Chapter 8
"Secretary Wang, are you sure? Why would you let Qingtang be a porter?"
"Yes, Secretary Wang, aren't all the porters men? And they have to be strong men."
"That's right, how can Xiao Xia be a porter? Isn't this reckless behavior in the factory? If he gets hurt, who will be responsible?"
Xia Qingtang didn't say a word, but his fellow workers started asking.
She still felt very comfortable in her heart. Although her family members were not nice to her, these simple co-workers were all nice to her.
Wang is a woman in her thirties. She doesn't come to the workshop often and isn't very familiar with these young female workers. But when she heard everyone asking, she honestly said, "I find this strange, but the document was approved by the factory director himself, and he wants to transfer Xiaoxia to the warehouse as a porter. Also, didn't Xiaoxia go to me to register for a dormitory that day? The boss also said that if you apply for a dormitory, you won't have a bed until at least a year later."
This is very interesting. If you apply for a dormitory, it will take at least a year before a bed is available. This means that if other people apply, they will not have to wait that long.
An older female worker also understood the meaning of the words. She immediately grabbed Xia Qingtang and asked, "Did you make any mistakes?"
"I work diligently every day. If I make a mistake, our workshop will definitely be the first to know." Xia Qingtang said loudly: "I have always been dedicated to my work and diligent in our workshop. I am not the first, but I am definitely not the one who lags behind, and I will never make mistakes."
Xia Qingtang knew what was going on. Wasn't it that Kong Liangchao had asked Director Qi to make trouble for her? The Kong family liked to do such shameful things. Fortunately, the times were different now. At least the factory couldn't fire her.
"Indeed, Xiao Xia has always done a good job. And this is not right. How can a young female worker be asked to work as a porter? If it is really a job transfer, it is normal to change her to the canteen or logistics, but isn't it strange to change a young female comrade to work as a porter?" Xia Qingtang's team leader also came over and said, "Xiao Xia, don't panic, let's go and ask Director Chen."
Director Chen from the first workshop didn't know what was going on, but the notice from the factory office had come down and Xia Qingtang would definitely be transferred to the warehouse position the next day, so Director Chen could do nothing to help.
Xia Qingtang smiled and said, "Secretary Wang, this will take effect immediately. Does that mean I will report to the warehouse tomorrow?"
"This is according to the regulations." Secretary Wang nodded and looked at Xia Qingtang with sympathy.
She had worked in the factory office for many years. Although she was not clear about the direct reason, she could guess that Xia Qingtang must have offended someone.
Xia Qingtang began to take off her apron: "Okay, I'll go back and prepare now, and report to the warehouse tomorrow."
After she finished speaking, she walked out. Wen Xiaoli ran over to hold her back, and whispered in her ear, "Qingtang, is someone bullying you? My parents all know about the last big fight in your family. My mom said that you offended a cadre named Kong, and you will definitely suffer the consequences."
"There is no evidence for this matter, so I dare not say anything. However, it is the same for all positions. Don't worry about me. I'll go back first." Xia Qingtang still looked smiling, as if he didn't care at all.
After Xia Qingtang left, the workshop was in an uproar, with people saying all kinds of things.
However, many people here knew about the affair between her family and the man surnamed Kong. There was also a neighbor who was also in the workshop, and he vividly recounted everything that happened in front of the Xia family's door that day.
"That person said that he would always wait until Xiaoxia came to him crying and begged him! In my opinion, he was the one who did it!" The neighbor made the final decision.
The team leader said with a dark face: "Isn't this obviously bullying?"
"He's capable, what can you do about it? I heard his family is much more capable than our factory director's. The factory director's children all went to work in the countryside, but the one with the surname Kong and his sister stayed in the city. Just based on this ability, it's good enough that they didn't fire Xiao Xia."
For a moment, no one spoke. After a long while, Wen Xiaoli said, "But... this is wrong..."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and after a while, Yao Rong, the team leader in charge of them, suddenly said in a loud voice: "Xiao Wen is right, this is wrong. Xiao Xia is our co-worker. If she is really sent to the warehouse to work as a porter because of this, I will be the first to disagree! Xiao Xia is from our workshop, we must keep her!"
Everyone was encouraged, and they all followed Yao Rong and shouted, "That's right, we must keep her here!"
After shouting, Wen Xiaoli asked with wide eyes: "Team Leader Yao, what should we do?"
"Get to work first. Those who finish their morning shift will follow me. We will go find the factory director and secretary together!"
"good!"
At this time, Xia Qingtang had put away the cotton spinning workers' iconic white hat and white apron, and started walking out of the factory carrying her cross-body bag.
Everyone knew that there was something wrong with the Kong family, but no one dared to do anything about them. Even though they knew that they had done something that was not in compliance with regulations, no one dared to speak up.
But in addition to the two children staying in the city, Xia Qingtang also knew some of Kong Liangchao's private affairs, the kind that were very shameful...
Moreover, because she had once been Kong Liangchao's spouse, Xia Qingtang knew where the evidence of those private affairs was kept. Now that Kong Liangchao should not be off work, she could just go over and check it out.
Kong Liangchao is already 24 years old this year. Although in this era, there are also many people who live a very free and easy private life, especially young men with good conditions like them. Basically, every one of them has dated several girls, and there is no need to ask too much, they must have had sex a long time ago.
The two-story building where Kong Liangchao lives is his grandfather's house, where his parents and sister all live. He definitely cannot bring the opposite sex home when he is dating, and it will also affect his image if they are seen by people in the compound. So Kong Liangchao and a few good friends got a house outside. It is a small courtyard at the end of a secluded area, with a total of three bedrooms, one of which belongs to Kong Liangchao, and the other two can be used by everyone else. As long as the bedrooms are empty, he can come to sleep, play cards, drink, or even bring girls over to play.
In his previous life, after Kong Liangchao married Xia Qingtang, he still kept this yard for several years. It was also here that Xia Qingtang caught him cheating.
When Kong Liangchao was drunk, he revealed some evidence of his crimes that he had hidden here. Unfortunately, Xia Qingtang, who had just gotten married, was stupid and timid. After being bullied by the Kong family like that, she never even thought of using the evidence of Kong Liangchao's crimes to fight to the death with them.
After a few years, the times had changed completely and the evidence was no longer of any use. Kong Liangchao also moved to a new house, and this place was slowly forgotten.
It was still early and most people were still at work or school. Plus the weather was very hot, so there were few pedestrians on the streets. Xia Qingtang, wearing a simple straw sun hat, walked hurriedly through the empty streets with her head lowered. She walked for more than an hour before she finally reached Kong Liangchao's house.
He first found a bush and squatted down to observe for a while. After making sure that there was no one in the small yard, and even in the next house, Xia Qingtang carefully pushed open the unlocked yard door and slipped in.
The sun was very strong. The flower beds in the yard were dried into cracked lumps of earth. The plants in several large pots had long since died, with only a few broken branches still standing inside.
Xia Qingtang moved each flower pot and felt around, and sure enough, she found a door key under one of the pots. She first opened the door to the first floor, propped up the gap with a small stone, returned the key, and then carefully entered the house.
This is an old house built decades ago. Because it is very tall, the interior is very cool and even cleaned very cleanly. There is even the smell of toilet water when you walk in, making it feel like a normal home.
Xia Qingtang didn't have time to look around. She walked to the largest bedroom, held her breath, and gently pushed the door, only to find that it was locked and could not be opened.
However, this door lock has been used for many years. Xia Qingtang knew how to open it, and it didn't take much effort. She used the hairpin on her head to open the door lock, then walked in quietly and quickly closed the door.
The alarm clock in the house showed that the time was 3:30 in the afternoon. Kong Liangchao must still be at work at this time, so Xia Qingtang hurriedly searched the house.
Kong Liangchao did not tell the specific location of the hidden things at the beginning, but fortunately the bedroom was not very big. After searching for a while, Xia Qingtang found a movable board in the corner of the closet. After moving the board away, he found a biscuit box.
Nowadays, people put important things in biscuit boxes, and Kong Liangchao is no exception.
Xia Qingtang opened it and took a look, then picked out some of the most useful evidence and hid them on himself, then put the biscuit box back to its original place, leaving no flaws at all.
She has been working as a nanny for her cousin for so many years that she has become very skilled at returning things to their original places, without any flaws.
After getting the evidence, she was about to leave when she suddenly heard the sound of an iron gate being opened in the yard, and the voices of two young men were heard outside the house: "It's so hot!"
"Hurry up and go in and cool down!"
The two of them opened the door and walked into the living room one after the other. I could hear the sounds of them pouring water, drinking water and turning on the electric fan.
Someone cursed and said, "There's no electricity again!"
"Forget it, the room isn't that hot anymore. Let's lie down for a while and then go out. It's getting late and we still have to pick up Brother Chao from get off work."
Xia Qingtang was so nervous that she almost suffocated, but since Kong Liangchao's room was locked, it meant that these younger brothers didn't dare to come in casually. She was safe here for the time being.
Sure enough, the two people outside had no intention of entering the bedroom. They drank some water and chatted outside, talking about which young girl was pretty and who had taken a fancy to whose girl and they must get her.
"By the way, Lao Wu, when will the thing Brother Chao mentioned happen?"
"On the 31st, the last day of this month, that woman is working the middle shift and will get off work in the evening. It takes her more than 50 minutes to walk from the cotton mill to the steel mill. We will do it when they pass by the woods on Chenggong Road. The two of us will be responsible for holding that woman down. Remember, hold her down, but don't peek. That woman might become our sister-in-law in the future. If you see something you shouldn't, be careful that Brother Chao will dig your eyes out!"
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