Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 3 We workers have power

Li Weidong entered the arranged dormitory, and the dormitory also changed. His roommate in his previous life was a colleague who came to the machine shop a year earlier than him.

Now it is Zheng Yang who reports with him, a graduate of Handong Secondary Technical School.

"Brother Li, hello, my name is Zheng Yang, you are so amazing, you can be admitted to a school like Beijing Institute of Technology!" Zheng Yang was extremely envious.

"Hello, if you pass the exam or fail, it's the same for both of us. The process is different, but the goal is the same!"

Li Weidong was quite happy about his admirers and said with a smile.

"How can it be the same? You are a cadre and have made more than 100 yuan after becoming a full-time official. Although we are also working, the level is much lower. Even if you become a full-time employee, your internship salary is not as high. And I heard that college students are now encouraged to be leaders. What are you doing?

He might be the leader in three to five years!"

Naturally, Li Weidong would not refute Zheng Yang's childish words. What's the point of being a leader?

"Are you a kid from the factory?"

"My father works in the mold industry, my mother works in the factory hospital, my brother works in the stamping workshop, and my sister works in accounting. Our whole family works in the factory. We couldn't live in the house anymore, so I was asked to live in a dormitory!"

Li Weidong was stunned for a moment, thinking that although he knew that the factory was his home, he was not that powerful.

In fact, many state-owned enterprises at this time were like this.

Relatives are related to relatives, and relationships are related to relationships. People working in a factory may never move to another place in their lifetime, and they plan to work there for the rest of their lives.

Unfortunately, the later market economy did not allow this situation to occur. Although the feelings are still there, this kind of relationship-based enterprise is destined to fall behind and be eliminated.

Zheng Yang's family is just a brief microcosm of countless state-owned enterprise families.

"Where are your brother-in-law and sister-in-law?"

"My sister-in-law is taking care of the children at home. My sister is not married yet. Why don't you get to know her? My sister is very beautiful!"

No need to guess, Li Weidong will definitely be a hot commodity. College students are rare these days.

"Haha, let's go eat!" Li Weidong couldn't refuse the boy who wanted to be his brother-in-law, so he could only change the subject.

He took the rice bowl to the cafeteria, and doubted that he could live with a few cents of meal tickets. However, the weather was too hot, which made Li Weidong, who was accustomed to the air-conditioned environment, very uncomfortable. He ate a few bites and ran outside to enjoy the cool air.

I stood leaning against the wall by the gate of the factory, watching a few old men playing chess under the street lamp. Perhaps this is the most interesting activity at present. There are piles here and there.

Li Weidong knows how to play, or understands the rules, but when it comes to playing, compared with the old man opposite him, Li Weidong is confident that he will see the result within ten steps.

This thing relies on experience and talent, and he has neither.

"Pa!" Li Weidong raised his hand and looked at the corpse and blood in his palm, looking for a piece of paper to wipe it with, but he finally rubbed it against the wall. It was such a luxury to wipe out the paper.

In an era when using old books and discarded cigarette boxes to go to the toilet, what is cigarette paper? This is a question worth thinking about.

Unable to bear the bites of mosquitoes, Li Weidong walked towards the dormitory area. Zheng Yang went home after eating. On the first day of work, he had to report to his parents. In the future, he could support himself and pay money to his family every month with status.

of people.

Li Weidong just met his parents a month ago, but they were already old parents, parents in their eighties, and parents in their forties or fifties. It seemed that he had forgotten about them.

However, in the eyes of children, parents always look like that, never seeming to grow old, but never seeming to be young.

Li Weidong's family is like the families of this era, with many brothers and sisters, including an eldest sister, a younger brother, and a younger sister. The four siblings almost broke the backbone of his parents.

My father is a craftsman, a carpenter by profession, a blacksmith part-time, and a bricklayer. He is an absolute all-rounder. Such people generally do not do much serious work, farming.

This is a somewhat artistic man from science and engineering, but he was born in a rural area. If it had not been for reform and opening up, I am afraid he would never have been able to get ahead.

From a historical perspective, my mother is a typical rural person. She is not afraid of trouble and does not cause trouble, but has a bad temper. She spends almost all her energy on raising their four siblings.

Suddenly Li Weidong wanted to do something impulsive and go back to take a look.

After getting my diploma and files, I traveled all the way from Beijing and didn’t have time to go home to visit my parents.

It's not like he never thought about giving up this job and traveling across a clan by himself without having to eat.

Unfortunately, looking at the ten dollars in my pocket and the situation at home, I still couldn't help it.

It is absolutely unacceptable to ask for leave just after you have just started working. It is not that you are not allowed, but that your boss thinks that you do not understand the overall situation and are embarrassed by your big responsibility.

It often only takes a moment to form an impression. If you want to change this moment, it may take several years.

When he returned to the dormitory, Zheng Yang hadn't come back yet. He turned on the light and took out a small box, which contained some of Li Weidong's personal belongings, several books and notebooks, and a photo album.

A five-inch graduation photo, a three-inch black and white photo, and a one-inch photo (ID photo).

This is a souvenir book left by Li Weidong's college classmates. In today's era, graduation may mean never seeing each other again for life.

Li Weidong took out another notebook and opened the first page. There were already several words on it, which he had traced countless times, "Three Questions of the Soul".

The second page was still blank. Li Weidong wanted to write about what he could do in the future and what conditions he had to do it. No matter how many times he thought about it, he could not leave a word.

"Hey, if I live my life again, will I have to follow the same old path?"

I sighed and closed my notebook heavily. It seemed that the old path was the best, otherwise I would do such earth-shaking things with only a dozen dollars in my pocket.

It's better to tell the factory leaders to transform quickly. Our factory is only going to have good days for three to five years. Who will believe you? I'm afraid they will only look at you as a fool.

Early the next morning, a loud voice rang out.

"Hey, we workers have strength. We are busy at work every day. Hey, we are busy at work every day. We have built high-rise buildings, built railways and coal mines, and transformed the world. It has changed so much, hey!"

The extremely penetrating sound made the sleeping Li Weidong open his eyes. The open window not only allowed the sound to pass through, but also the dazzling sunlight shined in.

The sunshine in summer came very early. It was only seven o'clock when he looked at his watch. Li Weidong, who wanted to keep closing his eyes, opened his eyes again and looked at the surrounding scenery absently. Well, he was still in a dream, not bad.

"Xiao Zheng, get up, it's time to go to work!"

"Brother Li, it's the first time now. There's still time to wait until the third time to get up again!" Zheng Yang said confusedly.

Sure enough, ten minutes later and twenty minutes later, the song "We workers have strength" was played twice in succession, and the reveille number was very unique.

Waking up to this kind of sound every day is definitely the greatest hatred and the greatest insult to a certain song. It is the most effective way to bring this classic old song down from the altar.

After packing up, putting on blue overalls, and walking into the big canteen, it was bustling with people, giving it a working-class atmosphere.

There are many people eating breakfast in the big cafeteria. Of the three meals a day, if you can cook them yourself, the least one must be breakfast.

Whether you are married or not, with or without children, you will go to the cafeteria to have a bite.

Simple and fast!

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