Chapter 658: Because I don't have the rank

Kong Fanrong naturally wouldn't fall out with Secretary He now.

Since Secretary He was always smiling, she finally said with a smile: "Alright then, I will go home and discuss it with Old Kang, and I will come to find you once we have discussed it."

Kong Fanrong went to the new house area again, and the more she looked, the more envious she became. She didn't expect to meet Lu Qiao halfway.

Lu Qiao was riding a bicycle from the department store.

There was a bag of eggs in the bicycle basket; she had just bought them.

In the 1970s, when transportation was not developed, the bicycle was the main means of transport. Whether in the south or the north, it was used all year round. It wasn't that northerners didn't use bicycles in winter.

It was just that they would put the bicycle inside the house, and when they wanted to ride it, they would push it out.

I believe many northerners have had this experience: when they were young, they saw a layer of frost on the handlebars of their elders' bicycles, and for some reason, they would involuntarily stick out their tongues to lick it, and then, their tongues would be frozen to the handlebars...

However, 516, this money-swallowing beast, had also been calculating carefully in previous years, and if it could save money for the country, it would absolutely not add trouble to the country.

But now the factory had money.

The factory run by the neighborhood office naturally also belonged to the military factory, and the higher-ups agreed that the factory could keep a portion.

And Lu Qiao was still constantly creating benefits for the factory.

The first batch of hygiene products was basically sold out as soon as it was put into the department store.

Although the benefits couldn't be seen now, the prospects were obvious.

So now, not many people in 516 rode bicycles; most of them took the bus, because the number of buses had increased by dozens.

Kong Fanrong didn't ride a bicycle; she was walking.

So she stopped Lu Qiao's bicycle and said with a smile: "Oh my, Factory Manager Lu, why didn't you drive your jeep? Or taking the bus would be good too. On such a cold day, riding a bicycle is very miserable."

Lu Qiao patted the bicycle seat very generously and said with a smile: "I am young and I still have strength. Besides, the snow on the road has been swept clean now, so it's very easy to ride."

They were all from the same factory, so even if they had had conflicts before, when they met, they wouldn't hit a smiling face.

Kong Fanrong gritted her teeth. She found that since coming to 516, everything had really been unfavorable. Whether it was work or life, everything was extremely frustrating.

Actually, it would be good if she could be transferred away.

She really didn't like this broken place, Jiangcheng.

"Factory Manager Lu, where are you going?"

This was a normal greeting. Lu Qiao answered naturally: "I have something to do."

Lu Qiao didn't tell Kong Fanrong what it was.

Then Lu Qiao stomped her feet, her inquiring gaze fell on Kong Fanrong's face, and then she said: "Is there anything? If not, I'm leaving."

Kong Fanrong's mouth moved. She really wanted to say, with your rank, why do you have a house in the cadre building? Even if you paid for it, do you have the rank?

But this matter had already been specifically explained when the factory held the staff meeting, and Secretary He had also warned her just now.

It was said that it was specifically rewarded to Lu Qiao by the higher-ups.

And Lu Qiao wasn't living there now. Although she took the money, she also told the factory that whoever needed it could be assigned to it; they didn't care.

And now there were nine vacant ones; who would be so blind as to specifically snatch Lu Qiao's new house?

But Kong Fanrong still couldn't help but say: "Factory Manager Lu, why don't you go and live in the new house assigned to you?"

Lu Qiao said with a smile: "Because I don't have the rank."

Kong Fanrong was stunned on the spot. She really hadn't expected Lu Qiao to speak like this, and for a moment, she was speechless.

Lu Qiao waved at Kong Fanrong with a smile, got on her bicycle, and soon disappeared from her sight.

Kong Fanrong stomped her feet, very regretful. She actually had a quick reaction.

Why didn't she immediately refute Lu Qiao just now: If you don't have the rank, why was a house assigned to you?

But after thinking carefully, with Lu Qiao's personality and that mouth, she would definitely smile and refute: Because that was rewarded to me by the higher-ups.

Forget it, talking and talking, it went back to the beginning.

Kong Fanrong went to wait for the bus angrily.

And Lu Qiao was riding her bicycle forward.

Although she paid for it back then, she didn't expect that they would assign her house to the cadre area.

That was where Factory Manager Hao and Secretary He lived.

You have to know that Factory Manager Hao was now at the deputy provincial level.

If 516 continued to develop, it wouldn't be as simple as the deputy provincial level.

To tell the truth, the division-level cadres here were not worth looking at.

Let alone someone like her.

So Lu Qiao never thought about moving to the new house.

But she just felt that this Kong Fanrong was a bit funny.

Is there something wrong with this person's mind?

Of course, whether now or in the future, there were many people like Kong Fanrong...

Although Deputy Factory Manager Kang Yuxing couldn't compare with Factory Manager Hao and the others, he was only about a level and a half lower.

This was a big cadre everywhere.

So Kong Fanrong had developed a sense of superiority since marrying Kang Yuxing.

Of course, this also varied from person to person.

The wives of Factory Manager Hao and Secretary He were both very simple and approachable people.

Speaking of this, Lu Qiao accelerated. She still had to send the newly produced hygiene products to the factory's Women's Federation chairwoman in a while.

She soon rode to Liu Yu's house. The eggs were bought for the two siblings.

Lu Qiao handed the eggs to the neighbor, Grandma Cheng, and Lu Qiao also took the opportunity to care about the Liu Yu siblings.

Grandma Cheng said with a smile: "Liu Yu's academic performance is quite good now, and Liu Xia has also become a formal worker. Liu Xia is becoming more and more clever now, and she is also studying at night school. Everything is quite good, little Factory Manager Lu, you don't need to worry..."

Lu Qiao thanked Grandma Cheng and went to the hygiene products factory. This factory was not in the same area as the food factory; it was in an abandoned warehouse, and after reconstruction, it became a factory area.

The current factory manager was Zhao Dajie, and the deputy factory manager was Tan Ying. The factory was running very steadily.

Lu Qiao left her bicycle at the gate of the hygiene products factory, and she hugged a box of samples and drove the jeep to the Women's Federation office of the factory office.

The Women's Federation had been in frequent contact with the food factory recently. The Women's Federation chairwoman was named Lin Cuie, who had deep qualifications and was also a serious and responsible comrade.

She called Lu Qiao to say that the Women's Federation of other provinces had contacted her, preparing to distribute hygiene products to the female workers in the city before the Spring Festival.

This was of course too okay.

The Women's Federation was on the third floor. Lu Qiao hugged the box and went upstairs, but soon stopped her steps.

There was someone in Sister Lin's office.

And it wasn't official business; it seemed to be Sister Lin's younger brother and sister-in-law...

What was going on?

Lu Qiao put the box on the windowsill, thinking in her heart, maybe she should come in the afternoon.

But the next moment, Lu Qiao couldn't leave, because Sister Lin's sister-in-law in the office cried out: "No matter what, it's all my fault. It's my fault that your mother is so old but threw a tantrum and ran away from home. It's also my fault that she froze her toes. Alright, I'll jump off the building now. One toe, I'll pay you back with a life, is that okay?" ===== CHAPTER 659 =====