Siheyuan: How the Little People Live

About half an hour later, Wang Xiaotian looked at the time on his watch, then he raised his head, put down the coin in his hand, and said to Ye Wenwu and the others:

"Wait here for a moment. I'll go see if the factory manager has time to pick you up."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Wang."

Ye Wenwu also quickly stood up and expressed his gratitude.

When Wang Xiaotian walked out, his cousin Zhang Xingbang, who had been sitting restlessly beside him, was puzzled and asked his cousin:

"Wenwu, the rules in this factory are so strict. The factory manager where we work is obviously next door, so why did he make us wait for half an hour?"

"Cousin, let's talk about this back home. This is not the place to talk."

Ye Wenwu raised a finger to his mouth, looked at the door again, and saw that there was no one there, so he spoke.

Zhang Xingbang also knew that he had said the wrong thing. If others heard it, they would think that he was resentful.

"Xiao Ye, come here for a moment. The factory manager wants to see you."

Wang Xiaotian's voice came from the door, and Ye Wenwu hurriedly pulled his cousin over.

Editor Wang quickly filled the factory director's glass with water, then said hello and left.

Ye Wenwu and Zhang Xingbang were standing in front of the desk in Deputy Director Li's office, and Deputy Director Li was reading a newspaper in his hand.

"I just checked the sources of your two work indicators. I heard that you are the son of Ye Fugui and Zhang Kexin, right?"

"Director Li, yes, Ye Fugui and Zhang Kexin are my parents. I am the only one left in our family now, so I came here to see if there are any good jobs."

Ye Wenwu also said quickly.

Deputy Director Li then raised his head and looked at Grandpa Wenwu and Zhang Xingbang, and tapped the table with the fingers of his right hand.

"Oh, I remember your father and mother are both fitters. Don't you want to go to the front line to help build the country?"

"Director, look at what you said. Aren't we there to contribute to the construction of our motherland?"

As Ye Wenwu spoke, he quietly handed two packs of Peony brand cigarettes from his bag to the table.

"Besides, it's up to you, the factory director, to decide where the factory is short of people."

Deputy Factory Director Li was in a particularly good mood today. The key point was that he felt that Ye Wenwu also understood the ways of the world. Unlike the previous people who wanted to get a better result after getting work targets, the key point was that he didn't even express his feelings.

Deputy Director Li is not the nanny of these people, so why should he arrange them to a good place? On the contrary, people like Ye Wenwu are his favorites. You want your job and I want my things. This is called a win-win situation, and no one suffers.

"Well, you are indeed smart, but you won't find any good jobs."

Deputy Director Li calmly put the two packs of Peony brand cigarettes on the table into the drawer.

"Director, I am the only one in my family now. To be honest, I don't want to work on the front line. Besides, I know my own abilities. Instead of harming others on the front line, it is better for me to stay in the rear and give full play to my strengths. So as long as I can contribute to the country, that's enough."

Ye Wenwu also quickly stuffed the red envelope he had prepared under the books on the table.

Deputy Director Li is a very experienced man. When he saw the thickness of Ye Wenwu's red envelope, he knew the approximate amount and a smile appeared on his face.

"Not bad, not bad. It would be great if everyone was as sensible as you. Some people have no skills at all and just want to get ahead, and end up causing trouble for the country."

"How about this, let me see what degree you graduated from? I want to see if I can arrange for you to work in the Propaganda Department."

"Director, I graduated from high school."

Ye Wenwu also quickly said that the Propaganda Department was indeed a good place and he could slack off there at ordinary times.

Moreover, Xu Damao of the Red Star Theater No. 4 was a film projectionist under the Propaganda Department, so he was still assigned there. He was only a clerk, but he was also Xu Damao's leader.

"You are still a high school graduate, so we will assign you to the Propaganda Department. We will assign you there not to let you enjoy yourself, but to contribute more to the country."

Ye Wenwu felt a little unreal as he walked on the road. He did not expect that this matter could be solved so easily. The key was that the Propaganda Department was also good.

"Xiao Ye, what's wrong? Are you a little bit unbelievable?"

Wang Xiaotian looked at Ye Wenwu who was following behind him in a daze and said jokingly.

Just now, after Ye Wenwu and his friends expressed their gratitude in Deputy Director Li's office, Deputy Director Li arranged for his clerk to take Ye Wenwu and his friends to the Propaganda Department first to say hello to the department's chief.

In the eyes of Deputy Director Li, after all, the two of them were following their own paths, and he had also accepted things from them. He couldn't just stuff it over there and not do anything about it. If they got dissatisfied and made a big deal out of it, he would lose face.

Besides, the formal procedures also need to be followed, so Ye Wenwu and the other two were brought out.

"Brother Wang, yes, I thought I could only be a worker at first. I also know that if I were on the front line, I might cause trouble for everyone."

"Hahaha, you kid should just hide yourself! But the Propaganda Department is indeed a better department in our Red Army Steel Rolling Mill. There are also better departments than the Propaganda Department. But with your personality, I don't think you can stay for long."

"When you get to the Propaganda Department, remember to be sweet. But I'm very relieved about you, kid."

Wang Xiaotai did not expect that Ye Wenwu could actually get a work quota of the Propaganda Department from Deputy Factory Director Li. It can be seen that Ye Wenwu is not a young man who knows nothing, so naturally he also wants to build a relationship.

The head of the Propaganda Department is called Zhao Shujie. He looks like an educated person. He wears a pair of glasses and speaks in a very literary manner.

Especially when he saw that Ye Wenwu was brought here by Wang Xiaotian himself, and Wang Xiaotian was giving instructions in his ear, he didn't say anything. Maybe he saw the machine in Wang Xiaotian's eyes, so he just told Ye Wenwu to come to work tomorrow, and let Ye Wenwu get to know everyone then.

Then he walked towards a workshop.

You should know that the office buildings are all close to Workshop 3, and there is only Workshop 2 between Workshop 1 and Workshop 3, so it is not very far.

However, Wang Xiaoding did not lead them in personally. Instead, he called a worker outside and asked him to call out the workshop director.

The director of the first workshop was Feng Gang, a short man with a smooth way of speaking. He shouted enthusiastically as soon as he came up:

"Officer Wang, what brings you here? Your coming to our workshop really makes it shine."

"Old Feng, stop talking so smoothly. I'm here today for a serious matter. This comrade is called Zhang Xingbang. Take a look at Master Wang Dachui in your workshop. Let him learn the craft from Master Wang Dachui."

Wang Xiaotian also smiled and waved his hand, and began to introduce Ye Fengwu's cousin Zhang Xingbang.

Of course Feng Gang saw Ye Wenwu and the others, but he wouldn't ask them what they were doing right away.

However, in the past, people were arranged to be taught by senior masters. This was the first time he heard Wang Xiaotian arrange people to learn from intermediate masters. He looked at Ye Wenwu and Zhang Xingbang with surprise.

He knew Wang Dachui, a very honest man, and he had three apprentices forced upon him. He didn't expect that Wang Dachui was simple-minded and was willing to teach his apprentices everything. His eldest apprentice was already a level 4 fitter the year before last, and it was estimated that he might really pass the exam to become a level 5 fitter this year, almost reaching the same level as Wang Dachui.

"I have to agree to let you, Clerk Wang, deliver the gift. Don't worry, I'll make all the arrangements for you. Let's have dinner together in the evening when you are free."

He said the first part to Zhang Xingbang and the others, and later he just leaned close to Wang Xiaotian's ear and asked softly.

"Old Feng, it's not that I don't want to go. I just followed my leader's leader without saying hello in advance. I have to keep it up all the time. Let's do this. When the leader says he has something to do, I will invite everyone to get together."

"Okay, that's a deal. Don't regret it. Just hand it over to me. Go back first, or the factory manager won't be able to find you when the time comes."