The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

Darong's actions stunned everyone in the factory. No one had expected that this seemingly weak little girl could be so strong when she got excited.

In the middle of the night, as soon as the stove in the cafeteria was lit, Darong was the first to walk in with her lunch box.

"Oh, Rongzi is here!" Sister Wang, the head chef in the cafeteria, kept smiling and teasing when she saw Darong coming in.

"Well, here comes sister, can you give me some eggs?" Darong stretched her head to look at the big pot on the stove.

"Others get one, but I give you two, so this is double." Sister Wang pointed at Darong's belly with her mouth.

After laughing twice, Darong found a stool and sat down and waited. After a while, a bowl of steaming noodle soup was brought to Darong.

"Here, Aunt Rong, eat first!" Sister Wang pulled a stool and sat next to Darong.

Sister Wang and Darong's master were very good friends. After Master Mao retired, Sister Wang was transferred to the second line of the canteen because of her age.

"My dear aunt, if you sing this, there will be another big show of face-changing when Old Lu comes tomorrow."

"I had made up my mind yesterday to come back and work properly, but she insisted on asking me to learn from Guo Meihua. What did she learn? Did she want to lose her baby?"

Darong sipped the hot noodle soup and chatted leisurely with Sister Wang.

During this time, people in the workshop also came to the cafeteria one after another. Those who were familiar with Darong would nod and smile at her, or give her a thumbs up.

Those who were not familiar with her would also steal a glance at Da Rong, and then gather together to whisper.

Darong didn't care about these things at all. In fact, she had already made up her mind when she returned home yesterday that after she gave birth and her due date, she would use her connections to transfer out of here.

So now Darong has no psychological burden at all. She has made up her mind that in the days to come, she will fight against Director Lu to the end.

"Sister E'er, here, this is your share. I brought it to you."

As soon as Goubangzi came in from outside, he pushed the bread, ham and eggs in the net bag in front of Darong.

"Thank you, you are quite efficient." Darong put the things on the seat beside her and said to Goubangzi.

"I went to get the things first. I haven't even had the noodle soup yet." Goubangzi looked at Darong with a smile on his face.

"Sister E'er, it's you. I really admire you. You are so awesome."

"What's wrong with me? I just worked the night shift today. Look at what you said."

Although Darong said this, she was still a little proud in her heart. After all, she was at that competitive age, and the praise for resistance would always be more exciting than the praise for obedience.

Early the next morning, Zhong Yunxing was waiting at the gate of Darong's factory.

"Hey, our female warrior, how was the battle yesterday?"

After seeing Darong's figure, Zhong Yunxing hurriedly walked towards her.

"Why aren't you at work? Yesterday, Grandma Lu didn't come. Everything went smoothly. Nothing happened. I wouldn't be afraid of her if she came."

"Okay, okay, my wife is great. I'm going to work now. You can ride slowly when you get home. If the road is difficult to walk on, get off and push the bike."

Seeing that Darong was in a stable mood and in good condition, Zhong Yunxing gave her a few instructions before quickly getting on his bike and pedaling towards his unit.

Darong was leisurely queuing up in the breakfast department at the factory gate to buy buns and fruits. When she finished her shopping and was leaving, she happened to see Director Lu riding his bicycle past the breakfast department.

Director Lu's eyes were as wide as Niu Ling's as she looked at Da Rong who was carrying breakfast. She even forgot to step on the brakes. By the time she reacted, both the person and the car had already rushed a long distance.

She jumped off the bike in one step, turned around and was about to say something, but saw that Darong had already got on the bike and left without looking back.

"I ran into Yuan Furong at the factory gate this morning. Didn't she hand in her leave slip? What is she doing here again?"

As soon as Director Lu entered the workshop, he quickly found the team leader of Darong's class and asked.

"Director, she...she just got off the night shift. She came to work the night shift last night."

The squad leader pursed his lips to hold back his smile, trying his best to maintain a helpless expression.

"Night shift? Her?" After hearing the monitor's answer, Director Lu took two deep breaths and turned back to his office.

Everyone in the entire workshop watched Director Lu's back without daring to breathe, for fear that they would accidentally take the blame for Darong.

"Mom, I bought some buns and fruit at the entrance of my workplace."

As soon as Darong entered the house, she put the breakfast in her hand on the cabinet in the outer room.

"Oh, okay, okay, how are you? Did you sleep well at night?" Mother Zhong came out from the inner room and asked Darong with concern.

"Yeah, I slept for a while in the second half of the night." Darong took the teacup and poured hot water into it and let it dry.

"Where is Xiaoping? Why are you alone in the room?" Darong asked as she took a look into the inner room.

"I went to the street with Shengzi. Tomorrow we will steam rice cakes. I will send them to the street to buy some sticky dough."

When Mother Zhong saw Darong pour the hot water herself, she quickly put the kettle on the stove and boiled it.

"I'll make you an egg. Eat something and go to bed early."

As soon as Mrs. Zhong finished her words, Xiaoping slammed the door and walked into the house angrily.

"What are you doing? Didn't you go to the street to buy sticky dough? Why are you back just now?" Mother Zhong asked Xiaoping, frowning and looking at her angry face.

"My third brother is a piece of shit. I will never go out with him again." Xiaoping just said a few words and tears started to fall.

"How could this kid talk about his brother like this?"

Mother Zhong and Darong looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

Xiaoping is the youngest child in the family and the only girl. She was spoiled by her three brothers and parents since she was a child, and her personality is somewhat spoiled.

Darong took two buns and went back to the west room with the teacup.

In her eyes, Zhong Yunsheng and Zhong Yunping were just two children. Darong was not curious about their little conflicts at all. Instead of listening to children's complaints here, she might as well go back to her room and catch up on some sleep.

After Darong simply ate two buns, she lay down on the bed and fell asleep. When she opened her eyes again, it was almost lunchtime.

"Mom, let me do it." When Darong came out, she saw Mother Zhong washing rice. She habitually reached out and took it.

"Are you awake now? Are you still going to work the night shift today?"

After Darong took the rice-washing basin, Mother Zhong turned around and went to cut vegetables on the chopping board.

"I'm not going to school today. I'm going to work the day shift tomorrow."

After hearing what Darong said, Mother Zhong felt a little more at ease.

Although she was afraid that Darong would lose her job if she stayed at home for a long time without working, Darong was pregnant with Zhong's child after all. She was also afraid that Darong would be tired if she worked night shifts every day.