(121) Hongwei Hotel
I don’t know when the company was suspended from payroll and staying for work. This change made people feel both fresh and curious. Although some people in the factory who had some connections and ability began to try, not many people actually took this step. When the thin and weak Senior Brother Cai, this honest and timid security worker in the eyes of others, was shocked by the indescribable situation.
Senior Brother Xiao Cai told me that on the night when she said she was leaving, I told Sister Hong who came back from get off work. She was also surprised. She asked if Li Qin got married, which made Xiao Cai excited and came up with such an idea. I knew that she was relatively stable and closed in the hospital environment and did not pay much attention to the changes outside. After hearing Xiao Cai's words, I felt ups and downs in my heart, and I also had the urge to go to the outside world to explore, but I did not tell Sister Hong about my true feelings.
"Today, the director of the toll room told me that I have been seconding here for more than a year. He is urging the leaders of the hospital to transfer my labor relations from the yarn mill." Sister Hong said to me happily, probably because of her happiness, her fair cheeks were dyed with two rosy lips.
"It's so great!" This is really good news, and I couldn't stop being happy for Sister Hong. "Look at our yarn mill, we're making trouble for the old monkey. It's really worse than it is. We can't even pay a salary, and we call it reform. Maybe one day, we can't even pay the current salary."
I know that the old director in the hospital's toll room is very friendly and is very kind to Sister Hong and her people. Sister Hong is not only capable, but also works hard and hard, so the old director likes her very much. If Sister Hong can really get through, she won't have to worry about her future.
The next morning, as soon as I went to work, I invited several brothers who entered the factory at the same time and told me that Senior Brother Xiao Cai was suspended from pay and was going to the south. I suggested that everyone invite him to have a meal, which was considered to be a farewell for him. I made up my mind to choose the Hongwei Hotel. Although it was a bit expensive, the food tasted very well. Everyone paid more and felt comfortable. After everyone's consent, I started to arrange it. Master Huang knew about it and asked to participate. I took advantage of the lunch break and left the factory and walked east along Renmin Road.
Before I reached the intersection in the center of the city, I saw a white marble horse with two hooves leaping up at the ancient bell tower that was forcibly demolished by Erhu in the north of the city. When I walked in, I saw that the word "Tengfei" was engraved on the base of the pony sculpture, which was written by the second young master Wang, Deputy Secretary Wang. Deputy Secretary Wang is the honorary chairman of the county calligraphy association. It is reasonable to mention these two words, but I don’t understand calligraphy. Look at the strokes of these two words, like two ugly earthworms, which are much worse than the four eyes of our village accountant.
"This is a dog-dance, and it doesn't look like a horse, it's like a puppy rushing to bite people." A middle-aged man who had just come out of the cultural center pointed to the white marble pony and cursed in a low voice.
"Yes, when the horse runs, how can the two hooves fall to the ground together? Is this how the dog looks like when it pounces on it and wants to bite people?" A farmer who went to the city to sell vegetables next to him echoed.
"What a great bell and drum tower. Even the earthquake in southern Shandong was not knocked down three hundred years ago. I was demolished quietly. It really hurts my son. I wonder if this is considered a destruction of cultural relics?" I heard the pity sigh of an old man behind me.
"Old man, your metaphor is so vivid." I turned around and recognized him as Master Yu Er. This old man with white beard and fairy-like charming spirit is admirable. I quickly bowed and greeted the old man, "Master Yu Er, you are old, how are you doing recently?"
"I have no problem with my body. I am still tough. But these prodigal sons have demolished a well-behaved clock tower, which makes people feel heartbroken. Alas..." The old man recognized me and sighed to the sky.
"Master Yu Er, don't sigh, don't you go to the new ones? Now they want to take us to realize the "Four Modernizations"? The original ancient bell tower should be a hindrance, right?" A woman in her fifties next to him enlightened the old man.
What's wrong? If you don't know, don't talk nonsense!" The middle-aged man glared at the woman and couldn't help but say angrily, "Do you know why the ancient bell tower was demolished? It's just for this white marble pony. This thing is really not cheap. Do you know how much it costs? I heard it cost millions."
"My mother, isn't this a sin?" The farmer who entered the city opened his mouth wide in shock, exposing a mouthful of rotten teeth, and could not close it for a long time.
"The main reason is this project done by Deputy Secretary Wang's youngest son. This kid made a lot of money by demolishing and building it." The middle-aged man's face turned gray and his eyes were full of helplessness.
"Stop talking, stop talking, come here with the big blocker." The woman muttered in a low voice, signaling everyone not to talk anymore.
I exchanged a few more greetings with Master Yu Er. The old man invited me to sit at his house when I have time. He wanted to have a drink with me and have a good chat with my grandparents and grandchildren. I said that I would come to the door for advice another day. After thanking him, I turned around and walked towards the Hongwei Hotel next to me.
It was the most lively time at noon. The lobby of the hotel was crowded and hot. Diners were changing cups and doing the rock-scissors, and there was a thriving scene. Because the intersection was the county government, most of the hospitality from various departments were arranged here. People in a compound were familiar with each other and greeting each other, and they were having fun.
I looked around the hall, and finally saw Pang Ya who was urging the waiter to serve the food next to the back door. Seeing her domineering look, she should be a little boss in charge of the lobby.
"Hey-Fat Ya, where are you busy?" I walked over and shouted from the side.
Fat girl turned her head and looked at me with a smile. Her big face gained weight again: "Oh——you, are you okay with me?"
"Seeing that you are in charge of such a large number of people and are so busy that you are an official?" I casually joked with Pang Ya.
"You don't know yet. We have started contracting and management here. The contracting manager is my second uncle. He arranged for me to be in front and manage the lobby." Fat Ya said to me with a proud look on her face.
"Director, the guests over there are urging food." A waiter trotted over and shouted at Fat Ya.
Pang Ya gave a few words to the waiter before turning back: "What's the matter with you? I'm busy."
I saw that Pang Ya was too busy, so I stopped talking to her anymore. I quickly told her about the treat: "I have a brother from the security class who was suspended from pay and stayed at work. I will go to the south to develop recently. Our brothers will see him off. I want to order a table for you tonight."
"This matter? Go and talk to the manager later. By the way, you should know him. My second uncle is also from your sponge mill and is still a cadre." Fat Ya pointed to the backyard with a smile, "I won't take you there."
Pang Ya turned around and went to work hard. I followed her instructions and walked through the lobby to the backyard. Next to a circle of private rooms, I found a small room with the sign of the manager's room. I knocked on the door a few times, and someone responded in a muffled voice, so I pushed the door and walked in.
As soon as I stepped into the room, I looked up at a fat man with a square head and big face, and was stunned, and I forgot to speak at once.
"You are... Old Wu's son?" Qin's big belly recognized me, stood up from a wide earthen sofa, held up with her big belly like a pregnant woman, and raised her voice and spoke first.
"Qin..." I didn't know what to call him for a moment. It was obviously not suitable to call Section Chief Qin, and Uncle Qin was unwilling to call him, so I could only shout, "Manager Qin, I don't know you've been transferred here."
Qin Dabao didn't notice the changes in my heart, and still said with a haha: "You didn't expect that I would be here. What else can I do to mobilize now? I'm not because..." Qin Dabao said this, his face was a little embarrassed, and he couldn't help but stutter, "Because of bad health, did you retreat early? Now you contract the Hongwei Hotel, the business is pretty good, it's much better than being a bird stock leader in a sponge mill. Tell me, are you going to come here and have something to do with me?"
"I...I want to order a table of meals here, tonight." I then reacted and said hurriedly.
"Oh--It's great, I've come here to drink too? Look, if I hadn't been weak at the beginning, you would have almost never been able to enter the factory. You are not as old as a successor, but your father wouldn't fool me." Qin's big belly grinned with yellow teeth, and his eyes almost squeezed into a crack.
Looking at Qin Da’s belly smiling, I remembered my father’s two big front doors again, and I couldn’t help but feel angry.
"Where... Aunt Cao? How is she?" I remembered Aunt Cao with scar eyes. Since she left, I have been working voluntarily, resistant to the lack of the administrator of the guesthouse.
"You Aunt Cao is here, and you are a financial accountant. Tonight you treat her and ask her to give you a 10% discount. No matter how you are, you are an old acquaintance." Qin's big belly stretched out his hand like a bear's paw and patted me affectionately on my shoulder, "When you go back, tell the people in the spinning mill that if they come to my place for dinner, I will give you a 10% discount."
Chapter completed!