Ye Zhiqiu said angrily: "Wu Shengli bullied me, go beat him up!"
He Yongjun was dumbfounded. He said angrily, "Ah? How did Director Wu offend you? He's the leader, you can't hit him..."
Ye Zhiqiu tilted his head and sighed, "Alas! I can't attend the National Day celebrations. I have to stay at the factory to attend the banquet. Do you think I can be happy after encountering such a thing?"
At this time, Ma Banghua came in carrying a thermos. He only heard the last sentence and immediately asked curiously, "What's wrong, brother? What's so bad about you?"
He Yongjun quickly winked at him. What a mess! He was already depressed, and you kept asking him about his unhappiness!
Ma Banghua looked at himself, pointed at himself, and gestured to He Yongjun to ask if he had said something wrong.
After getting confirmation, he quickly shut up, put away the thermos, handed Ye Zhiqiu a cigarette, and then whispered, "Brother, I see you're in a bad mood. How about I tell you something?"
Ye Zhiqiu lit a cigarette with the help of a torch. He said puzzledly, "No... I'm just in a bad mood. What's the matter with you?"
Ma Banghua chuckled and whispered in a low voice, "I just saw your father! Uncle Ye picked up the five yuan that Wu Shengli dropped when he took out his cigarette and didn't return it to Wu Shengli!
This bastard was in a meeting for half a day, and he made us stay in the sun for so long. He deserves to lose money! Brother, after hearing this, do you feel happier? "
Ye Zhiqiu said noncommittally, "It's just five dollars I lost and found. What's there to be happy about?"
Ma Banghua scratched his head, thinking about how to save the situation. This brother was still too young and his mood was always changing.
He thought of something, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He quickly said to Ye Zhiqiu, "Brother, I remembered something. Although my cousin doesn't like to talk, she likes to read! Recently, she has been reading a book called Human Comedy. I think the author is Bazaar?"
Ye Zhiqiu chuckled and said amusingly, "Brother Banghua, please stop talking like that! The author of the Human Comedy is Balzac! What Bazaar? You're just randomly changing his name."
Ma Banghua touched his nose and said embarrassedly, "I didn't read it carefully. I just glanced at it casually. It's normal that I can't remember the name. But you know it so well, brother. You must have read the book, right?"
Ye Zhiqiu shrugged and replied, "The miser Grandet comes from this book. You've also cursed him for this. Haven't you read the book?"
Ma Banghua looked at He Yongjun, and they both smiled wryly and said, "We just can't get into reading. We stopped going to school after junior high school, so why would we bother reading foreign books?"
In fact, Ye Zhiqiu was quite curious. Both of them had older brothers, and he had met them before. They were all in the army. But these two guys came here to be purchasing agents!
So he asked curiously, "Actually, I'm quite curious, why don't you join the army? Given your family's financial situation, it shouldn't be easy to arrange for you to join the army, right?"
Speaking of this, He Yongjun's face darkened. It was obvious that this was a very regrettable thing for him.
Ma Banghua exhaled a puff of cigarette and explained gloomily, "Brother, we do want to join the army! But you've seen our two elder brothers. They are busy in the army all day long and are rarely at home throughout the year.
That’s why our mother didn’t allow us to join the army and insisted that we work in the city!”
So that's how it is. This is quite normal. Is there anything wrong for a mother to keep a child by her side?
That's right! But they must be quite depressed. Most of the children from the compound went to the army for training. But they were neither high nor low, and actually got a job as a purchasing agent. They had to talk down to their peers in the same compound!
Ye Zhiqiu quickly comforted her, "It's okay, at least you are better than them. They are still training in the army, and you are already getting married and having children!"
The two men cheered up. They weren't the type to complain about anything. Although it was a pity that they couldn't join the army, there was more to life than just one path.
He Yongjun urged, "Remember to come early tomorrow. You know the location of our two houses. I'll greet the security guard after get off work and register your name. You can come in with your work ID."
Ye Zhiqiu waved his hand and said impatiently, "How many times have you two tricked me? The guard has smoked almost a pack of my cigarettes. I even know my last name. Why should you worry about this?"
The two of them laughed. In fact, it was not easy for Ye Zhiqiu to make a trip to their compound. It took him nearly an hour to ride a bike!
It takes them two hours to get to and from get off work, and I don’t know why they come here to work!
Thinking of this, Ye Zhiqiu asked curiously, "Two brothers, why do you come here to work? Your work is too hard. You have to go back and forth for more than two hours every day!"
Ma Banghua explained with a chuckle, "Hey, brother, have you forgotten that your sister-in-law works at the First Textile Factory? In fact, they used to live in the compound, and after being assigned jobs, they went to work at the First Textile Factory.
When we were looking for jobs, didn't we consider proximity? There weren't any suitable jobs at the textile factory, so we just went to the brewery!
Now that your sister-in-law has been allocated a house, we don’t want the house here. After we get married, we have to live next to their house to make it convenient for them to go to get off work!"
Ye Zhiqiu was stunned. Who the hell could he go to for justice? These two were actually living in the woman's house. Wasn't this just like living off her?
As soon as He Yongjun saw Ye Zhiqiu's expression, he knew that he had misunderstood, and quickly explained to him: "Brother, don't overthink it, we are not living off you!
The house they've allocated now is just one room. After we get married, we can apply and have the factory pay for us to rent an extra room. So the house is ours together, and we're not just living off them!
Is it still possible to operate like this? Ye Zhiqiu touched his chin and asked curiously: "Brother Yongjun, can you get used to living in a large courtyard instead of a building in a large courtyard?"
"Oh, you don't understand! Living in a building in a courtyard, if someone walks upstairs, it's too noisy downstairs! It's really worse than living in a courtyard house here!"
"That's right, spend some money on renovations and build a water closet! Just not having to go to the public toilet is better than living in a compound!"
Speaking of He Yongjun's family compound, although it is a large house with three bedrooms, a living room and a kitchen, these houses were designed without any toilets at all. Seven or eight households on each floor share a public toilet!
Ye Zhiqiu was somewhat thankful that the factory had arranged a farmyard for him. It even had a good thing like a flush toilet, so he didn't have to use a communal dry toilet like in the slums!
As we chatted, it was time to get off work. The radio broadcast of singing songs of the motherland started playing, and everyone started to carry their things and walked out happily.
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