Chapter 408

Cleaning Section.

Qin Huairu looked excitedly at the section chief before her.

The scheming woman never imagined Liu Haizhong would fall so low, yet it unexpectedly brought glory solely to Qin Huairu. Just moments ago, Qin Huairu, broom and dustpan in hand, heading to clean the factory area streets, was suddenly summoned by her immediate superior.

At the beginning.

Qin Huairu thought she had made a mistake and would be scolded.

With excellent attitude, she stood properly before her superior, looking as if she admitted fault.

Since she was transferred to the Cleaning Section.

She has endured many unpleasant past experiences.

Finally she learned to face reality.

When under the eaves, one must bow one's head.

Since she couldn't match them, she had no choice but to meekly follow their orders, doing exactly as told; at work she resorted to sly tactics to secretly vent her resentment toward superiors, silently cursing their ancestors.

She had considered escaping.

But because her reputation was ruined, she had to continue her cleaning work in the Cleaning Section.

People need to eat, right?

If not in the Cleaning Section, she'd have to return to the countryside.

Cleaning toilets isn't pleasant to hear, but saying it out loud is still something some people envy.

Qin Huairu is arguably the cleaning staff member who has served the longest in the Cleaning Section of Yagangchang.

From the day she started until now, four or five years have passed; she is also the only person who has worked over fifty months in the Cleaning Section without being promoted, still fighting on the front line, merely changing her work area—from cleaning toilets to cleaning the factory area streets.

Qin Huairu has given up hope of promotion; her greatest dream is to raise Huaihua to adulthood, watching her marry and have children.

As for Bangeng and Xiao Dang.

Qin Huairu has no expectations for these two brats, who are the ultimate embodiment of white‑eyed wolves, brainwashed by Jia Zhangshi into a pair of unfilial children who resent Qin Huairu; especially Bangeng, who is extremely unfilial, at a young age already spews harsh words at Qin Huairu, saying that when he grows up he'll make Qin Huairu look bad, claiming Qin Huairu has disgraced the Jia family and put a green hat on his deceased father.

Thus.

Qin Huairu's heart now concerns only Huaihua.

Even when cleaning toilets.

Her mood is wonderful.

Just when Qin Huairu thought she had no hope of promotion in her lifetime, the Cleaning Section chief found her and appointed Qin Huairu as the team leader of the Yagangchang Cleaning Section's "Know Mistakes and Correct Mistakes" group.

Specific duties.

Namely to supervise Liu Haizhong, ensure he works diligently, and absolutely not allow this slippery, lazy behavior at work!

Qin Huairu's mood instantly soared to its peak.

One reason is that, although as team leader she has no official staffing within Yagangchang, to outsiders it looks like a makeshift gang.

But Qin Huairu still treats it as a treasure.

Her formerly hunched body became much straighter, her face beaming with lively spirit, clearly different from the former yellow‑faced woman who came to work with a frown.

She looks much more lively.

Another factor.

Qin Huairu also counts as having a grudge against Liu Haizhong.

When Liu Haizhong just became a squad leader those few days, he originally wanted to find trouble for Shazhu, but because Shazhu kept hiding at his mother‑in‑law's house and inside the factory in Warehouse No. 4, Liu Haizhong couldn't go find trouble for Shazhu.

The official‑obsessed (Liu Haizhong) with the mindset "I can't afford to provoke grasshoppers, I specially seek out bedbugs for bad luck."

He pointed his spear at Qin Huairu.

The old, oft‑repeated matters of past years were brought up again by Liu Haizhong, who consecutively held meetings at the Dayuan to lecture Qin Huairu.

If not saying Liu Haizhong lacks virtue.

In public they made Qin Huairu do this self‑criticism, not only that, they also demanded Qin Huairu explain some details, such as how Qin Huairu got together with Yi Zhonghai, where they got together, whether Qin Huairu actively pursued Yi Zhonghai or Yi Zhonghai actively pursued Qin Huairu, whether Jia Zhangshi bears responsibility here, whether Jia Zhangshi matched them, etc. —these disgusting matters, forcing Qin Huairu to recount it all again.

Angry, Qin Huairu's teeth itched.

Ultimately because she was not a match for Liu Haizhong.

She had no choice but to reluctantly make up some details.

She originally thought the matter would just pass like that.

But Liu Haizhong didn't let Qin Huairu off the hook; he summoned Bangeng and Xiao Dang to the Dayuan meeting site, had Qin Huairu say these things in front of Bangeng and Xiao Dang, and then had Bangeng and Xiao Dang criticize Qin Huairu.

As team leader.

Qin Huairu couldn't do anything to him.

Not as team leader.

In Qin Huairu's eyes, Liu Haizhong is just a waste; last night she poured sock‑washing water on Liu Haizhong, which was just giving him a warning.

This morning.

Seeing Liu Haizhong leave full of confidence.

Qin Huairu also worried for a moment.

Along with the announcement from Yagangchang's loudspeaker about the punishment for Liu Haizhong, Qin Huairu's heart, which had been hanging in midair, finally could settle.

He looked at the section chief in front of him.

He said a sentence.

"Section Chief Ma, rest assured, I Qin Huairu may not be highly educated, but I can still distinguish right from wrong; this Yagangchang Cleaning Section's Know Mistakes and Correct Mistakes group, you entrust it to me, is your trust in me, and also Director Li's favor toward me Qin Huairu; I thank Director Li for his cultivation of me, thank Team Captain Xu for his assistance, and thank Section Chief Ma for his guidance."

Qin Huairu, after all, has seen big scenes.

She hasn't eaten pork.

Haven't even seen a pig run?

Imitating those people's manner, he fiercely flattered Deputy Factory Director Li, Xu Daming and the others.

He was also worried about being sabotaged.

He tried to handle this favor as much as possible.

"I, Qin Huairu, guarantee to satisfactorily complete the task assigned by my superiors, earnestly supervise Liu Haizhong's work, strive to prevent Liu Haizhong from cutting corners on the job, and ask Section Chief Ma to observe my performance!"

Section Chief Ma nodded in satisfaction.

His face rarely showed a smile when facing Qin Huairu.

A rare hint of a smile appeared.

Although firm.

Yet it still represented his attitude.

In fact.

Section Chief Ma himself wasn't clear either; he was merely acting on what he knew, doing as much as possible the crafty rabbit's three burrows, based on unverified rumors.

Yagangchang's Mistake-Correction Team.

It was a newly established department, specially set up after discussion between Xu Daming and Deputy Factory Director Li.

It was heard that many wanted to be the team leader, but not knowing whose connections Qin Huairu used, she actually persuaded Deputy Factory Director Li and Xu Daming, who unanimously agreed to let Qin Huairu serve as the team leader.

What is the current wind direction?

Section Chief Ma really took note of this.

Liu Haizhong's example was right before them: a person about to retire, a nobody, yet the next day transformed into the captain of Yagangchang's Elderly Assault Team, shocking and frightening countless Yagangchang workers, who worried that Qin Huairu would become a second Liu Haizhong.