Sail across the sea

"Old Liao, you're back!"

"Hey, Mr. Liao, you've come back with a rewarding experience!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, Lao Liao, it's been less than two months since you've been in Luping, and you've gained at least 10 catties..."

In the family courtyard of the Provincial Chemical Engineering Design Institute, people who were enjoying the cool and relaxing downstairs surrounded a man who had just walked in from the outside. The words that came out were clearly tinged with a strong sourness.

Nima, in the era when everyone is struggling to count the steel coins, is it really appropriate for you to walk around the market like this with two old hens, a bucket of oil, and half a bag of peanuts?

The man who came in was Liao Derong.His current establishment is still attached to the Chemical Design Institute, but he was temporarily seconded by the Chemical Industry Department to a Canghua company in Luping two months ago, and it is said that he was appointed as the chief engineer of a factory recently.

The Chemical Engineering Design Institute is a place full of intellectuals, and one of the vices of intellectuals is that they are good at textual research.Those who are interested have already understood that this Canghua company is actually the labor service company of Canghai Chemical Fertilizer Factory.Liao Derong went to work as the chief engineer in a factory affiliated to such a company, so it is not considered a high job, it should be considered a relegation, right?

When Liao Derong was seconded, everyone was gloating.This is not to say how much Lao Liao was hated in the design institute, but that intellectuals have another big bad habit, that is, hoping for bad luck for their colleagues.Regardless of the relationship between this colleague and himself, even if it is a friend who was drinking and chatting with girls the day before, as long as the other party is unlucky, it can reflect his own luck.

But immediately, everyone realized that they were too happy.On the weekend two weeks later, Liao Derong returned to Ruizhang from Luping to rest.It was past nine o'clock in the evening when he returned to the family courtyard, and there was no one in the courtyard, so no one noticed him.

But the next day, half of the people in the yard smelled the aroma of stewed chicken in someone's house. It was refreshing and mouth-watering.

In China in the early 80s, there were no festivals and confinement. How could anyone know how to eat stewed chicken?

Everyone went out, pretending to be nonchalant, and followed the scent like hunting dogs, only to find that the scent came from Liao Derong's house.Looking up, on the balcony of Liao Derong's house, there are many clothes and trousers hanging to dry, and there is also a long bamboo pole of bacon sausages.Engineers can solve finite element problems with mental calculations, so they can't guess what's going on?

Lao Liao is back.

The chicken was brought back by Lao Liao.

Lao Liao also brought back a bamboo stick of bacon sausage.

Lao Liao made it!

Subsequent events continue to confirm and refresh everyone's guesses.Liao Derong came back every two weeks on average, and every time he entered the house in the dark, fearing that people would see him.

And every time Liao Derong came back, he had to eat good food at home, such as chicken, duck, goose, pigeon, turtledove, and other mountain delicacies that everyone could not smell out with their noses...

Inevitably, colleagues who were close to Liao Derong came to inquire.Liao Derong told the visitor that he bought these things with his own money. In Cangtang, things in the countryside are cheaper than those in the provincial city of Ruizhang.

Alas, my husband and wife are both middle-aged, and the child is growing up, so I can't save a bite of food.No, this salary is all discounted.

Of course no one would believe this kind of nonsense.

Who doesn't know how Liao Derong and his wife are stingy?If it weren't for someone giving it away for free, the couple would be willing to buy chickens and ducks to eat back?
He also said that the wages are all discounted. Your wife clearly just bought a polyester card jacket, okay?The price tag in department stores is more than 50 yuan a piece.Also, your wife is busy asking where I can buy a color TV recently, and she also said that the domestic ones are not good, and I want the original Toshiba...

Lao Liao has gone to pan for gold!

Just when the fire of everyone's jealousy started to spread like a prairie fire, Liao Derong was uncharacteristically, he didn't choose to go home in the middle of the night, but found such a person who came back when everyone just finished dinner and went downstairs for a walk, and he didn't hide his hands Carrying the local specialties brought back from Luping, is this intended to show off?
"Alas, why am I getting fatter? These days I work overtime every day, and I wish I could be the envoy of three people alone. No, the company leaders over there felt sorry for it, so they gave me some benefits. They originally said they would give me a hoof, I think it's too heavy, if I can't bring it back, I don't want it..."

Liao Derong stood still and said to his colleagues with a sincere look on his face.

"Old Liao, you... look, you're spending money recklessly, why don't you go home quickly."

Liao Derong's wife, Su Juan, was also downstairs at this time. Seeing Liao Derong standing down and chatting with the crowd, she hurried forward, took the things from Liao Derong's hand, and gave him winks, roughly to remind him not to reveal his wealth.

This is a strategy the couple had previously discussed.Liao Derong was able to receive generous benefits from Canghua Company, as well as some well-designed subsidies, and his family's living standard has improved significantly, which cannot be hidden from neighbors and colleagues.

But as long as everyone didn't see him bringing things home, the couple can deny the matter as much as they want, which can be regarded as deception.

Liao Derong chose to go home at night every time, and it was precisely because of this consideration.

But this time, he did the opposite. Not only did he enter the door at this time, but he also stood in the middle of the yard chatting and laughing with everyone. Isn't this rushing to bring hatred to his family?

"Su Juan, take your things home first. This oil is camellia seed oil, which is very expensive, so don't mix it with vegetable oil." Liao Derong didn't intend to make a fuss at all, but just handed the things to his wife , and ordered quite arrogantly.

"Why do you buy such expensive oil!" Su Juan tried in vain to cover up.

"I didn't buy it, it was sent by the company." Liao Derong said domineeringly, and then won a burst of expected compliments, although they were all sour.

Su Juan couldn't figure out what kind of crazy Liao Derong was, and she couldn't argue with him on this occasion, so she stomped her feet, called her eldest son who was playing next to her, and went home with her things.

"Hey, you guys don't know!" Liao Derong was talking very excitedly, he took a cigarette handed over by a colleague next to him, lit the cigarette butt handed over by another colleague, and said to everyone:

"The hospital seconded me to the Canghua Technology and Trade Company, which really made me suffer. That company is a Sino-foreign joint venture. No, a large American company just invested 150 million US dollars in order to provide a vitamin production line.

"Good guy, hundreds of devices have to be designed from scratch. People said that there is no cap on welfare benefits, but the work must be completed on schedule. In the past two months, I got up earlier than chickens and went to bed later than dogs. Day and night, it's exhausting."