Chapter 186 Hong Mei
In the garment factory workshop.
"Zhang Jing, your husband is really capable. He fixed our factory's broadcasting equipment in a short time. The technicians in our factory only know how to eat and work. Sometimes they can't even fix a small problem."
"How can they be the same? They repair sewing machines, and I repair broadcasting equipment. They are not professionally related."
Zhang Jing quickly explained.
"I heard that it was because your husband repaired a broken sewing machine in the warehouse that the factory leaders held a meeting and decided to send those technicians to the provincial capital for further studies. They couldn't fix it, but your husband did because he has good repair skills."
"That's right, Zhang Jing's husband is very good at repairing TVs and radios. He can basically fix any home appliance he brings over."
"That was just a coincidence. Maybe the maintenance worker was careless and he just happened to be lucky."
Zhang Jing smiled.
"Zhang Jing, please stop being modest on behalf of Technician Zhao."
"He's an expert at repairing household appliances. His sewing machine skills are probably similar to those of the technicians in our factory. He must have been trained to be serious and meticulous in repairing household appliances."
Zhang Jing smiled.
At this time, no one would joke and say, "Don't be so humble. Are you afraid that someone else will snatch your husband away?" This is like saying that you are an adulterer. If you are caught, you will be paraded through the streets, so almost no one will make this joke.
Hearing everyone praising Zhao Yi, Zhang Jing naturally felt that they were praising herself. Now, husband and wife share the prosperity and adversity together, so of course she had to be humble.
But the smile on his face could not be stopped.
As soon as work was over, everyone surrounded Zhang Jing and walked out.
"If Comrade Zhao was a technician in our factory, I think he would have been voted as the model worker."
"Yes, such technicians deserve our votes."
After get off work at the garment factory, Hong Mei walked back to her home.
At this time, Liu Wentao had not yet finished get off work. The canteen workers got off work later than the workers, so he had to help the workers get meals, but they took turns, one group in the morning and another group in the afternoon.
There are many workers in each factory, so there are naturally many canteen staff.
Hong Mei prepared dinner. Sometimes when the steel plant leaders held a reception, Liu Wentao would pack up some of the leftover food to eat as a snack.
"Boss, you don't know that when Comrade Zhao came to our factory, he seemed to be more popular than the factory director. The whole workshop was talking about him and praising his good maintenance skills."
As soon as Liu Wentao got home, Hong Mei told him what happened in the workshop.
"His maintenance skills are indeed strong. The maintenance workers in the other three department stores are all his former apprentices."
Liu Wentao was not jealous of Zhao Yi. They were in different fields. Zhao Yi was a maintenance worker and he was a cook. He would not feel jealous when someone praised Zhao Yi's maintenance skills.
"As soon as we arrived at our garment factory today, the broadcasting equipment was repaired in less than an hour. We can hear everything the announcer said today. By the way, it will be a few days before you go to help in the kitchen next to them, right?"
Hong Mei asked.
"There are still eight or nine days left. I went over there to check. They are now building a temporary kitchen. They said it will be used for ten years or so without any problems. So my guess is right. As long as I go there and work hard, they will call me if there is work there in the future."
When Liu Wentao heard this topic, he immediately became interested.
"You mean that they will accept any banquet reservations from now on, and they will be too busy to handle it?"
Hong Mei asked.
"The restaurant business is very good. There are at least dozens of people eating there every day. How can they be busy with the banquet? Zhao Yi and Zhang Jing are both workers. How can they have so much time to help their relatives with the restaurant business?
I am too busy with my work. ”
Liu Wentao said with a smile.
Hong Mei has never been to a restaurant. She has six children to take care of, four from her ex-husband, and a son and a daughter with Liu Wentao, although the youngest of her ex-husband's children is ten years old.
They all live in the same yard and eat at the same table. Liu Wentao is also nice to Hong Mei's former parents-in-law. A marriage that was once disapproved of by everyone, now everyone praises the two for their conscience. They treat their own children and their original children the same, and they are respectful to their former parents-in-law as their own parents.
Nowadays, she rarely has to do laundry, as the little ones have grown up and know how to do it by themselves.
With such a large family, Hong Mei naturally couldn't bear to spend money on restaurants, and she had never even bought the braised pork for free.
A group of growing kids have many places to spend money. Every time they want to eat meat, they have to wait for Liu Wentao's kitchen helper, or for the factory to entertain a family before they can have a good meal.
Hong Mei was also very happy to hear this. Liu Wentao could earn more money and the family income could also be higher. In a few years, the eldest daughter in the family would be able to take over her ex-husband's job, and their lives would get better and better in the future.
Linkou Commune.
Zhao Yan was preparing to close her stall and go home. Chen Yan did not come to the commune to pick her up yesterday, so she went back to her parents' home and stayed overnight. She thought Chen Yan would come earlier today, but she didn't expect that the sun was about to set and there was no sign of Chen Yan.
Just after closing the stall, I saw Chen Yan appear on the commune street (a wider dirt road) carrying something unknown.
"What are you carrying on your back, boss?"
Zhao Yan grew up in the countryside and seldom went to places like the county town, so naturally she didn't know what a sewing machine was.
"Sewing machine, when you're done here, I'll take you to the district to learn how to use it. From now on, you can help people mend and sew clothes in the commune."
Chen Yan said with a smile.
"This sewing machine must cost a lot of money."
Although I have never seen a sewing machine, I heard Wu Lan say that when her daughter got married, her family bought her a three-turn and one-ring sewing machine. At that time, no one in the village knew what a three-turn and one-ring sewing machine was.
I could only wait patiently for Wu Lan to explain, and then I found out that they were a bicycle, a sewing machine, a watch, and a radio.
Bicycles are already available in the village. Liu Qi and Zhao Laowu each bought a second-hand bicycle and have now become the coolest guys in the surrounding villages. Wherever they ride their bicycles, they are the focus of others' attention and no one is willing to take their eyes off them.
Although the bicycle only cost 80 yuan, everyone was reluctant to spend the money.
The young men around 17 or 18 years old in the village now often go to the two families to borrow bicycles to learn how to ride. It costs 30 cents a day, and many people are still willing to spend the money to learn how to ride a bicycle.
"Brother Yi helped me get it, and it only cost me 40 yuan. No one else could get it."
Chen Yan laughed immediately.
"By the way, Brother Yi also lent me two hundred yuan so that we can rent a house here so that we don't have to run back and forth. I will also go to the city to get a second-hand bicycle so that it will be convenient for us to go back to the village in the future."
As for riding a bicycle to the district, forget it. The bus takes more than two hours to drive there, and you have to pedal hard to ride a bicycle. There are also many patrolmen from the commune or brigade along the way.
It is much more convenient to ride a bike to the county town, and it is convenient for Chen Yan to go to places like Chenjia Village and Xiongjia Village.
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