Send me to the countryside? Turn around and make you homeless!

Machine, after all the talk, it all came back to the machine. It seemed that Lin Guoan was getting anxious.

He was the one in the upper hand, so it didn't matter if he was choked by a few words from the young and inexperienced Tan Yuan. In the end, he would still have to work under him anyway.

Seeing this admiring look, many unpleasant feelings can be offset.

"There's no rush for the machine, take your time..."

"Take your time? How can you take your time? This has been dragging on for so long, several months, right?"

Tan Yuan raised her hand, extending several fingers, and said solemnly, "Director Xiang, we all want the dried tofu factory to get better and better. Have you ever calculated how much we'll lose if this machine doesn't come online for a day? And how much more food can we give to the people in the brigade if we lose it? Do you know all this? If you take a slow approach, I won't agree."

He was almost saying that Xiang Beifang was occupying the toilet without doing anything. He had finally persuaded Tan Yuan to use her admiration for him to offset the gloom in his heart, but now his defense was almost broken.

Tan Yuan still accused Xiang Beifang with a righteous look on her face, implying that if Xiang Beifang didn't do anything practical, she would write a letter to him to take action. She looked like she had never suffered since childhood.

Xiang Beifang unilaterally withdrew his idea of ​​giving Tan Yuan a decent job after she fell into poverty, and the smile on his face seemed a little forced.

He turned his gaze to Lin Guoan. Tan Yuan was just a little girl who didn't know much, but it was impossible that the captain Lin Guoan didn't know the seriousness of the matter.

Lin Guoan felt the attack from the factory director's eyes, and he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

Comrade Tan Yuan is indeed great. There is no situation that she cannot handle.

If Xiang Beifang didn't have the leverage over him, Lin Guoan really wouldn't bother with today's matter.

With Lin Guoan here to smooth things over, the young and inexperienced Tan Yuan was unable to hold on to the matter.

Not only did he fail to watch the joke, but he almost became the joke himself. The event would not be successful, but it would leave the impression to his superiors that he could not control the situation. How could Xiang Beifang dare to find fault and laugh at the joke anymore? He found an excuse and left in a hurry.

As for the combat effectiveness, it was not even close to being a little bit worse. Tan Yuan didn't think it was that difficult to deal with. She talked to Lin Guoan about some serious matters and took her luggage back to Grandma Wang's house.

At this time, some people go to work, some work in the factory, and there are really few people on their way back.

There were only a few people around, and they all lowered their heads when they saw Tan Yuan, wanting to walk around her. No one spoke to her. After Tan Yuan left, they all looked back at her tacitly, with guilt in their eyes.

Tan Yuan felt these gazes and knew the difficulties these people faced, but she just smiled to herself. Every family has its own difficulties, so it was understandable that they were like this.

That's human nature. We can't always ask for too much. Tan Yuan shook her head and continued walking towards Grandma Wang's house.

The journey was not far to begin with, and now that Tan Yuan was eager to go home, it seemed even shorter.

Grandma Wang received the news early in the morning that Tan Yuan was coming back to the brigade. She didn't even go for her usual walk and just waited at the brigade entrance. In the end, she was persuaded to come back, but even then she still waited at the gate.

The kitten, who usually loves to play, is now lying at Grandma Wang's feet and sleeping lazily, waiting for Tan Yuan's return.

Seeing a man and a cat from a distance, it was clearly a scene that only happened in dreams. Tan Yuan felt warm in her heart, and all her worries disappeared in an instant. So this is what it feels like to have family.

There was a smile in his eyes, which was obviously much more sincere than before. His pace also quickened a lot, almost running over, and stopped beside Grandma Wang.

"Grandma, I'm back..."

Looking at this smiling face, Grandma Wang cast a loving gaze on Tan Yuan and reached out to tuck the hair behind her ear. "You've lost weight. Didn't you eat well outside? We have sausages and bacon at home. I'll stir-fry some bacon and cabbage for you later."

My granddaughter is my own child. There is no reason for me to be unhappy about not seeing her for such a long time.

Tan Yuan was only happier. She first hugged Grandma Wang tightly, took a few deep breaths of her scent, and only when she was satisfied did she let go of her arm and said, "Grandma, I miss you so much. I also miss the sausages and bacon you made, and I miss the smell of you."

"Oh, I miss my cute little kitty too. I'll give you some meat later!"

The orange cat followed the two people, sniffing the familiar yet unfamiliar smell on Tan Yuan from time to time. When it heard the familiar word "rourou", its tail was raised high, indicating its happy mood at the moment.

"You, as soon as you came back, you fed it meat. Look how fat it has become."

Although it was a reproach, Grandma Wang said it with a smile. Tan Yuan hugged her arm and acted coquettishly, and the kitten meowed as if in protest.

The two people and the cat hadn't seen each other for a long time, so naturally they had a lot to talk about.

Zhao Xiaosi ran home and took out the honey and dried game he had saved for a long time. He looked at his muddy shoes and went back to change into a clean pair without any hesitation. His hands were full of heavy things.

"Brother, where are you going with your things?"

Zhao Sanni was at home with her youngest brother. When she heard the noise, she came out and saw her brother walking out with something in his hand, a happy look on his face. Then she asked a question. Zhao Xiaoliu, who was just learning to speak, was following her.

Zhao Xiaoliu drooled as he stretched out his hand for his brother to hold him. Zhao Xiaosi dodged his hand and said to his sister, "Sister Tan is back. I'll take the things to her. You stay home and take good care of your brother. I'll be back soon."

Sanni was surprised. She also wanted to go see Sister Tan, but when she saw her brother who was still unsteady on his feet, she nodded obediently: "I will stay home and take good care of him."

Although she is not much older than Zhao Xiaoliu, she has no objection to being asked to stay at home to take care of her younger brother. What objection could she have? It is like this in the brigade. If the adults in the family need to work, the younger ones must be looked after by the older ones. There is nothing wrong with that.

Zhao Xiaosi was not low-key at all. He answered anyone who asked him questions along the way without any hesitation. He did not feel any estrangement towards Tan Yuan because of his grandfather's affairs.

Tan Yuan had just sat down and was still telling Grandma Wang about interesting things in the city when Zhao Xiaoliu came over carrying a lot of bags. He had run, and his clothes were soaked with sweat, with a few drops hanging on his forehead.

"Come in, we were just talking about you."

Tan Yuan stood up and helped Zhao Xiaosi get his things. Her movements were incredibly skillful. "Come in quickly. I'll make lunch for you to take home for Sanni and Xiaoliu to eat together."

Zhao Xiaosi's grin never closed. He looked at the clean ground in the yard, then looked at his shoes covered in mud, and scratched his head embarrassedly.