Seeing everyone looking at him, Jin Hao grinned and continued, "This project was initiated by the administrative department, reviewed by our three deputy chief engineers, and then submitted to the chief engineer for approval. At this year's end, the higher-ups were very satisfied with our institute's work this year and specially approved a batch of materials and funds as a reward. After a meeting and discussion among the institute's leaders, it was decided that these materials and funds will be distributed to everyone as a New Year's gift!"
“Wow!”
As Jin Hao finished speaking, there was a burst of exclamations in the small auditorium, followed by thunderous applause again.
Although it was already the 1970s, the country's material supply was still very tight.
In addition, most people have large families. In addition to eating, the elderly need medical treatment and children need to go to school. Moreover, in many families of seven or eight people, only one or two of them are working and getting paid. After taking home a salary and a ration of food, it is not enough to share it among everyone.
Simply put, you won’t starve to death, but you won’t be full either.
Therefore, when Jin Hao said that he would distribute rewards to everyone, the people in the audience were so excited.
In order to increase everyone's enthusiasm, Xu Jianguo discussed with the three people before the meeting started, and finally decided to distribute the rewards that were originally supposed to be distributed after the meeting directly at the meeting site.
So just when all the staff of the institute were feeling happy, the side door next to the podium in the small auditorium was pushed open, and then a group of administrative and logistical staff came in from outside carrying large boxes. In a short while, they filled up the originally small podium.
Afterwards, Xu Jianguo and the three deputy directors stood up and stood aside, giving their seats to the administrative and logistical staff.
At this time, the people sitting in the audience were still a little confused, not knowing what these people on the stage were going to do.
Some smart people seemed to have thought of something and immediately told their ideas to their colleagues.
Sure enough, when an administrative staff member announced that prizes and bonuses would be distributed on site, cheers suddenly rang out in the small auditorium, almost blowing the roof off.
The rewards given this time were very generous, including daily necessities such as food and meat, as well as popular commodities such as fruits and canned goods.
As for bonuses, they range from 5 yuan to 30 yuan because everyone's division of labor and contribution are different.
In addition, there are many different kinds of tickets, such as grain tickets, meat tickets, oil tickets, cloth tickets, cotton tickets and coal tickets, which are definitely indispensable.
For some engineers who made significant contributions, their superiors also prepared tickets such as bicycle tickets, sewing machine tickets, watch tickets and radio tickets for them. In short, they were fully equipped with all the necessary equipment.
Xu Jianguo did not stay in the small auditorium for long. He watched everyone go up happily to receive their awards after their names were called out. He smiled and nodded, then said hello to Liu Mingyu and others and left quietly.
Following him in leaving were Zhao Changshan and Liu Yang, who had been guarding not far away.
In a few days, it would be the New Year of the Gregorian calendar in 1972, and Xu Jianguo was also planning to visit Su Lian before the New Year.
After leaving the small auditorium, Xu Jianguo looked at the time and found that it was almost lunchtime. After thinking about it, he took Zhao Changshan and Liu Yang out of the institute. The three of them took a car and went directly to Jingzhou University.
Because he has been busy with projects recently, Xu Jianguo has not paid much attention to Daya's affairs.
Ever since this girl told Wen Sitian that someone had written her a love letter, there has been no further news. Xu Jianguo happened to have some time today, so he planned to go to the school to check.
Daya is a good girl in every way except that she is a little introverted. As her brother, Xu Jianguo is really afraid that she has something stuck in her heart.
Zhao Changshan drove to the gate of Jingzhou University. Liu Yang was just about to get out of the car and go to the message room to say hello when a man came out of the room.
Xu Jianguo took a closer look and the corners of his mouth curled up. It was because the man who came out was an acquaintance, the uncle who stopped his car when his family first came to Jingzhou University.
Later, Xu Jianguo showed him his ID, which almost gave the uncle a heart attack.
Since then, because Xu Jianguo would occasionally come to pick up Daya when he was free, the two became friends after a few visits.
Even when Daya was harassed while working in the library, it was this uncle who reported it to Xu Jianguo.
Because the uncle knew Xu Jianguo's car, he walked out of the house and went to the passenger seat without waiting for Liu Yang to get out.
Xu Jianguo opened the car window, stuck his head out and greeted the uncle with a smile.
As soon as the uncle saw Xu Jianguo, a smile appeared on his face. Without saying a word, he turned around and started lifting the horizontal bar.
Seeing this, Zhao Changshan drove the car forward. When passing by the uncle, Xu Jianguo asked him to stop the car, then took out a box of Zhonghua cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to the uncle through the car window.
Seeing this, the uncle naturally refused to accept it, but after a brief tug of war, he finally accepted the cigarette and watched Xu Jianguo's car leave with a smile.
Since it was not the first time for several of them to come to school, the route was still very familiar.
Soon, the car stopped at the entrance of the fourth canteen closest to the law school building.
Xu Jianguo got out of the car first, said something to Zhao Changshan and Liu Yang, asked them to go in and eat by themselves, and then left.
It was the time when students were finishing classes, so when Xu Jianguo lifted the cotton curtain and walked into the cafeteria, the place could be described as bustling with noise.
The reason why Xu Jianguo was so sure that Daya was here was because of the girl's coordinates on the world map in his mind.
Soon, Xu Jianguo saw Daya in the queue for food.
At this time, Daya was chatting with the two girls standing behind her. From the expressions on the three girls' faces, Xu Jianguo could be sure that the relationship between them should be good.
In addition to these three girls, Xu Jianguo also noticed a boy in the queue.
The boy is about 1.8 meters tall, looks gentle and fair-skinned. Although he is not a handsome guy, he is very attractive.
Simply put, he gives people the feeling of a boy next door, full of sunshine.
The reason why Xu Jianguo noticed him was mainly because he was slightly different from the other boys around him.
When the other boys looked at Daya and the other two girls, there was a bit of desire and vulgarity in their eyes, but when this boy looked at Daya, his eyes revealed admiration and love.
So Xu Jianguo guessed that this boy was most likely secretly in love with Daya, but as to whether he was the one who wrote the love letter, it was hard to confirm.
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