Chapter 33: New Friends
Shen Yigong finally ordered one meat and two vegetables. The wine and duck head came quickly, and the two talked about the strike over a small drink and a side dish.
The strike movement began before the year and continued into the year. Huo Zuo is right, the workers did hope that the factory could give them an explanation from the beginning, cancel the original unpaid overtime model, and realize equal pay for men and women for equal work. The current salary is too low, and Dayong and his wife can't afford the rent if they want to move out, so they can only continue to live in the dormitory with their co-workers.
"Now there are strikes all over the country, Guangdong, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Hubei. Factories in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai are also all. Shen Yigong said, "I just came back from Ningbo, the workers in Ningbo are doing a good job, I went to study hard this time, and you must remember to send out that box of leaflets." I also contacted some friends, and the factory will definitely give you an answer when the year is over. β
Wu Dayong held Shen Yigong's shoulder and was very grateful to him: "Big brother, my heart will be relieved of your words!" I was really afraid that the strike would continue, so the factory simply fired us and hired again after the year. Now that you've said so, I'm not afraid. β
"Huangpu has also established the Trade Union Now, you and Xiao Zhao are now the representatives of the workers of the Xingfeng Flour Mill, if there is anything else, you can go to the Trade Union to mention it. Where I can help, even if they come to me and tell me, if there are any financial problems in the old shantytown, tell me. I'll definitely try to solve it for you. β
"Big brother, you've done enough for us over the years. How can the old shed area still be as poor and sour as before? Don't talk about this. You have been busy in the past few years, and you have not taken care of personal problems, and the people in the old shed area are not looking forward to anything else, and you are looking forward to this happy event! β
Shen Yigong's smile became embarrassed: "This matter is not something that can be solved in a hurry. β
"This, what do you think of Zhou Tingting, who gave you a scarf last time?" Saying this, Wu Dayong, who was careless, also reacted, pointed to him and took off the scarf next to him and smiled, "Aren't you enclosed!" β
If he didn't say it, Shen Yigong didn't notice that the scarf was given by the girl before. Before the strike, he helped the factory workers solve a lot of problems, and on his birthday, Dayong brought back a lot of gifts, one of which was this scarf. I didn't pay attention at that time, and I surrounded it when it was cold on this business trip. Now that he was mentioned by his brother, Shen Yigong was also a little embarrassed: "This, I see that the weather is cold, just right, so-"
"This shows that the girl's mind is ingenious and ironing!"
Shen Yigong said helplessly: "Okay, Dayong." Don't bother to be my matchmaker. There's so much more to it, I don't really have the heart to do that right now. Besides, I'm not that old, am I? β
"You are twenty-four, I am only twenty-three, and Xiao Zhao and I are already married."
Shen Yigong had no choice but to pick up the wine glass and plug Wu Dayong's mouth: "Drink and drink." β
At the time of separation, Dayong was already slightly drunk, two lumps of blushing climbed on his chubby face, and walked out of the restaurant with Shen Yigong shoulder to shoulder, shaking his head and sighing, beating his chest and feeling annoyed: "Brother, I still regret it when I think about it now!" You said it would be nice if I hadn't been so useless at that time and cried with you! You must still be following Boss Chu at this time, how can you sleep all day long, and the little money you earn is all used to help our old shantytowns, and you can't even marry a wife! I regret it, big brother, I really hate it! β
Shen Yigong hugged him and cried and laughed: "Dayong, you drank too much." β
"I know big brother. But I'm also telling you what I'm talking about. Wu Dayong pursed his lips, "You were really calling for wind and rain at that time, I followed you and I have a long experience, and those bank presidents call you 'sir', now?" The factory manager is jumping in front of you! β
"It's all in vain."
"I just broke your false name, and I feel uneasy, big brother!"
"Don't talk about it, Dayong. Come on, come on, it's time for your dormitory, hurry back, Xiao Zhao must be waiting at home at this time. β
Dayong stood firm against the door frame, turned around and looked at Shen Yigong's figure standing outside the building waving goodbye to him, bowed to him crookedly, and shouted to him reverently: "Big brother, I will be grateful to you for doing these things all my life." You will always, always be my Wu Dayong's big brother! β
Shen Yigong waved his hand at him: "Go upstairs." Wu Dayong finally said everything he wanted to say, stood up straight and waved at him, and staggered up the stairs.
Shen Yigong looked at Lao Wu's back and let out a long sigh, and when he put his hand in his pocket, he took out the pack of Hademen cigarettes he just bought today. On a winter night, I lit one and put it in my mouth and looked up at the lights of the small dormitory building. He pinched his cigarette and walked slowly in the direction of home.
When I walked into the hallway, the lights weren't on. Shen Yigong skillfully went upstairs, and when he arrived at the front of the house, he saw a little spark shining in the dark. His heart trembled, and for no reason he thought that the person smoking in front of the door was the one who had just thought of him, but he heard a clear and sweet voice sound.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time, why did you come back? I obviously heard the building manager say that you will come back during the day. β
The heart that had been trembling lightly calmed down in an instant. Shen Yigong turned on the lights in the corridor. On the stairs sat a woman with a silver cigarette rack on her slender white index finger and a half-lit cigarette. She wore a long red velvet cheongsam wrapped around a sable shoulder.
Her name is Mu Qiuping, a college student who lives upstairs in Shen Yigong. Of course, there are fewer days to go to school and more time to the ballroom.
Shen Yigong glanced at her fingertips and bypassed her to open the door: "What about your original cigarette butt inlaid with jade." β
Mu Qiuping cupped the sable shoulders on his body a little ostentatiously, and his face was full of vanity: "It's changed." β
She watched Shen Yigong open the door, quickly put on the bag stuffed with a bottle of red wine at his feet, and followed him into the house. Shen Yigong was helpless: "Hey, you! β
"I'm coming to you for a long time! You still want to shut me out? β
"What time is it, you should go back to sleep Mu Qiuping."
"Don't, even if I sleep today, I'll sleep with you!"
"You ......"
Mu Qiuping threw the bag on his sofa, turned around and continued to show off the mink shoulder on his body in exchange for the jade cigarette tray: "Is it good-looking, Mr. Shen." β
Shen Yigong looked at the flush on her cheeks: "You're drunk." β
"No, I just had a few sips at the dance party in the evening. If I'm really drunk, I won't come to you with wine! As he spoke, Mu Qiuping took the bottle of wine out of his bag, "Look, Rafay! β
Shen Yigong rubbed his temples, his hand was still on the doorknob, and he still persuaded her: "You better go back quickly." A girl's house, what are you doing with me so late? β
Mu Qiuping ignored his eviction order, approached him, pushed lightly, and slammed the door with others. She sprinkled perfume on her body, mixed with the smell of mint smoke into his nose: "Shen Yigong, you are so boring." I've been waiting for you so long, and as soon as you come, you will drive me away, and you won't drink more than one drink with me. β
"I remember something I've made it clear to you, I ...... you"
Mu Qiuping directly pressed his finger to his lips to block what he was going to say next, pursed his lips and glared at him slightly aggrievedly: "I know, you don't feel for me, you don't like me at all." I...... I'm not here for this. β
Knowing Mu Qiuping was purely accidental. At the beginning, it was just an upstairs and downstairs neighbor relationship, but Shen Yigong happened to return late one day, and when he saw that she was harassed by gangsters, he came to help, and this girl naturally became familiar with him. At the beginning, they were just ordinary friends, but Mu Qiuping quickly pierced this layer of window paper.
Shen Yigong is not an indecisive person, and immediately gave her an answer. She's nice, pretty, smart, and there are a lot of people who love her, so don't waste time on him.
This was already in September last year, and after the confession failed, Mu Qiuping disappeared from his life for a while, and then came and went around him again when it was almost Christmas. It seems that the previous thing has never happened, but there is no longer any mention of the relationship between the two.
Seeing that she had already shown such an expression, Shen Yigong had no choice but to soften his attitude and asked her, "Then what are you doing with me?" β
Mu Qiuping saw that he didn't drive himself away, turned around and took off the shoulders on his body, took out two glasses from Shen Yigong's kitchen cabinet and poured wine respectively.
She came over with a wine glass and handed it to Shen Yigong: "Nothing else, just ask you - a gentleman in a private car came during the day, what is the origin?" β
Shen Yigong lowered his head to drink, but when he heard this, he looked stunned, pursed his lips and raised his head and asked, "What are you asking for?" β
"Nong can't see it? Of course, I want the sparrow to fly on the branches to be a phoenix and find a rich man to marry! The man looking for you has such a big jade wrench in his hand, a servant and a carβand most importantly, does he have a wife? β
Shen Yigong became irritable: "He is not a suitable person to marry." β
"It's okay to have a wife, it's good to be a second wife."
"I said you-" Shen Yigong even felt that this girl was deliberately saying these words to anger himself, he couldn't help but raise his wine glass towards Mu Qiuping, "Let's drink well." That's my friend, but he's never going to marry you. β
"He doesn't marry me, you marry me."
This sip of wine almost choked Shen Yigong.
"I said, why are you mentioning this again? Didn't you say it's okay to talk about it? β
Mu Qiuping drank the whole glass of wine with his head up, sat on the sofa with his lips pursed and looked up at him, his red eyes watery: "What's wrong with me?" β
"There's nothing wrong with you."
"Do you have someone you like?"
"At least not yet."
"Then why don't you choose me?"
Shen Yigong sighed, sometimes things between men and women are really not easier than factory strikes: "I don't like you, I always have to be worthy of you, right?" Why don't you like me to be with you! β
"Are you ......" Mu Qiuping bit his lip, sniffed for a while, don't turn his head to wipe away the little tears that are not angry, turn his head and say, "Can we still be friends?" β
Shen Yigong could only say: "It's my honor to have a beautiful young lady like you as a friend." β
Mu Qiuping took a pillow at hand and threw it at him, seeing that the man was slightly embarrassed to catch it, he was still in tears, but he still laughed out loud.
"Drink the wine, and we'll be friends forever."
Shen Yigong could only hold up his wine glass: "Okay, to my good friend Miss Mu Qiuping." β