Chapter 134 Chapter 134 Two Updates in One

This year, China is undergoing epoch-making reforms and changes. Of course, those who are in the midst of it do not know what this year means for the future. They only see some changes that cannot be ignored from the changes in newspapers, magazines, and the streets.

At this time, the most popular majors in universities are literature, history and philosophy. When people look back on the past decade, it seems that they can only find answers to their inner confusion and bewilderment from history and philosophy.

The Department of Economics is still a "marginal subject".

However, the discussion, or debate, within the Department of Economics about national economic policies has never stopped.

Even though they are only freshmen, students majoring in political economy have been paying close attention to relevant discussions on and off campus. The two classes have formed seven or eight discussion groups, and everyone spontaneously uses their spare time to discuss the economic problems facing the country.

However, Shen Moli did not participate in this discussion group. She was too busy. The discussion group sometimes had meetings in the evening, and she had to go home at night.

Besides, she already knew that the country would carry out reform and opening up in the future. Although there had been repetitions and debates in the middle, the overall route would not change.

It was like a group of people guessing a riddle. She already knew the answer, so it would be pointless for her to join in the guessing.

Instead of joining in discussions, it's better to do something practical.

There was only one class that afternoon, and after class, Shen Moer hurried to the Capital Fifth Garment Factory.

"We do have a batch of old sewing machines that we need to dispose of, but these are state-owned assets and cannot be sold directly to individuals. Otherwise, we can just sell them to internal employees. Isn't this against regulations?"

The logistics director of the Capital's Fifth Garment Factory was a short bald man. When he spoke, he always subconsciously touched his round and smooth boiled egg-like head. He looked very kind when he smiled, but his words were very straightforward.

Shen Moli came here through a friend from the Capital No. 1 Textile Factory whom she met at the Canton Fair.

She used to be the director of a state-owned factory. When dealing with sister companies, people would always treat her with respect. Now she is just an ordinary college student, even a student of Capital University. In the eyes of these old foxes, she is just a "student".

If it weren't for someone's introduction, I would never have been able to meet Director Qian.

Shen Moer smiled and said, "I'm not buying it for myself. We are a community-run enterprise in Liuqiao Commune, Jiangbei County, Nan Province. It's public to public and fully complies with relevant regulations. Moreover, the Fifth Garment Factory has disposed of its obsolete sewing machines to us, which can be regarded as helping and supporting the grassroots to generate income. We will write a letter of thanks to your factory later, and you can mention it when you summarize the relevant work."

Shen Moer said as she handed over the letter of introduction and related materials.

She asked Zhang Zhengxiang to do this before leaving Jiangbei County.

National policy has always been to encourage the development of commune-brigade enterprises. At this time, the procedures for setting up commune-brigade enterprises are not complicated. It sounds a bit outrageous to set up a commune-brigade enterprise without anything, but Zhang Zhengxiang is inexplicably full of confidence in Shen Moli, and he still does it for her despite the pressure.

The logistics director took the materials and took a look. They were indeed from a social enterprise called Huacai Garment.

The person was introduced by the factory leader and all the formalities are complete, so we have to give him this face.

The number of sewing machines requested was not large. The logistics director thought about it and nodded with a smile: "If that's the case, then fine. You guys are really well-informed. You even come to the capital to buy things."

Shen Moer was right in saying that it was difficult for their logistics department to perform outstanding work. Dealing with obsolete sewing machines was a job that was not worth mentioning at all. But if it was about helping and supporting the grassroots, then it could indeed be written about when writing the work summary.

Don’t say that helping social enterprises in other provinces has nothing to do with the capital. This is too narrow-minded. In the eyes of people in the capital, nothing that happens within the country has anything to do with them.

"But how are you going to transport these sewing machines back?" asked the logistics director.

Although they can sell sewing machines, the mountains are high and the roads are long, so they definitely cannot guarantee transportation, otherwise all the money from selling the old sewing machines will be lost.

Southern Province is not close.

Shen Moer smiled and said, “Just ask the factory to help transport it to this address.”

She took out a pen and quickly wrote an address.

The logistics director nodded immediately when he saw the address was in the capital. Anyway, the factory had trucks to transport goods, so it would not be a problem to just transport it within the capital.

After the two parties reached an agreement, Shen Moer went directly to the finance department to pay the money, and the logistics director pointed to someone to help take the goods to the warehouse to pick them out.

"This batch of obsolete sewing machines actually have no major problems, only minor ones. They can still be used after being repaired and tinkered with."

The person who led Shen Moer over was named Yu. Comrade Yu was also smiling and seemed easy to talk to. He took the initiative to chat with Shen Moer as they walked.

"Although our factory ranks last among the garment factories in the capital, it has its own advantages. Recently, the higher-ups allocated a sum of money to us for equipment upgrades, and many of our products have been eliminated. If it weren't for the prohibition of buying them, everyone would want to buy one, take it home, fix it up, and paint it, and it would be almost as good as a new one. It can even be used as a decent gift for marriage. Three big pieces, wow, how impressive."

Shen Moer: “…”

No wonder the logistics director emphasized that products cannot be sold to individuals.

Soon they arrived at the warehouse. Xiao Yu stood at the door and shouted, "Xiao Guo, Xiao Guo——"

After shouting for a long time, a person finally ran out. He had messy hair and wore a pair of black-framed glasses with lenses as thick as the bottom of a bottle. He looked disheveled and dazed.

Comrade Xiao Yu couldn't help but sigh when he saw him like this, and said, "Even if this warehouse is full of scrap metal, you should at least be careful. No one answered after shouting for a long time. If someone steals something, I wonder how you will explain it to the factory."

Xiao Guo looked quite decent. He smiled innocently and said, "I was distracted and didn't hear you."

Xiao Yu obviously didn't believe him, but he didn't say much. He introduced Shen Moer and said, "Comrade Shen, let Xiao Guo accompany you. Xiao Guo, this comrade Shen wants to buy ten old sewing machines. The money has been paid. Here is the approval slip. Take her to pick some."

Shen Moer thanked Comrade Xiao Yu and followed Comrade Xiao Guo into the warehouse.

This warehouse is quite large, with a lot of miscellaneous items piled up in it, probably all discarded items from the factory. It is very dark inside the warehouse, and even with the lights on, they can't illuminate very far.

Shen Moer noticed that there was a bed in the corner, a small table and a small stool in front of the window, and many books on the table. One of the books was open with a pen pressed on it.

Xiao Guo scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "I was just doing the questions and was so focused that I didn't hear the sound."

Shen Moer smiled and shook her head: “It’s okay, are you going to take the exam?”

Xiao Guo seemed even more embarrassed: "I signed up for the college entrance examination before, and after estimating my scores, I felt that I did well, so I filled in a higher preference, but in the end I was not admitted, so I thought about taking the exam again this year."

Shen Moer looked at the thick glasses on his face, then looked at the dim light, and said, "You have to pay attention to your eyes. If it doesn't work, ask the factory to replace the bulb with a higher wattage. Then tell the comrade who came to pick up the old sewing machine that the light was too dim and he couldn't see clearly.

Your factory has replaced a lot of sewing machines this time. Big factories will definitely not want them, and small factories and workshops will not buy too many at a time. There must be a lot of people coming in and out."

Xiao Guo smiled innocently and said, "I'll try to talk to the director later."

He took Shen Moer to the area where the sewing machines were placed, and took the initiative to say, “The things produced in the several workshops in the factory are different. The fabrics in workshop three are more delicate and soft, and the machines are least worn. You can choose from the machines in workshop three. They are over here.”

There were indeed a lot of discarded sewing machines, all piled up together. To be honest, even if Shen Moer was asked to choose, she would not know where to start at the moment. But it was different with Xiao Guo helping her to point the way. She went straight to see the machines in workshop three that he mentioned.

"How long have you worked in the garment factory? It seems that you are quite familiar with the situation in the garment factory?" Shen Moer chatted with Xiao Guo while looking at the sewing machine.

"I haven't worked here for long. I took over my mother's job two years ago after graduating from high school. My mother is a veteran employee of the garment factory. I grew up in the factory and have learned a lot from her. I am quite familiar with the factory's conditions."

“Can you operate a sewing machine?”

"Yes, it's not difficult to operate a sewing machine. Children who grew up in the family compound know how to sew to some extent."

"Are there many children of factory workers who went to the countryside? Have they all returned?"

"Quite a lot. Nowadays, most families have more than one child, two or three at the least, five or six at the most. It's impossible for all of them to have a job to take over. My family doesn't have many children, only three. My brother got into the factory by himself, so he didn't take up a place at home. That's why I have the opportunity to take over. My brother is very capable. He was promoted to workshop director a while ago. He's only in his early thirties, and now he's the youngest workshop director in the factory."

Xiao Guo doesn't seem to be a talkative person, but when talking about family matters, he gets quite excited and talks nonstop.

Shen Moer looked while talking and soon picked out ten sewing machines.

"That's all. I want to wait a week before delivering the goods. The director said that your warehouse should contact the fleet?"

Xiao Guo: "That's right. Leave me your address and I'll contact the team to see when they are available."

Xiao Guo ran to his desk and pulled out a notebook from under a pile of textbooks: "You tell me, and I'll write it down in the register."

Shen Moer told the address and glanced at the words on the notebook, which were written in a very majestic style. It is said that the name reflects the character of the character, but Comrade Xiao Guo's name is not very similar to his personality.

The work was successfully completed. Shen Moer said goodbye to Xiao Guo and walked out of the warehouse. She ran into a man wearing glasses and cadre clothes. The man looked at her, nodded and walked into the warehouse.

Shen Moer nodded politely in response, and just as she was about to leave, she heard a voice coming from the warehouse: "What are you still reading, Guo Qi, you should quickly find a partner, get married, and start a small family..."

Shen Moer paused and wanted to listen more carefully, but the sound inside became softer.

A worker from the factory came over and saw her standing there. He curiously asked who she was. Shen Moer explained and turned to walk towards the gate.

She had attended classes and had been working in the factory until now, just in time for the factory to get off work.

Shen Moer followed the crowd out, still thinking about why she forgot to ask Xiao Guo's name. Just as she was thinking, she looked up and saw someone getting off the bus across the street.

Shen Moer stopped.

After the people on the opposite side got off the bus, they crossed the road and walked over here. Shen Moer watched him walk against the flow of people into the Capital Fifth Garment Factory. Occasionally, when he met someone he knew, he would call him Deputy Director Jin.

He was the middle-aged man who was with Guo Qi when he met Guo Qi in the department store that day.

Several weeks had passed in a flash. Although Shen Moer felt that Guo Qi was a little strange, she was usually very busy, and she didn't find any evidence, so she gradually forgot about Guo Qi.

Suddenly meeting this person again today, Shen Moer's feeling of déjà vu came back. She looked around and suddenly grabbed a female worker who was looking back at the excitement and asked, "Comrade, who is that and why is she walking towards our factory?"

The female worker stared at her: "No, who are you?"

Shen Moer looked surprised: “Ah?”

Shen Moer said nothing, but the expression on her face was as if asking "How come someone would ask who I am?" The female worker immediately hesitated, thinking that there were so many people in the factory, and she really didn't know everyone. Who else could be walking out of the factory at this time? It must be an employee of the factory!

The female worker couldn't help but look at Shen Moer a few more times, wondering when such a beautiful employee came to the factory. She looked like she should be well-educated and probably from the administrative building. No wonder she looked unfamiliar to her.

Thinking of this, the female worker's psychological defenses collapsed, and she automatically and spontaneously regarded Shen Moer as "one of her own", whispering: "Don't you know him? He is the lover of our Deputy Factory Director Niu. He is the deputy director of some department in Capital University. Every time Deputy Factory Director Niu is on duty, he will come all the way to accompany Deputy Factory Director Niu to have dinner in the cafeteria. The two of them are an old couple, so loving!"

Shen Moer showed an expression of sudden enlightenment: "So he is Deputy Director Niu's lover, comrade, thank you for telling me, otherwise I wouldn't know who he is if I met him later."

The female worker was now even more certain that she was a staff member from the administration building, and she winked and said, "Yes, you people in the administration building really have to know the wife of a leader who often comes to the factory like Deputy Director Jin."

Shen Moer smiled and said, “So thank you very much.”

The female worker didn't ask any more questions. She just wanted to make her acquaintance this time. If she ran into him next time, she could strike up a conversation and maybe they could get along well. "You're welcome. I'm leaving now!"

As she watched the female worker gradually walk away, the smile on Shen Moer's face faded.

She just suddenly remembered who that middle-aged man was. He was Jin Pengju, the deputy director of the Economics Department. She had seen him from afar on the podium when the department held a meeting at the beginning of the school year.

At that time, he was just one of the many department leaders on the podium and he never spoke, so Shen Moer did not have a deep impression of him.

Jin Pengju.

Guo Qi.

Jin Shanshan.

Deputy Director Niu.

Warehouse Xiao Guo.

College entrance examination application.

The youngest workshop director.

Find a partner and get married.

Key words popped up in Shen Moer's mind involuntarily one after another. These words were like a net, connecting people and things that were originally unrelated together.

She turned around and walked back towards the gate of the Fifth Garment Factory.

Someone in the security room stopped her and asked: "Where are you from?"

Maybe it was a shift change, and the security room had been replaced. Shen Moer thought for a moment and said, "Comrade, I'm Xiao Guo, the warehouse keeper, and Guo Qi's friend. I passed by your factory today and suddenly remembered that I had a set of exam materials that were quite suitable for him. Unfortunately, I didn't bring them with me. Can I leave a note for him and ask him to come to my house to get them when he has time?"

The person in the security room looked at her and said, "Is it the nerd in the warehouse? The lenses of his glasses are almost thicker than the bottom of a beer bottle. Didn't he fail the exam? Why does he have to take the exam again?"

Shen Moer smiled and said, "There are more than five million people competing. It's normal not to pass. Can't I just take the exam again next year?"

The person in the security room took out a half-cut piece of paper and a pencil as long as a finger from the drawer: "Write it!"

This person also likes to chatter, and he kept muttering, "I heard that his family is arranging a blind date for him. He's not young anymore, so he should start a family as soon as possible. Being a college student is good, but he has to pass the exam. In fact, it doesn't matter whether he passes the exam or not. He already has a formal job. If he finds a formal job, he can start a small family and get a small house in line as soon as possible. Then he can live a simple life. I heard that college takes four years, and if you get married in school, you will be old by the time you graduate. It will just delay things."

Shen Moer wrote down Guo Qi's name, and then asked hesitantly, "Comrade, is the Qi in Guo Qi's name Qi the strange Qi, or is it something else Qi? I can't remember it right now."

The person in the security room was speechless: "Aren't you his friend? How can you not even remember his name? You can just leave a note, write anything, okay, okay, I don't know either, wait, I'll get the list out and take a look."

The security room had a roster of the entire factory. He took it out of the drawer, took a look, and said, "Strange, their family is really particular about naming the children. It's not like my family, Wang Dahu and Wang Erhu, which are just randomly named."

Shen Moer smiled and said, "It's great to be so powerful."

She quickly wrote down the time and place and handed it to the comrade whose name was either Dahu or Erhu: "Comrade Wang, please help pass it on. Tell him that the information is very important and ask him to make time to come."

Wang Dahu took the note. People at that time were not particular about it. No one thought that they couldn't read what others wrote. He took a look at it openly and praised it, "Your handwriting is beautiful."

As for Xiao Guo, he took his enamel pot to the canteen to get his meal when it was time. After getting his meal, he ran into Deputy Director Niu and Jin Pengju who were walking towards him at the canteen entrance. He politely called out, "Deputy Director Niu, Deputy Director Jin."

Deputy Director Niu's eyes twinkled, and he said with a smile, "Xiao Guo, you are going to take it back to eat, why don't you eat in the cafeteria?"

Xiao Guo scratched his head embarrassedly: "I can eat while reading when I go back, so as not to waste time."

Deputy Director Niu glanced at Jin Pengju, still smiling, and said, "Xiao Guo, you have a good enthusiasm for learning. Keep it up!"

Xiao Guo smiled happily: "Thank you, Deputy Director Niu."

He walked away quickly holding the enamel pot. Learning requires every second and not a single time can be wasted.

What Xiao Guo didn't know was that after he left, the smile on Deputy Director Niu's face faded, and Jin Pengju even frowned deeply as he looked at his back.

He was halfway there when someone in the security room called him and said, "A classmate or friend of yours left you a note saying that she had an important study document for you. She was just passing by today and forgot to bring it with her, so she asked you to go get it yourself. You are indeed a scholar, asking you to go to the bookstore to get something."

Xiao Guo took the note and took a look at it. The time was 10 o'clock in the morning on Sunday, and the location was the bookstore on Renmin Road. There was only a heading on the note, but no signature.

He couldn't help but ask: "Who is it?"

The person in the security room was surprised and asked, "Don't you know who it is? I thought you had agreed on it beforehand. It's a pretty lesbian."

Xiao Guo scratched his head: "It seems that there are no pretty female comrades among my good classmates."

The person in the security room said, "...Don't say that to your female classmates. I'm afraid someone will hit you. Come on, you can do whatever you want. They said it's important information and asked you to go there when you have time. Once you go, you will know who it is."

Xiao Guo: “That’s right.”

He walked back with a puzzled look on his face. As for beautiful female comrades, he did meet one today, but she was not his classmate!

Who is it?

Sunday came in a blink of an eye. After breakfast, Xiao Guo read a book in the warehouse for a while. When the time was almost up, he closed the door of the warehouse and went out.

Other warehouses have two people working in shifts, but his warehouse is full of old things that are not too important, and there are not many things going in and out of the warehouse, so he only has one person.

He was also happy to be alone. His nephews and nieces were growing up and it was becoming increasingly crowded and noisy. It would be better for him to live in the warehouse where it would be quiet and comfortable.

It was a little cold, but the factory provided him with a stove and allowed him to keep it lit all day long. That, combined with a hot water bottle, made it okay.

Xiao Guo now hopes that he can be admitted to a good university in this year's college entrance examination so that he can live on campus and not have to go home and share a room with his nephew.

Xiao Guo took the bus to Renmin Road. He thought that the classmate who invited him over was quite nice. Since they met in a bookstore, he could go shopping and buy some new tutorial books. He heard that a publishing house had already compiled some exercises and materials for the college entrance examination in February.

When he arrived at the bookstore, Xiao Guo glanced at the clock hanging behind the cash register. There were still three minutes left. He stood next to the first bookshelf at the door and waited for a while. This was the location the other party had agreed to meet with him.

Not long after, a tall, thin young man with long bangs walked up to him, looked him up, and asked, "Are you Guo Qi?"

Xiao Guo looked at the stranger in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and nodded.

The young man hooked his finger: "Let's go out and talk."

Xiao Guo was stunned for a moment, and when he finished speaking, he turned around and left, so he hurriedly followed him: "Who are you? Wasn't it a pretty female classmate who left me a note?"

The young man looked back at him and said, "She is busy and has no time to come."

Xiao Guo followed the others out the door. Although the coldest time had passed, it was still quite cold outside, especially when walking from indoors to outdoors. A gust of wind blew over, making it chilly to the bone.

Xiao Guo couldn't help but shiver and asked, "Can't we talk inside the bookstore? It's quite cold outside."

The young man ignored him, looked around, and walked into a small alley nearby.

Xiao Guo looked around as he walked into the alley. The alley was the gap outside the walls of the houses on both sides. There were only a few closed doors in the whole alley, and no one was around. Xiao Guo stopped vigilantly two meters away from the other party.

The young man curled his lips and said, "I didn't realize you were so vigilant."

He didn't waste any time and went straight to the point: "She said she called you out because she was afraid that there might be ears on the other side. She was just suspicious and unsure about this matter, so she asked me to tell you in person. Just remember what you heard. Don't worry about who she is. Don't think about finding her if something happens. She won't recognize her anyway."

This strange opening speech made Xiao Guo stunned. He couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?"

The young man looked at him and said, "She asked me to tell you that there is a student named Guo Qi in the first class of political economy in the Economics Department of Capital University. She heard that Guo Qi is the nephew of Jin Pengju, the deputy director of the Economics Department. I don't know why Jin Pengju's surname is Jin, but his nephew's surname is Guo.

She also heard that Jin Pengju's wife was the deputy director of the Capital Fifth Garment Factory, and they had a good relationship and only one daughter. She heard that there was a man named Guo Qi in the Capital Fifth Garment Factory, whose name was exactly the same as Jin Pengju's nephew.

Also, Guo Qi from the Capital No. 5 Garment Factory, his brother actually had less experience than the deputy directors of the workshop, but not long ago he was promoted over other deputy directors with more experience. And the person in charge of those workshops seemed to be Deputy Director Niu.

She said that Guo Qi from the Capital No. 5 Garment Factory is still preparing for the college entrance examination this year, but his family does not seem to support him and has been arranging blind dates for him, hoping that he will get married and start his own family as soon as possible.

With every word the young man spoke, Xiao Guo's face turned paler. When he talked about how Guo Qi's brother was promoted over other deputy directors with more experience, his whole body began to tremble violently.

After the young man finished speaking, he saw that Xiao Guo was still standing there in a daze, his whole body shaking like a leaf in the wind, his face as pale as death. A trace of sympathy appeared on his face. He reached out and patted Xiao Guo on the shoulder, then walked out of the alley.

He stood at the entrance of the alley and looked back. Xiao Guo was squatting on the ground, hugging him tightly, his face buried in his knees, his body trembling, and his shoulders heaving.

In the cold wind of early spring, a suppressed whimper seemed to float by.

The young man sighed silently.

He had to be made to do this kind of bad thing, and she even euphemistically said, "It would be so embarrassing if a grown man burst into tears in front of a female comrade like me."

Tsk.

A female tyrant is a female tyrant.

Shen Moer didn't know that someone was using old things from many years ago to silently slander her in her heart. On the one hand, she didn't want to confront Xiao Guo directly, but on the other hand, she was really busy.

After the New Year, she brought some New Year's goods to pay New Year's greetings to Sister Ai, and asked her aunt to help her rent another yard. This time, it was rented in the name of a social-run factory. It was a large courtyard that had just been reclaimed. The owner stayed in his hometown and would not come back, so he asked the neighborhood committee to help rent it. Coincidentally, the neighborhood committee had not started to make arrangements yet, and Shen Moer came to the door.

It was so hard to find a rental house, so the residents had to come first. However, Shen Moer promised to give the neighborhood committee four recruitment quotas. The neighborhood committee thought about it and decided that the rental problem could be solved. If it didn't work, they could just make the public housing smaller. The employment problem was the most difficult one, especially as more and more educated youth returned to the city, and every job was particularly precious.

So I agreed.

After renting the yard, Shen Moer also took care of it, thinking that she had to get equipment and people first. As a result, she happened to hear that the Capital Fifth Garment Factory had a batch of obsolete sewing machines, so she went to get ten of them.

Now that we have the sewing machine, the neighborhood committee has hurriedly arranged four workers, so we have to quickly repair the machine and tidy up the place to start work.

So this weekend, Shen Moer was organizing workers to clean and renovate the "factory".

After a day of hard work over the weekend, Shen Moer still felt a little sore in her back when she returned to school on Monday. She couldn't help but pound her back during the break.

Yuan Lan winked and said, "Were you tired last night? Wow, classmate Fu is amazing!"

Shen Moer: “…”

Tried to explain: "I'm tired from working on the weekend. Isn't it called fighting Sunday? There are too many things to do."

Yuan Lan had a look on her face that said, "I'm a fool if I believe you." But she said, "Okay, okay, you said you're tired from work, so you're tired from work. You've been married for many years, right? You still don't want to be embarrassed?"

Shen Moer: “…”

Okay, whatever, as long as Student Fu is awesome, then that’s fine!

The last class in the morning was taught by an old professor. Halfway through the class, someone from the department office suddenly came and asked Guo Qi to go to the department head's office. The old professor frowned, but still waved his hand and asked Guo Qi to go out with him.

Yuan Lan turned around and asked Shen Moer: "No, we were in class, why were they suddenly called away and asked to go to the dean's office? What happened?"

Jingui couldn't help but interrupt: "Could it be that the dean heard about his outrageous remarks in the discussion group?"

It's really outrageous. Not to mention that they completely ignore the basic theoretical knowledge of economics that they have started to learn, they are really like people who have not even attended middle school, talking nonsense and without any logic.

Fortunately, he has been dismissed as class monitor, otherwise the whole class would have lost all face.

Shen Moer glanced out the window and said casually, “Maybe.”