Before getting off work that day, two officers from the labor union and the security department of the shoe factory temporarily organized a publicity meeting for all 64 production workers in the factory. The purpose was to expose the rumors currently circulating in the society that "five-cent coins contain platinum and silver."
"Rumors.
It turns out that since the end of last year, there has been a rumor in the capital that the five-cent coin minted in 1955 contains platinum and silver.
This news made many people believe it to be true, so it gave some "careful people" the opportunity to exchange a large number of five-cent coins in the market and then sell them at a high price.
For example, two outsiders in the Xinjiekou area of Beijing exchanged more than 2,700 coins at a bank in order to select the 1955 five-cent coin.
In this way, the trend intensified. By March of this year, the impact of this incident had spread to a very widespread level in the capital, and even became a social phenomenon. Many ordinary people participated in collecting and exchanging five-cent coins.
among the ranks.
To this end, at the beginning of the month, reporters specially visited the Beijing Branch of the People's Bank of China and relevant departments.
Unexpectedly, the final reply from the relevant departments was: This is an illegal activity spread from other places to the capital, and the relevant news is purely rumors to confuse the public. And all hard coins issued in our country, regardless of the year, are
Made of aluminum-magnesium alloy, there is no platinum or silver content at all.
So after receiving the official official statement, the public security organs immediately began to severely crack down on this kind of coin speculation, and various units and streets also quickly carried out rumors refuting operations to prevent the masses from seeking profit and being fooled again. Like today's cloth shoe factory
This meeting is an epitome of that.
In fact, this meeting didn't last long, but during the whole meeting, unlike others who listened attentively, Wang Yunlin basically didn't listen. She was still raising money to make a meal for Hong Yanwu.
Worry about the things ahead.
This cannot be said to be because Wang Yunlin is too stubborn, nor can we blame her for being too stubborn, because she has a reason to be like this.
In fact, as early as the end of last year, Wang Yunlin received a letter from Qinghe Farm in Chadian and learned that Hong Yanwu was about to be released from Christianity early because of his major meritorious service during the earthquake.
But at that time, on the one hand, this was a joy, but on the other hand, it also made Wang Yunlin a little embarrassed.
Because logically speaking, the family should go to Chadian in person to pick him up on the day of his son’s exhortation.
But the conditions at home were too difficult. All limited resources had to be urgently needed to treat Hong Lucheng and get medicine. Therefore, the family had no financial resources and no one could pick him up.
It was even because of this reason that she had not been able to visit her son in Chadian even once since Hong Yanwu was forced into labor.
Although she was forced by the situation and had to do it, as a mother, how could she feel so embarrassed?
Therefore, today, when her son had just come home, perhaps the only way to make up for it and make her feel better was to cook a truly delicious meal for her son.
Of course, determination alone is not enough, whether it can be accomplished is another matter.
The difficulty at the moment is that it is not easy to get all these things together. Even if she just wants to make the simplest seafood braised noodles, but dried shrimps, eggs, broth, carrots and noodles, everything cannot be done.
There are few.
So she had no choice but to beg her colleagues.
There are a lot of simple people in this era, and everyone is very enthusiastic, and no one is willing to do their best to help. However, this season is really bad. After all, the Spring Festival has just passed, and almost everything in everyone's shopping books has been consumed.
So until before the meeting, even if she asked them one by one, in the end, she just managed to get 2 taels of sea rice, some dried carrots and 3 taels of meat stamps, but the most critical noodles and eggs were not yet available.
Alas, in the new society, there is no need for credit. You can’t even buy things even if you have money and no vouchers. But where are the face notes and eggs?
Under this situation, Wang Yunlin really had no other place to think. After much thought, she finally had no choice but to go home and ask her old neighbors to try her luck.
However, as the saying goes, "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain." Some things often take a surprising turn at the last minute.
Just when Wang Yunlin was in a hurry and ran out of options, it turned out that "there is no perfect path", and God actually fulfilled her needs in a very unexpected way.
It turned out that He Xiangling, the newly appointed trade union chairman in the factory, noticed Wang Yunlin's distracted and embarrassed expression during the meeting.
So after the meeting ended, this female cadre in her thirties stopped Wang Yunlin and asked her quite sincerely if she had any difficulties? Did she need help from the union?
And when Wang Yunlin revealed her difficulties, it turned out to be a coincidence. He Xiangling's husband worked in the Municipal Second Commercial Bureau and had just returned from a business trip in the Northeast. So not only did they help Wang Yunlin solve the problem with eggs and face notes, but also Huanghua,
There are also plenty of dry goods such as fungus, mushrooms and magnolia slices.
Wang Yunlin never expected that at this critical moment, someone would actually help her!
This favor is too great, it is a help in times of need!
So, the small factory run by this street also has its own advantages. It is precisely because the factory is small that the leaders of the shoe factory have no airs. On the contrary, they can be approachable and get along well with the workers.
And it was precisely because there were so few people in the factory that union chairman He Xiangling was able to discover in time that Wang Yunlin was encountering difficulties.
Just like that, the noodle meal that worried Wang Yunlin was finally solved smoothly.
After getting off work, Wang Yunlin followed He Xiangling to her house and got what she needed. When Wang Yunlin happily got on the No. 5 bus and rushed home, she felt extremely excited.
Because she knows that as soon as she enters the house, she will see the third child whom she dreams about every day...
At 5:40 pm, Hong Yanwu also put on his clothes and left the bathhouse on Zixin Road.
The only difference from when he came was that he had a small half box of "Fragrant Mountain" and a box of "Double Cats" that had just been opened in his pocket. This was the "Huo Zi" just now and the white man with one pair of eyes but no real person.
The boy took the initiative to stay with him to "make amends".
Because Hong Yanwu rarely cared about the offence, and "Huozi" and the others knew very well that in this case, if Hong Yanwu really wanted to be serious, not only would they have to be beaten, but their belongings and clothes would probably also be lost.
It has to be "washed".
Therefore, this kind of "magnanimity" is enough to fully arouse their grateful hearts. This cigarette is just a small way to express apology.
However, these two boys withered away as soon as they threw down their cigarettes. They were so frightened that they felt that they had taken a huge advantage by being able to leave safely today, and they did not dare to stay and take a shower no matter what.
Not to mention, the workers at the 541 Factory are just different. It is indeed the largest factory in Nancheng. Even the cigarettes they smoke are much higher than those of workers in other factories.
These two boxes of cigarettes are actually not much different in value than the box of "Daqianmen" that Hong Yanwu sent away. This can probably be regarded as the loss within the dike and the loss outside the dike.
But despite this, Hong Yanwu, who unexpectedly gained some dignity and face, didn't feel happy about it. On the contrary, he was now in an extremely unhappy mood.
Why do you need to say it? He will be unlucky today!
Thinking about it carefully, on this day, since he woke up from the train station, everything he encountered, what could be called satisfactory?
When I wanted to go home from the train station, I encountered a thief. It took a lot of effort to catch them, but in the end I was almost imprisoned on charges imposed by the "Deputy Director Sun Tzu".
Then when I came back, I went to see Chen Liquan, and I bumped into that "cooker" again. In the end, not only was I humiliated, but I was given a pack of cigarettes for nothing, and Chen Liquan had to stay and work overtime.
Well, even taking a bath by yourself can provoke the defeat of his subordinates, and the old enemy comes to bully him. This can really only be described as memorizing to the extreme.
Therefore, he, Hong Yanwu, was tired and annoyed now. He didn't want to stay outside at all, and just wanted to go home as soon as possible.
Although his father and brother didn't treat him well at home, it was better to be scolded and complained by his relatives than to cause trouble outside and have nothing to do.
Besides, he still had his mother, sister, sister-in-law and nephew at home. As long as he could see them and have a good meal together as a family, he didn't care even if his father and brother complained about him to death.
Thinking of this, Hong Yanwu, who was bored at first, suddenly became energetic. He quickened his pace and walked straight in the direction of Fu Ruli. He imagined over and over again in his mind how he would meet other relatives he had not yet met one by one.
scene.
Now, the only thing that attracts him, warms him, and deserves his attention is these relatives whom he misses deeply.
In his last life, he was so miserable. He spent his whole life chasing the happiness he imagined, but got nothing.
In fact, he was already a happy person. It's just that he never realized clearly...
Because of the eagerness and longing in his heart, within seven or eight minutes, Hong Yanwu walked deep into Furuli and saw the wall of the east courtyard of Guanyin Yuan again.
But at this time, a scene that particularly surprised and angered him appeared at the same time, which wiped away the joy that had just appeared in his heart.
It turned out that under the wall of the east courtyard, he saw a young man in a blue coat, who seemed to be a shop assistant, dragging Hong Yanru towards the courtyard gate, cursing and swearing.
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His sister, with tears in her eyes, was begging softly while resisting, looking scared and pitiful.