Chapter 79 Deputy Director
In the train compartment, Xu Wanxiu sat with the baby inside by the window. The child was clinging to her mother and asked her to sit in her arms, saying that it would smell outside.
The little guy was sitting on the side of the aisle with his daddy during dinner just now. Suddenly, there were all kinds of food smells in the carriage. She didn't shout, but just obediently leaned over to Xu Wanxiu and asked coquettishly, " Mother, why don't I come in and sit with you, it smells
bad outside." The little guy also knows that these words are similar to slandering people, his face is a little red, he is shy. Zhao Guoqiang smiled sullenly and did not speak. He also smelled these bad smells, but he had received various trainings, including his sense of smell.
When you go out on a mission, how can you stop moving because of a little odor? When the real task is lurking, you have to endure anything you encounter.
Therefore, Zhao Guoqiang can hold back, but it is normal for his daughter to be unbearable, and the child has a sharp nose.
Xu Wanxiu understands that sometimes she can't stand it, so she always sits inside the train after getting on the train. "That's alright, Ning Ning comes over and sits here." She opened her hands in a funny way, and let the little girl threw herself into her arms.
Let the baby sit between her legs? She is not too light at the age of four now, and Xu Wanxiu can't bear to hold her for a long time. It was just right for the little guy to sit in his arms like this.
Mother Xu and them are separated by an aisle, in the same column, so that you can see each other at a glance, and you can also look after each other. This time, the meal they ate was prepared at home and brought in a lunch box.
The conductor pushed the food cart over to sell rice and vegetables. The food was not so delicate and delicious, but it was not bad, and the price was pretty enough. Most people don't buy it. If the condition is good, they will bring their own lunch. If the condition is not good, they will eat a big steamed bun, and they will arrive as soon as they are boiled. When the conductor passed by, his eyes were not idle, watching what other people brought to eat.
He fell in the row of Zhao Guoqiang and paused for a while, obviously smelling the fragrance. But the man's eyes were too cold, looking at himself as if he was looking at a dead person, the conductor shuddered with fright, and hurriedly pushed the dining car forward, shouting, "Buy food."
After eating, Zhao Guoqiang was responsible for packing the empty lunch box and putting it in a separate package. Xu Wanxiu played with the baby for a while. fall asleep.
From the tossing in the morning to now, not to mention the baby, even Xu Wanxiu is sleepy. Not long after the baby fell asleep, she also slept on the back of the chair.
Zhao Guoqiang looked at the sleeping baby worriedly, fearing that Xu Wanxiu would be hurt by the pressure of the child. He was slightly relieved to see that the baby was sitting on the seat, not on his lover's lap.
The mother and daughter slept soundly, the corners of their mouths hooked slightly, maybe they were having some sweet dreams, and he didn't make a sound to wake them up.
Seeing that her daughter and granddaughter were leaning to sleep, Mother Xu felt sleepy after eating, she simply relaxed and leaned back on the chair, closed her eyes and prepared to fall asleep.
"What are you doing?" Xu Wanxiu woke up again, woken up by a panicked shout. When she opened her sleepy eyes, she saw that a simple and honest man was grabbed by Zhao Guoqiang with his hands behind him, shouting in a panic, his eyes flashing desperately.
Zhao Guoqiang clasped his hands tightly and shouted sternly, "You have to ask yourself what you did."
The people around them quickly looked over, and the hearts of the Chinese people will not stop wherever they go, even those who were originally asleep. He was woken up by the man's anger. Mother Xu also woke up, and she was startled when she saw her son-in-law standing in the aisle holding a man.
The baby also woke up. It was the first time she saw her father so fierce. She nervously grabbed her mother's sleeve and leaned against her mother's arms. She couldn't help but curiously stuck her head out to see what was going on outside.
Soon the staff of the train came over and was shocked when they saw the battle, so they restrained their expression and asked, "Comrade, what happened here?"
Zhao Guoqiang refused to see the man's life. Acknowledging it, he directly reached out and took out a small cloth bag from his pocket, the fabric was rough and tattered, and the front inside was vaguely visible.
"Oh god, isn't this my money?" The old cloth bag held high came into the sight of everyone around. An old lady in the corner immediately exclaimed, she stood up trembling and walked over, her wrinkled hands and feet were shaking.
She grabbed the sack, shaking her hands and counting the money in it. The bulging cloth bag was so wrinkled that it could be vaguely seen that it was 50 cents scattered, and there was not much money in total.
After the old lady counted the money, she suddenly burst into tears. She stepped forward and beat the man on the back, while scolding angrily, "You son of a bitch, the old lady wants to give this amount of money to her son, you I'm too embarrassed to steal! If I were taken away by you like this today, my wife, I... I would not live."
In this era of big money, it's not easy for an old lady to save so much money. When people hear this, they still don't understand. It's clearly because the man's hands are not clean and he stole the old lady's money.
Immediately, their eyes that were watching the excitement changed, and they became full of righteous indignation. They stretched out their fingers and pointed,
"This man looks simple and honest, but he didn't expect his hands and feet to be so unclean. If he hadn't been caught, he might have stolen it from us. Come."
"The old lady dares to steal money, and I don't know if her conscience was eaten by a dog."
"This man still has to look at his eyes. The man looks simple and honest, but his eyes flicker. At first glance, he has a thief in his heart. I'm panicking. Look at the man who helped catch the thief, his eyes are straight and he looks like a good man."
The man who was caught had long since pulled out the tattered cloth bag from his pocket, and he stopped shouting for justice. His face turned pale, and he lowered his head amid the pointing and talking of a group of people in the car, knowing that he was finished.
The train staff also understood after hearing this. He hurriedly called a few colleagues to take the caught man away, and comforted the old lady, "Don't cry first, it's fine if you don't have any money. Today is still the case. Thanks to this comrade's help, let's go back and sit first, okay?"
He stretched out his hand to support the old lady, for fear that the old man's hands and feet would become weak and fall, and it would be another troublesome thing at that time. He also raised his head and said to Zhao Guoqiang, "Comrade, thanks to your help today, what's your name? I'll ask the leader to write you a letter of praise."
The old lady cried so much that her hair was messed up, and she barely stopped sobbing. , she bowed to Zhao Guoqiang and said, "Comrade, old lady, I thank you, otherwise I really don't know where to cry." Her voice was in local dialect, and she could barely hear it, but the happiness and gratitude in it were everyone. audible.
Zhao Guoqiang hurriedly supported her and said with a smile, "These are trivial matters, as long as you don't lose the money, you can go back and take a seat." He turned his head again and said to the train staff, "There is no need for praise, I It's just an injustice on the road."
After he finished speaking, he sat back in his seat, but the staff had no choice but to help the old lady back to the seat first. The people in the carriage were still discussing, and their attention shifted from the thief to the person who caught the thief, and there was a lot of discussion:
"The man looks good, so he subdued such a strong man in three or two times. It's really amazing."
"I think he may be a soldier. If we can have more righteous and promising people around us, our life should be much brighter."
Even if the world is a little chaotic recently, most people still It is the same as before, seeing what is right and cheering for it, will condemn the thief, and there is vitality everywhere.
The baby stood up from his mother and threw himself into Zhao Guoqiang's arms, and said with a little embarrassment, "Dad, you are amazing, you are awesome." She clapped her palms desperately, applauding Daddy's behavior just now.
The three words "Amazing" are still praised by my mother. The little guy gave what he thought was the highest compliment to his dear daddy.
Zhao Guoqiang hugged her body with a smile, stretched out his hand and patted her little head, and said quite amusingly, "Dad just went out to stop it when he saw something bad, and Ning Ning will do what he can to know if he sees it later. "What do you mean
by doing what you can?" Bao Bao blinked, raised his head from Zhao Guoqiang's arms and asked.
Zhao Guoqiang explained with a smile, "That is, if Ning Ning is so young, if he sees the thief, Ning Ning is too young to be able to catch him, so he can't call him casually, he can only call him quietly. If dad is there, call him for help; If Dad isn't there, Ning Ning will have to weigh it. Because it is very likely that the person you are calling is also a bad person."
He said with a restrained smile on his face, becoming more serious.
He knew there were pickpockets on the train before, but he had never encountered them. That man's hands and feet are not clean, but he's eyeing the old, young, women and children, and picking up old ladies who can't resist to steal money. This is unbearable.
At that time, Zhao Guoqiang almost did not hesitate to get up and capture the person. Of course, he was sure that he had the ability to catch the opponent with a single blow, so he dared to be so unabashed.
It is undeniable that when he heard the praise of the masses, he was happy in his heart. It turned out that no matter where he was, he was still able to help the people with the abilities he had learned in the army before.
The baby was a little frightened. She looked back at her mother for help, "Mother~"
This man really wants to teach his child the dangers of this world as soon as possible. Although it is for the good of the child, the baby obviously cannot understand it for the time being.
"Your dad is right, it doesn't matter if Ning Ning doesn't understand, let's keep it in our hearts first, anyway, dad won't lie." Xu Wanxiu would not dismantle Zhao Guoqiang's stage. The most taboo thing for the couple to educate their children is to dismantle each other. She echoed Zhao Guoqiang's remarks just now, but her words were softer.
The baby nodded reluctantly and replied, "I see." She lost the interest to continue pestering her father, and obediently returned to her mother's arms to continue playing.
Mother Xu sat on the side and witnessed the heroic act of her son-in-law in catching the thief just now, and also saw the farce he taught his daughter, which was really funny. She couldn't help shaking her head hilariously, such a noisy day would be good, and there would be hope for the day.
After getting off the train station, the elder brother Xu Wansong was still waiting. He has been working hard in the fields for the past few years, and the harvest is not good, the whole person looks much older and more vicissitudes. But fortunately his eyes were still bright.
When he saw his mother and the little sister's family, he quickly waved his hand and shouted happily, "Mother, little sister, I'm here." Xu Wansong hurried up to meet her, helping to take the salutation from Mother Xu's hand.
"Big brother." Xu Wanxiu called out with a smile, and the baby was greeting and holding hands again, "Lai Ningning, this is uncle, do you remember?"
"Remember, hello uncle." The baby raised a smile and smiled shouted. She still likes her aunt and uncle, and her two cousins, especially brother Xiao Lang, who is slightly similar in age to her.
Xu Wansong was amused by the little girl, and he said, "I'd rather be really good. The two brothers in my uncle's family miss you very much, so I'm looking forward to your coming to our house to play." When the
baby heard this, he quickly nodded happily and replied, "I miss my brother too. When the time comes, I will ask my parents to take me there to find my brother to play."
The adults were amused by the baby's childish words, and Xu Wansong saw his brother-in-law holding a bicycle with two huge bicycles hanging on the front. The package came over, and he looked at Xu Wanxiu in surprise.
Xu Wanxiu smiled and nodded and replied, "Guoqiang fractured his right leg a while ago, and bought a bicycle to take him to the hospital."
"What fracture?" Xu Wansong exclaimed, and he said subconsciously, "It's so serious. Why didn't you tell me about it?" As soon as he said it, he knew the answer himself, because it was useless to say it.
"Brother, don't think too much, Guoqiang's fracture was too sudden, and the family was in a mess. Fortunately, it was better to have a mother to help." Xu Wansong noticed that Xu Wansong's expression was not right, and quickly explained road.
"No wonder my mother couldn't come back during the New Year, is that the time when my brother-in-law was injured when he was on a mission?" Xu Wansong looked at his brother-in-law who was pushing the bicycle and asked with a smile, "Brother-in-law, how is your right leg now? ?"
It's hard to imagine that the right leg, which is walking so smoothly now, was fractured not long ago.
Zhao Guoqiang didn't expect that the first sentence his brother-in-law said when he saw him was this. He smiled and nodded and said, "Brother, your right leg is much better now, just pay more attention, don't worry."
"That's good." Xu Wansong nodded, also relieved. He didn't know about Zhao Guoqiang's career change.
Mother Xu watched from the side with a smile on her face. The son and daughter's family get along well, which is the biggest hope of being a mother, and she is very satisfied.
The family tossed home and was exhausted. Xu Wansong didn't know that there were still a large number of parcels on the way, but he felt that this time he brought back less than before. In fact, he was also puzzled. In previous years, the younger sister's family didn't come back until the Mid-Autumn Festival or the New Year.
Now at the end of June, it's not even the New Year nor the festival, how come the whole family is back? Of course, when the younger sister's family came back, Xu Wansong, who was the eldest brother, was also happy.
Before this house, Xu Wansong and his daughter-in-law came over to help clean the house. The quilts and pillows were dried, the tableware and chopsticks in the kitchen were all washed, and the tables and chairs that could be seen in the living room were spotless.
Xu Wanxiu felt relieved just looking at it. She smiled and thanked Xu Wansong, "Brother, you and sister-in-law have worked really hard. Over the years, every time we come back, the two of you have worked so hard to come over in advance to help clean up. It's so clean." She could naturally see that the eldest brother and sister-in-law were cleaning with enthusiasm.
As long as the big brother and sister-in-law are unwilling, the house will not be cleaned so cleanly. Even the tableware and chopsticks are washed and prepared. The pillows and quilts in the room are all covered with sheets and placed on the bed. When you come back, you can rest at any time.
Xu Wansong didn't stay too long. It wasn't long before the autumn harvest in the village. He still asked for leave today to pick up people at the train station. He had to hurry back to the field to work and earn work points. When he left, he also took Mother Xu's package with him. It was quite heavy, so that the old man would not be too tired to carry it back later.
After sending Xu Wansong away, the baby was in good spirits and started to find a place to sit and play with her new toys. Xu Wanxiu and Zhao Guoqiang were busy putting the things they brought back into place, putting clothes in the closet, and putting daily necessities in the right places. In this way, pack it first, and then wait for the package to be sent back to have a place to put it.
Mother Xu was helping, and after she was done, she hurried home to pack her things. The two grandsons are now grown up, and they don't need their daughter-in-law to stay at home. So Li Xiaoping is working in the farmland to earn work points, and there are only two grandchildren left at home.
When they saw Xu's mother coming back, they hurriedly greeted her and shouted, "Ma, you are finally back, I feel like I haven't seen you for a long time."
Xu Yuanhong was brought up by Xu's mother when he was a child, and he was closer to her. Xu Yuen Long was also brought by his mother when he was born, but when he was more than three years old, his mother Xu went to the family building to help bring his granddaughter and only came back once a year.
Fortunately, there is a brother who reminds me that the milk is good to me. Every time Mother Xu came back, she was not bad for her two grandchildren, and Xu Yuen Long was somewhat close to her milk. He is also the most talkative now, and he is much taller. He said the intimate words just now.
"Hey, milk misses you very much too." Mother Xu smiled and reached out and patted the two grandsons on the shoulders. The eldest grandson is growing fast and is almost as tall as her. She entered the house with her two grandchildren.
After the Zhao family was cleaned up, Xu Wanxiu coaxed the baby to sleep first. Since the little guy was woken up by the farce on the train, he has been in high spirits, but he didn't sleep for a while. She was afraid that the child would be sleepy after eating, so she coaxed her to sleep first.
Zhao Guoqiang took out all the commonly used things at home, while Xu Wanxiu went into the kitchen to prepare for cooking. She brought the meat directly from the family building, even though the vegetables hadn't arrived yet, she simply walked to the next door and knocked on the door.
When they came to clean up after the movement next door a few days ago, the woman knew that the family was coming back. At this moment, she heard a knock on the door, and her faith moved. She knew that she was here to exchange vegetables, and immediately went to open the door happily.
After the neighbors exchanged a few words of greetings, Xu Wanxiu easily switched to green vegetables as soon as she spoke. Unexpectedly, it went smoothly, even with a smile on her brows. After saying goodbye, she turned to go home, and Xu Wanxiu immediately went into the kitchen and started busy.
In the evening, the sun was about to fall, and there was already a meat, vegetable, and soup on the table. It was very simple, and it could be seen that the dishes in it were all loved by the two fathers and daughters.
The baby just woke up, and she didn't say anything when she saw it, just took a spoon and scooped up the meat to eat. Meat is her favorite at all times.
After eating, Zhao Guoqiang went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. Xu Wanxiu took the baby to take a bath. The little guy is unfamiliar with the way of bathing here, so he has to be taught by his mother. Hot water was boiled in the kitchen, and Zhao Guoqiang put it in a wooden barrel and sent it to the compartment.
As for the bath tub that the baby used when he was a child, it was relatively wide and short, and now it is no longer suitable for this child. After Xu Wansong explained it to her a little bit, she said with some worry, "Ning Ning, you can do it yourself, or should my mother help you?"
She had filled the hot water bucket with cold water, and reached out to try the temperature of the water to be just right. , but I am still afraid that the baby will not be proficient later, after all, he has to scoop up water to wash his body.
The little girl is easy to be shy. At the beginning of the year, she made a fuss about taking a bath by herself. Every time, after Xu Wanxiu had prepared clothes, towels and water for her, she pushed her mother to go out and not let her see.
It's the same at the moment, she shook her head, her two pigtails were fluttering, and she said crisply, "Mother doesn't need it, Ningning can do it herself, you can go out."
"Well, mother is outside, Ningning has something to do. Just call your mother, do you know?" Xu Wanxiu explained with a smile.
After tossing to the end of the night, the baby fell asleep under a thin quilt, and Xu Wanxiu and Zhao Guoqiang slept next to each other.
She suddenly remembered something and explained, "By the way, Guoqiang, you have to go to the county town tomorrow to buy some meat, eggs, rice, flour, and oil. You have to buy some." "Why don't I go with you tomorrow, it's hard to buy so many things and bring them back. Anyway, we have bicycles now, so it's convenient to
go anywhere." Buy it back." Zhao Guoqiang was thinking about things in the bottom of his heart. He is a person who likes to deal with important things beforehand, so he said, "I want to take out the letter of introduction and the letter of recommendation as soon as possible, so I can settle down in the morning and feel at ease. You can buy some
meat and eggs tomorrow morning, and then go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some rice after you go to the steel factory. "Xu Wanxiu quickly changed her mind upon hearing this, these things are naturally not as important as Zhao Guoqiang's stabilization of work.
Letters of recommendation and letters of introduction given by the army, these things that have changed a lot naturally have to be dealt with first, not to mention they are still very important.
The couple said so, but after coming back for the first time in many years, they did not go to their parents' house the next day, but asked Zhao Guoqiang to go to the county seat to deal with the matter first.
Xu Wanxiu woke up the next day, Zhao Guoqiang's seat by the bed was already cold, and the porridge in the kitchen was ready. After taking a shower, she drank a glass of water, then went straight to the kitchen to fry some minced meat leftover from last night, and served it with porridge for breakfast.
Zhao Guoqiang soon came back on a bicycle. The people in the village woke up early, and naturally they saw this scene, and they all sighed in secret, and they even got a bicycle back? Everyone knows that his family comes back for a few days every year.
After breakfast, Zhao Guoqiang rode his bicycle into the county again. This time, he had a clear goal and went directly to the steel factory. The scale of this steel factory is not small, and the workers in it eat commercial grains and receive relatively high wages, but they are a little tired from being busy.
He showed the letter of introduction and recommendation to the gatekeeper, whose eyes trembled, and hurriedly invited the caller into the factory manager's office. The gatekeeper watched the man disappear into the corner, patted his chest and said in shock, "This is the deputy factory manager who has just left. Why are you waiting here for so long after being empty?" The
factory manager's office talked a lot It was cheerful, and finally the door opened, and the old factory manager with gray hair sent people out and said, "You are young and promising, Comrade Guoqiang, you can rest assured that the procedures will be completed soon. There is also an allocation of houses in the family area, and the household registration of the daughter-in-law and children will be transferred in together."
Zhao Guoqiang replied with a smile, "Okay, thank you very much, Director Huang, I will come to work in three days."
"Hey . Well, young people are just different, they are motivated." Director Huang praised with a smile, and he recruited his assistants and said, "This is the new deputy director of our steel plant, Director Zhao, who will officially take office in three days. , you send Director Zhao for me."
"Ah, good Director." The assistant was also shocked, he didn't expect the new Deputy Director to be so young when he was beaten to death. You must know that Director Huang is getting old, and he will soon abdicate and the deputy director will be on top. He quickly said respectfully, "Director Zhao, please come with me."
Director Huang looked at the young man who was leaving, who was at least twenty years younger than himself. He couldn't help but sigh, "Young and promising."
Zhao Guoqing and the co-workers on the other end clicked to the factory, planning to go to work in the workshop. . He now lives with his daughter-in-law at his father-in-law's house. A few years ago, he turned from a temporary worker to a full-time worker with the help of the Yue family. He has always been proud of being an official steel worker.
At this moment, he looked up and saw a familiar figure, and when someone approached, he subconsciously shouted, "Brother, why are you here?" The
assistant saw that the two men in front of him were wearing the lowest level of workers' clothes, and glanced at Zhao Guoqiang's indifferent expression. With an expression on his face, he hurriedly defended and said, "This is the deputy director of our steel plant, Zhao, why don't you say hello?"