The Green Tea’s Crushing Victories in the ’70s - Chapter 13

[Chapter 13 Thirteen Cups of Green Tea]

Tong Xuelu pinched her sore and stiff shoulders, she didn’t want to continue this job.

In a textile factory, weavers and stevedores are the most tiring types of work, but stevedores can take a break, but weavers cannot. They work hard from start to finish, and work overtime at night.

Unbearable.

She has to get herself another job!

Just when Tong Xuelu was so tired that she wanted to lie down, the bell rang.

Her eyes lit up, like a flock of sheep being let out of the fence, and ran towards the cafeteria with the workers.

“Come to a wowotou.”

Tong Xuelu came to the window lightly, and handed over the prepared food stamp and rice bowl.

Master Huang in the cafeteria slapped the wowotou in her rice bowl and asked aloud, “Comrade Tong, are you enough to eat only one wowotou every day? Why don’t you have some meat dishes?”

Tong Xuelu revealed a Just the right embarrassing smile: “No, wait until the salary is paid.”

Hearing this, Master Huang and the surrounding workers all cast sympathetic eyes on her.

Because of the propaganda of Mother Xu and Officer Qiu, almost everyone in the family compound and the textile factory now knows that not only her parents are dead, but her grandmother is crazy.

What a pity, but at the age of eighteen, the burden of the family fell on her shoulders alone.

Director Ma of the workshop came over and said: “Master Huang, give her a scallion pancake and a piece of fried pork with cabbage, the food stamps and meat stamps are all mine!”

Tong Xuelv quickly waved his hand: “No need for the director, I can eat wowotou. .”

Director Ma couldn’t help her refuse, grabbed her lunch box and handed it over: “Why are you being polite to me, can’t I afford this meal?”

Her little girl is going to get married next month. The man is the son of the deputy director of the Education Bureau. She has a good family background and a good-looking person. She values her little girl very much. Come with a sewing machine, a watch and a radio.

They have discussed these things, and they will not let the daughter take them with them. At the same time, she also wants to give her a long face, buy her a bicycle, and make enough for three turns.

It’s just that bicycle tickets are very rare. You can’t see one all year round. Although you can buy bicycles with ordinary industrial coupons, you need 50 tickets.

The number was too huge, their whole family was still short of seven tickets after two or three months. Tong Xuelv didn’t know where she knew of her difficulties. The next day she came to work, she came to her with seven industrial tickets and asked her to do so. Use it first, but don’t want any reward!

Do you think such a kind-hearted little girl can’t be liked?

Not to mention inviting her to a meal, she would be willing to invite her to eat ten meals.

Tong Xuelu couldn’t stop her, so she had to say thank you to Director Ma. Looking back, Master Huang gave her more weight than others, so she quickly said thank you, and then Director Ma pulled her to the table next to her to eat.

Director Ma took a bite of the scallion pancake, turned around and glanced left and right, and said in a low voice, “The director of the factory will be back today, and I will help you to remind him about his pension.”

Tong Xue’s green apricot eyes were watery, and she said gratefully: “Thank you, Director. Since I was a child, others have said that I am very lucky and I always meet noble people. I didn’t believe it very much before, but now I believe it. Look at me when I entered the factory, otherwise I would encounter something like you, Director. Noble person?”

Being said to be a noble person, Director Ma suddenly laughed until his teeth could not see his eyes: “You child, what kind of noble person is not noble! But if you have any difficulties in the future, come to me!”

“Thank you Director, you can meet me! Director, it is the greatest blessing in my life!”

Tong Xuelu’s eyes were red and she looked at her with gratitude and admiration.

Director Ma’s heart was full, and at the same time there was a sense of sacred mission.

Such a poor child, she has to take care of her a lot. It is one thing to invite her to dinner, and she will have to arrange less night shifts in the future…

**

At noon, Director Yu really came back.

This time, his mother was sick in the country, and when she called, she said that she was dying, and told him to go back quickly. He hurriedly arranged the affairs and left.

In the past few days, he drove the car all night, and stayed up late to take care of his mother when he went back. He was so tired that he fell out of shape. When his mother survived, he drove back to Beijing overnight.

As soon as he sat down, before he could even take a sip of water, Director Ma entered with a serious face.

“Director Yu, I want to tell you something about the Tong family’s pension.”

Director Yu put down the enamel jar in his hand: “Tell me.” Director Ma said

how hardworking the Tong family and his wife were before they died. The last few children are so pitiful, and they say that Tong Dajun’s mother is crazy. All in all, what happened to the Tong family can be said to be tragic. If factory director Yu doesn’t give Tong Xuelu the pension quickly, he will be a heartless person!

The person who can sit in the position of the factory director is naturally not someone who can be fooled with a few words: “You mean that Tong Dajun’s daughter is back and is still working in the factory, right?”

Director Ma nodded: “The child works hard. , he is very caring for his younger brothers and sisters, and is a very reliable child.”

Director Yu waved his hand: “Okay, I understand, you can ask her to come over.”

He didn’t believe what Director Ma said.

People who can’t even recognize their own biological parents, rely on a fart!

Director Ma didn’t know what the factory manager was thinking, so he stood up and hurried to inform Tong Xuelu.

After Tong Xuelu thanked Director Ma, he walked towards the factory director’s office calmly.

The vast majority of people who can be called green tea are those with first-class observation skills.

As soon as Tong Xuelu entered the door of the office, she immediately noticed that Director Yu was dissatisfied with her.

At this time, the explanation was pale, and she decided to make a preemptive move.

As she walked in, she took out a piece of paper from her pocket: “I heard that the factory director’s mother’s health is not very good, here I have a prescription left by the imperial doctor in the palace, which has the effect of strengthening the body. The factory manager sees whether it is suitable or not.”

“…”

The words of the factory director who wanted to blame were stuck in his throat, and the words that he wanted to reject were also stuck in his throat.

The imperial doctor’s prescription is a good thing.

His mother’s body had suffered badly when she was young, especially in the years of the great famine. In order to save food for their brothers and sisters, she was starved to the bone. Later, although life gradually improved, her body was not.

He paused, picked up the prescription and said, “This prescription… Where did you come from?”

Tong Xuelu said nonsense in a serious manner: “My adoptive parents gave it.” The

prescription was actually given by an old Chinese doctor in a previous life . Yes, it has a certain nourishing effect on the body, and most people can use it.

“Thank you, Comrade Tong.”

Tong Xuelu looked good-natured: “Director, you’re welcome, please put the recipe away so that no one can see it.”

Director Yu folded the recipe and put it in the mouth Bag, and asked again, “Why didn’t you show up when your parents had an accident before?”

After the above incident, his tone was obviously softened.

Unexpectedly, Tong Xuelu’s eyes were red, and she started her performance in a second.

“I know that in the eyes of the factory manager, I am an ignorant child, but my parents who have lived together for so many years suddenly said that they are not my parents. I was really scared and confused at the time. Mom, they are humming…”

“I once had a sincere family in front of me, I didn’t cherish it, and I regretted it when I lost it. The most painful thing in the world is this. If God can give me another chance, I will give my parents another chance. Say three words: I’m sorry!” At the

end, she looked sad and tearful.

Director Yu was most afraid of a woman crying. Seeing her crying into tears, he immediately said, “You, please stop crying! Knowing mistakes can improve a lot, this person will do wrong things, not to mention that you are young. After what happened, if your parents knew about it, they would definitely forgive you!”

Tong Xuelu looked at him tearfully: “Really? Will my parents really forgive me?”

Director Yu nodded quickly: ” Yes. Yes!”

Tong Xuelu looked at ease: “I feel a little better when the factory manager said that.” The

factory manager was relieved when she saw that she finally stopped crying.

Before, he thought that the child had no conscience, but now, seeing her crying and tearing up, and saying so many sincere words, he felt that he might have misunderstood her.

What’s more, he also accepted her a prescription, how could he be embarrassed to say blame again?

Tong Xuelu wiped away her tears and said with a serious face: “It’s useless to talk about the past, I just want to work hard to support my three younger brothers and sisters, and train them wholeheartedly into talents who are useful to the country and the people. Director, please ask me in the future. The organization and the factory supervise me!”

“Very good! It’s rare that you have this awareness at such a young age, and you will continue to maintain it in the future.”

Tong Xuelv is high-spirited: “I am the director of the factory, and I will devote my whole heart to the factory and the factory. Dedicate it to the Tong family, and strive to become an active member of the workforce!” The

factory manager finally nodded in satisfaction after hearing this, stretched out his hand to open the drawer, and took out the pensions inside.

He originally planned to give the pension to the people from Tong’s hometown, but now that Tong Xuelu is not as unreliable as the rumors say, it doesn’t matter to give the pension to her, anyway, it’s their Tong family’s thing.

Tong Xuelv came out of the office with the pension, looked around and sniffed the envelope.

It’s the smell of money, it’s so fragrant.

But acting was so tiring and exhausting, she decided to skip work to give herself a vacation.

Soon, she got a leave request form from the workshop director Ma.

Reason for leave: I want to buy supplements to send to my crazy grandma in my hometown.

Director Ma sees that she is so filial, how can there be any reason not to approve?

After leaving the factory, Tong Xuelv went straight to the state-run restaurant.

** Arrived

at the state-run hotel, because it was past the meal time, there were no other guests in the hotel.

Two waitresses were sitting and chatting.

“Comrade, do you still have meat now?”

In order to create the image of a poor family, she only eats fried vegetables or sauerkraut at home these days, her mouth almost faded out.

“No, no, the meal is over, and I still want to eat meat, eat ass!” The

short-haired waitress responded impatiently.

With this attitude of service, you will be drowned by people’s spit every minute in modern times, but the waiters are so proud in this era!

Tong Xuelu won’t be angry because of others’ rudeness: “Then what else is there to eat now?”

Another long-haired waiter said, “There are mung bean syrup and red dates steamed cake, do you want it?”

“If you want, give it to me. One of each.” The

long-haired waitress said: “Mung bean syrup is one cent per bowl, red dates steamed cake is nine cents and one, a total of two cents, and two taels of food coupons and one tael of sugar coupons.”

It’s really cheap .

Tong Xuelu quickly took out the money and tickets.

The long-haired waitress took the money and the ticket to bring things over, and then went back to chatting.

The mung bean syrup is not sweet enough, and the red date steamed cake is not bad.

Tong Xuelv was eating, and his mind was spinning.

Beihe’s hometown should receive a letter in the past two days. It only takes one day and one night to travel from Beihe to Beijing. In other words, they should kill them next week.

Now that her household registration has been established, her pension has been received, and a work place has been sold, in general, her task has been completed.

It would be perfect if you could change yourself to an easier job.

At this moment, the voices of two waitresses came from behind –

“Why does your cousin want to change positions with you, both of you are working in state-run restaurants, what’s there to change?” The

long-haired waitress sighed He breathed a sigh of relief: “My cousin, her mother-in-law and husband always beat her. She wants to find a job far away from home, so that she doesn’t have to live at home, so she may not be beaten.”

Although she sympathized with her cousin, she Her family is here, not to mention that she has no place to live in the city, is it difficult for her to rent a house?

“I think even if you are willing to change, her mother-in-law and husband will not let her come over!”

“You were right, she called the next day and said she would not change. Later, I heard from my mother that she But her husband broke her head just by mentioning it…”

Tong Xuelu rolled her eyes.

A state-run hotel…

it’s a good job, you can eat delicious food every day without being tiring.

And she loves to cook, it’s almost like it’s made for her.

Tong Xuelu swallowed the steamed red dates and prepared to start her performance again.

The author has something to say: Tong Xuelu: Oscar owes me a statuette

[Note] “I once had a sincere family relationship in front of me… I’m sorry!” This passage is adapted from the classic lines of the movie “Westward Journey”.

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