Because of the general decline in everyone's income, the so-called reform of the Southern Barbarian Lao Hou caused complaints from the entire factory and an uproar. In order to show his attitude, Lao Hou specially instructed Secretary Li, the big-name manager of the factory, to write a tough and emotional comment - "Our reform must dare to confront head-on". That afternoon, the long-lost radio in each workshop rang again. When the half-old Xu girl used the strange county public broadcast, Master Liu and I were patrolling the workshop. The rumbling sound of the loom was impossible to hear the content clearly.

"Why is this broken horn ringing again?" Master Liu shouted vigorously.

"What did you say?" After staying in the weaving workshop for more than a month, I felt that my hearing had dropped significantly.

"Did you hear what they are saying?" Master Liu said lying on my ear.

"It seems like I'm going to be a tough guy..." I just heard a word intermittently.

"How can this old man really make a mistake? Who can he fight head-on? Is it just to meet us ordinary employees and cause trouble for us?" Master Liu probably understood and said angrily.

"I didn't expect this Nanman to be really troublesome." A sentence popped up casually, and I realized that Master Liu was also from the south. I felt a little embarrassed for a moment, "I... I'm talking about Lao Hou."

"This kind of person will mess around." Master Liu didn't care and answered another sentence at me.

It was about to turn over. Master Liu and I returned to the duty room. While slapped the cotton wool on our bodies, we went to our respective iron cabinets, took towels, soap and changed our clothes.

Master Liu looked up at the Sanwu signboard clock hanging on the wall: "It's so noisy all day long. Let's go take a shower first. When the person who takes over them arrives, you can go home directly."

The electrician team is usually quite casual, so it has become a common practice to take a shower before getting off work. After staying in the workshop filled with flying catkins for eight hours, I was already itchy and uncomfortable. Our master and apprentice took the things, left the workshop, and headed straight to the bathroom behind.

When we arrived at the bathroom, the bathroom door had just opened. I took off all my clothes and walked in and looked at the steaming pool of clear water. My mood suddenly improved. We soaked in the pool for more than 20 minutes, and talents who got off the morning shift came one after another. Several factory fire brigades also got off the pool.

"This old Hou is really a ghost. What's the point?" a older fire brigade master complained.

"That's right, we lost the opportunity to play cards there today and didn't come here to take a shower early." A tall and thin man sighed.

"You are smart boy. When you see Lao Hou coming, you can stuff the cards on the table into your crotch." Another person with a small parting exclaimed at the tall and thin man.

"The old monkey saw that you didn't stand up, so he looked at you for a long time. Today you are blocking the matter for everyone. Everyone invites you two drinks tonight." Bald head suggested to the other people.

Master Liu went to the rain room outside to wash his hair. When I heard their comments in the big pool, I felt a little curious and asked from the side: "What are you talking about? What did Lao Hou do today?"

"Did you leave the shift early?" The tall and thin man knew me and looked at me and asked.

"Yes, we're here to take a shower." I nodded, but I was still not sure.

"Old Hou was a little stubborn, but today he suddenly had a whim and took a group of people from the factory to various workshops to conduct a surprise inspection of labor discipline and production safety." The older bald head replied.

"I don't know if you found out? If you found out, you will be unlucky. It seems that Lao Hou has made up his mind to kill the chicken for the monkey to show it and deal with it seriously." Xiao Fangteng shook the water on his body while looking at me sympathetically.

After hearing their discussion, my heart suddenly became cold. I quickly climbed up from the big pool, found Master Liu in the shower room, and told me what I had just heard. Master Liu's face also changed a little. He said, let's go up quickly, and we master and apprentice simply wiped our bodies, put on our clothes, and hurried back to the workshop.

When we arrived at the workshop distribution room, the two masters in the middle class had arrived. They told us that Lao Hou and his group had just left.

"When Lao Hou came just now, there was a problem with the circuit of a corduroy tester. The wheelbarrower on duty was looking for you everywhere, and he happened to meet Lao Hou and the others." A master told us.

"It is said that Lao Hou was furious on the spot, saying that you deliberately undermined the reform and used the corduroy experiment as a joke, and said that you must investigate and deal with it seriously." Another master added.

This really made me feel angry and my waist was scattered, and I drank cold water and stuffed my teeth. Why was it so unlucky today? Master Liu and I felt very discouraged. I was actually caught by Lao Hou and the others.

That night, when I returned to the living area, I met a bunch of Mao Xiaoli on the road. He told me that this surprise inspection was that Lao Hou wanted to give everyone a warning, in name, to rectify labor discipline, but in fact, to be punished. It is considered unlucky for him to encounter it.

After a night of anxiety, I went to the factory early the next morning. In the morning, everyone talked about what Lao Hou had inspected yesterday. I heard from the news that the situation after this surprise inspection was very bad. Lao Hou had deliberately released the wind and must give a warning to him, so as to strengthen labor discipline and consolidate his "reform" results.

When the shift was handed over in the afternoon, none of us dared to leave again. We seemed to be looking forward to something. When the small radio in the workshop rang again, everyone immediately raised their ears. The radio first mentioned the people who were found to have violated labor discipline yesterday, and Master Liu and I were also listed among them. After that, the factory office also issued a comment, which was written by Xiao Li's uncle, Secretary Li himself. It is high-level and literary, and has been very talented.

The height of revitalizing China emphasizes the necessity of rectifying labor discipline, saving production costs, and improving work efficiency. It expresses the determination to fight against us who harm the interests of factories, destroy labor discipline, and freely and casually bad people and bad things. We call on everyone to learn from those who are investigated and punished, learn from lessons, cheer up our spirits, work hard, and win the victory of the corduroy experiment, live up to the hopes of the county party committee, county government and the people of the county, so that our stylus will create glory again.

Three days later, the factory department's decision finally came out. Master Liu was deducted for a month's bonus. Not only did I deducted for a month, but I was kicked out of the electrician class and returned to the front spinning and security class. The most unlucky thing was that a freshly-taken elementary apprentice in the drum rocking workshop wanted to go home and knit pairs of socks for my younger brother because she stole two yarns and wanted to go home to knit pairs of socks for my younger brother. Lao Hou searched at the factory gate and was dealt with for a year of probation and almost lost his job.

Everyone felt wronged for me about this decision. Squad leader Xia wanted to set up a table in the Hongwei Hotel to see me off. I felt very uncomfortable. It was not that I had any problems, but that I didn’t know how to explain to my family, especially to my father. I wanted to send a letter to my master and ask him to help me, because he said that we are eternal masters and apprentices, so I would go to him if I had anything to do. But in the end, I gave up this idea.

After this shift, I was about to return to the Qianyi Streaming Preservation Class. When I passed the factory gate dejectedly, I saw that the propaganda column was filled with people. I knew there was a decision from the factory and was about to sneak around, when I saw Senior Brother Xiao Cai squeezed out from inside.

"Wu Ping, what did you do? After a long time, I'm back to our security class?" Senior Brother Xiao Cai showed a helpless expression on his thin face.

"Why... don't you welcome me back?" I tried to suppress the pain in my heart and said lightly.

"Wu Ping, do you have something to do today? I'll invite you to the movie." At some point, Xiao Meihua, a big forehead, also stood beside me.

"You really don't open the pot and you're holding it. Didn't you see him getting annoyed? What movies do you watch?" Senior Brother Xiao Cai said to Xiao Meihua with contempt.

"If people are upset, do you want to watch a movie to relieve boredom?" Xiao Mei said dissatisfied with Xiao Cai.

"Okay, don't want you to invite me today, let me treat you." I ignored Senior Brother Xiao Cai and nodded at Xiao Meihua.

"No, I've bought all the tickets." Xiao Meihua's eyes emitted light, and she happily took out two of them and held them in front of me.

"What tickets do you buy? We still need to watch movies..." Before the last "ticket" was spoken, the voice suddenly slowed down in my throat. I realized that I was no longer an electrician.

"Let's go." Xiao Meihua saw the change in my expression and gently pulled me.
Chapter completed!