Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Position is not important, leadership must...
Qin Zhanwu waved his hand. "What do you know? I'm in a free relationship. It's different from yours where your parents introduced you and you only met her two or three times. As for me, the moment I saw her, it was like I wasn't myself anymore. I could only say three out of ten sentences I wanted to say. So I decided to just write it down!"
He Zhixiang closed the radio cover and plugged it in. He could hear the crackling sound of electricity. "So, you two are in? The girl agreed?"
Qin Zhanwu turned on the desk lamp and shook his head. "She didn't agree. She even gave me the money for today's food purchase and didn't want the bicycle. But she said she doesn't hate me."
He Zhixiang was practically stunned by what he heard. He quickly ran over and sat on the bed. "Zhanwu, is that it? You don't want the item, but you want to return the money. Doesn't that clearly mean you're not interested? What do you mean you don't dislike it? I wouldn't dislike anyone I picked up on the street, because I don't even know them and have nothing to do with them. What would I dislike? In my heart, you're just like any other person on the street."
If Su Yan could hear these words, she would have to admire He Zhixiang for his ability to hit the nail on the head and see the big picture from the subtle details.
Qin Zhanwu acted as if he hadn't heard anything, and only said three words: "You don't understand."
He Zhixiang laughed in anger and snorted twice, "I don't understand? Zhanwu, I think you're the one who's wishful thinking. You used to look down on the chief's daughter, and she came to block you every day, but you still thought she was annoying. Now that everyone is gone, there will be a day when you'll be annoying others too."
Qin Zhanwu didn't say anything. He rested quietly for a while, then turned to He Zhixiang and said, "I think she and I will definitely be together in the end. It will definitely work out."
He Zhixiang was puzzled by this and asked, "Why?"
Qin Zhanwu turned his head and leaned back in his chair. A crescent moon appeared outside the window. "No reason, it's just intuition."
He Zhixiang took the enamel basin and went to the bathroom to fetch water, thinking to himself, "My soul has been bewitched!" He tried to recall what the girl at the dance looked like, but he couldn't remember after thinking for a long time. How beautiful could that girl be to be so bewitched by Qin Zhanwu, a rough man?
When Su Yan returned, the sister-in-law next door was in the house with her three-year-old child. She held a piece of meat in her hand, blew on it, and fed it to the child: "Daya, Daya, this is pork from Aunt Yingzi's house. You must thank Aunt Yingzi later."
Seeing Su Yan coming back, she smiled and said, "Yingzi, did you send Deputy Captain Qin back? It rained on the way, did you get wet?"
He put the child down again, quickly poured a cup of hot water, and handed it to Su Yan: "Hurry, drink some water. It's not good to be exposed to rain. It's easy to get rheumatism when you get old."
Su Yan took the towel behind the door, wiped her shoes, and asked, "Sister-in-law, is there anything wrong?"
She usually likes to be obedient. She will definitely know who comes to Su Yan's house, and she doesn't expect anyone to hide it from her.
The sister-in-law picked up the child and said, "Yingzi, the child has been crying non-stop since he smelled the delicious food in your house. He is really hungry. He has only eaten one steamed bun and a bowl of porridge all day."
Su Yan really didn't like her, but she couldn't bear to be cruel to the child. She took a separate bowl and filled it with half rice and half vegetables: "Sister-in-law, we don't have much at home. You can take this little bit back to feed the child. If you have more, Xiaogang and Yanzi won't have enough to eat."
The sister-in-law next door was quite tactful and took it with a smile: "Okay, Yingzi, thank you sister-in-law."
She carried the child to the door and apologized to Su Yan again: "Yingzi, my sister-in-law is a country girl, uneducated and uneducated. Don't blame me for my previous mistakes."
Seeing her like this, Su Yan seemed like a different person, and her temperament had completely changed: "Don't hide behind the door all the time in the future, just listen to the footsteps."
The sister-in-law next door waved her hands and said, "I won't listen anymore, I won't listen anymore. If you keep listening, I'll twist my ears off." At the same time, I couldn't tell whether it was flattery or the truth: "Yingzi, you are a blessed person."
Su Yan closed the door and sat at the dinner table, still feeling unbelievable: "Why does my sister-in-law next door seem like a different person?"
Yan Zi made egg soup and filled her mouth with tofu: "Auntie, I know, I know."
Su Yan picked up a piece of tofu. Although it was almost cold, it tasted quite good, better than what she made herself. "You know now? What do you know?"
Yan Zi's mouth was full of oil. "Aunt, Daya's mother asked me if Uncle Qin will become my uncle?"
Su Yan paused, "So what did you say?"
Yan Zi shook her head and said, "Anyway, Uncle Qin said that he is willing to be my uncle. He also said that he will cook for my brother every day in the future."
Su Yan was surprised: "When did you say that? Why didn't I hear it? Aren't you two always with me?"
Gangzi said, "Uncle Qin said that while he was cooking. You were outside. Aunt, to be honest, Uncle Qin cooks much better than you. He cooks faster and tastes better. He said he can also roll noodles and make buns, and he'll make buns for us next time we come."
Su Yan knocked on their heads with chopsticks: "Is a meal of steamed buns enough to buy you two off?"
Yan Zi and Gang Zi quickly expressed their loyalty: "Aunt, we are both on your side, really!"
Su Yan smiled and told the two to eat first. She then instructed them, "If someone asks you this next time, just say you don't know and that you don't know about adults' affairs. Do you understand?"
Yan Zi and Gang Zi looked at each other, their eyes rolling around, and nodded: "I understand, aunt."
The next day at work, Sister Feng didn't show up. Only her teenage son came running to ask for leave: "My mom has a fever. Do you want to take half a day off?"
The section chief nodded without even thinking: "Okay, tell your mother to have a good rest."
Su Yan watched coldly, still taking out yesterday's pile of leave records and carefully checking them. At noon, the section chief came to urge: "Yingzi, why haven't you handed in the speech draft that I asked you to write yesterday? The secretary needs it soon. The office has called several people to urge it."
Su Yan asked in surprise, "Huh? Didn't you say that I have to check the leave records first before I can write the materials? Didn't you also ask Sister Feng to tell me that I'm in HR and have to do HR work first. Other things are not my job."
The section chief, Su Yan, was stunned. "When did I say that? This speech is for the secretary to use. Isn't it more important than a leave request record?"
Su Yan had an innocent look on her face. "I handed in the manuscript yesterday afternoon, and Sister Feng brought me these two leave records and asked me to check them. She said it was the boss's order, and told me not to write the manuscript yet." As she spoke, she took out the checked part and said, "Look, I'm already one-third done. It's really not easy to compare these five or six years of leave records."
Director Lin from the office happened to come over to urge Yingzi to submit the manuscript. When he heard it, he complained, "Oh, this manuscript is urgent! Can't you check the leave records at any time?" Suddenly, work that had not been done in recent years was brought up. Was it a special purpose to prevent Yingzi from writing the materials?
The head of the personnel department said, "Yingzi, don't check the leave records yet. Get the drafts that the office needs out first."
Su Yan hesitated and didn't agree immediately: "But Sister Feng told me not to write the manuscript yet, because she wants to check the checklist when she comes back."
The section chief's face turned unhappy. "It's okay. Just write it first. It's not your job to check the leave records."
Then he walked out and said, "This Feng Dapao is doing all these fancy tricks and little tricks. He's almost forty years old, and he's not ashamed of it."
Director Lin of the office smiled and said nothing. He patted the head of the personnel section on the shoulder and said, "This Yingzi is indeed a college graduate. Her writing skills are really good. The secretary spoke at the municipal party committee meeting a few days ago, and the municipal party committee secretary said that he has been studying hard recently and his speech has improved. In fact, it was Yingzi who wrote the manuscript first."
The head of the personnel department became alert: "What do you mean by that? Are you trying to steal people from me?"
Director Lin said, "It's not me. What am I trying to grab? It's the secretary's idea to transfer her over to be a full-time secretary. I think Yingzi is feeling frustrated working here, so she's definitely willing to go."
The HR representative asked, "What do you mean by full-time secretary? There's no such position?"
Director Lin shook his head: "You really are a bit confused. The position is not important. What matters is the work that the leader asks her to do."
After a while, when it was almost time for lunch, the section chief came in and said, "Yingzi, from now on, just write manuscripts and materials. You don't need to do anything else, so as to avoid delays like today."
Su Yan had expected this, but she still asked, "Then what should I do with the leave request records that Sister Feng asked me to do?"
The section chief waved his hand: "No, no, I'll tell her."
After the explanation, Su Yan smiled, locked the pile of forms in her drawer, took her lunch box and went to the cafeteria to get food. She heard Sister Zhang, the file keeper, discussing the housing allocation: "Although the house over at Xiaoyanhe is a bit bigger, there are fewer people around. There are not many people from our unit there. It's a residential area, unlike our tube-shaped building, which is bustling and crowded."
Someone asked, "That place isn't good either. It's seven or eight miles from work, and you have to get up an hour earlier in the morning to go to work. Apart from Dayou's family, who have many children, no one wants to be assigned there."
Sister Zhang said, "That house used to be great, but now it's in such a state of disrepair. If we want to move in, we'll have to replace the doors and windows. It's drafty. I went to check it out the day before yesterday, and it's still leaking. I don't want this house anyway. Give it to whoever wants. At the very least, it has to be within my workplace!"
Su Yan was satisfied. A single-family house and few acquaintances at work were much better than what she had now. As for doors and windows, Su Yan could make some money selling food from time to time in the next few months. She walked over and asked, "Sister Zhang, how big is this house along the river?"
Sister Zhang said, "It's not too big, just three rooms, about the same size as yours. Why do you want to move there? Well, the house in Xiaoyanhe is very close to your mother's hospital, just a short walk away. But it's too run-down, and needs some repairs before you can move in."
Su Yan calmed down and smiled: "That's okay!" After all, it was worth it to be able to get away from the gossipy woman next door.
Sister Zhang said, "It's not too big, just two rooms, about the same size as yours. Why do you want to move there? Well, the house in Xiaoyanhe is very close to your mother's hospital, just a short walk away. But it's too run-down, and needs some repairs before you can move in."
Su Yan calmed down and smiled: "That's okay!"
Sister Zhang smiled brightly and said, "Yingzi, if you really want the house in Xiaoyanhe, I'll go and talk to you." Her husband was in charge of this. Although the house at the factory was close, the remaining one was too small for their five children. The three rooms in Lu Yingzi's house were definitely enough.
Su Yan nodded: "Please tell me, that house may need to be renovated before we can move in. The house in the factory may not be vacant for a while."
Sister Zhang got her meal and was very happy: "It's okay, it's okay. I'll take you to see it today. You can decide what needs to be repaired and ask the company to reimburse you a certain amount." She had the final say on this. Although she didn't say it explicitly, the house of Lu Yingzi's family was definitely given to them.
In the afternoon, Sister Feng still didn't come to work, so Director Lin from the office came to talk to her and asked her if she would like to go to the office and work as a full-time secretary.
Su Yan didn't hesitate to ask, "Director Lin, I'm going to work as a secretary in the office. Do I have any A or B positions? To be honest, I don't have any A or B positions in HR. I can't even take a day off. If I do, there will be no one to do the work. As you know, we have two children at home now, and there are always some things going on. A few days ago, they had a fever, and the day before yesterday, they fell into the water while playing in the river."
Director Lin smiled and said, "You have good writing skills. The secretary said that you are only required to write the manuscript and not to worry about anything else, so as not to distract you and affect the quality of the manuscript. If you have family matters, of course you can ask for leave. Our organization is not so unkind."
Su Yan smiled after getting the promise: "Okay, Director, if you ask me to go, I will go."
This was flattering and made him laugh: "Okay, I'll go back and write the transfer letter right away!"
When Su Yan got off work in the afternoon, she packed up her things and prepared to go to the office on the fourth floor. Dayan also came, but just sat in his seat without saying a word. Only Uncle Lu and Qu Jiefang said goodbye to her: "Okay, come and sit with us often in the future."
On the fourth floor, there was indeed a small office room with only two desks. The other one was also a girl, a recent high school graduate, who shared the same position as Su Yan, a secretarial position. She had a round face and was very thin, with a very gentle smile. As soon as Su Yan entered, she immediately greeted her: "Sister Yingzi, my name is Mingfan, Ming for tomorrow, Fan for ordinary."
Su Yan also smiled friendly and extended her hand to shake hands: "Hello, I'm Lu Yingzi, we will work together from now on."
Ming Fan said shyly: "I still need Sister Yingzi's guidance. The leaders all praised your well-written materials. I have to learn from you." He took the documents from Su Yan's hand and said: "Sister Yingzi, I have cleaned your desk for you."
Such a girl is naturally likable. Su Yan smiled and said, "It's okay. Let's learn from each other. I've only been working for a few months."
The work here is simple, and it's much better than when I was in HR. No more chores, no more writing manuscripts that get handed in from nowhere. All I have to do is write the manuscripts the secretary asks for, and the workload is significantly reduced. There are only two people in Su Yan's office, unlike the old HR department, where there were four or five people, and anyone who passed by would come chat, making it noisy all the time. Now it's better; I only have to deal with a little girl, and most importantly, I don't have to deal with Jiang Dayan anymore.
Jiang Dayan usually came to work in the afternoon. He would either stare at Su Yan in a daze or make small talk all day. After rejecting him yesterday, he didn't talk to Su Yan when he came this afternoon. Instead, he just stared at her with resentment all afternoon. It was scary.
As expected, Jiang Dayan stopped him after work and asked, "Yingzi, why did you go to the fourth floor?"
Su Yan had just finished her meal and was walking back: "It's just a normal personnel transfer. I'm not too sure about the leaders' arrangements."
Jiang Dayan followed Su Yan, his eyes red. "Did you move to the fourth floor just to avoid me? Do you think I'm so annoying that you can't wait to go to the fourth floor?"
Su Yan stopped and glanced at him, thinking, "He's quite self-aware!"
Jiang Dayan sighed with red eyes: "Yingzi, I know you are particularly annoyed with me now. If there is anything I did wrong that you don't like, can't I change it?"
Su Yan asked, "Can it really be changed?"
Jiang Dayan nodded: "It can definitely be changed!"
Su Yan pointed and said, "I only have one request. Please be more normal and stop coming to me all the time. Okay? There are so many good girls in the world. It really shouldn't be that bad, Jiang Dayan!"
Jiang Dayan shook his hair like a rattle: "No, this won't work. If I don't come to find you, you will be deceived by that soldier."
Su Yan always felt helpless after only a few words with this person: "Distance makes beauty, understand?"
Jiang Dayan still shook his head: "I think you are more beautiful when you look at you up close. Beauty can only be created at close range."
Su Yan sneered silently twice and stopped talking, feeling extremely stupid. She saw Sister Wang from the union approaching from a distance and hurried over, "Sister Wang, please give me some advice."
Sister Wang was holding a bag of books in her hand. She saw Jiang Dayan blocking Su Yan and immediately knew what was going on.
She pulled Su Yan over and asked, "Jiang Dayan, what's wrong with you? Yingzi has told you several times, why are you still doing this? Last time in the cafeteria, did you say something nonsense to your coworkers, causing others to misunderstand that you two are dating? Yingzi is in a relationship now, don't you know? Don't affect her reputation?"
Jiang Dayan didn't dare to act rashly: "Sister Wang, what are you talking about? Isn't Yingzi going to be transferred? I want to talk to her."
Su Yan took Sister Wang's hand and said, "Sister Wang, I'm really scared of him. He only comes to the HR department two days a week at most. We're not familiar with each other, so what can we say? That day, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening, and he insisted on coming into our house to drink water. I said I was alone and it was inappropriate and inconvenient, and he stood at our door for a long time, scaring me so much that I moved the table to block the door. Our nephews and nieces were crying. He usually likes to bully me with irrelevant words, and he often comes to our door to block people. Even our sister-in-law next door is afraid of him."
After saying that, Su Yan turned her head and pretended to be scared. Although this was a bit exaggerated, it was something Jiang Dayan could not deny.
Sister Wang raised her eyebrows after hearing this. "Jiang Dayan, is this really possible? You're completely a hooligan. Do you still have any class feelings for your comrades? This is pure hooliganism and bullying. You should apologize to Yingzi immediately and promise not to make the same mistake again, otherwise I will convene an organizational meeting to criticize you personally."
Sister Wang, a veteran revolutionary, was furious. "The ideological decline of today's young people is truly problematic. I think we should hold theoretical study sessions, at least three times a day." Pointing at Jiang Dayan, she added, "You, Jiang Dayan, are the number one problem student. I'm going to tell the secretary tomorrow that if you don't understand, you won't be allowed back in your personnel job. If word gets out, what will become of the men at our Jiangzhou Machinery Factory?"
Su Yan pinched her arm and forced out a few tears: "Sister Wang, if I wasn't the only one in our family now, I wouldn't want to live. Even the comrades in our unit are bullying me like this."
Sister Wang groaned and advised, "Yingzi, don't let your mind wander." Then she turned to Dayan and said, "Hurry up and apologize to Yingzi, or I'll not only hold a criticism meeting for you, but I'll also go to your house and tell your parents how to behave."
Jiang Dayan stared at Su Yan angrily, his eyes blazing with anger, and bowed to Su Yan: "Comrade Lu Yingzi, I am so careless and scared you. I am really sorry. I apologize to you."
The three of them were talking in the corridor outside the office. Sister Wang had a loud voice, attracting everyone to stick their heads out to look and whisper, "I didn't expect Dayan to be this kind of person? Knocking on a young girl's door in the middle of the night? Oh my God, this Public Security Bureau needs to be stricter. This is definitely a crime of hooliganism."
A male colleague said, "Jiang Dayan isn't that bad, is he?"
"Of course not. What could someone do by knocking on a girl's door in the middle of the night? Could he really be going for tea? It's only because Yingzi was smart that she knew to block the door with a table, otherwise who knows what would have happened? He looks respectable and energetic, but it's true that you can only judge a person by his appearance and not by his heart."
Su Yan was so happy to hear these words, but she pretended to be very scared and waved her hands tremblingly: "It's okay, it's okay. Just don't come to our house to scare me in the future. We are all colleagues, it's okay." At the end, she sniffed and looked very aggrieved.
Seeing Su Yan so frightened, Sister Wang knew she wasn't lying. She glared at Jiang Dayan and said, "Go to our union office now. This is a serious ideological and disciplinary issue. If you don't recognize your mistakes deeply enough, I will definitely report it to the Party Committee."
Jiang Dayan snorted, turned around and left. He walked so fast in anger that he bumped into a thermos on the windowsill. Fortunately, there was no water in the bottle and it was not broken.
Sister Wang shook her head with some disgust: "What's Jiang Dayan's attitude?" She turned back to comfort Su Yan. Su Yan was really touched by what she said, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red.
At this time, those who were watching the excitement also came out of the office, but most of them were female employees: "Yingzi, don't be afraid. Even if the union can't do anything, don't we still have the Party Committee and the Committee? We still don't believe that this organization can't control him. If he comes to bother you again in the future, just tell us."
Su Yan pursed her lips and nodded, her face still looking aggrieved, but she felt very happy in her heart.
After hearing that Jiang Dayan had been very unruly during a criticism meeting organized by the labor union, Sister Wang asked him to share his profound understanding of his mistakes. He stood up and hesitated for a long time before saying, "I'm not wrong. I just like Yingzi, I'm pursuing her, and I want to be with her. Is there anything wrong with that? She's not married, so why would I make a mistake by talking to her more?"
Sister Wang was furious when she heard this. She pointed at Jiang Dayan and said, "It's okay if you're late or absent from work normally. We know you're not in good health, but now you're harassing a female comrade. You've violated discipline. If you're stubborn, don't blame me for making a fuss."
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