Tang Yutian turned around and saw Xu Nuannuan staring at him, so he said to the two people stubbornly, "Take out your letters first and let me see what you wrote in them. I will check them and make sure they are all correct before I mail them to you."
"Ah? You really want to check!"
Both of them found it incredible and were very unwilling to cooperate.
"This letter is for my son who works out of town. There's nothing contraband in it. I'm giving it to you. Please read it and give it back to me as soon as you're done."
He handed in the letter.
Another person was reluctant to speak out. He wrote it to his girlfriend at the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. It contained some warm and caring words, a bit corny, and he was too embarrassed to show it to others.
"This letter contains my private information. I can't give it to you."
Just as she was hesitating, Director Chen from the post office came in from the back door and asked, "What happened? Who was shouting for help just now? Why is someone being killed? Who wants to kill someone?"
He came in here, saw that it was quiet and peaceful, and finally he felt relieved.
However, he couldn't just ignore the fact that someone was causing trouble at the post office.
He looked at the four people in front of him and asked, "Who of you was shouting for help just now?"
"It's me." Xu Nuannuan could tell that the person in front of her was a big shot in the bureau, and said, "However, no one wants to kill me. I just called the other staff members here first, because this comrade wanted to check the letters I sent by mail, and she detained them after reading them. I can't send letters here normally now, and my things have been detained. I want someone to come out and explain and make the decision for me." She pointed at Tang Yutian and said.
"Inspect the letter and detain it?" The director frowned and looked at Tang Yutian at the counter. Tang Yutian was already embarrassed. Director Chen asked, "Xiao Tang, is this really possible?"
Tang Yutian didn't know how to answer, so the two men next to her helped her answer.
"Yes, I mailed a letter to my son, and she just checked it. I didn't want to show it to her because everything written on it was about our family. Why would we show it to outsiders? But she said she wouldn't mail it if she didn't read it. What can I do? Hey, our post office has issued some regulations that every letter people send will be inspected."
"Just now, this comrade wanted to check my letter, but I didn't give it to her. I also want to ask the leaders of our post office, is it true that if I don't show my letter to the staff here, it can't be mailed?"
After hearing this, Director Chen remained calm on the surface, but he was furious inside.
"Comrade Xiao Tang, how could you read the people's mail without permission? You certainly can't use the name of the post office to check other people's mail without authorization. We should respect other people's privacy and protect their rights and interests from being infringed."
"I, I." Tang Yutian tried to find an excuse for herself: "I, I want to prevent the enemy spies from mixing with the people and using letters to pass messages to other enemy spies. That's why I want to check."
"To investigate enemy spies? That's not our job. Didn't you read our rules and regulations? Our main mission is to send and receive letters for the people, facilitating information exchange and emotional communication between them and their families and friends. You just need to do your job well. If you come to investigate enemy spies, the people won't have to mail letters anymore? We are the people, and our first priority is to serve them. We have specialized personnel to handle other matters, so you don't have to worry about it."
Tang Yutian was scolded by the director, her face turned red and she bit her lower lip tightly.
If her father hadn't insisted on her coming to work at the post office, she wouldn't have to endure this.
The man who had just shown her the letter said, "So the post office really doesn't have such a rule. That's really unbelievable! If this comrade had come earlier, I wouldn't have let her read my letter."
Director Chen glanced at Tang Yutian and said, "You peeped into someone's privacy. Give them an apology."
Tang Yutian stood up with an embarrassed look on her face and bowed to the man: "I'm sorry."
He quickly took the envelope for that person, and then took the envelope for the second person.
Now only Xu Nuannuan was left. She said to the director, "She withheld my manuscript without permission. Please return it to me and apologize."
Tang Yutian, however, was very stubborn: "There's something wrong with what she wrote, so I detained it."
She just needed to find something controversial in that chapter and put a label on Xu Nuannuan.
"Take out her seal and let me see it." The director stretched out his hand towards her.
She reluctantly took out the manuscript and handed it to the director. After checking it, the director's eyes lit up.
Then he gave it back to Xu Nuannuan: "I'm so sorry, I saw that you wrote this chapter and it's fine. On the contrary, you are very positive and very contagious. It's a rare good chapter."
No one who reads a chapter like this will find anything wrong with it, and will only praise it for being well written.
Xu Nuannuan looked at Tang Yutian and said, "Shouldn't she apologize to me? If this leader hadn't come, not only would I not be able to send the manuscript, but all my hard work might have been wasted or stolen by someone else."
"steal?"
"Yes, you found a reason to withhold my manuscript. It's not to ruin my hard work, but to claim it as your own. You then mailed it out and earned royalties. Isn't that stealing the fruits of my labor?"
"I didn't intend that. I really didn't."
Tang Yutian panicked. She was just jealous of Xu Nuannuan and didn't want Xu Nuannuan to be able to submit her work.