Chapter 71
Secretary Liu was responsible for pasting some of the photos taken last time, and there are still quite a few left.
When she came back, she picked up the enamel cup and drank half of it. She walked over to ask his opinion, "What are you busy with? Look at these leftovers. Should we keep them for the publicity department or..."
When the photos were unfolded, there were about seven or eight more.
Lu Qin put down his pen, took it and glanced at it. "There's no point in leaving it with the Propaganda Department. I'll talk to the section chief and hand it over directly to them. What do you think, Sister Liu?"
It would be better to return it to its original owner than to leave it in the Propaganda Department gathering dust.
"The section chief has no objection." She pounded her waist.
Noticing her movements, Lu Qin agreed, "Okay, then I'll wait for the section chief to come back and talk to you. Sister Liu, you should take a rest first."
Secretary Liu waved his hand, "No need to rest. I'm going to sort out some materials."
Lu Qin put the photo away and placed it on the corner of the table. He rolled up his sleeves to his elbows, picked up the kettle and poured her a cup of tea, then went back to continue revising his manuscript.
When Secretary Liu saw the hot water on the table, his heart suddenly felt warm.
The office was quiet for a while. Comrade Wu Fangfang stood at the door, took a look and left. Lu Qin vaguely felt a figure passing by the door, but looked up and saw nothing.
Around five o'clock, the three staff members from the Propaganda Department finally came back.
"It's not even April yet, and it's so hot outside." First came the voice of Director Niu, followed by the sound of her fanning herself to cool down.
"It will be even hotter in a few days. How are you guys doing?" Secretary Liu was sitting near the door.
"It's okay, but some people are talking in a roundabout way, saying they want to move to a bigger house or something, thinking that there's not enough space for the big family. But that's none of our business. We're just responsible for interviewing and writing the article."
Just for this matter, she was delayed for a long time by the worker's family, and she only came back now.
Workers are the very essence of productivity, and their concerns must be addressed. This issue focuses on workers and the families behind them.
I selected a few typical people for interviews and almost exhausted them.
A slender figure stood beside them. Secretary Niu glanced sideways and happened to get close to observe Lu Qin's handsome face. The sound of water pouring rang in her ears, and her mood immediately improved. "Comrade Lu is really considerate."
Lu Qin shrugged and smiled, "Sister Niu, you've worked hard."
After pouring the tea, he just stood there and didn't leave.
Secretary Niu felt relieved and turned to continue the previous topic: "There are many people in the factory who don't have houses. It's not a matter of changing houses whenever you want. Those who don't have houses envy those who have dormitories, and those who have dormitories envy those who have houses."
To allocate housing, there are not only requirements for years of work and production qualifications, but also voting, and the procedures are very complicated.
Niu said, "I don't want you to be in charge of this. I just want you to write it down and report it to the higher-ups, so that we can indirectly achieve the goal of changing the room."
"It's still possible"
"Isn't that what we do in our publicity work? We need to identify problems and reflect the situation."
“…”
Lu Qin leaned back against the table, a smile on his lips, his arms folded across his chest, listening attentively to their chatter. Some things, some things, were just very interesting.
"Except for Section Chief Zhao, no one in our Propaganda Department has a house. If you three young comrades work hard, maybe you can get a house in a few years."
The three comrades whose names were called looked at each other.
Lu Qin wondered how many years it would take to reach Section Chief Zhao's position. A few years, nine years was still a few years.
As soon as Renren was mentioned, he appeared. Section Chief Zhao's figure passed by the door, and Lu Qin could see him from his angle.
"Chief, you're back." He let go of her hand and stood up straight.
With a few light coughs, the original topic came to an abrupt end and they exchanged glances.
A few of them sighed and went back to their work.
Section Chief Zhao came in with a folder in his hand and saw everyone was still busy. "How were your interviews this afternoon? Try to finish the manuscript in the next two days."
"Okay, no problem." The three voices were not in unison.
Lu Qin followed him, carrying the teapot, and reminded him, "Section Chief, Comrade Zhou Jun from the factory office is coming this afternoon and wants you to go see him before you get off work."
So Section Chief Zhao didn't even have time to sit down before he drank two sips of warm water and got up and left.
"What does the factory office want to see the section chief about?"
Lu Qin looked clueless. "I don't know that either. That young Comrade Zhou didn't tell me."
Section Chief Zhao left and didn't come back until the end of the day.
"Comrade Lu, wait a minute." As he was about to ride his bicycle out, Mr. Huang stopped him again, once again with a look of anticipation, and lowered his voice, "Two female comrades are waiting for you here."
One at noon and two in the afternoon. Mr. Huang was puzzled: "How come these two are also your friends?"
Lu Qin nodded without hesitation, interrupting his other thoughts. "Uncle, I have a lot of friends. I'll let you meet them all in the future. Just don't think I'm troublesome."
Seeing that he was so frank, Mr. Huang just joked, "Go ahead, I've arranged for them to stay behind the hut. You can see them when you turn the corner."
"Okay, thank you, sir."
Lu Qin pushed his bicycle and turned around to ask Xu Youzhi to go back first. The figures of Sun Juan and Qin Shi flashed through his mind.
But these two people are really not them.
The two women with pigtails huddled together and muttered to each other. One of them said impatiently, "Why haven't you come yet?"
Another person comforted her, "It's still early. They're probably not done with their work yet. We can always wait."
These two people are naturally Zhu Hong and Li Xiang.
Lu Qin recognized them immediately and said with surprise, "Comrade Zhu, Comrade Li, you came to see me."
Zhu Hong and Li Xiang walked hand in hand, and it was unclear who was pulling the other forward. Zhu Hong couldn't hold back her words. "I remember the food factory closes at five o'clock. We've been waiting for you here for a while."
Lu Qin didn't get angry and just agreed with her, "It's five o'clock. Isn't it busy with work? Comrade Zhu can understand, right? When you get your salary, I'll treat you to dinner."
Zhu Hong was not angry either, that was just her nature.
There were a lot of people passing by, so it was inconvenient to talk.
Seeing that the two were walking, he pushed his bicycle and walked on the left. "Let's go, we can talk while we walk."
The two looked at each other, still holding hands, and said, "Okay."
"Comrade Lu, are you going home?"
"Comrade Lu, let's go."
"Comrade Lu."
“…”
Lu Qin replied with a smile.
Less than a hundred meters after leaving the house, Zhu Hong and Li Xiang encountered at least twenty people calling Lu Qin, and from time to time they turned their eyes to the people next to him.
Zhu Hong couldn't help but feel depressed, "How come you know so many people?"
She felt that he was making more and more friends.
They both looked at him.
Lu Qin quickly noticed the smell of vinegar in the air.
He had a smile on his face, his finger carelessly pressing on the bicycle bell. "We're all brothers and sisters from the factory. I work in the Propaganda Department, so I need to communicate with people and occasionally do interviews. It's very likely that we'll run into each other on a regular basis. We'll just say hello and we'll know each other. By the way, what did you two comrades want to talk to me about? I've been very busy lately. I was going to see you this morning."
It is indeed true that I am busy.
The number of people riding bicycles on the road continued to increase. Zhu Hong walked on the outside, Li Xiang walked on the inside, and the outermost one was Lu Qin.
Zhu Hong rolled her eyes. "It was just a couple of days ago when we went to a photo studio and saw your photo stuck in the window. We thought we'd come over to see you and ask for a favor."
The two of them were looking for a photo studio to take pictures. When they arrived at the first one, they saw Lu Qin's photo. At first they thought they were seeing things, but Lu Qin was so handsome that there was no way they could be wrong.
"Oh, the photos are out. I took them for fun while helping the photographer at the photo studio."
The photo was taken a few weeks ago. If they hadn't reminded him, Lu Qin would have forgotten it. But more importantly, he stopped and asked patiently, "What do you need my help with?"
Before they spoke, he observed their expressions briefly. Their brows were relaxed and they didn't look like they were troubled. It shouldn't be a big deal.
"I." Zhu Hong couldn't hide the truth and opened her mouth to speak.
Li Xiang interrupted her and said quickly, "Comrade Lu, I have something to talk to you about."
Lu Qin treated everyone equally, "Well, Comrade Li, it's what you said."
Li Xiang tugged at the end of her braid and looked around. "It's like this. My family wants to arrange a blind date for me."
As she spoke, she unconsciously glanced at Lu Qin himself.
Lu Qin's heart skipped a beat at that moment, and he was a little scared.
He asked calmly: "Well, then what?"
"I was wondering if you could do me a favor and help me choose a date for a blind date."
Lu Qin's eyelids jumped, and he almost thought he had heard it wrong. "Please, please take a look."
"Yes," some words were not so difficult to say after opening her mouth. Li Xiang loosened the knot at the end of her braid and said, "Compared to us lesbians, you, as a gay man, should understand gay men better, right?"
Lu Qin: “…”
What kind of closing statement is this? When did he acquire this ability?
To pass by, whether it means to take a look or to examine various qualities, it has more than just the superficial meaning.
Why does he keep running into blind dates lately?
He kept smiling and asked, "Comrade Li, who gave you this advice?"
Li Xiang raised her thin eyebrows and said, "Of course it's what I've been thinking about recently. What do you think, Comrade Lu?"
She inexplicably trusted her friend Lu Qin.
“…”
Comrade Lu himself doesn't think it's very good.
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