Eating melons and raising children in the period literature

After Yang Qingqing had worked painfully for two weeks,

As soon as she entered the office, she saw several colleagues who were particularly happy. Just when she was thinking about what happy event was going to happen,

Sun Zhongyi said, "We have finally made it this far. Tomorrow is the winter solstice and we will soon be liberated. Comrades, thank you for your hard work. Comrades, keep working hard. The dawn of victory is just ahead."

Yang Qingqing was confused, and saw that several other colleagues were like chicken blood.

Just when she was wondering if everyone was crazy, someone finally noticed her.

"Qingqing just came this year, so she doesn't know yet. Look at her confused eyes. Hahahaha..."

The others laughed too.

Yang Qingqing only has one thought, this has driven me crazy, this has made me crazy, I am just laughing. I am not good at making fun of you.

But she could only complain in her heart, and smiled foolishly.

"Hahaha~ Is there something good happening to Brother Zhou? He's so happy that he can't even close his mouth!"

"Qingqing, you are new here, but you don't have to come to work every day after the winter solstice."

Yang Qingqing didn't even wait for Sister Wang to finish her words before jumping over and grabbing her hand and saying

"Really? Really? Why is our department so good? Are you kidding me?"

"What are you thinking about? Let Sister Wang go. You scared her. This is the first time I see you so excited. Even when I saw you getting your first salary, you weren't that excited."

It was then that Yang Qingqing realized that she might have been too excited just now. Now everyone's eyes were on her, making her feel a little embarrassed.

"Haha~haha~I accidentally got too excited! I'll control myself, but are we really having a holiday?"

"Really? Our job is actually pretty easy. In the summer, there are more leaders coming to inspect, so we can have more work. In the winter, let alone inspections, even the roads are blocked, so we don't have to come to work every day."

"So we have a holiday? What about the mine? Do others have a holiday?"

Yang Qingqing wondered if the entire mining area had been given a holiday. Would that be okay?

"It's not really a holiday, it's just a small benefit, but there are conditions. Others certainly can't do that. How can we just stop working at the mine? The steel mill is still waiting."

"Oh! Let me tell you, the condition for taking a vacation is that your salary will be cut in half, and you can work at home, but you can't be late for the bulletin boards we put out every month, and you have to come back to work when it's time."

"I know, isn't this working from home? That's good, it saves me from running back and forth every day and freezing myself to death."

Yang Qingqing thought that even if the salary was cut in half, it would still be happier than running back and forth every day.

"So how do we plan, and how long will this situation last?"

"In the past, we had to go back to work normally on the 16th day of the first lunar month after the Chinese New Year. This year will definitely not be different, right? The work during this period is arranged by the section chief, and we just have to work according to the schedule."

"That's right. You just got here and don't know. Our section chief is very nice. Usually we only need to come once a month. Brother Zhou and I came the most times last year. We came three times, while others probably came twice."

"Yes, Xiao Sun and Lao Zhou came one more time last year. The rest of us basically came twice. But they are young, compared with us older women, so I don't think it's a problem to let them come one more time! Don't you agree, Qingqing?"

"Please forgive me. I didn't say anything. Even if I come here one more time this year, I'd be happy to do so. It's my duty to take care of the female comrades in our department."

Sun Zhongyi immediately expressed his concern. He was afraid of offending Sister Wang. Although it wouldn't cause any problems, if he offended her, she would definitely be sly and pick on him for a while, which would make people unhappy. So he didn't want to offend Sister Wang for no reason.

"Sister Wang, what did you do last year? It would be terrible if I didn't know anything by then."

Yang Qingqing didn't want to express her opinion, so as not to offend anyone, so she immediately changed the subject.

"It's nothing. I just show the slogans on the bulletin board that I made in advance to the section chief for a look. If he approves it, I'll replace the ones on the bulletin board. It usually takes about a day to complete."

"That's right. You see, we have three bulletin boards in total, one for each person, and we change them every half a month. It's just right for us to come here once a month. The section chief has to come twice."

"That's nothing. The section chief lives in the house on our mine. It takes less than half an hour for him to come here, so he can just take a breath of fresh air. Unlike us, we missed the last train and don't know when the house will be built. I don't want to run every day."

This is Zheng Jun. He is now living in his mother-in-law's house. His wife is from Shimen Village at the foot of the mine. I heard that he has two children now, and he has always wanted to move out with his wife and children. However, his mother-in-law has always said that he has not been allocated a house, so she won't let him rent a house in the village and must live in her house.

In fact, it was also for Zheng Jun's salary. His wife went to school, but only to junior high school, and now she still has to work in the fields every day.

My mother-in-law's family are all genuine farmers. The reason why my daughter was able to marry Zheng Jun was entirely because of his face.

Zheng Jun's family did not agree, but there was nothing they could do since he had been blinded by beauty and was determined to marry Wu Meitian.

It was too late to regret now. He already had two children. Every day he looked forward to the mine building a house so that he could move in. He never thought about whether he was eligible for a share of the house.

Yang Qingqing heard these from other colleagues and Zheng Jun himself. Yang Qingqing had never met his wife, let alone his mother-in-law.

"I heard before that our mining is going well this year. Maybe we can start construction soon. Sister Li, you have the best relationship with our section chief. Didn't you hear what our section chief said? Even if you tell him a little, why not?"

"I don't know, I haven't heard of it. If I knew, I would definitely not keep it to myself. Okay, let's finish the work quickly. The section chief will be here soon, notify him so we can have a holiday."

Yang Qingqing thought it made sense. She had to pack up quickly. Maybe she could get off work early today.

Just before lunch, Section Chief Zhao opened the door of Yang Qingqing's office.

"Okay, I won't say any more. Let's do the same as before. Get all the work done today. From tomorrow on, you don't have to come if you have nothing to do. Come back after the Chinese New Year on the 16th day of the first lunar month.

I have made all the arrangements for this year's work. Those who are supposed to come back on time on the 15th and 30th of each month must come back on time. If there is something that makes you unable to come on time, you must also come here to ask for leave. You all know where I live, right?

Qingqing, I live in the staff quarters at the mine. You can find out if you go over there and ask.

This is the arrangement. I have written it down on paper and will put it in the office later. You can take a look at it yourself. If there are any problems, you can solve them yourself and then report to me. I will decide if it is okay.

Okay, that's it, I'm leaving now. You can see for yourself."

When Section Chief Zhao turned around, the door was not even closed. Sun Zhongyi and Zhou Dashan ran over impatiently to check the shift schedule.

The other people were also very excited, but they restrained themselves and waited until the door closed before they could wait to see.