Chapter 596: Chance Encounter on the Bus

This time, no one came to pick them up when they got off the bus; the bus they were on arrived near Anshan Steel, and they found a guesthouse to check into.

Although Wang Changzheng and Zhang Chunsheng and the others were not from the Procurement Section, they had visited Anshan Steel several times before, so everything went very smoothly; after all, they were from a Beijing unit, and people had to show some respect.

Chuxue also got to go to the Dagushan Iron Mine as wished; although it had not yet formed the deep pit of later generations, there was already an open-pit mine of certain depth and area.

To be honest, she admired this city; no, she should say that in this current era, the entire Northeast Three Provinces had made huge sacrifices for national construction.

Their affairs in Anshan were handled very smoothly, so they stayed in Anshan for only one night and took the train back to Beijing the next day.

Chuxue and Sister Jiang, on someone's recommendation, also bought some Anshan Red Blood Sausage, planning to take it back for their families to taste; seeing that a fellow townsman had Southern Fruit Pears on his land, they exchanged many using tickets.

When they arrived in Beijing, the National Day holiday had already passed.

Back in the dormitory, Duan Ruirui threw herself over immediately: "Chuxue, you're finally back; I've missed you to death."

Ji Kunlan, however, laughed: "You really have no shame."

Chuxue smiled and pushed the person away: "I guess you want the good food I brought."

Hearing Chuxue's words, Duan Ruirui said: "You all understand me best."

The few of them laughed together.

Ning Xiaoban from the dormitory opposite heard the commotion and ran over too: "I told you so; just hearing that, I knew Chuxue was back. How was the business trip? Was it fun?"

Chuxue put down the things: "Although it was a bit tiring, going out for a walk was also very nice."

She took out the food she had prepared in advance: "Come, come, I brought quite a lot of good food back for you."

For a moment, the dormitory was filled with laughter and joy.

The next day when they arrived at the section, Sister Hong also smiled and said to her: "Three jin of apples, two jin of pears, and two jin of white flour were issued for the National Day holiday; I collected your benefits for you, and they are right under your desk."

Chuxue put her palms together: "That's really great; thank you, Sister Hong."

She naturally knew Sister Hong's good intentions, but she had not come empty-handed either; she brought the candy she had bought in Harbin previously and distributed a few pieces to everyone, but Section Chief Li and Sister Hong additionally gave her dried wood ear mushrooms and red blood sausage.

After all, since she entered the section, the two had taken very good care of her; of course, these things were not given in front of others.

After the two pushed and refused for a while, they still accepted them with smiles, but neither accepted them for free; both gave Chuxue a few industrial coupons.

Chuxue naturally understood their intentions; after all, she was from a countryside village below, and such things did not exist in the village.

Section Chief Li gave her two days of make-up leave; after Chuxue worked one day, it happened to coincide with the weekend.

Saturday afternoon, she finished her work in hand ahead of schedule, reported to the Section Chief, and left an hour and a half early.

When she arrived at the station, the shuttle bus had already left the station; it was a close call, almost missing it.

Panting heavily, she got on the bus; seeing there was still a seat at the very back, she hurriedly walked over.

Unexpectedly, just as she sat down, she heard: "Chuxue, are you going back to the village?"

Chuxue followed the voice and looked over, and actually saw Sister Zhang: "Yes, what about you?"

Zhang Taohua's face was full of smiles; she exchanged seats with someone and sat beside Chuxue: "I haven't thanked you yet; my brother's matter is settled, and he has already gone back to work."

"That's good."

"A few days ago, we originally wanted to go to the factory to find you, but we didn't expect that when we got there, we learned you were not at the factory; you were on a business trip."

"Yes, just back."

"That's perfect; we were even discussing which day to go to the factory to find you again; now this is great, since you're returning to the village, it will be more convenient for us."