Tang Momo’s job at the food factory was revealed by Jia Daguo, who also mentioned how she helped with the small fruits in the orchard, which immediately attracted all kinds of praise. 

“This girl from the Tang family is truly remarkable; this counts as good people getting good rewards.” 

“Old Tang’s family must be regretting their decisions now.” 

The speaker’s eyes were full of contempt when he looked at the Tang family’s yard. 

When the family was separated, they felt that what the Tang family did was unfair. But they were outsiders and couldn’t say anything more. 

“They had it coming. When Dajun was here, he treated them like fairly. But after he left, they turned their backs on his family.” 

“Fortunately, that girl was decisive and severed their ties directly. Otherwise, if the old Tang family knew that she had become a worker, they would cling to them again, and the whole family would be like blood-sucking insects.” 

Xu Xiaoyun originally came out to find out if there were any movements from the Gu family, but she hadn’t expected to hear such news. 

Tang Momo turned out to be a worker in a food factory, which made her frown unconsciously, wondering what went wrong. 

Surrounded by praises for Tang Momo, Xu Xiaoyun felt a headache coming. She began to regret not maintaining a good relationship with Tang Momo. 

If their relationship were still the same, she could have persuaded Tang Momo to help her find a job.  

But it’s too late to talk about this now. Fortunately, what she is worried about now is not about work. When she was dying in her previous life, she knew that those so-called iron rice bowls were laid off. 

What she is most worried about now is Gu Chengze. Has the Gu family changed their mind?  

It shouldn’t be. Gu Chengze’s grandmother clearly favored her. Didn’t she know about the rumors going around? 

This time she was willing to risk everything. If the Gu family didn’t come, she’d be left humiliated. 

No, no, they will come, Xu Xiaoyun comforted herself. 

Or should I go to Grandma Zhao in person and express that the rumors in the past two days have affected her? 

Xu Xiaoyun thought for a while and felt that this approach would definitely work. This had originally been caused by Zhao Xiuli; once she went, perhaps she’d know how to handle it.  

Gu Chengze didn’t expect to meet Xu Xiaoyun on the way to the captain’s house. Her words just now made him pause, and he couldn’t help but frown. The rumors this time were probably spread by her and she still hadn’t let go of this match. 

Thinking about this, Gu Chengze felt a bit annoyed, irritated by Xu Xiaoyun’s arrogance. Why should they cooperate with her demands? 

He hadn’t figured out the situation with the educated youth yet, so he hadn’t drawn any conclusions on this matter. 

But he was sure that even if all his assumptions were wrong, he wouldn’t pursue Xu Xiaoyun as a match. 

He went to the captain’s house to ask about the arrangement of educated youths. Would they have educated youths assigned to their team every year? 

When he returned from taking Tang Momo to the city yesterday, he suddenly realized there was no issue with educated youth arrangements; it was because he had fallen into a misunderstanding. 

The educated youth who left with Xu Xiaoyun from Qingshui Brigade might not necessarily have come to Qingshui Brigade.  

Xu Xiaoyun did not expect to meet Gu Chengze when she came out today. She originally wanted to approach him, but she was thinking about the ‘rumors’ she had spread and felt she shouldn’t be the one taking the initiative. 

While she was still hesitating about how to approach Gu Chengze, she looked up and realized that he had already walked far away. 

She bit her lower lip and stamped her feet in frustration. Whether in this life or in the previous life, she could not figure out what Gu Chengze was thinking. 

But remembering her previous life. She originally thought that Gu Chengze hated her. After all, no man could tolerate such things. But before she died, he was the only one who was willing to help her and arranged the best doctor and hospital for her. 

She also quietly inquired and found out that he never remarried, so she felt very guilty and felt that it was because she had broken his heart, so she would definitely make it up to him in this life. 

Thinking of this, Xu Xiaoyun couldn’t help clenching her fists. In order to make up for it, it was okay for her to take the initiative. 

After all, she was indeed in the wrong in her past life.  

Jia Daguo saw Gu Chengze at the yard entrance and welcome him. “What brings you here?”  

“When I went to the city two days ago, I heard people discussing the issue of educated youth going to the countryside to help with the rural areas. I noticed that our brigade seems to have very few educated youths, so I was curious.” 

Although Gu Chengze has a cold temperament, he is not ignorant of the ways of the world. 

When the topic of educated youth was brought up. Jia Daguo sighed, “We get the least educated youth assigned each year. I hope next year we can get more who know about fruit trees.” 

Jia Daguo recalled the problem in the orchard that Tang Momo had raised with him before. It sounded reasonable, but the problem was that she had only learned the information and didn’t have the practical experience. 

This left him feeling unsure. He sighed and thought it best to wait a bit longer.  

“By the way, what did the girl from the Tang family say to get the factory director to recommend her for a position when you took her to the food factory?”  

Jia Daguo was really curious. 

Gu Chengze recalled the scene and summarized, “She mentioned several types of mooncakes and suggested that the packaging could use more variety.” 

“That’s it?” 

Jia Daguo couldn’t believe it for a while. Tang Momo became a publicity officer with just with her words. 

“No one at the food factory had thought of it. Director Wu felt that the factory was full of old people and needed some change, so she asked her to participate in internal recruitment.” 

Implying that Tang Momo became the publicity officer based on her own ability. 

Jia Daguo thought of the dried fruits and jams sent by Tang Momo. Everyone in his family said they were good. Naturally, if she didn’t have some skills, how could she dare to speak up at all? 

“That girl is impressive. This way, her mother will have something to look forward to.”  

Thinking about the troubles the Tang family had faced, Jia Daguo sighed.  

Fortunately, everything had passed. Now that Tang Momo is successful, their lives will get better and better in the future. 

Gu Chengze had mostly heard about the Tang family’s situation from other people. Thinking of her past situation, Tang Momo hadn’t even gotten over the pain of losing her father, but her so-called relatives had already begun to scheme against them. He suddenly felt an indescribable feeling in his heart: an unknown discomfort. 

Just like when he was a child, his two aunts couldn’t wait to ask his uncles to give him away as soon as his mother passed away. 

They didn’t consider his feelings at all, as if he wouldn’t be sad, or didn’t deserve to be. 

Gu Chengze had thought childhood events no longer affected him, but he realized now that just remembering them still made him feel uneasy. 

Coming out of the captain’s house, all he heard along the way was about Tang Momo going to the food factory. Looking up at the clear blue sky, he thought that Tang Momo’s family would surely get better; after all, she worked so hard. 

People who work hard shouldn’t face disappointment. 

When Gu Chengze went back, he was called by Zhao Xiuli. “Chengze, you were the one who sent the girl from the Tang family into the city yesterday, right?” 

“Yes, the captain asked me to go.” 

After Gu Chengze finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Xiuli with some confusion, not understanding why she asked this. 

“You’re quite tight-lipped. You didn’t say a word about such big news.” 

In addition to being genuinely happy for Tang Momo, Zhao Xiuli also had some thoughts. 

Gu Chengze quickly understood what she was talking about and then explained. “This is other people’s business; I can’t just spread it around.” 

“That’s right. But that girl from the Tang family is impressive. Regardless of whether this little issue with the fruits gets resolved, we should be thankful to her.” 

After knowing Tang Momo’s original intention, Zhao Xiuli felt more favorable towards Tang Momo. 

“It should work. She mentioned that mooncakes can also be made with fruit flavors.” 

Gu Chengze guessed that she might suggest some fruit-flavored mooncakes. 

“What does this have to do with mooncakes?” 

Zhao Xiuli was a little confused. 

Gu Chengze smiled slightly and began to explain about it his grandmother. 

“This girl is getting more and more capable. Since you said that you and the girl from the Xu family are not suitable, what do you think of the girl from the Tang family?” 

Zhao Xiuli had actually had this idea before. 

In choosing a match, character should be the most important. At that time, she thought that the Tang family was in a bad situation, but with Chengze’s help, it would definitely get better and better in the future. 

Also, with Tang Momo and Zhang Xiaoli around, there was no need to worry about the character of the younger siblings. 

She never thought that now that Tang Momo had become a worker, there would be many people talking about her marriage, which was why she brought it up directly with Chengze. 

Gu Chengze was momentarily stunned after hearing this. With Tang Momo, it seemed that he didn’t reject it and even looked forward to it. 

*** 

Coming out of the state-owned hotel, the twins looked happy. They pulled Tang Momo’s clothes and kept asking, “Sister, eldest sister, are the meat buns you brought back last time also from here?” 

“Yes, if you like them, I’ll bring some for you next time, okay?” 

Last night, Zhang Xiaoli had insisted on giving Tang Momo ten yuan, along with some tickets.  

Tang Momo knew that she had exchanged a hundred yuan last time, so she didn’t refuse anymore and kept it with her just in case. 

Tang Jianan stretched out his hand and pinched the cheeks of the two little ones. “Brother will also work hard and let you eat meat buns every day, okay?” 

The two little ones glanced between him and Tang Momo before whispering, “I think sister’s words sound more reliable.”  

The others were amused. Tang Momo couldn’t hold back her laughter. She looked at Tang Jianan. “Study hard from now on, and you can do whatever you want.” 

Thinking about what happened at the shoe factory earlier, Tang Jianan pursed his lips. “Let’s talk about it once the shoe factory situation is settled.” 

Tang Momo nodded. “Okay, we’ll talk about it then. When you go back later, be careful on the road.” 

“You should also pay attention at work. If you don’t understand something, ask others.” 

Zhang Xiaoli felt she had many things to remind her daughter, who was leaving home for the first time, but at this moment she felt like she had nothing to say. 

After sending them off, Tang Momo went straight to Director Wu’s office.  

Yang Jianlin let her in as soon as he saw her; Director Wu was still troubled over the mooncake situation.  

Tang Momo knocked on the door. There were two glass jars in front of Director Wu, containing dried fruits and jam. 

Seeing her, Director Wu shook her head and pointed to the things on the table. “In today’s meeting, everyone felt that these two things were not suitable. They estimated that the sales volume will not be very good by then.” 

“So, there was no need to expand the production line for this.” 

“It’s okay, I also thought it was too simple, but we don’t necessarily need to add this jam alone; it can be also used to make fruit-flavored mooncakes.” 

Tang Momo believes that people’s taste for mooncakes at this time likely still leans towards sweet flavors, Therefore, the new varieties launched this year are mainly sweet, with a small amount of salted yolk filling 

Hearing her take the initiative to mention the mooncakes, Director Wu nodded. “I called you here today to discuss the mooncake issue. You share your ideas first, and then tomorrow we can see if the workshop can produce them. We’ll decide after that.” 

“I think in addition to taste, there is also packaging. We can put different flavors in one box and also introduce small and large packages, or even individual packages.” 

In this era, not every family can afford mooncakes, so they can try to make them in small packages. 

“Your idea is very good, but you should write it down for me in detail.” 

Tang Momo’s words opened up various ideas for Director Wu. 

“I’ll write it in the afternoon. By the way, maybe we can add more mooncake molds in our factory?” 

Nowadays, the appearance of mooncakes is similar. In addition to taste, they can also work hard on this. 

“I’m not sure if there’s enough time to change the molds; I’ll ask in the workshop this afternoon.” 

Director Wu thought Tang Momo had excellent ideas. Since they were innovating, why not innovate everything? 

“You just came to the factory. If you don’t understand anything, you can ask Xiao Yang.” 

After these two days of interaction, Director Wu felt that Tang Momo was quite knowledgeable and couldn’t help but think highly of her.  

Tang Momo nodded, thinking that she would have to go back in a few days; forget it, let’s wait until then to mention it. 

In the afternoon, Tang Momo worked at Yang Jianlin’s desk. Yang Jianlin also knew the importance of this Mid-Autumn Festival to Director Wu, so he also took good care of Tang Momo. 

Although Tang Momo had never worked in her previous life, she had done a lot of part-time jobs. Not to mention that the university was a small society. With this experience, she and Yang Jianlin got along fairly well. 

Her whole afternoon was spent on mooncake reforms. 

Tang Momo gave what she had written to Director Wu and came out to tell Yang Jianlin that she would take a short break, but Yang Jianlin called her back. 

“Xiao Tang, has your matter at the shoe factory been resolved today? If not, tell me if you need anything. My aunt is the vice chairman of the shoe factory union.”  

In that moment, Tang Momo felt that ever since she came to the city, luck was indeed on her side.