"Hey, Mr. Liao, you have returned home with a full load again!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Lao Liao, it's been less than two months since you went to Luping. Look, you've gained at least 10 pounds..."
In the family courtyard of the Provincial Chemical Engineering Design Institute, people who were relaxing in the cool downstairs gathered around a man who had just walked in from outside. Everyone stared at the large and small bags in the man's hands and mouths.
The words spoken were clearly filled with a strong sense of sourness.
Damn it, in an era when everyone is living a hard life counting steel coins, is it really appropriate for you to be strutting through the market carrying two old hens, a bucket of oil, and half a pocket of peanuts?
The man who came in was none other than Liao Derong. His current position is still listed in the Chemical Engineering Design Institute, but two months ago he was temporarily seconded to a Canghua company in Luping by the Department of Chemical Industry. It is said that he was recently appointed.
I'm the chief engineer of some factory.
The Chemical Engineering Design Institute is a place filled with intellectuals. One of the bad habits of intellectuals is that they are good at research. Those who are interested have already understood that the Canghua Company is actually the labor service company of the Canghai Fertilizer Factory. Liao Derong went to work under such a company.
Being the chief engineer in a factory is not considered a high position, but should be considered a demotion, right?
When Liao Derong was just seconded, everyone was gloating about his misfortune. This is not to say that old Liao was hated by people in the design institute, but that intellectuals have another bad habit, which is to hope that their colleagues will suffer misfortune. Don't say that.
No matter what the relationship between this colleague and yourself is, even if it is a good friend who drank and chatted with a girl the day before, as long as the other person is unlucky, it can reflect your own luck.
But soon, everyone realized that they were happy too early. On the weekend two weeks later, Liao Derong returned to Ruizhang from Luping to rest. When he returned to the family courtyard, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening, and there was nothing in the courtyard.
People, so no one noticed him.
But the next day, half of the people in the yard smelled the aroma of chicken stew in someone's home. One said it was refreshing, and the other said it made people salivate.
In China in the early 1980s, if there were no New Year holidays or confinement period, how could anyone cook chicken stew?
Everyone went out, pretending as if nothing had happened, and followed the smell like hunting dogs. Only then did they realize that the scent came from Liao Derong's house. Looking up, they saw many clothes and pants hanging to dry on the balcony of Liao Derong's house, as well as a long bamboo pole.
Bacon sausage. Engineers can solve finite element problems by relying on mental arithmetic, but they still can’t guess what’s going on?
Lao Liao is back.
The chicken was brought back by Lao Liao.
Lao Liao also brought back a bamboo stick of bacon sausage.
Lao Liao is angry!
What followed continued to confirm and refresh everyone's guesses. Liao Derong came back once every two weeks on average, and each time he entered in the dark, fearing that no one would see him.
And every time Liao Derong came back, the family would have to eat good food, including chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, turtle doves, and other mountain delicacies that everyone could not smell with their noses...
Inevitably, colleagues who were close to Liao Derong came to inquire. Liao Derong told the visitors that he bought these things with his own money. In Cangtang, things are cheaper in the countryside than in Ruizhang, the provincial capital.
Alas, both of my parents are middle-aged, and the children are growing up, so they can’t save a mouthful of food. No, this salary is all discounted.
Of course no one would believe this kind of nonsense.
Who doesn’t know how stingy Liao Derong and his wife are? If someone didn’t give it away for free, would the two of them be willing to buy chickens and ducks to eat?
You also said that your salary has been discounted. Your wife has just bought a polyester jacket. The price in the department store is more than 50 yuan. Also, your wife is currently busy asking where to buy it.
As for the color TV, they were told that the domestically produced one would not work and that I wanted an original Toshiba one...
Lao Liao is on a gold rush!
Just when everyone's jealousy started to spread like a prairie fire, Liao Derong unexpectedly went out of his way and did not choose to go home in the middle of the night. Instead, he came back when everyone had just finished dinner and went downstairs for a walk, with his hands uncovered.
Carrying the local specialties brought back from Luping, are you planning to show them off?
"Oh, I'm so fat. I work overtime every day. I wish I could be the boss of three people. No, the company leader felt sorry for me, so he gave me some benefits. He originally said he would give me a leg.
I thought it was heavy and couldn’t bring it back, so I didn’t want it..."
Liao Derong stood still and said to his colleagues with a sincere look on his face.
"Old Liao, you... look, you're spending money recklessly, why don't you go home quickly?"
Liao Derong's wife Su Juan was also downstairs at this time. When she saw Liao Derong standing down and chatting with everyone, she quickly stepped forward and took the things from Liao Derong's hand while winking at him, roughly to remind him not to reveal his wealth.
This is a strategy that the couple had discussed before. Liao Derong was able to receive generous benefits from Canghua Company, as well as some cleverly named subsidies, and his family's living standard has increased significantly. This cannot be hidden from his neighbors and colleagues.
But as long as no one saw him bringing anything home, the couple could deny it, which would be considered a cover-up.
Liao Derong always chooses to go home at night, precisely for this reason.
But this time, he did the opposite. Not only did he come in at this time, he also stood in the yard and talked and laughed with everyone. Isn't this just trying to bring hatred to his family?
"Su Juan, take the things home first. This oil is camellia oil, which is very expensive. Don't mix it with vegetable oil." Liao Derong had no intention of disturbing the nest and just handed the things to his wife.
, and ordered rather arrogantly.
"Why did you buy such expensive oil?" Su Juan tried in vain to cover up.
"I didn't buy it, it was issued by the company." Liao Derong said domineeringly, and then he received a burst of expected compliments, although they were all sour.
Su Juan couldn't figure out what kind of madness Liao Derong was, and she couldn't argue with him in this situation. She had to stamp her feet, call her eldest son who was playing nearby, and carry the things home together.
"Alas, you don't know!" Liao Derong was in the mood for conversation. He took a cigarette from a colleague next to him, lit it with the cigarette butt handed over by another colleague, and said to everyone:
"The hospital seconded me to the Canghua Technology and Trade Company, which really put me in a difficult position. That company is a Sino-foreign joint venture. No, a large American company just invested 1.5 million US dollars in a vitamin.
production line.
"Good guy, hundreds of pieces of equipment have to be designed from scratch. People said that there is no cap on benefits, but the work must be completed on time. In the past two months, I got up earlier than a chicken and went to bed later than a dog.