First Textile Factory.
"Sister Zhang, the factory director wants you to go to his office."
It was almost time to get off work. Zhang Jinmei had already packed up and was about to go to the cafeteria to buy a dish to take home, but she heard someone shouting at her at the door.
The factory manager is looking for me?!
Why?! Is there something wrong?!
Zhang Jinmei stood up and walked out of the office, feeling confused. She then kept thinking about recent work-related events with the factory director, or any major events in the factory.
As a result, when she walked into the factory director's office, she found several strangers sitting or standing inside, and they all wore red armbands on their arms.
No sooner had she appeared at the door than all eyes fell on her.
Zhang Jinmei felt a little flustered and uneasy, and had a bad feeling for no reason.
"Secretary Zhang, come in."
Director Wei, who was sitting in a chair behind his desk, waved to the woman at the door with a serious face. He looked at Director Zhang who was obviously uneasy and was also filled with worry.
Zhang Jinmei couldn't help but secretly swallow her saliva. It was the first time for her to face such a big scene. She was not as calm as before and walked in with her hands and feet clumsily.
As soon as she entered, the door behind her was immediately closed. Zhang Jinmei subconsciously turned her head and saw that the person who closed the door was Secretary Li, the secretary of the factory director whom she knew.
"Officer Zhang, take a seat. Don't be nervous. These are comrades from the Commission for the Protection of the People's Republic of China. They have come to you to ask for your advice."
"Don't worry, I believe they won't wrongly accuse a good person, nor will they let a bad person go."
Director Wei was a transferee from the army to the First Textile Factory. He was upright and always very serious and fair. He had been transferred to the factory for almost five years and was very popular among the workers.
Zhang Jinmei nodded nervously to Director Wei, and immediately became much calmer because of his words.
"Okay, Director, don't worry, I will answer your questions truthfully."
She immediately assured Director Wei. She knew that in front of these members of the Commission, only Director Wei could protect her.
Director Wei nodded, and then nodded to the member of the cutting committee who was obviously the leader sitting on his right.
"Deputy Director Tang, this is Comrade Zhang Jinmei, the secretary of our factory labor union. You can ask her if you have any questions."
Deputy Director Tang had already looked at Zhang Jinmei for a while when she came in. Hearing this, he nodded to Director Wei, giving him some face.
"Zhang Jinmei, do you know Fang Jiahai?!"
The cold and ruthless voice and the name buried deep in her heart rang in Zhang Jinmei's ears, shocking her so much that her eyes widened and her face turned pale. Not only was there a look of fear on her face, but her body also trembled uncontrollably.
Director Wei, Secretary Li, and everyone else were staring at her closely. Seeing her look and expression, it went without saying that she knew Fang Jiahai.
"I know him. He's my eldest son's biological father. We were childhood sweethearts and lived in the same alley. I came here to kiss him, but he fell in love with a female classmate from a particularly wealthy family at school and broke up with me. But at that time, I found out that I was pregnant. In the end, he coaxed me into listening to him and getting rid of the child, and he also gave me a few hundred yuan."
"After that, I secretly went to the hospital by myself to have the baby aborted. But the doctor examined me and said that I had a special constitution and that if I aborted the baby, I would never have another one. He told me to go back and think about it carefully."
"I didn't know what to do at the time, but later I couldn't bear to abort the baby, so I decided to give birth. In order to give birth to the baby, I used the several hundred yuan given by Fang Jiahai to buy a small yard and gave birth to my son."
Zhang Jinmei is no longer the ignorant girl she was before. She has worked in the First Textile Factory for more than 20 years and has some experience. She knows that at this time, she can only be honest and surrender in order to save herself.
Director Wei, Deputy Director Tang, Secretary Li and others all listened very carefully. What Zhang Jinmei said did not make them look surprised or shocked. They just continued to look at her.
"Then, does Fang Jiahai know that he has this son?!"
Deputy Director Tang still had no expression on his face and his voice was very cold.
"He knows because I told him."
Swallowing her saliva, Zhang Jinmei continued to confess honestly. Now that she had said it, she would not hide it.
"So, he was the one who found the connection for you to get into the First Textile Factory?!"
Deputy Director Tang continued to question Zhang Jinmei, but this was a very fatal question.
In fact, everyone believed that Fang Jiahai must have found Zhang Jinmei's job.
Because, when the First Textile Factory was established, Fang Jiahai's father-in-law had already been transferred to a job as a leader in a relevant department in Beijing, so who wouldn't give him such a favor? !
However, Zhang Jinmei shook her head without hesitation, denying what Deputy Director Tang said.
"I found this job by myself. I knew the textile factory was recruiting, so I came here and took the factory exam to become a trade union officer. The main reason was that I was literate and had a good foundation, and I also knew how to work in a textile factory. I finished primary school before I had children. It wasn't that my family disliked me because I was a girl and my family was poor, otherwise it wouldn't have been difficult for me to get into junior high school with my grades. Later, when Fang Jiahai was in junior and senior high school, he often brought books to teach me, so he said that it was okay for me to have a junior high school education. When I took the exam, I had the best grades in all the exams and ranked first, so I was admitted to the trade union as an officer."
After having a baby out of wedlock, she had difficulty raising her son. She was no longer the silly girl she used to be.
She already knew that it was better to rely on herself than on others. So she often listened to job openings outside and made preparations herself, so she was admitted to the First Textile Factory.
"Deputy Director Tang, there should be quite a few old workers in our factory who can tell us whether Secretary Zhang took the exam or not. We can find out by asking them. She can't lie about this."
Director Wei was really fair and just. He had nothing to say about Zhang Jinmei's affairs before liberation. After all, everything happened before liberation. Could he still hold her ancestors accountable? This was not proper.
"Then please ask Director Wei to go and ask him. After all, this matter can be big or small."
Deputy Director Tang naturally had no objection, and he was giving this face to Director Wei, so he agreed.
So Director Wei signaled Secretary Li to go find her. Secretary Li also knew what he should do, so he went out to find her immediately.
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