Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 181 The Dust Settles
What Xu Qing wanted to do was finalized at a meeting in the factory today, but it will take some time to implement it.

Processes, procedures, etc. cannot be solved at once.

Therefore, the factory did not announce the news directly, and only the management and some individuals knew about it.

But Xu Qing actually knew very well that after all, he was the original candidate for promotion in the factory this year.

If it wasn't for Deputy Factory Manager Li who stepped in and wanted to push his nephew Li Hu up to make things more complicated, Xu Qing should already be a cadre by now.

It's just that after such a toss, it was Xu Qing who was promoted in the end. Although the process became a bit tortuous, the result did not change.

Of course, it was mainly due to Xu Qing's contest with Deputy Factory Manager Li that the matter was settled.

Otherwise, it might really be Li Hu who was promoted.

In fact, Xu Qing didn't want to fight for it through the private meeting between deputy factory director Li and Liu Lan.

But the things that clearly belonged to him, but Deputy Factory Manager Li wanted to cover Chen Cang secretly and arrange for his nephew Li Hu.

Why should Xu Qing back down.

If the factory had planned to inspect Xu Qing for three years from the beginning before promoting him.

Xu Qing would not have any objections.

Because Xu Qing knew that in the next few years, the situation would become complicated and confusing, and even not optimistic. Someone with a half-time official position would be the first to suffer.

On the contrary, if it is an ordinary worker, nothing will happen.

Even if this matter is not published in the newspapers this year, Xu Qing, as a worker with a high school education, might still become a member of the team.

But now, there is no suspense about Xu Qing's proposal to work, and the subsequent "work instead of work" will not be considered.

What he has to think about right now is that after becoming a pole, he cannot make mistakes.

These days, the poles make mistakes, and the consequences are very serious. It would be good if they were not investigated during the sports period.

Xu Qing didn't want to suffer that crime at all.

That is to say, when the factory manager talked to him two days ago, Xu Qing didn't object after hearing the factory manager say that he would be promoted after three years of inspection.

But then Deputy Factory Director Li mentioned that Li Hu directly promoted him, which is another matter.

He, deputy factory manager Li, wants to pave the way for his nephew Li Hu, but Xu Qing doesn't stop him, but he can use himself as a stepping stone, that won't work!
A scholar can be killed but not humiliated. No matter how bad Xu Qing is, he doesn't want others to step on his shoulders and climb up.

Besides, climbing up would do no good to Xu Qing. Who could accept being used for nothing?
It's just that the decision to do something has already been settled. Xu Qing is sitting in the room with his younger siblings, eating dinner together, so he doesn't think about it.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, Sha Zhu came to visit Xu Qing's house.

Silly Zhu was bored in his own room in the middle courtyard, while He Yushui lived in the school, and at night, he could only wander around in the courtyard.

Like the third uncle's family in the front yard, the second uncle's family in the backyard, and Jia's family, Shazhu seldom goes there.

In other people's houses, the whole family is there, and he sometimes feels embarrassed to go there alone.

In Xu Qing's house, there are only four brothers and sisters Xu Qing, and Silly Zhu always comes.

They are all people whose parents are not around. Subconsciously, they will help each other out.

Silly Zhu saw Xu Fengming squatting on the floor of the front room, playing with the little girl with stones. He thought it was interesting, so he squatted down, smoked a cigarette, and watched quietly.

Xu Qing handed Sha Zhu a cigarette. Because he wanted to listen to his second brother Xu Aiguo recite the text, he did not chat with Sha Zhu.

The main thing is that Shazhu has nothing serious to tell Xu Qing.

It wasn't until Xu Aiguo finished reciting that Xu Qing turned around and chatted with Shazhu.

After some rambling and chatting, the time was past nine o'clock in the blink of an eye.

The three little ones had to go to school tomorrow, so they slid down the kang one by one, each took a footbath, fetched cold water, mixed with boiled water, and then sat on the bench to wash their feet obediently.

The night passed.

Early in the morning, it started to rain lightly in the courtyard. After Xu Qing got up, he moved some debris outside the door into the next door cabin.

At the same time, he shouted towards Xu Damao's house:
"Brother Da Mao, it's raining, hurry up and find something to block your bicycle."

Xu Damao was lying in the house, sleeping with his arms around the quilt. Hearing Xu Qing's words, he responded, stretched out his hands to rub his eyes, sat up, leaned on the window and glanced outside the house. He saw that the rain was not heavy, and there was not even a bed. Then he fell down and fell asleep again.

In the front yard, the third master heard rustling noises in the yard outside the house when it was still raining before dawn. He ran out with his clothes on and covered his bicycle with a rain poncho.

Xu Damao didn't take the bicycle seriously, but the third uncle cherished it like a treasure.

For the third uncle, the bicycle is something he uses to show his identity, maintain his dignity, and face. Even the slightest bump will make him feel distressed for a long time, and he dare not let it rain.

If the chain rusted and the oil on it was washed away by rain, he would have to pay someone to reapply it.

Even though it was only a dime, Yan Bugui didn't want to waste that money.

It was raining today, and everyone in the compound had umbrellas, those without umbrellas wore rain capes and rain boots, and went out of the compound one after another.

Xu Qing met Sha Zhu in the alley.

At the entrance of the alley, Xu Qing separated from his younger siblings. The three of them hid their schoolbags and small bodies in their ponchos, and went to school hand in hand.

Xu Qingze and Shazhu walked towards the factory together.

Sha Zhu yawned, with a listless look on his face, as if he hadn't slept well.

As Xu Qing walked, he joked: "Brother Silly Zhu, whose house did you steal cattle from last night?
"Xu Damao's house!"

After Shazhu grinned, he laughed, raised his hand and took out a cigarette, put it in the corner of his mouth, and took two puffs to refresh himself.

As soon as Xu Qing entered the factory, Ma Jiefang from the concierge ran out and secretly handed him the note Ma Jinghong wrote last night.

Xu Qing put the note on his body and turned to leave, but Ma Jiefang stopped him and said:

"Brother Qingzi, I have something to tell you, please wait for me."

Seeing this, Shazhu said hello to Xu Qing and went to the canteen and the kitchen.

Ma Jiefang turned back to the concierge, took an umbrella, ran out, walked with Xu Qing to a less crowded area in the factory, and whispered:

"Brother Qingzi, my dad said last night that the factory has decided to promote you to the pole department."

While speaking, Ma Jiefang punched Xu Qing on the shoulder with his right hand.

"Brother Qingzi, I'm so envious of you. You first passed the examination and became a full-time employee this year, and now you've been promoted immediately. When will I be as lucky as you?"

Xu Qing smiled and said, "In three or four years, you will have a chance!"

Ma Jiefang shook his head, apparently not believing it.

But what Xu Qing said is true.

Maybe it won't take three or four years, maybe in the next two years, Ma Jiefang may enter the ranks of 'replacing work with work'.

These days, there are only a few cadres. Ma Jiefang, like him, has a high school education. The probability of being transferred to the pole department is very high!

(End of this chapter)