Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

Zhang Renkang didn't want to get involved in the sudden trouble, so he rejected Ding Qiunan's offer.

"Comrade Ding Qiunan, the arrangements here at the factory are all under the responsibility of the responsible leaders. I cannot abuse my power to undermine the established procedures."

"do you understand?"

The hope in Ding Qiunan's eyes was shattered in an instant. He lowered his head and didn't know what to say for a moment. He looked at Zhang Renkang stubbornly and turned away.

Zhang Renkang shook his head. Actually, it was not difficult to help Ding Qiunan. However, her family background problem was too obvious. If Zhang Renkang tried to help her solve the problem deliberately, he would inevitably backfire. On the other hand, wouldn't it be pushing her into the fire pit if he asked her to go to college at this time?

Not to mention that Ding Qiunan would be the first to be criticized for her problems, even if she was recommended now, what would happen? She would have to come back within a year, and by then she might not even be lucky enough to return to the factory to work as a factory doctor. If she was lucky, she could go to the countryside, to the Inner Mongolia grasslands, or to the northwest or even the plateau. By then, she, a delicate little beauty, might not know if she could come back alive.

Zhang Renkang, who ignored her, suddenly thought of something and called Liu Feng to ask

"Are there any places for university study here in the factory?"

Liu Feng had just heard the noise coming from Zhang Renkang's side. Zhang Renkang deliberately asked Ding Qiunan to open the door to avoid suspicion and also to avoid trouble. How could the noise here be hidden from Liu Feng next door?

Liu Feng smiled bitterly

"We were previously under the leadership of the Ministry of Metallurgy and a subsidiary of Hongshan Machinery Factory. We did have quotas there. Every year, the factory could recommend two or three people to register with the Education Department of Hongshan Machinery Factory. Whether or not they could go depended on the review of the Education Department."

"This Ding Qiunan is here to harass you again"

"I'll go find Sun Juan from the infirmary and ask her to take good care of Ding Qiunan."

"Ding Qiunan did not meet the requirements and was rejected when the factory recommended him for the first time."

Zhang Renkang asked

"why"

Liu Feng said

"The education department responded that Ding Qiunan's father had published an article critical of the organization, and his speech and thoughts were full of criticisms."

"The opinion is that it is not suitable for training talents"

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"No wonder. I was wondering why it would not be approved if it meets the requirements."

"But I'm looking for you for another reason. Starting this year, the factory will stop recommending college students to study."

“We’ll see when it recovers.”

Liu Feng was surprised

"Director Zhang, why is this?"

"This year, there are two good young people who are quite talented in mechanical attainments. We are also planning to ask the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill if there is any recommendation for them to go to the Industrial University for further studies."

Zhang Renkang thought for a moment and said

"The steel mill should also have vacancies, but the professors Xue Jinfeng mentioned are coming soon. We will arrange for them to take charge of the team. If you have talent, you can learn from these old professors in the same way."

"I won't bury their talents. As for the recommendation, let's stop it for now."

"We have the conditions to cultivate talents in the field of mechanics, but we should not consider talents in other fields."

Liu Feng nodded. Anyway, this had no impact on him and most of the workers. So they could just stop. Now that they were no longer under the leadership of Hongshan Machinery Factory, it was impossible for them to give them quotas.

After Ding Qiunan came out of the office building, he walked aimlessly towards the small lake behind the factory alone.

She didn't understand why the world was against her when she had done nothing wrong. Was it because her father published an inappropriate article? He just disagreed with some policies, but he was not guilty of treason.

Standing under the big willow tree by the lake, Ding Qiunan looked numbly at the lush green surroundings and the calm lake. At that moment, she felt that her life seemed to have no meaning.

In this machine repair shop where workers are the majority, they are either treating wounds or dealing with symptoms of colds and fevers. Their youth is being completely consumed by useless trivialities day by day.

Only when she thought of her parents did Ding Qiunan feel more alive. If she died suddenly, how would they live? Thinking of her father, who now had a sloppy beard and didn't have much trimming, Ding Qiunan remembered her father when she was a child, who was full of vigor and taught her to be a person with aspirations. It was also her father who said

"The country has been poor for a long time, and the people are numb and indifferent. We need to use drastic measures to govern the country and get rid of the excessive taxes and parasites that have accumulated for a long time."

"My child, you should study medicine and become a doctor to treat patients, just like Mr. Zhou did. When the country is stable, it will be your time."

Thinking of this, waves of bitterness and sadness came over Ding Qiunan's face. Can she still pursue what she wants in this era?

Inside the machine repair shop, Nan Yi came out of the infirmary with a puzzled look on his face.

He came to look for Ding Qiunan. He heard that Ding Qiunan liked to eat chestnuts. Nan Yi searched for a long time and finally found a small scoop of chestnuts picked up last autumn from a farmer. He boiled them for Ding Qiunan and then quickly brought them to him while they were still hot.

Unexpectedly, Ding Qiunan was not in the infirmary at all. He was ridiculed by several nurses and Director Sun of the infirmary. He came out of the infirmary with a dusty face and chestnuts in his hand.

Nan Yi wondered in his heart

"Where did Qiunan go? Old woman Sun Juan insisted that she had never seen her. It's impossible that she didn't come to work?"

Ding Qiunan now lives in a house in the family quarters. As one of the most educated talents in the machine repair factory, the factory specially allocated her a two-room house with a small yard and a side room. After her father was expelled from the school, the couple refused to admit their guilt and were criticized by students and the school every day. In order to avoid idleness, they followed Ding Qiunan and moved to the northern suburbs.

Although Ding Qiunan was in a bad mood by the lake, he still sat quietly under the tree and never thought of committing suicide again. If he died and the factory kicked his parents out, where else could they go in this city without any relatives or friends?

Nan Yi, who had searched every corner of the machine repair factory, stood breathlessly at the door of the cafeteria. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. Would Qiu Nan go to the lake behind? Thinking of this, Nan Yi hurriedly wanted to run out of the factory.

Cui Dake, who had just come out of the cafeteria, happened to run into Nan Yi. Seeing him frowning and suddenly realizing something, he felt curious. When he saw Nan Yi trying to run out, he shouted:

"Nan Yi, the whole cafeteria is looking for you, where are you running to?"

"Don't you know what time it is? The workers won't eat?"

"Can you take responsibility for delaying the factory's production?"

Cui Dake questioned Nan Yi dissatisfiedly. Originally, Nan Yi had cooked the chestnuts and wanted to send them to Ding Qiunan while they were still hot and then return home. However, he did not find Ding Qiunan in the infirmary at all. Nan Yi searched around the factory again, which wasted a lot of time. The preparations in the canteen kitchen were all done, and the two chefs transferred from the steel mill could not wait to start cooking the big pot of dishes.

Nan Yi saw that it was Cui Dake and said unhappily

"Aren't there cooks in the kitchen? Can't they do it?"

Cui Da was angry when he saw Nan Yi dared to talk back.

"Nan Yi, what's your attitude? You're not doing your job, but wandering around everywhere?"

"Does the factory assign you a job where you can do it if you want to or not if you don't want to?"

“Is this your attitude?”

"What exactly are your intentions? Why are you running away from your post? Are you trying to sabotage the factory's production and construction work, or are you dissatisfied with the factory and want to use the strike to threaten the factory leaders?"

Nan Yi saw Cui Dake questioning him, and his temper suddenly rose. He shouted

"What are you dissatisfied with? Even a villain like you can succeed in the factory. Of course I don't like it."

"I just don't want to do this anymore"

Nan Yi stretched out his hand and pulled the chef's hat off his head and threw it to the ground, saying unhappily

"Cui Dake, no matter how you make up stories, I don't believe that the factory can be any better if it uses people like you."

"I don't want to serve you anymore"

He turned around and left, taking the pot of roasted chestnuts with him, thinking of going to the lakeside behind the factory to see if Ding Qiunan was there.

Cui Dake looked at the chef's hat that fell to the ground and Nan Yi who was walking away. He was angry at first, then suddenly thought of something. He smiled and nodded, thinking in his heart

"You brought this upon yourself, Nan Yi, don't blame me for being rude."

"I want to see if the factory will punish you for your behavior. You are not the only cook now. Do you think you can threaten anyone?"

Cui Dake smiled. Although the two chefs transferred from the steel mill were not as talented and skilled as Nan Yi, they could still make a big pot of food. The taste was good with the ingredients and skills taught by Zhang Renkang, and it was not much worse than Nan Yi.

In this way, the factory will not be afraid that the food quality in the cafeteria will plummet after Nan Yi goes on strike, and naturally they will not indulge him in this bad habit anymore.

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