Chapter 360 - 362: Why did she come to our house?
"There’s this matter too, isn’t it disgusting? No, such a person should not be transferred to the Guangming Production Team as the secretary. And his sister is also too nauseating, isn’t she afraid of being dealt with?" Ning Hui was utterly disgusted.
Xia Xiao said, "I wish I knew what they were thinking, maybe they believe they have great authority, perhaps even the power to cover the sky, making things difficult to handle."
Ning Hui sneered, "Cover the sky? They really think they’re local tyrants." Then, to Xia Xiao, she said, "Don’t worry, I’ll talk to Li Zhenchuan about this, we absolutely can’t let such disgusting people come to Guangming Production Team."
Having been there for a few years, Ning Hui also had a bond with Guangming Production Team and didn’t want anyone coming in and destroying the harmony of Guangming Production Team.
The transfer order came down, and everyone knew that Secretary Li was leaving, feeling very reluctant, but since Secretary Li was being promoted, everyone just wished him well, hiding their sorrow.
At this time, many were relieved that Gao Guoqiang was one of Guangming Production Team’s own, otherwise, with someone like Secretary Li leaving, who knew who the next team leader or secretary might be.
Having a good leader was naturally good, but a bad one could be a real headache, like what was happening in Red Star Production Team where even the secretary didn’t want to do the job anymore.
Although Liu Haiguo was now putting in a lot of effort to keep his position as team leader, he didn’t have the charisma, so in Red Star Production Team, some worked themselves to death while others shirked their duties, naturally causing conflicts., and this phenomenon hadn’t gotten better.
Moreover, the most typical were Liu Yue and Luo Mingzhe, who since joining the Red Star Production Team, had hardly worked, relying on their family power, merely going through the motions. And Liu Haihua too, used to be all commanding but did the least work, and sometimes just wouldn’t work at all. Now that she was pregnant, she wasn’t going to the fields at all.
Some people close to Liu Yue, Luo Mingzhe, and Liu Haihua enjoyed the privilege of being lazy, following their example; naturally, this caused dissatisfaction among others.
Of course, there were also straightforward people who stood up to criticize them, but it led nowhere.
Since Liu Yue married Luo Mingzhe, she had been pregnant once but miscarried due to negligence while working, and now she hadn’t gotten pregnant again, which made her hate fieldwork even more, barely working when she did go.
And Liu Yue, with her frail, easily tired appearance, played the role of the sick beauty in the Red Star Production Team; she was pretty and always delicately asking others for help, so naturally, there were people willing to help her.
Of course, there were many who disapproved of Liu Yue, but such women easily garnered men’s sympathy, so it wasn’t strange.
And Luo Mingzhe, always scholarly, appearing gentle and courteous, always smiling kindly, having a very good temper, where even if Liu Yue lost her temper, he would coax her.
One could say that Luo Mingzhe was the ideal man in the hearts of many women, even some women in Red Star Production Team thinking about marrying someone like Luo Mingzhe.
But Luo Mingzhe didn’t work much; no matter, the women were willing to help.
Thus, Red Star Production Team fell into a strange pattern, where Luo Mingzhe and Mrs. Liu had the skills and ability to get a group of their supporters to work for them.
So, even when they went to work, they hardly did any work, often resting or chatting, and time just passed like that.
Faced with this situation, Red Star Production Team’s secretary was going crazy but was utterly helpless. Liu Yue’s house had far-reaching influence, and even though the secretary had reported the issues upwards, it was futile, which is why he no longer wanted the job.
Meanwhile, over at Guangming Production Team, the word was spreading that Gao Guihua’s man was coming down to be the secretary. Suddenly, everyone’s attention turned toward the Gao family, especially since Wang Xueyong was Gao Guoqiang’s son-in-law.
Of course, there were some who made snide remarks, some who were skeptical. Although Wang Xueyong was around the same age as Secretary Li when he had joined, some people in Guangming Production Team had seen him. Moreover, it was no secret that Wang Xueyong was friends with Liu Haiguo of Red Star Production Team, which naturally led to some resistance.
Once this news got out at Guangming Production Team, it quickly reached Red Star Production Team. As soon as Liu Haihua heard that Secretary Li from Guangming Production Team had been transferred to the commune and that Wang Xueyong would be taking over as secretary, she immediately became unhappy.
This sparked a thought in Liu Haihua, realizing if Wang Xueyong became the secretary at Red Star, they would have more opportunities to meet, and it would also be easier to keep the child a secret.
Immediately, Liu Haihua went to find Wang Xueyong. As soon as Wang Xueyong saw Liu Haihua, he furrowed his brows deeply, "What are you doing here again?"
"Xueyong, I heard you’re going to be the secretary at Guangming Production Team?" Liu Haihua asked.
"What does that have to do with you?" Wang Xueyong was displeased.
"Why don’t you come to Red Star Production Team instead?"
Liu Haihua spoke with some level of insight, steering Wang Xueyong in that direction.
How could Wang Xueyong not know that choosing Red Star Production Team would allow him more power to accomplish things? If he could improve the productivity of Red Star Production Team, his merit would be great.
Yet inexplicably, he wanted to go to Guangming Production Team, looking for an opportunity to see Xia Xiao, from the first glance at their initial meeting to now, Wang Xueyong couldn’t forget her.
Thinking of Gao Jiaxing being away in the military and Xia Xiao at home struggling with pregnancy, without anyone by her side, he felt exceptionally sorry for her.
Fortunately, Xia Xiao was unaware of Wang Xueyong’s thoughts; otherwise, she would have been deeply troubled.
"This isn’t up to me to decide," Wang Xueyong said, fundamentally unwilling to interact with the Liu family, especially because of Liu Haihua’s pregnancy, which made him loathe involvement with Red Star Production Team even more.
"Xueyong," Liu Haihua looked at him with melancholy, "If you want to come to Red Star Production Team, it’s definitely possible. Don’t you like me anymore? Do you despise me?"
Wang Xueyong’s temples throbbed, when had he ever liked her? He was really annoyed by her.
"Comrade Liu Haihua, don’t say such things, that’s improper conduct, understand?" Wang Xueyong sternly cautioned, knowing that if Liu Haihua ever dared to ruin him, he would not spare Liu Haihua and the Liu family.
"I didn’t," Liu Haihua felt wronged, then added, "Alright, I won’t speak of it, but the child?"
"You figure out how to take care of it yourself; don’t come looking for me before it’s born." Since Gao Guihua was also pregnant, Wang Xueyong didn’t know whether Gao Guihua was going to have a son or a daughter, so if Liu Haihua could have this child, pairing them as twins later would also work.