The couple made a living in the 1950s.

It was almost seven forty when Bai Ye rode his bicycle to the Design Institute of Beijing Urban Planning Administration Bureau.

About 85% of the staff in this design institute are architectural designers.

Today's Beijing Design Institute is shouldering the important task of building Beijing.

From 1949 to the present alone, the projects of Beijing Design Institute include: Xinqiao Hotel, Friendship Store, and Qianmen Hotel.

Beijing Gymnasium, office building of "Four Ministries and One Commission", Beijing Children's Hospital, and Beijing Friendship Hotel.

The “Eight Colleges” in the cultural and educational zone of Beijing’s higher education institutions, the CPPCC Auditorium and Beijing Department Store.

The working schedule in the hospital was very tight, so everyone had a brief acquaintance with Bai Ye.

Then they all returned to their respective posts and became busy again.

Throughout the morning, Bai Ye just did whatever work the designers in the group assigned him and never said much.

When asked professional questions, every word he said was thought-provoking.

The work assigned to him is not difficult, but it is not easy to do it quickly and well like he does.

In just one morning, the other architects in their group were already impressed by him.

At that time, there were many projects in the institute and it was in short supply of outstanding architectural designers.

Wait for Bai Ye to go to the cafeteria with everyone to have lunch and then come back.

He has already officially started working on their group's project.

Compared with Bai Ye's smooth progress, Lin Hanyu had a somewhat awkward morning.

At this moment, she was waiting in line in the cafeteria for lunch with her aluminum lunch box.

The food in their unit is pretty good, but now they haven't started to officially use coupons for meat and vegetables.

In units like their Public Security Bureau, as long as they paid 0.04 yuan per meal, plus four taels of food coupons or flour coupons, they could eat lunch in the cafeteria.

Compared with the current prices of 0.13 yuan per pound of rice, 0.64 yuan per pound of pork, and 2 cents per pound of cabbage, the bureau's canteen is very considerate of them by collecting these money and tickets.

After lunch, Lin Manyu found a corner in the cafeteria, sat down and started eating.

The lunch break in the bureau is from 11:30 to 1:.

In their department, Lin Hanyu and Wan Ling are accountants, and Li Huiying and Wang Baosheng are cashiers.

Just before lunch break, Wan Ling brought out a stack of account books from the section chief's office and said that she would continue to sort out the accounts in the afternoon.

After dinner she had to hurry back to the office to start working.

Lin Hanyu happily ate the rapeseed stewed meat and white rice in her aluminum lunch box. Fortunately, the chef in the company cafeteria cooked delicious food.

At this time, Wan Ling and Li Huiying were also sitting together having lunch on the other side of the cafeteria.

Li Huiying looked at Deputy Section Chief Wan Ling who didn't say anything and ate her meal in silence.

She graduated from high school and had been working in the finance department of a police station under the Municipal Bureau. In 1953, the Municipal Bureau was short of staff.

It was the section chief Wang Chengxiang who advocated internal selection, and only then did she go to work in the bureau.

Before their section chief retired from the army, he was the quartermaster in the army and was a comrade-in-arms with Wan Ling.

Wan Ling saw that Li Huiying didn't say anything, so she looked up at her.

"Lin Manyu looked at her file and it says she was born in 1925, which makes her one year younger than you."

"People in their thirties look like they are in their twenties."

Li Huiying heard the displeasure in her tone and did not say anything.

There was a rumor in the bureau that her husband was her comrade-in-arms and was injured on the battlefield.

He was transferred to a field hospital for treatment and recuperation, and later fell in love with a beautiful and educated female nurse.

Wan Ling is still single and lives with her daughter.

Ever since that incident, she has disliked beautiful and educated women.

When Lin Hanyu returned to the office after lunch, Wang Baosheng was the only one in the room.

He looked to be in his thirties. When he saw Lin Hanyu enter the room, they both nodded as a greeting.

At this moment, everyone had not returned from lunch yet. Lin Hanyu sat at her desk and couldn't help but think of her roommates.

Her roommates in Beijing, Li Lanyu worked as an accountant in the municipal government, Liu Guiying worked as an accountant in the Civil Affairs Department, and Zhang Qiulan worked as an accountant in the Municipal Finance Bureau.

Their class happened to be at a time when various state departments were short of college students, and everyone got good jobs.

Although Lin Hanyu could sense an inexplicable dislike from Wan Ling, fortunately she was not a person who could not distinguish between public and private.

The work in the afternoon went smoothly.

At this time, government agencies will not work overtime unless there are special circumstances, but the workload is already so heavy that overtime is required frequently.

The department will submit an application report to recruit new people.

Lin Hanyu had just entered the fourth courtyard of the main courtyard while pushing her bicycle when she heard a noisy noise coming from the Jiang family's back room.

A look of understanding flashed in her eyes, and she took a few quick steps and saw Lin Sen and Li Erya sitting at the door of the Jiang family and making a scene.

Jiang Jiadong hadn't come back from get off work yet. Now only Aunt Jiang and her two children were standing at the door, and Lin Ai was squatting next to her brother and talking.

I was too far away to hear what she said, but judging by her brother's expression, it wasn't anything that made him happy.

At this moment, most of the people who work in the yard have not returned yet, and most of those gathered at the door of Jiang's house are neighbors who are unemployed or retired.

Mr. Zhu was also here to join in the fun, with a guard beside him.

When he saw Lin Hanyu coming over, a smile flashed in his eyes. This girl was good at studying and was assigned to work in the Public Security Bureau, which could be considered as contributing to the country's construction.

No one expected that Lin Sen would stand up at this time, push away Lin Ai and look at her viciously.

"It was because of you that I received a dismissal certificate from my employer when I got home from the police station yesterday."

"I used to work well in the kitchen of Dahonglou Restaurant."

"If you keep bringing money home, will I bring your son home, and bring the Li family's child home as well?"

"My family depends on my salary, and now I've lost my job because of you."

"You will be responsible for raising your two nephews."

"From now on, I will have to go to the school to collect your monthly salary for you."

When the people in the yard heard this, they all started whispering to each other.

Lin Hanyu was watching the show intently at the side when he felt someone was looking at him.

She followed her gaze and saw Mr. Zhu standing not far from her.

Lin Hanyu smiled and nodded to him. This old man had made great contributions on the battlefield and deserved her respect.

When Mr. Zhu saw Lin Manyu looking at him, he walked over to her side.

"Xiao Lin, I heard that you are assigned to work in the Public Security Bureau, and my Lili works as a data custodian in the hospital."

"We don't have to worry about anything now, except that I'm almost 25 and still don't have a partner."

"If there is a suitable young man in your department, please introduce him to us, Lili."

After hearing what Mr. Zhu said, Lin Manyu was stunned for a moment and then nodded with a smile.

At this time, Zhu Jianjun was walking home with Zhu Lili. He worked in the Ministry of Water Resources.

I happened to be at my sister's workplace today, so we went home together after get off work.

At this moment, he looked at his sister riding a bicycle in front of him, sighed softly, and helplessness flashed in his eyes.

He originally thought that it would not be difficult for his sister to marry Bai Ye. Although he had a family, he and Lin Hanyu were both orphans.

In the future, you have to fight for your own career. Which man doesn't love power? If Bai Ye chooses to marry his sister, he will have the political resources of the Zhu family.

When he first moved into this courtyard, he thought Bai Ye would agree without his sister saying much.

The hardest part will be dealing with grandpa.

Over the years, as they all lived in the same courtyard, he could see less and less clearly the man Bai Ye was.

He is a man who wants women rather than a career.

Later, he tried to persuade his sister many times but to no avail. Now he could only introduce more people to his sister, hoping that she would fall in love with someone else.