Chapter 88: The Three Giants of the Textile Factory

Zhang Qian looked at Xie Yuanyuan with some surprise, "Do you not have much of a concept of fat and thin?"

At first, Xie Yuanyuan didn't react; the three of them had a good relationship, but Zhang Qian had always been distant from her, while instead being close to An Yinan. She was broad-minded, but not stupid.

But today, this guy was actually implying she was fat?

"Zhang Qian, are you looking to die?" Xie Yuanyuan stood up immediately, transforming into a female war god.

Seeing the situation was wrong, Zhang Qian immediately turned and walked out the door. That movement—not to mention how swift it was—he probably even used his training pace, "I'm heading back first."

Leaving those five words behind, it was unclear whether he was leaving with panache or fleeing while covering his face.

An Yinan burst into laughter, "Comrade Zhang Qian, your image has been crumbling quite fast lately."

Xie Yuanyuan pouted, "Am I really fat?"

An Yinan wavered no fewer than five times between a kind lie and telling the truth, her brain storming for a full thirty seconds.

In the end, she still asked, "The truth or a lie?"

Xie Yuanyuan was like a deflated balloon, "No need to say it, I understand."

She had come to chase someone, she had come to play the victim; now that she was eating so well and looking so plump, how could her little childhood sweetheart pity her? How could he cherish her? How could he have a change of heart?

Life is so hard!

"I want to lose weight, I'm quitting dinner starting tomorrow!"

An Yinan gave her a thumbs up, "Sister, you're a cow."

A few days ago, she still believed Xie Yuanyuan could do it; as for the future, the decision didn't seem to be up to her anymore, after all, she still had confidence in her own cooking skills.

After Xie Yuanyuan also left, An Yinan gave Beibei a basket containing a plate of spicy rabbit and potato-stewed rabbit meat, along with five Steamed Buns.

"Send this to the Cowshed, and hide from people."

Beibei often went to the Cowshed, so even if someone saw him near the Cowshed, they were already used to it.

But if it were her, the nature of the matter would be different.

After all, there were no young women as old as her at the Cowshed, and she couldn't say she was going to find a playmate.

An Yinan took another basket, inside which she placed a lunchbox containing potato-stewed rabbit meat, with two Steamed Buns on the side.

Then, underneath the lunchbox, she placed a set of cotton-padded jacket and trousers.

She walked slowly into the village, then bypassed the main road where people came and went, instead taking the small path near the mountain, and arrived in front of a house door.

"Knock, knock, knock." At the time of day when everyone was cooking, this knocking sound was not very noticeable.

"Who is it?" An old woman's voice came from the courtyard. The old lady's pace was not fast, and she walked out slowly.

When the wooden door opened, she saw An Yinan standing outside. Liu Laotaitai naturally recognized her; she rarely went out, and the last time she did was to the Educated Youth Station, all because she heard that this little girl had run into trouble.

"Auntie," An Yinan called out.

Mother Liu opened the door and let An Yinan in, "Why did you come?"

An Yinan followed Mother Liu into the courtyard. The courtyard was kept very clean by Mother Liu; there was no debris on the ground, and the firewood was stacked neatly. Everything was arranged in an orderly fashion, showing that Mother Liu was a very hardworking person.

"I caught some wild rabbits on the mountain today. This is what I made; please don't mind it." An Yinan placed the lunchbox on the table.

Then she took the set of cotton-padded clothes from the basket, "It's getting cold, and I didn't know what to make for you, so I just made a set of cotton-padded jacket and trousers."

Mother Liu was very calm, neither excited nor refusing; she just looked at An Yinan.

"Take it back. I'm an old woman, I won't be able to wear it."

An Yinan shook her head, "Chen Xun asked me to give it to you. If you want to return it, return it to him."

After saying this, the little girl quickly turned and left, as if there were floods and wild beasts behind her.

Chen Xun!

Mother Liu was somewhat surprised. The last time the Chen boy came to the village, he stayed at her house. She didn't even know these two knew each other?

Watching the little girl running out in a hurry, Mother Liu smiled rarely, touching the soft cotton-padded clothes. The stitches on them were fine and dense; they were likely sewn by a sewing machine.

And the entire garment was sewn; she was a clever-handed girl.

After An Yinan ran out the door, she patted her chest and also felt it was funny.

She had never experienced this before, but since coming to Quanshui Village, she had learned the principle of running away immediately after delivering things.

After returning home, An Yinan refined the second half of the weaving method. After checking it left and right and finding no problems, she put the method into her military-green schoolbag.

The next morning, An Yinan rode her bike to Liu Meijie's house at the agreed-upon time.

She first returned the lunchbox she had borrowed yesterday to Liu Meijie, and then took Liu Meijie to the Textile Factory.

The Textile Factory had already started work. Liu Meijie's mother-in-law and two other people were standing at the entrance of the Textile Factory, and from far away, they saw a little girl bringing someone over on a bike.

When Liu Meijie's mother-in-law saw this, wasn't this the girl she met at her son's house that time?

She hadn't expected it to be such a coincidence.

"Mom, hello uncles." Liu Meijie got off the bike first. Seeing the three of them, she was somewhat surprised; she hadn't expected this matter to be worth these two coming out to welcome them.

Liu Meijie's mother-in-law smiled and nodded, not blaming her daughter-in-law for keeping it a secret.

Looking at An Yinan, she smiled, "Little girl, I didn't expect us to meet again."

An Yinan also smiled, "I hid a lot before, please don't blame Liu Meijie, Auntie."

Liu Meijie's mother-in-law waved her hand, "Am I such an unreasonable person?"

"Naturally not, otherwise I wouldn't be here." An Yinan immediately firmed up her stance. Her serious little expression made everyone present unable to help but laugh out loud.

"It seems this cooperation will be very interesting," the older man said with a smile.

"This is the director of the Textile Factory, Uncle He," Liu Meijie introduced beside An Yinan.

"Hello, Director He, I am An Yinan." An Yinan smiled and nodded, without the kind of closeness she had shown Liu Meijie's mother-in-law.

Furthermore, she did not accept Liu Meijie's introduction and follow by calling him "Uncle He," but instead addressed him directly as "Director He," representing a professional, business-like attitude, with no intention of bargaining further on the terms she had discussed.

Director He laughed heartily and looked at Liu Meijie's mother-in-law, "Comrade An is truly a sharp one."

"You flatter me," An Yinan smiled.

Liu Mei introduced another man, "This is Uncle Feng, the deputy director of the Textile Factory."

"Hello, Deputy Director Feng." An Yinan addressed him by his position as well; after all, she wouldn't want to show favoritism.

"You've met this one before, my mother-in-law, who is also a director at the Textile Factory, Director Wang." Liu Meijie's mother-in-law looked at her daughter-in-law with amusement, guessing that if this young girl wanted to trick her daughter-in-law, she would succeed every single time.

She had been led astray just like that, and even called her Director Wang!

An Yinan leaned in and smiled, feeling like she was about to burst with laughter at Liu Meijie's introduction, and she barely managed to hold back the smile at the corners of her mouth.

Sister Meizi is just too cute!

"Auntie, we meet again." This time, An Yinan did not deliberately keep her distance.