The golden age began in 1977

Chapter 82: He's Good at Winning People's Hearts
After a day's rest, Qian Jin had to go back to work the next day.

As usual, he first arranged the work of the labor assault team.

It’s very simple, just sweep up the fallen leaves, and spend an hour in the morning and noon to finish the job.

Then Wei Xiangmi would mark them as having perfect attendance so that they could receive a fifty-cent subsidy.

This can be considered as loving the house and loving the dog, and also as winning people's hearts.

Qian Jin played a major role in the overthrow of Zhang, and Wei Xiangmi was grateful to him.

In comparison, the transportation work at Port A is not easy.

Several fishing boats are at the port today.

When the weather gets cold, seafood is easier to preserve, so all the vegetable markets, grocery stores, and supply and marketing cooperatives sell it. There are a lot of goods delivered, and the transportation task is heavy.

Unfortunately, there was no wind today and it was a very foggy day. The fishy smell filled the entire harbor, giving the fog a fishy smell.

So when Qian entered the warehouse early in the morning, he felt the strong fishy smell of the sea like an invisible net that tied him tightly.

Wei Xiongtu arrived earlier than him. After seeing him, he smiled bitterly and said, "I was thinking of getting some sunshine to dry my hands. That way they will heal faster."

His hands are even more tender than Qian Jin's, and the blisters can be worn off to reveal the tender flesh!

Qian Jin took out some iodine to disinfect him, then applied a layer of growth factor gel and wrapped him with gauze.
"How did you get rid of the blister?"

Wei Xiongtu was silent for a moment, then said, "My aunt insisted on having it cut off, saying it would heal faster."

Qian Jin was speechless.

His uncle and his family are cheating their nephew.

So he said, "You can't work today, I'll do your share."

Wei Xiongtu burst into tears of gratitude: "Thank you, Comrade Qian, I feel much better now after applying the medicine."

"You started helping me yesterday. I don't know how to thank you enough."

"I just got back to the city and didn't have much money or good things. You said you liked this kind of cigarette, so I brought all the rest."

He opened his military bag and inside lay the same Lao Dao brand cigarettes from yesterday.

Qian Jin really wants this.

Two packs of cigarettes were sold yesterday.

The mall took it away.

A pack of cigarettes costs two thousand yuan, which is not cheap.

Qian Jin didn't hesitate and stuffed the cigarettes he brought this time into his bag.

He replaced Wei Xiongtu's cigarettes with Hongmei cigarettes and said, "Give more cigarettes to your colleagues. The more gifts you give, the less blame you will get."

Wei Xiongtu smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm a little embarrassed."

"What's there to be embarrassed about?" Qian Jin was puzzled. "If you're embarrassed to give cigarettes to your colleagues, how are you going to pursue girls and get married in the future?"

When Wei Xiongtu heard this, his face darkened. "I don't chase girls, nor do I marry a wife. In fact, I'm already married and have children."

Qian Jin was shocked: "How old are you?"

"27 years old." Wei Xiongtu said.

Qian Jin smacked his lips.

Not surprisingly.

But Wei Xiongtu is really handsome, and looks like a college student in his previous life, with a kind of clear stupidity.

As the two chatted, fellow workers arrived one after another.

Lao Guai nodded and greeted the two of them, then took the initiative to push the tricycle to unload the goods.

A worker gave Qian Jin a small cart and said, "Xiao Qian, you push this cart."

Qian Jin said politely: "Special person, special car, I'm pushing your car, big brother, this is not good, right?"

The worker scoffed, "The captain was just teasing you yesterday."

Qian Jin stuffed a pack of cigarettes into his hand.

The worker smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

Someone coughed, and Qian Jin and the workers looked over and found Hu Shunzi standing not far away with his hands behind his back, gazing at the sea.

The worker left quickly.

Hu Shunzi sighed to himself: "Seeing this sea, I can't help but think of my grandfather."

Qian Jin didn't understand what he was doing.

Lao Guai whispered to him, "Our foreman's grandfather fell into the sea and drowned. His body was never found."

The workers lined up.

Hu Shunzi said seriously, "Are you all here? Then let me convey the team's work plan."

"Today we have two main tasks: moving urea and fish. Both tasks require us to catch the tide, so brothers should work harder today and try not to work overtime."

Qian Jin raised his hand: "Report!"

Hu Shunzi gave him a pig-like smile: "You say."

Qian Jin explained Wei Xiongtu's situation, and then expressed his willingness to help Wei Xiongtu by resting less and working more.

Some workers also joined in and said that they were willing to help their new colleague.

Hu Shunzi waved his hand and told them to go back to work, leaving Qian Jin and Wei Xiongtu behind. "I just happened to have something to tell you two."

He took out his work schedule and showed it to Qian Jin: "You two were injured at work yesterday. According to my suggestion, you can rest at home this afternoon."

"But just before the end of the shift, Captain Song came to check on you two and was very unhappy to find that you two had left your posts right after you started. He insisted on marking you as absent."

"I argued with reason at the time. If you don't believe me, go ask my fellow workers..."

"Leader, you are too kind. How can we not believe it?" Qian Jin quickly said in cooperation.

Wei Xiongtu sighed.

I worked for half a day and my boss asked me to take a break, so how come I was considered absent from work?

Hu Shunzi added, "I understand Xiao Wei's condition, but we porters are rough people, right?"

"You can't do this job without calluses on your hands, so you have to do it. The skin on your hands will fall off and grow, and that's how calluses will form."

"Besides, our Jiagang Port Transportation Team has always been a model team for learning from Iron Man Wang Jinxi. We can't let this team fall behind!"

Wei Xiongtu gritted his teeth and showed a resolute look: "Understood! I won't fall behind!"

Qian Jin looked at Hu Shunzi with a strange look in his eyes.

But before he left, he took out a cigarette and handed it to Hu Shunzi.

He had originally brought two bottles of good grain wine, but now it seems there is no need to give them to Hu Shunzi for the time being.

The reconciliation was not as smooth as he had imagined.

Qian Jin and Wei Xiongtu work as partners, one loading goods onto the truck and the other pushing the cart to deliver goods.

He asked Wei Xiongtu to move it.

Because you can use your arms to hold the box and carry it, but to push a cart you have to hold the handlebars with your palms.

Hu Shunzi gave the two of them hairtail.

Silvery-white scales gleamed in the mist, emitting a pungent fishy smell waiting for them.

The surrounding workers came up to help from time to time.

After all, Qian Jin has friends who are drivers, and he even gave them cigarettes. They have no conflicts with Qian Jin, so they want to make friends with him.

Deputy Foreman Kang Xinxin noticed this scene from a distance and said with a smile, "You are really good at winning people over."

Hu Shunzi, who was sweating profusely, said: "I didn't do anything."

Kang Xinxin rolled his eyes: "I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about that new guy Qian Jin."

Hu Shunzi was furious when he heard this.

The sun finally came out at noon, dispersing the fog and casting long, slanted shadows on the rusty gantry cranes on the docks.

The workers started to eat lunch in groups of three or five, talking and laughing.

Wei Xiongtu brought steamed buns: "Try them? My sister is a good cook, and the buns she makes are delicious."

Qian Jin waved his hand.

He was so tired and nauseous in the morning that he couldn't eat.

Fortunately, he brought Snickers to replenish his energy, otherwise he would have collapsed.

The workers came over to share their experience with him: "Xiao Qian, you don't need to risk your life so much. This requires a steady and long-term approach..."

Lao Guai also said: "Rivers don't compete for speed, they compete for vastness and continuity!"

Wei Xiongtu said awkwardly: "My hands are exposed and I don't do much. Comrade Qian is doing this to help me."

Qian Jin indicated that he was fine.

He took out two bottles of wine from his bag and stuffed them into Lao Guai's pockets: "Uncle, unscrew them and share some with the big brothers. Thanks to the big brothers for helping us this morning."

When the workers saw the bottled wine, they all exclaimed "Wow".

This wine has no brand name, only a piece of white paper with four words written on it:
Special internal supply!

As for where the interior is or where the special supply is, there is no indication above.

Lao Guai touched the exquisite porcelain bottle and shook his head: "Where did you get this? It would be a waste if you gave it to me to drink. You should keep it for a gift."

Some honest workers also said, "Why don't you give this wine to Hu Tou? Wouldn't it be nice if he could share some of your joy?"

But some workers were greedy: "Let's open a bottle and let Xiao Qian give us another one? Special wine, I've never tasted the taste of wine specially provided for the boss in my life!"

Qian Jin took back the wine bottles, unscrewed them all, and said, "Drink it, it will energize your blood and warm your body."

"This isn't a special supply of fine wine for the top leaders. There was a people's commune winery where I used to work in the countryside, and this is the wine reserved for the commune canteen."

The wine he was going to give as a gift would certainly not be bad, at least it was pure grain wine, a 53-degree sauce-flavored liquor.

Two bottles of wine were not a small amount, but the dozen or so porters were all rough men, and each of them could only get less than two taels of wine, so it was no big deal.

They used jug lids to hold the wine.

The military canteen has a large lid and can hold one or two glasses of wine.

Someone brought the stove from the office over, put water and seasonings in the iron pot, found some fresh yellow croaker, cleaned it, and started stewing it.

Wei Xiongtu subconsciously said: "This is state property..."

"There is a loss of state property." Lao Guai followed up his words and winked at him.

Wei Xiongtu ate the buns silently, he didn't eat the fish.

The porters did not try to dissuade him, but happily ate the fresh fish and drank the wine.

"Okay, this wine tastes really good, very strong, but soft on the palate."

"It's definitely a wine made from good grains. I drank it at my brother's wedding last month. It was sorghum wine that was specially brought back from Shanxi. It can't compare to this."

"Thank you so much, Xiao Qian. You said we just met and I wanted to drink your wine. Just watch over me this afternoon. We brothers won't drink your wine in vain!"

Qian Jin smiled and said, "My dear brother, you are too polite. It's just a drink. We are all colleagues. This is a small matter."

"When we have some free time someday, Old Wei and I will ask someone to get some wine and food, and you can all come to my house and have some fun!"

The workers all gave thumbs up: "It's bright and spacious!"

Wei Xiongtu whispered, "I'll ask my sister to cook a few dishes. She's a good cook."

Qian Jin also whispered, "Why don't you just let your sister marry me."

Wei Xiongtu shook his head and said, "Although the ancients said that the eldest brother is like a father, this is a new era, a new society, and a new trend. We have freedom of love and freedom of marriage. I can't..."

"Brother, I was just kidding you!" Qian Jin was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

After dinner, the workers put on their cotton coats and prepared to find a place to take a nap.

Hu Shunzi appeared in a hurry.

He held a notebook under his arm and said anxiously, "Everyone is working overtime today. There is no lunch break. Hurry and move the goods."

"Why are you so anxious?" a worker named Huang Daliang asked dissatisfiedly.

Hu Shunzi said: "There are boats waiting to enter the port. We have to hurry up and make sure the other fishing boats get out of the way as soon as possible."

Another worker looked out to sea in confusion: "I don't see any ships rushing into the port."

"Are you the foreman or am I the foreman? Why are you so nagging?" Hu Shunzi said impatiently.

The workers sighed and continued to work.

Qian Jin filled the cart, his veins bulging as he gripped the handlebars, he lifted the cart with a hemp rope on his shoulders, and pushed it away.

Hu Shunzi rushed over to find him, his work clothes with three buttons open, revealing the copper whistle around his neck:

"Xiao Qian and Xiao Wei, put down your work for now and come with me to move a batch of sugar."

Lao Guai heard this and said hurriedly: "Mr. Hu, can the newcomers make sugar? We have to rely on the old guys."

Hu Shunzi smiled and said, "Aren't all the old guys young people here?"

He helped Qian Jin brush off the fish scales on his clothes. "I'm mainly considering that young people like to be clean. Moving sugar is a clean job, so let them do it."

"Catch is filthy. After a day's work, they can't even wash off the stench when they get home. How are they going to go to the movies with their partner?"

A cargo ship was unloading large bags of sugar.

Lao Guai followed quietly.

After Hu Shunzi arranged his work and left, he said to Qian Jin and the others, "Young men, sugar is not easy to move."

"This stuff is too heavy. A big bag weighs 150 kilograms. How are you two going to do it?"

"Besides, Baitang likes to be clean, so he dare not drop it on the ground, let alone in the mud or water. Otherwise, he will be doomed. A month's salary will not be enough to compensate for it!"

Wei Xiongtu's heart sank: "What should I do?"

Qian Jin asked Lao Guai, "How did you make sugar in the past?"

Lao Guai said, "We work in groups of four, taking turns. Sometimes we even have to use the port's internal combustion forklifts."

Qian Jin asked, "Where's the forklift?"

Lao Guai smiled and said, "Yes, Port A is the largest of the four major ports along the coast. How could their warehousing company not have forklifts?"

"Forget about the port warehousing company. Even our Port A Warehousing and Transportation Department has two forklifts, but it's not our turn to use them."

Qian Jin nodded thoughtfully and quickly went to find Hu Shunzi.

Hu Shunzi was smoking outside the metal box office, but when he saw him coming, he lowered his head and went back to work.

Qian Jin came in and asked, "Foreman Hu, there's a lot of sugar. It's troublesome to carry it. Can we split it up over two days?"

Hu Shunzi waved his hand: "That won't do, Xiao Qian. Captain Song is putting pressure on us. We have to finish the move today."

"How about you work overtime, endure some fatigue today, and finish it in one go?"

"Then I'll ask Captain Song for your commendation and try to get you praised by the department!"

Qian Jin smiled and said, "No need to worry about that. This is our job as a porter."

"But, Foreman Hu, are we only responsible for moving the sugar today? We don't care about anything else?"

Hu Shunzi said, "Yes, I'll go home when I finish moving the sugar."

"If we can't finish moving, don't blame me for being ruthless, foreman. We have to work, right? We have to work overtime when we have to!"

Qian Jin nodded: "Then I have to get back and do it quickly!"

Hu Shunzi said lightly, "I see that our colleagues have a good relationship with you. You can ask them for help."

"You've treated your colleagues to a lavish meal. You've already spent a lot of money on them. Shouldn't you let them help you? Find them and let them work together!"

Qian Jin smiled and left in a good mood.

(End of this chapter)