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My name is Liang Liren, in 1985, when I was 22 years old, I studied at the provincial iron and steel engineering college for three years, and was assigned to return to the scrap iron treatment plant in the county.
This is a county-owned enterprise, and basically all the scrap iron in the county will be transported here for disposal. The total number of employees has also reached several hundred, and most of them are technicians, after all, they have to deal with large steel processing machinery.
However, although this county iron factory is a state-owned unit, it has a characteristic, that is, there are very few female employees, and it is estimated that the proportion is about 1 percent, and among the hundreds of employees, only a few employees are women, and most of them are married.
I was placed in the general department, and it was okay here, there was a female colleague who was unmarried, but she was three years older than me, and when I joined the company, she already had a partner, and she was married soon, so I didn't even have this hope.
Since when I was studying at the Iron and Steel College, there were also more men and fewer women, so I didn't fall in love in school, and after graduation, I also faced such a situation, in fact, I was quite depressed.
My hometown is a remote mountain village in this county, so in the eyes of the villagers, I am quite lucky that I can now jump out of the farm and join a county-owned state-owned enterprise.
My parents once asked me to go back on a blind date, saying that I was an intellectual, so I went back, and the first person on the blind date seemed to like me, but her parents wanted me to help her arrange a job.
I just thought that there were not many women willing to come in and work in this scrap iron factory where I worked, and most of the positions were suitable for men and required physical strength, so it was really difficult for me to arrange a job for her.
What's more, I just joined the company not long ago, so it doesn't matter what.
I haven't gone back to my hometown for a blind date since then, I've been working in the county scrap iron factory, and I only go back once a month, that is, I left in a hurry after meeting my parents.
As a result, I repeated my work life for the next two years.
I went to work in the dormitory, then went to the cafeteria at noon, went back to the dormitory to sleep after eating, and went back to work the next day.
At that time, there was no opposite sex in my world.
Although I call my colleagues brothers and sisters, I have established a very good friendship, so I don't feel lonely.
But I know that if this continues, when I am twenty-five or twenty-six, it will be more and more difficult to find a partner.
On a certain day, it was the season of the cold winter wax moon, although there was no snow, but the weather was quite freezing.
Due to work reasons, I was sent to a far away place by the leader of the unit to run errands, and the original plan was to come back for dinner before the cafeteria closed, but I couldn't come back because of a bicycle problem on the road.
When I came to the door of the cafeteria, it was already nine o'clock in the evening, and at that moment I was hungry and cold, looking at the gloomy canteen door, I only felt a sense of sadness in my heart.
I thought to myself, I have to go hungry this night, maybe I won't be able to eat until tomorrow, because there are no restaurants or snack bars outside the factory, and this is in the suburbs of the county, and I can't do it as a self-employed person.
Just as I was smiling bitterly at self-pity and about to leave here, suddenly a bicycle appeared not far away, and this bicycle was pedaled by a beautiful female figure, she was looking at me motionless.
Apparently she could see that I had not been able to get to the cafeteria to eat, so I must be hungry, and her eyes were full of love and pity.
"This little brother, can't you eat the food in the cafeteria?" In the dark, she made a gentle and beautiful voice.
I rarely see a woman in the factory, although I can't see her clearly from a distance, but listening to her voice, I only think that she must be a beautiful woman.
And she continued to pedal her bike in front of me, and I finally saw her face and froze.
Because she was very good-looking, her face was full and white, and her eyebrows were delicate, and her almond eyes were bright, and she looked like she was about my age, that is, a girl in her twenties.
I knew she was pitiful for not eating and hungry, but in the end I smiled wryly and said to her, "It's okay, I'm not very hungry, thank you for caring so much about me as a lesbian." ”
What I didn't expect was that she actually smiled, then took out a thermos from her bicycle front basket and said to me, she has dumplings here, so if I'm hungry, eat her dumplings and she can go home and make them again.
As she spoke, she opened the thermos pot, and a burst of heat immediately rose from it, which seemed exceptionally warm in the cold wind.
Moreover, the aroma of leek dumplings spread in the position between me and her at once, and I only felt greatly tempted, after all, my stomach was crying out for me to solve its pain as soon as possible.
However, I thought that I had never seen such a beautiful girl as her in the factory, and I did not know who she was, nor did I know her, how could I eat her food casually.
At this moment, she seemed to see the hesitation in my heart, so she smiled at me, and then said that she lived in the family area, and did not work in the factory, but her parents worked in the factory, so they came back to visit their parents.
"Eat! You must be very hungry at this point. She spoke to me in a warm voice, and her eyes lit up with sincerity and honesty.
In addition, she also took out her chopsticks and told me that if I don't eat them again, these dumplings will be cold.
I was very touched in my heart at that moment, and I was very happy and excited, just thinking that I had never seen such a beautiful girl as her, and that she was so kind to me, and that she really touched my heart completely in just a few quarters of an hour.
Eventually, I took the chopsticks she handed me, and then picked up one dumpling after another, and devoured them, only thinking that this was the most delicious leek stuffed dumpling I had ever tasted, and the warm juice and meaty taste made me unforgettable for the rest of my life.
As I ate, I asked her which factory manager's daughter she was and what her name was.
She said her father's name, and also said that her current job was to work in the county movie theater as an ordinary and mundane ticket inspector. Immediately after, she said that her name was Zhang Qingyuan.
When I heard her say that her father's name was Zhang Wanzhi, I froze all of a sudden.
Because Zhang Wanzhi was the former deputy factory director, but three months ago, he was removed from his position as deputy factory director because of a theft case in the factory.
And Zhang Wanzhi's wife, who was originally an accountant in the factory, was also alienated by everyone.
All the employees in the factory, whether they are managers or ordinary employees, just want to stay away from Zhang Wanzhi and his wife, draw a line with them, and do not want to have anything to do with them, because no one wants to be implicated.
I had never seen Zhang Wanzhi's daughter before, but now I know that his daughter Zhang Qingyuan is actually in her twenties and looks so beautiful.
And at this moment, Zhang Qingyuan saw that after I heard her say her father's name, she showed a strange expression, she immediately showed a worried and puzzled look, she asked me directly, did I know that she was Zhang Wanzhi's daughter, so I wanted to hide from her.
When I heard this, I shook my head vigorously.
"Nope! I don't have such an idea, I think you are such a good girl, please eat such delicious dumplings, I will never forget it for the rest of my life. ”
It's a true monologue of my heart, and I can't thank her enough for that.
I thought to myself, although I am only a staff member of the general department in the factory, I do have to think about my future development in the factory, so if I meet Zhang Wanzhi or his family on weekdays, I will really retreat.
But now, Zhang Qingyuan is showing her kind love, when I am very hungry, give me such hot dumplings, how can I not be grateful to Zhang Qingyuan?
I have to repay her, and I also want to develop a relationship with her to see if I can develop to the point of relationship.
In the end, I told me my position, saying that I was just a clerk in the general department of the factory, and now that she invited me to eat such a dumpling, I must give her back and invite her to eat, I don't know if she is free this Sunday, I want to invite her to a restaurant in the county center to taste the dishes.
Zhang Qingyuan looked at me, she smiled and nodded.
She and I made an appointment about the time and place of our meeting that day, and then we put our fingers together to show that we would not see each other, and then we said goodbye to each other.
When I returned to the dormitory, I felt a lot of anxiety and confusion in my heart.
I even asked three other workers in the dormitory about Zhang Wanzhi, and when they heard about it, they said that although Zhang Wanzhi's matter has not yet been determined, it is estimated that Zhang Wanzhi will not be able to return to become the deputy factory director, and the most likely result is that he will be punished more severely.
I can't help but think in my heart, now that I have decided to have a relationship with Zhang Wanzhi's daughter Zhang Qingyuan, what will happen to me in the end, will I not be able to stay in the factory?
However, I thought of those dumplings and the feeling of being full after being very hungry, and I just thought, Zhang Qingyuan is such a caring girl, why should I suppress the love I have for her in my heart and dare not love her?
Early on Sunday morning, I put on a clean white shirt and rode my bicycle to the agreed location to wait for Zhang Qingyuan to appear.
When I met her, I found that she looked more beautiful during the day than I saw her that night, and she was wearing a blue and yellow dress, which looked graceful and attracted me deeply.
She and I each pedal on a bicycle, perhaps because she didn't want me to be affected badly, so she asked me not to pedal side by side with her, but to pedal with me to the county center, so as not to be seen by the people in the factory.
This is my first date with a woman, so the excitement and excitement inside is indescribable.
I just thought that Zhang Qingyuan was willing to come out to eat with me, which means that she is ready to date me and fall in love.
Eventually, we went to the restaurant in the center of the county, ordered a few dishes together, and after a beautiful meal, we pedaled our bicycles to a riverside in the county, strolled along the riverside embankment, and talked to each other.
I told Zhang Qingyuan that I had never been in love with a girl in the past, nor had I talked while walking together by the river, her face immediately flushed, and she said to me that she was the same, she had never been in love.
As we talked, I always had a doubt in my heart, and finally I had to ask her why her father was finally removed from his post and what was the reason.
Zhang Qingyuan's eyebrows immediately furrowed, and tears appeared in her eyes, as if I was so sad that I was about to cry because I mentioned her father.
Eventually, she shook her head and replied to me that she didn't know why, but she always believed that her father was wronged.
And now her father is quite pitiful, sick in bed, and has been depressed in the dormitory of the factory, only feeling that everyone has misunderstood him, and he does not know the pain and grievances in his heart.
Speaking of emotion, Zhang Qingyuan's voice became choked, and the tears in her eyes finally flowed down her cheeks, making her look quite sad and pitiful.
I immediately took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from her face, and told her that now I just want to go to her house to visit her father Zhang Wanzhi, and I just want to hear Zhang Wanzhi say what his inner grievances are, maybe he will suffer better.
Zhang Qingyuan froze at that moment, and she said to me, now that the whole factory is alienating her family, and I want to go back with her, and I am visiting her father, am I not afraid that I will be implicated and dragged down?
I firmly said that I was not afraid.
Eventually, I bought a bag of oranges when I passed by the fruit stall, and then returned to the ironworks with Zhang Qingyuan, and went all the way to the leader's dormitory to Zhang Wanzhi's dormitory.
At this time, Zhang Wanzhi was being taken care of by his wife Zhao Mei, that is, Zhang Qingyuan's mother, and when he saw my appearance, he seemed quite surprised and surprised.
I told Zhang Wanzhi that I was from the comprehensive department of the factory, and I accidentally became good friends with his daughter Zhang Qingyuan, so I came to visit him. Immediately afterward, I said, I believe that there must be something hidden in his matter, so I just want to come and find out.
Zhang Wanzhi shed tears at that moment, and finally he said that he had been passive in the case of theft in the factory, and he didn't know why he had to bear responsibility in the end, and he thought that someone might have deliberately framed him.
After I heard this, I told him that I would try my best to help him and his family, after all, his daughter Zhang Qingyuan is so loving, I can feel it.
In the end, Zhang Wanzhi, his wife Zhao Mei, and Zhang Qingyuan all burst into tears, treating me as if I were their family, and when I left, Zhao Mei invited me to stay at his house for dinner, and I just thanked him and said that I would eat next time.
When I left Zhang Wanzhi's dormitory, I felt a lot of emotion in my heart.
I just thought that he, his wife and daughter Zhang Qingyuan are such good people and so caring, this is something I can feel, so I must spare no effort to help their family.
But I asked myself, I'm just a small clerk in the general department, what can I do?
In the following days, I still made appointments with Zhang Qingyuan from time to time, and we already regarded each other as our own objects in our hearts.
But one day, suddenly, I was called by the section chief to talk.
He told me that there is no shortage of manpower in our comprehensive department, so we need to send some personnel to the workshop to increase the manpower there, and also let these personnel accept the grassroots training, and I was the first one selected.
I was shocked when I heard what he said.
Because this means that I was sent to the workshop, where the working environment was much worse than the office of the general department, and I said that I was a bookkeeper, but in essence, I had to participate in manual labor, which was similar to that of ordinary workers.
However, I didn't ask the section chief what the reason was.
Because since the matter has already been decided, it is useless for me to ask again.
That night, I was extremely depressed and frustrated, but I continued to make an appointment with Zhang Qingyuan, and she could see that I was worried and asked me what had happened.
I told her directly that now that I have been sent to the workshop, not only the working environment is poor, but it is estimated that I will not be able to be transferred in the future, and there is no hope for promotion, and I don't know if she will continue to associate with me.
Zhang Qingyuan heard me say such a situation, her eyes were moist, and finally hugged me, and said to me, I didn't dislike her family in the past, so brave to be with her, now I am dragged down because of her family, how can she dislike me, so even if I work in the workshop, she will still be with me.
After I heard this, I was deeply moved and held with her.
She and I just felt that now we were facing an invisible force that we had to fight together.
The working environment in the workshop can be said to be quite poor, with the smell of rust all around, the ventilation conditions are also quite backward, and the rumbling machine sound from time to time makes people feel particularly irritated.
But I quickly got used to working in such an environment, and I got familiar with the workers in the workshop, laughing and playing together after the heavy work, and had a very happy time.
There was an old worker about sixty or seventy years old, he was quite thin, he usually didn't talk much, he didn't talk much with the other workers in the workshop, and he always worked alone, and the people in the workshop called him Lao Liu.
I noticed that the complexion on Lao Liu's face was not very good, and his body must have some chronic disease or something, so I was more concerned about him as an old man than ordinary workers, and I helped him fetch water from time to time, or I handed him any cigarettes handed to me by any worker.
Lao Liu gradually became quite friendly and enthusiastic to me.
He seldom talked to other workers, but to me, he always talked about everything, and said that one of his sons, who was in the county party committee, would definitely rise to a very good position in the future.
When I heard it, I thought to myself, is Lao Liu boasting or joking?
However, one day after that, I finally knew that Lao Liu was not casually boasting and talking nonsense, because I really saw his son who was appointed in the county, Liu Zhiyong.
And Liu Zhiyong was grateful to me, because I once saved his father, Lao Liu.
I also have to thank my parents, who taught me when I was a child to be good and not ask for anything in return, so I always do good deeds from the bottom of my heart, and don't think about what I will get in return.
That day, Lao Liu suddenly fainted, it is estimated that the workshop is too stuffy, so that Lao Liu, an old man in his sixties, can not stand it, he suffered from heat stroke, I saw this situation, immediately carried him, carried him to the factory medical room, and then sent him to the county people's hospital.
As a result, Lao Liu's two sons came, one of them was Liu Zhiyong, when the doctor saw Liu Zhiyong, he called all the leaders in the hospital, and I learned that Liu Zhiyong was the deputy secretary general of the county party committee.
Liu Zhiyong was extremely sad and said to Lao Liu that he had advised Lao Liu to retire and enjoy his happiness at home and not continue to work in the factory, but Lao Liu just didn't listen, and always felt that he was bored and panicked at home, so he liked to continue to work in this factory, because he had feelings for the factory.
Immediately afterward, Liu Zhiyong thanked me, after all, I saved his father's life.
I just said to Liu Zhiyong, this is what I should do, even if I meet a completely strange old man on the street outside who needs my help, I will help.
At this time, Lao Liu said to Liu Zhiyong how much I usually care about him, an old man, and that I am not only kind-hearted, but also a young man with good work ability.
Liu Zhiyong immediately looked at me differently.
He started talking to me, asking me where I used to study and what my work experience was, and eventually I talked to him like this, and I only felt how close we were in terms of thinking, and we were friends worth making.
He said that although he served in the county party committee, I didn't have to regard him as a big leader, just treat him as an ordinary person to make friends.
And he told me that if I had any difficulties at work, I could go to him, but since he was usually too busy with work and didn't have much time, I could write to him and he would write back to me.
After I returned to the factory, I wrote to Liu Zhiyong when I was idle at work, reported some problems in the factory to him, and mentioned the matter of my object Zhang Qingyuan's father.
When Liu Zhiyong learned that there was such a situation in our county-owned enterprise, he wrote back to me and told me that he would help me, and he would urge the relevant departments and to set up an investigation team to conduct a thorough investigation and find out the truth of this fact.
After I received such a reply from Liu Zhiyong, I was immediately excited and excited, and asked Zhang Qingyuan out so that she could take a look at the contents, and told her that Liu Zhiyong was a leader in the county party committee, and it was estimated that her father's matter might really be investigated.
If her father was really wronged, then I believe that he will get a clean slate in the end.
After reading the content of this letter, Zhang Qingyuan was also very excited and excited, but she didn't know what the final result would be, and she didn't believe that Liu Zhiyong, the leader's father, was an ordinary worker in our factory.
In the end, she and I spent half a month in anxious waiting.
One day half a month later, a piece of news came out that made Zhang Qingyuan and I feel extremely excited and joyful.
Zhang Qingyuan's father, Zhang Wanzhi, finally resumed his original position and could continue to be the deputy factory director, because he really did not need to be held responsible, he was framed, and the person who framed him was the deputy director of an office in the factory, and he actually colluded with the thieves outside to cooperate with the outside world, causing the factory to suffer huge losses.
Eventually, the deputy director of the office was investigated and punished, and severe sanctions were to be imposed.
After Zhang Wanzhi became the deputy director again, he was extremely grateful to me, and only hoped that I could get married to his daughter Zhang Qingyuan as soon as possible, because he really loved me as a son-in-law.
I told him that Zhang Qingyuan was my first love, and she and I have experienced the most difficult days, and our true love can withstand the test, so of course I will marry her.
And then, to our surprise, Liu Zhiyong was really promoted, he became the big leader of the county, and sent me a letter inviting me to be his secretary.
I only feel that Liu Zhiyong is a good leader who is worthy of my service and work, so I did not refuse.
Before reporting to the county party committee, I went to register my marriage with Zhang Qingyuan and made her my happy wife.
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