Chapter 276: Who Gave Her This Privilege?
Wei Sixin frowned, not wanting to see Sister Tang at all. Yesterday, she had just watched the excitement without saying a single word to help her.
There were other neighbors, one by one, all ungrateful white-eyed wolves. It was a waste that she had been so good to them on ordinary days.
But Old Tang was after all Director Hao’s wife. Wei Sixin suppressed the disgust in her eyes, put on a sorrowful expression, came to the balcony, and said weakly to Sister Tang: “I’m at home. My head hurts badly, so I didn’t go to work.”
Old Tang worked at the department store, where there were no Sundays; they had rotating days off.
Not going to work probably meant it was a rotating day off.
Old Tang looked at Wei Sixin, whose eyes were red-rimmed, thought for a moment, and still said: “You should go to your work unit and take a look. You’ve been publicly reported.”
Wei Sixin was greatly shocked upon hearing this and looked incredulously at Old Tang: “What, what report?”
Old Tang looked at Wei Sixin with a complicated expression: “It’s said to be a public report, right at your work unit’s main door. Someone called me about it; I don’t know the specifics, but the reporter is from your work unit…”
This was fresh news; such public reports hadn’t been seen for several good years.
Because now there was the factory director’s mailbox, and 516 didn’t really advocate this kind of public reporting. Gossip is terrifying; regardless of truth or falsehood, once a big sheet of paper is posted, even the fake might become true.
The joint production inspection team had just arrived last night, and this incident happened this morning. It was very bad for 516’s influence.
Wei Sixin’s face turned ashen. She stood in the living room biting her teeth, then suddenly covered her head and shouted that her headache was unbearable, telling Lin Junfeng to quickly take her to the hospital.
Lin Junfeng didn’t agree this time and said angrily: “Go to your work unit and check it out. You’re now equivalent to the head of the cultural palace. Hiding in the hospital wouldn’t that just prove you’re guilty? Besides, you need to know who reported you. Moreover, for a headache, minor injuries don’t keep one off the front line. How long can you keep pretending?”
Helplessly, Wei Sixin had no choice but to go to the cultural palace with anxiety and resentment.
This was what Xiao Cangcang told her on the way to work at Lu Qiaoge’s.
Xiao Cangcang said to her: 【…it was Teacher Zhou, the most senior in qualifications at the cultural palace, who stood up to report. I don’t know why it was today, but that big paper listed many of Wei Sixin’s ‘crimes’.】
【Late arrivals and early departures, three days fishing and two days drying nets, never abiding by the work unit’s rules and regulations, going to work whenever she wants and skipping whenever she doesn’t. Who gave her this privilege?】
【Forming cliques, judging people by their status, jealous of the able, herself incompetent yet suppressing capable staff and cadres, practicing ‘those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me perish,’ seriously undermining the work unit’s unity.】
【Having the canteen provide her with special meals alone, with the best welfare and benefits, picking things first when distributing, living like a capitalist’s rich wife, losing the stance she should have…】
And so on…
Finally, it solemnly requested the organization to send her to the pig farm for ideological reform.
Lu Qiaoge was truly shocked. Teacher Zhou from the cultural palace?
He was a versatile talent proficient in various instruments and also able to repair and fine-tune them.
But his personality was very stubborn; simply put, he was very unconventional, unmarried his whole life, and now in the cultural palace’s periodical room.
Everyone was used to calling him Old Zhou Tou.
Lu Qiaoge admired him greatly.
If the above was true, Wei Sixin’s fate was imaginable.
After Xiao Cangcang flew away, Lu Qiaoge also arrived at the neighborhood committee.
She didn’t come particularly early, but earlier than the elder sisters. She worked quickly and tidied up the general office in less than ten minutes.
Then she sat at her seat, proactively arranging her work for the day and reviewing yesterday’s work.
As for the leader’s arrangements, that was separate.
Before she finished organizing, people from the post and telecommunications bureau arrived, saying that the authorities had already approved it, and conveniently, the food factory had a line slot available to install the phone for the food factory.
But for now, it could only be used internally at the military factory; for long-distance and such, they still needed approval, but now there was an instruction from above: Xiangyang Food Factory’s application and requests must be satisfied as much as possible.
Since that was the case, Lu Qiaoge took the post and telecommunications bureau people to the food factory.
Halfway there, Swallow Tao Tao came, flying alongside and saying to Lu Qiaoge: 【Nini and I discussed it; we’ll take the children on a flight. If we’re lucky and come back, we won’t leave afterward. If…】
Lu Qiaoge was riding her bicycle and interrupted Tao Tao in her mind: “No ifs. If you must migrate, then go. It’s not bad for the three little ones to experience some wind and rain. As for you and Nini, you’ve had one experience already, plus your cleverness, you’ll definitely come back safely!”
Tao Tao, who had been somewhat listless, suddenly perked up and spread her wings to fly into the high sky.
The two post and telecommunications bureau staff riding bicycles with Lu Qiaoge looked up. Master Qian said: “It’s September; the swallows should fly away.”
His apprentice echoed: “That also proves winter is coming soon.”
But Lu Qiaoge was thinking about how to give the swallow family of five some assurance.
Soon they arrived at the food factory. Master Qian took his apprentice to check the lines. Lu Qiaoge saw Master Kong waving to her.
As soon as she entered the room, she smelled the familiar aroma.
Master Kong was too amazing.
He had actually succeeded in developing it.
Lu Qiaoge took out the fried instant noodles and put them into the large tea mug prepared earlier.
A few minutes later, even with the main door tightly closed, an exceptionally tempting aroma wafted out.
Lu Qiaoge took a bite. Yes, this was the taste.
Delicious, so delicious.
The dehydrated vegetables had been prepared long ago. These were all samples, also packaged. After all, the chemical research institute had cooperated with the printing factory and produced the first batch.
Even though Master Kong had tested it many times, he still felt the flavor was fresh and irreplaceable by noodles from any regional cuisine.
And much tastier than Haicheng’s instant noodles.
The old and the young were very excited.
As if ushering in a new era.
Lu Qiaoge told Master Kong to keep it confidential and trial-produce a batch in the next few days for everyone to taste first.
After tasting, they’d know what to do.
Lu Qiaoge had initially prepared for all kinds of difficulties, but she hadn’t expected such strong support from above, giving her the green light. At this moment, Lu Qiaoge realized how powerful the state apparatus was once it started operating.
Moreover, this month she would have an extra salary. For September’s wages, she could get 118 yuan.
How exceptional this was in these times; Lu Qiaoge knew it well.
What more could be said? Just work hard.
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The food factory’s telephone was installed. Now any matters could be notified by telephone.
Seeing the completed instant noodles, Lu Qiaoge decided to report to Old Hu and then hold a tasting conference.
After Old Hu understood what a tasting was, he happily went straight to the factory department to find Director Hao.
Director Hao had been looking forward to it for a long time.
Speed is of the essence; 516’s comrades didn’t dawdle in doing things.
One by one notifications, and two days later, an unusual tasting conference was held in the factory department’s large meeting room.
The attendees were all cadres who strongly supported the new product.
Lu Qiaoge transported the samples to the meeting room in boxes.
There were large rice bowls prepared in advance—actually lunchboxes would work too, but for uniformity and looks, they used these white porcelain ones with lids…
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