Age: Passionate youth, starting from graduation assignment

Chapter 202 Come to the oil field to meet Mr. Du

Xu Jichang wanted to hug Du Xiaojing and kiss her hard.

It's a pity that he is on the train now, and there are other passengers beside him. He can't do anything else except smile at Du Xiaojing.

After several hours of journey, the train arrived at the station.

Xu Jichang and Du Xiaojing got out of the car carrying the gifts they had given to visit Mr. Du, walked from the train station to the passenger terminal opposite, and took a bus to the harbor.

It was summer, the bus windows were wide open, and the monsoon with the salty smell of the ocean was constantly pouring into the car, bringing a different kind of fresh breath to the two of them.

"Is this what the sea smells like?"

Du Xiaojing took a deep breath and said with freshness.

"I wonder if there will be a chance to eat seafood."

Xu Jichang looked out the window and said.

"I don't know, I should... be able to eat it, right?"

Du Xiaojing said after thinking about it.

After a while, the bus started and took the two of them to the harbor.

I saw that the harbor was extremely busy. Passenger ships, cargo ships, and fishing boats were lined up in rows. Boats and boats were connected to each other. Thousands of piles of snow were rolled up by the waves crashing on the shore. The whistles of steam whistles startled gulls and herons.

Du Xiaojing got out of the car, looked at the rolling waves ahead, and then looked at the sea and the sky in the distance. The sky and water were the same color, and his mood suddenly became very bright: "It's so beautiful. No wonder the ancients were able to write so many good poems and articles when facing the rivers and seas. .”

"Yes, once I came here, I felt that my whole mind became broader."

Xu Jichang was holding his luggage in one hand and looking into the distance with his other hand.

The two stood on the edge of the pier and looked at the scenery for a while, then turned and went to the ticket office, taking out their letters of introduction to buy tickets.

At present, the number of steamships in the port is not as intensive as in later generations, with only two sailings a day.

They missed the previous one, so they had to buy the one three hours later.

"Let's have a meal first. Just have breakfast. I'm hungry."

Xu Jichang said to Du Xiaojing.

"Don't you want to eat seafood? Let's find a restaurant to eat."

Du Xiaojing pointed to the streets outside the harbor and made a suggestion.

"Walk."

The two of them carried their luggage and walked outside together.

As expected of a seaport city, the restaurants on the streets are all seafood restaurants. Xu Jichang and Du Xiaojing could smell the fresh fragrance of seafood while standing on the road.

"Let's go and try this place."

Xu Jichang led Du Xiaojing to a state-owned guest house and ordered fried clams and abalone and pork ribs soup at the business counter.

Not long after the two sat down, clams and abalone were served.

The clams were not put in a bowl, but served in a small basin. The portion was very generous and smelled delicious.

The size of the abalone is even more astonishing. According to the usual standards, it should be four abalones. If you put it in a hotel in later generations, one could sell for thousands.

But now, the two abalones together only cost two yuan, including the price of the ribs.

Not to mention the clams. Such a large pot only costs [-] cents, which is really a bargain.

Of course, the price is cheap, but the number of food stamps required is more than usual when eating out. One meal costs three and a half kilograms of national food stamps.

Xu Jichang knew that this was because food did not grow on the seaside, so the local area needed to solve the food problem in this way, and he was not surprised by this.

"After finishing these, we won't have to eat anymore."

After Du Xiaojing finished peeling an extremely delicious clam, he said to Xu Jichang.

"No, just eat it quickly."

Xu Jichang gave her and himself an abalone each, and started eating after speaking.

The taste of this abalone is really great, it is fresh, tender and elastic, and it leaves a fragrant aroma on your lips and teeth after you bite into it. It is really more enjoyable than eating meat.

Xu Jichang didn't take long to kill an abalone.

"What are you doing?"

He looked up and saw that Du Xiaojing had picked off less than half of the bowl of clams and was still picking at them.

"I'll give you some clam meat to eat."

Du Xiaojing looked at him with a smile and said, "This stuff is so delicious, I think you should like it."

"You don't need to peel it off, I'm not a child."

Xu Jichang stopped him and said, "Eat it quickly, I can peel it myself."

After saying that, he picked up two clams with chopsticks and peeled them himself. When Du Xiaojing pushed the bowl with the peeled clam meat over, he stretched out his hand to block it.

Seeing how determined he was, Du Xiaojing had no choice but to eat the peeled clam meat himself.

……

It took the two of them more than an hour to eliminate the entire basin of clams.

Just as Du Xiaojing said, after the two of them finished eating the clams, their stomachs were completely full and they could no longer eat anything else.

"Go to the beach to eat."

"Let's go, the sea breeze is so comfortable."

The two stood up from their chairs one after another, holding hands and walking out of the guest house door.

The guest house is still quite a distance from the sea, so it takes some effort for the two of them to reach it.

On the way, the two met several dark-skinned passers-by. Some of them looked like locals, while some looked like educated youths in temperament.

"Look, this is the most painful point to jump in line."

When the passers-by walked away, Xu Jichang whispered to Du Xiaojing, "The beach is exposed to wind and sun, but the key is lack of food."

"Yeah, luckily I wasn't assigned here..."

Du Xiaojing thought of the difficult conditions in coastal fishing areas that had been spread by word of mouth among her classmates, and suddenly became a little scared and a little lucky.

After a while, the two came to the beach. Looking at the rugged rocks on the shore and the waves hitting them, they felt a lot of heroism in their hearts.

"Is the Province of Lu just ahead?"

Du Xiaojing pointed to a piece of land on the sea in front of him and asked Xu Jichang.

Xu Jichang carefully distinguished it for a while and shook his head: "No, it's not that close. It's an island in the sea."

"Um……"

After getting the answer, Du Xiaojing closed her eyes and stopped talking. She let the sea breeze blow her hair and her long black eyelashes. She held Xu Jichang's big hand tightly, and the only sound left in her ears was the sound of waves.

Xu Jichang raised his head and looked further into the distance, admiring the magnificence of the sky and the sea, as well as the thrill of the waves.

The two of them held hands and stood at the beach for a while before continuing to walk down.

As he walked, Du Xiaojing rolled his eyes twice, with a cunning look on his face: "You said you met my dad, what should you do if he doesn't approve of you?"

After saying this, she looked at Xu Jichang while holding back a smile, waiting for the answer.

"What else can I do, cold salad."

Xu Jichang pretended not to care and said, "Why should a man worry about not having a wife?"

"Ha, that's what you said."

"Of course."

"Pfft, actually it won't be like this. I was joking just now. My dad approves of you very much. This time, it's nothing more than familiarity."

"I understand, I was kidding you too."

"But, you can talk to him about your future development plans. My dad likes to hear young people talk about their ambitions."

"Then if I say that I want to work alone in the future, will he accept it?"

"Okay. My dad is not that old-fashioned."

The two of them walked along the seaside road until they returned to the harbor half an hour before departure, checked their tickets and boarded the passenger ship.

These days there is no such thing as first class or second class. The price is the same as long as you take the ship.

Xu Jichang and Du Xiaojing sat in their seats and waited for a while before the ship blew its whistle and set off.

"Are you seasick?" Xu Jichang asked Du Xiaojing with concern as the whistle blew.

"No, what about you?"

"Neither do I."

While he was talking, the passenger ship had already sailed out of the harbor. In about a quarter of an hour, it reached the vast sea.

"Hey, I feel a little uncomfortable..."

At this time, Du Xiaojing showed a sad expression, and his face became a little pale.

Well, that doesn’t mean I don’t get seasick.

It seemed that she was overconfident just now.

Fortunately, I was already prepared.

Xu Jichang thought to himself, patted her back and took out some fresh orange peels from his luggage: "Smell it, it will make you feel better."

"call……"

Du Xiaojing took the orange peel from his hand, her nose wrinkled slightly, and after smelling it twice, she felt much better.

"If you feel uncomfortable, just take a nap and you'll be there as soon as you wake up."

Xu Jichang took the initiative to move to her side and offered his shoulders.

"Tell me if your pillow is numb."

Du Xiaojing put the orange peel into his pocket and leaned his pretty face on Xu Jichang's shoulder.

After a while, she fell into sleep. Her whole face looked extremely quiet, only her eyelashes trembled from time to time.

From Xu Jichang's perspective, Du Xiaojing is so beautiful.

Fair and rosy skin with no blemishes, a straight nose, plump red lips, and the plump peaks under the shirt that undulate slightly with breathing...

It was a very wise decision for me to attack her in the first place.

Xu Jichang looked at Du Xiaojing's beautiful appearance while sleeping, and felt like he had missed something.

Starting from the Northeast, the voyage to Shandong Province is very short via the Bohai Bay.

When the ship arrived at the dock and Xu Jichang woke Du Xiaojing up, she was still a little unbelievable.

"It's here?"

She rubbed her eyes sleepily.

"It didn't take long."

"Get off the boat quickly."

Xu Jichang picked up his and Du Xiaojing's luggage and waited until all the crowded passengers in the cabin got off the ship before he and Du Xiaojing walked toward the cabin door.

After getting off the boat, the two felt the fresh sea breeze blowing against their faces again, and it was already evening.

"We're staying here for the night, and we're going to the oil field tomorrow morning..."

"Or should I catch a late train?"

After leaving the pier, Xu Jichang looked at the passenger terminal and guest house in front of him, lost in thought and said, as if he was discussing with Du Xiaojing, but also making a decision alone.

"I'll listen to you."

Du Xiaojing, who is usually very opinionated, is still willing to let him make the decision when he is with Xu Jichang.

After some thought, Xu Jichang quickly made a choice: "Let's catch the late train to the oil field."

"The conditions there are definitely better than the guest house."

In his impression, the living conditions in various large state-owned factories and mines these days, especially in oil fields, are much better than those in local areas.

If you and Du Xiaojing rush to the oil field quickly, the conditions for spending the night will be much better.

"Okay, let's hurry up."

Du Xiaojing followed Xu Jichang's lead and ran to the passenger terminal. He even took the luggage from him to help lighten the burden.

After hurrying and hurrying, the two finally boarded the last train.

Xu Jichang also noticed when he entered the station that most of the cars in the entire passenger station were going to the oil fields, which shows the great influence of the oil fields.

……

By the time the car arrived at the oil field, it was already night.

Xu Jichang and Du Xiaojing got out of the car hungry and saw a spectacular scene.

I saw bright lights ahead, machines roaring, tall oil storage tanks shining brightly in the light, and the tower crane running non-stop.

Large trucks that are more than ten meters long are constantly coming in and out of the oil field entrance, with engines rumbling and occasionally interspersed with brake sounds.

"This style is no worse than our factory."

Even Du Xiaojing, who had seen many things in the world, was shocked by this scene and sighed while standing in the distance.

"It's better than our factory."

Xu Jichang commented, holding her hand and walking forward. When he arrived at the factory gate, he carefully avoided the traffic and followed the employee entrance and exit passage to the security guard post.

"who?"

Seeing that the two were not wearing employee uniforms, the sentry immediately asked seriously.

Oil is the blood of industry, and oil fields control the lifeblood of the national economy. The security measures here are stricter than those at the Dongfang Fertilizer Factory.

"Families of employees."

Du Xiaojing replied.

After hearing this, the sentry returned to his post and pushed out a register and a pen from the window: "Write your name and position information on that hand."

Du Xiaojing followed the column prompts above and truthfully wrote down Mr. Du's name, position, relationship with each other, and his own personal information.

Xu Jichang then wrote his name and work unit on it.

The sentry took back the register with a look of surprise on his face.

"She's Secretary Du's daughter, right?"

He walked out of the guard box and said.

"Just treat us as family members of ordinary employees."

Du Xiaojing said in a calm voice, "Now please give us a certificate of introduction so that we can stay in the guest house."

But the more this happened, the more her aura was brought out at this moment.

"okay."

The sentry quickly returned to the pavilion and quickly handed an explanation to Xu Jichang and Du Xiaojing.

"Let's go."

Xu Jichang took over the explanation and said.

Going to my father-in-law's house naturally had to wait until the morning.

So he and Du Xiaojing need to stay in the guest house for one night.

Naturally, the two slept separately at night and lived in two separate rooms. Otherwise, it would be bad for people in the oil field to know about it.

The guest house in the oil field has electric fans and radios, and the hot water bottles in each room are filled in advance. In terms of conditions, it is definitely considered the best equipment of this era.

The price is very reasonable, even cheaper than a guest house in an ordinary unit.

This is the characteristic of the current era. All units with good profits have top-notch configurations.Some of the top state-owned factories even have faucets installed, and orange soda will flow out when the switch is turned.

"Dear comrades in the audience, hello everyone..."

Xu Jichang turned on the radio and listened to the current news for a while, when there was a knock on the door.

"Is this Comrade Xu Jichang? There is a phone number for you below."

It was the voice of the guest house waiter.

"coming."

Xu Jichang got up from the bed, wondering who came to find him at night.

(End of this chapter)