The Pentium Era - South to North

Tan Shuzhen returned home with the bag of books. Feng Laogui was cooking on the gas stove in the corridor. When he saw Tan Shuzhen coming back, he nodded: "Back?"

Tan Shuzhen said "hmm", smiled, and walked into the room. Her daughter was walking around alone in the room, chasing her own shadow. When she saw her, she called her mom and ran towards her with her hands open. .

Tan Shuzhen quickly put the bag of books on the bed, walked over and picked up her daughter, and tried the crotchless pants underneath with her hands. They were still dry and had not been pulled up. Tan Shuzhen rubbed and kissed her face and shouted, "Smells sweet." Fragrant.

The daughter giggled.

Feng Laogui put the fried dishes on the table. Tan Shuzhen saw that there was braised pork that she and her daughter liked to eat. Knowing that today was her first day at work, Feng Laogui wanted to celebrate. Tan Shuzhen couldn't help but smile. .

Feng Laogui walked over to the bed, looked at the pile of books, and asked, "Did you buy so many books?"

Tan Shuzhen said yes.

Feng Laogui moved a chair over. He asked Xiangxiang's husband to help make this chair. The legs of the chair are very high. In front of a circle of fence, there is a rung that can be opened and closed. There are also There was a small table. My daughter climbed up on it without waiting for him to pick her up and sat down. Feng Laogui and Tan Shuzhen both laughed. Tan Shuzhen lowered the rungs and buckled them so that their daughter would not slide down.

Feng Laogui walked to the cabinet, took the baby bottle, and made milk for his daughter. When he came back, he held the baby bottle in one hand and a can of coconut juice in the other, and told Tan Shuzhen that it was time to eat.

Feng Laogui put the bottle on the small table, and his daughter grabbed it and started sucking.

Feng Laogui brought another small bowl and spoon and placed them on the small table. While her daughter was sucking milk, she stared at Tan Shuzhen. Tan Shuzhen quickly took a piece of braised pork, bit it into small pieces with her mouth, and put it into her daughter's mouth. In the bowl, my daughter immediately put down the bottle and dug out the meat with a spoon to eat.

One side of the square table for eating was against the wall, and one person in their family of three occupied the other side.

Feng Laogui pulled the handle of the coconut juice and placed it in front of Tan Shuzhen. Tan Shuzhen said, "You should drink some too." Feng Laogui said, "I won't drink it."

But seeing that Tan Shuzhen was looking at him with eager eyes, he smiled, stood up and said, "Okay, I'll have a drink too."

After getting married, Feng Laogui, who never drank alcohol before, occasionally drank a little liquor.

Feng Laogui sat down and filled up the wine. Tan Shuzhen had already raised the coconut juice. The two of them touched it, and the daughter immediately became unhappy. The two of them quickly touched her bottle, and the daughter laughed.

"How was work today?" Feng Laogui asked.

"Very good. Everything you see is new. Also, do you know that Shen Linlin who went to Hangzhou to compete with me?"

"The one where we sing together in the dance hall?"

"Yes, I didn't expect that she also works at ICBC."

"What a coincidence?"

"Yeah, I didn't know until she called me today."

"Well, the director and Deputy Director Ding called me to the bureau today." Feng Laogui said.

"What, they regret letting me transfer?"

"No, you told me that the bureau has decided that Director Ding will no longer serve as the leader of the Wu Opera Troupe, and let me be the leader."

"Really? That's great, Laogui!" Tan Shuzhen shouted. She immediately thought, what's the use of being the leader? This troupe is not the same as before, but she knew that Feng Laogui didn't say it, but this In fact, it is what he has always wanted.

Tan Shuzhen raised the coconut juice and said to Feng Laogui, come, celebrate.

The three clinked glasses.

What they didn't know was that this was actually what Ding Baigou tried to ask from the director. If he was also the leader of the troupe, how could he marry Xu Jianmei, a member of the troupe?

He urgently needs to have nothing to do with the troupe, so that when they get married, although some people will inevitably gossip, the gossip will definitely focus on the age gap between him and Xu Jianmei.

Those men who gossip can't say that they are still envious of him. If this gossip is put on a scholar and poet, it will be a good story. Although Ding Baigou is not a scholar and poet, and he does not have friends like Su Dongpo, he will give him a gift. Poems like "Eighteen-eighth bride and eighty-year-old man, with pale hair and red makeup. Mandarin ducks sleep in pairs at night, and a pear tree presses the begonia."

But when a man is gossiped about and envied in this regard, he will not be unhappy, but will feel a little complacent in his heart. Others will not think that this is a principled error. Even the leaders will probably only laugh when they see Ding Baigou. Then he asked him: "Old Ding, how are you doing recently?"

Ding Baigou told the director that the troupe is now stable. Feng Laogui has been the deputy leader for several years and is fully capable of taking on independent responsibilities. He should be the leader of the troupe.

Seeing that the director was still hesitating, Ding Baigou said that Feng Laogui was Lao Tan's son-in-law. After he became the leader, Lao Tan would definitely assist him. With Lao Tan's help, many policies and policies of the provincial department might be improved. Supportive measures will be tilted towards our Yongcheng.

The director thought it made sense. For such a small matter as changing the leader of the troupe, there was no need to discuss it with other members of the troupe. The two of them settled the matter and immediately called Feng Laogui over.

Tan Shuzhen pointed to the bag of books on the bed and said to Feng Laogui, "Laogui, I want to discuss something with you."

"you say."

"I now work in a bank. In that bank, the tellers at the counter below have the lowest education level and are high school graduates. As an assistant to the president, I have to supervise them, but I don't know anything myself, let alone high school. We don’t even have a primary school diploma, so I thought, I need to take a self-study exam and get a college diploma.”

When Tan Shuzhen was talking, Feng Laogui kept nodding, and Tan Shuzhen continued:

"Lao Gui, you know that I have a poor foundation and a weak foundation, so I must work harder than others. You must support me. From now on, whether it is my family or my daughter, I will definitely need you to take more care of me."

"Okay, I support you. Logically speaking, I am the leader of a group. Like you said, I don't even have a primary school diploma, so it doesn't make sense. But in our family, we can't say that both of us are going to study. Mine is not that urgent. , wait for you to pass the test first, and when you pass the test, I will also take the test." Feng Laogui said.

"Really expensive? I didn't know that you would still have such thoughts."

"Do you think that I, Feng Laogui, don't have the heart to work hard and make progress?"

"No, no." Tan Shuzhen looked at Feng Laogui and smiled, her laughter a little charming.

That night, Feng Laogui discovered that this Tan Shuzhen didn't look like Tan Shuzhen at all. Instead, she seemed to be Xu Jianmei. Tan Shuzhen also felt for the first time that Feng Laogui could also get back her relationship with Liu Ligan. It feels like a long time ago.

Tan Shuzhen had to go to work, practice her voice, study, and go to the dance hall to sing. Tan Shuzhen became very busy.

Tan Shuzhen now goes to the song and dance hall to sing, and Feng Laogui is not so disgusted. After all, the subsidy he gets back every day is real. If their family wants to improve their life and their daughter needs to buy milk powder, this money is indispensable. What's more, Tan Shuzhen now, every night, Almost as soon as the dance hall ended, I rushed home, and I no longer smelled of alcohol.

Tan Shuzhen went to discuss with Teacher Shi, and Teacher Shi came up with an idea. Anyway, every night in the song and dance hall, Tan Shuzhen played in the second half, and Shen Linlin took the lead in the first half. They simply changed the original afternoon practice to 7 p.m. At nine o'clock, at this time, Yidianwu was put in charge upstairs. At nine o'clock every night, they left the office and went upstairs.

Tan Shuzhen's daily schedule has become: getting up at 6:30 in the morning to sing, Feng Laogui no longer goes to the troupe, but makes breakfast at home. They have breakfast together at 7:30. After breakfast, the two of them go out together with their daughter. After arriving at the Wu Opera Troupe under Gao Hong, the two broke up. Feng Laogui carried his daughter to the troupe, while Tan Shuzhen walked to the bank to work.

Tan Shuzhen can't ride a bicycle, but fortunately Yongcheng is very small. She walked to the bank in ten minutes. When she got to the bank, she went to clean up the sanitation of President Mao's office and her own office. She went downstairs. Boiling water was brought from the canteen, one pot was placed in President Mao's office, and the other pot was taken back to his own office. They sat down at exactly 8:30, which was their working time.

When President Mao passed by her office, he would always raise his hand to say hello inside. Tan Shuzhen would smile and shout, "Hello, President!"

At noon, Tan Shuzhen did not go home for dinner. When there were guests, she ate with them. When there were no guests, when the cafeteria gave President Mao a meal, he would also give her a portion. The two of them sat on the coffee table in President Mao's office. After eating, Tan Shuzhen collected the bowls and chopsticks and sent them to the cafeteria below. She returned to the office, closed the door, and took a nap on the sofa.

At this time, in other offices, no one went home and everyone was taking a nap.

Wake up at 1:20, go to the bathroom to wash your face, and continue working the afternoon shift. The bank gets off work at 5:00. Tan Shuzhen is always in the office, reading until 5:30, then goes home. When she gets home, Feng Laogui has already After the meal is ready and the family has finished eating, Tan Shuzhen plays with her daughter, and Feng Laogui goes to wash the dishes. After washing the dishes and chopsticks, the two of them talk for a while, and then Tan Shuzhen gets up and goes to the cultural center.

The only thing that would break this routine of her life was that if a customer came to the bank and needed her to have dinner with her, Tan Shuzhen would first call Feng Laogui, and then call Teacher Shi. One of them would inform him that she would not go home for dinner. , the other one asked for leave and said he would go later.

What makes Tan Shuzhen feel the most regretful is that she always feels that there is not enough time to study every day, and this study seems to be nothing when not studying. After learning, it seems that the more she learns, the more she feels her ignorance and the more questions she has. I don’t know who to ask.

There was no teacher for this self-study exam, so she had no choice but to go to Xinhua Bookstore and ask Xuejun, but Xuejun was taking the exam for a major in Chinese language and literature, which was not related to her business management. Many of the questions she asked were not understood by Xuejun. .

Tan Shuzhen had books in her bag, and she took them with her to work every day. When she was sitting in the office and had nothing to do, she took them out to study. One time, President Mao suddenly walked in. Tan Shuzhen quickly wanted to hide the book, but it was too late, so she had to He smiled awkwardly at President Mao and put the book cover down on the table.

President Mao smiled and said: "It's so mysterious. What are you reading? Xemili's novel?"

Tan Shuzhen looked at him blankly, not knowing what he was talking about.

President Mao came over, picked up the book on the table, read it, and asked, "Are you taking the self-study exam?"

Tan Shuzhen said "hmm", and President Mao said: "In the office, you can read it with confidence. In our industry, we encourage everyone to use their work breaks to read and study. This is to ask for progress. By the way, before the exam, In a few days, I will give you five days off so that you can prepare for the exam at home with peace of mind."

"So good?" Tan Shuzhen said happily, "Thank you, President."

President Mao put down the book, looked at Tan Shuzhen and said with a smile: "You probably don't know that I also took the self-study exam. Although ours is called a university without walls, after all, I am still your senior."

"Really, President, what major do you major in?"

President Mao tapped the book on the table with his fingers: "Same as you, business management. How about it? Can I be your senior brother?"

"Okay, okay, then there are many things I don't understand in the future. Can I ask the president for advice?"

President Mao smiled and said: "President Xiang can't, but senior brother Xiang can."

Tan Shuzhen also smiled: "Then I will ask senior brother for advice."

President Mao is forty this year. He joined Yongcheng Industrial and Commercial Bank of China at the age of eighteen. He worked as a teller at the counter and then became a loan officer and credit section chief. After passing the self-study exam and getting a college diploma, he met the requirements of moving from the central to the local level. Encouraging cadres to be revolutionary, young, knowledgeable and professional, he was promoted to the president of Yongcheng County Industrial and Commercial Bank at the age of thirty-seven.

Many people say that there is another reason why President Mao was promoted. That is because his wife, the daughter of the executive deputy magistrate of Yongcheng County, also works for ICBC. The two used to be colleagues in the credit department, but now they are no longer together. After moving into a building, she went to the Cultural Plaza branch of ICBC and became the director.