When will I have a long tassel?

At around five o'clock, Tang Zifeng received a call from Fan Caihong in the workshop, asking him to take Guan Zhiming to the canteen for dinner. It happened that Guan Zhiming's discussion with the workers had come to an end, and Cheng Wei was busy leading people to make production adjustments. Guan Zhiming and Tang Zifeng left the workshop and walked towards the canteen.

"Uncle Tang, are you going home for dinner today? Do you want me to cook for you?"

As soon as the two of them left the workshop, they met a teenage girl walking towards them in a hurry. Seeing Tang Zifeng, the little girl stopped, with a smile on her face, and asked Tang Zifeng.

This person is Yu Xiaohui, the hourly worker hired by Tang Zifeng. For more than a month, as long as Tang Zifeng was in the factory, Yu Xiaohui faithfully performed her duties as a part-time worker, helping Tang Zifeng with cooking and sweeping the floor, and received corresponding remuneration from the labor service company. She didn't know that the remuneration was actually paid by Tang Zifeng, but in Zhang Jianyang's name.

Just now, Yu Xiaohui saw that it was almost dinner time, so she called Tang Zifeng's office and asked if she wanted to cook dinner for Tang Zifeng. As a result, the people in the office said that Tang Zifeng had gone to the workshop, so Yu Xiaohui chased him to the workshop. coming.

"Xiaohui, I forgot to tell you. I have to accompany the factory director these days, so I won't eat at home. You just need to clean up for me." Tang Zifeng said.

"Oh, okay." Yu Xiaohui responded, and then said: "Uncle Tang, I have washed the clothes you changed and hung them on the balcony. I have also cleaned the house. What else do you have?" Do you want me to do something?”

"No more." Tang Zifeng said, "By the way, there is a package on the desk in my north room. It hasn't been opened yet. Go and open it. That's the book I asked my classmate to send me from the capital. It's inside There are a few novels by Qiong Yao, including "The Wild Geese in the Forest" and "The Heart Has Thousands of Knots". You can take it home and read it."

"Really?" Yu Xiaohui's eyes flashed with stars, "Thank you Uncle Tang, I'll go then!"

After that, she turned around and ran away. She mentioned it to Tang Zifeng last time, saying that the female classmates in the class were chasing Qiong Yao's books recently. Unexpectedly, Tang Zifeng remembered it and had someone send a few copies from the capital. Why not let this happen? She was elated. After spending more than a month with Tang Zifeng, the little girl really didn't regard Tang Zifeng as an outsider.

"This is...your niece?" Guan Zhiming pointed at Yu Xiaohui's back and asked casually.

Tang Zifeng said with a smile: "This is the nanny Zhang Jianyang hired for me. Originally I said I didn't need it, but he said that Yu Xiaohui's family is very difficult, and he wants to create an opportunity for her to make some money, so I can't do anything about it." I declined. By the way, this Yu Xiaohui's father seems to be from the lathe workshop, and his name seems to be Yu Kexin."

"Oh, she is Yu Kexin's daughter. I have an impression." Guan Zhiming nodded, and then added, "Yu Kexin is in poor health and has been on sick leave. It is indeed difficult for the family. Zhang Jianyang, He is quite considerate in taking care of the leaders. In the past, he also arranged nannies for the leaders of our team."

Tang Zifeng said: "He also wanted to make arrangements for Factory Director Zhou and Chief Engineer Qin, but Director Zhou refused to let him do so, saying that factory leaders cannot take advantage of the public. Currently, I am the only one among the factory leaders who has accepted a nanny. , Yu Xiaohui’s salary is paid for by me personally, and this does not count as taking advantage of the public.”

Guan Zhiming was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Lao Zhou did a good job in this. Taking advantage of the public family, once started, cannot be stopped later. Human desires are endless. We are here The current team was good at first, but then..., well, it’s hard to describe it in words.”

Tang Zifeng didn't know how to answer the conversation. This was really a topic that could kill people.

Fortunately, Guan Zhiming didn't continue talking. The two chatted some nonsense and arrived at the small canteen before they knew it.

The canteen manager took them into a room where a small dining table was set up, and the food and drinks were already set. Five seats were arranged on the dining table, three of which were occupied by Zhou Heng, Wu Weiqin, and Zhu Yachao. The remaining two seats were reserved for Guan Zhiming and Tang Zifeng.

"Old Guan, please take a seat." Zhou Heng stood up and greeted, and then explained: "I asked the canteen to prepare a few dishes. I know that you like to be quiet, so I didn't find too many people to accompany you. You Look, we are the only ones today, Lao Wu and I are new here, Lao Zhu is the old man in the factory, and the last one is Xiao Tang, what do you think?"

"Thank you, Director Zhou." Guan Zhiming nodded to Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng said he liked peace and quiet, but it was actually just an excuse. The real reason was that given Guan Zhiming's current status, it was inappropriate for the factory to hold a grand banquet to welcome him.

Zhou Heng is the director of the factory, and he personally went to ask Guan Zhiming to come out, so he had to come. Wu Weiqin and Tang Zifeng are both people related to this project, so it is not surprising to come to accompany them. The only thing that surprised Guan Zhiming was Zhu Yachao, who stayed in the original team.

The previous team was collectively corrupted, and Zhu Yachao avoided this disaster by staying away from everyone and keeping a clean mind.

In Guan Zhiming's memory, Zhu Yachao had no personal relationship with him. He might even be disgusted with him and other factory leaders, but he unexpectedly appeared at this small banquet.

"Old manager!"

Before Guan Zhiming could say anything, Zhu Yachao stood up first and reached out to Guan Zhiming.

Guan Zhiming quickly reached out his hand and shook Zhu Yachao's hand. When the two people shook hands, their eyes met, as if they had a thousand words to say but didn't know where to start. In the end, Zhu Yachao sighed softly, pointed to the seat next to him, and said: "Old manager, you can sit here with me. We are also old colleagues, and we will have two more drinks together later."

Seeing that everyone had arrived, the waiter from the canteen came in, opened the wine bottle, and poured wine in front of everyone. Zhou Heng waited until the waiter finished pouring the wine, waved to her and said, "Go out and close the door for us. Don't come in unless we call you."

The waiter was quite discerning, so he nodded quickly and said, "Okay, Director Zhou, I'm right outside the door. If you need anything, just call me."

Seeing the waiter leave and close the door, Zhou Heng stood up, picked up the wine glass, and said: "Today's meal has two themes. The first is to give the old man a chance to succeed. I won't go into details about the specific reason. The second is , on behalf of the new team of Linyi Machinery, I would like to thank the old manager for stepping forward to help the factory solve problems when the factory encountered difficulties. I, Zhou Heng, have written down this favor, and I propose that we all drink together for this first glass of wine. Pay tribute to the old manager."

"Yes, respect Lao Guan!" The other people also stood up and gestured to Guan Zhiming with the wine glasses in their hands.

Guan Zhiming stood up slowly, also holding the wine glass, and said with a bitter tone: "Director Zhou said this, I feel so ashamed. I am also responsible for Lin Yiji's behavior. Zhou Director, as well as Director Wu and Xiao Tang, I'm very grateful to you for coming to help us clean up this mess. As for standing up for others, I really can't bear it. This in itself is what I should do, and being able to help us I feel very gratified that the factory can do something more.”

Zhu Yachao stretched out a hand, patted Guan Zhiming's shoulder, and said: "Old Guan, I can't blame you for Lin Yiji. You have made a lot of credit and hard work for Lin Yiji. This is , I also see it. As for..., well, I think you can't help it. Ma Dazhuang and his gang have made the factory a mess, and you must have been implicated by them. "

"Lao Zhu, thank you for saying this. No matter what, I still feel guilty about Lin Yiji..."

Guan Zhiming held the wine glass in his hand, gave Zhu Yachao a look of thanks, and said with emotion at the same time.

The corruption of the previous team was indeed initiated by Ma Dazhuang, the deputy director in charge of sales. Guan Zhiming was dragged into the situation by Ma Dazhuang and his gang. But to say that Guan Zhiming is innocent is also a lie. He is at best half-hearted. When people give him money, he takes it, and then does some things without conscience. He is not a three-year-old child, how could he not know what it means to do these things. Therefore, it is his own fault that he has reached this point.

As for what Zhu Yachao said just now, he was just trying to find a way for Guan Zhiming to save his face, so Guan Zhiming wanted to thank him.

Zhou Heng was very clear about the cause and effect of the matter, but since he wanted to ask Guan Zhiming to help, it was natural for everyone to say something nice, so he did not expose Zhu Yachao's whitewash, but said with a smile: "Okay, Let’s not talk about the past, let’s drink this cup first to cleanse ourselves from the old man’s dust.”

"Do it!" Everyone shouted in unison, and then drank a full glass of wine.

Since Zhou Heng sent the waiter out, the task of pouring the wine naturally fell on Tang Zifeng. He was somewhat self-conscious. Before Zhou Heng could say anything, he picked up the wine bottle and circled it around to refill everyone's drinks. Among the people at this table, the youngest person was more than 20 years older than Tang Zifeng, so no one felt bad about him pouring drinks for everyone, and no one even nodded to him.

Tang Zifeng didn't mind everyone's contempt for him. He very much hoped that everyone would just treat him as a child, because he would not be blamed for doing wrong things. The so-called pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger is exactly what it is.

After the first glass of wine, everyone became more relaxed. After several rounds of toasting to each other, the atmosphere on the table gradually became lively. No one mentioned Guan Zhiming's identity as a prisoner anymore, but regarded him as a business leader with the same experience as everyone else, and the content of the chats became more and more broad-minded.

"Lao Guan, what are your thoughts on the future development of Linyiji?"

After chatting about major international and domestic events, Zhou Heng brought the conversation back to the present and asked Guan Zhiming.