1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 43 Room allocation
Just after New Year's Day, the spirits of the drilling company employees became enthusiastic.

On the one hand, at the end of the year, except for a few departments, there are basically no important tasks, and the drilling company always organizes various activities including garden tours, condolences, and selections to liven up the atmosphere;
On the other hand, at this time, the calculation of year-end bonuses, the purchase of New Year welfare products, and the rating of professional titles are all put on the agenda, and with interests involved, some restlessness is inevitable.

Of course, for these rookies in the general office, although Miss Mu’s absence still worries the male creatures, what they are most concerned about at the moment is the issue of housing allocation - the new family quarters have been renovated, and they can finally move out of the damn broken train room with icicles starting to form inside.

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"Lili, hurry in, it's your turn to register and get the key!"

Cai Zhaofeng, who had just come out of the director's office and holding an envelope, walked to Tu Lili with an attentive look on his face and urged her to go in quickly.

I have to say that many of the drilling company's procedures are ridiculous and boring - it is obvious that everyone will know where each other lives at the first opportunity afterwards, but they are unwilling to distribute the keys all at once, and have to put them in envelopes mysteriously and have everyone go in one by one to collect them.

"Zhao Lin~!"

"Chen Chen!"

"Yang Mo~!"

After watching Yang Mo walk into the director's office with an embarrassed look on his face, Bao Shuxian, who had just been writing and drawing on the letter paper, turned around and said: Come on, everyone tell us your room numbers so that we can recognize each other... Cai Zhaofeng, you were the one who laughed the most just now, so you should start first.

Cai Zhaofeng said proudly: "Family West District, Row 1, No. 1!"

Bao Shuxian picked up the letter paper and searched the crooked hand-drawn layout on it, then looked up at him: "No wonder you are laughing so happily... Row 1, No. 1 is closest to sink No. 1 and also to the workplace, less than 400 meters in total, this is pretty lucky!"

Tu Lili was a little frustrated: "I'm No. 7, Row 1, West District."

Bao Shuxian searched on the paper, then scratched his head in embarrassment: "Tsk tsk, it's actually No. 7, Row 1, which is the closest to the public toilet. No wonder you're unhappy... Hey, hey, don't cry! Actually, think about it, except that it's a bit smelly and there are more mosquitoes and flies in the summer, it's actually pretty good... At least, it's quite convenient when you get up at night, isn't it?"

Zhao Lin, who was also a woman, came over and hugged Tu Lili. After glaring at Bao Shuxian fiercely, she comforted him, "Don't cry, don't cry... I'm in No. 6, Row 5, East District. I remember that place. It's much worse than yours. Not only is it close to the toilet, but it's also far from the toilet. You have to wait in line for everything... The worst thing is that you have to be very careful when changing clothes in the house, for fear of being seen by the neighbors."

Bao Shuxian's mouth twitched when he heard this, thinking how could it be so miserable? Although the house is small, it is at least a two-bedroom and a living room. How could people see him just because he changed his clothes?
But seeing that Tu Lili's crying had subsided, he wisely did not argue with Zhao Lin, but continued to shout: "Li Ming, it's your turn."

Li Ming: "North District, Row 1, Room 4."

Xiang Mingkun: "North District, Row 4, Room 4."

When the statistics were almost finished, Bao Shuxian glanced at Yang Mo who had not yet come out of the director's office, and turned his head to Su Yu in the corner: "Hey, Lao Su, which room is assigned to you?"

Su Yu took out a piece of paper from the letterhead and read it: "East District, Row 4, Room 7."

Bao Shuxian picked up the letter paper and searched for it for a long time before exclaiming, "Oh my, you are so lucky. You were assigned to Room 7—that's a small yard that's nearly five square meters larger than the other rooms! Tell me the truth, did you give gifts to the service team? "

The family quarters of the drilling company are all made up of "彐"-shaped rows of houses, and Room 7 happens to be the innermost house on the right side - because a passage must be left between each row of houses, the innermost house will be slightly wider than the other houses in the same row after the walls are sealed.

Seeing that he was lucky and had taken such a big advantage, even though Comrade Lao Si grabbed his arm and choked him, Su Yu did not get angry at all. He just smiled and begged for mercy loudly: "After we move to the house today, I will treat you guys to a good meal tonight!"

The "brothers" mentioned here do not just refer to Bao Shuxian and Yang Mo, but colleagues in the entire department - allocating housing is not the same as buying a house. If you take advantage of such a huge profit but do not comfort the wounded hearts of others, then you are not a good person.

"I want to eat pork belly! The fattest kind! If you dare to fool me with pork belly, I will never let you go!"

Seeing Su Yu speak, Bao Shuxian, who was filled with envy, jealousy and hatred, was the first to shout.

With Bao Shuxian taking the lead, everyone started to make a clamor:

“I want to eat prawns!”

"I want to eat the nine-turn large intestine!"

"I want braised meat... a large plate of braised meat, only donkey meat and beef, no pork!"

"Prepare me three bottles of Hengshui Laobaigan, the kind with iron caps, so I can get you drunk tonight!"

Seeing the crowd's emotions surging, Su Yu had no choice but to raise his hands in surrender: "Okay, okay, you can eat whatever you want, but let me make this clear... you can kill me however you want today, but you have to help me move things and clean up this afternoon... I arranged for a lot of things to be transported from home before I got the keys today."

It was such a small matter, so everyone naturally agreed. When everyone was happily discussing what games to play after eating and drinking tonight, Yang Mo came out of the director's office with an envelope.

"Hey, Yang Mo, hurry up, you're the only one missing... where is your house?" For some reason, Tu Lili, who hadn't spoken to Yang Mo for nearly two months, suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, Yang Mo glanced at the curious eyes around him, and with some embarrassment, he opened the envelope and took a look: "For now...Row 7, No. 7."

Eh?
Another corner room?

Everyone was shocked at first, but then they hid their envy.

Unlike Row 4 where Su Yu was, Row 7 was the last row. Behind the windows were either wastelands or stinking ditches. Although the actual area of ​​No. 7, Row 7 in each area was slightly larger than an ordinary room, it was the worst blind spot in the area - in terms of safety, this house was not even as good as Tu Lili's toilet room.

Giving Yang Mo a look of pity, Tu Lili asked, "You forgot to tell me, which district is it?"

Yang Mo opened the envelope again and took a look: "Oh my...it's the South District."

Everyone sighed in disappointment when they heard this: "We are either in the East District or the North District, and you are the only one in the South District. It's not convenient to find you after get off work!"

Bao Shuxian stared at him with a strange expression...for now?
After coughing, he urged, "Director Zhang said this morning that today is a good day for us to move to a new house. If you don't have anything urgent, you can leave work early and move things... Hurry up, we still have to go to Su Yu's place to eat and drink in the afternoon!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately became energized. After shouting "Long live the emperor" three times, they immediately turned into birds and beasts.

Just as Yang Mo picked up his Liberation bag and was about to go to the new house to take a look at what it looked like, Bao Shuxian stopped him and said, "Hey, hey, hey, Yang Mo, Lao Su's furniture will be here soon. Let's go and help unload the things first. Otherwise, if no one is there to watch over them and the things get lost, it will be a big loss."

Thinking that his only belongings in the train room were a quilt and two luggage bags, Yang Mo nodded and agreed... Life was really not safe these days. Right now, the personnel assigned by the company to the security duty point in the new family quarters had not yet arrived, so it was normal to lose something by accident.

"Okay, I'll go to the bathroom first, and we'll set off when I come back... It's a good opportunity to go and see what Lao Su's new house looks like!" Yang Mo nodded.

Just as Yang Mo unceremoniously took out a large roll of thick toilet paper from Bao Shuxian's drawer and rolled it up in his hands, Zhang Wenshun walked out of the office.

"Yang Mo, don't rush back to move, come with me!" Seeing the several rolls of toilet paper in this guy's hands that were enough to wrap a person into a mummy, Zhang Wenshun glared at him with disappointment, and then said lightly.

"Eh? Now?" Yang Mo looked at the fat guy in disbelief.

"Yes, now." Zhang Wenshun nodded, looking calm and composed.

"Hiss~~ But Director Zhang, didn't you say... that we are moving to a new house today, and if it's nothing urgent, we can leave work early and move?" Yang Mo looked at him with suspicion.

Zhang Wenshun snorted, "That's right!"

"Then you...?" Yang Mo looked at him with some toothache, as if he couldn't believe that this guy went back on his word and slapped himself in the face in public.

The muscles on Zhang Wenshun's fat face twitched twice: "I said that if there is nothing important, you can leave work early... Is going out with the boss to do business not an important matter to you?"

Being pressured by such a big hat, Yang Mo's face suddenly became more bitter than bitter gourd: "Since the leader has given the order, it is of course a top priority, but... Director Zhang, it's already the end of the year, what urgent matters can our department have? It's freezing outside, why are we rushing out? Can't we wait until the sun is shining to do it?"

It’s a sunny day?

Zhang Wenshun glanced at the leaden sky outside and snorted in his heart. With the horrible weather in Qilu, if he wanted to wait for the sun to come out, he might have to wait until the beginning of spring!
This bastard is so lazy and unprofessional!
She glared at him angrily and said, "Who told you that there will be no urgent matters in our department at the end of the year? I'm telling you, the closer it gets to the end of the year, the more urgent matters our department has... Hurry up, just tell me whether you want to go or not!"

Seeing that this guy had said this, Yang Mo could only force out a serious smile reluctantly: "Go! Since the leader has arranged it, let alone the fact that it hasn't snowed outside, we have to go even if it's sniping... But, can you let me go to the toilet before going? I've been holding in my shit for almost two hours!"

&%#%￥

Looking at this guy holding his stomach with a tired look on his face, a certain director felt his blood pressure soaring rapidly towards the warning line of 180.

After gnashing his teeth three times in anger, Zhang Wenshun finally squeezed out three words from his mouth:

"Go quickly!"

(End of this chapter)