They should be a group of workers, all wearing work clothes.
But they don’t look like workers from the same factory.
Most work clothes are dark blue, but there are different grades.
In the eyes of workers, the most luxurious and prestigious work clothes are those worn by workers in manufacturing plants.
These workers probably came from a manufacturing plant, but there were slight differences in their work clothes, so they probably did not come from the same factory.
When the group rushed to the door, they were stopped by the guard.
But there was only one security guard and there were a group of workers, and the people behind took advantage of the chaos to rush in.
Seeing this, Jiang Shiyue pulled Li Xiao in without saying a word. When the village chief saw Jiang Shiyue go in, he turned around and followed him in.
Director Xie's office is on the second floor.
There are only two floors in total.
However, when a group of people rushed into the office, they found the door open but Director Xie was nowhere to be found.
Jiang Shiyue and the village chief looked at each other in surprise, but the group of workers were used to it.
"Xie ran away again!"
"It's not even time to get off work yet so you can't run far!"
"I guess he's hiding in the toilet again!"
"Send some more people to check on the dormitories."
"Please have some people in the cafeteria."
“…”
Jiang Shiyue watched in amazement as the group of workers skillfully divided into four or five groups to block Director Xie.
The village chief asked Jiang Shiyue, "Xiao Jiang, what should we do? It looks like even if we find Director Xie, he won't talk to us."
Jiang Shiyue shook her head. "How could that be? I think Director Xie would be delighted to see us!"
village head:"……"
Li Xiao: “…”
Li Xiao touched the back of his head in confusion, not understanding how Jiang Shiyue could see that.
The village chief obviously didn't understand either, but he was too embarrassed to ask.
Jiang Shiyue had no intention of explaining and called out to them, "Let's go, split into three groups and see who can get to Director Xie first."
Naturally, only the village chief can go to the men's restroom.
It was not convenient for Jiang Shiyue and Li Xiao to go to the dormitory.
Li Xiao was waiting downstairs while Jiang Shiyue went to the cafeteria to try his luck.
Fortunately, Jiang Shiyue was lucky enough and followed a few workers to meet Director Xie in the kitchen.
To be precise, we found Director Xie.
Director Xie was blocked by another group of people.
Judging from their attire, these people seemed to be office workers. They were all clean and tidy, and some of them had four pockets.
You have to know that these days, only cadres in all walks of life have four pockets.
Jiang Shiyue rolled his eyes, took a step back, and found the best viewing spot to watch the fun.
After listening for a while, I realized that no matter what their profession or official position, these people came to Director Xie for the same thing: to ask for a house.
Director Xie looked worried and was surrounded.
"Comrades, it's not that I won't give you a room. There's no vacant house in Eagle City, right?"
"Why would we come to you if we needed a house?"
"That's right, you should do your job. Isn't it your job to solve the problem of each unit having no housing to allocate?"
"That's right! If I had shirked my responsibilities like you, I would have been torn to pieces by the people in our unit!"
“…”
Jiang Shiyue listened silently to these people denouncing Director Xie.
In 1979, except for farmers, housing for most people was provided by their work units.
If you meet certain requirements, such as a certain number of years of service, you can get a house.
Workers in the factory need to be allocated housing, those who receive public rations need to be allocated housing, and even those who do not leave the workshop and do not receive public rations also need to be allocated housing.
For example, those who work in offices or supply and marketing cooperatives and those who have easy jobs also need to be allocated housing.
The allocation of housing is the responsibility of each unit, but the unit must have housing before it can be allocated.
They are still state-owned enterprises now, everything is public, and building houses is naturally a public matter.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Director Xie nodded repeatedly. "This matter is indeed our responsibility. But just like you have no houses to share, we are also unable to make a meal without rice. Even if I approve the land for you, I can't approve the money for building the house!"
If you can't build a house, there will naturally be no room to divide.
The news that Director Xie was in the cafeteria was probably leaked, and all the other workers came over and surrounded the small cafeteria.
Just looking at the number of people, I would have thought a meeting was being held here.
With Director Xie as the center, the place was surrounded by layers of irregular circles.
Jiang Shiyue arrived early and took a seat that was neither too far nor too close. He also grabbed two chairs and waited for the village chief and Li Xiao to come over. He gave one to each of them. When they stood on the chairs, they could see Director Xie who was surrounded in the middle.
Li Xiao gestured to Director Xie's location and whispered to Jiang Shiyue, "Director Xie has it pretty hard too. When I first went to look for him, didn't I ask people along the way about Director Xie's whereabouts? Someone advised me to let Director Xie go. He told me that Director Xie's life is really difficult. The factory doesn't have any houses and comes to him for them, so he has to ask the finance department and the higher authorities for them. But the whole of Pengcheng is dirt poor, and no one, whether it's the higher authorities or the finance department, has any money to give."
What could Director Xie do? He could only keep his head down.
I hide every day when I go to work and when I get off work.
When everyone couldn't find Director Xie at work, they went to his house to wait for him.
Director Xie was so scared that he didn't dare to go home or live in the dormitory.
Sometimes I miss home and go back in the middle of the night, or I stay in the office all night.
He was more anxious than someone who had no house to live in.
Those people have no houses to live in, and he has no place to live even if he has one.
The worst time was when I was forced to squeeze under a bridge with beggars for a whole night.
The village chief heard Li Xiao's words and nodded. "That's exactly what happened. Our village was put on hold because of this. We've come to him nine times out of ten but have been unsuccessful. The reason we were able to connect with him was because the leaders from above came to inspect and saw that our village was in a mess. They reprimanded the people below, so he came to our village to talk to us."
There's no point in talking without money.
Li Xiao looked at Jiang Shiyue suspiciously, "Sister Yueyue, why do I feel like you're quite happy?"
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but the more miserable they described Director Xie, the brighter Jiang Shiyue’s eyes became.
Just like a fox seeing its prey, its eyes turned green.
The village chief glanced at Jiang Shiyue's expression and felt somewhat unhappy when he heard this.
Thinking that it really is none of my business, I just stay out of it.
For Jiang Shiyue, whether or not she gets a house is none of her business.
Of course, it doesn’t matter much to me. At least the villagers can still live in the same place.
Jiang Shiyue nodded, "I'm very happy. I was originally thinking about how to convince Director Xie, isn't this the chance?"
Li Xiao looked at Jiang Shiyue blankly, then at the packed crowd in the cafeteria and Director Xie who was surrounded in the middle and was about to collapse. He really didn't understand where the opportunity was.
Director Xie experienced firsthand what it meant to be drowned by just one spit from someone.
The workers wanted to eat him up, and their saliva flew into his face as they spoke, and he couldn't wipe it off.
People were generally poor and didn't like to be clean. The breath was so strong that he couldn't breathe and his vision was black.
He stamped his feet vigorously and said, "Even if you force me to death, I won't give you a house."
The workers cursed one after another, and some of the more explosive ones started pushing and shoving Director Xie.
Director Xie was in tears.
At this moment, a clear female voice suddenly rang out.
"I know there's no house to divide!"
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