Qin Huairu was walking on the cold and windy street. At this time, when the cold wind blew, she felt even more hungry in her belly, and she couldn't help but feel distressed by Jia Zhang's words.
The Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill pays wages on the third day of every month, which is now known as wages.
The food stamps in these 49 cities also start to be redeemed on that day, so the third of every month is the busiest time for the food stations.
Everyone takes advantage of this day to buy a month's ration or exchange for food stamps.
But it's only late February now, and it's still less than half a month before customs payment is due.
Qin Huairu didn't know how to spend the next period of time. She felt that she was about to starve to death.
Although on the 24th of every month, Sijiucheng can exchange food stamps for the next month in advance. This humane design is also to prevent families from starving to death if they don't make it to the end of the month.
However, "eat what you eat and eat what you eat" and delay it month by month is not a long-term solution after all.
Moreover, she now has her salary firmly in hand. In addition to necessary expenses every month, she also wants to secretly save some money.
When I go back to my parents’ home, I can easily buy something for my parents, younger brothers and sisters, and I can look good on myself.
After all this calculation, the most important thing is to find a way to open source.
As for He Yuzhu's lunch box, people made it clear that he had to make an issue with Qin Xiaoli, but now Qin Xiaoli has been cut off by Xu Damao.
Besides, the current He Yuzhu can no longer be fooled by her acting coquettishly or pretending to be pitiful.
"Oh, this Xu Damao is really indifferent..."
When Qin Huairu thought of this, she felt extremely sad and muttered involuntarily.
But the next second, her mind became active.
Qin Xiaoli and He Yuzhu failed to get on a blind date and got involved with a married man, Xu Damao. She wanted to take advantage of the time when she was sending Qin Xiaoli back to the countryside to come and explain to her parents in person.
Unexpectedly, Xu Damao sent someone to the station by himself that day, and she couldn't see Qin Xiaoli.
I don’t know what is going on with these two people now. Qin Xiaoli has returned to the countryside. It is impossible for her to pay for the round-trip ticket to find her just to ask about this matter.
But Xu Damao works in the steel rolling mill. Although she works in the propaganda department, she has no chance to meet the workers in her workshop.
But they were eating in the same cafeteria, and she was Qin Xiaoli's cousin anyway, so asking Xu Damao was her duty as a cousin.
Moreover, at the hospital-wide meeting a few days ago, Xu Damao just received five yuan in compensation from her mother-in-law, and she had to find a way to make up for it.
Thinking of this, Qin Huairu had a countermeasure in her mind, and her heart became bright. Her frown could not help but relax, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth...
In the courtyard, Xu Damao from the backyard also got up early today. He was almost jumping up and down waiting for the resumption of work today.
When he got up early in the morning, he washed his hair, took a shower, and tidied himself up.
The gray tunic suit he is wearing now was washed overnight by himself after getting the three large yellow croakers from the Lou family.
After drying, he used a large porcelain vat filled with boiling water to iron it back and forth. When the water in it got cold, he poured it out and replaced it with freshly boiled water to continue ironing.
He was ironing clothes, and Lou Xiao'e was helping to boil water. Just to iron this set of clothes, the two of them used three large kettles of boiling water.
Surprisingly, his clothes were ironed so that they fit snugly, and there wasn't even an extra wrinkle on his body.
And today, he spent a lot of money, and even applied "mousse" three times in front of the mirror, until his hair was arranged meticulously, and every hair stayed where it should be.
"How is it? Future section chief's wife, just take a look at what I look like today...this hairstyle, these clothes, this temperament, how do you think?"
After he finished packing and looked in the mirror several times to confirm that there was nothing wrong with his body, he said to Lou Xiao'e with a proud look on his face.
"You are so handsome, my future section chief. Hurry up. You have been working hard for almost two hours. Go to work quickly."
Lou Xiao'e couldn't help but laugh when she saw Xu Damao like this. After living together for several years, she only discovered today that this man really looks like that if he dresses up.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. Just blow your breath and see if my hair is messy. It will be windy outside later, so don't blow my hair away..."
As soon as Xu Damao went out at Lou Xiao'e's urging, he turned around again, put his head in front of Lou Xiao'e and said.
"Hey, okay, no chaos, no chaos, you are really not afraid of being late..."
After repeatedly confirming that there would be no chaos, Xu Damao went out confidently and boldly.
Riding on his bicycle along the way and squinting at the gray-faced pedestrians on the street, Xu Damao felt that he was very proud of himself.
When he arrived at the publicity department of the steel rolling mill, he briefly exchanged greetings with his colleagues and then tiptoed to the door of Deputy Director Li's office.
He looked around at the door for a while, then leaned on the door and listened for a while. After making sure that there was no one else inside, he knocked on the office door with confidence.
"Come in!"
Immediately afterwards, a deep, rich male voice came from the door. When Xu Damao heard this, he felt happy, opened the door and walked in with a flattering look on his face.
"Happy New Year, Deputy Director Li!"
Deputy Director Li slipped out a "hmm" as a response to the visitor, but he did not move his eyes away from the document in his hand.
A long time passed, but no second words came from the person. Deputy Director Li couldn't help but feel a trace of doubt in his heart:
Who is this person? Doesn’t he know how to report on work? Do you still have to wait for me, the leader, to ask?
Thinking of this, Deputy Director Li immediately raised his head with a sullen face, and saw a man in a Chinese tunic suit who looked very heroic.
After careful identification, this is not Xu Damao. After a new year, he looks completely new...
However, the flattery on his face is exactly the same as before, which goes against his outfit.
"Comrade Xu Damao, you came to me...what's the matter?"
Deputy Director Li looked Xu Damao up and down, and his attitude softened slightly when he saw that the other man's hands were no longer the same as before. He was carrying some local specialties of live chickens and ducks that were not on the table.
God knows how devastated Xu Damao was when he went to the countryside to play movies and gave him live chickens and ducks from the commune.
It's not that these things are bad, but those living creatures are too eye-catching and difficult for others to say when they see them. Moreover, the living creatures are too troublesome, which leaves him with a psychological shadow.
Once, the rope that tied the chicken's feet came loose, and the chicken made a big fuss in his office.
It happened that he was having a meeting outside that day, and when he came back in the afternoon, chicken droppings and flying chicken feathers could be seen everywhere in the office, which really frightened him.
"Deputy Director Li, it's like this. During the Chinese New Year, my father-in-law gave me a live and fresh large yellow croaker.
My wife and I are not good at cooking, and we were afraid that the food would not taste good and would be a waste of ingredients, so I thought of bringing it to you to try."
Xu Damao himself got three large yellow croakers from the Lou family, but he was really reluctant to give them all away at once, so he planned to give away one first.
This large yellow croaker is not too small, it weighs a full twelve ounces, which is considered a heavy gift.
Moreover, he is also afraid that if he overfeeds someone's appetite at once, he will not be able to feed him enough in the future, which would be embarrassing.