Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 793 Chapter 792 I have a day off tomorrow

On Saturday, April 4, northerly winds began to blow and the temperature dropped sharply.

If the temperature were this high in early spring, the mulberries probably wouldn’t be ripe yet.

Since tomorrow is Labor Day, the street has put forward an initiative, suggesting that residents clean the streets to welcome Labor Day.

Labor Day is a big holiday right now. It is one of the first statutory holidays established after the liberation. Most units will celebrate it with great enthusiasm, and cleaning is the most basic thing to do.

Unfortunately, this year, May Day fell on a Sunday, so Tang Zhitong lost a day off. He felt like he had lost 100 million...

Tang Zhitong stayed in the Post and Telecommunications College obediently for half a day. Tomorrow is the day when Class 593 of the Cable Department will go out to participate in production labor. His roommates in Room 219 had a simple meal in the dormitory at noon.

The weather has gotten warmer, and spring vegetables have gradually come on the market. The quality of food in the canteen has improved significantly. At least we don’t have to eat pickles for every meal anymore.

There were no classes in the afternoon, so after dinner everyone started packing their bags to prepare for going out. As usual, Tang Zhitong went to the escort department.

Colleagues at the escort department were doing a general cleaning. Ma Wei saw Tang Zhitong coming over, dropped the rag in her hand, followed him into the office, and reported the key points of the past few days to Tang Zhitong: "Chief, I have finished the payroll and sorted out the documents."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Tang Zhitong took the salary list and receipts handed over by Ma Wei and thanked her.

"The union distributed Labor Day benefits to everyone a few days ago, including park tickets and movie tickets. I didn't know what you were interested in, so I didn't claim it for you."

"Well, I'll go to the union to get it myself later." Tang Zhitong smiled. Xiao Wang also received Labor Day benefits, including park tickets and movie tickets. She chose the park tickets, which were from the Labor People's Cultural Palace. They said that there would be a performance by a foreign art troupe on May 1st, and she wanted to take a group of younger brothers and sisters to broaden their horizons.

"Oh, by the way, Section Chief Zhang from the Escort Department also sent over a letter." Ma Wei finally took out a letter and handed it to Tang Zhitong.

"Okay, thank you." Tang Zhitong took the letter and took a look. It was from Anton. The cover was written by Tang Gang, but the envelope was obviously sealed later. This was the first time they had been communicating for so long.

Although Tang Zhitong really wanted to open the letter to see what was going on with Anton, he suppressed the thought.

There is a lot of work backlog, so I'll deal with it first. The cleaning is already in the final stages, so I won't participate in it.

Tang Zhitong first dealt with the payroll and backlog of documents, and then took the payroll to Fang Yuan for his signature.

"Brother Yuan, the Post and Telecommunications College has arranged for our class to go out and participate in production labor next month, so I've asked for leave.

I plan to go out for a run during this period of time in addition to coming to work.

I am a representative of the ministry and the city, so I have to understand the situation so that I can write a proposal when the time comes."

After Fang Yuan signed, Tang Zhitong told him all his recent plans.

"Okay, Ma Wei is at home, so go and do your work. And when there's a suitable opportunity, please speak up for our postal staff." Fang Yuan agreed readily and also made some small requests.

"Okay!" Tang Zhitong was also unambiguous. As a representative, he is supposed to represent the industry and speak for the industry. If he crosses industries, people will feel that he is overstepping his boundaries.

After leaving Fang Yuan’s office, Tang Zhitong went to the union office to find Sister Chen to collect benefits.

Probably because I didn’t eat enough, movie tickets were the most popular item among the May Day benefits, and there were quite a few park tickets left.

Since classmate Xiao Wang had made arrangements yesterday, Tang Zhitong chose a ticket to the Workers' Cultural Palace.

When they returned to the Finance Department, it was almost time to get off work. Ma Wei was busy packing her things and preparing to leave work, while Tang Zhitong opened the letter from Anton.

There were two pieces of letter paper in the letter. Tang Zhitong opened the one from Tang Gang first. The content of the letter was nothing more than saying that everything was fine over there and that he had promised not to come to the old city or go into the deep mountains and forests.

But when he picked up the other letter, Tang Zhitong frowned.

This letter was naturally written by Tang Rong, revealing all of her father and elder brother's secrets, saying that although they agreed not to go to Sijiu City, they still planned to go into the mountains to dig ginseng.

In addition, Tang Rong also wrote down the news she heard from her classmates, that some people encountered blind bears and some encountered tigers when they went into the mountains, and their endings were not good.

At the end of the letter, Tang Rong asked Tang Zhitong to persuade her father and elder brother not to go into the mountains. She said that she knew her brother had spent a lot of money on the food he brought back before the New Year. She wanted to use her salary to slowly pay off the debt after she started working, with interest included.

Tang Zhitong laughed when he saw the end. His cousin was a real good girl. The seal on the back of the envelope must have been done by her cousin. She sold it for her uncle and Tang Gang's good. She even found a way to bear that part of the imaginary debt alone.

There is no debt at all, Tang Zhitong smiled and sighed, thinking that his uncle and cousin were still too polite.

"Chief, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first." Ma Wei packed up and left work on time.

"Okay, be careful on the road." Tang Zhitong nodded and let him go.

In departments like the Finance Section of the Escort Department, many people actually leave early, so it's lucky that Ma Wei can arrive on time.

After Ma Wei left, Tang Zhitong thought for a moment and picked up the phone on the table.

He has hardly ever taken advantage of his workplace, but this time he had a reason to take advantage of the company on the phone bill.

It's not that I want to take advantage of the quick phone bill, but it takes too long to make a long-distance call.

Besides, how far can a phone call go? In the future, some people will use the company's phone to call the information desk, and the call fee will be very high.

After going through many levels of transfer, Tang Zhitong made the call directly to the forest farm.

Tang Zhitong didn't know how many telephones there were in the forest farm, but he had seen the phone in Tang Wenbang's office. The phone was locked in a wooden box, which did not affect answering calls, but did not allow for outgoing calls.

If you want to dial out, you must first use the key to open the lock on the wooden box.

The phone number that Tang Wenbang left for Tang Zhitong was the one in the office. This phone was generally used by forestry workers to receive messages from friends and relatives. Most of the time there was someone in the office.

The person who answered the phone was not Tang Wenbang. After introducing himself, Tang Zhitong asked whether Tang Wenbang and his son had gone into the mountains recently.

After Tang Wenbang and Su Nianbin came back last year, Su Nianbin shouted that his cousin had bought him a sleeper berth. The forest farm was not big, and many people knew about it. In addition, Tang Zhitong had been to the forest farm twice, so the person who answered the phone had heard of this visitor from the old city, so he was quite enthusiastic and answered all the questions.

Tang Zhitong heaved a sigh of relief after learning that he had not entered the mountain: "Please tell my uncle not to go into the mountain. I will call him the day after tomorrow when he gets to work and tell him in detail."

The reason why Tang Zhitong didn't go into details was, on the one hand, because the person on the other end was not Tang Wenbang, and on the other hand, there were relatively few calls at this time, and the operators were relatively idle. There might be someone eavesdropping on the other end, so many things couldn't be explained in detail at all.

Tang Zhitong hung up the phone, packed up and prepared to leave work. On the other side, Wu Haiyang was picking up his wife Lu Lixian and driving her home.

Currently, women’s maternity leave is 98 days. Although they can apply for an extension from the unit under special circumstances, Wu Hanguang was well taken care of and was chubby. In addition, Zhang Ye was very dedicated, so the couple discussed ending their maternity leave.

"I'll go get a monthly ticket so that I can leave earlier and go back to feed Xiaoguang." Mother and son had only been separated for one day, but Lu Lixian was already impatient. It felt like they had been separated for a year. Every second seemed so long and it was very torturous.

In order to get back home as soon as possible, Lu Lixian started thinking about her commuting problem on the way back. Her husband often worked overtime and it was impossible for him to pick her up on time every day.

She had already lent her bicycle to Zhang Ye. Her home was in Gongzhufen, about 20 miles away from the Women's Federation compound, and it was very inconvenient for Zhang Ye to travel back and forth.

"Okay, let's do it." Wu Haiyang nodded. His wife's unit has moved to Qihelou. There is no direct bus from Qihelou to Gongzhufen. If they want to save effort, they have to apply for a monthly ticket.

There are two types of monthly passes: urban monthly passes and suburban monthly passes.

Each type of monthly ticket is further divided into four types: employee monthly ticket, student monthly ticket, ordinary monthly ticket and public monthly ticket.

The public monthly ticket is purchased by a unit for public use by its employees, and is for one person at a time.

The price of each ticket is different, but as long as the user has a job, it will basically be reimbursed.

The route from the city to Gongzhufen is a suburban route, and a monthly ticket costs five yuan. The route from Qihelou to the bus stop to Gongzhufen is an urban route, and you can reverse for free with a suburban monthly ticket.

Lu Lixian's unit can reimburse the cost of the suburban monthly ticket, so the burden is not heavy, but if it is placed on Zhang Ye, it will become a mountain.

Because there was no direct bus from the Women's Federation compound where Zhang Ye lived to Gongzhufen, but she had no job, she had to pay for the monthly pass herself. The five yuan was already a quarter of her monthly salary.

Not only are bus tickets expensive, but due to energy supply reasons, punctuality is also declining. In order to allow Zhang Ye to arrive at Gongzhufen more on time in the morning, lending her the bicycle temporarily becomes the best solution.

"Then I'll go back and look for the photos." Seeing that her husband supported her in applying for a monthly pass, Lu Lixian began to think about what she would need to apply for the monthly pass. The hospital did not issue public monthly passes to employees, so she needed to apply for it herself and then get reimbursed.

All individuals need to provide are two things: a certificate issued by their employer and a personal photo.

The so-called monthly ticket is actually a cardboard card with patterns and words on the front and back.

The front of the card has a photo of the user and the month in which the monthly pass is valid.

Due to the scarcity and cost of photos, bus companies do not have rigid restrictions on the style of photos. ID photos, daily headshots, and even photos torn from other documents can be used, as long as the person can be identified as the person himself.

Monthly passes do not need to be replaced every month. As long as the photo and card are not damaged, you can just paste the voucher of the corresponding month on it. After pasting, you must also stamp a saddle stamp to prevent forgery.

When there is no place to put the interline stamp, the monthly pass card has to be replaced. The recognizable photo is torn off and pasted on another new card, and then stamped with an interline stamp...

If you keep it properly, a photo can be used on a monthly ticket for about five or six years if you continue to do this.

"There has been no news from Anzi. Do you think I should write to him and ask him?" After thinking about the monthly ticket, Lu Lixian thought about the incubator again. A month has passed, and there has been no news at all.

"Just write it. Do you need to ask me about this?" Wu Haiyang said with a smile while pedaling his bicycle in front.

"I didn't contribute much. You're just worried that writing the letter will make it seem like you're rushing the project." Lu Lixian pinched her husband gently as she sat in the back. She had made limited contribution to the incubator project, but instead urged Tang Zhitong. She always felt that she couldn't distinguish the priorities.

"It's okay. What's wrong with urging him? It's been a month, and there should be some results. I guess he was busy and forgot to tell you." Feeling the soft flesh between his ribs being grasped, Wu Haiyang wisely chose to obey.

Although Tang Zhitong did not forget, it was almost the same as forgetting.

Due to the long-standing supermagnetic problem, the project has been progressing very slowly. Now that it has been confirmed that supermagnetic cannot be used in infant incubators, Tang Zhitong has given up. When he went to the scientific research class yesterday, he discussed the progress with Bi Bin and Shi Zhengze. Now the only thing missing is the fan.

When I got home, Xiao Wang was watering the vegetables in the yard. When she saw her husband coming back, she quietly came over and asked, "Did you assign the diary assignment to Jingmin?"

"Yes, it was too hot yesterday. When I went to deliver mulberries, I bought him a bottle of soda and asked him to write a diary. I forgot to tell you. Did Jingmin take the initiative to ask you to check it?" Tang Zhitong smiled and reached out to tuck a strand of messy hair in front of Xiao Wang's face behind his ear. He couldn't stop looking at his handsome face.

As for the soda issue, I only promised my brother-in-law not to tell Director Ye, but I didn't say that I couldn't tell the lovely girl who slept in the same bed with me.

"Well, he took the initiative to give me the diary. I thought the kid had become smart and started to study actively. After asking, I found out that it was you who encouraged him." Xiao Wang smiled. She didn't care about the soda. She was very happy that her husband cared about her brother's study and sent him mulberries.

"Take it slow. Do this four or five times and the child will get used to it and slowly start writing his own diary. But you can't check his diary casually then." Children also have their own secrets. When Tang Zhitong was a child, he didn't want his parents to peek at his diary.

However, it seemed that my parents had no intention of peeking at me at that time. They were too tired from a day's work to do anything, let alone peeking at my diary. They didn't even help check my homework, let alone tutor me in my studies. I left everything to the teachers at school and my own conscience.

"Come in quickly. Fengzhi asked you when you would be back as soon as I came back. She was probably waiting for you to say so and bring some delicious food for the park tomorrow." Classmate Xiao Wang nodded and urged.

As soon as the words fell, Feng Zhi ran out from the main room and said to Tang Zhitong impatiently: "Brother, we are going out to the garden tomorrow."

"Okay, I got it. Hurry up and do your homework today. You may not be back tomorrow." Tang Zhitong touched his sister's head and let her do her homework first.

"Yeah. Brother, Sister Jingying and Jingmin are also going tomorrow." Fengzhi nodded and hinted wildly.

"Yes, we can let go and have fun tomorrow."

"Then...should we bring them some delicious food?" Fengzhi saw that her brother just didn't think about food, so she had to speak up.

"Hey, you're very thoughtful. I'll tell mom to steam some sausages later." Feng Zhi had said this, so Tang Zhitong couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb any longer. After all, it was a show of love for a friend.

"Okay!" Fengzhi understood her brother's style. The steamed sausages would definitely not be given only to Jingying and Jingmin. She would definitely be able to taste them beside them. Her goal was achieved. She lowered her head to avoid her brother's big hand and ran into the house.

"Don't forget to write a diary after you come back from the garden." Tang Zhitong smiled and assigned a homework to his sister.

"Okay!" Fengzhi was not averse to writing a diary. After the previous two exercises, she felt that there were many things that could be put down on paper. It was just that her vocabulary was not enough, and she had to write many words in pinyin, which was a bit troublesome.

Looking at his sister jumping up and down after achieving his goal, Tang Zhitong smiled and shook his head. His sister only knew how to eat.

Although Taipei is the capital and has an embassy, ​​there are still few foreigners.

If it were other children, they would probably go to the People's Cultural Palace more to see what foreigners look like. Only my sister was indifferent to this and instead focused on what to eat.

(End of this chapter)