Forty-Nine City, Dongcheng, Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, West District Daku.
In the evening, winter is about to begin, the days suddenly become shorter, the sky darkens early, the northwest wind blows loudly, and the cold makes people shrink and shiver.
It was already past the off-duty time, and the workers had all gone home. The NuoDa factory area seemed empty and particularly deserted.
"Chi~"
A freight train puffed out white smoke and slowly stopped at the inner station of the steel rolling mill.
This train was sent from Liaoning Province, and the carriage was filled with continuous cast round tube blanks rushed to be produced by Anshan Steel Plant. This is a necessary raw material for rolling seamless steel pipes.
This bus was supposed to arrive at noon yesterday, but for some indescribable reasons, it was delayed until now.
The trains had stopped, but the workers in the loading and unloading team were still huddled together in twos and threes, with their hands in the sleeves of their cotton coats, and no one moved lazily.
"Okay! Don't just sit around, unload the car quickly, hurry up and finish the work and let's go to the cafeteria to eat at Xiaozao. Today's food is good, steamed buns with noodles, stewed tofu, and shrimp skin!"
Loading and unloading captain Dai Guoqing took a sip of the cigarette butt that almost burned his hands, then reluctantly threw the cigarette butt on the ground, crushed it with his feet, and shouted loudly.
"Cut, put your head on! This is more than 600 tons of round steel billet. It is so heavy that it can crush a person. Why don't we have to work until midnight? It's so cold and cold, so how many shrimp skins are added to it?"
At this time, a bearded and fat stevedore wiped his nose and stood up, crossing his legs and speaking in a strange tone.
This guy is a famous thorn, nicknamed Big Tiger.
Coming from three generations of poor peasants, I am still a hero. Relying on this status, I have been jumping up and down recently and blaring my horn very much.
However, his words aroused a chorus of echoes, and the stevedores immediately started chatting, saying bad things one after another.
"Yes! There are so many tough guys, why are we the only one working overtime unloading trucks in the middle of the night?"
"Hey, actually it's not impossible to do some work. At least give us two slices of meat, right?"
"Damn, why can those grandsons from the second team get off work on time? He is an uncle. Are we the stepmothers of the first team?"
"Tch, what do you think? We are stepmothers to begin with, and the second captain is the brother-in-law of Section Chief Zhou of the Dispatch Department, so he is still a reformer~"
The current loading and unloading team is crowded with thorny people, and they are all reckless men who can't read a single word. They usually like to cause trouble and make waves.
"Damn it, shut up! One by one, why are you saying so many weird things? Isn't our team scheduled to be on duty until this afternoon?
In this situation, who the hell can calculate and know when the train will arrive? What kind of consciousness is this for negotiating terms for doing some work? Is this an attitude toward work? "
Dai Guoqing, the loading and unloading captain, turned black, pulled his neck and shouted.
Even the familiar figure he was familiar with raised the height of the line. Upon hearing these words, the loaders suddenly looked solemn and closed their mouths in embarrassment.
After glancing at the big tiger who was still stuck in the same place, with his neck cocked and his eyes full of dissatisfaction, Dai Guoqing raised his eyes and cursed angrily:
"Big Huzi, what are you looking at? Stewed shrimp skin with tofu is not enough, what do you want to eat? I'll pull the meat off the butt and balls for you to eat?"
As the saying goes, add brine and order tofu, one thing will make the other thing better.
Although Da Huzi was generous with his time, he was actually quite afraid of Dai Guoqing in his heart. When he saw his brows and raised eyebrows, he immediately gave in with a smile.
"Hey, Dai Tou, look at what you said, how dare I? I'm just talking happily."
"Hahaha~"
The rough workers burst into laughter, and some brave ones even cheered:
"That's right, we don't dare to eat, and you have to wear your hair. You haven't showered for months, and you don't take paper with you when you go to the toilet. How does your butt smell like that?"
Dai Guoqing angrily kicked and pushed them: "Get the fuck out of here, stop interrupting here, let's get to work!"
Being the captain of this thorny bunch, Dai Guoqing naturally has some tricks up his sleeve, and he can solve the trouble in a few words, laughing and cursing.
"grass!"
Seeing that the loaders were already walking towards the carriage one after another, opening their arms and getting ready to do it, Dai Guoqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, took out the cotton shoulder pads and wrapped them around his neck, and was about to go over.
"Hey, it was said that Cao Cao Cao Cao is here. Why is this grandson here?"
Dai Guoqing was very surprised when he suddenly saw Zhou Wang, the chief of the dispatching department, walking quickly towards this side.
During the planned economy period, the dispatching department in large factories was regarded as a key point. They were very awesome and were also the immediate bosses of the loading and unloading teams.
Besides, Zhou Wang has been particularly proud of himself recently and is considered to have great power.
Dai Guoqing was not stingy like his subordinates. He was a well-rounded man, and even if he looked down upon him in his heart, he would not dare to neglect him in face.
He quickly trotted over to meet him, with a smile on his face:
"Zhou Ke, it's so late and you haven't gotten off work yet? You came to the platform in person to keep an eye on me. Is this too dedicated?"
Zhou Wang is a middle-aged man in his 40s, wearing black-rimmed glasses, gentle manner, wearing a whitish blue cotton coat, and slightly hunched over.
"Lao Dai, thank you for your hard work in such a cold weather. It's because we didn't coordinate the train's arrival time, which made the comrades tired from working overtime."
Zhou Wang's tone was very polite, but his eyes were a little wandering and his face was a little pale. However, Dai Guoqing didn't notice this and said politely, a little flattered:
"Hey! Zhou Ke, what are you talking about? The plan doesn't change quickly. Who can decide when the train will arrive? Come on, light one~"
Dai Guoqing took out the cigarette case from his pocket with some attentiveness and pulled out a cigarette. It was an economic brand, the cheapest cigarette at the moment, and it cost 10 cents a pack.
Zhou Wang pressed his hand:
"Come on, Old Dai, whip me."
Zhou Wang turned over and pushed an unopened box of large front doors into Dai Guoqing's hand:
"I've been coughing a lot lately and I've been smoking lightly. For the rest, you can take a walk with the comrades to relieve their fatigue."
Daqianmen is actually not a good cigarette. Normally it costs 2.5 cents a pack, but it is in very short supply right now. You need a cigarette ticket to buy it at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Cigarette tickets at Daqianmen have been sold for 20 cents at the Pigeon Market, and they are often sold at high prices but not available. Yes, even now, the Pigeon Market is still open, and it is more prosperous than usual.
"Hey, Zhou Ke, why are you so embarrassed? You~"
Zhou Wang patted his shoulder and forced a smile:
"Hey, Lao Dai, we have been old comrades for many years. Why are you being polite to me? You guys are busy first. I have to quickly check the inventory with the comrades from Liao Province and arrange for their accommodation. .”
"Hey, oh, okay, Zhou Ke, then you are busy first. If you need anything, please let me know~"
Dai Guoqing was a sensible person. He said a few polite words casually and turned to work.
"Huh~"
Zhou Wang breathed a sigh of relief, tightened his cotton-padded clothes, kicked his hands, and walked quickly towards the head of the train, where there were comrades from Liao Province.
At the door of the carriage, looking at Zhou Wang's retreating figure and stroking the front door in his hand, Dai Guoqing curled his lips and muttered in a low voice:
"Oh, it seems that the person coming from Liao Province this time is definitely not an ordinary person. It can make Zhou Wang, a master who has no profit and can't afford to go early, rush over in person to greet him."
At this moment, Zhou Wang had already reached the door of the first car, and two people walked down one after another. One was a middle-aged man with a calm demeanor, and the other was a young man with a square face and high cheekbones.
Seeing the faces of these two people, Zhou Wang's heart suddenly thumped. They definitely didn't look like locals from the capital.
But at this moment, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. He could only bite the bullet and move forward and stretched out his hand:
"Hello, I'm from the dispatching department of the steel rolling mill. Is this Comrade Fang Jianguo from Liao Province?"
The middle-aged man shook his hand politely, smiled and nodded to him, but said nothing. The square-faced young man quickly came forward and said:
"Are you Section Chief Zhou Wangzhou?"
At this moment, Zhou Wang had an extremely ominous premonition in his heart, and he nodded numbly: "Yes, yes."
The young man explained dryly:
"Hello, Section Chief Zhou, my name is Tang Jianjun. This is Section Chief Fang Jianguo of the Materials Department of our steel plant. He has injured his throat before. It has been cold recently and he has fallen ill and cannot speak. Here is the bill of goods and letter of introduction. .”
While talking, the young man handed Zhou Wang a bill of goods and two letters of introduction.
Zhou Wang subconsciously took the bill of goods. From the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the dazzling red color in the lower corner of the letter of introduction. He was immediately struck by lightning.
The thorns all over his body stood up, he shivered violently, and stayed in place.
The middle-aged man frowned slightly and winked at the young man without leaving any trace. The young man quickly approached Zhou Wang and shouted in a low voice:
"Stop being so stupid, with so many people watching? You really want to die, get us out of here quickly!"
At this moment, the loaders who were unloading the goods were glancing here intentionally or unintentionally, but Zhou Wang was still dumbfounded.
"Fuck you! Let's go quickly!"
The young man was also a little panicked. He reached out and patted Zhou Wang's arm, but secretly pinched him hard and shouted in a low voice through gritted teeth.
"Ah~ah~ let's go, let's go!"
The sting finally brought Zhou Wang back to his senses.
The people around him were not stupid either. They knew that they were in big trouble, and they even vaguely realized where the two people in front of them came from.
His heart instantly sank to the bottom, and his forehead was covered with hot sweat. He couldn't continue acting at all. He could only lower his head and lead the two people away from the platform quickly with their feet fluttering.
"Oh, wear your head. These two gentlemen must be the sons of some big shot. They couldn't bear it anymore and took the opportunity to come back. Did you see that Zhou Wang was so frightened that he looked like his third grandson? !”
The big tiger came over shamelessly, pulled out a large cigarette from the cigarette case in Dai Guoqing's hand, pinned it to his ear, put one in his mouth, raised his thick eyebrows with a sneer, and said in a joking tone.
Dai Guoqing also stared at the few people walking away, thoughtfully, frowning, but he quickly shook his head and rebuked angrily:
"Big tiger, day by day, you are the one who talks the most, get out of here and get to work quickly!"
A moment later, in the guest house inside the steel rolling mill, in the double room on the second floor next to the east gable wall, the door was closed.
"Snapped!"
Jin Zhengtai stood at the door and listened for a long time. After confirming that no one was outside, he quickly walked up to Zhou Wang and slapped him unceremoniously.
Jin Zhengtai looked ferocious, grabbed Zhou Wang's collar, lowered his voice and yelled:
"Damn it! Are you a fool? Do you want to kill me?"
His hand was very strong, and Zhou Wang's cheek immediately became red and swollen, but when he saw Jin Zhengtai's cannibalistic look, he was so waxy that he didn't even dare to fart, his eyes were full of despair.
Zhou Wang felt like he was in trouble, he was finished! Dead! It's all the fault of the shallow-sighted, money-grubbing and stupid old woman at home.
He comes from a pretty good background. He has a good foundation. His mother is from a government agency and his father is the former chief of the dispatching section of the steel rolling mill.
He was one of the first batch of technical secondary school graduates after the founding of the People's Republic of China. He was promoted to the full-time level at a young age and has a bright future.
His mother-in-law's name was Zheng Cuilan, from the Zhengjia Commune in the suburbs of Dongcheng. She was born with a good face and a big, round nose. She was a famous flower in the country back then.
Zheng Cuilan's second aunt lived in the same compound as Zhou Wang. When she came to Sijiu City to visit relatives, she met Zhou Wang head-on.
Just the look in their eyes directly took away Zhou Wang's soul, and he swore not to marry anyone but her.
Later, despite the huge difference in their identities, the possessed Zhou Wang not only married her against all opinions, but even helped her obtain a city household registration and arrange a job.
Unexpectedly, this Zheng Cuilan is a lazy person. She doesn't care about her work and spends three days fishing and two days drying nets. She is often sick when she has nothing to do.
Even so, Zhou Wang remained loyal to her, and even used resources to forcefully transfer her, who couldn't read a word, to the publicity department, where she had the least time.
Recently, due to special circumstances, the Publicity Department, which was always the most deserted, has become extremely busy, and the storm is so bad that Zheng Cuilan simply fell into a long-term illness and went back to her hometown with her children to have more leisure.
Her hometown, Zhengjia Commune, is a merger of several villages. The village where she lives is called Zhengshan Village, located at the foot of Jiulong Mountain.
Lao Daobao's real name was Zheng Shukui, and he was her second uncle. He now drives a cart honestly in the village. In his early years, he had a serious life outside the country and even went outside the customs. It was at that time that Kim Zhengtai met him.
Jin Zhengtai had been to Lao Daobao's house before and had also met Zheng Cuilan. The reason why he found him was because he came to Zhou Wang.
The old sword was dead, and in desperation, Jin Zhengtai had no choice but to turn to Zheng Cuilan. The result was unexpectedly smooth.
Not only is this bitch lazy, stupid, and easy to cheat, she's also extremely greedy.
Jin Zhengtai just made up an excuse that was full of loopholes and took out a dozen small goldfish. She was convinced and fell completely.
Not only did he completely forget about his second uncle who could never be seen alive or dead, he also patted his chest and took care of himself.
Zhou Wang originally thought that the job Zheng Cuilan would take over would at most be to help out and temporarily house two dandy boys who couldn't bear the hardship and secretly ran back to the capital.
Moreover, Zheng Cuilan had already happily taken the gold bars home overnight. The raw rice had already been cooked and she could only hold her nose to recognize it.
She never expected that what this prodigal woman would bring back were two dead ghosts.
Seeing Zhou Wang's stunned expression, Kim Zhengtai was furious. He raised his arms and wanted to do it again, but Zai Zhengjun raised his hand to stop him.
Zai Zhengjun glanced at Zhou Wang with a burning gaze, frowned, and gave Jin Zhengtai a vague urging look.
Jin Zhengtai understood immediately, picked up Zhou Wang's collar, shook it vigorously, and said viciously:
"Zhou Wang, we are now grasshoppers tied to the same rope. If you don't want to die, take me around the finance department of your factory right now."
"Finance Department?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Wang raised his head in shock, his eyes full of confusion.
At the same time, in the canteen of the east district of the steel rolling mill, Dai Guoqing carried an aluminum lunch box and walked out with a heavy heart. Da Huzi bit his two-faced steamed bun and asked vaguely:
"Daitou, where are you going? Why did you eat so little today? Besides, it's such a cold day, won't it be too cold to eat when you get home?"
"It's none of your business! Stop eating your food!"
Dai Guoqing cursed angrily, wrapped himself in a cotton coat and quickened his pace.
In the south area of the steel rolling mill, on the second floor of the security office building, the lights are still on in Section Chief 2’s office, and Hao Shanhe is playing chess with Wang Yang.
Old Hao Tou, who had been ill before, miraculously recovered, and is even more energetic than before.
His current position is Chief of Security Section 2. He originally wanted to retire, but now he doesn't mention it. He occasionally comes over to work the night shift.
Anyway, he was alone, and he had to make a fire to cook by himself when he went back. It was very annoying, so he might as well stay in the factory.
Old Hao Tou didn't leave after get off work today. It happened that Wang Yang's clerk fell ill, so he took over the shift, and the two of them got together.
"General."
Old Hao Tou held a cigarette in his mouth, gently caressed Hao Xiaohei, who had gained weight in his arms, and casually moved a chess piece to vault.
Wang Yang frowned and looked at the chess and cards carefully. Old Hao Tou curled his lips jokingly:
"Okay, don't look at it. There is no solution for the two horses drinking from the fountain. Wang Yang, let's put the flag again."
While talking, Old Haotou smiled and took away three cigarettes from Wang Yang, Peony, which was the bet they had made before.
A handful of three cigarettes, otherwise Old Haotou wouldn't have teased Wang Yang, a stinky chess player, who was not in the same rank at all.
At this moment, Wang Yang had no cigarette left in front of him, and his face collapsed:
"Uncle Hao, please leave a few for me. This is my ration for the next two days. You agreed to let me have it~"
Old Haotou exhaled the smoke leisurely:
"I've given you a car and a gun, isn't that enough? I'll give you my veteran skills directly. Wang Yang, I'm willing to admit defeat. You are also a leader in one subject now, and your salary is quite good. Don't cry to me about poverty here. ~"
Wang Yang complained aggrievedly:
"Uncle Hao, it's not like you don't know that our family is usually in charge of the money. She doesn't let me smoke more."
Old Haotou sneered:
"Come on, let your wife take the clothes for nothing. Haven't you heard the old saying? If the old woman is in charge of the house, the house will collapse."
Wang Yang's wife is Li Mengmeng, a cat-like beauty who used to be a salesperson at Wangfujing Department Store and is somewhat interested in Du Weiguo.
However, the goddess was interested and King Xiang was ruthless. Du Weiguo turned around without hesitation and introduced her to Wang Yang.
Li Mengmeng has seen the world and has a fierce personality. After getting married, she fell in love with Wang Yang, an honest woman, and she is pregnant recently, which is even more true.
"Oh, Uncle Hao, isn't she pregnant now? I'll let her do it. I'll do all the important things in our family~"
"Dang Dang Dang!"
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door. Old Hao Tou and Wang Yang looked at each other with serious expressions. At this time, there was no need to think about it, something must have happened again. (End of chapter)
