Chapter 73
Chairman Qin got off the jeep, smiled and looked at the rough voice, and said, "Old Song, you don't know our cotton mill yet? Where did our small mill get a union secretary? Only the factory director has a secretary, and our union only has staff members. It's not like your steel mill, where the union is several times bigger than ours, and you have a secretary."
After all, large factories have a large number of workers, and the number of union employees will also increase accordingly, otherwise all work cannot be carried out, so the union chairmen of some large factories also need to be equipped with a secretary.
As she spoke, Xia Qingtang had already stretched her head out and took out Chairman Qin's large leather bag from the back seat of the car. Then she closed the car door and stood obediently behind Chairman Qin to help her carry the bag.
Although she is not a secretary, she came here today to do the job of a secretary, so it is her duty to carry the bag for the leader.
There will be a meeting all day today, so the driver will not wait here all the time. After they go in, the driver will drive back to the cotton mill to serve other leaders.
"Wow, this clerk is so young!" The rough voice came over with a young man in his twenties. When they saw Xia Qingtang's face, they couldn't help but widen their eyes.
It seemed that he actually wanted to say that Xia Qingtang was too pretty, but he was a leader after all, so when the words came to his lips, he turned them into about her young age.
But Xia Qingtang is indeed not very old, and after she got married she had good food, took good care of herself, and did not work too hard, so her skin was much more tender than before, and she really looked like a lively young girl.
Chairman Qin said, "Yes, Xiaoxia is only 21 this year, so she is young."
"Is this the new person who came in during the Chinese New Year? Did he just come back from the countryside?" asked Old Song.
His voice sounds very loud and confident, but he is not a big man. Instead, he is only about 1.6 meters tall, thin, with a round face. He looks amiable and is very suitable for the trade union department.
Chairman Qin said: "No, this is a front-line worker in our factory. He was brought to the union because he wrote well."
"You look like a schoolgirl, but you can actually write such a good article?" Old Song said in surprise. "But it's true. You, Old Qin, have always had high standards. If you didn't have strong abilities, you wouldn't have stayed in your union."
"From what you said, it seems that you, Old Song, have low standards? Everyone knows that your secretary is the most capable one. And those staff members in your union, any one of them can be our vice-chairmen. Everyone is saying privately that all the good ones have been taken away by Old Song." Chairman Qin said as he walked forward with Old Song.
Xia Qingtang hurriedly followed Chairman Qin with her bag. Lao Song's secretary also walked in a row with her and smiled at her in a friendly manner.
This secretary was tall and gentle-looking. He wore a dark blue work uniform, a hat of the same color on his head, a pair of Liberation shoes on his feet, and a military green cross-body bag. He looked clean and decent. If she were a leader, she would probably choose someone like this as her secretary.
As Old Song walked, he said, "Hey, the young people under me are still far behind you, a little clerk. For example, Xiao Liu has been with me for several years, but he has never opened the car door for me. Look at you, a little clerk, who not only knows how to open the car door, but also uses his hand to block the roof of the carport, for fear that you will hit your forehead! So, it is you, Old Qin, who is good at teaching children! Isn't your teaching enviable?"
Chairman Qin was also very happy to hear this. Although Xia Qingtang was not taught by her to do these things, she was indeed very happy to be praised by colleagues from big companies.
Chairman Qin said a few more humble words, and they walked to the door of a building.
When we got here, we saw more people. Basically, there was a middle-aged man with a younger clerk. The clerks were in their twenties and thirties. Basically, there were male leaders with male clerks, and female leaders with female clerks.
The male clerks almost all wore dark blue work uniforms, while the female clerks wore a variety of clothes in various colors, which made them look more energetic.
Everyone greeted each other as soon as they met, and Lao Song also walked into the crowd with his secretary.
He seemed to be very popular and almost everyone was talking and joking with him enthusiastically.
On the way, Chairman Qin told Xia Qingtang that although they were all factories, factories like steel mills, pharmaceutical factories, and electrical appliance factories were obviously superior. Not only did they have better welfare benefits, but their words also carried more weight in front of the city leaders. So when they went out to factories like cotton mills, the most important thing was to talk less or not talk, and just listen and watch more.
Chairman Qin then looked at Xia Qingtang and said with a smile, "You can also open the car door for the leader. Who did you learn this from? Xiao Feng has never done this before. It must not be her who taught you."
Xia Qingtang couldn't say that he learned it from a TV show, so after thinking about it, he said, "My wife mentioned it to me, and I thought it wasn't a big deal, so I just did it."
Xie Jinxuan works in the provincial party committee secretariat and is considered a senior secretary, serving the top leaders. Although Xia Qingtang doesn't know whether he does this in front of the leaders, he will definitely not be suspected if he tells it out loud.
Sure enough, Chairman Qin nodded and said, "Your wife works in the province, she is indeed extraordinary."
Before Xia Qingtang could reply, someone came over to greet Chairman Qin, and the matter was put aside.
Everyone chatted outside the door for a few minutes, and at 8:25, a staff member came out and said hello, and everyone filed in.
This is a small auditorium, not very large in area. It is probably used by the city for meetings. A row of tables are arranged on the small stage in front of the auditorium. On the tables are the nameplates of the leaders, water cups and decorative artificial flowers, which are similar to what Xia Qingtang saw in TV dramas in her previous life.
The first row of seats below were also decorated with name tags, water cups and artificial flowers. Like other auditoriums, the seats in the small auditorium were divided into three areas. Some factories were arranged on the left and right sides. Xia Qingtang took a look and saw the paper mill where his aunt worked.
There were no tables starting from the second row, but there were some red papers on the backs of the seats with some people's names written on them.
Feng Xinhui told Xia Qingtang yesterday that in a small factory like a printing factory, there are not many workers and only two or three people in the union, so when their union chairman comes here, he can only sit in the second row for meetings. It cannot be said that there is discrimination, but there are only so many seats at the table, and there is really no way to avoid sitting at the back. The people in their small factory can understand this.
As for the secretaries or clerks who accompanied Xia Qingtang and the others, they could find seats in the back, or sit with familiar clerks from other factories and occasionally exchange information.
Xia Qingtang remembered what Feng Xinhui had told her. She walked to the middle of the first row and found Chairman Qin's seat. After she walked in and sat down, he gently handed her the large leather bag and said in a low voice, "Chairman Qin, do you have any other instructions?"
Chairman Qin whispered, "No more, go find a seat in the back and sit down."
"yes."
After entering, no one spoke. Even if someone spoke, they lowered their voice for fear of disturbing others.
Chairman Qin's seat is the fourth from the left. It's not quite in the center, but it's not too far away either, so it's convenient for him to go in and out of the toilet.
Following Chairman Qin's seat, Xia Qingtang also found a seat in the fifth row on the left and sat down at the outermost position.
Sitting here, you can see Chairman Qin's actions at a glance. It is also convenient to enter and exit. You can slip down the passage on the left at any time and ask the leader about his needs.
She nodded with satisfaction, then opened her messenger bag, took out a thick notebook and pencil case, put the messenger bag on the seat next to her, sat up straight and waited for the meeting to begin.
Some staff members who came up to find seats saw her and looked surprised, but the meeting was about to start, so no one came over to talk to her. Everyone found seats and sat down in groups of three or four.
Xia Qingtang looked at the podium and saw that Old Song from the steel factory was also sitting there. This showed that large factories did have a great influence.
Soon, several city leaders came in. Xia Qingtang had never seen these people before. She had to wait until they finished greeting the people on the podium and sat down before she could match their names with their name tags.
Because she was afraid that she would forget the names of the city leaders later, she directly marked the location of the rostrum on the notebook, and then wrote the leaders' names in order.
Everyone was present and the meeting officially began. Xia Qingtang picked up a pencil and began to take notes.
Because there was no table, she brought five sharpened pencils with her today. She used pencils to write on the hardcover notebook supported by her arm. It was obviously faster than using a pen, and she didn't have to worry about running out of ink halfway through writing.
Just like that, I listened to the content of the meeting attentively. At about ten o'clock, the deputy mayor at the center of the rostrum looked at his watch and said, "Take a ten-minute break and continue later."
Xia Qingtang quickly put the pencil into the pencil case, then put the notebook and pencil case into the bag, then quietly ran to the front of the first row with her cross-body bag on her back.
She half squatted in front of Chairman Qin's seat and asked her softly if she needed anything.
Chairman Qin smiled and said, "This is your first time attending a meeting here, and you don't know where the toilet is, right? Come on, I'll show you the way so you don't get lost."
Xia Qingtang immediately said: "Okay, thank you Chairman Qin."
The two of them walked out of the small auditorium together, then turned left and walked to the end where they saw a public toilet. They went in to use the toilet, and Chairman Qin spoke and greeted the acquaintances she knew one by one.
Xia Qingtang didn't know anyone, so he moved quickly. After using the toilet, he walked to the sink outside to wash his hands. Then he took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands while waiting by the sink for Chairman Qin to come out.
"Hello, comrade. I see you are here with Chairman Qin. Are you the new clerk of the cotton mill?" An unfamiliar young woman came over and greeted Xia Qingtang with a smile.
She looked very young, about twenty-three or twenty-four years old, of medium height and slim figure, with short hair cut to the ears, one side of her hair pinned with a hairpin, and the other side of her hair slightly gathered along the edge of her oval face, adding a bit of charm to her pretty face. At first glance, she was a very conspicuous and elegant beautiful girl.
She was also wearing a dark red coat with black plaid, which was completely different from most people who were dressed in dark gray. The whole person gave people a bright and beautiful feeling.
Xia Qingtang quickly said: "Hello comrade, I am indeed a new clerk of the cotton mill, my name is Xia Qingtang."
"My name is Li Yan, Yan's name is Yan, and I'm a clerk at the fertilizer factory." Li Yan smiled and said, "You look really young, eighteen? Nineteen?"
"No, I'm already twenty-one this year," said Xia Qingtang.
"Twenty-one, about the same age as me. I'm twenty-three, but I look more mature than you." Li Yan obviously didn't think that looking young was a good thing. Most people at this moment wanted to look more mature and steady. She continued, "You have a young face and two pigtails. You look too much like a schoolgirl. If you want to look more stable, you'd better cut your hair short."
Xia Qingtang smiled and nodded: "Thank you, Comrade Li, I will consider it."
She doesn't plan to cut her hair short, although short hair that reaches the ears can indeed make her look mature and stable, but she still likes long hair. Shoulder-length hair is not popular now, and when she stops wearing pigtails in the future, she plans to keep shoulder-length hair like in Hong Kong movies.
Besides, her hair is in very good quality, black, shiny and thick. If it is cut short, she might even feel sad.
"Your cotton mill is focusing on production this year, right? Our mill is not like that. We can't produce more even if we want to." Li Yan said with a smile, "I envy you too. You can take unqualified cotton cloth home every month."
Live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water. The employees of the cotton mill certainly have this kind of invisible employee welfare, but the fertilizer plant is a very important factory. Every commune has to beg them for favors in order to grow crops. Their welfare is actually more invisible, but no one will say it openly.
As they were talking, two handsome young men came over and washed their hands by the sink. One of them was holding a cigarette in his mouth, and his posture was quite cool.
"Officer Li, who is this?" The tall young man in simple clothes stared at Xia Qingtang with curiosity, "I haven't seen him before."
"This is Xia, the manager of the cotton mill. She's the new employee." Li Yan said, "I knew you two would come here to ask about this. You guys can't even walk when you see a pretty girl."
"That's not what I said. When have we ever done that? When we see you normally, you're not unable to walk, right?" The man who was smoking looked a little frivolous, but his words were spoken nicely. On the one hand, he distanced himself from the fact that he was not that kind of person, and on the other hand, he implicitly praised Comrade Li Yan for being a pretty girl.
Li Yan smiled sweetly and said, "Secretary Yang, if you want to praise me, you don't have to beat around the bush. But thank you anyway. I'm very happy to hear you say that."
After washing his hands, the young man said, "The cotton mill has always had an older officer, Feng, come here. Why didn't Officer Feng come today? Will it be Officer Xia from now on?"
Before Xia Qingtang could say anything, Li Yan said, "Secretary Xu, you didn't even introduce yourself, but you're eager to ask if they'll come next time?"
After she finished speaking, she pursed her lips and smiled. Secretary Xu blushed slightly. He quickly said, "Hello, Secretary Xia. I am Xu Jianshe from the electrical appliance factory. This Secretary Yang is the secretary of the chairman of the municipal trade union. We are classmates and are quite familiar with each other."
Xia Qingtang quickly said, "Hello, Secretary Xu, hello, Secretary Yang. I won't come to the meeting next time. Our Secretary Feng asked for leave today, so the leader brought me here to make up the numbers."
"That's a shame." Secretary Yang held a cigarette in his mouth, shook his two wet hands in the air, and then said, "It's a pity that I won't be able to see someone as pleasing to the eye as Secretary Xia next time."
Li Yan said, "Secretary Yang, Secretary Xia is young, please don't scare him."
Secretary Yang smiled, pinched the cigarette butt with his still wet hands and took a big puff, then threw it on the ground and stepped lightly on it with his leather shoes.
"Although he is young, he must have seen a lot. How could he be scared by me?" Secretary Yang said, "Secretary Xia, don't you think so?"
Xia Qingtang didn't say anything. Just then, Chairman Qin came out with another middle-aged female comrade. She immediately said, "My leader is out. Excuse me."
After saying that, she walked over to Chairman Qin.
Secretary Yang is the secretary of the city trade union chairman, which is an important position. Moreover, he is so young and dressed very elegantly, so he must come from a well-off family.
Xia Qingtang was not afraid of conflict with such a person, but she came to work today. Even if the other party was impolite, she had to be patient and make sure to keep the purpose of serving the leader in her heart.
After Chairman Qin and the other two came over, Secretary Yang and Officer Xu left on their own, leaving Li Yan alone by the pool waiting for her leader to come out.
After Chairman Qin washed his hands, Xia Qingtang smiled at Li Yan, and then followed Chairman Qin back to the small auditorium.
After Chairman Qin took his seat, she returned to her previous seat. There were still two minutes of break time, so she quickly took out her pencil sharpener and sharpened her worn-out pencil.
Just as all this was done, it was time for a break, but not all the people in the small auditorium were present, many seats were still empty, and the city leaders on the rostrum had not returned yet.
Xia Qingtang breathed a sigh of relief and quickly rolled up the waste paper wrapped in pencil shavings into a ball. Just as he was about to stuff it into his bag, a hand reached out and took the paper ball away.
Xia Qingtang was slightly startled and turned around, only to find Secretary Yang and Officer Xu standing in the aisle, looking at her with a grin.
Secretary Xu looked a little embarrassed, but he didn't say anything, just stood there in silence.
Secretary Yang said, "Secretary Xia, why are you using a pencil and sharpening it here? When you work with your leaders, you should all use Hero pens. Did you forget to bring yours? How about I lend you this pen and you can return it to me after the meeting is over?"
As he spoke, he took out the Hero pen from his pocket with his free left hand and handed it to Xia Qingtang.
Xia Qingtang said calmly: "Thank you Secretary Yang for your kindness. I have a fountain pen, and my wife also bought me new fountain pen ink, but I am more accustomed to using pencils, so thank you."
"Your lover?" Secretary Yang's eyes widened, looking very surprised. "You have a lover at such a young age? You got married so early?"
"Yes." Xia Qingtang was still indifferent. He said these two words and stopped talking.
Secretary Xu looked even more embarrassed. Just then, there was a little movement on the podium, so he quickly said, "Secretary Yang, are the leaders back?"
Secretary Yang also glanced at the podium and said, "I'm going back to work, too. Let's talk later."
After saying that, he took the waste paper bag and walked over.
Xia Qingtang frowned slightly, and Secretary Xu came over and whispered, "I'm sorry, you don't have to take Secretary Yang's words seriously. He is just a joker, don't take it to heart."
After saying that, Secretary Xu also hurried away.
A few minutes later, everyone returned and the meeting continued.
Xia Qingtang put these little episodes behind him and continued to carefully remember all the contents of the meeting.
Time always passes quickly when one concentrates on work. Before she could react, it was already 11:45. The morning meeting was over and would continue at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Xia Qingtang put away her things and ran to the first row to find Chairman Qin. Chairman Qin smiled and said, "Let's go to the door to get the meal ticket, and then go to the cafeteria to eat with everyone."
This kind of meeting is not held very often, and usually the city provides a lunch. Feng Xinhui said that the food is not particularly good, but it is filling, so it is still good.
Everyone walked to the door one after another. Two staff members stood there. One asked about their units and made a note in a notebook, and then the other handed over the meal tickets.
Xia Qingtang received the meal tickets from Chairman Qin and followed the crowd slowly towards the cafeteria.
There are two canteens in the city, and those who come here for the meeting are required to eat in the small canteen.
When I arrived at the door of the canteen, I saw that not only the people who were attending the meeting were queuing, but the staff were also queuing. There were a lot of people.
Xia Qingtang quickly said, "Chairman Qin, please go find a seat and sit down. I'll help you get the food."
Anyway, the meal tickets given to them by the city are the same, which come with two dishes and one rice, so it doesn’t matter who comes to get the meals.
Chairman Qin nodded, handed her his lunch box and meal ticket, and went to find a seat nearby.
Xia Qingtang was standing there in line. After a while, Secretary Yang and Officer Xu came in. Li Yan and another unfamiliar young man also walked with them. They were talking and laughing, and it was obvious that they knew each other very well.
Secretary Yang is a very outstanding person in appearance. Standing in the crowd, he can be seen at a glance.
After all, he was tall, fair-skinned, handsome, and well-dressed, so many people in the cafeteria looked at him.
But as soon as Xia Qingtang saw him come in, she looked away and focused on staring at the window where she got her food.
She went out too early in the morning, so she only drank a cup of hot milk and ate egg cake and biscuits. After being busy all morning, she was already hungry, and her attention was really on the food.
As the number of people queuing in front of her decreased, Xia Qingtang became happier.
She was just guessing which two dishes would be served at noon when she saw Secretary Yang walking up to her with a lunch box and said with a smile, "Secretary Xia, I've already prepared this. You can take it and eat it first."
His lunch box contained minced meat, tofu and scrambled eggs with green peppers. It was obvious that this could not be the lunch provided by the city for the participants.
Even if it was really a unified lunch, Xia Qingtang would never accept the food he ordered.
She still said coldly: "Thank you Secretary Yang, I still need to prepare food for our Chairman Qin, Secretary Yang can eat by yourself."
Secretary Yang laughed again. He had long and narrow almond-shaped eyes, which made him look a little cold and arrogant when he was not smiling. But when he smiled, his eyes showed a bit of charm, which was quite attractive.
Unfortunately, Xia Qingtang is not interested in men with this kind of appearance. She prefers Xie Jinxuan, who is handsome and masculine. Even if Secretary Yang is courteous here, she will not feel anything.
"Secretary Xia is so serious. We know each other now, but you never smile." Secretary Yang said, "You need to queue up for food, so I'll queue up with you."
Xia Qingtang simply kept silent. In such a public place, as long as she kept silent, could Secretary Yang still do anything to her?
After that, Secretary Yang kept talking, but Xia Qingtang was like a wooden man and had no reaction.
The line went all the way to the window, and Xia Qingtang quickly handed over two special meal tickets for today, then opened two lunch boxes and handed them over.
The staff inside quickly prepared her meal, which was indeed two dishes and one rice. The dishes were fried celery with black fungus and fried cabbage with dried tofu, and the rice was a mixture of rice and millet. If she didn't eat rice, she could also get two mixed flour steamed buns.
Xia Qingtang quickly closed the lids of the lunch boxes, then happily went to Chairman Qin holding the two lunch boxes.
Although the cotton mill was not a big factory, Chairman Qin had a good personality and strong abilities, so she got along well with her colleagues outside. The table where she was sitting was already full of people, all of whom were union chairmen attending the meeting.
Xia Qingtang placed Chairman Qin's lunch box in front of her: "Chairman Qin, the food is ready."
"Thank you. You should find a seat and have your meal. Don't worry about me after this. I'll chat with my old friends. You can walk around or go back to the auditorium to get some sleep. Just don't be late for the meeting at 2 o'clock."
"Yes, I've got that." Xia Qingtang then walked away with his lunch box.
There were many people in the small cafeteria at the moment, and there were no empty tables to be found. At this moment, Li Yan came over and said with a smile, "Secretary Xia, please come sit over there. We have empty seats."
Xia Qingtang smiled and said, "Thank you, Director Li. The sun is nice today. I want to eat in the sun. I can just go out and eat."
After saying that, she walked out with the lunch box.
Li Yan must be sitting with Secretary Xu and Secretary Yang. Xia Qingtang doesn't want to sit and eat with them.
Anyway, she won't come here for meetings anymore, and will never meet these people again. Of course, she doesn't need to deliberately build good relationships with them.
Xia Qingtang walked outside the canteen and walked a little to the corner. She saw a large stone block under a tree. She looked around and thought it was a place with few people, so she walked over and sat on the stone block. Then she put down her lunch box, took out her thermos cup and drank a few sips of water.
She was so busy recording in the morning that she forgot to drink water. Now, after taking a few sips of water, she felt that she had finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After drinking all the water in the thermos in one breath, Xia Qingtang put down the cup, opened the lunch box, took out a spoon and started eating.
The cooking skills in the small canteen are very good, and the taste is better than that in the canteen of the cotton mill. Xia Qingtang ate spoonful after spoonful and was eating happily when Secretary Yang came over again.
He sat down on the stone block next to Xia Qingtang, and ate with his lunch box beside him.
This time, he didn't speak, and Xia Qingtang didn't want to speak either. Besides, he was sitting a little distance away from Xia Qingtang, so the two of them sat there in silence, eating with their heads down.
Secretary Yang finished eating first. He ate everything in the lunch box, not even a grain of rice was left. Then he looked at the thermos cup next to Xia Qingtang and asked, "Is this thermos cup issued by the Provincial Party Committee?"
Xia Qingtang didn't say anything. Secretary Yang smiled and said, "Why are you so alert? I'm not a bad person. I know you're married, but you can still make friends after you're married. Can't we be friends?"
Xia Qingtang finished her meal silently, then she took out a handkerchief to wipe her mouth, and then said: "Thank you for your kindness, but I don't like making friends outside."
"Don't be so cold. I'm really not a bad person. I never thought about doing anything with you. I just like to interact with good-looking people. I haven't seen someone as good-looking as you for a long time. Even if we don't want to be friends, we can just be acquaintances. You see, you are also a member of the union, and so am I. We are colleagues, and we can be close even if we don't want to be friends." Secretary Yang was still smiling.
Xia Qingtang said: "I think Secretary Yang is definitely not a bad person, but I don't like talking to strangers outside, so I'm sorry, and I would also like to trouble Secretary Yang not to get too close to me."
After saying that, she put the thermos into her bag and walked forward with the empty lunch box.
Secretary Yang smiled bitterly and said, "I'm usually quite popular. Why do you dislike me so much?"
But before he could finish his words, Xia Qingtang had already turned around and went somewhere else.
Xia Qingtang found a sink to wash the lunch box, then found a deserted place and sat down on the steps by the roadside to bask in the sun.
She didn't want to go back to the small auditorium, because if she did, Secretary Yang might chase her and talk to her.
Regardless of whether he had malicious intentions or not, and regardless of what he was thinking, Xia Qingtang didn't want to cause any trouble, and even less did she want to be gossiped about by others, so as not to bring unnecessary trouble to Chairman Qin.
Besides, it was actually quite tiring to come out for the meeting today. On the one hand, she had to observe the leader's words and expressions, and on the other hand, she had to write down the main contents of the meeting. After finally waiting for the lunch break, she just wanted to be alone and quiet for a while to let her brain rest for a while.
It was still early, and Xia Qingtang basked in the sun for a while. Because the sun was so warm, he fell asleep with his legs spread out before he knew it.
She gets up too early in the morning and does tend to feel sleepy at noon.
I don’t know how long I slept, but Xia Qingtang was suddenly awakened by a surprised laugh. She looked up and saw two female comrades running away from the front with laughter.
Just as she was feeling a little strange, she realized that there was something covering her body, and there was a smell of cigarette smoke mixed with toilet water.
Xia Qingtang's face turned dark. As expected, she saw Secretary Yang and Officer Xu on the curb not far away. Secretary Yang was not wearing a coat, only a light blue jersey sweater.
She pulled the clothes off her shoulders, and it was indeed the one Secretary Yang was wearing.
Xia Qingtang had not been angry before, but at this moment, she was a little angry. She strode to Secretary Yang with her coat in her hand, threw the coat on him, and said in a deep voice: "Secretary Yang, please don't do this again. If you come any closer to me, I will immediately report to Chairman Wu!"
Chairman Wu is the chairman of the Municipal Trade Union. He was the one sitting next to the deputy mayor at the morning meeting and is also Secretary Yang's direct leader.
Secretary Yang was still laughing: "Secretary Xia, there's no need to be like this. I saw you fell asleep and was worried that you would catch a cold. I was just caring about the people. Besides, I'm so far away from you and sitting here with Xiao Xu, so it won't have any impact on you."
Secretary Xu said, "Secretary Xia, I have been sitting here with Secretary Yang the whole time. If someone sees you, they will definitely not misunderstand you. Please don't be angry. Secretary Yang is not a bad person."
"Can everything be explained by him not being a bad guy? He is not a bad guy, but if what he did makes people unhappy, then that is a bad thing! A good person doing bad things is also a bad thing, and it cannot be explained by just saying he is not a bad person!" Xia Qingtang said seriously, "I have an old-fashioned personality and don't like making friends with people. I was not joking when I said that just now. If Secretary Yang gets close to me again, I will report it to the leader immediately!"
After saying that, she turned and left, leaving Secretary Yang and Officer Xu sitting there in amazement, unable to speak for a long while.
She knew that she was very beautiful and had been close to many men since she was a child, but she had rarely seen people like Secretary Yang who did not know the importance of matters in the workplace and had no shame.
Fortunately, she was not particularly angry. After walking for a while, she returned to normal and was able to face the afternoon work calmly.
Xia Qingtang went to the toilet and slowly returned to the small auditorium. Then he found the place where the thermos was placed and poured himself a cup of boiling water.
Many people were resting in the small auditorium. Some were sleeping on the chairs, while others were gathered in groups of three or four, chatting in low voices.
Xia Qingtang didn't know anyone, so he sat back in the seat he had sat in the morning, roughly reviewed what he had written down that morning, and revised some of the handwriting that was too messy.
After finishing all this, it was almost two o'clock. Participants came back one after another. The small auditorium was lively for a while. At two o'clock, the city leaders also came and the meeting continued.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting was over. After the city leaders went back, the others stood up, but they were not in a hurry to leave. Chairman Qin continued to chat about the content of the meeting with the familiar chairman.
Xia Qingtang walked over obediently and followed Chairman Qin.
While chatting, they slowly walked outside with the crowd. Xia Qingtang looked towards the parking lot and saw the old cars of the cotton mill at a glance. He felt relieved.
While Chairman Qin was talking to someone else, Li Yan came over from the other end. She smiled and stretched out her hand: "Secretary Xia, I'm glad to meet you today. I hope to see you again next time."
Xia Qingtang hurriedly shook hands with her, only to find that a note was passed from her palm when she shook hands.
The leader and other people were right next to him, so Xia Qingtang couldn't say anything. He could only pretend nothing had happened and put the note in his pocket.
After chatting for about ten minutes, the group finally finished talking.
Chairman Qin said, "Okay, it's time for us to go back. We can discuss anything later. Please tell me in advance if you have any situation."
"Don't worry, don't worry."
Chairman Qin then smiled and led Xia Qingtang to the old car. Xia Qingtang helped her open the door. Chairman Qin got into the car and breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm quite tired. There were a lot of things to cover in today's meeting."
"Chairman Qin, please take a nap on the way." Xia Qingtang walked to the front and sat down.
The driver started the car, and Chairman Qin said, "Xiao Xia, how well do you remember the content of the meeting?"
"I've basically written it all down." Xia Qingtang said.
"Can you sort out the minutes of the meeting tomorrow?"
"OK."
"Okay, then just give it to me before you get off work tomorrow. Thank you for your hard work today."
"I'm not tired. This is the first time I've attended such a conference. I've learned a lot and feel very happy." Xia Qingtang said seriously.
Chairman Qin laughed: "Today, many people praised you to me, saying that our union has found a good new person. Oh, by the way, do you know Secretary Yang? When I was getting lunch at noon, I saw Secretary Yang standing next to you. What did you talk about?"
After hearing this, Xia Qingtang immediately felt a little embarrassed. After thinking for a while, she decided to tell the truth. She said, "This is the first time I met Secretary Yang today. We didn't chat at noon. I don't know him, so I don't know what to say."
Chairman Qin was stunned for a moment, but soon reacted. She couldn't help but smile and said, "I see. Secretary Yang is a lively person. He must have thought you looked good and wanted to get to know you better. Did you tell him that you are married?"
"I said it at the beginning." Xia Qingtang said quickly.
"That's all." Chairman Qin let out a long sigh and said, "I really need to get some sleep."
Xia Qingtang quickly calmed down, and as the car swayed, she fell asleep after a while.
When they were almost at the cotton mill, the driver gently pushed Xia Qingtang's arm at an intersection, waking her up in advance.
Xia Qingtang opened his eyes and found that they would soon arrive at their destination, so he immediately gave the driver a look of gratitude.
When they arrived at the factory, it was exactly five o'clock. Xia Qingtang opened the back door of the car. Chairman Qin got out of the car, stretched his waist, and said, "You don't have to go to the office. Go home directly."
"Yes, Chairman Qin, you have worked hard." Xia Qingtang watched Chairman Qin leave, then turned around and thanked the driver: "Master Bao, thank you for calling me just now."
Master Bao smiled naively: "It's tiring to go out for meetings with the boss. Xiao Feng always falls asleep when she comes back. I call her the same way. You're welcome."
Xia Qingtang didn't say anything else, but decided to go home and take a pack of cigarettes to give to Master Bao the next morning.
It's a favor when others help you, so you should always remember to thank them.
When they got home, Xie Jinxuan was sitting in the living room reading a book. Xia Qingtang trotted in and sat on his lap, then hugged him and took a deep breath: "I'm so tired today."
"You must be tired after accompanying your boss to a meeting." Xie Jinxuan quickly patted her back and kissed her cheek. "You still smell like cigarettes. There must be a lot of people smoking there, right?"
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