Switched Marriage The Coddled Little Wife novel Chapter 163

Chapter 163: Chapter 163 Not Officially Hired

In a blink of an eye, the end of the year approached, and by the 20th of the twelfth lunar month, the atmosphere of the New Year began to rise.

These years, people lived frugally, and the more so, the more they valued the Spring Festival.

After toiling for a year, regardless of family circumstances, everyone made an effort to ensure good food, drink, and clothing during these few days.

A happy and prosperous Spring Festival implied a year of good days ahead.

It’s not an exaggeration to say that saving money for the New Year was a tradition for many families at the time, with some even borrowing money when unable to save, just to buy several pounds of meat.

Even state-owned enterprises and institutions had longer holidays for the New Year compared to later generations.

After the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lin Chuxia’s cooked food business began to pick up, and many customers were willing to spend more just to taste Qin’s Cooked Food.

Of course, more people sought cheaper options at the food factory’s stores, but you couldn’t deny the sheer number of people buying cooked food at year’s end.

In the northern winter, the outdoors was a natural giant freezer, and nearly every household would prepare in advance, ready to serve visiting friends and relatives at any time.

This time, Lin Chuxia didn’t manage the Bun Shop or the affairs of the small courtyard, leaving them to Qin Han and Su Wensong, while she took advantage of the time before units went on holiday to make her rounds.

Now that their cooked food had proper packaging, Lin Chuxia had also customized a batch of gift boxes, which were perfect for gifting.

At this moment, Lin Chuxia once again missed the small cars of the later eras.

With a car trunk, you could fit as much as you wanted, easily accessible for deliveries to several places in a day.

Now, she could only sadly cycle, delivering one order at a time.

Fortunately, at this time of the year, the compounds and residential yards were close together, and the entire Ancity County was just a few kilometers in diameter.

When Lin Chuxia left Xu Changping’s house, it was already getting dark.

The snow that had fallen earlier had partially melted in the middle of the road, but in some places, it was still icy and snowy.

It wasn’t too bad when the sun was out in the afternoon, but come evening, the temperature dropped and the roads froze hard, making cycling dangerous, at risk of a fall.

Pushing her bike out of the machinery factory’s residential compound, Lin Chuxia saw Su Wenmao walking out from the alley.

Already not very tall, he looked utterly dejected now, holding something in his hand, like a bereft dog.

Just now in Xu Changping’s house, they had discussed him; at the year’s end staff appraisal, those who should be promoted were promoted, the only one not becoming a permanent worker was Su Wenmao. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

According to Xu Changping, his work capacity was mediocre and his conduct objectionable. Even if the machinery factory didn’t dismiss him, they certainly wouldn’t put him in a key position.

Lin Chuxia knew this was Xu Changping currying favor with her, after all, she had mentioned Su Wenmao to Xu Changping before.

In such state-owned factories, once you’re hired, you usually have a secure job. No matter how poor the work performance, at worst, you just don’t get promoted and remain a Level 1 worker for life.

Someone like Su Wenmao, who didn’t even pass for a permanent position, certainly had Xu Changping’s influence to blame.

Su Wenmao’s presence in the machinery factory’s residential yard at this time was likely an attempt to network and improve his situation, but the outcome seemed to be less than ideal.

Lin Chuxia felt secretly pleased and returned to the Bun Shop by the train station.

Just in time, she saw Su Wensong also returning from outside, and she passed this news on to him.

Su Wensong sneered coldly, viciously spitting out the word "deserved."

Su Wenmao’s downfall was truly sweet vindication for him.

"Mr. Lin, you have no idea what they did to me, how they pressured me to admit that it was my voluntary choice to let Su Wenmao take over my job. When I refused to sign, they conspired with the local office to forge documents and forced Su Wenmao to replace me. Back then, I couldn’t even protest or seek redress."

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