Chapter 157: Why Can't You Tolerate Us?

Old Hu took a turn and expressed great satisfaction.

The food factory was operating in an orderly manner, and the management system was one he had never seen before.

How should he put it?

It was that even if Lu Qiaoge wasn't here, it would operate very well.

This made people feel very complicated.

You know, there were many people who were unwilling to let go of the little things they held in their hands.

Old Hu appreciated this kind of bearing, but he didn't praise her, instead reminding Lu Qiaoge to be steady and not arrogant, and no matter what happened, she should report to him. If there was a problem, he would take responsibility, and she must not act on her own.

How could Lu Qiaoge act on her own?

She reported her work the most diligently.

Lu Qiaoge promised obediently.

Old Hu told Lu Qiaoge that he had found a retired worker for night shifts, and the wages would be paid by the food factory.

This was no problem. Not to mention anything else, the income from the handicraft group alone could pay the wages of the food factory workers.

Not to mention that there was also the income from the department store every day.

Old Hu rode his bicycle to the grain bureau.

At first, he thought it was just messing around, who would have thought it would actually seem like it was going to be big?

So if grain and oil could be obtained, they should be obtained, and they should try not to shut down.

But now, he wasn't afraid of shutting down either.

Old Hu, riding his bicycle, suddenly thought, did Lu Qiaoge think of this long ago, so she divided the food factory into two groups to help each other?

That's right, it must be like this.

That old fox Factory Director Hao said that the girl was too smart, so Lu Qiaoge saw the situation very clearly and had long had a way to deal with it!

Lu Qiaoge didn't know Old Hu had thought so much.

After going over what Director Hu said in her heart, she said to Meng Qingshan: "Operate in the current state. Brother Meng, I'll go back to the Neighborhood Office first. If there is anything, you can come find me. By the way, Director Hu said he would find a retired worker for night shifts starting tomorrow. When the time comes, you should observe his character, remember to observe secretly, don't let him discover it. After a while, I'll apply to pull a telephone line to the factory and install a telephone."

Meng Qingshan said excitedly: "It would be great if we could install a telephone."

Even Meng Qingshan himself hadn't expected that a small handicraft workshop of the Neighborhood Office could actually have foreign trade orders.

And the food produced by their food group was in short supply.

When he first came here, some envied him, some were jealous, but more looked down on him.

They advised him not to waste his time in this pickle factory.

Didn't he know in his heart why the pickle factory failed?

How many factories in the Neighborhood Office had been dissolved?

So this wouldn't last long either. When the time came, they would lose everything and have to write IOUs and carry debts.

Was it worth wasting time for nothing?

Fortunately, he was particularly persistent at the time and didn't take these words to heart at all.

Although the factory director was younger than him, she inexplicably gave him a feeling that she could be a backer.

He said to Lu Qiaoge: "Director, don't worry, I will work hard!"

Meng Qingshan was a reliable person, and Lu Qiaoge was naturally at ease. After all, she was receiving double wages, so her work at the Neighborhood Office had to continue.

As for whether she was tired...

Anyway, she didn't have to do manual labor; moving her brain and moving her mouth was OK.

Before she reached the gate of the Neighborhood Office, Sister Qiao, who came out of the office, saw her eyes light up: "Qiao Ge, I was just about to go to the food factory to find you."

Lu Qiaoge: "Is something the matter?"

"Yes, Old Ding's family in District 5 came to find us yesterday, saying his second daughter-in-law doesn't support the two old people, and wants the Neighborhood Office to make the decision."

Lu Qiaoge asked: "How old are the two old people, and do they have pensions and houses?"

Sister Qiao didn't answer first, but ran to the window and said to Sister Hua in the room: "I'm going to Old Ding's house with Qiao Ge. Tell Deputy Director Huang she doesn't need to rush over."

Sister Hua poked her head out and saw Lu Qiaoge standing at the door. Sister Hua smiled and waved at the pretty little girl.

Lu Qiaoge also waved at Sister Hua with a smile.

Speaking of which, everyone in the large office was very good, and she liked being with them.

The atmosphere was harmonious, like a big family.

On the way, Sister Qiao told Lu Qiaoge: "Old Ding and Old Mother Ding are seventy-two and seventy years old. Old Ding retired long ago, but Mother Ding has no pension and lives in a house allocated by the unit.

The house area is relatively small. Old Ding has two sons and two daughters. In the past, they always lived with the eldest son, and then the second son moved out.

The eldest son's meaning is that he has supported his parents for more than twenty years, and now it's the second son's turn to support them. I've been to the second son's house; he is fine, but his wife firmly disagrees.

At the time, she told me that if the old man and old woman moved in, she would divorce immediately.

It is said that the two have a very good relationship and the family is very harmonious, so the second son firmly disagrees with divorce and also disagrees with his parents going to his house.

But the old man and old woman really have nowhere to live. The second grandson's wife has just been married in, and they can't let the grandson's wife sleep on the floor, right? So, the old man and old woman are sleeping on the floor with the eldest son's couple.

They had no choice but to come to the Neighborhood Office, hoping we could go and persuade his second daughter-in-law to do some ideological work.

Supporting parents is the responsibility of children, after all. He didn't want to report

Lu Qiao nodded, basically understanding the situation.

Sister Qiao and Lu Qiao soon arrived at District Five.

Currently, Old Man Ding and Old Woman Ding were both at the eldest son's place.

When Lu Qiao and Sister Qiao entered the room, they saw a pair of gray-haired elderly people sitting pitifully on their bundled-up luggage, heads bowed and wiping away tears.

Seeing Sister Qiao and Lu Qiao arrive, Old Woman Ding cried out, "Why didn't Director Huang come? Can you two solve this matter? If you don't solve it, I, an old woman, won't be able to go on living and will have no choice but to jump into Red Star Lake."

Sister Qiao immediately said, "Auntie Ding, it doesn't have to come to that. We can discuss things, and we can talk it over properly. Comrade Lu and I are here today precisely to solve the problem."

Old Man Ding said, "Look at our current environment. It's not that my eldest son dislikes us; it's that there really is no room to live. My wife and I are at this age; even if we went to the second son's place, how many years could we stay?

But the second daughter-in-law is dead set against me going; if we go, they will divorce. My second son is reluctant to divorce, so isn't this forcing us old folks to our deaths?"

Lu Qiao swept a glance over the room.

It was only a little over thirty square meters.

Although Jiangcheng is considered to have vast land and a sparse population, when the houses were originally built, materials like cement, red bricks, and steel bars were scarce, so the area of each household's home was not large, just to accommodate more families.

This is the benefit of a tube-style apartment building.

But the downside is that the area is very small.

Ding the eldest also has four children.

Currently, three sons are married but haven't been allocated housing yet.

It is indeed very difficult for more than ten people to live in thirty-plus square meters.

Lu Qiao thought of her own small house; she would see this matter through to the end, because a new idea had formed in her mind.

Having understood the situation here, Sister Qiao said, "Let's go to Ding Jianshe's house to understand the situation further. How about we sit down together to solve it after we have a clear understanding?"