[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio":3,"chapter-rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-chapter-126":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Rich in the 70s: I Made a Rugged Veteran a Millionaire",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},890847,1166,"Chapter 126: Handmade Rag Dolls","rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-chapter-126",126,"\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng received the bonus from the textile factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her canvas bag bulging, Jiang Cheng smiled brightly at Director Zhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director Zhou, there’s something I forgot to tell you. Actually, I have a job.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Zhou suddenly looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng smiled calmly and said, \"I’m an externally hired senior translator for Xinhua Bookstore. Just recently, I got promoted from a junior to a senior translator, haven’t had the chance to change my certificate yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See you another day, Director Zhou.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng waved leisurely, turned, and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Zhennan sat in the chair, unable to gather her wits for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng, this person, is resourceful, capable, has no personal background but vast connections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In conclusion, she’s not someone to be provoked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Zhou Zhennan felt regret for the first time, wishing she had approved this batch of bonuses directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about this, Zhou Zhennan thought of her younger brother at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t for her brother getting married and arranging to buy the three big pieces, the items with eighty-four legs and all that, she wouldn’t need to withhold this bonus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more she thought about it, the more her head hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where should she get this money?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving the textile factory, Jiang Cheng first returned to the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After putting away the money, she took a batch of translated books to Xinhua Bookstore to submit her work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Incidentally, she collected her payment, a new translator certificate, and a senior translator’s certificate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Xinhua Bookstore, Jiang Cheng went to the department store to buy some gifts and carried them to Factory Director Fang’s home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Factory Director Fang saw Jiang Cheng upon returning home, he was surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there something urgent?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Fang was truly worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng shook her head with a smile and said, \"I’m here to admit a mistake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mistake?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Fang was puzzled but still sat down to listen seriously to Jiang Cheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng openly admitted to Factory Director Fang about asking Manager Mu to back her up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Fang understood, and after a few moments of silence, he looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jiang Cheng, tell me honestly, did you notice something wrong with Zhou Zhennan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng didn’t answer directly but instead asked, \"Factory Director Fang, don’t you think I’ve reached too far?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Fang shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I only regret that you didn’t really become the deputy director, and you don’t want to be. If you did, you’d be working hard to get us textile orders.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s good that Jian Chunsheng got it. I know him well, he’s a person who works steadily.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Fang’s words made Jiang Cheng feel open to confide as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Factory Director Fang, I’m not clear about the specifics of Zhou Zhennan’s problem, but I did some calculations, take a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhou Zhennan married early and lost her husband, has a daughter who doesn’t go to school, currently her daughter is basically a maid to the Zhou family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhou Zhennan is the eldest in the family, with three younger sisters and a brother. The sisters were married off with a high dowry, the brother has been unemployed but has a house in the city and goes to dine and watch movies every day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now her brother is getting married, the bride’s family requires a dowry of 888, along with three big pieces and eighty-four legs, the Zhou family agreed to everything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhou Zhennan has been working for twenty-one years, the first three as a temp worker, then six years in a basic position before moving to finance, and after three years becoming the finance director.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s the only one in the Zhou family earning a salary, yet their expenses far exceed her total salary, where did the extra money come from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, the Zhou family is just a village family, the type that can lie around instead of sitting, with virtually no background.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Jiang Cheng finished speaking, Factory Director Fang understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You suspect that Zhou Zhennan is taking money from the textile factory?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I suspect, but there’s no evidence, you’ll need to investigate this personally.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Fang took this matter very seriously, after all, Zhou Zhennan is the financial director of the factory!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she wanted to manipulate things a bit... right now the foreign exchange is critical, Factory Director Fang couldn’t sit still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, how do you know all this in such detail?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Fang was very curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng smiled and replied, \"In our crowded courtyard, there’s a young guy who happens to know Zhou Zhennan’s brother, so I asked him to find out a bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng was talking about Sun Aiguo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Sun Aiguo found work, his connections were quite wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After giving Factory Director Fang a heads-up, Jiang Cheng didn’t say any more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Fang wouldn’t make a mistake handling it himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main reason she came today was to prevent Zhou Zhennan from speaking ill of her to Factory Director Fang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying things like she manipulated everything, it was necessary to start by admitting her mistake to avoid any misunderstandings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After explaining everything, Jiang Cheng stayed for a meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating, Jiang Cheng even helped Factory Director Fang’s daughter with her homework.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Jiang Cheng was leaving, Factory Director Fang’s daughter was very reluctant and kept asking when she would come again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Save any questions you don’t understand, ask me in our crowded courtyard in a week.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After making an appointment with Factory Director Fang’s daughter, Jiang Cheng was warmly sent off by the whole family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Fang’s wife looked at her own daughter and asked sourly, \"Is there anything you can’t ask me, your mom, a high school teacher?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom—every time you tutor me, either you’re rolling your eyes or banging the table, and then there’s your favorite teaching ruler.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Fang’s wife felt guilty for less than half a second, then angrily questioned, \"And whose fault is that? Who told you not to know the answers!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, if I knew, why would I ask you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Fang’s wife: Seems like I don’t need to?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving Factory Director Fang’s house, Jiang Cheng returned to the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Jiang Cheng, who was used to getting up early, found that today everyone in the courtyard was up early too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She got out of bed and listened by the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The street put up a notice, they’re looking for people skilled in needlework at the textile factory!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could there be work again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seems like it, I heard it’s a big job, so the requirements are higher this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatever it is, go quickly, or there won’t be any spots left!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly, there’s a lot of people but not much work!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voices of the group grew more distant, but it was easy to hear their anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng retracted her ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems like the doll-making project is going to be issued soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng first went next door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grandma Shen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng called out as she entered the house, pulling Grandma Shen aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grandma Shen, do you want to earn some pocket money? There’s a doll-making job at the textile factory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you know?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I negotiated the job, how could I not know!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just tell me if you want to do it. If you do, I’ll get it for you, we have that kind of pull!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, your skills are definitely up to par!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Grandma Shen was indeed a bit tempted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apart from cooking, she really didn’t have much to do at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, get some back for me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leave it to me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next few days, the entire street was busy with the doll-making affair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four days later, those who were selected received material packages from the textile factory and began making the dolls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen was among them, not receiving her materials any earlier than others, blending right in with the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another day passed, and the courtyard was bustling with activity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, at the S City train station, Shen Que stepped out carrying luggage.\u003C\u002Fp>",1364,"2026-06-03T05:46:21.787Z",1,"novelbin.me","386f952484101ccf73c807fe2b5ec42ff30a08fb27f9c6c61bc2298f158de8df","rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-chapter-127","rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-chapter-125",340,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-cover.jpg"]