Chapter 16, there is a friend Xiao She.

Where is my home when the wind and smoke dazzle me?

The meaning of the unbearable heat still remains.

The water dragon roars.

At night, the stars and the moon are slanting to the west, and the place is bustling with lights and feasting. The wealthy family enjoys wine and meat, the poor travel in poverty, the rich and the noble enjoy happiness. Benevolence and faith are hard to accept, the world is in a state of flux, and you are at a loss. Sigh that time passes by, guests come and go, just for that, fame and fortune.

I also miss Sha Mian’s old friend and good friend, Brother She Yuan Qi. A humble gentleman who writes and practices his craftsmanship diligently. Falling cloth and repairing machines, shift management, loyalty and never give up. Looking north and south across the ridge, the wind is blowing thousands of miles, and I respect you with high righteousness.

Xiao She increasingly felt that money was not enough. In the two years since he started working, he only earned more than 300 yuan a month. He could still send 150 yuan a month to his parents in his hometown. Later, he changed his job type and the salary When my salary increased to more than 400 yuan, I could only send 100 yuan to my family every month. Later, when my salary increased to more than 500 yuan, my life was stretched and I had no money to send to my parents.

There are two main reasons. First, it costs money to have a girlfriend. Everyone who has been there knows that it costs a lot to have a girlfriend. Although money was valuable in the 1990s, the income was also low. Just have a meal and watch. The electric field is only a hundred or so dollars away. There is an old saying: When in love, girls hope that their boyfriends will be generous, but after marriage, they hope that their husbands will be frugal.

Xiao She’s girlfriend is Hua Yi, a beautiful and gentle woman. What she likes is Xiao She’s good character, sincerity and sincerity. The young man is tall, sunny and handsome. He is highly motivated and is a standard potential stock. Therefore, Hua Yi never disliked Xiao She's poverty, and was reluctant to let Xiao She buy her expensive clothes. Hua Yi believed that if the two worked hard and loved each other, they would eventually live a good life.

Xiao She lived up to expectations. She worked in the production workshop for 7 years, joined the party, was promoted, and her salary increased a bit, but her savings did not increase. On the contrary, she did not even send her parents’ pocket money. It's not that he is unfilial, but because he has many friends and has to take care of all aspects, so there are more places to spend money. Hubei people are very face-conscious and will rush to pay when eating, but they can't always have their teeth pointed toward foreigners. He only eats from others and has to invite them back every few days. This is called reciprocity. Xiao She is loyal. He is a person who never puts his friends at a disadvantage. He only eats three supper for that little salary. After two fights, the landlord becomes a moonlight clan. .

Being a shift leader or workshop officer is not easy. Let me first introduce the management model of a state-owned enterprise. Although a sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. Taking our cloth machine workshop as an example, every shift There is one shift leader, one party branch secretary, two deputy shift leaders (one operating shift leader is in charge of tooling and shuttle workers, one mechanical shift leader is in charge of equipment), and one trade union chairman (in charge of upper shafts and cloth droppers) , one secretary of the Youth League, one company commander of the militia, one director of the Women's Federation, one accountant, and two operating trainers. Except for the accountant who is in the office, the rest of the staff are working in the workshop, and the shift leader has also been making rounds in the workshop. , or go into battle to repair machines and install shuttles. In other words, there are no off-duty cadres in grassroots management. Except for holding joint meetings on shifts, basically these people can't get together. I once served as the Communist Youth League secretary, and the monthly allowance at that time was 20 yuan. From this point of view, although the name of management is more divided, it still feels the warmth of an organization. The birth, old age, illness and death of employees have the care of a big family. It is not like a private enterprise. If there is no use value, the boss will ask you to pack up your luggage and leave. Sha Mian's defeat was mainly due to the market climate.

My Youth League branch secretary took over from Xiao She. He was transferred to the general branch secretary of the workshop, joined the party, served as the propaganda officer of the workshop, and became a full-time manager. I was also a party activist, but my ideas were not up to standard and I could not stand the test of the organization, so I left Shamei.

Little She’s name is She Yuanqi, a native of Yun County, Shiyan. She came to Shashi Textile Industry School in 1991 and graduated from technical secondary school in four years. In 1995, she was assigned to work in the Shashi cotton cloth machine workshop. He is a genuine technical secondary school student, with higher academic qualifications than us technical school students, but he has inherited the hard-working character of the older generation in Shamian. He works hard and loves what he does. He is a hard-working, simple, motivated and innovative talent. If Sha Mian survives, his future is bright.

She Yuanqi has a gentle personality, is sincere in dealing with others, is diligent in doing things, calm in situations, and has the air of a general. In December 1995, he was assigned to work in the cloth machine class as a cloth dropper. He worked there for a year and a half and was promoted to a repair mechanic.

Cloth-dropping is a purely manual job. All you need is good hands, quick eyes, and strong strength. When I drop cloth, the price is 0.12 yuan each for narrow width, 0.24 yuan each for wide width, and 0.50 yuan each for jet extra-wide cloth. Zhu Lei and I sweat profusely every day while doing cloth dropping. In the summer, I would freeze a large Coke bottle of ice water. Recalling the hardships of that period makes people feel like they are in another world.

After She Yuanqi was transferred to the position of mechanic, he humbly learned from his masters and learned about mechanical performance. He quickly got into an independent position, and his salary increased accordingly. At that time, Doudizhu had just started, and we often played Doudizhu together. He was an old loser. Anyway, he was single and had no burden. He just did it for fun and did not improve himself intellectually. Now when I think about it, I regret it and feel guilty for not working hard as a teenager. , The boss is just sad. In fact, there are many seniors and workers in Shamian who are self-taught and jumped out of the factory. They have changed their lives with their unremitting efforts and persistent pursuit.

My hobbies are: one is playing chess, which is just to kill time, and I have not studied hard to become a real master. In fact, in every industry, as long as you stand out and reach the top, you will be an expert, and you will have no worries. Food, in this society where money is shameless, if experts can lower their airs, do some advertising or tell lies, it is easy to gain both fame and fortune.

My second hobby is buying lottery tickets. I started with the Seven-Star Sports Lottery at the entrance of Sha Mian in 1997. A year later, I switched to buying two-color lottery balls for the Welfare Lottery. It is exactly 20 years since I bought it. I dreamed of making a fortune. By this year In the spring, a high-ranking official from the General Administration of Lottery of the Ministry of Civil Affairs came to light, claiming that the Welfare Lottery had embezzled hundreds of billions. I know, Mr. Tianguang, it turned out that lottery players like me were being slaughtered by those people. I woke up from the dream and ended my own career. Dream of getting rich through lottery. Afterwards, I thought, if I had had the perseverance and perseverance to buy lottery tickets in other areas, I might have achieved something small, such as writing. I have always been interested in writing, but I just didn’t have the confidence or perseverance to write, so I spent many years trying to practice it. , was neglected for a fleeting year, and it was only last year that I started writing again.

She Yuanqi's talent is better than mine. He often publishes articles in "Shamian News" and "Jingzhou Daily". He can calm down and write, and he also writes good calligraphy and is good at using arranged pens. I wrote banners and slogans, and kept the blackboard newspaper clean and tidy. While he was making progress in his studies, I was playing chess, reading novels, and playing cards. At that time, I was reading pure martial arts novels, novels by famous writers such as Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng, Wen Ruian, etc. I didn’t know I have read so many books, but not Chinese and foreign classics and other literary books, that my writing is pale and has no literary connotation.

She Yuanqi’s moral character is better than mine. He is modest and prudent, sincere and enthusiastic, treats others with tolerance, and is meticulous in his work. He is a good leader. From September 2003 to May 2004, upon the recommendation of the workshop, the factory department sent him to Wuhan Textile Institute for further study for one year. After returning, he was assigned to the cloth machine workshop and served as the party branch secretary of Class A. From June 2006 to June 2008, he worked as a salesman in a distribution company for two years. Later, he left Shamei and now works as a taxi driver.

I have a close relationship with She Yuanqi. When I heard that he was running a business, I knew that he would not be able to escape. He was an honest person who did not know how to coax or brag. After one or two drinks, he would lose his strength and become arrogant. Clear it up, so you can get a few orders by signing. He is a practical managerial talent who can manage technology and logistics, but cannot be the main leader. He cannot flatter his superiors or bully his subordinates. Without a place for his development, he would not be happy just like this for a common man. Guilt.

She Yuanqi is still a person with principles and standpoints. After I contacted him, I asked him about his gains and losses over the years. He was grateful and attached to Sha Mian, but he was very concerned about the nature of work and the rules of officialdom. , he never talks about it, which I respect. I'm not a gossip, and I won't get to the bottom of things. I just write down the feelings of various people in Shamei based on the information provided by my colleagues and friends.

The night is distant and quiet under the empty sky, and the sea breeze blows, bringing a little bit of coolness to the hot summer night. Brother She from far away, are you also struggling with the demolition and house replacement of 30 square meters?