Chapter 45: Daily Life in Summer

As summer deepens, the leaves at the pharmaceutical factory are lush and green.

The treetops are connected to form green paths, which make people feel cool and comfortable when walking through them. When Wen Jiajia has nothing to do at noon, she will go to the library to borrow a book and sit here to read.

It’s still the same today. Sha Yue couldn’t understand it. Wouldn’t it be better to use this time to sleep?

Wen Jiajia leaned against the thick tree trunk and turned a page: “I tend to lose energy when I sleep too long.”

Generally speaking, if she naps for more than half an hour, her brain will feel clogged. It doesn’t matter if she’s at home, but at work, she needs to spend a lot of time waking up her mind, otherwise, her work efficiency will be extremely low.

Sha Yue sat beside her, picking up a leaf and playing with it in her hand, pinching the petiole and tearing off the leaf flesh, leaving only the leaf veins.

Wen Jiajia asked her, “Why don’t you go to sleep?” Sha Yue would sleep for more than an hour at noon every day and would be full of energy immediately after waking up. She really admired her.

Sha Yue was nervous: “I wonder if it will work this time.”

Wen Jiajia replied, “Well, what’s there to think about? Could it be that… you’ve seen him before?” One would only get nervous if they had feelings for someone.

Sha Yue looked shy, holding her chin in her hand and looking towards the treetops: “I’ve seen him from a distance once before.”

“…and then what? You can’t be attracted to him just once, right?” Wen Jiajia widened her eyes and closed the book in her hand.

Sha Yue’s eyes sparkled: “It’s not that exaggerated, I just think he’s good-looking. Yes, he’s really good-looking. I heard from my mom that he has a good job now, too.”

Wen Jiajia understood that it was normal to be attracted by beauty. In her previous life, she also fell in love with every girl she saw when she watched short videos.

But blind dates are another matter. Wen Jiajia originally just thought of going out with Sha Yue for fun, but now she feels the need to pay more attention to Sha Yue’s blind date.

This girl is obviously a little infatuated.

The time was about two o’clock, and they left the pharmaceutical factory at one fifty.

Sha Yue was fiddling with her hair the whole way. Wen Jiajia patted her hands and said, “Stop touching it. I just had to clip it out with great difficulty.”

Wen Jiajia finally understood why she didn’t let her family accompany her to the blind date. It turned out the girl had specially prepared a new set of clothes for this blind date.

She even secretly went to the bathroom to change and then put floral water on her body.

Wen Jiajia was extremely shocked, but seeing that she took this blind date so seriously, she rolled up her sleeves to help.

What do you want to help with? Her hairstyle, of course.

How to improve your appearance as quickly as possible starts with your hairstyle.

Sha Yue always had her hair in a single ponytail, so Wen Jiajia pushed her onto the chair and untied her ponytail.

She was going to braid Sha Yue’s hair into a pigtail.

Don’t underestimate pigtails. It is very difficult to make them fluffy and stylish.

But who is Wen Jiajia? She is an all-around blogger. For her, pigtailing is a piece of cake. It’s so simple.

Sha Yue’s hair was black, fluffy, and shiny, and Wen Jiajia took less than five minutes to braid it into a pigtail.

She loosened the braid again. Under her hands, the braid was loose but not messy, and it complemented her face shape very well.

Wen Jiajia used scissors to trim her bangs, and then used a curled iron clip and slightly damp paper to curl her bangs. The conditions were simple, and the slightly curly bangs could only last for an hour at most. If she kept touching them with her hands, they would not last even for an hour.

They were about to arrive at the state-owned restaurant. Sha Yue was embarrassed and asked Wen Jiajia, “Is this really okay?”

Wen Jiajia answered affirmatively: “It’s really good, it’s so beautiful.”

She patted her on the back and said, “Hold your head and chest high, and don’t avoid looking at others when you make eye contact later. Let’s be generous.”

Sha Yue took a few deep breaths and pulled Wen Jiajia towards the state-owned hotel.

“Hey, is that the guy?”

Wen Jiajia had sharp eyes and as soon as she entered the door, she immediately noticed the person sitting at the table in the northwest corner of the restaurant.

Sha Yue took her hand and shook it, then nodded slightly.

The man obviously noticed the two people at the door. He quickly glanced at them, stood up, and walked in front of Sha Yue, “Is this Comrade Sha Yue?”

Sha Yue smiled a smile she had just practiced: “Yes, hello, Comrade Feng.”

Then she introduced Wen Jiajia: “This is my friend Wen Jiajia, she came here with me.”

Feng Yu only said hello to Wen Jiajia, and then took the two of them to sit down at the table. They sat face to face and soon started chatting.

Wen Jiajia had a good first impression of this person.

He was about the same age as Sha Yue, and it was obvious from his initial performance that he didn’t know Sha Yue. But he was able to quickly recognize who Sha Yue was, which showed that he had a good eye.

As for Sha Yue saying that he was good-looking, Wen Jiajia thought he was just average.

He is over 1.7 meters tall, but definitely less than 1.75 meters. His skin is quite fair, even a little dazzling. He has double eyelids, thick eyebrows, and big eyes, but his face is a little wide.

Feng Yu seemed to notice her look, and Wen Jiajia immediately sat down obediently and stopped her rude behavior.

Then she discovered that Sha Yue was very shy at the door, but was quite talkative when meeting people face to face.

“Comrade Feng is working at the Chemical Research Institute now?” Sha Yue asked.

Feng Yu nodded and said, “I was assigned to the research institute in the western suburbs some time ago.”

Wen Jiajia paused while holding the cup.

Ever since she got to know the pharmaceutical factory, Wen Jiajia has been thinking about synthesis.

However, the supervision of drug raw materials in the workshop is too strict. Even if 1 gram is missing, the whole workshop has to be searched for. If it is not found, the person responsible has to be held accountable.

The punishment may be a fine at the least and a demerit at the most serious.

Team leader Wei also said that one year someone lost 10 grams of raw materials and was downgraded and given a serious warning. It was not until five or six years later that the grade was slowly raised again, but the serious warning remained on file.

No matter how much Wen Jiajia wanted to synthesize, she couldn’t be so unethical as to let others take the responsibility for her.

So her original idea was too naive and would not work for the time being unless she could become a researcher and have the raw materials at her disposal.

But is it possible? Not at this moment.

Wen Jiajia asked doubtfully: “Is it on the Queshan side?”

Feng Yu was surprised and nodded: “Yes.”

The institute is located next to two mountains, the chemical engineering department is next to Queshan, and the geology department is next to Yanshan. Because it is newly built, most people only know that it is in the western suburbs, but it is difficult to know which mountain it is located on.

Sha Yue: “Jia Jia, have you been there?”

Wen Jiajia shook her head: “I heard from my lover.”

It was no secret that Wei Dai had delivered supplies to the institute before, so she knew about it.

After saying this, Wen Jiajia shut up again and acted like a blind date companion who only spoke at appropriate times.

The two talked about work and family. Sha Yue’s family relationships were complicated, but Feng Yu’s family relationships were simple, with only a grandfather who was over 70 years old.

Wen Jiajia thought this kind of family was pretty good, but people at the time thought it was better to have a large family. Families like Feng Yu’s were not very popular in the blind date market.

Soon, it was three o’clock.

Wen Jiajia quietly poked Sha Yue with her finger, reminding her to hurry up.

Director Xue might go to the office at any time, and if he doesn’t see them, they will be scolded.

Sha Yue made the number “three” with her fingers under the table, and Wen Jiajia immediately realized that this girl would continue chatting for another half an hour.

Okay, I’ll risk my life for you.

At half past three, the sun was burning people’s heads, but Sha Yue covered her cheeks and felt that her face was even hotter.

Wen Jiajia wondered: “Why is it so serious?”

Sha Yue’s voice was hoarse: “Don’t you think he is very good-looking, speaks very politely, and can help me pour water?”

Wen Jiajia: “…”

Don’t be a love-brained person.

“Be reserved, be reserved,” Wen Jiajia patted her. “In the early stage, he takes the initiative three times before you can take the initiative once. If his attitude towards you is still the same as usual, you can try to do it everywhere.”

“Jia Jia, are you stupid? We can just chat a few more times and decide on it. How can you take the initiative first and then I do?” Sha Yue said.

Wen Jiajia’s heart ached for a moment. She almost forgot the characteristics of blind dates in this era.

“Well, you have to get to know his character better first. Marriage is a very serious matter,” she sighed.

Sha Yue was not someone who didn’t know what was good for her, so she nodded and wrote it down: “I have a classmate who is his neighbor, I’ll go ask him when the time comes.”

Wen Jiajia finally felt relieved; at least she was not blinded by the beauty.

After four o’clock, Wen Jiajia needed to go to the information room.

The people in the reference room have to help dry the books in the afternoon and will not be free until four o’clock.

“What time period do you want the information?” Xiao Zhang in the information room asked, “If it’s too far away, you have to look it up yourself.”

Wen Jiajia was a bit of a nag: “How far is far?”

In other words, Xiao Zhang and Wen Jiajia are familiar with each other and have eaten one of Wen Jiajia’s salted duck eggs; otherwise, he would have rolled his eyes at her.

“Our pharmaceutical factory was established in 1953. Before that, it was still a private enterprise. So if you want information before 1952, you can only go to a room and look through it yourself. I won’t go there because it’s so dusty.”

Wen Jiajia thought for a moment and said, “Then let’s start from 1952.”

“Only your workshop?” Xiao Zhang opened the drawer and took out the key. “If I remember correctly, you are from Workshop 6.”

Wen Jiajia: “Has Workshop 6 always been producing sulfonamide products?”

She wanted to check the development history of the sulfonamide product series and then write a manuscript after the investigation.

Xiao Zhang replied: “I don’t know, Jiajia, I am only a few years older than you. I was still breastfeeding at that time.”

Wen Jiajia: “…”

“Okay, then I’ll check Workshop 6 first.” She covered her head and kept silent. She always spoke sparingly when talking to Xiao Zhang.

He always chokes people when he speaks.