Ye Zhiqiu ate his breakfast like this. He wasn't in a hurry today. He just needed to find some time to go to the Labor Bureau and find someone named Li Wenxuan.
After he finished breakfast, an unexpected guest came to his door!
"Brother, I miss you so much!"
"I'm a rough man. Men shouldn't touch each other. You're a married man. Please respect yourself!"
Joking aside, Li Feng still gave Ma Banghua a big hug.
After returning to the living room and lighting a cigarette, Ma Banghua smiled and explained, "My brothers are not at the brewery now, so I heard from Xiaomei that you are back.
I thought you must be at home this morning, so I came to catch you up. Come to my house for dinner tonight. It’s been so long since we last met, let’s get together!”
Ye Zhiqiu asked curiously, "Brother Banghua, you and Brother Yongjun are not at the brewery anymore? There's definitely no problem with eating, but do my sister-in-law and the others have time?"
Ma Banghua laughed and scolded, "You still say they are brothers! Your nephews are over one year old, and you haven't even met them! Your sister-in-law and Yulan are both at home taking care of the kids, and now we're working in the textile factory."
Ye Zhiqiu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Ah! I really didn't know about this. I've only been back for a few days and have been busy with various things! I changed my job this time to go back to the brewery to work. I was thinking of going back to work and showing off to you guys!"
"Hehe! You want to show off in front of us? That's impossible! Yongjun went to deal with the ingredients. The ingredients are difficult to prepare now. It will be a headache for him today.
But you've worked hard for two years and now you're back, so we have to arrange a welcome party for you. It's just that Xiaomei has been a bit busy lately, and I wanted to invite her over too, but she doesn't have any free time."
Ye Zhiqiu smiled and said, "Hehe, she doesn't have time to spare so early. She's busy with her graduation assignments. We've already agreed that we'll apply to register our marriage once she starts working."
Ma Banghua raised his eyebrows and said, "Come on, call me cousin. If you don't like it, I will oppose this marriage!"
Laughing and joking, Ye Zhiqiu felt a little emotional. Only by treating others with sincerity can others respond with sincerity!
At first, he treated them as friends, cooking for them and helping them to please their partners. It seemed unequal, but today, even though they had asked for leave, they were busy preparing a welcoming banquet for him. Wasn't this the fruit of their previous efforts?
The relationship between people is mutual. Ye Zhiqiu knows that he cannot expand! No matter how powerful the space is, only he knows it. Others don’t know what space is!
In the eyes of Ma Banghua and others, he is just an ordinary lucky rural person, but because he treats people with sincerity, they also completely regard him as a good friend.
The two of them told each other about their experiences, and Ye Zhiqiu learned that because their wives were pregnant, they were worried about them going to and from get off work with big bellies, so they used their connections to transfer themselves to work in the textile factory.
To be honest, their planned purchases are really useless!
Because the distribution of materials is basically fixed now, there is no possibility of purchasing more or distributing them in advance.
Now it was the factory's turn to be relieved! Because the grain hadn't arrived at the factory on time, delaying production, the blame was entirely on the grain company!
So Ye Zhiqiu did not expect that the two of them would suddenly change their positions. He Yongjun became the deputy chief of the security department, while Ma Banghua went to the logistics department and became the deputy chief of procurement.
I was considered to have joined the cadre team, although I was the worst one.
He really didn't think it would be like this. In the blink of an eye, two years passed and both of his brothers became cadres.
Ma Banghua asked curiously, "Brother, why did you go back to the brewery this time? What kind of job are you going back for? You can't be a buyer again, right?"
Ye Zhiqiu sighed and said, "Oh, Brother Banghua, you'd better not tell me. I really want to go back to being a buyer! But unfortunately, the organization won't allow it. The position I want is no longer available. I can only go and handle the transfer procedures later and see how the organization arranges me!"
Ma Banghua said dissatisfiedly: "Brother, what's wrong with you? When you joined the army, you were a purchasing agent. Now you are still a purchasing agent after demobilization. Is that acceptable?
You should be able to get a promotion, with all kinds of bonuses. I think no matter what job you are assigned, you will definitely be able to get the salary of a deputy section chief."
Ye Zhiqiu said with a grin, "Hey, there's no deputy section chief treatment!"
Ma Banghua frowned and wanted to ask about Ye Zhiqiu's performance in the army, but his next sentence almost made him choke on the cigarette!
"Brother Banghua, because I made some small contributions when I was in the army, after I retired, I was promoted to the rank of regular section chief because of these bonuses!
Don't be angry. Even though I'm only a little taller than you, think about it. This is what I got in exchange for not seeing Xiaomei for two years. You'll definitely understand!"
Ma Banghua was stunned for a moment, then he angrily said, "Ahhhh! You loser! I was worried about you, but you're just standing here laughing at me! You're done, you little bastard! I'm going to skin you alive today!"
He said the harshest words, but of course he didn't get beaten. How could Ye Zhiqiu possibly beat him!
Ma Banghua is not difficult to deal with, he can be dealt with with just a cigarette!
He is having a hard time now!
Because the Feng family's cigarettes and alcohol have a male owner! Yesterday, Ma Banghua went to beg for money again, and ended up getting two bottles of alcohol!
He was very depressed and asked Feng Xiaomei why she had so many cigarettes and alcohol and was reluctant to give some to his cousin.
Feng Xiaomei just pretended not to hear, but later she was annoyed by him and told him that Ye Zhiqiu was back and wanted to leave it for him to visit relatives and friends.
It was also at this time that Ma Banghua knew that Ye Zhiqiu had returned!
Ye Zhiqiu went to see Ma Banghua off. Ma Banghua and his family had changed their address and were now living in the dormitory building of the textile factory. Just like their home, they lived across from each other, but they were on the fourth floor.
The previous house was naturally taken back. Saying that you don’t want to live in an apartment building is only credible if it is said by people like Ye Zhiqiu who have boilers and radiators!
The slum where Ma Banghua and his family live is better than ordinary buildings after renovation, but it has no heating!
So after they got through the winter, they realized they were overthinking it! In 1959, they found a way to use their connections to transfer jobs, and were assigned to the dormitory building.
Some things sound particularly cruel, but that’s the reality. Without connections and background, you won’t get anything!
At least Ye Zhiqiu knew that if he had no connections, even if there was space, it would never be his turn to be allocated a dormitory building!
It’s not that it’s not his turn, but he has to wait for many years before it’s his turn!
Ye Zhiqiu looked at Ma Banghua riding away on a bicycle, feeling a little sad because he had been in this world for so long.
It seems that he doesn't have many friends, Ma Banghua and He Yongjun are among them! Because he can't open up to others!
It is only because of Ma Banghua and He Yongjun's mutual acquaintance and Feng Xiaomei that they have become as close as they are today.
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