This was a rare opportunity. Both Liu Jiansheng and Lu Hui wanted to reminisce with Fang Hanmin, but Lao Liu had concerns. After all, today was Fang Hanmin's wedding day, and he didn't think it was appropriate to disturb them at night.
After knowing Old Liu's thoughts, Lu Hui laughed loudly, "Liu Gong, what the hell! You work and live in the city, so you may not understand the customs of the countryside, but Fang Hanmin and Song Yuping both grew up in the countryside. They should You know, if you go back to your hometown to get married, those people in the village who are making wedding noises will make them unable to do anything on their wedding night! Let’s go to his house in the evening to reminisce about old times, and leave in two or three hours at most, so we can’t delay their good things. "
Upon hearing this, Lao Liu felt that Lu Hui had already made up his mind. If he didn't follow, Lu Hui would be disappointed. "Okay, I'll accompany you to his house, but don't stay too late."
"Oh, are we the kind of people without any sense of self-consciousness? We will go back to the hotel until nine or ten at the latest." Lu Hui told Fang Hanmin that he was going to visit his home in the evening.
Of course Fang Hanmin and his wife were very happy, and they went home immediately to prepare dinner.
Before Yu Dongmei could go far, Lu Hui asked Lao Liu to go back to the hotel to rest. He caught up with Yu Dongmei and asked her if she would like to visit Fang Hanmin's house in the evening.
"Why, you haven't eaten enough at noon, so you want to chase him to his house for dinner?" Yu Dongmei joked.
"Look at what you said, what the hell! Fang Hanmin isn't our classmate, and he's a good friend. We rarely see him, so I took advantage of the opportunity of attending his wedding to catch up with him."
"You and he are good friends, so go ahead if you want. I have nothing to do with him, so what is there to talk about?" Yu Dongmei said coldly.
"Dongmei, you were not like this before. What happened today? The past is in the past. Let's turn the page."
"I wanted to turn that page, but what did Fang Hanmin do? You told me about his marriage. Did he treat me as a friend?" Yu Dongmei became more and more excited as she spoke.
"Hanmin did something wrong indeed, but both of you are trying to make amends with me, so don't hold on to me. Everyone says you are a very open-minded person, and you two are the only ones in our class who work in the city." , we are so close, and our relationship has become so tense over this matter, how can we meet in the future!"
"If you don't want to meet him, don't meet him! It seems that no one wants to meet him."
Lu Hui smiled strangely, "Dongmei, you don't mean what you said. You don't want to meet Fang Hanmin. Why are you here today?"
"Lu Hui, are you laughing at me? If it weren't for you asking me to attend their wedding, I wouldn't have come!"
"Look, this has become my fault. If you really don't want to, you won't come even if I make an appointment. Don't think that I don't know that you are still angry with Fang Hanmin. Otherwise, you and I will come tonight Let’s go to his house and I’ll ask Fang Hanmin to apologize to you again.”
Yu Dongmei seemed a little shaken. She hesitated and said, "I, I don't want to go."
"Dongmei, you always gave people such a cheerful and generous impression in the past. Through this incident, I discovered that you are also narrow-minded. Could it be that you were just pretending before?"
Lu Hui's provocation method worked as expected. After hearing these words, Yu Dongmei immediately got angry, "How do you say it? You are so petty! You are just pretending! Just go and go, am I not afraid of him Fang Hanmin!" "
"That's right!" Lu Hui was secretly happy that his plan had succeeded. "Dongmei, Fang Hanmin is a technical person. He has too little contact with society and doesn't understand the ways of the world. Don't be as knowledgeable as him."
Lu Hui didn't know that Yu Dongmei and Fang Hanmin had been in love for more than a year. She knew Fang Hanmin's temper and character very well. "If I had known him in the same way, I would not have come to this occasion, nor would I have helped Song Yuping to change her work." ."......
At around five o'clock, Yu Dongmei arrived at the hotel where Lu Hui was staying as scheduled. After waiting in the lobby for a while, Lu Hui and Lao Liu came down from upstairs. After meeting, Yu Dongmei suggested that each of them buy some gifts.
"Yeah, it's a bit rude to disturb others with nothing." Old Liu agreed.
The three of them bought some meet-and-greet gifts at a store near the hotel, took a taxi to the single employee dormitory of Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory, and after asking around, went up to the second floor and found Fang Hanmin's new house.
Lu Hui reached out and knocked on the door a few times. Fang Hanmin came out to open the door and enthusiastically welcomed the three guests into the house. However, he did not expect that Yu Dongmei also came with him.
Knowing that someone would be a guest at home in the evening, Song Yuping and Fang Hanmin started preparing dinner early. Seeing that the guest had arrived, she wiped her hands with her apron and went up to greet the guest, "Gong Liu, Sister Dongmei, Lu Hui, welcome you. ! Please come and sit inside.”
The three handed their gifts to Song Yuping. She was a little embarrassed, "Hanmin, you see three guests came to visit and brought these gifts. What do you think we should do?"
"If they want to be so polite, I can't help it. Since I bought it, I can't let them take it back, so just accept it." Although Fang Hanmin is very principled, he also has flexibility. This is reflected in his work and daily life. It can be reflected in life.
Song Yuping took the gift, invited the guests to sit down, and served fruits and steaming tea to the guests. Then, she asked Fang Hanmin to chat with the guests while she went to the kitchen to continue preparing dinner.
Looking at the size and interior furnishings of the room, Lu Hui couldn't help but sigh: "Hanmin, you, the director of a state-owned enterprise with thousands of people, live in a house like this? It's not much better than a self-employed person like me. !”
"That's enough for me. There are seventy or eighty pairs of older young people like me in the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. They don't even have such a house. If it weren't for the strong support of the old factory director, I wouldn't be able to get such a house. Don't look at it. We are a state-owned enterprise with thousands of people. Housing is very tight and other conditions are not good. Lu Hui, you have already used program-controlled telephones. The department leadership office of our unit only installed program-controlled telephones two years ago. Factory-level leaders use them. Program-controlled telephones are no more than five years old.”
"Didn't I say that Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory's economic performance has been good in recent years? How come such a large enterprise can't even solve the housing and office conditions for employees?" The Guichun County Water Conservancy Bureau where Lao Liu works is a financial appropriation unit. He expressed his concern for the enterprise. Little is known about the condition.
"Gong Liu, despite the fact that Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory is a state-owned enterprise with thousands of employees, its economic performance has been good over the years, but we are under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Industry Bureau. Even though the company has money, all expenditures must be controlled by the superior department."
Lu Hui has been self-employed for several years. He has difficulty understanding the situation at Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. "You earn your own money, but you have no power to control it and are controlled by others. How do you mobilize the enthusiasm of employees? Hanmin, With your abilities, if I were you, I would leave immediately and stop serving them!"
Fang Hanmin knew what Lu Hui meant. People from other companies had expressed similar thoughts to him over the years. In terms of economic income and housing benefits, Fang Hanmin would be better off just changing jobs in any company than in Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. But the time traveler only wanted to Use the advanced pharmaceutical technology that you have mastered to inject development momentum into the company, and do not have too high pursuit of salary and benefits.
The time traveler believes that when Fang Hanmin was a temporary worker, it was the old factory director who, under great pressure, provided him with the platform of Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory and gave him a chance to show himself. When his girlfriend was transferred to another job, We will try our best to provide convenience for him. Even if he does not take over the position of director of Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory, he will not have the idea of changing jobs. After all, everyone has different pursuits.
Because it was Lao Liu who introduced Fang Hanmin to Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory as a temporary worker, he disagreed with Lu Hui's remarks, "The current system of units like Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory is indeed somewhat rigid, but Hanmin is also among them. He has realized his own life value, and he has feelings for this unit. Moreover, he is now the director of Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory, and his pursuit is difficult for ordinary people to understand."
Compared with what Lao Liu said, Lu Hui felt that his words were obviously inappropriate, "Yes, Hanmin was different when he was in school. Now that he is in this position, he must have higher pursuits. I just just said Just kidding him, in his state, it is impossible to only care about immediate interests."
Fang Hanmin felt that he deserved the compliments from the two guests, "Actually, I have neither a high level nor a lofty pursuit. I just did some meaningful things on this platform, and I am very grateful to Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory." There are indeed feelings. However, our situation is improving. The plan to build employee housing has been supported by the superior department and is being implemented as soon as possible. It is expected that by the end of the year, the housing conditions of the entire factory employees will be significantly improved.".... ..
"Gentlemen, clear the table and get ready to eat." When they saw Yu Dongmei coming out of the kitchen with bowls and chopsticks, the three of them noticed that she was not here to listen to their chat, but had gone to the kitchen to help Song Yuping with work.
Fang Hanmin stood up in a hurry and said very apologetically: "Oh, let me do it. You are a guest, how can I let you do this?"
"Don't be polite to me, I'm willing to help Song Yuping with her work." Handing the bowls and chopsticks to Fang Hanmin, Yu Dongmei ignored the answer and turned back to the kitchen.
"Hanmin, have you seen that? Dongmei is still worried about not being invited by you. I persuaded her for a long time in the afternoon before she agreed to come to your house with us. You can find a chance to explain to her later, so good Our classmate relationship, don’t make it unpleasant because of this matter.”
There was no need for Lu Hui to remind him. Fang Hanmin knew what was going on better than anyone else. He nodded, "I know."
As the last dish was served, the six dishes and one soup carefully prepared by Song Yuping were presented in front of the guests. "I don't know if it will suit everyone's taste. The crucian carp soup and braised pork elbow are also my first time making them." Song Yuping smiled. Yingying came from the kitchen.
"We have to try it before we know whether it suits our taste. Sister-in-law, please sit down quickly. If you don't take the seat, we won't dare to use our chopsticks!" Lu Hui said with a playful smile.
"Who cares about calling me sister-in-law? Come on, Yuping is our next alumnus." Yu Dongmei reminded seriously.
"Don't you understand this? Today is their wedding day. I call her sister-in-law. She is easy to talk to. No matter what brothers say, she will not violate any taboos."
Even though this guy had poor academic performance back then, Yu Dongmei knew that he had a lot of clever ideas when he was in school. But after all, this occasion was different from having a wedding ceremony in the countryside. She reminded again: "Lu Hui, don't transfer the things you do in the country to the city. Come here, if you speak unobtrusively and speak obscenely, don't blame me for being unkind."
"Dongmei, do you really think my quality is that low? In front of Liu Gong, an elder, and you, a big girl, can I say anything? You are too underestimated!"
"I hope you do what you say and don't talk nonsense!"
Everyone's glasses were filled with wine. Fang Hanmin and Song Yuping raised their glasses together to express their gratitude to the three guests. Lu Hui put down the glasses he picked up and said, "I would like to make a suggestion. Don't limit the amount of wine tonight. Everyone can drink as much as you like. , lest you get drunk and delay the good things of the bride and groom."
