Out of the Zhulin Sugar Factory, Ma Tianming instructed the driver: "Go to the county seat first." ”

Then he turned back to the accompanying business manager and said: "In this way, you go back to the company now, and I will arrange for someone to come to the Zhulin Sugar Factory with you to go through the formalities, and take away the 400 tons of sugar that he and Wang Dong have finalized as soon as possible.

The business manager nodded and agreed: "Don't worry, Mr. Ma." ”

Ma Tianming continued to advise: "I will go to the next sugar factory soon, how is Wang Dong's affairs here, keep in touch with me at any time." By the way, you bring two capable people with you, you have to familiarize yourself with the storage and transportation of cane sugar as soon as possible, wait for my phone call, and then go to the next negotiated sugar factory to go through the procedures and pick up the goods, understand?"

The business manager exclaimed: "Understood, Mr. Ma, you are clever in this move!"

After sending the business manager to the county bus station, Ma Tianming asked the driver to immediately drive to the next sugar factory.

Sitting in the car, he anxiously calculated that the beginning of the Zhulin Sugar Factory was not bad, and the sugar factories below could be handled in the same way, and there was still a lot of hope for the negotiation.

But time waits for no one, and it will take more than 20 days to run all the sugar factories that may be cooperative, no matter how you say it, you have to hurry up!

Gao Hui came out of the finance room, pinched the salary bag in his hand that was getting more and more deflated, smiled bitterly, and shook his head helplessly.

Lin Li saw that Gao Hui, who had just entered the office, was holding a salary bag in his hand, so he asked, "How is it, how much is this month?"

Gao Hui said: "Don't you know how many? Could it be that yours is not this number?"

Lin Li said: "I want to have more, but who will give it to me, you send it to me?"

Gao Hui pulled a chair and sat down, shook the fluttering salary bag in his hand, and said, "That's it, what is enough?"

Lin Li said: "I'll give you an idea, you can change it all to ten yuan, so it's a thick pile in a bag, and it's solid in your hand!"

Gao Hui said angrily: "Then you might as well exchange it for a penny coin, which can fill a small pocket, and take it home can be regarded as a monthly income." ”

Lin Li smiled: "That's a good idea. ”

Gao Hui pointed at him with his finger and said, "You kid is really heartless, when is this happening, you are still poor and happy!"

Lin Li said: "Isn't it just poor and happy, otherwise what else can you do? As far as you have in your hand, it is not certain that there will be next month!"

Gao Hui scolded: "You crow's mouth, can't you say something good?"

Lin Li spread his hands and said, "What's the use of what I said? If it's useful, I'll tell you right now that your salary next month is 10,000 yuan! Is this enough, not enough for me to add a little more?"

Gao Hui said in his mouth: "Cut!" He was in a very bad mood and didn't have the heart to quarrel with Lin Li, Lin Li was a single person, one person fed the whole family and was not hungry, but he was dragging his family and couldn't compare with him.

Seeing that the time was almost up, he put his salary bag in the pocket of his close-fitting clothes, went downstairs to ride his bicycle, and went to the kindergarten to pick up his son.

picked up his son out, at the entrance of the kindergarten, the son held the toy gun from the hawker and did not let go, and asked for 30 yuan a piece.

He was ruthless, took the toy gun from his son's hand and returned it to the vendor, ignoring his son's reluctant eyes, took his son's hand and left, while coaxing his son and said: "There are already a lot of toys at home, I won't buy them today, and I will buy them later." ”

The son pouted and argued, "This is a new model, not at home!"

Gao Hui said: "Next time we buy an updated model, okay?"

The son stood still and muttered, "You liar!"

He picked up his son and said as he walked, "Don't lie to you, we'll buy it next time there's an update." ”

Gao Hui rode his bicycle home, and his unfulfilled son sat in the back sulking.

When passing by a KFC fast food restaurant, the child pointed to the hamburger on the window advertisement and shouted: "Dad, I want to eat hamburger, I want to eat hamburger!"

Gao Hui said: "Don't eat this, I'll be home soon, go back to eat." ”

The son, whose request was rejected again, couldn't help but cry with a "wow", and when Gao Hui heard it, he quickly stopped on the side of the road.

The son cried and said, "I'm going to eat, I'm going to eat!"

Looking at his son's teary-eyed little face, his heart is also full of flavors.

In the past, when the salary income was high, he rarely refused his son's request. But now it's not as good as before, I have the mind to break a penny into two halves, where do I dare to spend money lavishly.

He wiped the tears from his son's face and coaxed him to say, "You can't eat the hamburger anymore, Dad will buy you a pack of fries, it's delicious with tomato sauce, and you can have dinner again when you get home, okay?"

The son blinked his eyelashes, which were still wet with tears, thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I want a big bag!"

He pushed the bike to the door of the store and parked it, picked his son off the back seat of the bike, and said, "Okay, I'll buy you a big bag." ”

After buying fries in the store, Gao Hui poured tomato sauce on the fries, picked up a french fries and fed it to his son's small mouth, saying, "Is it delicious?"

The son chewed and said, "It's delicious!"

Seeing his son concentrating on eating French fries and being satisfied, Gao Hui couldn't help but feel sad: "The child's wish is really simple, but such a wish of ten or twenty yuan can only satisfy the child after thinking about it, why is life like this?!"

He was really worried that what Lin Li said would come true, and if there was no salary next month, life would be even more difficult!

He is now more and more afraid to pick up his son from kindergarten, and along the way, his son watched other children buy snacks and toys, and also clamored to buy them, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

At dinner, Gao Hui handed his wife the salary bag, and his wife took it and complained, "Why is it less than last month?"

When Gao Hui heard this, he was speechless for a while, lowered his head and ate silently.

When his wife saw that he didn't speak, she looked at him suspiciously and asked, "You won't ambush me, will you?"

Gao Hui said: "What do you want? Our company has already told you what the situation is, do you think I am willing to give you such a point?"

His wife said: "You have to spend money here and outside, you have to pay your son's tuition soon, you have to order next month's milk, plus you also need money for gas, water and electricity, can't you go on like this, you won't think of a way?"

Gao Hui, who had nowhere to sprinkle in his heart, put his chopsticks on the bowl and said, "Haven't you been trying to find a way? But this is not something that can be done in a day or two! It doesn't matter if you have better conditions, you can't get in at all, and even if people want me to go to a unit with average conditions, I don't dare to go, and if I go, I have to move out of here, and the other party's unit doesn't have a house, so where do we live?"

His wife saw that Gao Hui's face was wrong, so she didn't squeak again.

She didn't have a house in her unit, and since she got married, she has been living in the house assigned to Gao Hui by the sugar company.

But if Gao Hui continues to stay in the sugar company, his salary is only a fraction of the original, and the family's expenses depend on his own salary, what will he do in the future?

After Gao Hui finished eating, he sat in the living room for a while, got up and went out.

His wife's always gloomy face made him feel very depressed, and he was worried that he would quarrel if he didn't agree, so he went out for a walk.

When he got out, he walked all the way along the sidewalk of the community, and he was addicted to smoking, so he felt that he didn't have any cigarettes in his pocket, so he crossed the road to the small shop opposite to buy cigarettes.

Standing in front of a dazzling array of counters, he compared left and right for a long time, and picked out a pack of two five-dollar cigarettes. He would never have bought this kind of cigarette a few months ago, but now that the times have changed, he can't think about the good cigarettes he used to smoke.

Out of the shop, standing on the side of the road, he took out a cigarette and pinched it with his hand, the tobacco was hard, and the feel was much worse. He pulled out his lighter and took a puff, the spicy smoke choking his throat.

You get what you pay for, two dollars and five packs of cigarettes, the taste in your mouth is not comparable to good cigarettes, the difference is the same as when you hold a shriveled salary bag!

The cold wind blowing in his face made him shiver, this kind of weather is really not a good time for walking, but think of his wife's cold face, he would rather stay outside for a while, try to be quiet, and wait for her to sleep before going back.

At the gate of the community, I met an acquaintance from the light industry hall, and the person greeted: "What about a walk?"

Gao Hui replied, "Yes, you also come out for a walk?"

The man said, "No, I'm just going home from work and going to dinner." ”

Gao Hui said with some envy: "Oh, you guys are so busy, you just get off work now." ”

The man stopped and asked, "Eh, what's going on with your sugar company now?" There are all kinds of rumors in the hall, is it true?"

Gao Hui's hand subconsciously reached into the pocket of his clothes, wanting to take out a cigarette to give the other party one, but when his hand touched the cigarette in the bag, he suddenly stopped and dispelled this thought.

The pack of cigarettes in my hand is really not on the table, it is too cheap to be seen by others smoking such cigarettes, it is better not to take it out, and it is much better to lose some courtesy than to be laughed at behind my back.

As soon as he pondered in his heart, he didn't care too much about the other party's problem, so he was stunned, and when he saw that the other party was still looking at him with expectant eyes, he suddenly reacted.

Many people have asked him such a question, and it is strange that there are no rumors of such a major event in the Light Industry Hall, and he is not surprised, and he has no heart to explain in detail to the other party, so he replied in general: "There is no wind and no waves, even if it is a rumor, there is always some reason." ”

When the man heard this, his eyes lit up, and he wondered if Gao Hui's answer confirmed some of the conjectures in his heart, and then he asked: "How is the sugar company's business doing now, and has there been any improvement after Lao Ma went there?"

Gao Hui pondered the words and said, "It's useless to just change one or two people. ”