Inside the rolling mill studio.

Sunlight pours in through the windows, the cold wind howls outside, and the house is full of spring.

Li Weidong took out a cigarette from the drawer, Qin Jingru put on his clothes and climbed down from the bed, and struck a match to help him light it.

"Brother Wei Dong, you don't know how much I miss you!"

Returning to Li Weidong's side, Qin Jingru snuggled up to him, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and his eyes were full of happiness.

She now knows the true meaning of a long drought and a cold shower.

"You, you're obviously a formal workshop assistant, but you look like a little girl who doesn't grow up." Li Weidong said with a smile while smoking.

With her head arched upward, Qin Jingru looked up with a cute little face and said, "People are a little girl in front of you." ”

Hehe smiled, Li Weidong wanted to say some earthy love words, but after thinking about it for a long time, he could only hold back one sentence: "You are as beautiful as the moon in the sky, I want to hold you tightly in my hands." ”

The tears in her eyes were dripping, the corners of Qin Jingru's eyes were rosy, and she held Li Weidong tightly with both hands: "Brother Weidong, my life is like a cowhide plaster clinging to you, even if you pick me up, I won't leave!" ”

Good guy, the earthy love words of later generations have such great power.

Li Weidong got goosebumps all over his body, and quickly changed the topic: "I brought back a girl from Shuangshui Village, named Sun Lanhua, this girl came to the big city for the first time, there are many things she doesn't understand, and I have to trouble you to help take care of it." ”

SUN Orchid. The smile on Qin Jingru's face instantly froze, but she quickly reacted, she said with a smile: "It's okay, Sister Huairu is also busy now, I am trying to find another good sister, tomorrow is the weekend, I will take the orchid girl to the department store to buy some daily necessities." ”

A large part of the reason why Li Weidong is with Qin Jingru is that this girl is very sensible, knowledgeable, and will not be jealous.

How can any woman be jealous, Qin Jingru also wants to hold Li Weidong into the palm of her hand alone, but she also knows that a man like Li Weidong is an eagle in the sky, and he will not stay on the branches on the ground for a long time, no matter how tender and beautiful this branch is.

If you try to catch it, it will only spread its wings and never come back.

Qin Jingru is so sensible, Li Weidong naturally rewarded her again.

Two hours later, a satisfied Qin Jingru dragged her sore legs out of bed, carried a hot water bottle, poured an enamel jar of tea, and handed it to Li Weidong.

"Brother Wei Dong, there was an incident in the workshop today, there was a female worker named Zhang Wang's female worker, she was originally an advanced member in the workshop, and she could get the highest production award every month, but in the past few months, the output has continued to decline.

I talked to her, and it was just then."

In the studio, Qin Jingru talked about the predicament encountered by Zhang Wang.

After speaking, she said angrily: "Zhang Dahan is so hateful, he doesn't care if he doesn't talk about his family, and he doesn't allow Zhang Wang's family to divorce him." ”

Li Weidong was also furious after listening to it, like Zhang Wang, a woman who came over before liberation, her thinking is relatively old, and she generally said that unless she was really forced to live hard, she would not think about divorce.

Take Aunt Liu in the courtyard next door to the courtyard as an example, her husband has been a second-rate son since he was young, and he is idle all day long. Even if it was difficult for the street office to look after his family after liberation and found him a job as a gatekeeper, Lao Liu felt constrained and was unwilling to work.

The burden of life is so on Aunt Liu, Aunt Liu has to take care of several children, help others sew clothes, go to work during the day, and stay up until midnight every day, even so, Aunt Liu did not think about divorce.

Li Weidong said: "Although Zhang Wangshi is only a temporary worker, he is also an employee of our rolling mill, and I will talk to the director of the Women's Federation later." ”

"Uh-huh!" Qin Jingru nodded obediently.

She knows very well that Li Weidong is now a big celebrity in the factory, and as long as he is willing to come forward, the Women's Federation will definitely help.

Really.

As Qin Jingru expected, when Li Weidong's figure appeared at the door of the Women's Federation, the director of the Women's Federation, who was busy distributing women's products to women workers in the office, handed over the work to the clerk and greeted him with a smile.

The director of the women's federation of the rolling mill is surnamed Niu, and because of her pungent personality, the workers call her Sister Niu.

Sister Niu looked at Li Weidong and said with a smile: "Hey, isn't this the director of the poverty alleviation workshop, how can you have time to go around our Qingshui Yamen." ”

The director of the Women's Federation is of a very high rank, second only to the deputy director of the rolling mill, but because she does not participate in the management of the factory and workshop, she is only responsible for helping young men and women in the rolling mill to solve the conflicts between workers and their wives, and distributing toilet paper and health care supplies, so she has no real power.

"Sister Niu, you're making fun of me again." Li Weidong knew how powerful these old women were, and after chatting for a few words, he told him about the situation of Zhang Wang's family.

Hearing this, Sister Niu's face changed suddenly: "Now it's a new society, women comrades have been liberated, and Zhang Dahan still dares to bully Zhang Wang's family like this, it's really hateful." ”

She looked at Li Weidong and said, "Director Li, don't worry, when we send women's supplies to the workers, we will talk to Zhang Dahan in person." ”

"Thank you very much." Li Weidong said with a smile.

He was going to turn around and leave, but after thinking for a while, he stopped and said: "Sister Niu, our poverty alleviation workshop has formed a helping object with Shuangshui Village in Pingyuan County. ”

Hearing that she could get jujubes, Sister Niu was so happy that her eyes narrowed into a slit.

"Hey, Director Li, you're too polite." She patted her chest and promised: "Don't worry, if you have a dispute with your daughter-in-law, I will definitely come to help you mediate." ”

Li Weidong: "."

He regretted giving away these dates a little.

Maybe Li Weidong's jujube played a role, or maybe the Women's Federation felt that what happened to Zhang Wang's family was too tragic.

As soon as she finished lunch, Sister Niu took two comrades from the Women's Federation to a compound near Xizhimen.

Most of the people living in this compound are employees of the lumber mill, so it is called the No. 1 compound of the lumber mill.

The steward of the No. 1 compound of the lumber mill is a retired old comrade, because he doesn't have to go to work, his daily work is to sit at the gate of the compound, chatting with those old guys, and keeping an eye on the people entering and leaving the compound with his eyes to prevent suspicious people from entering.

Seeing the three of Sister Niu, the housekeeper stood up on crutches and blocked their way: "Where did you get from?" ”

Sister Niu explained: "We are from the Women's Federation of the rolling mill and want to talk to Zhang Dahan in your compound. ”

Hearing that he was looking for Zhang Dahan, the housekeeper shook his head with a wry smile: "Do you want to persuade Zhang Dahan to divorce his daughter-in-law?" ”

After receiving an affirmative reply, he said: "I still advise you not to waste your efforts, that guy Zhang Dahan is a splash who doesn't eat oil and salt, and he won't listen to you at all." ”

Sister Niu is also the director of the Old Women's Federation, and she pays great attention to collecting information about her opponents, took out a cigarette from her pocket and handed it to the housekeeper, "Uncle, so you know Zhang Dahan very well?" ”

The housekeeper took the cigarette and did not smoke it, but pinned it to his ear.

He took out a dry tobacco bag pot from his waist, lit it with a match, took two sips, and then said in a deep voice: "This compound was a miscellaneous courtyard before liberation, formerly known as the Zhang family compound, and the houses in the compound are all Zhang Dahan's family, I have lived here for most of my life, how can I not understand?" ”

"Can you tell us about him?" Sister Niu took the opportunity to ask.

"That's a long story. You may be seated. Seeing that Sister Niu was very polite, the housekeeper asked the aunt next to him to bring three chairs and let the three of them sit down, and then continued: "As I just said, this compound used to be the old Zhang family, before the liberation, the Zhang family was a leather goods store, and the old man Zhang worked hard all his life and opened three leather goods stores in the capital.

Because he can do business, and he is a real person, so the business is very good, and the gold and silver treasures at home are said to be able to be filled with jars.

After earning so much money, Mr. Zhang was unhappy, because he was nearly forty years old at the time, but he had no son.

The daughter-in-law he married was a girl from a scholarly family, and she didn't look like she was picky, knowledgeable, and she also pulled a good abacus bead.

The reason why Old Man Zhang was able to make a fortune quickly in the capital is inseparable from Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang's maiden family.

So in this case, he didn't dare to rashly mention the matter of taking a concubine.

waited until Mrs. Zhang died of a sudden illness."

Hearing this, Sister Niu suddenly asked, "Uncle, how could Mrs. Zhang suddenly die of illness at such a young age?" ”

"No one can figure out this, I was a long-term worker of the Zhang family back then, and I was the kind of guy who was responsible for ravaging skins in the leather goods store." The housekeeper said: "I only remember that morning, before dawn, I just got up and prepared to carry the leather that I had ravaged yesterday to the courtyard to dry, and before I walked out of the door, I heard the cry of the old man Zhang.

By the time we arrived, Mrs. Zhang was already lying on the bed without snorting.

At that time, Mr. Zhang kicked us out on the grounds of sadness.

Subsequently, Mr. Zhang buried Mrs. Zhang in a hurry.

By the time the Zhang family arrived, the people were already buried in the soil, and the Zhang family had no choice but to give up.

Who can make a big deal out of a girl who has been married for many years? ”

Sister Niu then asked: "I remember that before the liberation, there were people in our capital who died, and we had to go to the government for the record." ”

"Harm, what kind of government, those guys who only know how to loot the people's fat and ointment, as long as they make two taels of silver, even if you stab someone to death in the street, they can cover it up for you. It's better for our new society. ”

After listening to Old Man Zhang's emotion, Sister Niu vaguely felt something, and then said: "Then you continue, what happened to Old Man Zhang later?" ”

On the third day of Mrs. Zhang's death, Mr. Zhang couldn't wait to marry the top brand who had been good for many years from the Bada Hutong. The woman looked like a fox spirit, and after she got married, she beat and scolded us people. Behind the scenes, the big guys all think that Mrs. Zhang's death was done by Mr. Zhang, but there is no evidence.

Fox Meijing claimed to be pregnant less than two months after she got married, and at that time, Old Man Zhang was so happy that he specially asked a nurse to take care of Fox Meijing.

The food is all the best, and the doctor is regularly invited to the house to check the body of the fox spirit.

But it was such a good condition, when the fox spirit was nine months pregnant, she suddenly had a difficult birth.

At that time, Mr. Zhang was in a hurry, but later there was no danger, and the fox gave birth to a boy, Zhang Dahan.

To our surprise, when Zhang Dahan was born, he was more than five pounds, and he didn't look like those premature children at all.

In addition, the fox charm came out of the eight alleys, can the women in that place be checked?

So some people are talking behind their backs that Zhang Dahan is not the old man Zhang.

Of course, those people just dare to talk behind their backs.

After all, since Zhang Dahan was born, Mr. Zhang has treated it as a precious egg, holding it in the palm of his hand for fear of falling, and putting it in his mouth for fear of melting.

When Zhang Dahan was young, he especially liked horseback riding games, so Mr. Zhang asked us long-term workers to kneel on the ground and give Zhang Dahan a horse.

Zhang Dahan likes to eat dim sum from Daoxiang Village, and Mr. Zhang asks the housekeeper to buy dim sum in Daoxiang Village every day.

Under the pampering of Old Man Zhang, Zhang Dahan developed the problem of idleness.

Of course, just like this, the Zhang family has a fortune, which is enough for Zhang Dahan to live comfortably for the rest of his life.

But Mr. Zhang's business went wrong.

Without the assistance of Mrs. Zhang, he was designed for greedy profits, and lost thousands of taels of silver at once.

Old man Zhang, don't look so rich, in fact, he is the kind of stingy character, except for Zhang Dahan who can use his silver on weekdays, he treats others like an iron rooster.

lost thousands of taels of silver at once, and Old Man Zhang had a serious illness and couldn't move while lying on the bed.

At this time, the fox spirit who had been honest for many years suddenly ran away with the housekeeper of the Zhang family, and they also took away more than half of the silver taels of the Zhang family.

At first, when we learned the news, we felt a little incredulous.

But then after thinking about it carefully, I understood that the fox spirit itself was born in Bada Hutong, and the reason why she married Mr. Zhang was because she was greedy for vanity and wanted to live a good life.

But Old Man Zhang is an iron rooster, and he spent twenty taels of silver to redeem himself for the fox spirit, he is already distressed, and now the fox spirit is already his person, where is he willing to spend money on the fox essence.

The fox spirit belongs to guarding the gold mountain, but it can't spend a penny.

In addition, Old Man Zhang is getting older, and he can't make her happy, so he hooked up with the housekeeper.

The housekeeper was originally the son of the old housekeeper, and it stands to reason that he should be loyal to Mr. Zhang, but the old housekeeper worked in the Zhang family for more than ten years, and finally became seriously ill and needed to ask a doctor, and the housekeeper wanted to borrow a little money from Mr. Zhang to treat his father.

It stands to reason that the old housekeeper is also a member of the Zhang family, but the old man Zhang takes the silver very seriously and refuses the housekeeper's request without hesitation. (End of chapter)