Xiao Qiang, who has just been promoted to chief marketing officer, is in a pretty good mood, although the integration of departments has not yet been completed, and his office has not changed until the company's headquarters has been moved, he still can't help but hum a song while making tea while starting his day's work.

Hearing the knock on the door, Xiao Qiang raised his voice and said, "Please come in!"

He glanced up, and immediately said with a smile: "It's Xiaoyu!

Fang Xiaoyu is the backbone of his business, and Fang Xiaoyu can take the lead in many jobs in the marketing department, and he is naturally Xiao Qiang's confidant, so his attitude is also quite kind.

"Mr. Xiao!" Fang Xiaoyu said with a worried expression, "I'm here to admit my mistake......

"Yo, what's the matter?" Xiao Qiang asked puzzled.

"Last night, there was a lot of uproar about our company's annual meeting on the Internet, in fact, the earliest post was transferred to the forum by my classmates from my circle of friends. Fang Xiaoyu said, "This incident has had a negative impact on the company, and I ...... it."

"That's it?" Xiao Qiang laughed and said, "What kind of mistake is this? I also looked at it on the Internet yesterday, and the response was not bad!

Fang Xiaoyu's eyes widened in surprise and said, "But...... I saw that many netizens had bad comments about the chairman, and I was afraid ......"

"Are you afraid that the chairman will be angry?" Xiao Qiang said with a smile, "You also underestimate the chairman's mind!"

He stood up and poured Fang Xiaoyu a glass of water, and then said, "I'll tell you the truth! I found out last night that the pictures circulating on the Internet were from your circle of friends, and then immediately called the chairman to explain the situation." ”

"What did the chairman say?" Fang Xiaoyu asked nervously.

"What do you want him to say, scold you?" Xiao Qiang asked funny.

Then he immediately patted Fang Xiaoyu on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry! The chairman didn't take it to heart at all! And said that this is not a good thing for the company!"

"Really?" A big stone in Fang Xiaoyu's heart finally fell to the ground.

"In the future, the company will grow more and more, and there will be more and more such public opinion events. Xiao Qiang said earnestly, "The chairman of the board of directors is a person who does big things, how can he be angry with the people below because of such a small matter? Besides, the responsibility for this matter is not on you! There were at least one or two hundred employees who posted on Moments last night! It's just that your classmates transferred these contents to the Internet!"

"My classmate is a little ......unreliable," Fang Xiaoyu said with some embarrassment.

"Let's go back to work with peace of mind!" Xiao Qiang said with a smile, "The Spring Festival is approaching, you must not relax! You are very likely to enter the 50-person reward list! And the personnel rating will be set soon, the performance during this period is particularly important, you don't fall short because of the slack at the last moment!"

"Understood!Thank you, Mr. Xiao!" Fang Xiaoyu straightened his chest and said, "Then I'll go back to work!"

Usually Fang Xiaoyu and they all call Xiao Qiang "director", but when everyone meets him at work today, they all change their names to "Mr. Xiao", Xiao Qiang listened to the indescribable comfort in his heart, he laughed and said: "Go, go, go! Don't think about those who have or don't!"

......

After the annual meeting, the employees of Taoyuan Company were more or less in a state of excitement.

On the one hand, everyone will receive a good year-end bonus.

On the other hand, the Spring Festival holiday is about to be ushered in, the company has issued a notice, the company's house price is 10 days, three days more than the national statutory holiday, so that everyone can go home on the 27th day of the lunar month, and come to work again on the seventh day of the first month, and it is not a holiday, and there is no need to make up for work on the weekend after the holiday.

And those who volunteered to stay on duty, Xia Ruofei even instructed the finance side to pay everyone overtime pay according to five times the salary, which was far beyond the ordinary treatment.

It is equivalent to saying that it is seven days left for the New Year, and the overtime pay is higher than the usual month.

Many young employees are enthusiastic to sign up to stay, but except for the pharmaceutical factory to properly maintain production, the company does not need too many people to stay on duty in other positions, so some people may not be able to stay voluntarily.

Taoyuan Company's flagship store on the e-commerce platform has stopped delivering goods after the 25th of the lunar month, but it still receives orders normally, and it will start shipping after going to work after the holiday.

Under Zhang Luo of the Administration Department, a lot of lanterns, blessing characters, Chinese knots and other things were purchased, and the farm was decorated with joy.

At night, red lanterns light up on both sides of the farm road, adding to the festive atmosphere.

Huzi's mother and Lin Qiao did not come to the farm this year, and they decided to spend the New Year in a new house.

At that time, Xia Ruofei naturally had to go over to accompany the two of them.

However, Lin Yue'e, the widow of squad leader Luo, returned to her hometown with her daughter Nan Nan and squad leader Luo's old father.

They still have many relatives in their hometown, and they still want to return to their hometown during the Spring Festival.

Xia Ruofei specially granted Lin Yue'e leave, asked her to leave home on the twenty-fifth of the lunar month, and asked the Administration Department to help buy the bullet train ticket early, and also sent the family to the train station.

......

On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, the streets of Sanshan are also full of festive atmosphere, many shops along the street have hung red lanterns, and the windows are also plastered with window flowers and paper-cuts with Chinese characteristics, and all kinds of promotions are endless.

During this time, the company's business basically stopped, and Xia Ruofei was originally a hands-off shopkeeper, so he was very idle these days.

Today, he also took advantage of Ling Qingxue's free time to ask her out to go shopping together.

After the two were together, although they were both in the same city, they didn't have much time to see each other.

The main reason is that Ling Qingxue's work is too busy, Ling Xiaotian is now gradually handing over the company's power to Ling Qingxue, every time he sees Ling Qingxue's somewhat haggard appearance, Xia Ruofei feels distressed for a while, and can't help but blame the future father-in-law a little.

Today, Ling Qingxue wore a red woolen coat, with a goose-yellow high-necked cashmere sweater inside, and a red scarf, which looked very appropriate when the Spring Festival was approaching.

She held Xia Ruofei's arm, her body was tightly attached to Xia Ruofei, and her face was also filled with a happy smile.

The two were walking in Wanda Plaza, they had just finished watching a Chinese New Year movie and were about to come out to forage for food.

There are also Ling Ji restaurant chains near Wanda Plaza, but Ling Qingxue didn't want to take care of her own business, but instead walked around with Xia Ruofei with interest, wanting to find a distinctive store.

After all, in her own store, the employees all know her, and the two of them feel a little uncomfortable holding hands or something.

Xia Ruofei said with a hint of apology as he walked: "Qingxue, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, I still have to accompany my godmother and Qiao'er to eat......"

"It's okay! I understand!" Ling Qingxue smiled sweetly and said, "You can accompany them well! Don't forget to come to the house on the second day of the first lunar month! Don't let my dad pick on it!"

In Sanshan, the second day of the first lunar month is the day when the daughter returns to her parents' house, although Xia Ruofei and Ling Qingxue are not married, but their relationship has been recognized by Ling Xiaotian, so it is also a due etiquette to visit on the second day of the first month.

"That's for sure. Xia Ruofei gently hugged Ling Qingxue and said, "It's mainly the New Year, I'm afraid that their mother and daughter will be lonely, and it is inevitable that Huzi will be sad again, and this year they are celebrating the New Year in their new home, I will definitely ......"

"Fool, don't explain!" Ling Qingxue said, "If I didn't want to leave my dad alone at home, I would have liked to spend the New Year with you......

Xia Ruofei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Why don't you ...... Let Uncle Ling come along, and you all go to your godmother's place for the New Year?"

"This ...... It's inconvenient, isn't it?" Ling Qingxue hesitated.

"There's nothing inconvenient! It's so crowded!" Xia Ruofei said, "You and your godmother Qiao'er are so familiar, Uncle Ling is not the kind of person with a withdrawn personality, everyone is his own person!"

Ling Qingxue couldn't help but feel a little moved when she heard this, and said, "Then I'll go back and ask my dad what he means......

"He can definitely agree!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.

Ling Qingxue said with a smile: "That's not necessarily, you wait for my news!"

For so many years, every Spring Festival Ling Xiaotian spent with Ling Qingxue, although the apprentices also wanted to invite him to celebrate the New Year together, but Ling Xiaotian never agreed.

Therefore, Ling Qingxue was not sure if Ling Xiaotian could agree to Xia Ruofei's suggestion.

The two walked forward as they spoke, Ling Qingxue saw a stone pot grilled fish restaurant next to her, her eyes lit up and she said, "Ruofei, I suddenly want to eat grilled fish!"

Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Okay, as long as you're not afraid of getting acne!"

Ling Qingxue said with a grin: "With your unlimited supply of Jade Skin Cream, it's so difficult to get acne!"

"I love to hear this!" Xia Ruofei grinned and said, "Let's go!"

The two of them walked into the store.

Although it was already lunch, and it was still in the bustling Wanda business district, there were not many customers in the store.

It's not that the food in this shop tastes bad—this grilled fish shop is quite famous in Sanshan, and the chain has opened six or seven stores—mainly because as the New Year approaches, many people have left the city and returned to their hometowns.

In fact, the more metropolises there are, the more deserted they will be during the Spring Festival, and international metropolises such as Beijing and Shencheng will almost become empty cities during the Spring Festival.

Xia Ruofei and Ling Qingxue also don't like a noisy environment, this situation is exactly what they want.

The two of them randomly found a seat by the glass window facing the street and sat down, and soon a waiter came over with a menu.

Ling Qingxue ordered a large portion of the restaurant's signature grilled fish with great interest, then asked for a few stir-fried dishes and ordered two glasses of juice.

The waiter took an hourglass and put it on the corner of the table and said, "Please wait, you two, our grilled fish are freshly made and will take some time." If the hourglass is completely drained and the dish has not been served, we will waive the cost of the main course. ”

After the waiter left, Xia Ruofei smiled and said to Ling Qingxue: "It's a bit interesting! With this hourglass, everyone's waiting time will not be so boring, and sometimes they even hope that the food will be served slowly!"

"I think this is a good idea!" Ling Qingxue said, "I'll say hello to the marketing department when I go back, we can also use this trick at Ling Kee Catering!"

In fact, Ling Kee Catering has rich experience in kitchen resource management, and it also uses the overall planning method to the extreme when cooking, so basically there will be no phenomenon of one table of guests waiting for the food to be served, and the other table is constantly serving.

If this trick is applied to Ling Ji Catering, there will basically be no large-scale free order.

Xia Ruofei smiled bitterly: "I think you are about to become a workaholic...... Can you think of work?"

Ling Qingxue stuck out her tongue a little embarrassedly and said, "I didn't pay attention just now!"

Xia Ruofei suddenly smiled evilly: "Qingxue, you said that if I find a way to make the hourglass go faster, when they serve the food for a while, they find that the hourglass has leaked, what will be the expression?"

Ling Qingxue said with a look of disbelief: "How can this hourglass go faster? it leaks all the sand, the time should be constant!"

The hourglass was originally an ancient timekeeping tool, and even if the small hourglass used in this store is not very accurate, it is impossible to have a huge deviation.

Xia Ruofei smiled and didn't explain much, just lightly put his hand on the top of the hourglass.

With a little bit of spiritual power, the speed at which the sand leaked down really accelerated a lot, and even the naked eye could distinguish it.

The hourglass originally leaked down by gravity, and the outside was in a fully closed state, so it was basically impossible to exert any external force, but Xia Ruofei pressed down with mental power, which was equivalent to adding another layer of force to them, and the speed of the leakage naturally accelerated.

Ling Qingxue first showed a look of disbelief, then quickly chuckled and pushed Xia Ruofei's hand away, and said, "Okay, okay!

Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Doesn't this see that you don't believe it and want to prove it to you?"

After saying that, he turned the hourglass upside down, let the sand just now flow back for a while, and then flipped it over again, and then said with a smile: "This is not cheating!"

Ling Qingxue said with a smile: "It's pretty much the same!"

After a small episode, the two chatted and waited, and the time seemed to pass quickly, and it felt like it didn't take long for Xia Ruofei to see a waiter walking towards them from the far passage with a wooden tray.

On the tray was a long stone pot with a tightly lid and no trace of heat could be seen.

"Our food has arrived!" Xia Ruofei said to Ling Qingxue with a smile - Ling Qingxue sat opposite him, and the waiter came from behind her, which was not visible from her position.

Ling Qingxue also immediately glanced back when she heard this, and said coquettishly: "Oh! It's almost the hourglass that leaked! If you didn't make trouble just now and put it back for a while, maybe you could be exempted......

"You think too much!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "They all calculate the time very accurately, I guarantee that even if you don't move that hourglass, there will definitely be a little bit of sand left at this time......"

The waiter walked over step by step, and Xia Ruofei and Ling Qingxue also tidied up the tableware in front of them, ready to feast.

At this moment, an unexpected situation happened.

There was another table in the aisle from Xia Ruofei's table, and the guests had just finished eating and left, and a middle-aged female clerk wearing an apron was cleaning up the table.

When the waiter came with a stone pot, the female clerk was bending down to wipe the table, and when the waiter walked behind her, she just straightened up.

This aisle is a bit narrow, and the middle-aged female clerk didn't know that there was someone behind her, so she got up a little widely, and suddenly bumped into the waiter holding the tray.

The waiter was caught off guard, his body suddenly lost his balance, his hand was weak, and the stone pot that was burned hot suddenly slipped down and smashed towards the middle-aged female clerk......