Chapter 56
"That's right. I don't want to join the Propaganda Department. I want to join the Transportation Department and become a driver like my dad."
Su Lili excitedly turned sideways and hugged Meng Wanqiu's arm, with an expression of having met a soulmate on her face.
Sister Gao quickly pulled the excited Su Lili away, "Hey, little aunt, be gentle, your little sister is pregnant, how come she's even more aggressive than me?"
Su Lili quickly withdrew her hand and carefully placed it on her chest. "Sorry, Xiao Wanjie, I forgot. Are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay. I'm not a clay doll. How can I be so fragile?" Meng Wanqiu comforted the frightened Su Lili while holding Sister Gao's hand under the table and pressed it with gratitude.
Sister Gao also held Meng Wanqiu's hand and squeezed it gently. This was one of the reasons why she liked Meng Wanqiu. She was always so considerate to people and things, and never made anyone feel embarrassed.
What Sister Gao said was both right and wrong. Meng Wanqiu's consideration was personal, based on closeness and distance. She only cared about the feelings of those she loved. As for those with whom she had a casual relationship, Meng Wanqiu never cared about their feelings.
"You want to join the transport team. Isn't your father in the transport department? Why didn't he arrange you to the transport department, but the propaganda department instead?" The atmosphere was a little awkward, and Meng Wanqiu began to change the subject.
Su Lili's attention was clearly no longer on Meng Wanqiu's pregnancy. Her brows drooped as she muttered, "It's all my dad's fault. He said being a driver was too hard and wouldn't let me do it. I said I could endure hardship and wasn't afraid of hard work, but he just wouldn't agree."
Su Lili was not a good student. She stopped studying after junior high school and had been working as a handyman in various departments of the 715th Army. When she met Meng Wanqiu, she was working as a temporary worker in the logistics department.
Because Su Lili was not old enough to be employed, she had been doing odd jobs in various departments. Su Weiguang was an old employee of the 715th Bureau, and Su Lili almost grew up under the care of the older generation of the 715th Bureau, so everyone was very tolerant of her.
As soon as she is old enough, she will become a formal employee. At that time, she can enter any department except the one for technical jobs.
But after Su Lili rotated through so many departments, she actually told Su Weiguang that she wanted to become a driver in the transport team after she reached the age of recruitment.
Of course Su Weiguang refused to agree, and Su Lili was also stubborn. If Su Weiguang didn't agree, she would not go to work or enter any department.
In the end, Su Weiguang couldn't persuade Su Lili anymore, so he took a step back and made a bet with Su Lili, saying that as long as she could work peacefully in the Propaganda Department for a year, he would consider Su Lili joining the transportation team.
So, Su Lili joined the Propaganda Department.
"I see. Well, if you work hard for this year, your father should agree to let you join the transport team."
The three of them came outside the canteen to wash their lunch boxes. There was a row of faucets installed on the wall outside the canteen, which were specially reserved for workers who brought lunch boxes to wash dishes.
Meng Wanqiu rolled up her sleeves, turned on the faucet, and warm water flowed out. "As long as there is a chance, it will be fine. I just need to get through this year. After all, you are still young and have plenty of time."
The hot water flowing from this pipe was actually invented by Pei Xingzhi. The source of the pipe is connected to the workshop, where production continues daily. The machines generate high temperatures that need to be cooled by water. This used water, while still maintaining a certain temperature, can be channeled out for reuse, saving significant costs.
As long as the workshop keeps operating, the factory will not have to worry about hot water. In winter, the heat generated by the pipes can be used as heating. Over the course of a year, I don’t know how much coal can be saved.
Pei Xingzhi did a lot of things like this, big and small, and people in the factory often discussed the arrival of a great engineer in the technical department.
That’s right, it’s called engineer.
The Technical Department has an extraordinary status in the 715, and everyone respects the people in the Technical Department very much, because they are the people with the highest academic qualifications and IQ in the 715.
From ancient times to the present, respect for scholars is a gene engraved in the bones of the Chinese people.
In the accounting department, when other people knew that Meng Wanqiu's lover was in the technical department, they did not call him by his name directly, but called Pei Xingzhi - Engineer Pei.
"I think so too. I'm still so young and can definitely afford to wait a year. My dad is trying to use this to dissuade me, but he really underestimates me."
Su Lili shook off the water droplets on her hands, stood with her head held high and her chest puffed out, speaking in an excited tone, like a soldier about to go into battle.
However, this positive look only lasted for more than ten seconds. I don’t know what she thought of, but Su Lili’s shoulders slumped, her eyebrows squeezed into an inverted eight shape, and she looked like a withered flower shattered by the autumn rain.
Both of them were amused by Su Lili's sudden change of expression. "What's wrong? Wasn't it quite exciting in the front?"
Su Lili sighed, her brow furrowed. "Alas, on my first day at the Publicity Department, the head asked a woman to introduce the department to me. While the head was there, the woman agreed with a smile on her face. But as soon as the head left, she immediately rolled her eyes at me. Her eyes were practically rolling up to the sky."
"At first I held back and asked her kindly. But what a shame! I was so eager to get in the way! She didn't even bother to pay any attention to me, and she even said in a sarcastic way that I was using a backdoor. Ha! I was there before her on July 15th. She said I was using a backdoor, but when I was working in the Propaganda Department, the office building hadn't even been built yet."
Gao Dajie and Meng Wanqiu nodded in understanding. They never thought Su Lili had used a backdoor. Su Lili had already been promoted to various departments when she was a teenager, and her seniority was higher than most people in the factory.
And did this person think that the other factory leaders didn't see it? Did he allow Su Weiguang to arrange for Su Lili to join the Propaganda Department? Of course, the factory leaders agreed to this. Su Lili was qualified.
Listening to Su Lili talking about the weirdos in the Propaganda Department, a name suddenly popped up in Meng Wanqiu's mind. After hesitating for a moment, she asked Su Lili, "Is this woman you're talking about called Qu Miao?"
Su Lili paused, her eyes widening as she looked towards Meng Wanqiu, "That's her! How come Little Sister Wan also knows her mother?"
It really was her. Meng Wanqiu was embarrassed for a moment, not surprised at all. Then she told Sister Gao and Meng Wanqiu about the original rental.
Sister Gao smacked her lips in amazement. "So that's who she is. She looked quite normal when she first reported to the Personnel Department."
Su Lili yelled, "I thought she was hostile to me alone, but it turns out she's hostile to good-looking people as well."
Hahaha--
Meng Wanqiu couldn't stop laughing. Why was this girl so funny? It turned out that she thought Qu Miao couldn't stand her because he was jealous of her good looks.
Sister Gao poked Su Lili on the forehead and said, "You're so shameless! I've never seen anyone praise themselves in such a roundabout way."
"Hehe, just kidding. It may be like this for Sister Xiaowan, but it should be because of that incident for me." Su Lili held her chin up and said thoughtfully.
"What's the matter?" Meng Wanqiu asked curiously.
Su Lili: "Isn't the Great Hall nearing completion? The head of the Propaganda Department suggested to the factory leaders that we hold a cultural evening to welcome the new employees. They need to choose two hosts, one male and one female. Does Qu Miao think of me as an imaginary enemy?"
Meng Wanqiu was puzzled, "Isn't she pregnant? How can she still be a host?"
Su Lili's expression was filled with anger and confusion. "That's right, she's already pregnant. Why is she so confident that the section chief will choose her as the host? She's even targeting me. It's simply, the most bizarre of all the bizarre things."
Meng Wanqiu and Sister Gao could somewhat understand Su Lili's crazy and speechless mood. It was really too painful to have such a weird colleague.
"Oh, let's not talk about her. By the way, every department has to perform a program at the cultural evening party. Do you want to perform on stage?" Su Lili asked curiously.
Show!
Meng Wanqiu took a step back and said, "It's probably not my turn. I'm pregnant now, so I won't join in the fun."
Going on stage to perform, God, please spare her, she can do nothing but use an abacus, is she going to go on stage to perform using an abacus?
Sister Gao also waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, I'm too old, I'd better let you young and bright girls perform."
"Aren't you all interested?" Su Lili was a little disappointed. She was quite interested and was even practicing singing privately.
At the same time, the atmosphere in the technical department was serious.
Inside the conference room, there was a blackboard on the wall, with densely written formulas and various diagrams on it.
"With the advent of new rice research, the country has also paid more attention to agricultural issues, production, mechanical power..."
Pang Minghe, the deputy chief of the technical department who was speaking on the stage, was older than Bai Fengyao. He had white hair on his temples, wore black glasses, and had deep wrinkles on his forehead, eyes, and mouth. It was obvious that he was a serious and stern person.
Pei Xingzhi had been in the department for so long, but he had never seen the other party smile.
At this time, Pei Xingzhi was sitting on a chair with a black leather notebook in front of him and a pen in his hand. He looked at Pang Minghe who was speaking, nodded from time to time, and whispered a few words with his colleague Jiang Peiran next to him.
Jiang Peiran is about thirty-five or thirty-six years old, about ten years older than Pei Xingzhi, but his personality is very youthful, and he looks more like a young man in his twenties than Pei Xingzhi.
In addition to work matters, she often chats with Pei Xingzhi about gossip from other departments, discusses new radios, shows off her new clothes, and always fixes her hair before going out every day. She is a very fashionable and outgoing person.
Pei Xingzhi himself has a rather aloof personality, but he doesn't dislike people with warm personalities. Jiang Peiran, while talkative, is not weak in his profession, and his casual conversations are measured and harmless.
After Pang Minghe finished speaking, Bai Fengyao went up and said, "That's all for today. Each system should be assigned and each should verify the calculations and record the results to see if there are any loopholes. Then, write down your suggestions and we will discuss them together at the next meeting."
After saying that, he distributed the content, and the part about Pei Xingzhi was the most complicated.
"Okay, sorry for interrupting everyone's meal time, let's go eat first."
After the meeting, Jiang Peiran put his arm around Pei Xingzhi's shoulders, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Fortunately, this part was not assigned to me, otherwise I would be exhausted. Alas, Brother Pei, your luck is not very good."
Pei Xingzhi pushed Jiang Peiran's hand away, picked up the black notebook and water cup, and said calmly, without any complaints about the heavy workload. "Alright, stop gloating and go eat."
"Oh, you're so calm. It seems like this mission is no pressure at all for you. Do you think it's not challenging at all? Do you want me to make it a little more difficult for you?"
Pei Xingzhi ignored the jumping Jiang Peiran and left the office first, while Jiang Peiran kept following him with his mouth.
Behind the two men, Li Xuezhi looked at them with gloomy eyes, with jealousy and injustice surging in his eyes.
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