Director Zhang, who is older and cannot walk fast, has been waiting for a call in the office. As long as there is any result from Zeng Wangcai, she will receive the news as soon as possible.
Just now, Director Zhang received a call and heard that Zeng Wangcai had won. She immediately asked a young staff member to go over and report the good news. She continued to listen to the rest of the content. After hearing everything, she hung up the phone and rushed to the courtyard.
When she walked into the courtyard, the Zeng family's door was already very lively. Neighbors came to congratulate them and refused to leave even though it was still snowing.
When everyone saw Director Zhang coming, they quickly made way for him.
"Director Zhang, you're still here when it's so cold. Come in!" Chen Yumei greeted him hurriedly.
"No, no, no, I won't go in!" Director Zhang's face flushed with excitement. "It's cold, but my heart is warm. I'm not afraid anymore. Besides, compared with Wangcai, our situation is nothing. Look, the snow is lighter, and the sky is smiling."
It was really strange. The goose-feather-sized snowflakes in the sky began to get smaller and then slowly stopped.
No one dared to question Director Zhang's words, not even Liu Haizhong. No one dared to sing a different tune at this time.
Since he refused to come into the house, Zeng Youqian asked Zhang Xiuzhi and her two sons to bring stools.
After a while, stools, tables and even a stove were moved out to the door of Zeng's house.
Director Zhang sat at the small table with a cup of hot tea in front of her and a stove under the table. On both sides of her were Zeng Youqian and his wife.
Old men in the courtyard, like Sha Zhu, sat down around the area, waiting for Director Zhang to describe the battle situation.
"Let me say a few words!" Director Zhang drank a sip of hot tea, stood up and cleared his throat, "First of all, Zeng Wangcai from our hospital has won glory for our country. He competed with foreign friends in the Kunming Lake and won the clothing test.
"Zeng Wangcai and the foreigner competed in the pavilion first. The foreigner looked down on Zeng Wangcai and refused to wear the clothes Zeng Wangcai provided. He stood shirtless to resist the cold. Later, when they went down to the lake, the foreigner couldn't stand it anymore and put on clothes. It was snowing heavily at that time and it was so cold. The two were covered by the snow. After the competition, the foreigner was frozen and sent directly to the hospital, while our Wangcai stood on the lake for another hour before..."
Although Director Zhang is not very good at storytelling and can only narrate in a straightforward manner, he still makes everyone feel ups and downs in their emotions.
When Director Zhang talked about Zeng Wangcai standing for another hour without taking advantage, the neighbors all gave him a thumbs up and said "real man".
"Mr. Zeng, your family's Wangcai has made great progress!"
"Yes, Lao Zeng, you will be the factory director now."
"By the way, Lao Zeng, where is your factory? When you open the factory, you have to treat us to a drink. Don't worry, we won't drink for free..."
The neighbors came to congratulate him again, but this time Zeng Youqian was already dizzy and couldn't refuse.
Liu Haizhong's mouth drooped, and he asked loudly: "Director Zhang, is it true that they opened a factory?"
"How could it be false?" Director Zhang's mouth was dry, and he took another sip of tea. "I tell you, this matter is basically set in stone. Wangcai is now introducing clothes to foreign reporters. The factory hasn't even opened yet, but the clothes are probably sold abroad.
"Look, that's what I'm wearing. It's very warm. I didn't want to wear it outside, so I put on a coat..."
Director Zhang unbuttoned his coat to show it.
The neighbors were extremely envious, and those who had money to buy winter clothes began to ask Zeng Youqian to buy clothes.
However, Zeng Youqian didn’t have it at all, and even if he did, he wouldn’t sell it.
"Well, we won anyway, let's cheer up!" Director Zhang put down his teacup and said to Yan Bugui, "I'm sorry to bother you with this. Please write a congratulatory message and post it at the door. We will do other publicity work in the street."
"Okay, leave it to me!" Yan Bugui immediately patted his chest and promised, "I will write it at my best level and let everyone who passes by our hospital know about it."
Director Zhang nodded and said goodbye, and Chen Yumei took Zhang Xiuzhi out to see him off.
As soon as she walked out of the courtyard gate, Chen Yumei's eyes were red, and she held Director Zhang and refused to let him go: "Director Zhang, please tell me the truth, how is our Wangcai? Is he frozen? Which hospital is he in? I want to go see him. The foreign devil was so cold that he went to the hospital, I'm afraid my son was frozen too."
After she finished speaking, tears started to fall down her face.
Zhang Xiuzhi's expression was not good either.
Everyone was immersed in the joy of Zeng Wangcai defeating the foreigners, only Zeng's family was worried about Zeng Wangcai's safety.
Just now, Zeng Youqian was embarrassed to show it in there, so he waited until Director Zhang was about to leave before he asked his wife to come out and ask.
"He didn't say anything on the phone!" Director Zhang consoled. "Don't worry, he's in good spirits and he called me personally, so he must be fine. He can't come back for a while. If you really want to see him, well... let Xiuzhi go to the Union Hospital to ask. Wangcai said that his superiors asked him to go to the hospital for a checkup."
"Oh, that's great!" Chen Yumei nodded hurriedly, "Xiuzhi, go now, you don't have to worry about the family."
Zhang Xiuzhi didn't act pretentiously and just got on her bike and left.
After seeing Director Zhang off, the yard was still bustling. Zeng Youqian was surrounded at the door and couldn't escape, but Yan Bugui was quicker and had already moved out the eight-immortals table that he used for dining at home.
"Lao Zeng, come and watch me write!" Yan Bugui went in and rescued Zeng Youqian. "To be honest, if you, Wangcai, were here, it wouldn't be my turn. I am making a fool of myself. Please don't make things difficult for Lao Zeng. His factory hasn't even opened yet, and you're already thinking about cramming people in..."
"Uncle, what you said is not right!" said a neighbor who was caught on camera by Yan Bugui. "Don't you want to get your eldest daughter-in-law in? It's really funny. You're still blaming us. Master Zeng has to hire people when he opens a factory. It doesn't matter who he hires. There are so many people in a factory. What's wrong with taking care of us neighbors?"
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