Wang Darui arrived home with his front foot, and his daughter Wang Yuanyuan entered the door with his back foot.

Wang Yuanyuan's face was pale, her face was covered with sweat, the sideburns on her forehead were pasted with sweat on half of her face, and the silk gown on her upper body was also soaked piece by piece, so tired that she could only pant for breath. However, she was very happy, and as soon as she entered the door, she shouted "Dad" when she saw Wang Darui and pounced.

Wang Darui supported his thin and sick daughter, he was so distressed that he complained repeatedly: "Yuanyuan, why are you so disobedient? The doctor told you not to go out, not to go out, why did you still go out? Don't you want to die?! ”

Wang Yuanyuan said excitedly: "Dad, I have to go out today!" I went to our rice mill to vote for the fate of our mill. Our old factory director, who stepped down, teamed up with a few people to sue everywhere, suing the eldest brother, all the way to the municipal party committee and the city. Today, a deputy director of the Municipal Grain Bureau, who is the backstage of the old factory director, presided over a meeting of 142 cadres and workers of the whole factory to conduct a poll on the new factory director. Dad, do you think I can vote for your brother? As soon as I heard about it, I went. With my vote, Brother Dagui got exactly ninety-five votes, just over two-thirds. Without my vote, the eldest brother would have ninety-four votes, not more than two-thirds. The deputy director said in advance that if the vote of confidence of the eldest brother does not exceed two-thirds, the bureau will consider adjusting the team in the factory. ”

Wang Darui knew his daughter's deep affection for his young factory director Tian Dagui, endured the pain in his heart, and said with a happy look: "Okay, good, your vote is very important." When the jury voted on the title of our newspaper, some people were not rated as national journalists by one vote. ”

When the father and daughter were huddled in the kitchen to make dinner, the daughter said: "As soon as the results of the vote were announced, the eldest brother was happy, and the girls and boys in the factory also cheered on the spot." He also sang, 'We workers have the strength, hey, busy every day'. Only the old factory director and the deputy director had their faces. I heard that the documents for deepening the reform in the city have come down, and the iron rice bowl, iron salary, and iron chair will all be moved. ”

While washing the dishes, Wang Darui thought: Her daughter's heart is on Tian Dagui, and she doesn't know what this reform means to her. Yes, Tian Dagui is a very capable young man, and the rice mill may improve in his hands, but for his daughter, there is not much practical benefit. My daughter contracted leukemia after less than two years of work, and now she has been sick for more than a year, and it would be good to be able to keep a living allowance of 100 yuan a month and a pitiful medical bill.

So, he sighed and said: "Yuanyuan, it's a good thing for Dagui to be the factory director, but you have to remember that this has nothing to do with you, you are mainly recuperating, don't have too many unrealistic illusions about Dagui and the factory." ”

The daughter nodded sensibly: "I know, it's difficult in the factory, and it's also difficult to be expensive." Deepening reform may not be beneficial at all for me, a patient who cannot be cured, but it will definitely be beneficial to our factory. I believe that the noble brother will rely on these reform measures to create a miracle in Pingchuan! Maybe then...... At that time, our life will be better, and we will no longer have to ask for sponsorship from you to raise money for me. Thinking of you, Dad, as a reporter of the Party Daily, begging for sponsorship everywhere, I feel so sad that I want to cry. I thought, if my illness can be cured, if there is a next life, I will stay by your father's side and serve him for the rest of my life. ”

Wang Darui's heart was sour, and he couldn't help shedding two lines of tears.

For fear that his daughter would see it, Wang Darui hurriedly wiped his face with the placket of his clothes.

When Wang Yuanyuan lit the gas stove and started stir-frying, Wang Darui eased his emotions a little and pretended to be relaxed: "Yuanyuan, you don't know your father." Actually, it's quite easy for your dad to pull sponsorship. Your father is a reporter with a national title and an industrial reporter from the party newspaper, and he knows so many factory directors and managers, where can he not ask for 30,000 or 20,000 yuan? Today, I walked casually and asked for 25,000, can we raise 2,000, plus the money donated by colleagues in the newspaper, isn't it enough for next month's medical expenses?! ”

Wang Yuanyuan said: "I don't necessarily go next month, I think it's okay." ”

Wang Darui got angry and said, "Nonsense! Are you smarter than a doctor? If you are told to go, you will go, don't be verbose. ”

Wang Yuanyuan cried and said: "Dad, don't hide it from me, who doesn't know that the economy is declining now?" How many enterprises with good benefits are there in our city? Do you have a good sponsorship? Don't think I don't know, those factory directors and managers all call you Wang Da Blow, and they all look down on you in their bones! So, Dad, if you can save a little, let's save a little. Since it is a terminal illness, let's admit it! I can't bring down your body and your reputation. ”

Wang Darui put two trembling hands on his daughter's shoulders and said bitterly: "Yuanyuan, my good daughter, since you know that your father is so difficult, you have to treat the disease well and live well." ”

The topic was so heavy that the father and daughter stopped talking about it later.

During the meal, the daughter talked about Tian Dagui and the young friends around Tian Dagui.

The daughter said with an intoxicated look: "Dad, you don't know how good your brother is to me, when I am with them, I forget all about my illness, laugh together, sing and ......"

As he spoke, he sang:

Sweet honey, you smile sweetly,

It's like flowers blooming in the spring breeze.

Where, where have I seen you?

Your smile is so familiar?

I can't remember it for a moment.

Oh, in dreams, in dreams, in dreams.

It's you, it's you, it's you who dreams of......

Some people applauded, and the applause was loud.

Wang Darui, who was tearfully immersed in his daughter's moving singing, found that the door that had been hidden was pushed open, and Tian Dagui, the director of the rice mill, walked in with his two young companions, and all three of them applauded.

The daughter stopped singing, jumped up for joy, and hurriedly beckoned the guests to sit down on the only sofa in the house.

Wang Darui only knew Tian Dagui, and first thought that the other two young people were young workers in the rice mill, but after listening to his daughter's introduction, he learned that the two young people in their twenties, one was the deputy secretary of the general branch of the factory, and the other was the deputy director of the factory.

The daughter proudly said to her father: "How is the new team of our factory?" Dagui's factory director and secretary is twenty-six years old, Deputy Director Tang is twenty-three years old, Deputy Secretary Yu is twenty-four years old, and the average age is twenty-three years old. ”

Wang Darui used to say: "Okay, good, great, I'll write an article for you when I have time." ”

The daughter yelled at her father, "Here we go again! Can't you just say propaganda? Always blowing. ”

Wang Darui smiled: "Yes, publicity, I will help you publicize when I have the opportunity." ”

Tian Dagui said very seriously: "Teacher Wang, you really have to help us publicize it!" Don't look at us as just a small factory of more than 100 people, we are the same as the Textile Machinery Group, and we are also the first batch of pilot units of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Party Committee to deepen the reform. The composition of our small team is not only the Municipal Food Bureau, but also Minister Sun of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee. Without the full support of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee, our old factory director who can only drink alcohol and the deputy director who can only sell planned grain may really bring us down. ”

Wang Darui asked, "Why did you offend them?" ”

Tian Dagui said: "How can I offend them? I acted in accordance with the spirit of reform of the municipal party committee and the municipal government. First, the spirit of deepening the reform of the municipal party committee and the municipal government has been turned into specific measures and implemented one by one; Second, it has gone a little further and broken the employment mechanism of state-owned enterprises. As soon as we took the stage, we announced that all talents urgently needed by the enterprise, regardless of household registration, regardless of level, regardless of nature, can come to work in our factory. In less than half a month, a group of capable people and cadres came, including buyers from rural township enterprises, technicians from collective factories, and college students from Henan. We want to raise funds to renovate the existing plant and equipment and put on a soybean milk powder production line. Now it's terrible, the old factory director told everywhere and asked: Is this Pingchuan rice mill still a state-owned enterprise? What do Tian Dagui and his two young men in open crotch pants want to do? ”

Deputy Director Tang also said: "Some leaders of the Grain Bureau also spoke, saying that the rice mill is not a kindergarten, and Tian Dagui cannot be allowed to mess around with such a few hairy young men." ”

Deputy Secretary Yu said: "The most interesting thing is that today, Deputy Director Zhao thought that Director Tian's poll votes would not exceed half of the votes, but he didn't expect Director Tian to get 95 votes. This shows that two-thirds of the comrades in the factory support our reform, and this is the people's heart. ”

Tian Dagui stood up, paced in the room and said, "I don't want to think about it, can I still mix it up without reform?" In the past, when we were engaged in a planned economy, we could not eat enough grain and die of hunger if we put in as much grain as I milled. Now that the state has liberalized the price of grain, who will come to your state-run factory to mill rice? Not to mention the price, the attitude is not good. Well, the factory has no work to do, from the old factory director to the workers, they all started to be the protagonists of the country, which is losing money every year, and such a small factory has lost 2.8 million yuan in three years! There is also a face that it is a policy planned loss! I said at the meeting on the first day of taking office that there is no plan now, only policies, policies for deepening reform and market economy policies given to us by the municipal party committee! If we don't go to the market, our factory will have no way out, and everyone will have to lose their jobs! Now that the organization trusts me, I have to take everyone to the market. Even if my Tian Dagui is useless and his head is covered with blood, everyone still has to break through, and we must break a bloody way for our small state-owned factory! ”

Wang Darui was also excited, and said loudly: "Director Xiaotian said it well! To break into the market, you must have the courage not to be afraid of hitting your head full of blood, and you must have this kind of determination to follow one after another. This reminds me of what Mr. Lu Xun said: 'Crabs are eaten, and spiders must have been eaten, but they are not delicious, so future generations will not eat them.'" We should be extremely grateful to such people. I mean, you're all young, and even if you make a bit of a mess, you deserve everyone's understanding and respect. ”

When he said this, Wang Darui thought, no wonder his daughter has such a deep affection for Tian Dagui, it turns out that this Tian Dagui is not only handsome, but also a thoughtful and courageous factory director.

The three young men talked with Wang Darui for a long time, and before they knew it, it was already more than eleven o'clock at night, and when they got up to say goodbye, Tian Dagui took out a thick envelope and quietly put it on the table.

Wang Darui asked, "What is this for?" ”

Tian Dagui said: "This is a little bit of our mind. At present, the factory has to put on the soybean milk powder production line, and the funds are very tight, and there is no money to come up with. We scraped together 4,000 yuan to give Yuanyuan an emergency first. ”

Wang Darui hurriedly returned the money to Tian Dagui and said, "This can't be done, Yuanyuan has already dragged down the factory, how can you personally pay so much money?!" ”

Tian Dagui said: "Teacher Wang, in the past, we worked in the same team with Yuanyuan, just like our brothers and sisters; Today, we have become the leaders of Yuanyuan again, and in any way, we can't help but care about Yuanyuan. You say, don't you? Now the factory is in the most difficult time. Yuanyuan is also in the most difficult time. As long as we grit our teeth and push this through for a while, everyone will be fine. At that time, we must send Yuanyuan to the best hospitals in Beijing and Shanghai for treatment. ”

The daughter broke down and cried.

Wang Darui's eyes were also moist.

Through the teary eyes, Wang Darui saw that his daughter solemnly took the money, put it on her chest for a while, and returned the money to Tian Dagui, choked up and said: "I have accepted the money, and now, I will use it to pay the funds raised for the soybean milk powder production line in the factory." ”

Tian Dagui was stunned.

Deputy Director Tang hurriedly said: "Yuanyuan, you don't know that the factory stipulates that retired employees and seriously ill people will not raise funds. ”

Wang Yuanyuan choked back tears and said: "I hope our factory will get better soon!" When our factory gets better, I can get better! Didn't you say that when our factory gets better, you can send me to the best hospitals in Beijing and Shanghai for treatment. ”

Tian Dagui took the money from Deputy Director Tang, nodded and said, "Okay, Yuanyuan, just wait, if I, Tian Dagui, can't do this, I'll ...... Just ......"

Tian Dagui couldn't go on, his eyes were full of tears, and he turned his head and left.

Wang Darui didn't send it, and he didn't let his daughter send it. He knew that Tian Dagui didn't want Yuanyuan to see the tears of him, the young factory director.