When Qiao Lanshu arrived at the pastry workshop, she saw the personnel department staff leading two new employees toward the workshop.
She hurried to catch up and greeted the personnel staff.
The personnel clerk glanced at her and asked, Are you for the pastry workshop?
Qiao Lanshu nodded, Yes.
The clerk said, Alright, follow me.
The clerk took the three newcomers to the pastry workshop supervisor's office. Supervisor Liu Weihong warmly welcomed them: Oh my, Clerk Zhou, you've finally brought me some help. The pastry workshop has been increasing production lately, and we are severely short-handed. Everyone is complaining about the overtime.
Clerk Zhou immediately said, Then hurry up and assign them work. You've been allocated three people this time, which should definitely be enough.
Liu Weihong smiled and nodded, Alright, alright. By the way, are they all family workers?
As she spoke, she looked at the three new employees.
Two women and one man, all young.
Her gaze lingered on Qiao Lanshu's face for a long time. Looking at Qiao Lanshu's delicate and beautiful face, she frowned slightly and said, We do rough manual labor here, how did a pampered young lady end up here? Whose family member are you?
She asked Qiao Lanshu, Are you a family worker?
Qiao Lanshu: ...
For some reason, Qiao Lanshu saw disgust in the other party's eyes.
She said with a straight face, Supervisor Liu, I am not a family worker.
Liu Weihong kept a straight face and said, If you're not a family worker, then how did you get in?
Clerk Zhou from the personnel department quickly interjected, Oh, Supervisor Liu, this is a military family member. Her husband is an officer in the mining area.
These details were all written in her personal file; it was public information and not a secret. Anyway, the people in the personnel department and the logistics office all knew about it.
Therefore, Clerk Zhou lowered his voice and told Liu Weihong directly, Supervisor Liu, she is the family member of Commander Qin.
Liu Weihong: ...
Liu Weihong was shocked for a moment: Ah? You mean Qin Yuanzheng?
Qin Yuanzheng was truly famous.
After all, Yang Wenyan was the director of the food factory, so through Yang Wenyan's matchmaking, there were quite a few female comrades from the food factory who went on blind dates with Qin Yuanzheng.
Some were rejected by Qin Yuanzheng without even meeting him.
Some, like Wang Huiping, had eaten with Qin Yuanzheng at Yang Wenyan's house, and then there was no follow-up.
This Liu Weihong was one of those who had eaten with Qin Yuanzheng and had no follow-up.
Liu Weihong and Qin Yuanzheng simply didn't fancy each other.
Qin Yuanzheng had no intention of getting married, and Liu Weihong despised him for his inability to have children.
However, as the saying goes, once you've seen the vast ocean, other waters pale in comparison. Having had a blind date with someone as excellent as Qin Yuanzheng, how could Liu Weihong look up to other men?
So for the past two years, she had delayed getting married. She was already 27 this year and was still single.
She was on the verge of becoming an old maid.
She couldn't help but think of Qin Yuanzheng again. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Qin Yuanzheng, a man who couldn't have children, was still so picky, which was truly shameless. She, an unmarried single female supervisor, hadn't even said anything.
So, seeing Qiao Lanshu at this moment, she suddenly sneered: Didn't he say he wouldn't get married? He couldn't have kids, so he wasn't going to marry, but hasn't he still gotten married now? Sure enough, a man's mouth is a deceitful ghost.
She looked Qiao Lanshu up and down critically and added:
What kind of work can a petite person like you do? Don't drag down the efficiency of our workshop. Under normal circumstances, someone like you wouldn't even be able to enter the gates of our factory;
You've pulled strings so blatantly, haven't you? If you have that kind of money, you should have used it at the department store or the supply and marketing cooperative, or even becoming a receptionist at a state-run restaurant or a registration clerk at a guesthouse wouldn't be bad. At least those are places where looks matter, right? Coming here, a pretty face won't put food on the table.
Liu Weihong rambled on, constantly criticizing Qiao Lanshu.
Qiao Lanshu listened to her without changing her expression and didn't say a word. She just followed behind Liu Weihong with the other two newcomers, listening to her assign tasks.
Liu Weihong assigned the other two to the bread team and the pastry team, and then said to the remaining Qiao Lanshu, You can go to the deep-frying team. It's the end of the year, and we need to fry dough twists. You can go over and help out.
The deep-frying team mainly fried dough sticks, fried pancakes, and dough twists.
Dough twists were easy to store, divided into large and small ones, and came in sweet and savory flavors.
Dough twists were heavy in oil, fragrant and crispy to eat, and were a New Year's gift that every household would buy during the holidays.
It was winter now, and the Spring Festival was just two months away, so of course, the dough twists had to be prepared.
Hearing that she was assigned to the deep-frying team, Qiao Lanshu felt a little uncomfortable. She was clearly being targeted.
After all, the deep-frying team was a high-temperature environment. It was very hot inside and also very dangerous. If she got splashed by hot oil, it would be disastrous.
Plus, being a southerner, she didn't know how to make dough twists at all.
However, it was her first day at work. If she showed dissatisfaction with the supervisor's arrangement on the very first day, she could forget about keeping this job.
It was better to just finish the first day properly and see what this Liu Weihong's deal was.
Qiao Lanshu nodded and said, Okay, Supervisor Liu, I will definitely work hard.
Liu Weihong gave her a critical look and said, Alright, go on. Brother Hu, you are responsible for guiding her.
Qiao Lanshu put on protective clothing, a mask, gloves, and a hat at the door, and walked into the deep-frying team.
As soon as she entered, a wave of heat hit her face.
It was really hot inside.
The oil in several large woks was bubbling and sizzling. Three people were responsible for one large wok.
Moreover, most of the workers here were men. At a glance, apart from two older women responsible for scooping out the dough twists, the rest were male workers.
Qiao Lanshu walked over calmly and said, Brother Hu, what do I need to do?
Brother Hu looked at this petite young woman and frowned slightly. He said, You...
He paused. He was going to ask her to scoop out the dough twists, but could she even lift that large slotted spoon?
He then asked, Do you know how to make dough twists?
As he spoke, he pinched a piece of dough with both hands, pulled it, folded it, and the stretched dough was quickly twisted into a strand, then thrown into the wok to fry. It instantly became a fragrant and crispy dough twist.
Qiao Lanshu: ...
Qiao Lanshu said modestly, Brother Hu, I will learn earnestly.
Which meant she didn't know how.
Brother Hu was speechless. He said, Forget it, you just scoop out the dough twists. Pay attention, don't let them over-fry. See this? A golden yellow color is fine. Any darker and it will be bitter.
Qiao Lanshu picked up the large slotted spoon and scooped the dough twists out of the wok little by little.
Her arm strength wasn't enough, so she scooped them out bit by bit without rushing. Her movements were quite steady, unlike some people who came in all flustered and ended up covered in oil splatters.
Brother Hu watched her for a while and then went back to making dough twists.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Wei Zhengye also came over. He found Liu Weihong and said, Supervisor Liu, do you have a moment? I need to ask you something.
