Rebirth 78, the beginning of the marriage was broken off by the female educated youth

Walking on the streets of Beijing, the men and women, young and old, walking towards me are not in a hurry like in later generations, and no one is holding a mobile phone while hurrying.

It is still early in the working day, and people coming and going at this time are walking at a steady pace. When they meet someone they know, they will greet them warmly.

A long line had formed in front of a grocery store. People crowded together and talked about how many pieces of tofu they should get later, but they didn't want to use up all their accumulated tofu tickets at once.

Outside the coal shop diagonally opposite, a young man in an apron was weighing coal for the people in line.

A few elementary school students carrying schoolbags were passing by and chasing each other excitedly. They were almost hit by an adult on a bicycle. They scolded the adult a few times but didn't really care.

The female workers in the textile factory sang songs together, swung their bags and joked with each other about which guy was more handsome.

In his memory, the scene that he could only see in movies and TV dramas appeared in front of Li Xiangnan. He unconsciously slowed down his pace and immersed himself in it.

Although life was difficult during that era, supplies were insufficient, and receipts were required to buy everything, the atmosphere of home and human touch made him unable to help but linger on the warmth.

"Two fried dough sticks, five white flour buns, and four ounces of food coupons~"

Before he knew it, Li Xiangnan had arrived at the state-owned restaurant that the doorman, Uncle Qin, had mentioned. Before he even entered, he could hear a lot of noise inside, and from time to time he could hear conversations between customers and staff.

He walked in with a smile. Most of the ten or so tables were already occupied, so he went closer to the ordering area and took a look.

There is everything from steamed buns with soy milk, steamed buns with soy juice, to fried dough sticks.

On a blackboard, the prices of the corresponding categories are written.

Two fried dough sticks cost six cents, and there was one or two grain coupons.

Two meat buns cost one cent each, and they cost one or two taels of food coupons.

A bowl of noodles costs 1.5 cents, with white skin and no sauce.

A bowl of noodles with gravy costs 20 cents and is large in portion and filling.

Dumplings are 20 cents a bowl.

Seeing this, Li Xiangnan's eyes lit up and he immediately took out two dimes from his pocket. This was it.

When he saw the man in front of him buying a portion of dumplings and heard that they were vegetarian, he immediately lost interest and had to order a bowl of noodles with gravy. He also spent five cents to buy a steamed bun and gave three or two grain coupons.

"Would you like a bowl of soy milk? It's fresh!" The waiter inside took out a pen and prepared to make a note.

Freshly fermented? He couldn't stand it!

Li Xiangnan quickly rejected this dark cuisine. It was not that it tasted bad, but it was really not his cup of tea. He quickly fled to the window, found a seat to sit down, and started to eat his noodles attentively.

It took a full half hour before I walked out of the state-owned hotel feeling satisfied.

Calculating the time, he knew that if he went back, the administrative department of the machine repair factory would be here by then, so he walked slowly towards the factory while looking at the street scene.

When they arrived near the guardhouse, Uncle Qin just saw off the postman who was delivering newspapers. He turned around to glance at the clock in the room and said with a smile, "The time is perfect! You have a strong sense of purpose!"

"Uncle, have a cigarette!" Li Xiangnan smiled, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it over.

After bidding farewell to Uncle Qin, Li Xiangnan hurried to the factory hospital.

He had looked around this four-story building last night and estimated where the administrative department was. Now it was a natural thing for him to go up and he quickly found the administrative department in a room near the inner corridor of the fourth floor.

The door was open, and seeing someone sitting inside, Li Xiangnan knocked on the door and said calmly, "Hello, comrade. I'm here to report. What procedures should I follow?"

"..."

In this four-story building, only the bottom three floors are actually used as a hospital. The top floor is the hospital's backup departments, such as the hospital's administrative department, logistics department, medical department, office, science and education department, medical record room, finance department, etc. Although there are many departments, there are not many staff, and the corridor is very quiet.

Li Xiangnan was absolutely sure that the other party could hear what he said.

But I pretended not to hear...

understood!

It is said that it is easy to hide from the King of Hell but difficult to deal with little devils. This guy might be a villain who likes to use chicken feathers as a token of authority.

He was not angry and repeated, "Hello, I'm here to report..."

"I'm telling you, are you annoying? Can't you see I'm busy? You keep asking me questions. Where did you come from, you little brat? Why don't you know the rules?"

But he didn't expect that the other party raised his head and started to complain, and even pretended to throw the documents in his hand.

Li Xiangnan could see clearly that the greasy-looking boy was holding the same newspaper as Uncle Qin's.

Is this what being busy means?

"Go wait!" Cui Xingjian rolled his eyes at Li Xiangnan and ignored him. He made himself a cup of tea, picked up the newspaper on the table, put his feet on the table, and began to read leisurely.

"Okay!" Li Xiangnan didn't bother with him. He wanted to see if all the people in this administrative department were like this. Only by laying out a long line can you catch a big fish. So he grabbed a chair and just stared at Cui Xingjian without doing anything.

Five minutes later, Cui Xingjian glanced at Li Xiangnan from behind his glasses and found that the other party had been staring at him. The more he read the newspaper, the less he could concentrate. He felt uncomfortable and his forehead felt as if it was pricked by needles.

"Ahem!" Cui Xingjian unscrewed the cup and drank tea in a pretentious manner, then blew on the hot tea, thinking of making this ignorant boy suffer a little.

Da da da!

Just then, the sound of leather shoes was heard in the corridor. Cui Xingjian was delighted, snorted coldly, quickly got up and ran to the table opposite, picked up the teacup, and ran to the kettle to pour boiling water.

Soon, a middle-aged man with slightly balding hair walked into the office, and when he saw Li Xiangnan, he pretended not to see him.

"Chief Ma, good morning! I've just made you a cup of tea with a lot of foam! It smells so good!" Cui Xingjian hurriedly came over with a smile on his face.

"Yeah!" Ma Ying nodded, sipped a sip of hot tea to moisten his throat, tilted his head and asked, "What's going on?"

"Hey, he said he was here to report, but he didn't know much about the rules. He yelled at me twice when he came in the morning, and almost scared me! How can this be? Young people nowadays have no workplace rules at all!" Cui Xingjian laughed dryly twice.

"That needs to be rectified!" Ma Ying blew on the tea and said slowly:

"Recently, many educated youth have returned to the city. They are all filled up by relatives and friends. Sigh, what has our factory become? It's full of smoke and dust. Everyone doesn't know the rules. I don't know where these evil practices came from!"

He snorted coldly, and his voice was not small, obviously speaking to Li Xiangnan.

He was well aware of Cui Xingjian's sharp eyesight. Since he treated Li Xiangnan like this, he must have realized that the other party had entered here through the back door. People like this should be left alone for a while, otherwise, when they return to the factory and don't know the rules, who knows what kind of trouble they might cause.

So he also picked up the newspaper and started reading while drinking tea.

"Hmph, what is the place of our administrative department? They are the right-hand man of our factory director, not to serve little brats like you who have big mouths but little ability! If there are no rules, then learn from them!"

When Cui Xingjian saw the director like this, he immediately became more confident and looked at Li Xiangnan with his nose almost raised to the sky.

Li Xiangnan's ears moved and he heard a familiar sound of footsteps approaching, so he said nothing, but just smiled and patted his belly, waiting while digesting his food.

Sure enough, within a few seconds, a familiar voice was heard at the door.

"Xiangnan, why are you still here? Isn't it quick to report in? What's going on? I've been waiting for you downstairs for a long time!"

Hearing the voice, Ma Ying raised his head and looked at Cui Xingjian. His face changed instantly and he quickly stood up.

"Director Xing, why are you here?"

The voice was flattering yet full of nervousness, tension, and a strong sense of uneasiness.

They all looked at Li Xiangnan and found a barely perceptible smile on his lips, which made them feel startled in their hearts.