just wanted to come out and see if you've returned yet. Come on, let's take you home for dinner." The old man leaned on his cane and walked slowly, step by step.

To be honest, it's not really hot, but the weather in Shenzhen is quite humid, so you always feel sticky.

Having lived in Shenzhen for so many years, the thing I find hardest to get used to is the city's humid, rainy season. Every year during this time, the wooden furniture in my house gets moldy, which makes my father feel bad that his nice furniture is being ruined.

"Grandpa, it's your birthday at the end of this month. How about we go out for a nice meal?" Lu Qingfeng invited his grandfather with a smile.

"Then I'll have to tell my darling to get me a fish. This old man hasn't had fish in ages, so I'll ask the little girl to get him a mandarin fish to eat again..."

The old man chuckled as he spoke, which amused Lu Qingfeng as well.