Song Yuping and Fang Hanmin were both alumni in middle school and high school, but she was one grade lower than Fang Hanmin because Fang Hanmin was more famous in school. Since then, she had paid attention to Fang Hanmin, but Fang Hanmin was not impressed by her.
During the May Day holiday in the first half of the year, Fang Hanmin went back to his hometown to visit relatives. When he was waiting for the bus on the roadside on his way back after the holiday, Song Yuping happened to pass by the bus stop. At that time, Fang Hanmin was the only one waiting for the bus, and Song Yuping recognized him at a glance.
Through that chance encounter, they learned about each other's current situation. It turned out that after graduating from college, Song Yuping was assigned to be a Chinese teacher in a middle school in her hometown. When parting, they also left each other mailing addresses and contact information.
Since then, the two have written several times but never called. During the correspondence, they had a good impression of each other. Song Yuping graduated from the Chinese Department of Normal University and had first-class written expression skills. Starting from the second letter, she not only directly expressed her admiration for Hanmin, but also revealed her love between the lines.
During that chance encounter, the two chatted for more than an hour. Regardless of her speech, behavior or appearance, Song Yuping left a deep impression on Fang Hanmin. Through several correspondences, Fang Hanmin learned more about Song Yuping's inner temperament.
For some time, Fang Hanmin and his girlfriend Yu Dongmei have had some emotional problems due to their huge differences in interests and hobbies. Whenever they fell into depression, Fang Hanmin could not help but compare Yu Dongmei with Song Yuping. In terms of appearance, Yu Dongmei Mei is slightly better, but Song Yuping's calm and restrained and elegant and casual inner temperament is lacking in Dongmei. These qualities of Song Yuping are exactly consistent with Fang Hanmin's personality.
In the reply letter, Fang Hanmin responded positively to Song Yuping's intentions and agreed to continue to maintain contact with the other party.
The school has already had winter vacation. There are six teachers in Song Yuping's Chinese teaching and research group, and they are also on duty during the winter vacation. Today is her day on duty. The Chinese New Year is about to come. She wants to know Fang Hanmin's schedule during the Spring Festival. The teacher on duty at the Academic Affairs Office next door Just as she was going shopping in town, Song Yuping used the external contact number of the school's Academic Affairs Office and tried to dial the number of Fang Hanmin's office. Unexpectedly, she got through.
From May Day to now, except for correspondence, Fang Hanmin has not seen Song Yuping for more than half a year. Suddenly hearing her voice, Fang Hanmin felt particularly cordial and he felt a little excited, "You, where did you make the call? Are you on winter vacation?"
"Winter vacation has already started, and I am on duty at the school. This is the external contact number of our Academic Affairs Office. I want to ask you, will you go back to your hometown for the Spring Festival?"
Fang Hanmin informed Song Yuping of the actual situation he faced, "At this juncture, I must take the lead on duty during the Spring Festival."
Song Yuping was a little disappointed, "Oh, you won't come back to celebrate the New Year! How long will you have off?"
"We have a weekend off, a total of three days off. The first, second and third days of the new year are off, and the whole factory goes to work on the fourth day of the new year."
"You know, school doesn't start until March 1st. I won't be on duty after the Spring Festival. I have plenty of time. Before school starts, I want to go to the Xinhua Bookstore in the city to buy some books."
Fang Hanmin understood, "Okay, I'm familiar with the situation in the city, and I'll accompany you to a few more places."
"You are a busy person, and now you have become the head of the technical section. How can you have time to spend with me?"
"Normally, I really don't have time, but it's different for you. We haven't seen each other for more than half a year. No matter what, I have to make time to accompany you around."...
On the evening of the 30th of the twelfth lunar month, Fang Hanmin had dinner in the cafeteria. After returning to his dormitory, he found a pharmaceutical technology book published in China at that time and flipped through it casually. Because the content in the book was long out of date for time travellers, Fang Hanmin felt uninterested. It was boring, so I threw the book aside. When I was bored, I was going to put on my coat and go for a walk on the street.
Just before he put on his clothes and walked out, he heard someone knocking on the door. Fang Hanmin opened the door from the inside and saw his old colleague Jiao Tiehui standing at the door holding two bags.
Before Fang Hanmin could speak, Jiao Tiehui looked at him, "Section Chief, what are you going to do?"
"I want to go outside for a walk."
"It's so cold outside, what's going to get better? It's better to stay in the dormitory." With that said, Jiao Tiehui walked into the house.
Fang Hanmin closed the door, turned back, and asked in confusion: "Tie Hui, what are you doing here?"
"It's okay, I'll come to you for a drink."
"Drink? You know I eat three meals a day in the cafeteria. I have neither wine nor food here. What should I drink?"
"You didn't, I did. Look, I brought all the food and wine." As Jiao Tiehui spoke, he took out the food and wine from the bag and placed them on the table.
Jiao Tiehui took out four small lunch boxes, which contained cold pig ears, fried peanuts, scrambled eggs with soy sauce, cabbage stewed vermicelli, and a bottle of locally produced liquor. Fang Hanmin clicked his tongue and said strangely: "Tie Hui, what are you doing? I’ve already had dinner in the cafeteria.”
"I know you have eaten in the cafeteria, so there are not many dishes. I brought two pairs of chopsticks. You can find two cups. We will only have this bottle of wine. Don't drink more. You have to be on duty tomorrow."
Fang Hanmin stood there, feeling at a loss, "Tie Hui, on this New Year's Eve, you didn't spend the holiday with your family, but you brought wine and food to my place to drink. I'm really sorry."
"What's there to be sorry for? Go find two cups and sit down and talk."
Fang Hanmin cleaned the two drinking glasses, placed them on the table, and then sat down on the edge of the bed diagonally opposite.
Jiao Tiehui poured approximately equal amounts of wine into two cups, placed one cup in front of Fang Hanmin, and handed him a pair of chopsticks, "Don't worry, my family doesn't need me to accompany them. Every Spring Festival, our brothers and sisters bring their families with them." When I go to my parents’ place, the whole family is still very lively without me.”
"But..., it would be great if you told me earlier and let me prepare the wine and food!"
"That's not okay. I want you to prepare wine and food, and then come to your place to drink after get off work? Not only will my wife and children be unwilling, but my parents will also have to scold me."
Jiao Tiehui paused and said, "To tell you the truth, I originally wanted you to come to my house for the holidays. On the one hand, I was afraid that others would see me gossiping. In addition, in our big family, you are not familiar with my parents, brothers and sisters, so I was afraid of you." I was restricted. So, I greeted my parents and family members in advance and told them that I had a brother who was from out of town and would not go back to his hometown for the Spring Festival. I would have to go see him later. Everyone was very supportive of me. I ate a few bites of the New Year’s Eve dinner. Just ran to you."
Fang Hanmin was very moved. He took the lead in raising his cup and said affectionately: "Tie Hui, thank you!"
The two toasted at the same time. After putting down the glasses, Jiao Tiehui said very calmly: "Thank you for what you are doing. We are old colleagues and buddies in six or seven years. On New Year's Eve, you are in a foreign land. I want to have a glass of wine with you. It's a trivial matter." There is no need to take it to heart."
In fact, in the six or seven years since he started working, Fang Hanmin has not returned to his hometown for the Spring Festival every Spring Festival. However, on New Year's Eve in previous years, he was either working shifts in the workshop or at the test site with his colleagues. At least he had someone to keep him company.
This year's situation was special. Fang Hanmin stayed alone in the dormitory on New Year's Eve. Jiao Tiehui thought he would feel lonely, so he came from home to drink with Fang Hanmin.
Jiao Tiehui only has a junior high school education and looks very rough on the outside. He was once a famous thorn in the second workshop. In fact, he is rough but fine and compassionate. As long as he convinces people, whether they are leaders or ordinary employees, he will be very loyal. respect.
At the beginning, Fang Hanmin was still a temporary worker. Because of his low self-esteem and his work style that was incompatible with everyone else, most of his colleagues in the team looked down upon him because his casual words were overheard by Jiao Tiehui. Not only did Jiao Tiehui not laugh at him, he also conveyed his words to The leader of the second workshop, Fang Hanmin, not only succeeded in turning what he said into reality, but also looked forward to his own day.
In later work, when Fang Hanmin encountered difficulties several times, Jiao Tiehui took the initiative to stand up for justice and gave Fang Hanmin great support.
Some people with dark minds were talking behind their backs. They said that Jiao Tiehui had impure intentions and wanted to curry favor with Fang Hanmin. When these words reached Jiao Tiehui's ears, he did not get angry except for a contemptuous smile. At that time, Fang Hanmin was still a temporary person who was looked down upon by almost everyone. Worker, what is there for him to fawn over?
Even if Fang Hanmin now becomes a real state cadre and is promoted to technical section chief, there is no need for Jiao Tiehui to curry favor with him.
Because Jiao Tiehui is self-aware, he knows that he is just an operator with a low level of education. There is nothing wrong with doing the work. As long as the tasks are clearly explained and completed on time, with quality and quantity, he just wants to do the job well, and there is nothing wrong with it. Practical fantasy.
Jiao Tiehui's work attitude coincides with the execution ability that Fang Hanmin emphasizes. In actual work, Fang Hanmin needs his cooperation very much, and Jiao Tiehui has never let Fang Hanmin down.
When Fang Hanmin became the deputy chief of the technical section and was ordered to form a scientific research team, he needed to select several skilled operators at the grassroots level. He immediately thought of Jiao Tiehui. Now, Jiao Tiehui is the person in charge of the test section of the Technical Department, which is equivalent to the section chief of the production workshop. He is responsible for all the more than a dozen workers in the test section. In cooperation with several tests carried out by the scientific research team, Jiao Tiehui and the workers successfully completed the task.
On this night when the old and the new are changing and thousands of families are reunited, it might have been extremely sad for anyone else, but Fang Hanmin left his parents after graduating from high school, and he has long been accustomed to such loneliness. However, when Jiao Tiehui suddenly appeared in front of him with wine and food, it still made his heart warm, "Tiehui, thank you for taking care of me for so many years. If we don't say thank you, let's drink, I respect you!"
Jiao Tiehui picked up the cup and said, "If you want to toast, it should be me toasting you! Brother, you have made such a great contribution to the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. The employees can reach the current income level and the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory can be in today's situation. It's all because of Because of your contribution, in fact, all the employees in the factory should respect you!"
Fang Hanmin quickly made a silence gesture, "That's it for now! From now on, no matter what the occasion, you can never say this again. My technology has indeed played a big role, but without the support of Director Yuan, my The technology cannot be implemented. So, all the credit cannot be given to me.”
"I understand this. Director Yuan has always supported technological innovation, but after so many years, none of the major technical problems in the factory have been solved. It wasn't until you came out that Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory underwent tremendous changes. This The credit is yours!”
"You can't say that! If you are really good for me, not only can you not say such things among employees, but even if you hear other people saying similar things, you must stop them from talking about such things."
"You are too cautious! The employees are telling the truth."
"Have you ever thought about what the factory leaders would think if such words reached their ears? Director Yuan has always been generous. He may not care. Will those with ulterior motives make a fuss about this?"
