Chapter 464 Brother, We Seem to Have Given Too Much
On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in the 1980s, the festive atmosphere was already very strong.
Li Ye, who had not yet left Beijing, was called home by Teacher Ke himself. He had a good family dinner and was then given lots of New Year's goods.
Before leaving, Li Ye asked Teacher Ke if it was appropriate for him to come over and take a walk on the second day of the Chinese New Year.
According to the tradition of the flower-growing family, the second day of the Chinese New Year is also called "Son-in-law Day". After getting engaged or married, the son-in-law must bring gifts to his father-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings on this day.
The number and value of the gifts are related to the son-in-law's age. The newer the son-in-law, the more and more expensive the gifts are.
If he is a son-in-law who has been married for several decades, a few ingredients and two bottles of white wine will be enough. He will also have a feast at noon, and most of the food will go into the stomachs of himself, his wife and children.
Li Ye and Wen Leyu had just "talked about it". In some places, it was necessary to pay New Year's greetings, but not necessarily in other places. On the second day of the new year, there would definitely be many sons-in-law gathering in the COFCO compound. Whether he was qualified or not would depend on what Teacher Ke thought.
However, as soon as Li Ye finished speaking, Wen Qingsheng, who was already eight points drunk, said: "Of course it's appropriate, how can it not be appropriate? I'll wait for you on the second day of the New Year!"
Teacher Ke also looked at Li Ye with a playful smile and said, "If you don't come to my place to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of the Chinese New Year, where else do you want to go to pay New Year's greetings?"
"Hehehehe, I was wrong Aunt Ke, I will be there on the second day of the New Year."
Li Ye smiled awkwardly and walked out of the door.
Wen Leyu, who sent him out, also had a happy smile on her face.
Qingshui County is 500 kilometers away from the capital, and it is very troublesome to rush over to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of the Lunar New Year, so it shows that Li Ye attaches great importance to the relationship between them.
Although Wen Leyu had a happy smile on his face, he said insincerely: "Actually, you don't have to rush so much, you can come later. You have to leave Qingshui County on the first day of the Lunar New Year. My parents won't blame you."
Li Ye was much smarter when dealing with Wen Leyu. He immediately pretended to be annoyed and said, "No! If I'm at home on the second day of the Chinese New Year, people will think I don't have a partner.
On the third day of the New Year, the matchmaker brought a beautiful girl to my house. What do you think I should do? "
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Wen Leyu was stunned for several seconds, then looked at Li Ye and said word by word: "Although I know you are joking, I still want to beat you up."
“Puff~”
The small fist hit Li Ye's shoulder accurately and fiercely.
Why did Wen Leyu hit Li Ye's shoulder? Because hitting other places, whether it was the chest, lower abdomen or forehead, would hurt.
"Oh, it hurts, it hurts, it really hurts, please stop hitting me."
Li Ye cried out in pain repeatedly, but Wen Leyu was addicted to beating him. The strength in his hands weakened by a lot, but the frequency did not decrease at all.
"Hey, hey, hey, look, is that your brother? Who is the other one?"
Li Ye suddenly grabbed Wen Leyu's hand and pointed to a dark place outside the compound gate.
Wen Leyu glanced over and saw his brother Wen Guohua's jeep.
Next to the jeep, there was a bicycle parked, and next to the bicycle stood a woman with long hair.
Although Li Ye's eyesight was very good, the distance was a bit far and it was the darkest place, so he couldn't see clearly.
But Wen Leyu said softly: "It should be Ning Pingping."
"Ning Pingping?"
Li Ye took a closer look and found that she really looked like Ning Pingping.
Looking at Ning Pingping's bicycle again and thinking that it was almost nine o'clock, Li Ye figured out something.
Given the close relationship between Wen Guohua and Ning Pingping in the past, it was impossible for such a thing as blocking the door to happen.
Li Ye asked in a low voice: "Is Ning Pingping trying to stop your brother? Is your brother trying to avoid him?"
Wen Leyu did not answer directly, but said quietly: "Sometimes, being destined to be together is very torturous. You know that you can't be together, but you just can't let it go and can't figure it out.
So you and I should cherish it, Li Ye, you and I almost missed each other."
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In the darkness, tears welled up in Wen Leyu's big eyes.
Obviously, she was thinking of her past with Li Ye. If Lu Jingyao hadn't turned against her, if Li Ye and Wen Leyu hadn't been decisive enough, or even if Li Ye hadn't been outstanding enough, neither of them would have come this far.
Li Ye wiped Wen Leyu's tears with shame and whispered, "I was wrong, Xiaoyu, I won't make that kind of joke again in the future."
"snort,"
Wen Leyu sniffed and said, "It's okay. It's okay for you to joke around occasionally. I just want to practice my boxing skills.
One of our roommates recently joined the school's boxing club, and I learned a combination of punches, front straight punch, back hook, and I'll beat you up in the face."
“.”
Wen Leyu's two little arms were dancing vigorously, and it actually looked like the real thing.
Li Ye suddenly felt that Wen Leyu seemed to have mastered the code of his preferences. Her considerate gentleness and false stubbornness combined to form a perfect image of a young wife.
. . . . . . .
The twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month was the day Li Ye and his group of eight people had agreed to go home together.
As we all entered our third year, it became increasingly difficult for our eight-person group to have regular dinners together.
Li Dayong was busy with Changbei, Fu Yingjie had a girlfriend, Hu Man became the head of the female department of the student union, Jiang Xiaoyan was busy helping her family's noodle shop open a branch, Yan Jinbu and Han Xia met each other's parents.
Everyone is busy and has their own small circle. It is very rare for the eight of them to get together. Sometimes, only Li Dayong, Li Ye and Wen Leyu have family dinners.
However, when going to school and going home every semester, everyone's opinions are very unified, and they go together if they can.
This year, Changbei Machinery Company just received a seven-seater Land Cruiser, which can just accommodate everyone. Li Ye also had to come to honor his father-in-law on the second day of the Chinese New Year, so he decided to drive back and bring the car back on the second day of the Chinese New Year.
Although one could take a train from Qingshui County on the first day of the Lunar New Year and reach the capital the next day, Li Ye, who later owned a private car, believed that a private car was still the first choice for travel within 500 kilometers.
But everyone had agreed, but on the afternoon of the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Dayong called and said that he might not be able to leave.
"Brother, the factory is still in a mess! Xiaohui and Guo Tianyong have gone home for the New Year, so I may not be able to leave. I'll have someone send the car over to you. You can go with Hu Man and the others first!"
"Can't leave?" Li Ye asked curiously, "Isn't Changbei on holiday starting today? Why can't you leave? Is there something wrong with the management again?"
Li Dayong said bitterly on the other end of the phone: "The management did make a fuss for a while, but it didn't amount to anything. The main reason was that we seemed to have paid too much, and the workers didn't want to take a holiday!"
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After hanging up the phone, Li Ye called Tian Hongshan over and asked him to drive him to Changbei Machinery Company.
When I arrived at the factory, I saw that the machines were not stopped and the workers were not on holiday.
Tian Hongshan smiled and said, "When I came to pick up the goods before, the workers were also very motivated, but not as motivated as they are now.
Now they are all like model workers, they don’t know how to get tired! Look, it’s already 4:50 and the machines haven’t stopped yet! "
In the factories of the 1980s, no matter whether they were state-owned or collective, workers would stop working at 4:30 after 5 p.m., wash and scrub, and wait for the end of get off work. If anyone delayed them for even a minute, they would be scolded for ten minutes without feeling relieved.
But if the train doesn't shut down at 4:50, you definitely won't be able to leave at 5:00.
Li Ye looked at the tireless workers and didn't know what to say.
After a busy year, we asked you to take a long holiday during the Spring Festival, but everyone is unwilling to take it.
In fact, many people in later generations don’t know that workers in the 1980s did have “annual leave”, which was genuine paid leave.
As long as you are a formal employee, you will have "employee leave" every year, which ranges from five days to ten or fifteen days. Some older employees can even take longer leave.
On the contrary, in later generations when the economy was developed, annual leave became a high-sounding name and became increasingly distant from ordinary workers.
"Ring, ring, ring~"
The bell for the end of get off work rang and the machines in the workshop gradually stopped, but the workers rushed to the canteen instead of going home.
"Does this mean we have to work overtime?"
Tian Hongshan said with a smile, "That's right. Workers in the workshop are paid based on performance. The more they work, the more they earn. Now the production tasks are scheduled for half a year later. Aren't they all working hard to make money?"
"What does it mean to get rich? It's through hard work."
Li Ye smiled and said, "Okay! As long as the management doesn't cause trouble, the workers can earn more! It's not like we can't pay the wages."
In fact, according to Li Ye’s past experience, any company that encounters the situation of “workers getting rich” will inevitably adjust performance and reduce workers’ wages.
But Li Ye would never bring this management philosophy of treating workers like beasts of burden to Changbei today.
The factory is not without profit, it is not without money, what's wrong with giving workers a few more coins? Isn't there still a Fat Donglai in the future?
Just at this moment, an old man walked past Li Ye and Tian Hongshan and greeted Tian Hongshan.
"Boss Tian, are you coming to pick up the goods today? If you want to pick up the goods, please tell me quickly, otherwise I won't be able to arrange it for you after the office closes."
Tian Hongshan smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Master Liao, I'm not picking up the goods. Our company has already gone on holiday. I just came to see Technician Li for something."
"Technician Li is over there! I'll call him for you."
"Don't go, Master Liao. I want to ask you something."
Tian Hongshan was a man with clear eyes and eyebrows. He knew what Li Ye wanted to know, so he asked the old man: "Master Liao, are there any workers in your workshop who are unwilling to work overtime?"
"Yes, I have!"
The old man said: "There are indeed a few lazy guys who don't know their names after earning a little money, and they want to take a long vacation. Everyone dragged them directly to the construction site in the east."
Master Liao pointed to the east and said with a squinting eye: "You can also go to the east and take a look at the foundation of the building. Construction started a week after the meeting that day. It took a month in the middle of winter to dig out the trench. Who the hell doesn't believe them anymore?"
But they said that if the performance is not good, there will be no second phase of staff buildings. Now the production plan is half a year away. If anyone ruins the performance and holds back the brothers, everyone will break his legs. "
"Let me ask you, who dares to take a vacation?"
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(End of this chapter)
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