Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 287 Promotion to first-level clerk
The next Saturday, in the early morning, Zhao Erlunzi could still be seen in the Hongxing Steel Rolling Plant. He was not fired, and the benchwork department successfully completed its task, and delivered the parts to the factory in the afternoon.

Deputy director Zhao Yanquan was very happy and praised Xu Qing specially.

Director Li was not surprised at all, he was neither in a good nor bad mood.

After all, Xu Qing came to see him yesterday and informed him of the progress.

Director Li had a clear idea yesterday. He knew that he could use this matter to make things difficult for Xu Qing, but also failed to make Xu Qing take off his clothes and leave as he wished. He was a little angry, but more importantly, he thought, How about drawing Xu Qing to his side.

Director Li is a smart man, and has been in the official career for many years. His insight into people, things, and human nature has already reached the level of proficiency. Seeing that Xu Qing could not be fired from the factory, he thought of using him for his own purposes.

Anyway, the grievances between him and Xu Qing are not irresolvable, as long as Xu Qing helps him with things, he can forget about everything that happened before.

What's more, we are all adults, so we can talk about any issues!
This is not to say that Director Li is broad-minded, but that Director Li still wants to climb up, and Xu Qing is a capable person, so he naturally wants to be under his command.

Since Xu Qing became a cadre, although he said that he hadn't performed well in the factory in recent years, but in handling this matter, Director Li's eyes really shined.

There are more than a hundred workers in several workshops in the fitter department. Xu Qing allowed those workers to complete this month's task ahead of schedule within a week.

It shows that Xu Qing's prestige among the workers is quite good.

Otherwise, in Director Li's opinion, how could those workers who are only strong, uneducated, and of average quality work hard.

Not to give Xu Qing face.

There are quite a few cadres in the factory, just like Xu Qing, there are also many people in charge of a certain department.

However, if other departments can do this, Director Li can think of it with his toes, but there is none.

Originally, he did not expect that Xu Qing would lead the fitter department to complete this matter within a week.

But the fact is, Xu Qing did it.

Director Li was slapped in the face, and at the same time he was unhappy, but at the same time he had to secretly glance at Xu Qinggao.

The quality of the thousands of workers in the factory is uneven. There are all kinds of people. Some like to provoke troubles like Zhao Er's idiot, some don't listen to the arrangement, play tricks and roll around, and even worse, they play tricks behind their backs.Director Li has seen all kinds of people in the factory these years.

There are also many people who get into fights.

Xu Qing can handle everyone in the fitter department, isn't this the helper he needs?
The other leading cadres in the factory, as the top leader, can control them.

But for the workers, there is nothing they can do. The workers have no official positions, so if they really want to play tricks, he, the leader, can't control the situation by himself.

Of course, there is a security department in the factory, and he single-handedly selected the current section chief.

The problem is, none of the section chiefs he promoted accepted, and they all listened to Ma Guohua, the deputy section chief.

If he had Xu Qing, he would be even more powerful.

Ma Guohua is the father-in-law of Xu Qing.

In this way, if the workers in the factory want to make trouble, there are Ma Guohua and Xu Qing from the security department, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

At the same time, Xu Qing was working by his side, so he didn't have to worry anymore, Xu Qing would tell the story about him and Liu Lan.

Director Li's calculation is not bad.

As for doing things for Director Li, that's even more impossible.

However, Director Li made up his mind.

Before getting off work in the afternoon, the radio station at the Propaganda Section, the whole factory announced to praise everyone in the fitter department.

In addition, Director Li also promoted Xu Qing from a second-level clerk to a first-level clerk.

For Xu Qing, this is definitely a good thing. Once the level is promoted, the salary will also increase.

It's just that Xu Qing wasn't happy at all.

Director Li tried to make things difficult for him a few days ago, but his attitude has changed 180 degrees before the week has passed.

Xu Qing faintly felt that the medicine sold in Director Li's gourd was not a good medicine.

But I don’t care. Since I have been promoted to a first-level clerk, I will accept it.

In the future, the monthly salary can be increased to 78 yuan, and there is nothing wrong with it.

As for what Director Li wanted to do, although Xu Qing didn't figure it out for a while, he didn't bother to delve into it.

Director Li will use any means, and then he will.

After getting off work in the afternoon, brothers Xu Qing and Xu Aiguo both relaxed and left the factory together with Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu.

The weather today is better than the previous few days, the sky is clear without a trace of haze, but it is freezing, as usual.

After all, it is winter, and it will only get colder every day in the future.

The snow accumulation under the walls on both sides of the street has thickened a lot, the previous snow has not disappeared, and there was another snow a few days ago, but it will accumulate more and more.

The road surface has been cleared away, whether you are walking or cycling, you don't have to worry about falling.

Xu Aiguo wore the scarf woven by the little girl and the gloves given by his sister-in-law Jinghong, and walked beside his eldest brother Xu Qing, walking briskly.

He had been working overtime in the workshop from dawn to dusk these past few days. He finally helped his eldest brother overcome the difficulties, feeling relaxed and comfortable.

Silly Zhu and Qin Huairu didn't have much emotion. They didn't know what Xu Qing had experienced, and Xu Qing didn't tell them.

So, with a cigarette in his mouth, Silly Zhu took off his gloves, put them in the pocket of his cotton-padded jacket, turned his head and said to Xu Qing:

"Qingzi, the factory promoted you to be a first-level clerk today. If you are promoted one step further, will you be a sub-department?"

Xu Qing exhaled and hummed.

Silly Zhu tutted his tongue and said: "Qingzi, you still have the ability. Brother, I am a little envious of you now. You work harder and be promoted to director as soon as possible. Let's see how Xu Damao's grandson will behave in the courtyard in the future!"

Xu Qing smiled, but said nothing.

Qin Huairu on the side put his hands in the pockets of his cotton-padded jacket, listened to Shazhu's words, lowered his head, and thought deeply.

She knew every step of Xu Qing's promotion. Compared with Xu Qing, Xu Damao, the deputy director in the compound, was simply too poor.

Xu Damao asked Director Li to be promoted to the position of deputy director.

No one in the factory obeyed him.

Although Xu Damao is considered her brother-in-law now, Qin Huairu has never recognized him.

Xu Damao did poorly, followed Director Li, and cleaned up the leaders and cadres in the factory almost one by one.

The people in the factory talked right and wrong behind their backs, and she was also implicated as a result.

Originally, as a widow, she was easy to be gossiped by others, but now, with Xu Damao as her brother-in-law, there will be more people who talk about her.

Fortunately, Shazhu often helped her get ahead, plus, there was Xu Qing as a neighbor, and some people in the factory had to give Xu Qing some face and restrain himself.

It's just that Xu Damao actually mixed up with Director Li, an old pervert, which made Qin Huairu unacceptable.

Therefore, even if Xu Damao and her were considered relatives, Qin Huairu rarely interacted with her.

Just like getting off work in the afternoon, Qin Huairu would rather go with Sha Zhu, Xu Qing, and the uncle than take Xu Damao's bicycle, shame on her!
When Xu Qing and the others returned to the compound, Sha Zhu was in the front yard. He saw the third master Yan Pugui, and immediately grinned and said, "Hey, third master, I have some good news for you."

"What good news?" Yan Bugui was wearing a blue padded jacket, standing at the door of the house, looking at Sha Zhu.

Silly Zhu smiled, raised his hand and patted Xu Qing on the shoulder and said, "Third Lord, Qingzi has been promoted again today, and has become a first-class clerk in our factory."

"Yo, really?"

Yan Bugui showed excitement on his face, eyes full of surprise, he immediately looked at Xu Qing.

Qin Huairu reached out and loosened the scarf around her neck a little, and said to Xu Qing:

"Third Master, of course this is true. If you don't believe me, ask Aiguo."

Qin Huairu glanced at Xu Aiguo, "Aiguo, has your eldest brother been promoted?"

Xu Aiguo quickly nodded to Yan Bugui and said, "Yes, Third Master."

When Yan Bugui heard Xu Aiguo say that, he smiled instantly, and said with a smile:

"Xu Qing, third master, I knew you were the most promising!"

There were two officials, Xu Qing and Xu Damao, in the compound. Yan Bugui felt that he would be able to rely on him for anything in the future.

Even if Xu Damao can't be counted on, there is still Xu Qing.

Xu Qing is more reliable than Xu Damao.

And just when Yan Bugui was talking to Xu Qing and the others who had just returned to the compound, Yu Li came out of her own room, opened the curtain, leaned against the door, and heard everyone's words, feeling a little sour in her heart. .

Xu Qing was promoted again, and she was a man named Yan Jiecheng, but she was still a bullshit. She was still an ordinary worker, and she couldn't even be a cadre.

Yu Li sighed secretly, put down the door curtain, secretly feeling that her life was too miserable.

After Xu Qing and the third master exchanged pleasantries in the front yard for three or four minutes, they took the second brother back to the back yard.

But Shazhu and Qin Huairu had already returned to the middle court first.

When Xu Qing passed by the middle court, Jia Zhang kept looking at Xu Qing, and the first mother also looked at Xu Qing with a smile.

Don't think about it, it must be what Sha Zhu said just now in the middle court.

Xu Qing greeted Jia Zhang and Da Ma, and continued walking towards the backyard without stopping.

The backyard was quiet, and the second aunt was busy making dinner in the kitchen. The deaf old lady was getting older year by year, and she rarely appeared in the courtyard on this cold day.

The two brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu hadn't come back from work yet, so Qin Jingru from Xu Damao's family got off work early and was cooking dinner in the house at the moment.

After the little girl got off work from the state-run store, she went home to help Jinghong, and the two of them were busy in the kitchen together.

Xu Qing and his second brother went back to their house together and took off the gloves and scarf.

The room is warm, the stove in the front room has been on for a whole day, and the earth kang is now lit by the kitchen stove, and the temperature has also risen, making the room even warmer.

Xu Qing put his gloves on the edge of the Kang, and while untying the scarf wrapped around his neck, he walked towards the kitchen.

He reached out and opened the curtain hanging between the kitchen and the front room, and saw the little girl and Jinghong cooking noodles in the pot.

Xu Qing hurriedly tore off the scarf, turned his head and threw it to his second brother Aiguo, then took the chopsticks from his daughter-in-law, and asked Jing Hong to go back to the front room to rest.

The little girl smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, look how much my elder brother loves you."

With a big belly, Ma Jinghong looked at Xu Qing who just came back from get off work, reached out and took the little girl's hand and said:

"Your elder brother is back, I will hand over the kitchen to him, and we will go to the front room."

The little girl shook her head, and her two black braids shook accordingly.

"Sister-in-law, you go back to the front room, I'll stay and serve the food later."

As soon as the little girl finished speaking, Xu Aiguo stepped into the kitchen and said to Jinghong and the little girl:
"Sister-in-law, Xiaoya, brother and I will take care of the kitchen, you guys go to rest."

The kitchen was not big, so the little girl saw her second brother coming in, so she had to support Jinghong and walked towards the front room.

"Second brother, keep an eye on the fire, the firewood I added just now is almost exhausted."

"Okay, I'll add some more."

Xu Aiguo bent down, grabbed a dead branch, and stuffed it into the stove.

Xu Qing held the chopsticks in his left hand and the pot lid in his right hand, stirring the noodles in the pot amidst the white steam that kept coming out.

Seven or eight minutes later, the noodles were cooked, Xu Qing scooped up four bowls of noodles, and the little girl ran into the kitchen from the front room and helped out.

Xu Aiguo was in the cupboard, and brought the pickled vegetables and the two dishes that the little girl had fried earlier, one plate of scrambled eggs and one plate of vinegared cabbage, to the kang in the front room.

This year, even though it has been almost 70 years, there are still not many winter vegetables.

Almost the same as before, potatoes, cabbage, vermicelli, radish, all these are easy to store.

After the food was sorted, Xu Qing, his second brother, the little girl and his wife Jinghong sat on the kang and ate while it was hot.

The scrambled eggs are made by a little girl specially for sister-in-law Jinghong.

Xu Qing, Aiguo and the little girl, the three brothers and sisters did not eat.

Seeing this, Ma Jinghong picked up the plate, put some eggs into the little girl's rice bowl, and then put some eggs into Aiguo's bowl.

As for Xu Qing, hum, if you don't eat it, then don't even think about it.

The little girl secretly glanced at her elder brother, then looked at her sister-in-law Jinghong, pursed her lips and snickered.

Xu Aiguo saw that there were no eggs in his elder brother's bowl, so he used chopsticks to pick up the eggs in his own bowl, and gave elder brother Xu Qing three chopsticks.

Xu Qing looked up at his daughter-in-law Jinghong, and signaled, see, I can still eat if you don't give it to me.

Ma Jinghong rolled her eyes and didn't bother to pay attention.

Twenty minutes later, everyone finished their bowls of noodles and drank another bowl of rich noodle soup.

After eating and drinking enough, the little girl took the initiative to pack up the dishes and took them to the kitchen to clean.

Xu Aiguo picked up two briquettes with tongs, took them to the hut where he and the little girl lived, and lit fires on both sides.

Xu Qing hiccupped, stood at the door of the house, facing the outside, smoking the flue:

"I've been promoted to first-class clerk today."

Today's promotion, naturally I have to tell my daughter-in-law.

Ma Jinghong sat on the kang, her back leaning on the quilt, hearing her man's words, she felt very happy.

Xu Qing looked back at Jing Hong, smiled and said nothing.

And Xu Damao, who lived in the backyard, was in a bad mood all day today.

After seeing Zhao Erlian in the factory in the morning, he knew that he had lost the opportunity to report Director Li, so he was naturally upset.

And Xu Qing was suddenly promoted to a first-level clerk by Director Li.

Xu Damao was even more puzzled by this. A few days ago, he made a fool of himself and learned that Director Li was going to deal with Xu Qing.

However, Director Li took the initiative to promote Xu Qing today.

Xu Damao is a shrewd person, but on this matter, his head is almost broken, and he has not figured out the joints.

After Xu Damao finished the dinner made by Qin Jingru, he put his chopsticks on the table, stood up and looked through the window, and saw Xu Qing standing at the door smoking a cigarette.

Xu Damao rolled his eyes, put the cotton shoes he had just taken off on his feet again, put on a cotton jacket, opened the door, and walked towards Xu Qing.

(End of this chapter)