Chapter 544: and translation of title, then ===GLOSSARY=== with list of named entities appearing in these lines

Qin Huairu pushed open the room door.

She walked into the office.

She saw Deputy Factory Director Li with a grim face behind the desk.

Her heart gave a sudden thump.

By now.

She then realized she had made a mistake; this Deputy Factory Director Li was not that Deputy Factory Director Li, not the one who had long been thinking of Qin Huairu, but a new leader she had never met.

Her heart instinctively panicked a little.

But upon thinking that the other party surnamed Li was the Deputy Factory Manager of Yagangchang, Qin Huairu's panic inexplicably eased considerably.

Having experienced two Deputy Factory Directors Li, Qin Huairu had strong confidence in any Li-surnamed Deputy Factory Director, believing that even if she were old and faded, she could still easily handle them.

Director Li.

The middle-aged Qin Huairu, pretending to be a pure young girl, greeted in a coy tone.

Her affected, coquettish tone gave people goosebumps; her pretentious manner added a sense of disgust.

The Deputy Factory Director Li, immersed in anger and resentment, was called back from his wandering soul by Qin Huairu's shout; he lifted his head and turned his gaze toward the source of the voice.

Seeing a woman over forty with a wrinkled face staring at him bitterly, her eyes full of grievance.

He confirmed he did not know this woman.

The woman's expression and gaze displeased him.

Moreover, the woman had not knocked but pushed the door open and walked in.

His tone turned cold.

"Who are you? Why did you come in? Who let you in? I don't seem to know you, and the Propaganda Section has no such worker."

When he had just asked Yu Haitang about Damao Xu's situation, he had already met everyone in the Propaganda Section one by one, and was certain Qin Huairu was not a staff member there.

Qin Huairu's clothing was not that of a factory office secretary.

He also faintly smelled a faint fishy odor in his nostrils.

He had not intentionally targeted Qin Huairu.

He blurted out subconsciously.

"What's with this stench inside the room?"

After saying that.

He rose to his feet.

He opened the window behind him, still standing by it, opening his mouth wide and greedily gulping several breaths of fresh outside air.

This action was like a resounding slap, hard on Qin Huairu's cheek; her heart screamed, he despised himself, he did not recognize himself.

After the indoor air improved a little, Deputy Factory Director Li turned back, sat on the previous stool, and asked Qin Huairu again.

"You still haven't answered my earlier question—who exactly are you, and what business do you have here?"

"Director Li, I am Qin Huairu."

"You're Qin Huairu?"

The shock on Deputy Factory Director Li's face revealed his inner terror; everyone in Yagangchang, big or small, might not know who the factory director is, but they certainly know there is a Qin Huairu at Yagangchang.

Seeing that expression on Deputy Factory Director Li's face, a sense of conflict welled up in Qin Huairu's heart; he knew she was Qin Huairu.

"I am Qin Huairu."

"Qin Huairu, I don't seem to know you, we've had no specific dealings; I handle publicity work, you're from the Cleaning Section—are you here because the Cleaning Section still charges toilet fees? Moreover, Yagangchang apparently has no such rule, making workers pay to use the toilet."

His impolite tone already made his attitude clear.

If it were someone else.

They would probably turn and leave.

Qin Huairu, however, was no ordinary person; before coming, she had been full of confidence, wanting to use Deputy Factory Director Li to transfer positions, and she absolutely did not want to continue doing toilet-cleaning work.

She could not leave.

And she would not leave.

Moreover, Qin Huairu believed she could handle any Li-surnamed Deputy Factory Director.

She covered her face with both hands, tears welling up, and weakly told the Deputy Factory Director Li who did not know her of her plight.

"Director Li, I'm not here to collect toilet fees; I'm asking you to help me, help Qin Huairu. You don't know, my life has been hard—I'm a country girl who fortunately married into the city, got to eat urban rations, thought I'd spend my life like that, but over ten years ago my husband died."

Jia Dongxu, who had been dead for over ten years.

It had become Qin Huairu's excuse for scheming against Deputy Factory Director Li.

It had been brought out.

"I entered the factory by filling a post, became a fitter in Yagangchang's No. 9 workshop, then due to some matters became Yagangchang's toilet cleaner; I am a widow raising three children and supporting a mother-in-law—what can I do? Director Li, please help me transfer; I, Qin Huairu, will surely repay your great kindness."

Bangeng's role was immediately demonstrated.

Qin Huairu gave Bangeng as an example.

"My son Bangeng is over twenty; just recently he returned from the countryside, my mother-in-law wanted to find him a wife, the girl's parents came to inquire, hearing that Bangeng had a mother who cleaned toilets, they flatly refused the match; Bangeng grew angry and said a few harsh words, and my daughter Huaihua, because of this, ran away from home, to this day neither alive nor dead seen; Director Li, please help me—if I had a way, I would surely not come bother you."

Some once-not-so-secret secrets.

Were recounted by Qin Huairu.

She cried noisily.

Her voice pierced the walls and flew into the ears of other coworkers in the Propaganda Section.

Truly the result of everyone staring at each other.

They were all dumbfounded.

They wondered whether Qin Huairu had offended the Li-surnamed Deputy Factory Director's guardian spirit, or whether any Li-surnamed Deputy Factory Director at Yagangchang could escape her grasp.

A scene of tearful sobbing.

They said the two of them were innocent.

Who would believe it?

"What do you say?"

"Don't say anything else, lest we get into trouble—I didn't even see Yu Haitang dodge out, my stomach feels awful, I need to go to the bathroom."

"I want to go too."

"Let's go together."

The people from the Propaganda Section went to the toilet one after another, leaving only Qin Huairu and the newly arrived Deputy Factory Director Li; some even thoughtfully hung a 'Do Not Disturb' sign outside the Propaganda Section's door.

……

Ershitang.

The busy crowd.

Then an untimely shout rang in their ears.

"Brother-in-law, you really got transferred back to Ershitang?"

They looked in the direction of the sound.

They saw Yu Haitang enter Ershitang through the back door as if nothing were wrong.

Her gaze stared straight at Shazhu.

"Isn't this the beautiful female announcer from Yagangchang, Comrade Yu Haitang? You've come to find my master?"

"Thus: Thus: Mahua, you're just spouting nonsense, beautiful female announcer comrade—I'm about to change posts."

Yu Haitang deliberately made a joke about herself.

She came to Ershitang.

It wasn't just to find Shazhu for idle chatter.

It was purely aimed at Liu Lan.

In Yagangchang, who doesn't know that Liu Lan is a notorious gossip? As soon as you tell her something, she immediately spreads it far and wide.

The matter of Qin Huairu going to see the newly arrived Deputy Factory Director Li.

We really need to give her some publicity.

It's all about money.

Qin Huairu, claiming to be a neighbor of Yu Li, borrowed money from Yu Haitang; bit by bit, it added up to twenty or thirty yuan.

Since only Qin Huairu and Yu Haitang were present when the money was borrowed, Qin Huairu later promised to write a promissory note for Yu Haitang.

Yu Haitang had no proof that Qin Huairu had borrowed her money, and because of this, Jia Zhangshi even berated her, saying Yu Haitang was crazy for money.

Yu Haitang also didn't want her in-laws and natal family to know that she was being drained by Qin Huairu.

So she wanted to use Liu Lan's big mouth to further ruin Qin Huairu's reputation; Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi could be shameless, but Bangeng, who is of marrying age, needs a good reputation.

Without a good reputation, how could one marry a good wife?

However, Yu Haitang didn't know that Bangeng had already been detained at the police station, with the public security bureau investigating his crime of eating a free meal.

Otherwise, she would have to shout at the top of her lungs.

She didn't know this, and still following her own plan, she wanted to ruin Qin Huairu's reputation, saying to Thus: Thus: Mahua: "If things go badly, I might even have to follow you, Thus: Thus: Mahua, as an apprentice and cook for the workers of Yagangchang."

"Yu Haitang, what's wrong?" Shazhu asked, "Did you make a mistake?"

It's not surprising that Shazhu would think that.

Nowadays, there's no talk of dismissal unless you've done something that arouses both heavenly wrath and public resentment.

In Yagangchang, when a transfer or department change occurs, it's either because you made a mistake and the leadership wants to educate you, or because you've performed outstandingly and the leadership wants to reuse you.

How is Yu Haitang's work?

Shazhu knows.

It's really just average, with no technical skill, far inferior to Xu Daming's job as a film projectionist.

"What mistake? I was just pulled aside—guess who I ran into in the Propaganda Section just now?" Yu Haitang didn't wait for Shazhu and the others to guess, then blurted out Qin Huairu's name: "Saying it will scare you—it's Qin Huairu, Qin Huairu went to find the Deputy Factory Director Li who's in charge of our Propaganda Section work."

This remark seems to be answering Shazhu.

Actually, it was directed at Liu Lan.

Qin Huairu went to see the newly arrived Deputy Factory Director Li again.

Regarding the matters between Qin Huairu and Deputy Factory Director Li, Liu Lan is practically the only one with any say, given that she once had a fleeting marital relationship with Deputy Factory Director Li.

Ershitang also fell into an uproar because of Yu Haitang's exposé.

What the heck.

Qin Huairu seeks the newly arrived Deputy Factory Director Li.

How could that be possible?

But looking at Yu Haitang's expression, it doesn't look like she's lying.

"Is Qin Huairu treating Deputy Factory Director Li as her own private plot?"

"Why is Qin Huairu looking for Deputy Factory Director Li again?"

"I guess they're doing some shameless things—haven't you forgotten that Deputy Factory Director Li who was recently stripped of his position? It's said that it was because of Qin Huairu; if you don't believe me, ask my master, my master knows about this."

"Fatty, I really don't know about this either—I just heard Jia Zhangshi mention it, saying that Bangeng wanted to return to Yagangchang as a cadre, and then that Deputy Factory Director Li got stripped of his position."

"Master, Qin Huairu was originally in a training period and shouldn't have been given leave, but Deputy Factory Director Li gave her half a month off; I've heard that someone saw Qin Huairu leaving Deputy Factory Director Li's house at night, and on the day Bangeng returned, someone also saw Qin Huairu going to Deputy Factory Director Li's house."

"No matter who, whether they know Qin Huairu or not, as long as they are a Li-surnamed Deputy Factory Director in Yagangchang, they can't escape Qin Huairu's clutches."

"Then let's notify the Security Section."

"What's there to notify the Security Section about? Those two can still mess around in the Propaganda Section."

Liu Lan in the crowd.

An old face flushed.

This matter really could be possible.

She initially had a relationship beyond friendship with Deputy Factory Director Li in the small storeroom of Ershitang, and Qin Huairu also did some things in Deputy Factory Director Li's office.

"Shazhu, I feel unwell in my stomach, I'm going to see a doctor."

"Be careful."

Shazhu gave Liu Lan a word of advice, glancing meaningfully at Yu Haitang.

Yu Haitang turned her head aside, she guessed her little trick had been seen through by Shazhu.

"Brother-in-law."

"Haitang, don't think wildly, whether to change posts or not, some things aren't decided by certain people, there's nothing else, you go back first, we still need to arrange meals for the workers."

"Then I'm going, tell my sister what I said, let her go home for a trip."

"Okay."

After Yu Haitang left.

The sound of whispered gossip rose beside Shazhu's ears; the content turned out to be the lurid fantasies of Qin Huairu and Deputy Factory Director Li, with all sorts of claims: that Deputy Factory Director Li was Qin Huairu's lover, that Qin Huairu had slept with Deputy Factory Director Li, that Qin Huairu and Deputy Factory Director Li's old romance had reignited, for example, that Qin Huairu would use Deputy Factory Director Li's influence to escape the Cleaning Section of hauling toilets and become a broadcaster in the Propaganda Section, all kinds of such sounds continually flew from the mouths of the people in Ershitang.

Shazhu also did not stop them, not letting these people speak.

From the moment Deputy Factory Director Li borrowed Bai Xu to attack Shazhu seven or eight days ago, Shazhu and Deputy Factory Director Li have already become enemies.

Moreover, there occurred the incident where Deputy Factory Director Li picked peaches intending to step on Shazhu to rise.

Shazhu naturally could not give him a pleasant look.

"You bastard, you've been riding on my neck defecating and urinating, and still won't let me retaliate once?"

Speaking fairly.

Deputy Factory Director Li could also be considered a living bodhisattva who saves Shazhu from suffering; if it weren't for Deputy Factory Director Li wanting to pick peaches, Shazhu truly wouldn't know how to resolve the IOU and triangular debt issues.

This is a major nationwide problem.

Other units owe money to Yagangchang; Bai Xu is a subsidiary three-product enterprise of Yagangchang, I use IOUs as meal money, what's wrong with that?

Otherwise Yagangchang would owe money.

The key is that other factories also owe money to Yagangchang.

As for IOUs, doing it once or twice is fine, but if everyone uses IOUs, at month-end settlement, profit is three thousand, of which two thousand five hundred are IOUs.

This achievement.

This really cannot be justified.

So when Shazhu heard that Deputy Factory Director Li had brought Huang Shiren to pick peaches, his face showed anger but his heart was delighted, and he also took the opportunity to dump this hot potato Bai Xu onto Deputy Factory Director Li and Huang Shiren.

With achievement, it is others' merit.

Shazhu's face also had some glory; Bai Xu's decoration came from his hand.

Without achievement, it can only be that Huang Shiren is useless, and Deputy Factory Director Li who recommended Huang Shiren is also a fool.

By then, they will likely have to ask Shazhu to come out of retirement; given the IOU incident, those government people coming to eat won't be using IOUs.

This matter was still a few days ago, when Shazhu brought Yu Li's family to eat, seeing someone settle the bill with IOUs at Food is Heaven, he then had a flash of inspiration and thought of these things; otherwise he would truly have stepped into a pit.

After finishing the meal, there's no money, so they have to issue IOUs; moreover, these people have some background, and they can mess with you in every way, which no one can tolerate.

Being able to give Deputy Factory Director Li eye drops, Shazhu will surely seize the opportunity; he thinks Factory Director Yang would also be very happy to see such a thing happen.