Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 143
Xu Qing rarely came to Ma Guohua's section chief's office.

As for Lao Zhang, as an old worker in the factory, he has a good relationship with Ma Guohua.

I would come here several times a month, wandering around, chatting with Ma Guohua.

At this time, Lao Zhang walked into Ma Guohua's office, saw no one else, closed the door, and said directly to Ma Guohua who was making tea:

"Old Ma, make me a cup of your section chief's tea too. After the Chinese New Year, I haven't had a sip yet."

Ma Guohua scolded with a smile: "Old Zhang, do you know how much tea you drank from me last year?"

"How many?"

"Half a catty!"

Ma Guohua said: "You haven't counted, but I have."

Old Zhang snorted and sat down on the sofa.

"You Chief Ma is an official, you still care about things over there, and you are not afraid of being laughed out of your teeth by spreading the word."

Ma Guohua complained, but he held the tea he had just made for Lao Zhang and placed it in front of Lao Zhang.

"What am I afraid of? When you Lao Zhang is at work, you don't stay in the workshop to work. You come to drink tea with me. Be careful that the factory manager will see you and criticize you!"

Lao Zhang laughed, picked up the tea cup, blew on it twice and said:

"The factory director saw it, and I told him to report the situation to you, Section Chief Ma."

Ma Guohua handed him a cigarette, sat on the side, and asked Lao Zhang, "Old Zhang, are you okay or not? I can go to the concierge later to see if my unlucky son is not lazy."

"Look, I can't look for you if nothing happens."

Lao Zhang stretched out his hand to strike a match, took a puff of cigarette, moved his body to the left, put his hand on the small mahogany coffee table between the two sofas, and said to Ma Guohua:

"Old Ma, I really have something I want to ask you."

"What do you think about me marrying my sixth son to my apprentice Xu Qing?"

After Lao Zhang finished speaking, he took another puff and looked at Ma Guohua, wanting to hear his opinion.

Ma Guohua took a sip of tea, almost choking, put down the teacup quickly, and coughed, "Old Zhang, what did you just say?"

Old Zhang's nostrils were smoking, and he gave Ma Guohua a white look.

"Old Ma, others say that you have a bad memory. I see that your ears are not working well now, old man."

Ma Guohua wiped the tea on his clothes with a handkerchief and said, "You want to marry your sixth son to Xu Qing. I think it's good, but..."

"But what? Lao Ma, do you still have any objections?"

Ma Guohua smiled bitterly and said, "I have no objection, but my fifth child is in a relationship with Xu Qing. I'm afraid she won't agree."

Old Zhang froze when he heard this, and stared at Ma Guohua in a daze, his eyes wide open.

"Old Ma, don't joke with me about your children."

"I'm not kidding."

Ma Guohua lit the chimney and said, "I just found out about this a few days ago."

Lao Zhang took a puff of cigarette silently, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart, he still wanted to marry his daughter to his apprentice.

I never thought that Lao Ma, an old boy, came to secretly hide Chen Cang and introduced his own daughter to Xu Qing first.

Lao Zhang stared and said to Ma Guohua: "Are you willing to give your fifth son to my apprentice?"

Ma Guohua didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I don't want to part with it, but what can I do, I can't stop them young people from getting married."

"My fifth child works in an art troupe, and the head's son came to my house during the Chinese New Year. It seems that he is interested in my daughter.

But my daughter looks down on her life and death, I just found out about it a few days ago, otherwise, my father would have been kept in the dark. "

Lao Zhang said oh and started smoking silently again.

After a while, Lao Zhang frowned and said: "You old boy are trying to trick me, right? Is there some information in the factory? You said this deliberately to prevent me from marrying my daughter to Xu Qing, okay? Leave it to your fifth child."

Hearing what Lao Zhang said, Ma Guohua laughed loudly, shook his head and said:

"Old Zhang, look at you, my brother and I have been friends for decades, I don't care."

"Why not, who knows what your old boy is thinking."

Lao Zhang said anxiously: "If the factory promotes my apprentice, then my apprentice might be able to become a cadre in the future."

Ma Guohua waved his hand and said, "Old Zhang, there are only two old brothers in my office. Let me tell you the truth, the factory has not yet decided to re-arrange other jobs for Xu Qing when he was published in the newspaper yesterday. But it should not be mentioned directly.

It may be that he has worked in the workshop for two or three years before mentioning it; it is also possible that he will be transferred to other jobs, so take your time. "

Old Zhang smoked a cigarette, looked at Ma Guohua and said, "Fortunately, I signed up my apprentice for next month's full-time assessment yesterday, otherwise, he would have been killed by your leaders!"

Ma Guohua didn't know where to start with these words, so he hurriedly said:

"Old Zhang, don't talk nonsense. I'm just a section chief. I can't decide what the factory director and his colleagues think. If I could, I would have promoted you to workshop director ten years ago."

"A workshop director, I don't care about it?" Old Zhang snorted, "If I want to be, I will be a section chief before your old boy."

“I just don’t want to deal with you officials, and I can’t do anything like bowing my head.

Especially the sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked factory director who was transferred a few years ago, when he came to the workshop for inspection, he just dragged the text.

Otherwise, sooner or later, I will slap his face with the sole of my shoe! "

Ma Guohua came closer to Lao Zhang and whispered: "I heard that the director of the factory was transferred from the hardware factory last year and was promoted again. He is now more senior than the factory director."

"With that kind of virtue, can you still be promoted? God is really blind!"

Old Zhang cursed, threw the burnt cigarette butt into the ashtray, stood up angrily and said:
"Lao Ma, if your daughter doesn't want to have sex with my apprentice, tell me sooner."

Ma Guohua also stood up, sent Lao Zhang to the door of the office, and said, "You will embarrass me about this, but if there is any news from the factory, I can tell you in advance."

Lao Zhang nodded, opened the office door, and walked out.

Back in the workshop, Lao Zhang looked at Xu Qing who was still standing on the bench working hard. He liked and was satisfied from the bottom of his heart.

Just thinking that his apprentice was dating Ma Guohua's daughter, Lao Zhang couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Secretly aware of the matter of my sixth son and apprentice, let's put it aside for now.

If the apprentice and Ma Guohua's daughter don't get married in the past two years, it won't be too late to talk about it then.

Anyway, my sixth daughter is only 17 years old, and she is not in a hurry to get married.

If the apprentice and Ma Guohua’s daughter become friends.
When Lao Zhang thought of this, he felt indescribably angry.

He simply didn't think about it anymore, took out his cigarette, turned around and walked out of the workshop, stood outside and started smoking.

After smoking a cigarette, Lao Zhang said helplessly in his heart:

"It's going to rain and my mother is going to get married. If my daughter is not lucky, I can only help her find a family again. But if my daughter is lucky, Xu Qing, my apprentice, will never be able to run away!"

(End of this chapter)