Chapter 154: Backdoor Connections
Lu Qiaoge checked the time and said to Director Hu, “Director Hu, I want to ask for leave to get off work early.”
Old Hu didn’t even ask where Lu Qiaoge was going, and with a wave of his big hand, he immediately agreed.
Qiao Ge’s work ability was so strong that sometimes she did the workload of others for several days in one day. To be honest, it wouldn’t be a problem to let her work one day and rest the next.
Then Old Hu saw a jeep driving up to the Neighborhood Committee Main Entrance. Hey, wasn’t this Representative Qin’s car?
So he smiled and said to Lu Qiaoge, “Don’t worry, I’ll go to the Food Factory with Shao Le.”
Director Hu was going to inspect the Food Factory, so Lu Qiaoge felt even more relieved.
Besides, her arrangement was very reasonable. As long as they followed her arrangement, completing one thousand Sunflower Seed Baskets within the stipulated time would be no problem, and they could even overfulfill it.
Lu Qiaoge went to the Finance Office again, and there were no longer several people lining up in the Corridor.
She decided to collect her salary.
The Accountant Xiao Liu was not in the Office, only the Accountant and the Cashier.
But the Desk was still blocking the Doorway.
Sister Chu worked very efficiently, and soon it was Lu Qiaoge’s turn.
Lu Qiaoge was very curious about how much she could get this month.
Because she had two jobs, how would this salary slip be made?
Lu Qiaoge, with good eyesight, saw her temporary salary as Food Factory Director in the other column.
It was just the basic salary without subsidy.
But it was set at thirty-six yuan per month.
Although it wasn’t a full month, Lu Qiaoge still got fifty-eight yuan and one mao eight.
Oh, this number was really good.
Issued together with the salary were Grain Ration Tickets, Meat Tickets, and Sugar Tickets. Although there was only one jin of Meat Ticket, it was enough to make Lu Qiaoge happy.
Sister Chu glanced at Lu Qiaoge. When she gave her this salary, some people had a lot of opinions.
These people gossiped behind her back, but unexpectedly couldn’t come up with a reason not to give it to her face-to-face.
Moreover, the Authorities didn’t oppose it.
Their Finance Office was under the Neighborhood Committee, but also under Finance Section One management.
After she finished the salary, it had to be approved by Finance Section One.
A salary slip required signatures from several leaders.
She thought she would have to argue a bit.
Unexpectedly, the Section Chief of Finance Section One approved it after just a glance, obviously having been greeted in advance.
She naturally wouldn’t say anything unnecessary or unpleasant.
Lu Qiaoge happily put the salary into her Shoulder Bag.
Why did it feel even heavier than one thousand five hundred yuan?
Maybe because it was hard-earned money?
Qin Hengzhi waited patiently outside for Lu Qiaoge.
The Neighborhood Committee’s Office was a Bungalow, and the situation outside could be seen from the Window.
Because the Wall here wasn’t very high.
Then he saw Lu Qiaoge with light footsteps.
Even her face carried a smile.
Was it because of the date with him that she was so happy?
Only when Lu Qiaoge got in the car did he realize this girl was so happy because of getting her salary.
Qin Hengzhi couldn’t help but chuckle.
Then he started the car and drove towards the north gate of the Military Factory with Lu Qiaoge.
Halfway, Qin Hengzhi stopped the car on the Roadside.
Lu Qiaoge looked out the Window.
There were two Primary Schools nearby, but they were already on summer vacation.
The Road here seemed very quiet.
Lu Qiaoge didn’t know why Qin Hengzhi stopped the car here.
She turned her head to look at Qin Hengzhi.
Qin Hengzhi’s hand gripped the steering wheel, then let go, opened his Briefcase, took out a stack of tickets—yes, the various tickets Lu Qiaoge was familiar with.
He gave all these tickets to Lu Qiaoge and said faintly to her, “I don’t need these tickets either, you take them all.”
Lu Qiaoge took these tickets.
They were quite complete.
It had to be said that Qin Hengzhi really had goods in hand.
Not to mention one hundred jin Grain Ration Tickets and thirty chi Cloth Tickets, just two Bicycle Tickets and one Watch ticket could marry a wife in this era.
Lu Qiaoge smiled and asked, “Is this all your savings?”
Qin Hengzhi looked at Lu Qiaoge with smiling eyebrows and eyes, and his somewhat tense heart relaxed.
This was also the first time he did something like this.
He inevitably felt a bit uneasy.
He thought for a moment and said, “It’s most of it in Jiangcheng. There’s some left at home in Beidu, but I’ve handed it all over to Grandmother for safekeeping.”
In this era, some tickets had expiration dates.
They couldn’t be used indefinitely, let alone some that couldn’t be used across provinces.
Lu Qiaoge also thought this was good.
She had no intention of taking his salary.
But these tickets didn’t need to be so scrupulous.
The Lu Family now, except for Lu Da, only she had a Bicycle. Lu Zhiguo went to the commute point every day on foot to wait for the Commute car.
Otherwise, Xiao Si wouldn’t like her Bicycle so much.
Bicycles now were no different from cars in later generations.
Lu Qiaoge thought that the two Bicycle Tickets must have been exchanged by Qin Hengzhi through someone.
Lu Qiaoge neatly put these tickets into her Shoulder Bag.
This action brought pleasure to Qin Hengzhi’s eyebrows and eyes.
The place Qin Hengzhi took Lu Qiaoge to was a small Building painted with Lime outside.
A Clerk at the Doorway saw Qin Hengzhi and immediately smiled.
He put down the Things in his hands and hugged Qin Hengzhi affectionately.
Patting his shoulder, he said, “If I hadn’t made this phone call, you still wouldn’t have time, right?”
Qin Hengzhi curved the corners of his mouth and introduced to Lu Qiaoge, “This is my Comrade, also my old Squad Leader from before, Chen Gang, Chen Big Brother.”
Lu Qiaoge also smiled and greeted, “Hello, Chen Big Brother.”
This was a man in his thirties, with a flat-top haircut, upright posture, clearly a veteran.
His face was full of smiles: “You’re Lu Qiaoge, hey, according to my wife’s words, you two are a match made in heaven, really too compatible. Come to my house sometime, let your Sister-in-law cook something delicious for you.”
Lu Qiaoge just smiled, her eyebrows and eyes curved, obviously this person had a good relationship with Qin Hengzhi.
Qin Hengzhi thought for a moment and said, “When we have time, let’s have a gathering of our Jiangcheng comrades.”
Chen Gang excitedly said, “Great, when you have time, tell me, I’ll arrange it.”
Qin Hengzhi: “I’ll call you.”
Chen Gang picked up those Things and said to Qin Hengzhi, “The upstairs door isn’t locked, you and your Partner hurry up and go pick whatever you like. After picking, come down to find me, I’ll give you the Banknotes here.”
So Lu Qiaoge followed Qin Hengzhi up to the Second Floor.
When pushing open the Main door, Lu Qiaoge was surprised for a moment.
This place surprisingly looked like a Clothing store.
Only the Things were placed a bit messily, some hung on the Wall, some piled on the Table.
Qin Hengzhi said, “Here are basically women’s Clothing, shoes, and hats, considered Export turned Domestic Sales then internally digested, not for external Sales. Even those internal people don’t know now. Chen Big Brother knew I had a Partner, so he notified me first.”
Lu Qiaoge said, “Yes, yes, I’m your Partner!”
Qin Hengzhi: ……
For some reason, he felt his face a bit hot. He coughed lightly: “See if there’s anything you like, pick them all out.”
Lu Qiaoge glanced around and didn’t delay. After all, this was truly going through the backdoor.
If someone who knew the internal news in advance came barging in, it would put Chen Big Brother in a difficult position.
In an era of tight Supplies, it was like this.
