Li Hongru is a man of outstanding abilities, but he has a bit of youthful arrogance in his character, and sometimes he is more cautious in doing things.
Zhang Weifang is just the opposite. She has experienced the torture of the modern workplace, so she has always been thick-skinned.
That day, Li Hongru came to the office and was once again met with sarcasm from Du Yanan:
"Some people are really good at hiding things. Now the fox's tail is finally exposed. Aren't they just beasts? How dare they think they are human?"
The documents on Li Hongru's desk fell to the ground with a "crash", and the noise scared everyone else.
Li Hongru raised his head and stared at Du Yanan coldly, his eyes full of murderous intent:
"Sister Du is right. Some people just love to flatter and curry favor with those above them. They bully the weak and flatter the strong. They are worse than animals."
Du Yanan stood up quickly and asked in a trembling voice:
"Who are you talking about?"
Li Hongru is not a pushover. He originally thought that as long as everyone was well, it would be fine. He didn't expect that every day would be more exciting than a war.
"Whoever you're talking about knows. Sister Du, if you keep making indirect accusations and talking nonsense, I don't mind asking the leadership to judge the matter."
At this time, Cui Hongyuan, Deputy Minister of Propaganda, spoke up:
"Okay, we're all colleagues. We should communicate properly when we have something to say. What's the point of arguing?"
Then, Cui Hongyuan changed the subject and looked at Li Hongru and said:
"Xiao Li, I know the boss has valued you recently, but Xiao Du is a veteran employee, you have to respect her."
Li Hongru was really angry. This was obviously biased.
"Deputy Minister, I have a question: What words of mine were disrespectful? Tell me, and I will change them."
This was the first time Cui Hongyuan was contradicted like this. He secretly hated her, but his face showed it:
"Oh, young people just take things seriously. Okay, let's all get back to work!"
After Cui Hongyuan finished speaking, he took the cup of water and went out. Du Yanan looked at Li Hongru with a gloating look, knowing that he would be finished soon.
Cui Hongyuan is the most cunning person and was sent by the trade union. He feels that he is superior to others and that anyone who offends him will not have a good ending.
Li Hongru also knew that he had acted impulsively today, but he had already decided to leave the department. He had set his sights on the factory office, so he didn't care about this.
Li Hongru has been getting along well with the factory's secretary Guo Yongan recently. He learned from him that the factory director was worried about the New Year's goods and benefits.
The years have been bad, and everyone has been short of food and drink. When the factory gave out some welfare benefits, it was always either cloth or scraps of cloth, and everyone complained a lot.
In fact, everyone wants food, but food is not that easy to buy. Now even if you have money, you can’t buy food, not even at a high price.
Li Hongru planned to start from this direction and then enter the factory office.
In fact, in recent years, there has been no surplus grain either in grain stores or in the hands of farmers, so it is extremely difficult to buy grain.
After get off work, Li Hongru rushed home to cook. They were going to have dumplings today and needed his help in rolling out the dough.
Zhang Weifang added a few drops of sesame oil to the cabbage, tofu and egg filling to make the filling taste richer.
The couple sat on the kang, one wrapping the dumplings while the other rolled them, and the atmosphere was very good.
It is winter now, and the kang in the house has started to heat up, making the cave as warm as spring.
Zhang Weifang laid a layer of smooth oilcloth on the kang, which was very clean when wiped with a wet cloth and was easy to maintain.
The two of them were making dumplings while chatting:
"Hongru, how is your work going?"
"It's been okay lately. I've made up my mind. I want to go into the factory to run it."
"Factory office? Isn't that easy?"
"Well, if we can get some food, it should be fine."
Li Hongru just said it casually and didn't take it seriously, but Zhang Weifang took it to heart. If her man wanted to make progress, she must support him with all her strength.
Zhang Weifang looked at the points in the system. There were still 550 points left. If he wanted to buy coarse grains, he could buy up to 1,000 kilograms. However, with more than 1,000 people in the textile factory, there were definitely not enough points.
The next day, Zhang Weifang walked for two hours in the cold wind and returned home. Zhang Qiao Na was very happy to see the older girl back.
He enthusiastically pulled her hand onto the kang. Firewood was in short supply in winter, so Zhang Weishuang and Zhang Weifen lived in their parents' house.
"Weifang, it's so cold, what's the matter with you coming back?"
"Dad, I want to ask about our brigade going to Shitou Commune to exchange grain. How do we exchange? How much can we get?"
Although Zhang Jiuyun was curious about Zhang Weifang's question, he still told her:
"The coal from our village is 18 cents per pound. You can buy it with money or exchange it for grain of equivalent value."
"Dad, how much can our brigade exchange at once? Does Shitou Commune have much grain?"
"Each time, I only exchange about 2,000 kilograms of grain. The grain in Shitou Commune isn't much, but there are many mountains over there, and there's no shortage of food."
"Dad, has the grain exchange team been there this year? I want to find someone to ask about the details." Zhang Weifang thought this was feasible.
After a while, Zhang Weiren brought Zhang Jiuyi over. Zhang Jiuyi had his hands in his sleeves and was wearing a thick hat.
"Brother, it's so cold. What do you want from me? I'm freezing to death." Zhang Jiuyi asked as he sat on the kang.
"Uncle, I have something to talk to you about."
"Weifang, you're back!" The room was dark and Zhang Jiuyi just saw his eldest niece.
"Uncle, I'm just asking about exchanging food at Shitou Commune."
"Oh, this matter?" Zhang Jiuyi did not keep the audience in suspense and told the story directly.
They were driving three donkey carts and leading five mules. The mules were carrying two baskets full of coal, and the donkey carts were also full of coal.
Shitou Commune is 80 miles away from Shuanglong Village. They walked there and even stayed overnight in a village they passed by after dark.
They arrived at Shitou Commune the next afternoon. Since they came here every year, the familiar villages had already prepared food.
They exchanged coal for corn and hurried back, and they had to grind the corn into flour themselves.
Zhang Weifang roughly understood it, then thought about it and asked:
"Uncle, do they have any extra food to exchange? Can we exchange it for cloth?"
"Oh, Weifang, that's great. You don't understand. Many people live in the mountains and lack everything. And those people along the riverbank also lack cloth. It would be even better to have cotton."
"Uncle, do you think this is okay? Take me to the Stone Commune. I have some cloth here, but it's all expired or misprinted."
Zhang Jiuyi's eyes lit up. This was a good idea. He liked running around, and now exchanging food for food could be considered as earning some extra money.
"No problem, uncle will go with you."
The two agreed to meet at Zhang Weifang's house three days later, and then went back to prepare their things.
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