50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 144: Lie down for a day at the farm

It’s no wonder that Director He is so enthusiastic. Sun Zhi himself is not a member of the system and does not know the value of the letter of introduction in his hand.

This is a letter of introduction from a department directly under the capital. To put it bluntly, their farm is under the management of three departments.

One is the Agricultural Reclamation Bureau, which is responsible for agricultural production; one is the local administrative personnel department; and the other is the armed forces department, which is responsible for training and preparation for war.

Director He was parachuted in from the local area to take up the position of director. It has been more than half a year and he still has not established a firm foothold. He is trying every possible means to build relationships.

Sun Zhiwei's letter of introduction came from his superior department, so he had to treat him well. This kind of reception for visiting and learning was very common in this era and was a must-do task.

It's pretty much the same all over the country, no matter if you're a factory, a mine, an enterprise or any other unit, if you've achieved results, and your peers come to learn from you, you have to not only teach them and make sure they learn, but also provide them with food and accommodation.

Because the whole country is like a chessboard. If you keep secrets and cherish your own things, it means you are selfish and have a small-group mentality. You only care about your own family and not the whole community. When you are punished by the higher-ups, it will not be light.

Although the company Sun Zhiwei received the letter of introduction from does not have a current manager, he is a senior executive. If he is treated well, his position will be secure with just a word from above.

For example, someone might say at a meeting: Don't make things too ugly in some places, or Comrade He, the director of a certain farm, is a good person.

Whether it is to suppress the opponent or to help himself, just one sentence can play a big role for him.

When the people below heard the news, they couldn't help but wonder who this Director He was and why the order came from above. This cannot be taken lightly.

Do the higher-ups have any opinions about what we are doing? Otherwise, why would they say that?

Just think about the book "Death of a Civil Servant" and you will understand.

Don't blame the people below for having wild thoughts. Many times, if you don't think more, things will go wrong. In recent years, they have been opposing this and that. It is not okay if they don't deeply understand the spirit of the meeting.

Guessing the intentions of superiors is not only useful between ministers and the emperor. This skill is universal. As long as there is a relationship between superiors and subordinates, this skill will be of great use.

So, at noon that day, Director He hosted a party and set up a table in the small canteen of the site. The director, deputy director, four team leaders, plus the accountant, publicity staff, and logistics staff made up a perfect ten people at one table.

Among the nine people in the field office, the accountant, publicity officer, logistics officer and deputy field director are all big men from Northeast China who can drink. The four team leaders, three men and one woman, are all bar heroes.

At first, everyone was quite polite, eating game and drinking bottled wine, pretending to be polite. Sun Zhiwei had never experienced this kind of situation before, so he thought it was just normal socializing and drank the wine honestly.

When everyone saw that this comrade was honest and someone who could get along with others, they thought there was no need to be polite and went straight to the big jar of Red Sorghum.

Nine against one, each taking turns to drink until Sun Zhiwei's face turned pale. Before he even did anything serious, Sun Zhiwei lay down.

Looking at the fallen Sun Zhiwei, everyone in the field was very satisfied. Comrade Sun from Beijing was a good guy. He was straightforward, generous and had no airs. He spoke politely and without pretense.

Everyone had a very good first impression of Comrade Sun who came to visit and study.

The logistics director sent someone to send the collapsed Sun Zhiwei to the site guesthouse. The others continued drinking until three o'clock in the afternoon. Sun Zhiwei in the guesthouse slept until dawn the next day.

He was woken up by hunger. When he came here yesterday, it was morning and he had breakfast. He started drinking at noon and didn't eat anything. He didn't wake up at night and missed dinner.

He'd only had some porridge this morning, so how could he not be hungry? After waking up, he didn't care about anything else. He borrowed a lunch box and meal ticket from the front desk at the guesthouse and headed straight to the cafeteria. The world is big, but the stomach is the biggest. Filling your stomach is the most important thing.

The guesthouse often receives outside guests, so they have spare meal tickets and tableware. It is not uncommon for someone like Sun Zhiwei, who has just arrived, to come and borrow them. Anyway, they are all provided by the farm, so these can be reimbursed.

Sun Zhiwei got a few big steamed buns, porridge and pickles from the cafeteria and started eating on the spot, while checking the situation in the cafeteria while eating.

The canteen has an ample supply of breakfast, and the workers who come to get food all look okay, with no one appearing particularly thin, which suggests they eat well.

As I was watching, I saw a group of female team members coming in from outside. The leader was a tall woman with two ponytails and wearing a military uniform.

She had armbands on her sleeves and a belt and pistol at her waist. Behind her was a group of female team members, all holding lunch boxes. As they walked in, they talked and the male team members around them moved away when they saw them.

Sun Zhiwei recognized her at first sight. This was his sister. He raised his eyebrows. What was going on? He thought Sun Ailai was not having a good time here, but he saw this.

However, judging from the looks of the people around her, it seems that this girl is not very popular among the people present. At least the men don't dare to approach her.

Sun Ailai was chatting and laughing. When she glanced at the cafeteria, she saw a familiar face looking at her with a half-smile.

When Sun Zhiwei saw Sun Aila's face froze, he knew that she recognized him, so he nodded and continued to eat breakfast.

There are a lot of people around now, so it’s not the time to talk. Let’s talk in their dormitory after we finish eating.

Sun Ailai saw him eating again, ignoring her, and felt a little relieved. But she was also a little conflicted about whether to go over and identify him now.

The female team member next to her noticed that she looked unhappy and asked with concern: "Captain, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Sun Ailai forced herself to calm down, thinking that since her brother didn't come, it meant there was no rush to recognize him, so she might as well eat first.

So, he said a few perfunctory words to his teammates and started to hurry to get his meal.

By the time she finished, Sun Zhiwei had already left the cafeteria with his lunch box. She quickly finished her breakfast as well, then went to the field office to ask for half a day off, and then waited obediently in the dormitory.

Sun Zhiwei returned to the field guesthouse, washed and returned the lunch box, then took out two large packages prepared by his family from the room and went to the female team members' dormitory.

I asked a few team members on the way and found Sun Ailai's dormitory. She was the only one inside, sitting on the bed, rubbing her hands nervously.

Seeing Sun Zhiwei, Sun Ailai's eyes reddened: "Brother."

"Well, I came to see how you were doing. Here are a lot of things that your godmother and sister-in-law prepared. You decide where to put them."

When Sun Ailai saw the two big packages, she was a little dumbfounded. After thinking about it, she asked Sun Zhiwei to put the packages on the bed first.

She does have a cabinet for her personal belongings, but there are so many things in it now that she has to organize it.

(End of this chapter)