Chapter 57 Hong Zhendong is full of grievances

When Xia Minglan and Hong Zhendong played "playing house" together when they were children, they had the expectation of "husband and wife both returning home". Xia Minglan is only eight months older than Hong Zhendong, and she is a cousin and cousin. The two grew up together, studied together, rebelled together, and went to the countryside together, and they were almost inseparable for more than ten years, until Xia Minglan became a worker, peasant and soldier college student.

Xia Minglan was assigned to the agency after graduation, and Hong Zhendong entered the machine tool factory after returning to the city.

The machine tool factory is a large state-owned factory and has a good reputation in Sanjiang City. Assembly fitters are also technical jobs, and the important positions in the factory are more important than the salary of Xia Minglan's office clerks, which is three or four yuan higher than the salary of Xia Minglan's office clerk. At that time, a pound of rice only cost a dime, and three or four yuan could buy a monthly ration for one person, or four pounds of pork for a family of four in a month. What's more, there is also a two-dimes subsidy for middle shifts, which is more than two yuan a month based on the working hours of two shifts. Hong Zhendong was content with this enviable work, and he thought he was lucky enough to benefit from his fame in those years. Although many years have passed, as long as Commander Hong is mentioned, there will still be people who are in awe, and Section Chief Zhao of the Security Section is one of them.

Xia Minglan is also very satisfied with her work, the archives room is very suitable for girls, document sending, receiving, archiving, registration, sealing, you don't need to spend too much thought, as long as you are serious and responsible, careful and tight-mouthed, and have a strong sense of confidentiality. Originally, in her impression, file management should be relatively leisurely, but after working for a week, she saw a lot of people coming and going, borrowing and returning documents, and checking archives one after another.

At first, Xia Minglan didn't care, but later found that some people took the initiative to send back the documents that were supposed to be recovered by the archivists in various offices, she felt strange, so she asked her colleague Xiao Xue what was going on? Xiao Xue looked at her coldly and said, what's so strange about this? Flowers and birds, attract bees and butterflies!

Xia Minglan was stunned for a moment and understood that Xiao Xue was ridiculing herself, but she was not angry. If you want to attract bees and butterflies, you have to have the ability to do it, like yours, you can't recruit a big pie face! However, Huaxiang Bird Language was born in nature, and it was not her intention to be favored by men, Xia Minglan only had Hong Zhendong in her heart, and she wanted to marry after being delayed a few years ago!

Xia Minglan told her mother what was on her mind, and her mother shook her head back and forth. "No, no, you and Zhendong are cousins, so you can't get married."

Xia Minglan didn't understand. "Why can't you? Aren't you and Dad cousins too? ”

Mom smiled: "That was before, and now the state has regulations that do not allow close relatives to marry to prevent possible adverse effects on offspring." ”

Xia Minglan said: "If you are afraid of affecting the child, then you will not have children, as long as we are willing." ”

Mom still shook her head. "Don't talk nonsense, our Xia family can't do illegal things! You're not young, and your dad and I are asking someone to introduce you. ”

Xia Minglan said stubbornly: "No, I must marry Zhendong!" ”

Mom is even more resolute: "Absolutely not, can you bear to let our family cut off children and grandchildren?" ”

Xia Minglan was desperate, she and Hong Zhendong hugged their heads and cried a few times, but they never thought of a good way. Her father quickly helped her find a partner, Cheng Liren, a police officer from the Chengxi Police Station. Cheng Liren's father is an old cadre, he has retired, and Yu Wei is still there, which is beneficial to her father's career. Dad said that they are all old acquaintances and know the roots. This matter is already ironclad, and Xia Minglan cannot be allowed to be the master.

Xia Minglan was infatuated, and Hong Zhendong was unforgettable. Once there is affection between the sexes, it is a lifelong concern that is constantly unreasonable and chaotic. Hong Zhendong rejected the pursuit of many people, and his dependence on his cousin remained the same. This inexplicable relationship lasted for several years, and Cheng Liren knew nothing.

Cheng Liren once suspected that Xia Minglan had an ambiguous relationship with Ge Zeqi, and when he found that Xia Minglan was loyal, he was relieved. He also exchanged secretly taken photos with Ge Zeqi for the position of director of the Public Security Bureau. When a person's status changes, his popularity rises, and there are not only colleagues and subordinates of the bureau who circulate around him, but also many local people, men, women, and children. For this, he feels good about himself.

As soon as people are proud, they will get carried away, and Cheng Liren gradually found that the domestic flowers do not have the fragrance of wild flowers: although the peony is the national color and natural fragrance, there are times when she looks at her every day, just like the delicacies of the mountains and seas, big fish and meat, it will feel greasy and heavy, not as dry and refreshing as pickles and radishes. So Cheng Liren had the intention to stay in the wildflowers on the roadside and taste the alternative fresh taste. His interest in Xia Minglan became weaker and weaker, and whenever Hong Zhendong came to find Xia Minglan, Cheng Liren didn't feel uncomfortable at all. He politely said hello to Hong Zhendong and went to the sub-bureau on duty.

Hong Zhendong came to complain to his cousin with a stomach full of grievances. The cause of the incident was that a few days ago, the machine tool factory held a celebration meeting. Director Lin announced several exciting events to the employees:

The first is that the Ministry of Machinery Industry officially approved Sanjiang Machine Tool Factory as one of the first export bases in the machine tool industry, enjoying independent import and export rights.

The second is the newly developed "universal multi-functional machine tool" successfully passed the national ministerial appraisal, immediately entered the trial production stage, the first batch of orders several times more than expected, the prospect is gratifying.

The third is the double leather and four new, rationalization suggestions have achieved fruitful results, the assembly workshop director Han Daguang and the technician Qiao Zhengqing two innovation projects won the first prize respectively, and five other employees won the second prize, including Yu Xiaoying's special grinding tooling and Zeng Dashan's rationalization proposal. There are 20 projects that won the third prize, and several fourth and fifth prizes were awarded. In addition to receiving moral encouragement, the winners will be given bonuses separately.

The fourth event is even more encouraging: with the joint efforts of all employees, the operating performance of the machine tool factory has doubled, and the profit after tax has doubled. With the approval of the superiors, it was decided that from next month, the general salary of all employees in the whole plant will be increased by one level, and a small number of employees with special contributions can be increased by two levels, and the proportion will be controlled within 3 percent of the total number of employees in the whole plant.

After the celebration meeting, the employees were beaming with joy and smiles.

"The factory is prosperous, and the factory is declining." This is a slogan often mentioned by the employees of the machine tool factory. Everyone is proud of being a machine tool person, but Hong Zhendong is not happy.

Hong Zhendong has never been so unwilling as he is today: reality is mercilessly throwing away its former glory in an irreversible trend, and those who were once at the bottom of society, despised by others, and trampled under the soles of their feet, such as the "Black Six Children" and the "Stinky Old Nine", are stubbornly holding their heads high to prove their actual value to the world. The expectation of "doing it again in seven or eight years" buried in my heart has also disappeared with the passage of time. A strong sense of loss prompted him to draw closer to his cousin, hoping to find spiritual comfort from her.

Xia Minglan saw that Hong Zhendong was frowning, her face was haggard, and she was very distressed. "What is it that makes you feel like this? This is not like Commander Hong who was in the limelight back then! ”

Hong Zhendong's heart was hot, and his eyes moistened. He sighed: "I, Hong Zhendong, am 'the dragon swimming in shallow water and being played by shrimp, and the tiger falling on the plain was bullied by dogs." 'It's not what it used to be! ”

Before the words fell, Hong Zhendong burst into tears.

Xia Minglan admires her cousin's iron bones the most, that year he broke his arm in the martial arts, and he still talked and laughed as if nothing happened. But today he is so lonely, and he actually sheds tears in front of him!

Xia Minglan panicked and patted him lightly on the back. "Don't cry, don't cry, if you have any grievances, just tell my sister that there is no hurdle in the world that you can't get over. I have experienced strong winds and waves, and no matter how hard and tired the days are, I have survived it, with your sister here, no one dares to on Commander Hong's head! ”

Hong Zhendong's anger was vented, and his irritable mood gradually calmed down.

Xia Minglan wiped the tears from his face with a tissue. "Okay, if you have anything to say, you can say it, you will hurt your body if you hold it in your heart!"

Hong Zhendong slowly said word for word what happened in the factory. "This time I made a mistake, I shouldn't have stayed out of the double revolution and four new activities, and now even Bao Xiaomiao and Xiaosun have won awards, but I am not reconciled! What kind of shit luck did Master Qiao hand over, the love field and workplace took the lead, and the only two first prizes in the whole factory were also robbed by him, and he naturally increased his salary below Zhang Hui by two levels, but I, Hong Zhendong, had nothing! ”

Xia Minglan calmly listened to his grievances and laughed out loud unexpectedly. "Cousin, you are still a man who has gone through the wind and rain and seen the world, and a little setback will make you at a loss and confused, or is it not the majestic Commander Hong back then?"

Hong Zhendong was not convinced. "It's not a small setback, it's a defeat! Master Qiao robbed my woman, took my limelight, filed my sharpness, can I deal with it calmly? Besides, Han Daguang's retirement day is getting closer and closer, and there is no hope for the vacancy he left. ”

Xia Minglan said softly: "Do you really care about He Bingbing? Roses are beautiful but have thorns, isn't Ge Chunsheng's lesson profound? Living with someone who doesn't love you, the taste is the same as chewing wax, I have been unforgettable in the past few years, you must not follow in my footsteps! ”

Hong Zhendong was surprised, the first time his cousin confided in him turned out to be dissatisfaction with his marriage! Before that, he had the impression that she and her cousin-in-law were a happy couple, what was going on with them?