Chapter 10
Xia Qingtang held her back, and said calmly, "Don't be angry, finish eating first."
Hu Yanni was so angry that her face turned red: "How can I not be angry? This Kong guy is such a piece of shit! Why does he bully you like this? What's wrong with their cadre family? Can a cadre family bully others?"
Father Hu said softly at this time: "Although this cannot be said, the family of cadres is indeed different from ours. Even if you rush to find him now, what can you do for Qingtang? Can you help her return to the workshop and work as a textile worker again?"
"No..." Hu Yanni was a little frustrated, and even cried a little, "But... Can we just let the Kong guy bully Qingtang like this?"
Xia Qingtang was very touched. This good friend was really sincere to her, much better than the so-called family. She held Hu Yanni's left hand tightly and said in a deep voice: "Yanni, thank you."
"Why are you thanking me? I can't help you at all..."
"You've helped me a lot. You and your uncle and aunt took me in. Otherwise, I would have to live on the streets." Xia Qingtang said, "I don't think we can deal with this head-on. The Kong family is really not someone you can easily mess with."
"That's why you want to find someone to marry quickly. No matter what kind of person this is, you have to marry him." Hu Yanni felt distressed. "This is so unfair to you."
"I don't feel wronged, I really don't feel wronged. I know you are thinking about me, but I know my own business. Good looks can't make a living, so it's not an advantage. I've thought about it. As long as he is a good person, why should I be afraid of hardship? He has a job, and I have a job too. After we get married, we can live separately and work hard together. Why should we worry about not having a good life? If the other person is a little older, that's also good. It is said that older people will be caring for others." Xia Qingtang said sincerely: "As for me, I have only one selfish motive. I want to find a tall person with good character. I heard that tall people are responsible, just like Uncle Hu."
It doesn't matter if you have a bad job or a poor family now. Things will be reformed and open up soon. By then, as long as you are diligent and hardworking, why worry about not being able to make money and live a good life?
If the other party is too timid and unwilling to go out and venture, Xia Qingtang can go out and make money by herself. She has been a coward all her life. Now she has a chance to start over again. She definitely cannot shrink in her shell and do nothing. As long as she still has a little courage, she will be able to live a good life in the future.
After hearing what Xia Qingtang said, the Hu family laughed. Mother Hu said, "Yanni's father is indeed very responsible, but are you really willing to marry a man from a poor family and suffer with him? Even if there is no marriage, it's okay? Even if you are transferred to the warehouse now, it won't be a lifelong thing. After all, you are a young female comrade, and the factory will not keep you in the warehouse forever."
"Aunt, I want to find someone who is a little more ordinary. I am also willing to endure hardships. I can't make it in three turns and one ring. I will just work hard in the future. Even if I don't mention my current job, I probably won't be close to my parents based on my family situation. I don't have anyone to rely on in my natal family, so how can I be dissatisfied with someone's conditions? As long as he has a good character and is willing to live a good life with me, that's enough." Xia Qingtang emphasized: "Of course, I don't care about other conditions, but he must be tall."
"You've thought it through very clearly. It's not a bad idea to find someone ordinary. In your current situation, as long as you hurry up and get married, that Kong guy won't be able to do anything to you anymore." Mother Hu agreed and said, "Don't worry, leave it to me. I promise to find you a tall and good young man as soon as possible."
Xia Qingtang particularly emphasized tall stature, mainly to annoy Kong Liangchao in the future.
He is only 1.7 meters tall, and he is particularly concerned about this, so he wears leather shoes with high heels every day and puts insoles on them just to look taller.
If Xia Qingtang had found a tall husband, Kong Liangchao would have been pissed off to death.
After entrusting the matter to Hu's mother, Xia Qingtang went to work at the factory as usual the next day.
She took the job change document that Secretary Wang gave her yesterday and went directly to the warehouse to report, which scared everyone in the warehouse, especially Xia Daming.
"What? The factory transferred you to the warehouse as a porter? Are you sure about this?" Hu Daming took the paper and read it over and over again seven or eight times, but he couldn't believe it.
The warehouse selects strong young men, and their main job content is heavy physical labor. Most people are not happy to work in this position.
When Xia Daming was young, he was strong and honest, which is why he worked in the warehouse for more than 20 years. However, there were no female employees in their warehouse during these 20 years.
Director Feng from the warehouse took the document and read it. He said unhappily, "What's going on in the factory? They put a little girl like you in our warehouse. Do they want us to keep you idle for nothing? You are as thin as a loofah. Can you carry cloth or boxes? I've said long ago that our warehouse is in need of strong young men, young men!"
Xia Qingtang said seriously: "If you have any opinions, please ask the director to report to Director Qi. I am here because of the factory's decision."
She didn't want to come here, so should we blame her?
Director Feng thought about it and realized the same thing, so he said, "What should we do now? What can you do in our warehouse? The document also states that we should treat everyone equally. We can't assign you to the night shift. Even your shift is specified. Isn't this making things difficult for me?"
The paper only assigned Xia Qingtang the morning shift and the afternoon shift, and on the 31st she was indeed assigned the afternoon shift.
Xia Qingtang said innocently: "As an ordinary worker, I can only obey the orders of my superiors."
Director Feng scratched his head for a long time and could only say, "Forget it. I'll fill out a form for you. You...you go get a pair of labor protection gloves first, and then come back to work with everyone else."
"Yes." Xia Qingtang nodded.
Director Feng went to write a bill for Xia Qingtang. Xia Daming no longer cared about his work and stood beside Xia Qingtang, looking anxious.
"Qingtang, you can't work here. You're a girl, you can't do warehouse work at all. Do you know how much a big bag here weighs? Even a young man's waist can't bear it, let alone you."
"What can I do? Mr. Kong asked Director Qi to transfer me to the warehouse. What else can I do except obey the assignment?" Xia Qingtang deliberately said, "Speaking of which, I should thank my parents. If you hadn't treated Mr. Kong as a guest of honor every day and hadn't dreamed of climbing up the social ladder, I wouldn't have come here."
Xia Daming was stunned: "What did you say? Was this done by the man surnamed Kong?"
"What else? Who do I have a conflict with? Who is so familiar with Director Qi? However, the man surnamed Kong doesn't want to mess with me alone."
"Who else does he want to deal with?"
"You." Xia Qingtang said, "Dad, can't you understand such a simple truth? If you bring me to the warehouse and I can't do the work, others will definitely exclude the two of us. In the end, you will have to do the workload of both of us."
Xia Daming stood there in a daze, his face filled with panic and embarrassment.
Director Feng had just written the list and handed it to Xia Qingtang. She said nothing more and went directly to the logistics department to get the labor protection gloves.
After getting the gloves, Xia Qingtang joined everyone in the work, but she really couldn't do it. She couldn't move anything and was a complete burden here. Director Feng suggested that she could help with the packing, but the packing only took a while to finish and the only thing left was heavy physical work.
As for some of the warehouse management work, those are the jobs of the director and deputy director, and they all require a long period of learning, so Xia Qingtang still can't do them.
The goods in the warehouse are no joke. Whether it is the raw materials for spinning yarn or the cloth that is ready to be shipped, they are all very heavy and have to be moved up and down by manpower.
People who do heavy work don't have a good temper, except for the director who is relatively friendly. Others have been swearing at Xia Qingtang for a long time, but Xia Qingtang has been apologizing with an innocent look on her face. As a grown man, it is not appropriate for her to keep scolding her, so she just scolds Xia Daming.
Xia Daming was an honest, timid and thin-skinned man. When he heard people scolding his daughter for eating free meals and receiving a salary, and that the whole family was shameless, he gritted his teeth and worked hard. If others moved once, he would move twice, as if he wanted to move Xia Qingtang's share back.
But he is not young after all, and coupled with some old illnesses caused by long-term heavy physical labor, Xia Daming's back injury relapsed before noon of this morning shift and he was unable to move. He was directly carried to a nearby hospital. Although it is unknown how serious his injury is, it is obvious that he will not be able to come to work for several days.
As a result, the workers' curses became even harsher.
Xia Qingtang understood their anger very well. After all, everyone received the same salary. Why should she be left alone without working? Her father was injured and was lazy!
As she listened to the scolding from the big brothers, she said, "I feel the anger of all the workers. This is all my fault. I am useless as a worker and I am not qualified for the job of a porter. I feel so ashamed of everyone and even more so of Director Qi who suddenly transferred me here!"
At this point, the workers who had been pent up with anger really turned their anger around. Yes, who transferred this piece of trash here? It was Director Qi!
Even though they knew they couldn't scold the factory manager, they gradually shifted their anger toward him.
Xia Qingtang had no grudge against Director Qi, but he insisted on bullying others with Kong Liangchao and his gang, so she had something to do.
She had endured all her life in her previous life, but now she doesn't want to endure anything anymore. If anyone bullies her, she will fight back!
At lunch time, Xia Qingtang was surrounded by workers from the same workshop in the cafeteria, who asked her how she was doing.
"I am ashamed that I can't do anything in the warehouse. I am ashamed of Director Qi's cultivation of me." Xia Qingtang said sincerely: "As a young worker of the new era, I can't even do the job assigned to me by Director Qi. I am really useless! I am ashamed of the cotton mill, and even more ashamed of Director Qi's cultivation! Team leader Yao, tell me, how can I become a qualified porter?"
Yao Rong frowned at her, and seeing that her expression was not fake, she said, "We went to see Director Qi, but he didn't listen to us at all. He also said that women can hold up half the sky, and female comrades can certainly be porters, so we should stop making trouble."
"But we don't plan to give up just like that. We plan to talk to Director Qi every day." Wen Xiaoli said loudly: "Qingtang, believe us, we will definitely help you!"
"Thank you, everyone. But I think Director Qi did this because he really wanted to give me a challenging opportunity, so that an ordinary female worker like me can shine in the warehouse. Director Qi is right that women hold up half the sky. I am deeply touched. I will definitely exercise my strength in the warehouse and strive to become a qualified porter like other workers as soon as possible. Please supervise me together!" Xia Qingtang deliberately spoke loudly, attracting a large number of workers to watch.
This was part of her plan, which was to first create public opinion in her favor.
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