Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

Chapter 282 Going Shopping for Clothes with Ding Qiunan
At this moment, Li Feng entered the office and walked to the windowsill next to the table near the window, where several potted plants were placed.

Looking at the green plants in front of him, Li Feng felt a surge of joy, though he didn't know why.

Then Li Feng looked out the window. The sunlight was shining on the cement road inside the factory, making it reflect light.

Li Feng had worked at the ceramics factory for so long, but he rarely saw this scene.

Previously, Li Feng could only see all of this when he was chatting with Master Deng in Director Zhou's office.

This is what it feels like to have your own office. From now on, I can see all of this whenever I want.

When Li Feng thought of this, he felt even better.

Li Feng then stretched and sat down on the stool next to his desk.

At this time, Li Feng's desk was already fully stocked with office supplies, such as draft paper and pens, which were not lacking at all.

At this point, Li Feng began his work.

In fact, Li Feng's current job is very simple: he just needs to write down the plans.

Li Feng had considered many things a long time ago.

That's why Li Feng writes these things very quickly.

of course!

It may be fast, but it still takes time.

The day passed quickly, and Li Feng had only written one-third of his report.

But it doesn't matter, since he can't finish it today anyway, and Li Feng has no intention of working overtime.

After all, this might be a project that takes one or two years, or even several years, so it's normal that the project plan report can't be finished yet.

So Li Feng had dinner at the factory and then went home.

There's not much to do at the factory right now, so it's best to go home and read some books as soon as possible.

My main goal right now is to get into university.

Nothing happened all night

The next day, Li Feng slept until about eight o'clock.

After getting up, Li Feng washed up and prepared to go out. Yesterday, Li Feng called Ding Qiunan to tell her that he was taking a break and that he would visit her today.

So at that moment, Li Feng pushed his bicycle out the door.

The weather on Sunday was a little better than yesterday; it was mostly cloudy.

In summer, cloudy days are much better than sunny days.

At least it won't be so hot.

On his way to Ding Qiunan's dormitory, Li Feng brought her a box of ice cream.

Fortunately, the ice cream stall wasn't far from Ding Qiunan's dormitory; otherwise, it would have been almost melted by the time Li Feng arrived.

Just as Li Feng arrived at Ding Qiunan's dormitory building, Ding Qiunan came downstairs.

Upon seeing Ding Qiunan, Li Feng immediately handed the ice cream to her.

After Ding Qiunan took the ice cream from Li Feng, she couldn't help but smile at him.

"Director Li brought me ice cream today, what a surprise!"

After saying that, Ding Qiunan quickly opened the lid of the ice cream and started tasting it.

After taking a bite of the ice cream, Ding Qiunan nodded to Li Feng with satisfaction.

"I haven't had ice cream in ages."

"It's so hot today, an ice cream is just right."

"This ice cream is so sweet."

"That's right!"

"Where's your ice cream?"

Li Feng said to Ding Qiunan with a smile.

"I finished eating on the way."

"But after eating the ice cream, I felt even thirstier."

When Li Feng got to this point, he couldn't help but sigh at Ding Qiunan.

Upon hearing Li Feng's words, Ding Qiunan smiled directly at him.

"Of course!"

"Ice cream isn't like plain water; of course you'll be thirsty after eating it in the summer."

"If you want to quench your thirst, you might as well buy a salt water popsicle!"

"That quenches thirst."

As Ding Qiunan finished speaking, she used a wooden spoon to scoop out a piece of ice cream from her own container and gave it to Li Feng.

When Li Feng saw Ding Qiunan feeding him ice cream, he opened his mouth wide and ate it directly.

Ding Qiunan looked at Li Feng's behavior with some surprise.

"You're going to eat it all in one bite?"

Li Feng asked, somewhat puzzled.

"It's such a small piece, it can definitely be eaten in one bite, how could it be eaten in several bites?"

"And this isn't even enough for me to eat in one bite."

Ding Qiunan said to Li Feng with a hint of helplessness.

"All right!".

"You have a bigger appetite than me, okay?"

Ding Qiunan quickly finished her ice cream, and Li Feng then invited her to ride on his bicycle.

Ding Qiunan then sat directly on the back of Li Feng's seat and put her arms around Li Feng's waist.

"You can go now."

After hearing Ding Qiunan's words, Li Feng immediately pushed off with his foot, and the bicycle started moving very quickly.

Li Feng is in very good physical condition now.

Even with Ding Qiunan on his back, Li Feng can still ride very fast.

At this moment, Ding Qiunan said to Li Feng.

"What are we going to do today?"

Li Feng answered Ding Qiunan as he rode his bicycle.

"Let's go buy clothes!"

"Now that I'm the deputy director, do you expect me to still wear work clothes like before?"

"The day before yesterday, our workshop director told me to pay attention to my image."

At this moment, Ding Qiunan asked Li Feng a question that seemed rather strange.

"I remember you said last time that the deputy director of your workshop wasn't a cadre, right?"

"Then why do you still need to change into your cadre uniform?"

Li Feng then began to explain directly to Ding Qiunan.

“I never said I was the deputy director of the workshop.”

Ding Qiunan asked Li Feng with some doubt.

"Not the deputy director of the workshop?"

"So, where are you the deputy director?"

"You said last time that you were a worker, not a cadre?"

At this moment, Li Feng shook his head at Ding Qiunan.

"I've been transferred to a different department."

"Now, I am the deputy section chief of the factory director's office."

"But he is also the deputy director."

When Ding Qiunan heard Li Feng's words, she couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"What?".

"You've been transferred to a cadre position?"

"When did this happen?"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Li Feng said.

"I already told you yesterday."

"And didn't I already say? It happened just a couple of days ago."

"You forgot?"

After hearing Li Feng's words, Ding Qiunan spoke directly to him.

"Yesterday you only told me that you had become the deputy director, I thought you had become the deputy director of the workshop."

"How am I supposed to know if you don't explain it to me clearly?"

When Ding Qiunan got to this point, she couldn't help but angrily say to Li Feng.

"It's all your fault!"

"It's all your fault."

After Ding Qiunan finished speaking, she pinched Li Feng's waist.

At this moment, Li Feng felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

At this moment, Li Feng couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable talking to Ding Qiunan.

"Riding a bike!"

"What if you pinch me and it distracts me?"

"That could cause you to fall."

"Your dress will get dirty then."

Ding Qiunan said "Oh" at this moment, and then she couldn't help but say to Li Feng.

"Alright!"

"I'll pinch you when the state-run stores are open."

Li Feng was speechless after hearing Ding Qiunan's words.

Finally, Li Feng couldn't help but sigh, expressing his helplessness.

Ding Qiunan then revealed a triumphant expression.

Next, Li Feng drove Ding Qiunan to a state-owned store, and then parked the car directly outside the store.

Ding Qiunan then took Li Feng's arm and entered the store. Li Feng noticed that the store was unusually crowded, which surprised him.

At this moment, Li Feng asked Ding Qiunan.

"Isn't today a holiday?"

Ding Qiunan was taken aback for a moment, then she nodded to Li Feng.

"Don't you celebrate holidays?"

"What's wrong?".

Li Feng then pointed to the pedestrian walkway inside the mall.

"If it weren't a holiday today, why are there so many people in the stores?"

Ding Qiunan then looked at the people in the store and found that, just as Li Feng had said, there were indeed quite a lot of people.

But it's only a little more than usual.

At this moment, Ding Qiunan said to Li Feng.

"well enough!".

"It's just a little more than usual."

"Look over there."

"A place that sells clothes."

"Let's go."

Li Feng nodded, then took Ding Qiunan's arm and led her to the clothing store.

Finally, Li Feng discovered that there were no uniforms for cadres for sale here.

This puzzled Li Feng.

At this moment, Li Feng couldn't help but wonder where the clothes worn by the factory's cadres were bought.

Just as Li Feng was wondering about these things, Ding Qiunan suddenly said to him.

"I remember now."

“We also have cadres in our hospital, who are in the logistics department.”

"I heard them say that their clothes are all custom-made at tailor shops."

Li Feng then realized that those cadre uniforms were all custom-made.

Li Feng nodded to Ding Qiunan, then took her hand and led her outside.

At this moment, Li Feng asked Ding Qiunan.

"Do you know where there's a tailor shop?"

Ding Qiunan immediately nodded to Li Feng.

"Of course I know."

"I'll take you there."

"I'll give you directions from the car."

About half an hour later, Li Feng arrived at the tailor shop not far from Ding Qiunan's dormitory.

At this moment, Ding Qiunan asked Li Feng.

"Did you bring any cloth coupons?"

Li Feng immediately nodded in agreement.

"How could I not bring it?"

"How can I buy clothes without cloth coupons?"

After hearing that Li Feng had brought cloth coupons, Ding Qiunan led him into the tailor shop.

After the two entered the tailor shop, the shop owner immediately greeted them with a smile.

"welcome!".

"welcome!".

"What kind of clothes do you two want to wear?"

At this moment, Ding Qiunan spoke directly to the shop owner.

"Can your store make uniforms for government officials?"

The shop owner then answered Ding Qiunan directly.

"Of course!"

"Many cadres from Hongxing Hospital and nearby factories have asked me to make their clothes."

"Are you making the clothes, or is this comrade making the clothes?"

Ding Qiunan pointed at Li Feng.

"Ok".

"It's him."

Li Feng was looking around at the environment. In addition to the shop owner, there were two tailors making clothes in the shop.

At that moment, Li Feng heard the sound of a sewing machine being operated.

So Li Feng nodded to the shop owner and said...

"Um!".

"Comrade Tailor".

"I plan to make three sets of summer clothes."

The shop owner nodded.

"Did you bring your ticket?"

Li Feng smiled and nodded to the shop owner.

"Of course I brought it."

After hearing that Li Feng had brought a ticket, the shop owner took Li Feng to select the materials.

Of course, there are good and bad pieces of this material.

Therefore, Li Feng directly chose the more expensive one.

Anyway, Li Feng isn't short of money now, so he chose the more expensive one.

At this point, there's a reason why it's expensive; this expensive material is truly comfortable and incomparable to ordinary materials.

Since he was going to have to use the same amount of cloth coupons anyway, Li Feng simply bought the more expensive ones.

Next comes the step of taking measurements.

The shop owner quickly took Li Feng's measurements.

After handing over the money and cloth coupons to the shopkeeper, Li Feng asked when he could pick up the clothes.

The shop owner simply said one week later.

Li Feng asked the shop owner with some surprise, "Why does it take so long?"

At this point, the shop owner answered Li Feng.

"no way".

"There are quite a lot of orders."

"It's not like you're the only official who orders clothes from us."

Li Feng thought for a moment and realized he wasn't in a hurry to wear it, so he said to the shopkeeper.

"Then I'll come back in a week to pick it up."

Li Feng and Ding Qiunan then left the tailor shop.

At this moment, Ding Qiunan asked Li Feng, "What should we do next?"

Li Feng thought for a moment, then asked Ding Qiunan.

"What do you want to do?"

Ding Qiunan thought for a moment, and then she said to Li Feng.

"Let's go eat first, and then we'll go boating."

Li Feng thought for a moment, then nodded to Ding Qiunan.

"Alright!"

After having dinner with Ding Qiunan, Li Feng then went boating with her.

But let’s be honest.

Li Feng really doesn't like rowing.

And there were quite a lot of people boating this afternoon.

Finally, Li Feng was exhausted from rowing.

In the evening, after having dinner with Ding Qiunan, Li Feng hurried home to rest.

The day passed peacefully like this.

The next day
Li Feng returned to his office and began writing proposals again.

The plan contained a lot of information, so Li Feng spent the next few days writing it down.

Li Feng has been very busy these past few days.

Basically, aside from eating, Li Feng spends all his time in his office writing proposals.

Around July 18th, Li Feng delivered his completed proposal to Director Zheng's office.

A few minutes later, Director Zheng began to look at Li Feng's plan report. Director Zheng found that Li Feng's plan was very well written, because he could see that Li Feng's plan was very detailed and the data was accurate.

It is highly feasible.

Director Zheng spent about half an hour reading the entire report.

At this moment, Director Zheng put down the report and then said to Li Feng.

"Li Feng!"

"Your plan report is really well written. It doesn't need any modifications and is highly feasible."

"Next, I'll take this report to Minister Jiang at the ministry to have him take a look."

"In the next few days, you can arrange the preparatory work for the plan report."

However, Li Feng shook his head at Director Zheng.

"Director Zheng!"

"The college entrance exam is approaching, and I would like to ask for a few days to review and take the exam."

It was only then that Director Zheng realized the college entrance examination was approaching.

So Director Zheng directly granted Li Feng a few days off to study and take the college entrance examination.

(End of this chapter)