Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 354
"Dad, Master."

Xu Qing got out of the car and said to Ma Guohua and Lao Zhang:

"Deputy Director Wang from the Fifth Factory has brought someone to pick me up. I'll go over now, and I'll visit you at home later."

Ma Guohua and Lao Zhang, neither of them spoke anymore, and felt a little bit reluctant to leave Xu Qing.

But after the order from the main factory, they couldn't say much.

The two had no choice but to nod to Xu Qing silently.

The sun was dazzling and the weather was getting hot. After saying hello to Zhou Pingtai and Wang Dequan, Xu Qing returned to the car, sat in the back seat, and waved goodbye.

Er Mazi ran to Xu Qing's office earlier, but now he followed him back to the door of the third workshop.

Bai Ya shouted to Xu Qing who rolled down the window:

"Qingzi, remember to come to your brother's house when you have time. I'll ask Xiaojuan to cook some good dishes for you, and we two will have a good meal."

Xu Qing smiled and nodded.

After the car left, Er Mazi, Ma Guohua, Lao Zhang, Zhou Pingtai, Wang Dequan and others stood quietly outside the workshop to watch.

The sun is baking the earth, and the weather is getting hot, making people sweat constantly on their faces.

But it was only around ten o'clock in the morning. Lao Zhang turned his head and glanced at Ma Guohua, then raised his foot and kicked Er Mazi without hesitation and said:

"What are you looking at, go into the workshop and work! My apprentice is going to be the factory manager by car, what are you looking at, kid?"

Er Mazi suffered an unreasonable disaster, got kicked, patted his trousers with his right hand, and muttered:

"Old man, that's too much, Qingzi is my buddy after all."

It's just that after Er Mazi finished speaking, he immediately went back to the workshop, for fear that Lao Zhang would kick him again.

Zhou Pingtai and Wang Dequan also returned to the workshop.

At noon, Er Mazi made a meal in the canteen, found Ma Jiefang, sat down together, took a sip of vegetable soup, raised his head and asked:

"Liberation, Qingzi will go to the fifth factory to be the director. If we two brothers go with him today, will it be a good time for him?"

Ma Jiefang held the steamed bun in his left hand and used chopsticks in his right hand to dig into the lunch box and said:
"That's for sure. Brother Qing Zi has become the director of the fifth branch factory. When a new official takes office, he will naturally have to clean up the dust and treat him well."

What Ma Jiefang said was absolutely correct. At this moment, Xu Qing was in the Fifth Factory and was being warmly received by Sun Deyou, the director of the 'G Committee' of the Fifth Factory, together with Wang Minsheng and several deputy factory directors.

The food in the fifth branch factory is not worse than that in the third factory, but it is not good either.

After all, both are branches of the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, and their situations are similar in all aspects.

It's just that today is Xu Qing's first day in office. The kitchen chef of the fifth branch factory received the notice early, and under the personal supervision of the canteen director, he prepared a table of sumptuous meals early in the morning.

One roast chicken, one braised fish, one bastard soup, two meat dishes, and four cold dishes.

In addition to these, there are three bottles of Xiaoye Kui Moutai on the table.

The reception standards were quite satisfactory, and if placed in future generations, they would be a bit unremarkable.

Just those three bottles of Moutai can make people's eyes shine.

But in this era of planned economy, there are not many good things, and Moutai is only a slightly famous wine, and the price is not high, an ordinary bottle is only a little more than four yuan.

People who live in the city, whether they are workers or cadres, can afford to buy what they want, and they can buy it everywhere.

As for the three bottles of small-leaf sunflower Moutai to entertain Xu Qing, it was Sun Deyou, the director of the 'G Committee' of the fifth branch, who personally liked it better, so they used it to entertain Xu Qing.

Xu Qing doesn't have a deep understanding of wine, although he knows that in later generations, this kind of small-leaf sunflower can be sold for sky-high prices at auctions.

But these days, it's not worth a lot of money.

A box of sunflowers is less expensive than a bicycle, and a radio is expensive.

Sun Deyou took the initiative to pour wine for Xu Qing and said with a smile on his face: "Director Xu, this is my personal collection. How do you like it?"

Xu Qing picked up the wine cup, took a sip, and nodded with a smile, "Director Sun, this wine is good, I like it."

Sun Deyou laughed loudly, "Director Xu and I are really like-minded. Since you like it too, in a few days, I will personally give you a few bottles."

When Xu Qing saw that Sun Deyou was more capable than Director Li from Factory No. [-], he took the initiative to express his goodwill as soon as he met him. Apparently, he had some plans in mind for the future changes in the situation.

Xu Qing saw it, put down his wine glass, and said with a smile: "Director Sun, if you say that, then I will be disrespectful."

Sun Deyou waved his hands and said with a smile: "Director Xu, it's just a few bottles of wine, not worth mentioning."

Wang Minsheng kept company on the side and did not take the initiative to interrupt. He was a deputy factory director, although his status was not low in Factory Five, which had thousands of people.

But in front of Xu Qing and Sun Deyou, he was still a head short.

Xu Qing is the director of the factory, and will be the most serious leader in the factory from now on.

Sun Deyou has been the director of the 'G Committee' in the factory for these years.

He is a deputy factory director, and he is also a deputy factory director like the others. On this occasion, he only has a smiling face to accompany him.

It wasn't until Xu Qing and Sun Deyou exchanged polite greetings that Wang Minsheng, at Sun Deyou's suggestion, toasted Xu Qing with several others.

At this time, in the cafeteria of the fifth branch factory, the workers eating lunch, regardless of gender, were eating the food in front of them, looking sideways at the private room of the cafeteria, and at the same time whispering about the new factory manager in the factory.

He is literate and has a bit of culture. He has read newspapers before and knows Xu Qing's deeds, so he whispered to the people around him:

"Xu, the new director of our factory, went to university three years ago and interviewed foreign guests. After all, he just graduated last month and came back from our factory. Now, he is promoted to the director of our main factory. He seems to be in his early thirties, young and promising. !"

"Hey, he has the ability. I heard that when Director Xu was in the third factory, he was already a section chief there before he went to university for further studies."

"Yes, I also heard from my nephew's father-in-law that in Factory No. [-], our new Director Xu was very powerful before."

In the canteen of the No. [-] branch factory, the workers gathered together and chatted in a low voice.

Accompanied by Sun Deyou, Wang Minsheng and others, Xu Qing left the cafeteria after lunch.

Many workers stopped the bowls and chopsticks in their hands, stretched their necks, and looked towards Xu Qing, wanting to witness the demeanor of the new director Xu in the factory.

However, there were many people in the cafeteria and it was noisy. Many workers stood up to look, which made some petite female workers stand on tiptoes, but Xu Qing was still not seen.

Outside the cafeteria, the sun was shining brightly, scorching everything, and the heat wave was like a tide, rushing in crazily.

Xu Qing took out his handkerchief and wiped the hot sweat from his forehead. Seeing this, Sun Deyou immediately said:
"Director Xu, at noon now, why don't we take you to your office first, rest for noon, and after work in the afternoon, we will take you to familiarize yourself with the factory."

Xu Qing originally wanted to take advantage of the time at noon, when the workers in the factory were eating in the cafeteria, to get acquainted with the factory briefly, so as not to go to work in the afternoon, and the workers were busy going to work, which would affect their work.

But when Director Sun said that, he pondered for a while.

I think it's better to go back to the office first.

Director Sun and these deputy factory directors couldn't be allowed to follow him around the factory under the sun at noon.

He himself doesn't care, but Director Sun and the others may not be happy about it.

Xu Qing said: "Well, I will follow Director Sun's arrangement."

Seeing that Xu Qing was so easy to talk to, Sun Deyou suddenly realized that it shouldn't be difficult to get along with Factory Director Xu in the future.

Several deputy factory directors standing beside Xu Qing also thought to themselves:

"The new director Xu is a man capable of doing great things. He is not like the former factory director. On the first day of his arrival, he didn't even eat lunch, so he was in a hurry to show off. He wandered around the factory in the middle of the day. .

As a result, within a few days, his true colors were revealed. He stayed in the office all day long and didn't even want to take a look at the workshop. Before he was transferred, he didn't even understand how many workshops there were in the factory.

And this year's new factory director, Xu, is not very old, but he has a calm mind. He looks decent, and he has just graduated from university. "

But they didn't know it well, Xu Qing never wanted to be the director of the factory.

In fact, Xu Qing plans to graduate from university. If the country rearranges his job, he will try to see if he can do something in the journalism field.

As for continuing to shine in the factory, I really have no interest.

I never thought about pursuing an official career from the beginning. Of course, this path is not bad.

But I don’t like it very much, so I have no intention of doing it.

What's more, with the ability to divide into two, it will be opened in a few years, and the era of domestic economic explosion will soon be ushered in.

If you don't seize this opportunity, wouldn't it be a waste of such good ability?

Therefore, for Xu Qing, he is now the director of the fifth branch factory, but to him, it is like a chicken rib.

It is the country that tells him where he came from and where he will go back.

It was the main factory that asked him to serve as director of the fifth factory.

Xu Qing could only follow the arrangement.

But in the final analysis, he still wants to jump out of this circle and create a world by himself.

It's just that if he comes, he will be safe, and the head factory will let him be the factory director. Then, in the next two years, Xu Qing will naturally do a good job with all his heart.

After going to work in the afternoon, Xu Qing, led by Sun Deyou and Wang Minsheng, got familiar with the factory.

It's just that this is just a simple understanding. If you want to thoroughly understand the situation of the entire branch factory, it is impossible to do it overnight.

You should slowly master it at work in the future.

After walking around the factory, Xu Qing returned to the office.
On his first day in office, he did not rush to call a meeting of the heads of various departments in the factory.

Of course he can do this kind of thing.

Several deputy factory directors in the factory can be asked to gather everyone together.

But Xu Qing thought about it and decided to forget it.

For people like Sun Deyou and Wang Minsheng who were at the deputy director level in the factory, he had to first find out their temperaments and their methods of dealing with problems.

The rest, take your time,
This is like in the school, the head teacher will elect the class leader and class representative for the new class at the beginning of the school year.

Because in essence, managing a factory is actually the same as managing a class.

However, the only difference is that the number of people is different.

Xu Qing is like the class teacher of the fifth factory, Sun Deyou, the director of the 'G Committee', is the class leader, and Wang Minsheng and other deputy factory directors are the deputy class leaders or class representatives.

Abandon the appearance and get straight to the essence, it's not that complicated.

To say it is complicated, it only depends on the human heart.

But this is not what Xu Qing is concerned about. Xu Qing only hopes that he can work happily with Sun Deyou, Wang Minsheng and others during the two years of managing the fifth branch.

If they do one thing in the open and another in the back, then I'm sorry, he won't agree.

Therefore, after Xu Qing returned to the office, he chatted with Sun Deyou alone for more than half a day.

The first is to listen to Sun Deyou's report on various aspects of the factory.

Secondly, Xu Qing also learned about Sun Deyou's personality by the way.

If Sun Deyou, like Director Li of Factory No. [-], wants to oust him as the newly appointed director, then after two months, when the change is over, Xu Qing will not hesitate to cut into the mess.

Although doing this will definitely arouse Sun Deyou's dissatisfaction, the problem is that if Sun Deyou wants to dominate the fifth factory, wouldn't it mean that he doesn't give Xu Qing any mercy?

In this case, why should Xu Qing save face for him.

However, Sun Deyou is very sensible.

Knowing that Xu Qing's communication with him alone was not just a so-called communication, he took the initiative to give Xu Qing a detailed summary report on all aspects of the factory.

After Sun Deyou finished talking about what happened in the factory, he then expressed his position:

"Director Xu, you can see the current situation clearly, and I can also see it. In the past, the 'G Committee' was at its peak no matter in our branch factories or the main factory. But now the situation has changed drastically. In the future, If there is any problem in our factory, I will definitely help you solve it with Deputy Director Wang and others."

Sun Deyou's words were quite pleasant to Xu Qing's ears.

I understand that Sun Deyou will not take the lead against him.

Otherwise, the director of the 'G committee' of this factory would be the first fire of his new office.

But Sun Deyou knows how to praise.

Xu Qing picked up the teacup with a smile, handed it to Sun Deyou and said:

"Director Sun, you came to our fifth branch factory earlier than me, and you know many things better than me.

Since you said so, then I will trouble you more in the future. "

Sun Deyou took the teacup with both hands, and said with a busy smile:
"Director Xu, we are all doing things for the country and for the factory, no matter what troubles, I should help you."

Xu Qing smiled and said nothing.

Sun Deyou broke into cold sweat on his back.

He didn't understand what Xu Qing's smile meant, and wanted to open his mouth to ask, but the thought was dismissed in an instant.

Although he didn't understand what Xu Qing meant, but since he sat in front of Xu Qing, he has at least understood a little bit.

Xu Qing would not operate on him.

In this way, his position in the factory is still stable.

Sun Deyou felt relieved.

Xu Qing took out his cigarettes, took out one, lit it with a lighter, and started smoking. Then he signaled to Sun Deyou:

"Director Sun, don't you want to smoke?"

Sun Deyou hurriedly put down his tea cup and said, "Director Xu, you don't know something. I have a bad throat recently and I feel uncomfortable whenever I smoke."

None of Sun Deyou's words were true, but he didn't dare to just pick up the cigarette and smoke it.

He could do that, but he was more aware of the impact of doing that.

Anyway, they are people who have been in the official career for many years, and they are all over 50, and they have a lot of life experience. How can they be a brat who doesn't understand anything.

In addition, he didn't understand Xu Qing, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

After lunch, Sun Deyou felt that Xu Qing was easy to talk to. When he proposed to take a break at noon and then inspect various departments in the factory, Director Xu readily agreed without any hesitation.

But after inspecting the factory in the afternoon, he neither held a meeting immediately nor asked the heads of departments in the factory to hold a meeting, but only chatted with himself alone.

Obviously Factory Director Xu is not a person without opinions and abilities.

Sun Deyou secretly sorted out Xu Qing's deeds in his mind, and he was even more sure that the director Xu in front of him was not someone to be messed with.

Which section chief is willing to let go of being a good section chief and go to university for further study.

For this decisiveness, courage, and courage, who can compare to ordinary people?
After Sun Deyou left Xu Qing's office, he immediately took out his handkerchief, stood in the corridor, and quickly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

He thinks he has lived most of his life and has seen countless people, but this is the first time he has seen Director Xu.

It's easy to talk, but it seems hard to talk.

He didn't say a heavy word, but his light words seemed to weigh a thousand pounds in his ears.

Sun Deyou sighed inwardly, "The new Director Xu is really extraordinary!"

After getting off work in the afternoon, Xu Qing returned to his compound. It was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

As for why it was so late, it was naturally busy with entertainment.

Being promoted to factory director is still a positive thing. On the first day of taking office, it is difficult to want to have nothing to do.

In the front yard, Yan Bugui would usually sit on a recliner in the yard holding a cattail fan and listen to the radio, but today, when Xu Qing came back, not only did he not see the third master, nor did the third mother.

The front yard was quiet and dark, and there was no one there.

Xu Qing, on the other hand, was passing by the middle courtyard and suddenly heard the sound of people in the backyard where he lived.

Suddenly I smiled in my heart.

You guessed it right, the third uncle’s family, together with the families from the middle courtyard, were all in their own house in the backyard.

As expected, when Xu Qing returned to the backyard, he saw the third uncle, the second uncle, the first uncle and Shazhu, Qin Huairu, the third mother, the first mother, the second aunt, Xu Damao, Qin Jingru, and Jia Zhang all sitting in their own homes. , talking happily one by one.

As for the content, it was nothing more than knowing that I had become the director of the fifth branch factory and came to congratulate me.

The third master, Yan Bugui, is a teacher and doesn't work in the factory. Sha Zhu, Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu heard about it when they returned to the compound.

In the afternoon, Yan Bugui stood in the front yard for a while, frowned, took off his glasses, put them back on, looked at Si Zhu, then turned to ask Yi Zhonghai, obviously shocked by the news. .

But now, as soon as Yan Bugui saw Xu Qing came back, he immediately stood up from Kang Yan'er, smiled and said:

"Xiao Qing, congratulations. You have become the director of the factory today. You are the highest official in our institute. Congratulations! Congratulations!"

The briefcase in Xu Qing's hand was taken over by his sister Xu Xiaoya, put aside and put away.

Xu Qing took out his cigarettes and gave them to the three uncles in the courtyard while saying to Yan Bugui:

"Third uncle, I am the director of the branch factory. It's nothing."

Yan Bugui took the cigarette from Xu Qing with both hands, feeling indescribably happy.

He said to everyone: "Look, everyone, look, Xiaoqing is still so humble, benevolent, and has become the factory director. He has no airs towards us old neighbors."

Silly Zhu turned his head to look at Yan Bugui, curled his lips and said:
"Third uncle, what you said was that when Qingzi was the section chief, he didn't show off in front of you, right?"

Even though Sha Zhu had studied in university with Xu Qing, he could still utter a sentence or two from time to time, such untimely words.

There is no way, Silly Zhu is still Silly Zhu, his character has hardly changed, especially since he likes to nag and blurts out subconsciously.

It was only after I said it that I suddenly felt that these words were a bit offensive.

But it's hard to get over the flood, so Sha Zhu had no choice but to quickly turn his head and ignore Yan Bugui.

And what can Yan Pugui say?
Now even Shazhu is a cadre, and looking at his three boys, none of them can give him face.

Today let Sha Zhu choke in front of everyone in the courtyard, even though he is full of complaints about Sha Zhu in his heart, it is not easy to care about it.

If he didn't have a promising family member, how could he have the confidence.

What's more, he is still at Xu Qing's house at this time, even if he wants to break up with Sha Zhu, it can only be done afterwards, and Xu Qing can't lose face.

Yan Bugui ignored Shazhu, and turned a deaf ear to what Shazhu said, and continued to Xu Qing with a smile:

"Xiaoqing, today your third mother weighed some pretty good millet. I brought you five catties, and Feng Ming put it in the kitchen. If you still want to eat it after a while, just talk to me and your third mother. There are quite a few more.”

Xu Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, the family had already bought a lot of things like millet.

At the state-owned store last weekend, he bought twenty kilograms at a time.

After using one point of ability, it directly becomes forty catties.

Although there are many people in the family, it is enough to eat for a long time.

However, after hearing Yan Bugui's words, Xu Qing still smiled and thanked him.

At this moment, Jia Zhang saw that Yan Bugui had told Xu Qing about the millet he had taken, and said anxiously:
"Xiaoqing, I shook more than 100 briquettes for your family today!"

(End of this chapter)