Tang Yutian turned around and saw Xu Nuannuan staring at him, so he said to the two people stubbornly, "Take out your letters first and let me see what you wrote in them. I will check them and make sure they are all correct before I mail them to you."
"Ah? You really want to check!"
Both of them found it incredible and were very unwilling to cooperate.
"This letter is for my son who works out of town. There's nothing contraband in it. I'm giving it to you. Please read it and give it back to me as soon as you're done."
He handed in the letter.
Another person was unwilling to hand it over. It was a letter he wrote to his girlfriend who was attending the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. It contained some warm and caring words and was a little corny, so he was too embarrassed to show it to others.
"This letter contains my privacy, I can't give it to you."
While she was hesitating, Director Chen from the post office came in from the back door and asked, "What happened? Who was shouting for help just now? Why is someone being killed? Who wants to kill someone?"
When he came in and saw that it was quiet here, he felt relieved.
However, he couldn't just ignore the fact that someone was causing trouble at the post office.
He looked at the four people in front of him and asked, "Who of you was shouting for help just now?"
"It's me." Xu Nuannuan could see that the person in front of her was a big shot in the bureau, and said, "However, no one wants to kill me. I just called the other staff here first, because this comrade wanted to check the letters I mailed, and she detained them after reading them. I can't mail the letters here normally now, and my things have been detained. I want someone to come out and explain and make the decision for me." She pointed at Tang Yutian and said.
"Inspect the letter and detain it?" The director frowned and looked at Tang Yutian at the counter. Tang Yutian was already embarrassed. Director Chen asked, "Xiao Tang, is there such a thing?"
Tang Yutian didn't know how to answer, so the two men next to her helped her answer.
"Yes, she just checked the letter I mailed to my son. I didn't want to show it to her because it only covered our family matters. Why would we show it to outsiders? But she said she wouldn't mail it if she didn't read it. What can I do? Hey, what new regulations have our post office introduced? Every letter people send will be checked?"
"Just now, this comrade wanted to check my letter, but I didn't give it to her. I also want to ask the leaders of our post office, is it true that if I don't show my letter to the staff here, it can't be mailed?"
After hearing this, Director Chen remained calm on the surface, but he was furious inside.
"Comrade Xiao Tang, how could you read the people's mail without permission? And you can't just use the name of the post office to check other people's mail without permission. We should respect other people's privacy and protect their personal rights from being infringed."
"I, I." Tang Yutian tried to find an excuse for herself: "I, I want to prevent the enemy mail agents from mixing in with the people and using letters and other enemy agents to pass on information. That's why I want to check."
"To investigate enemy spies? That's not our business. What did our rules and regulations say? Didn't you read it clearly? Our main task is to send and receive letters for the people, to facilitate the exchange of information and emotional contact between them and their families and friends. You just need to do your job well. If you come to investigate enemy spies, the people don't have to mail letters anymore? Our foundation is the people. We must serve the people first. Other matters are handled by specialized personnel. You don't have to worry about them."
Tang Yutian was scolded by the director, her face turned red and she bit her lower lip tightly.
If her father hadn't insisted on her coming to work at the post office, she wouldn't have to endure this.
The man who had just shown her the letter said, "It turns out the post office really doesn't have such a rule. Really, if this comrade could come earlier, I wouldn't want her to read my letter."
Director Chen glanced at Tang Yutian and said, "You peeped into someone's privacy. Apologize to them."
Tang Yutian stood up with an embarrassed look on her face and bowed to the man: "I'm sorry."
He quickly took the envelope for that person, and then took the envelope for the second person.
Now only Xu Nuannuan was left. She said to the director, "She withheld my manuscript without permission. Please return it to me and apologize to me."
Tang Yutian was very stubborn: "There are problems with what she wrote, so I seized it."
She just needed to find something controversial in the article and put a label on Xu Nuannuan.
"Please take out her article and let me see it." The director stretched out his hand to her.
She reluctantly took out the manuscript and handed it to the director. After checking it, the director's eyes lit up.
Then he gave it back to Xu Nuannuan: "I'm so sorry, I read your article and it's fine. On the contrary, it's very positive and inspiring. It's a rare good article."
No one who reads such an article will find anything wrong with it, and will only praise it for being well written.
Xu Nuannuan looked at Tang Yutian and said, "Shouldn't she apologize to me? If this leader hadn't come, not only would I not be able to send the manuscript, but my hard work might have been wasted or stolen by someone else."
"steal?"
"Yes, you found a reason to withhold my manuscript. You are either trying to ruin my hard work or you want to keep it for yourself. Then you mail it out and earn royalties. Isn't that stealing the fruits of my labor?"
"I didn't intend it that way, I really didn't."
Tang Yutian panicked. She was just jealous of Xu Nuannuan and didn't want Xu Nuannuan to be able to submit her work. She had no intention of stealing it at all.
"You say you didn't, who can prove it?"
"I really didn't." Tang Yutian didn't know how to explain.
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