Chapter 69 Public Praise
Lin Yuanshu blinked and teased with a smile, "My mom forgets the pain once the wound heals, so she'll really dare to do it next time. No one can beat her when it comes to not learning from mistakes."
"What you said isn't wrong. You know your mother well. She really is capable of doing something like this." Aunt Hua showed a helpless expression.
The building manager couldn't help but sigh and looked at Lin Yuanshu, saying, "It's all my fault. I forgot about your mother's stingy and petty nature and just handed the sick chicken over to her. Luckily, you didn't drink the chicken soup, or I would have felt so guilty."
Lin Yuanshu shook his head and said with a smile, "This can't be entirely your fault. I knew there might be problems, but I still couldn't persuade my parents. I should have thrown away that chicken soup in the first place."
Seeing this, Aunt Wen quickly comforted her, saying, "You are all too kind. This matter has nothing to do with you. If you have to blame someone, blame your insatiable greed."
The other women all agreed with Aunt Wen's words, saying that just like rain is inevitable or a mother is determined to remarry, there's no stopping someone from doing something so reckless.
Aunt Hua held Lin Yuanshu's hand and said with a smile, "It's troublesome for you to cook at home by yourself. Why don't you come to my house for dinner? It's just a matter of having an extra set of chopsticks and a bowl."
Lin Yuanshu was taken aback for a moment, then decisively refused. In modern times, feeding one more person would be a simple matter, but in this era, it was a different story. Everyone had a ration of food, and if she ate Aunt Hua's food, it would probably make the other person live a very frugal life.
When the other women saw that Lin Yuanshu had refused Aunt Hua's invitation, they warmly invited him to their homes for dinner.
"My family eats dumplings. Comrade Lin Yuanshu, you are welcome to come to my house and try some dumplings. They are filled with vermicelli."
"What's so great about eating dumplings? My family eats noodles, which are all refined grains, not a single grain."
Seeing the older women starting to compare themselves to each other, Lin Yuanshu quickly said, "Thank you for your kindness, but I won't bother you any longer. Anyway, we'll be using the stove tonight, so cooking isn't a big deal. I can just make a bowl of noodles."
Seeing Lin Yuanshu's response, the older women naturally couldn't press him any further.
Lin Yuanshu returned home and leisurely read for a while. After it got dark, she started cooking. She couldn't deprive herself of food when she was eating alone, so she decisively took out two eggs and made egg noodles.
These eggs were specially bought by Zhou Xiangyang from the black market. After all, she didn't have egg coupons through the official channels. Although she could buy them with her food ration book, the book was in the hands of her mother, making it extremely difficult to get them from her.
She planned to take some cloth coupons back home when she went home for the New Year and exchange them for eggs with the older women in the production team. Eggs and chicken were so delicious in those days, truly grain-fed chicken, and she could never get tired of eating them.
After finishing her meal, she washed the dishes, then crawled back into bed to read. It was so nice that her mother-in-law didn't bother her!
The factory newspaper reported on Zhou Ma's incident the next day. The propaganda writer was quite fair and did not embellish the story; he simply wrote down the ins and outs of the matter.
Fortunately, Zhou Ma and the others were staying in the hospital and didn't see the factory newspaper, otherwise they would have been too embarrassed to face anyone.
In a sense, Zhou Ma and the others became famous; the three of them became notorious fools.
Zhou Ma used to be Comrade Lin Yuanshu's mother-in-law, but now she's become Comrade Lin Yuanshu's foolish mother-in-law.
The workers all felt sorry for Comrade Lin Yuanshu, who had encountered an ignorant and foolish mother-in-law.
One of the workers exclaimed, "Comrade Lin Yuanshu is really lucky; he wasn't poisoned even after all that."
Another worker chimed in, "It seems quite dangerous for Comrade Lin Yuanshu to stay at home! If you ask me, you should marry someone who's smart, not someone so clueless."
"Look at what you're saying! Who wouldn't want to marry a smart wife?" the worker laughed.
The worker who had spoken earlier retorted without hesitation, "Maybe your mother doesn't want you to marry a wife who is too smart, because smart wives are hard to control."
The worker who had been laughing earlier fell silent. What he said seemed to make some sense! In the end, he came to a conclusion: a smart wife has her advantages, and a stupid wife has her advantages too.
Lin Yuanshu specially collected several newspapers so that he could show them to his grandmother during the New Year, so that she could see what good things Zhou Ma had done while he was away!
Time flew by and it was time for Zhou Ma to be discharged from the hospital. Zhou Ma and the others returned to the downstairs of the tenement building, feeling as if they were in a dream.
Aunt Wen happened to be out buying soy sauce when she saw Aunt Zhou and the others. She asked them warmly, "Are you feeling better?"
Aunt Zhou replied with a smile, "I'm much better now. I just need to go home and rest. Thank you for your concern."
Aunt Wen said emphatically, "It's alright as long as nothing happens. You can't do things like this again, trying to get something for nothing. After this incident, no one in the tenement building is eating stale food anymore. Your actions have taught us a lesson..."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhou's smile gradually faded. Was this what she wanted to hear? She didn't want to be criticized or ridiculed, so she interrupted Aunt Wen directly, "I'm not feeling well, so I'll head back first."
After saying that, Zhou Ma went upstairs without looking back.
Zhou Dafu didn't want to stay downstairs any longer and become a laughingstock, so he quickly followed in his mother's footsteps.
Aunt Wen muttered under her breath, "They make mistakes and don't even let people point them out. They get upset if you say a few words. No wonder they can do something like this. People who know they're wrong but don't correct their mistakes will definitely repeat the same mistakes."
She turned her gaze to Li Xiaohua and Sun Yiyi, and said with a smile, "You two must never follow Old Zhou's example. If you stay with her, you'll definitely be led astray..."
Li Xiaohua and Sun Yiyi didn't want to listen to Aunt Wen's long-winded lecture, so they quickly made up an excuse and left.
Aunt Wen's expression turned extremely ugly. As she walked forward, she muttered to herself, "No wonder they ended up in the hospital. With their unrepentant attitude, who else would go if not them?"
Back in the living room, Zhou Ma and the other two spoke first, saying, "Look what you've done! Not only did you send your second wife to the hospital, but you also sent us to the hospital. Leaving aside the money spent, the worst part is that you've damaged our health. Originally, only your second wife needed to recover, but now we both need to. If it weren't for her saving us, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Your second wife is so devoted to you; such a good daughter-in-law is hard to find even with a lantern. Are you going to continue to make things difficult for her?"
After this incident, Zhou Dafu understood a principle: if they ever encountered any major problems in the future, they would still need Xiao Er's wife to step up. Everyone else was useless; when faced with such a situation, they would only call on Xiao Er's wife. It would be good enough if they didn't make things worse. Expecting them to stand up for themselves was simply wishful thinking.
Feeling guilty, Zhou Ma shrank back and whispered, "If she doesn't want to separate from the family, I'll treat her like a goddess."
Zhou Dafu glared angrily at his mother and said furiously, "Then guess why she wants to separate from the family? Is it because she's too comfortable in this house? Is it because her mother-in-law doesn't target her at all?"
Zhou Ma pursed her lips and said earnestly, "I know I was wrong. I won't target Xiao Er's wife anymore. I will treat her like my own daughter."
Zhou Dafu took a deep breath and said with great annoyance, "I hope you keep your word. If you make a mistake again, go back to the production team to take care of Mom and don't hang around in front of me."
Aunt Zhou nodded. At worst, she would treat Lin Yuanshu's words as imperial edicts; surely that way she wouldn't make a mistake!
As soon as Sun Yiyi got home, she knew it was time for her in-laws to settle accounts with her. Clutching her stomach, she said, "It's all Aunt Zhou's fault next door. I found her picking up discarded vegetable scraps, and to stop me from telling anyone, she insisted I do it with her. I thought this would at least save some money on groceries, so I foolishly agreed..."
She told the same thing to the propagandist, but unfortunately the propagandist didn't write about it in the newspaper. She only said that the three of them acted together, without specifying who started first. That's fine, though, as it makes it easier for her to blame Zhou Ma for everything, something Zhou Ma owed her in her past life.
Grandpa Wei glanced at Sun Yiyi's belly and earnestly comforted her, "It's not entirely your fault. Learn from this lesson and don't do this kind of thing again. Also, stay away from the people next door."
He turned to look at Aunt Wei and said with a smile, "Yiyi is carrying our grandson, so it's fair to say that her good deeds and bad deeds are balanced out. Don't worry about it so much."
Aunt Wei took a deep breath. For the sake of the child, she couldn't continue to tormenting Sun Yiyi. She could only say with a stern face, "Give me back the money I gave you for the groceries. From now on, I'll take care of the grocery shopping so you won't cause any more trouble."
Sun Yiyi gave a forced smile and said casually, "I'll go get the money now."
She doesn't care who will do the grocery shopping in the future; she just doesn't want to lose the money she's saved. She's finally managed to save some money, and now it's all gone. It's like going back to square one.
Fortunately, she became pregnant; otherwise, this matter would not have passed so easily. The child has now become her lifeline.
Wei Yong couldn't help but sigh. He shouldn't have listened to his mother and chosen to marry a country girl just to find an easy wife to control.
Even if you're going to marry a woman from the countryside, you shouldn't marry one who hasn't even finished junior high school. She's inexperienced, and when things happen, she just yells and screams; she's not calm or collected at all.
He didn't expect Sun Yiyi to be as good as Lin Yuanshu, but at least she shouldn't be too outrageous in her conduct!
The situation was different at Li Xiaohua's family, since she was an elder and no one could criticize her.
Quanmin cautiously said, "Mom, why don't you leave the cooking to my wife? You can just relax and take care of the baby."
Li Xiaohua's eyes widened in disbelief: "You don't believe me?"
Quanmin quickly shook his head and said softly, "I'm just afraid that things will happen again. I don't care about myself, I'm just worried that Xiaobao's body won't be able to handle it."
Li Xiaohua said unhappily, "Hmph, distrust is distrust. Do you think I enjoy doing this kind of thing? If it weren't to lighten your burden, I wouldn't go through all the trouble of cooking for you, and I don't even get a kind word in return. I admit I did something wrong, but is your wife really without fault? She clearly knew that the sick chicken might cause us food poisoning, and she still watched us eat it. Can you be sure she didn't have any selfish motives?"
All eyes were on Zhu Huilan, who was sitting in a chair.
Zhu Huilan wasn't deaf. Her mother-in-law's words, seemingly addressed to the entire nation, were actually meant for her. She explained expressionlessly, "Mom, you've misunderstood. Although I knew you would bring home stale vegetable leaves, I truly didn't know you were using a sick chicken to make chicken soup. I'm not a fortune teller; how could I possibly have guessed such a thing?"
Li Xiaohua gave an impatient look. "Since you say you don't know, then let's just pretend you don't know!"
Zhu Huilan took a deep breath and said with a smile, "Let Mom handle the cooking! I won't get involved. Anyway, I don't have much say in this family. You can decide for yourselves; you don't need to ask me."
After saying this, Zhu Huilan picked up Xiaobao and left. Rather than staying there and being mistreated, she decided to go chat with the aunties next door. Ever since she demonstrated her medical skills, her relationship with these aunties had improved dramatically, and they treated her a hundred times better than her mother-in-law had.
Li Xiaohua was stunned for a moment, watching Zhu Huilan's departing figure, and said angrily, "Look at your wife, what kind of attitude is this? How can she treat her mother-in-law like this?"
The woman cried out helplessly, "Mom, we've already done what you wanted, so please stop making a fuss."
Li Xiaohua was so angry that she had angina. She originally wanted to talk to Quanmin about what she had done wrong, but Quanmin just said he was tired and went back to his room.
She was left alone in the empty living room; sure enough, her son had forgotten his mother after getting married.
To avoid being ridiculed, Sun Yiyi and her two friends would stay home and never leave the house except to use the restroom, and they wouldn't even cook.
They wouldn't dare appear in front of others until the matter was completely forgotten; it was too shameful, and they really didn't want to hear the gossip of their neighbors.
Although Zhou Ma managed to avoid her neighbors, she couldn't avoid her colleagues, because she had to bite the bullet and go to work. This was the first time she had ever envied Sun Yiyi and Li Xiaohua, who didn't have to go to work.
As soon as Zhou's mother saw her, her colleagues started asking her all sorts of questions.
"How does the taste of the sick chicken compare to normal chicken? Is it tastier or uglier?" one of the colleagues asked with a smile, a hint of mockery in his eyes.
She just couldn't stand Zhou's mother; after all, Zhou's mother had powerful connections! She couldn't make things difficult for her at work, but she could still make sarcastic remarks about Zhou's mother in her personal life.
Aunt Zhou's face was very unpleasant. She replied coldly, "There's no difference in taste."
"If you ask me, saving a little money can lead to losing a lot of money. It's already pretty good that your family came back unscathed. I had a friend whose neighbor was in a similar situation. Because they ate pork with contamination, the whole family died. That was truly tragic!" another comrade said seriously.
Zhou Ma remained expressionless, her heart unmoved. She was tired of hearing similar words. Every time she met someone, they would tell her not to be greedy for small gains. They repeated these words over and over again. She didn't know if they were tired of it, but she was extremely annoyed.
She didn't want to stay in the kitchen dealing with her colleagues and listening to their sarcastic remarks, so she ignored them and went to the back door of the cafeteria to start moving vegetables to be washed.
Knowing that Zhou Ma was back at work today, the canteen manager came to find her. Seeing her carrying vegetables, he quickly stopped her, saying, "You don't need to do these jobs. You only need to clean the canteen and wash dishes. Tasks like picking and chopping vegetables can be left to others. I don't want the workers to get stomach aches because of you. If it weren't for Comrade Lin Yuanshu's sake, I would have let you leave the canteen long ago."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ma exclaimed excitedly, "You don't need to consider my daughter-in-law's feelings; you can let me leave the cafeteria right now."
She didn't want to go to this awful job even for a day; her colleagues were unfriendly, and the work was too demanding.
The cafeteria manager thought for a moment and then resolutely refused, saying, "That won't do. What if I fire you without my consent and your daughter-in-law gets upset? Unless you let your daughter-in-law tell me herself."
Zhou's mother couldn't help but roll her eyes and questioned, "Why do you consider my daughter-in-law when you do things? My daughter-in-law isn't your boss. Even if she's unhappy, she can't make things difficult for you. Why do you care about her?"
The cafeteria manager argued, "She has such a good relationship with my boss, if she wanted to make things difficult for me, it would be a simple matter of saying a few words. I'm not that stupid."
Zhou Ma: "..."
Damn it, she still has to do this job. Her body hasn't fully recovered yet, and she has to drag her tired body to work. How can her life be so hard?
Zhou Ma and the others lost face, and Zhou Dafu and the others didn't have an easy time either. Anyone who had read the factory newspaper knew that Zhou Dafu and the others were the victims, so they couldn't help but ask all sorts of questions. Although they didn't mean any harm, every word they said sounded harsh to Zhou Dafu and the others.
It wasn't that no workers went up to Lin Yuanshu and asked him all sorts of questions, but Lin Yuanshu just smiled and replied, "If you're so curious, go and try it and you'll know what it tastes like."
From then on, the workers dared not approach Lin Yuanshu to ask him any questions, and no one told them that Lin Yuanshu was so domineering!
Since the incident with the sick chicken, Zhou Ma has been too exhausted to cause any trouble. She goes to work and leaves work quietly without making a fuss. No matter what Lin Yuanshu does, she never complains.
To thank their neighbors for their help, it was impossible to treat them to a meal, as they didn't have enough food. So the three families pooled their money to buy some coarse grains on the black market and gave each of the old men who rode bicycles to take patients to the hospital half a pound of cornmeal.
This "generous gift" shocked the neighbors as soon as it was presented. After all, half a pound of cornmeal was equivalent to a person's daily ration. In those days, food was equivalent to "survival supplies."
The old men quickly refused.
How could Zhou Ma and the others possibly take back the cornmeal? Since they had already taken it out, they had no intention of taking it back.
In the end, the old men accepted the cornmeal.
The neighbors who didn't get help were also filled with regret. If they had known that Zhou Ma and the others would be so generous instead of just saying thank you, they would have been willing to help too!
This incident made the neighbors look at Zhou Ma and the others with new respect. Although they were stingy, they still knew how to repay kindness.
After the neighbors stopped gossiping, Zhou's mother stopped hiding from them and returned to her old self.
However, she hated the Wei family even more. She had initially believed Lin Yuanshu's words, but it was only because she believed Sun Yiyi's nonsense that she did such a thing.
This matter is partly the fault of the building manager and partly the fault of Sun Yiyi.
She grabbed her clothes and prepared to go out to do laundry. Now she no longer had the right to cook. Luckily, she still had the food ration book in her hands, otherwise she would have gone crazy. She would never hand over the food ration book.
As soon as Zhou Ma walked into the corridor, she met Wei Da Ma, who was coming out.
She couldn't help but say, "What bad luck!"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Wei was furious. Why did her family end up in the hospital? It was all because of Aunt Zhou, who insisted on dragging Sun Yiyi into doing such a thing.
She didn't blame Zhou Ma because Comrade Lin Yuanshu had saved them, but now Zhou Ma had the nerve to look down on her.
Aunt Wei rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "I must have had the worst luck in eight lifetimes to run into a neighbor like you. I don't know if I dug up your family's ancestral graves in my past life, because nothing good ever comes from meeting you. My perfectly good daughter-in-law, and you had to drag her into doing this kind of thing. Not only did it land me in the hospital, but it also made me lose all face."
Zhou's mother retorted angrily, "Bullshit! It was clearly your daughter-in-law who dragged me into doing this kind of thing. I'm the victim here."
Aunt Wei smiled insincerely and said, "As expected of you, you really know how to turn the tables. Go tell others about this and see if they believe you or me. My daughter-in-law is not as stingy as you. How could she do such a thing?"
Zhou Ma grumbled, "How am I supposed to know what your daughter-in-law is thinking? She herself said that after experiencing those three years of famine, there's nothing she can't eat?"
Aunt Wei replied dismissively, "Yes, you're right, it's all our fault. What did you do wrong? How could I dare say you were wrong?"
Zhou Ma was furious. She was the victim, and she felt that even Dou E was more wronged than her. "You just believe what your damned daughter-in-law says! One day you will be in big trouble because of your damned daughter-in-law."
Aunt Wei gritted her teeth and said, "You should be glad you have a good daughter-in-law, otherwise I would have slapped you right now."
Hearing this, Zhou Ma became even angrier. Everyone said she had a good daughter-in-law, but she didn't want this good daughter-in-law! After all, Lin Yuanshu was a good daughter-in-law, and she was a wicked mother-in-law.
"Go ahead and slap me if you dare. Don't go easy on me because of anyone else," Zhou Ma said sarcastically.
Aunt Wei paused for a moment, walked over expressionlessly, quickly slapped Aunt Zhou across the face, then opened the door and hid in her room.
Aunt Zhou didn't expect Aunt Wei to actually hit her. She pounded on the door and yelled, "You dare hit me? Go ahead and hit me! Open the door if you dare!"
Aunt Wei said from inside the room, "You're the one who told me to hit him..."
As Lin Yuanshu sipped his brown sugar tea and watched this scene, he exclaimed, "They're so energetic!"
He was in the hospital not long ago, but now he's lively and boisterous again. You have to admit, the bonds between people are very strong these days.
Upon seeing Lin Yuanshu, Zhou Ma said with great grievance, "Second wife, you shouldn't have meddled in other people's business. They didn't respect you at all and even dared to hit your mother-in-law. Help me call Old Wei's wife out; I want to settle accounts with her properly."
Lin Yuanshu smiled and declined, saying, "I have things to do right now, so I don't have time to fool around with you. I'll be going now. You two can continue chatting."
After saying this, Lin Yuanshu went back to his room to put down the cup, and then decisively left the tenement building.
After hearing no sound from Lin Yuanshu outside the door, Aunt Wei said mockingly, "You're really daydreaming. You sent Comrade Lin Yuanshu to the hospital one minute, and now you're expecting him to help you the next. If you weren't Comrade Lin Yuanshu's mother-in-law, he definitely wouldn't want to talk to you. Comrade Lin Yuanshu is really unlucky to have such a mother-in-law..."
Zhou Ma retorted through gritted teeth, "Your daughter-in-law isn't so lucky to have met a daughter-in-law like you. No matter what, I've never let my second daughter-in-law do my laundry and cook for me..."
The two started arguing again, one sentence after another.
After leaving the tenement building, Lin Yuanshu went to the home of the director of the neighborhood office. Several days had passed since then regarding the incident of her saving people.
She inquired and learned that the officials at the subdistrict office were planning to publicly commend her, but the matter has not yet progressed.
She was afraid that if this matter dragged on any longer, it would simply be forgotten, so she had no choice but to go and see the director of the subdistrict office in person.
Following the address given by the women, Lin Yuanshu arrived at the entrance of the courtyard house. The women at the entrance had heard of Lin Yuanshu and knew he wasn't a bad person, so they didn't stop him and allowed him to enter the courtyard smoothly.
Lin Yuanshu looked at the room, which was pretty much the same, and was about to ask an older woman which room the director of the neighborhood office was in.
Just then, the director of the subdistrict office came out of the room. He saw Lin Yuanshu standing in the middle of the courtyard, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he smiled kindly and asked in a loud voice, "Isn't this Comrade Lin Yuanshu? What brings you here? Is there something you need?"
He was no stranger to Lin Yuanshu. Lin Yuanshu had not only participated in the publicity activities he and the women's director had organized, but she had also saved people suffering from food poisoning some time ago. The organization was also planning to publicly praise her helpful behavior. Even if he wanted to, it would be difficult for him not to know.
When Lin Yuanshu saw the director of the subdistrict office, she smiled broadly. It was as if she had just spoken of the devil; she didn't need to search for the director of the subdistrict office everywhere.
"I need to talk to you."
The director was taken aback at first, then quickly invited Lin Yuanshu into the living room, poured him a cup of hot tea, and said earnestly, "Comrade Lin Yuanshu is obviously a smart man, and he should know the rules for asking me for favors."
Lin Yuanshu took a deep breath, took out a pack of Xiangshan brand cigarettes from his pocket, put it on the table, and said in a serious tone, "It's not really a big deal. My mother had food poisoning before, and thanks to the help of the neighborhood committee, she was able to get to the hospital smoothly. I am very grateful. This is a small thank-you gift. I hope you can accept it."
She had specifically inquired about the character of the director of the subdistrict office, and he was the kind of person who would drag his feet on getting things done if he wasn't paid.
She happened to have two cigarette coupons that she hadn't used because neither Zhou Xiangyang nor her father smoked. So she decided to give them to the director of the subdistrict office so that they could expedite the process of publicly praising her.
She's happy to use money to solve problems that can be solved with money, and there's no need to offend the director of the neighborhood committee over such a small matter.
The moment the director saw the cigarette, the corners of his mouth involuntarily turned up. He tried hard to suppress his excitement so that he wouldn't reach out and put the cigarette in his pocket.
As expected of Comrade Lin Yuanshu, he is very generous. This is not "poor man's cigarettes," but "cadre's cigarettes."
"You're too kind. Just tell me what you need, and I'll do whatever I can to help," the director said, patting his chest.
Lin Yuan smiled and said, "It's nothing serious. I just heard that the neighborhood committee was planning to publicly commend me for saving someone, but nothing has happened yet. So I wanted to ask if it's true?"
The director explained with a smile, "It's not fake. It's close to the New Year, and the cadres are all quite busy, so this matter hasn't been dealt with yet."
He didn't intentionally make things difficult for Lin Yuanshu to gain any advantage; he was simply quite busy as the year was drawing to a close.
Lin Yuanshu was not surprised by this reason at all. She said seriously, "I understand your difficulties very well. I'm not thinking that the chemical plant publicized the food poisoning incident. I think the street office should also publicize this incident so that the nearby residents will pay attention to food safety issues. By the way, I should also be publicly praised for my act of saving people."
Upon hearing this, the director knew what Lin Yuanshu wanted: to expedite the public commendation. Without hesitation, he accepted the cigarette and said with a smile, "You're absolutely right. It should be publicized properly. When we hold the residents' meeting, I will publicly commend your behavior and post a commendation notice on the street bulletin board. Would you like your helpful deeds to be broadcast on the radio?"
He only considers how easy or difficult it is to get things done when accepting gifts. He accepts gifts if he can get things done, and ignores those if he can't. He's not stupid; he won't accept gifts or agree to troublesome things like helping someone illegally get more supplies.
As for a small matter like handling Lin Yuanshu's public praise, he had no reason to refuse. After all, it was just a certificate of merit and a manuscript. If he wanted to do it, he could get it done tomorrow.
Lin Yuanshu paused for a moment, then decisively refused, saying, "Forget about the broadcast. I just hope that the filing procedures for this matter can be completed as soon as possible."
She didn't want to be so high-profile. She wanted to be publicly praised, not for the certificate, but to have the matter recorded in the street office's archives for future reference by the organization.
Joining the Party in this era is not an easy thing. There are few spots available, the competition is fierce, and loyalty, family background, and political performance are all taken into consideration.
However, the benefits of joining the party are also obvious; at least you don't have to worry about being targeted by the Revolutionary Committee.
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