When Director Liu mentioned the words "Deputy Director", everyone's faces flickered and their smiles faded.
Xue Ling noticed it at once and guessed that the deputy director was not very popular, so he kept it in mind.
Director Liu asked her colleagues in the human resources department to register her for work today. Xue Ling took the opportunity to start work on the same day to get familiar with her colleagues and work.
After the desk was tidied up, Wang Qing handed over all the materials for the English column to her. Because the column was very new and had only been published for a few issues, there was not much information, so the handover was completed quickly.
The newspaper office is responsible for lunch, and meals are served on time at twelve o'clock.
The doorman and the old kitchen aunt each carried a big bucket and gave everyone two aluminum lunch boxes, one for rice and one for vegetables and meat. The rice was large and abundant.
Xue Ling didn't eat much and had a lot of leftovers.
Wang Qing on the side reminded her kindly and whispered: "This is a benefit given by the newspaper. Everyone has the same amount. Girls have small appetites and usually can't finish them. Many people will take the leftovers back. The aunt will bring the lunch box in the morning
Take it back when the hot water arrives, no delay."
Xue Ling wrote it down and said with a smile: "Then I will save some meatballs and bacon. Eating too much meat will make you gain weight."
After getting along with him for the past few days, she discovered that Cheng Tianyuan was very frugal and was reluctant to eat meat for three meals. She went to restaurants with him several times and mostly ordered vegetarian dishes.
If you buy it directly for him, he will definitely not want it. If it is left over for lunch, he is so frugal and afraid of waste that he will not refuse.
Thinking of this, she was secretly happy.
After an hour and a half lunch break, the afternoon work began.
Xue Ling graduated with an English major and was familiar with this major. He quickly read several issues of the columns and wrote a summary.
It’s easy to forget time when you’re busy. It’s already half past four in a blink of an eye, and colleagues are leaving get off work one after another.
Liu Xing explained with a smile: "I go to work at eight in the morning, come and go in ten minutes, and don't be late too much. It's usually fine. I take a lunch break for more than an hour at noon, and get off work at five in the afternoon. If the work is not completed and I have to catch up, then I work overtime to catch up.
Make your own arrangements."
Xue Ling nodded and remembered, then packed up and left work.
The county started to have buses that go around the city last year, but there are only three routes. Xue Ling was new to the city and didn't know much about them.
Wang Qing is a local and commutes to get off work by bus every day. After hearing that she was staying in a small hotel near the supply and marketing cooperative, he took the initiative to tell her to take the third-line bus.
"It's been more than ten minutes, why hasn't the bus come yet?" Xue Ling muttered anxiously.
The county is not big, so I think I need to buy a bicycle so that I can use it when commuting to and from get off work. The wait for the bus is too long and time-consuming.
Wang Qing smiled and said: "Just get used to it. It's not a big city like the Imperial Capital. By the way, you should rent a house next, right?"
Xue Ling replied: "Yes, the newspaper office does not have dormitories, so I decided to look around."
Wang Qing thought for a while and said: "I went to eat with my friends on Songming Road in front of the restaurant a few days ago, and saw two houses next to the restaurant with signs for rent. You can go and take a look."
"Songming Road? Okay! Thank you!" Xue Ling replied with a smile.
Wang Qing smiled shyly and reminded in a low voice: "But the house over there is quite big, so it probably won't be cheap. If it's too big, you can find someone to share it with or something."
Xue Ling's beautiful eyes flashed with light and quickly disappeared.
Cheng Tianyuan lives in the dormitory above the supply and marketing cooperative. He heard from his mother-in-law before that it was very crowded when several men shared a room, and the sanitary conditions were also very poor.
It's just that he was reluctant to rent a house outside in order to save money. Before leaving, his mother-in-law reminded her that if she wanted to come over to work together, the young couple might as well rent a small house outside, where they could have three meals a day and have a little time.
Live better.
This might be a good idea!
After waiting for a long time, the bus finally came.
Xue Ling hurriedly got into the car and arrived at the hotel at almost half past five.
Cheng Tianyuan borrowed a bicycle from his colleagues after get off work and came to the hotel excitedly.
No one answered the knock on the door, so I took the key and opened the door. The room was deserted.
Thinking that it might be her first day at work and that she might have to adapt to a lot of things, he waited patiently in the room.
Ten minutes later, "bang bang bang..." hurried footsteps came from the stairs of the hotel.
Cheng Tianyuan stood at the window and saw that the sky was starting to darken, his thick eyebrows frowned slightly.
He has to do casual work in the evening, so he probably won't have time to take her to find a house. Forget it, he can only let her stay for one more day.
The door opened with a bang!
Xue Ling was panting. As soon as he entered the door, he put his hands on his knees, bent over and gasped for air. It took him a while to recover.
Cheng Tianyuan turned around, with a little pity in his eyes.
"What are you doing running so fast? It won't be long. Is the work confirmed?"
Xue Ling nodded and replied breathlessly: "Yes! I started working today and it went pretty smoothly."
Cheng Tianyuan was secretly happy for her. It was quite difficult to find a comfortable and easy job so quickly.
"I see you are quite tired. Why don't you go look for a house tomorrow?"
"No! I just wanted to rush back to find a house, otherwise I wouldn't have to run so tired." Xue Ling put down his work bag and explained with a smile: "This is distributed by the newspaper."
Cheng Tianyuan disagreed, explaining: "It's starting to get dark, so finding a house to live in is not a trivial matter. Let's talk about it tomorrow."
Xue Ling thought for a while and asked: "Do you know that side of Songming Road? I heard that there is a house for rent there, why don't you accompany me to take a look first."
It costs six yuan to stay in a hotel for a day. If we can find a house to rent as soon as possible before checking out at noon tomorrow, we can save at least a few days of food expenses.
Seeing her insistence, Cheng Tianyuan thought that he had a bicycle and it wasn't far there, so he nodded in agreement.
The two of them hurried downstairs.
Xue Ling looked at the half-new bicycle and couldn't help but ask: "Where did it come from?"
He kicked off his long legs and the bicycle started walking.
"Borrowed it from a colleague."
Xue Ling smiled and shouted: "Hey! I haven't gone up yet!"
Cheng Tianyuan raised his eyebrows, stopped the car, turned around and asked, "You don't know how to jump up?"
"...No." Xue Ling was slightly embarrassed and explained: "I can only ride by myself."
Cheng Tianyuan raised his chin and said: "Come up quickly. Let the evening pass, or we can't find it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Xue Ling looked at the rusty back seat, ignored the dirt, sat on it, put his right arm around Cheng Tianyuan's waist, and snuggled up behind him.
Cheng Tianyuan's back instantly stiffened!
This is a bit too close...
Xue Ling was lying behind him, clearly aware of someone's stiff reaction, snickering secretly in his heart, and pretending to be anxious on his face.
"Brother Yuan! Hurry up!"
Cheng Tianyuan let out a faint "hmm" in his throat, kicked off the ground with his long legs, and after shaking the tall bicycle twice, it sped forward smoothly.
He rode steadily and quickly. After bypassing two streets, he turned onto a large highway.