Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

Tang Qi drove Li Huaide all the way to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, then got into Zhang Renkang's jeep and drove with him to the New Star Automobile Manufacturing Plant in the northern suburbs.

Just now on the way, Zhang Renkang discussed with Li Huaide about transferring a few people from the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Li Huaide readily agreed. It would be even better if Zhang Renkang was willing to take some people with him, and he also made room for Zhao Jianjun to run the business.

As soon as Zhang Renkang arrived at the northern suburbs, he saw people coming in and out of the factory. The people coming out had happy faces and were holding things distributed by the factory. Those who went in were even more expectant. Tang Qi smiled and said

"Boss, it looks like the factory meetings are over. All that's left is to prepare for the dinner in the afternoon and the movie in the evening."

"Once everyone knows that we have been promoted, who knows how much fun we will have tonight."

The factory has now become a deputy-department-level unit directly under the Ministry. That means not only Zhang Renkang's rank has been raised, but all the cadres in the factory, big and small, have to be promoted. Moreover, the factory has become a unit directly under the Ministry, and the resources and materials it has obtained will be much more than before.

The workers' treatment will also be improved qualitatively, so this news boosts the morale of the entire factory.

Zhang Renkang shook his head and said

"Let's not talk about this situation tonight."

"I will announce it after the meeting tomorrow."

"Promotion is a good thing, but we need to find a way to smoothly transition during this period and lay a solid foundation for future work."

"Otherwise, if something goes wrong, it will be embarrassing."

As Zhang Renkang's car arrived at the factory gate, he saw a group of people gathered together, making a lot of noise.

Zhang Renkang asked Tang Qi to stop the car and walked over quickly, then shouted

"What?"

"What happened?"

The crowd saw that it was Zhang Renkang, and those who knew him hurriedly made way for him and said

"Director Zhang, why are you here?"

As soon as Zhang Renkang walked in, he saw an old woman in her forties arguing with a lesbian in her twenties.

The old lady grabbed the lesbian and shouted

"Why can you get the cloth, but we don't?"

"It's not fair"

"You little vixen, you're still holding a cloth, bring it to me."

"I want to see Director Liu. Is there any discrimination in this factory?"

“Why don’t I have one at home?”

Zhang Renkang walked in and shouted

"What?"

"What are you thinking about by making such a fuss in front of the factory?"

The woman looked up and saw a young man in his twenties. Her eyes relaxed immediately. She put her hands on her waist and grabbed a female comrade's arm with one hand and shouted:

"Hey, who is this?"

"Are you here to mind your own business?"

"What's going on? Is this your mistress or are you two having an improper relationship and you're worried?"

"How dare you yell at me? Have you grown all your hair yet?"

Zhang Renkang looked at this man with a livid face. Before Zhang Renkang could say anything, someone shouted:

"Wang Li's wife, open your eyes and look carefully. This is our factory director and factory leader."

"You have to know where to put your foul mouth"

The woman called Wang Li's wife was startled. When she heard that the person she was scolding was the factory director, she turned her head to look at the man who was shouting at her, then looked at Zhang Renkang and said suspiciously

"Sun Erfa, you are fooling me."

"Is this young boy your factory director?"

Before she could continue, a bearded man in his forties suddenly rushed in from behind and slapped her in the face. The old woman staggered and sat on the ground. The half piece of pork and a bag of flour weighing seven or eight kilograms in her hands fell to the ground.

Then the man quickly bowed his head and stammered at Zhang Renkang.

"Zhang, Director Zhang"

"You, don't bother with this stinky old woman"

"I dealt with her, and I'll deal with him now"

Zhang Renkang looked at this person but couldn't remember who he was. Someone reminded him.

"Director Zhang, this is Wang Li, and the one on the ground is his wife Li Qin"

Wang Li kicked Li Qin to the ground with a sad face and cursed

"You'll have shit in your mouth"

"You're not allowed to keep your mouth clean, you bitch"

Li Qin was crying loudly on the ground

Zhang Renkang frowned and shouted

"okay"

"If you want to take care of your wife, go home and take care of her."

"This is the factory. Today is a great day for the factory. What are you two doing blocking the factory gate?"

“Is it honorable to bring discredit to the factory?”

Then he turned to look at the lesbian, and then said in surprise

"Ding Qiunan?"

Then asked

"What's going on, tell me"

Ding Qiunan recognized Zhang Renkang just now, her face slightly flushed, and she didn't know why she was not so panicked all of a sudden, she whispered

“Isn’t the factory distributing benefits today?”

"I saw new cloth on the bus, so I took the cloth coupons from home and asked if I could exchange them for cloth."

"The material distribution person said yes, so I spent money and bought ten feet of cloth with the cloth coupons, intending to go back and make clothes for my father."

"His clothes were torn by someone last time and couldn't be repaired."

"Then this person stopped me at the door and insisted that I got more from the factory than she did."

"Let me give her the cloth"

Zhang Renkang turned his head, then looked at the crowd watching nearby and asked:

"Is what Comrade Ding Qiunan said true or false? Is there anyone who can testify?"

"Does the factory allow us to change the cloth today?"

Zhang Renkang looked at the crowd. Of course, he couldn't just listen to Ding Qiunan's one-sided words. Besides, the most important thing now was to eliminate the influence of public opinion brought about by this stupid woman's nonsense, to prevent everyone from suspecting that the factory's distribution was unfair and causing negative emotions.

A lesbian in the crowd shouted

"Director Zhang, the place where cloth is exchanged is just to the east of the square. What Ding Qiunan said is true."

"As long as you have the ticket and the market price, you can buy cloth. She is not the only one who bought it. Several people in our workshop also bought it."

Zhang Renkang turned around and looked at Li Qin who was crying on the ground and said coldly

"Did you hear that?"

"This is a benefit provided by the factory to everyone, so that you can buy affordable fabrics. It's not about who gets more and who gets less. Is that unfair?"

"Are you questioning the injustice of what I, the factory manager, did?"

Li Qin had lost her arrogance by this time. Wang Li kicked her so hard that her whole body was in pain. She was crying and howling.

"Director Zhang, I was talking nonsense. I was wrong."

"Director Zhang, please don't bother with me."

Wang Li also said with a sad face

"Director, this old woman is used to being unruly at home."

"It's all my fault for not explaining it clearly. She thought the things sent by the factory were different, which led to this misunderstanding."

"I'll teach her a lesson when I get back, don't be angry"

Zhang Renkang had a blank expression on his face. He ignored Wang Li and his wife and turned to Ding Qiunan and said

"Comrade Ding Qiunan, you said she came up and robbed you of your things?"

Zhang Renkang looks at

Ding Qiunan looked up at Zhang Renkang, and for some reason she suddenly found the courage and cried,

"Wang Li and his wife often yelled and cursed at our doorstep"

“They also stole a lot of things from our house.”

"She snatches all the vegetables my mother buys"

"It's not that she doesn't know, she just wants to bully me"

Ding Qiunan's family didn't have an easy life. The family members in the residential area knew about Ding's father's situation since the last incident and kept their distance from him. Some of the bolder ones even took advantage of the situation to bully the Ding family.

There were also idle young men who blocked Ding Qiunan on her way home from get off work every day, waiting for her to pass by and trying to tease her. If it weren't for the many factory employees on the way, Ding Qiunan would have almost been unable to return home several times.