Chapter 25 - 024: Cooperation
To Ye Ling, seeing Shen Bin at this time was indeed unexpected. Although Shen Bin and her father had already walked far away, Ye Ling still remembered Shen Bin’s appearance just from that one glance. The originally blurred figure in her memory gradually became clearer.
Not handsome in the tall and handsome sense, Shen Bin came from the countryside, and with constant company training, his skin was darker. Tall and burly could describe him, and as a worker, his gait was agile. His facial features were very clear, as if chiseled with a knife, having sharp contours.
Short hair, a worker’s uniquely resolute face with almond-shaped eyes, mostly inner double eyelids, giving a clean and bright look. However, due to the worker’s notably upright facial features, these almond eyes tend to be overlooked, and appear quite dignified when expressionless.
Plus, Shen Bin’s reticent nature gives off a cold impression.
Even until her previous life divorce with Shen Bin, Ye Ling felt he was too cold, too unbearable for a woman. Yet the last time they met on the street, Shen Bin showed care in a faint way, without any sarcastic remarks because of Ye Ling’s past hurt. Seeing her downcast, he said nothing, simply took out all the money in his pocket without counting and stuffed it into Ye Ling’s hand.
At that time, Ye Ling had come back from the hospital with a diagnosis, without any friends around her, even her relatives abandoned her. Yet the person she had hurt did not hit her when she was down after meeting her. In the end, he gave her money.
In this life, besides her grandmother, Ye Ling feels most guilty about Shen Bin. After all, she made Shen Bin the subject of judgment from others, yet he could still offer kindness to her. This makes Ye Ling feel very remorseful towards him, and if there’s a chance in this life, she will definitely return Shen Bin’s kindness.
Celebrating New Year at the company is actually quite simple. Besides employees making dumplings together, there’s a party with the employees and their families. The party involves various performances with singing, eating seeds and fruits, and at midnight they cook dumplings together, marking the end of the festival.
In this era, every family’s conditions are poor, life was hard, but the company life was relatively better. At least there was no daily starvation; the company distributed some rice, flour, oil, and salt. However, what they gave was limited, and looking back five years, company life was even harder. During that time, there was no distribution to relatives, and the vegetables eaten in winter at the company were dried vegetables harvested in autumn from each team. So life nowadays is comparatively better.
During the party, families sit in the front row, employees sit at the back. Families are arranged to sit together, while children are grouped separately.