Huo Duanming was absent-minded all morning, pouring the freshly heated hot water into the mop washing pool, and also poured the tea that the veteran cadres were about to drink.
Usually, the Laogan Activity Center is very quiet except for the sounds of mahjong playing and quarreling.
Today the veteran cadres were so angry that they were all glaring, some were slapping the table, some were waving their crutches, and it was a chaotic mess. It was extremely lively.
The voice was always cursing, but it was still done in various accents.
"Little Chi man, what are you doing? If the tea is so good, will it cause chaos?"
"You Hamapi, a wandering soul early in the morning, drank too much horse urine."
"Hua Shengzi, why don't you mop the floor quickly? There is water everywhere. If I fall down, I'll beat you to death."
"Sipujie, Zhongfa is rotten, come here quickly and take care of it!"
Huo Duanming seemed not to hear, walking from here to there with a dull look in his eyes and an expressionless face.
When the alarm clock rang for get off work, he seemed to wake up from a dream, threw away the rag in his hand, and ran out immediately.
The noise at Laogan Activity Center became even louder.
"I ran away and got up. Why don't you help me up?"
"This melon boy is begging like crazy."
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Huo Duanming ran to the underground workers' rest room in one breath.
Everyone in the lounge rolled their eyes, pretending not to see him, and ignored her.
Huo Duanming blushed and asked, "Where's the captain?"
Someone sneered: "Did you call me captain? You are no longer an underground worker. Just call me Comrade Li Wenyong in a proper manner."
"It's just that you dare to come here. You really don't know how thick-skinned you are."
"You'd better leave quickly to avoid making it look ugly later."
Huo Duanming whispered: "The captain asked me to come."
"Damn it, can't you understand people? Did you call me captain? Don't be too shameless." Someone rolled up his sleeves and came over and grabbed his collar.
"He just came to provoke us, thinking that we wouldn't dare do anything to him."
"Beat him to death. Such a scum has emerged from the underground. It really brings disgrace to our faces."
Everyone was shouting.
Huo Duanming didn't expect that the brothers who used to be brothers and could change clothes and wear clothes would now show their fangs and claws at him, as if they all wanted to eat him.
For him, such a blow was greater than being called around by old men at the Laogan Activity Center.
He seemed to be dead, with his head lowered and allowed to be pushed and pushed around, swaying.
"What are you doing? Are you too full from lunch?" Li Wenyong's cold voice sounded at the door.
The man holding Huo Duanming turned around and said, "Captain, how dare this guy come here."
"Yeah, they really don't take us seriously."
“Are the frontline workers underground so easy to bully?”
"Let go, I asked him to come." Li Wenyong said calmly.
Everyone looked at each other in surprise.
"team leader."
"What's going on? Are you threatened by him?"
"Don't be afraid of him. We support you, let's see who dares to conspire."
Li Wenyong raised his hand, and no one dared to speak out.
"Everyone has been working all morning and we are all tired. Let's go and have a rest. We will continue working in the afternoon." After Li Wenyong finished speaking, he glanced at Huo Duanming and said, "Come in."
The pale-faced Huo Duanming then raised his head and said the third sentence he came in with: "Okay."
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Li Wenyong took off his galoshes and gloves, took off his waterproof suit, and sat on the chair tiredly.
Huo Duanming waited silently, just like a criminal waiting for the judge to sentence him to death or a suspended death sentence.
Li Wenyong took a sip of water and was silent for a while before saying, "Come back."
Huo Duanming suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Wenyong, tears welling up in his eyes, his lips trembling, and he shouted: "Boss."
Li Wenyong sighed softly: "I have thought a lot in the past few days. Although you were wrong, you were also coerced by Guo Mingzhe and Wang Xiaolan. Since you had the courage to admit your mistakes yesterday, this matter ends here.
Already."
Huo Duanming is right when he says that the culprits Guo Mingzhe and Wang Xiaolan are at large, but he is the only one who is punished. This is unfair.
If Li Wenyong really wants to vent his anger on Li Wenjun, he should go to Guo Mingzhe and Wang Xiaolan instead of just targeting Huo Duanming.
It is not the behavior of a man to bully the weak and avoid the strong and treat them differently.
"So I will give you a chance to atone for your sins. From today on, you will return to the underground as an ordinary underground worker. What happens next depends on your performance."
Huo Duanming knelt down with a pop and kowtowed to Li Wenjun: "Thank you, boss."
Li Wenyong frowned: "You have gold under your knees, why do you keep kneeling now?"
Huo Duanming hurriedly stood up and bowed: "I understand."
Li Wenyong waved his hand: "You go back and get ready. I'll call the Human Resources Department later."
Huo Duanming hesitated: "What if the personnel department doesn't approve?" The personnel department used to be under the supervision of Guo Jianguang, but now it is under the supervision of Wang Yongqing. Both of them must hate him now.
Li Wenyong saw through his worries and said calmly: "Don't be afraid, neither of them can care about it now."
That's right. Wang Yongqing was beaten to a pulp by Li Wenjun a long time ago. Now it's even worse. It's as if he's dead and there's no movement at all.
Guo Jianguang is also busy settling the matter of the Institute of Electronics' lawsuit against Guo Mingzhe, so he doesn't have the energy to embarrass Huo Duanming.
Huo Duanming bowed again and was about to go out.
But Li Wenyong said: "Wait a minute."
Huo Duanming's heart jumped suddenly, thinking that Li Wenyong regretted it, and turned around stiffly.
Li Wenyong said: "Wipe the tears on your face. What does it look like for a grown man to cry at every turn?"
Huo Duanming hurriedly wiped the tears on his face and replied: "I know."
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Huo Duanming walked out, and everyone looked back at him. The lounge, which had been filled with laughter and talking, suddenly became quiet again.
Huo Duanming bowed to everyone: "I'm sorry, comrades. I know I was wrong. No punishment for me is excessive. However, I still want to ask you comrades, considering my work attitude in the past two years, I will never be punished again."
Give me a chance. I will work hard and never bring discredit to others."
No one said anything.
Sun Jie snorted: "The captain has agreed. Why don't we agree? You have to work hard in the future. If you dare to do anything, I will not let you go." In fact, I saw Wu Renxin bullying me that day.
After Qin Hongling, he also disliked Huo Duanming very much. But Li Wenyong could forgive Huo Duanming, and he had no reason to embarrass Huo Duanming.
Sun Jie said this, and others also agreed.
"We'll see."
"It depends on how you behave."
"Anyway, we all listen to the captain."
Huo Duanming grinned and bowed again: "Thank you, comrades. Thank you."
