80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy - Chapter 352

80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy 
Chapter 352 – Praising my wife (1) 

Translator : Moon Lee
Editor : Tea
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Upon receiving praise, Chu Qiao couldn’t help but smile. Her eyes were sparkling, she loved to hear compliments from other people the most. 

Perhaps because she has a strong need to be recognized?

“You’re also amazing, you have managed to recover more than half of the 1.2 million debt!” 

Courtesy needed reciprocity, so Chu Qiao did not forget to praise Gu Ye back. 

As she liked to hear compliments, she figured Gu Ye must also like it. After all, no one liked to be criticized.

Gu Ye grinned, he couldn’t help but reach out to smooth Chu Qiao’s messy hair. 

Although she looked quite disheveled at the moment, with a pale sallow complexion, gray lips, wearing tattered clothes, and disheveled hair. 

In Gu Ye’s eyes, his wife was still the most beautiful little fairy. 

“Hurry up and return the money!” 

Chu Qiao gave him a push, then looked down at her own embarrassment. 

She couldn’t bear it even for a second and hurriedly walked towards the residential building, feeling the urge to quickly change into beautiful clothes and wash her face clean.

Gu Ye also headed towards the office building, carrying a sack of cash. 

He walked with his head held high and walking briskly, as if he had just won a battle.

It was almost noon now, and some female workers were coming home early to cook lunch. 

The management of the state-owned factory was not that strict. Many veteran workers had become slackers over the years. 

Anyway, they would still get the same pay for doing less. So no one was willing to put in extra effort. 

As soon as Chu Qiao walked into the residence building, she saw a few women chatting in the hallway while preparing lunch. 

They didn’t even recognize her and thought she was a beggar coming for food, so they spoke to her in a harsh tone, “Shoo, shoo, go beg somewhere else!” 

And also complained, “The security at the gate is becoming more and more unreasonable, they even let strangers enter the factory. Last week, I left my dried green beans out to dry, and more than half of them were gone. They must have been stolen by that beggar who just came in from outside!”  

“My salted fish is missing one piece too, ever since Chief Gu was transferred to the sales department, the security department has gotten lazier, and spends most of the day playing cards.” 

“It’s still better when Chief Gu was here. He always guards at night and no one dared to slack off. Sigh, I really can’t understand why Chief Gu wanted to move to the sales department. He receives the same pay, but the sales department is a mess with all those bad debts. Anyone who takes that job is asking for trouble!”  

These women were also employees of the machine tool factory and had come home early to prepare lunch. 

They were well aware of the situation in the sales department. Over the years, the factory’s performance had steadily declined, with the warehouse full of unsold machine tools and fewer financial returns.

However, they weren’t worried. After all, they worked for a state-owned factory, which was considered a ‘iron rice bowl’, meaning their jobs were secure, and the government wouldn’t abandon them. Selling machine tools wasn’t their concern.

Chu Qiao overheard their conversation and shook her head silently. 

She fully supported Guo Ye’s decision to move to the sales department. If he stayed in the security department for too long, he would become a useless person. 

Moreover, she remembered that in her previous life, the machine tool factory had already been in serious trouble at this point, with poor performance and losses exceeding income. 

Despite this, the factory had strong foundations and government support, managing to hold on for a few more years. 

But eventually, it couldn’t sustain itself any longer, and the workers’ wages couldn’t be paid. 

The factory owed the bank a lot of debt and had no choice but to undergo restructuring.

Gu Jianshe took advantage of this situation. By then, he was already the secretary of the factory and was the first to learn about the restructuring plan. 

He pulled some connections and turned the factory into a joint-stock company, becoming the largest shareholder without spending a penny.

The reason why machine tool factories could not continue was not because of poor products. 

In fact, the machines produced by machine tool factories rank at least among the top three in the country, so the quality was absolutely not a problem.

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