453 We will meet again in the mountains and rivers.
Su Taotao felt that the Spring Festival of 1978 came particularly quickly, and it was already Chinese New Year again in the blink of an eye.
But in the eyes of many people, it is much slower than in previous years.
Candidates taking the college entrance examination look forward to the arrival of the admission notice every day, but until the holiday before the New Year, no one here has received the admission notice.
The radio and television said that candidates in many major cities began to receive acceptance letters starting in February.
Su Taotao was not in a hurry. If she remembered correctly, the first year of university did not start until March or April, and a large number of candidates only received their admission letters after the Chinese New Year.
This place is quite remote, how can they receive it right away?
The factory has delivered the last batch of New Year goods, and all employees will be on holiday starting tomorrow.
The factory's performance this year exceeded the target, and the annual sale is much richer than in previous years, with salt, oil, soy sauce, vinegar, rice, and fruit.
Su Taotao always buys what everyone needs.
And you don’t need to pay with cash, you can exchange it with Su Taotao’s newly launched coconut gummy candy!
Yes, the new production line opened in the second half of the year squeezes coconut meat into coconut milk and then makes it into soft candy, which is then rolled in a circle of coconut flakes. It is sweet but not greasy and is loved by people from all walks of life.
In addition, this year's Chinese New Year limited edition is a co-branded edition with Fu Yuanhang's "The Story of Time". From the outer packaging to the outer decoration, it is all about this theme. It didn't even have a chance to be launched on the market before it was snapped up by old customers, directly doubling the food factory's performance.
This type of candy is still in short supply.
In Su Taotao's own words, this was her final work at the food factory, a gift to the food factory, and also the final year-end report card she submitted to her boss.
Leaders from all parties were extremely satisfied. The base has had no shortage of research and development funds in recent years, all thanks to the food factory led by Su Taotao.
It is even more regrettable to lose a "business genius" like Su Taotao soon.
Lobbyists came one after another, their throats were smoking, but they still failed to persuade Su Taotao to stay.
It's just that people tend to want to move up, and they really want to force people to stay for their own selfish reasons.
But I can't stay.
The factory did not hire a new director, but made a decision that surprised Su Taotao.
A new secretary was transferred over, and Zhang Jing'an was appointed as the factory director.
Zhang Jing'an gladly took over the responsibility, which made Su Taotao's handover work much smoother.
Looking at Su Taotao's well-organized production and promotional plans, Zhang Jing'an was even more certain that she came from the same background as himself.
But it didn't matter to him anymore, they were all living a life completely different from their previous one.
Things from the previous life are truly things from the previous life.
We will go our separate ways in the future and it’s hard to say whether we will see each other again.
In the next few decades of rapid development, there will be countless opportunities, and everyone will have to make the most of their abilities.
In fact, Su Taotao also felt that after the reform and opening up, Zhang Jingan might go out to do business on his own, and staying in the factory would only help him gain a few more years of experience.
After spending these few years together, we have come to understand many things tacitly.
They are all smart people and they won’t talk about it.
Old employees like Aunt Zhong, Xia Zhiqiu, and Dong Shengping have been promoted to the top of their departments, and the main purpose of getting another promotion is to make it easier to increase their salaries.
Su Taotao took the lead and applied to give an extra month's salary to all employees who had worked in the factory for more than one year. The rest of the employees who had less than one year would have their monthly salary divided by 12 and then multiplied by the number of months they had worked in the factory as a year-end bonus.
The leader waved his pen and approved it.
On the last day of get off work, the iron gate of the food factory slowly opened. Su Taotao turned around and looked at the red plaque of "xx Base Affiliated Food Factory", and then looked at the thousands of employees who followed her and bid her farewell in tears...
"Director Su, we can't bear to part with you..."
"Director Su, please don't leave, wuwu..."
"We will never meet such a good factory manager again..."
"Director Su..."
Su Taotao felt that her five years of hard work had not been in vain and had finally come to a successful conclusion.
With red eyes, she waved goodbye to everyone:
"Everyone, hurry back and pack up, go home and have a happy New Year. We'll meet again in the future!"
Even Xiaolu and Baihua were crying their eyes out.
Xiao Meizi stood in the crowd, her eyes full of tears, looking towards Su Taotao. That was the direction she would work towards for the next three years. She moved her lips and said silently:
"Director Su, see you in the capital."
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This was also the last Spring Festival that Su Taotao and her family spent at the base.
Fu Zhengtu has already received the transfer order and will report directly to the capital headquarters after the new year.
Some things that are not used in daily life have already been packed and mailed to the capital.
The only thing that worries them is Bai Bai.
These days, it's not uncommon to see people bringing chickens, ducks, and geese on the train.
However, Baibai was too big to be carried directly onto the train, so Fu Zhengtu had to make a custom-made suitcase for Baibai and put him in it for shipment.
But it is uncomfortable for people to be trapped in a train for dozens of hours and still be able to move around.
The whole family felt uncomfortable just thinking about letting Baibai, who used to play around every day, be trapped in a box without moving for dozens of hours.
When Fu Zhengtu was making the box, Chenchen sighed countless times and kept asking his dad if he could make it bigger so that Baibai could move around in it.
"If it's any bigger, the carriage won't be able to accommodate it." Fu Zhengtu said helplessly.
Chen Chen hugged Bai Bai's neck and kept soothing her, giving her psychological support:
"Bai Bai, we are going to the capital by train after the New Year. You have to stay in this box for dozens of hours. Be good and don't move around. Do you understand?
Don't be afraid, I will come to see you when I am free and bring you food and water. I will ask mom to grill more of your favorite beef jerky and you can have my share, too, okay?
Bai Bai, you know the train, right? It goes very slowly, very slowly..."
Baibai follows his masters everywhere all year round, and Su Taotao has even tried to drive it to the city to play.
But it didn't know what a train was, let alone riding one, it had never even seen one.
Chenchen was worried for several days and kept muttering to Baibai every day, and even Zhou Linglan could recite it by heart.
It was not until the evening of Fu Zhengtu's day off that he returned with several flight tickets.
"We got some plane tickets. We're going by plane this time instead of taking the train."
Little Chenchen's smart brain has kind of crashed.
"Dad, is that a plane?" He blurted out, opened his hands and made a flying gesture, "Dad, is that the plane flying in the sky?"
Fu Zhengtu laughed and rubbed his little head: "Yes, Dad once promised to take you on a plane."
Chenchen clapped his hands, circled around his father a few times, and then jumped up and took the plane ticket from Fu Zhengtu:
"Great! I'm finally going to ride on a big plane and fly into the sky!"
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