Chapter 714: This cigarette has a bit of a kick

"I say, are you really going to let us eat cafeteria stew for this reception at noon? What happened to the promise of getting us drunk? Can't we even get half a bottle of Erlezi?"

"Just settle down! People already said it's a working lunch, and drinking is not allowed. They'll prepare a big banquet for us in the evening."

"Still a big banquet, looking stingy... Hmm, the taste of this big-pot food is okay."

The lunch prepared by Changbei Machinery Company for the visiting personnel was to eat with ordinary employees in the staff cafeteria.

Although the food was richer than that of ordinary employees, it only reached the level of "small stir-fry" and was not the "banquet" level of a normal reception.

It wasn't a banquet, so naturally there was no wine, so the "guaranteed to get drunk" promised by Lu Zhizhang couldn't be fully realized.

But only a few people like Master Mu who were greedy for wine were unhappy, and the minds of others were not on these appetites at all.

While everyone was eating their two meat and two vegetable dishes, they were observing the workers eating together around them.

Most of the people eating in the cafeteria here were young people, who looked like children who hadn't been in the unit for long.

It's just that everyone saw it in the workshop just now; these children didn't have "no hair on their lips, things are not firm," and everyone worked solidly!

It took less than a year for these children to reach the post. Regardless of whether their training and management methods were advanced, this speed of expanding production had to make Master Mu and others give a thumbs up.

Of course, it's not that there were no middle-aged people in the workshop. More than half of the team leaders were still middle-aged people, but they only accounted for at most 10%.

Now when eating, these middle-aged people were also more respected, called "Master Sun" and "Master Yang" by a group of young people, and they were even given seats.

"Look at their mental outlook... not bad."

"Hmm, very polite."

Master Mu and others watched for a while, and their hearts were much more settled.

Everyone saw the rapid expansion speed of Changbei Machinery Factory, and their hearts were full of expectations for the future. Everyone is invested by Hong Kong capital; isn't the today of Changbei Machinery Company the tomorrow of Light Auto Company?

But if a group of hairy children were allowed to climb on the heads of old workers and shout like the little generals of previous years, they really couldn't stand it.

No matter what, they were all "master workers with two unique skills"!

Having sweated and worked in the unit for decades, now in the end, they are considered useless, and a group of children are allowed to climb on their heads—that is too depressing.

"Master Mu, can you go and chat with those master workers and ask how much their monthly salary is?"

"Tsk, it's hard to handle! Just now that Deputy Manager Wang said that the unit doesn't suggest exchanging salary income with each other..."

"Doesn't suggest, it doesn't mean it's not allowed! We can't always count on Director Lu to ask for us. He is a director, and there is no share of benefits for us. We bitter ones are the ones who are neither up nor down..."

After Master Mu and others settled down, they cared about another urgent problem.

Just now in the workshop, everyone wanted to ask the frontline workers about the salary, but the result was that people blocked it softly with a "the unit doesn't suggest exchanging income."

Because Wang Qinshan and several accompanying personnel were present, Master Mu and others couldn't ask much, and they wanted to let Director Lu talk, but Director Lu was also noncommittal.

But the more this kind of question is not asked, the itchier the heart becomes, right?

After eating, Wang Qinshan provided two choices for the visitors.

One, go to the unit's auditorium to watch a movie, and continue to visit after work in the afternoon.

Two, go to the unit's guesthouse for a noon break. The beds were all prepared, which could be said to be very thoughtful.

"Then let's go watch a movie!"

"Watch what movie? It won't be 'South of the South, North of the North,' right? I've seen it so many times..."

"Of course not. People said it's that movie by Jet Li last year, 'Martial Arts of Shaolin.' I didn't watch it last year, so I saved the movie ticket money, right?"

"Old Fan, you are stingy! You've lived like a beggar your whole life, there's a hole in your shoe sole, right..."

"..."

A group of people left the cafeteria and basically chose to watch the movie, but Changbei's auditorium was in the old factory area. When they went over, they had to pass through the old playground.

At this time, everyone found that many energetic young employees didn't go back to the dormitory to rest, but were playing basketball, table tennis, and badminton.

Master Mu's heart moved, and he suggested to Lu Zhizhang: "Director Lu, I also liked playing table tennis when I was young. Why don't I go and play two hands with people? We will all be brother units in the future, increasing friendship!"

Lu Zhizhang glanced at Master Mu and agreed with a smile: "Then you go! Don't walk around! We will gather at the playground here in the afternoon."

"Then don't worry, I guarantee I won't get lost."

Master Mu left the crowd and arrived at the table tennis table, finding that Master Miao also followed silently, and there were several other "clever" colleagues.

Everyone smiled at each other, knowing it without saying it.

Are they playing ball to increase friendship?

Of course not. They want to get the information they want by increasing friendship.

Master Mu took out his cigarette case and distributed cigarettes to several young people watching the ball.

"What are your surnames, little brothers?"

"Oh, my surname is Tang, his surname is Qin..."

"Qin, Han, Tang—this surname is powerful, hehe. Little brothers, you have to work overtime this Sunday, and you don't go back to the dormitory to rest at noon. Are you tired? Can your body handle it?"

"Oh, oh, thank you, thank you. You smoke this. We work overtime for at most two hours every day. If we work more, the manager from Hong Kong won't allow it. We're not tired."

Several young people hurriedly took the cigarettes, and Little Tang even took out his own cigarette case and handed a cigarette to Master Mu.

To say that in this day and age, nine out of ten young workers smoke, because they were suffocated for the previous ten-plus years.

How many cigarettes are in the old man's cigarette case is counted. If you want to steal one to taste the flavor, you have to be mentally prepared for your butt to bloom.

So after suddenly earning money, you must first buy a box of Da Qianmen to enjoy. Some show-off guys even take it out in front of the old man and blow a smoke ring to show off.

Don't be afraid. Once you start earning money, you are one of the pillars of the family. The old man will definitely not slap you, but will reason with you.

【Look, for so many years, the family has provided you with food and drink, and provided you with school. You earn money, so you have to pay some living expenses at home, right?】

Seeing that a group of young people were very polite, Master Mu and Master Miao and others felt much more settled.

A group of master workers led by Master Tan in the factory were all spreading rumors that Li Ye was going to "disrespect" master workers, but look, people didn't disrespect master workers either!

Master Tan took the cigarette and joked: "Yo, Peony cigarettes, little brother, your living standard is not low! Don't you need to save money to marry a wife?"

Little Tang smiled honestly: "Smoking doesn't cost much money, and marrying a wife doesn't cost much money..."

"Huo, little brother, your tone is not small."

Master Mu said exaggeratedly: "Marrying a wife now is different from our time. Three turns and one sound, forty-eight legs—if you don't have a thousand or so, I'm afraid you can't take it down."

Little Tang paused and asked in surprise: "A thousand or so? How is that enough? A 70 motorcycle is already four or five thousand, right?"

"Puff~, cough, cough, cough~"

Master Mu sprayed a puff of smoke out of his nostrils. The choking spiciness made even this old smoker cough uncontrollably.

70 motorcycle!

A 70 motorcycle that costs three or four thousand for a new one and doubles for a second-hand one!

Since when did it become the standard for marriage?

Little Qin, who was smoking Jin Ye cigarettes, hurriedly said: "It's not like that, Master. Don't listen to him, he's just bragging..."

"How am I bragging? How am I bragging?"

Little Tang was immediately unhappy: "Look at Erniu, Changshuan, and Hongxia who got married this year; didn't they all buy motorcycles? If you have the ability, don't buy one and see if you can find a partner..."

Little Qin curled his lips: "I just won't buy it. My mother said, if you want to x fast, buy a kick-start..."

"If you say it again, I'll break up with you!"

"Break up then. Anyway, I won't lend you money to buy a motorcycle."

"I'm only short of 1,500. You take out your fixed deposit, and I'll make up the interest for you..."

"No, what if you fall later..."

"Can you think of something good for me? Are we still brothers?"

"It's because we are brothers that I won't let you buy it..."

"If you don't help me, I'll just be a year or a half late. Humph, with a 70 car, you can hug a girl and sit, you'll never understand in your whole life..."

"..."

Watching Little Tang and Little Qin bickering, Master Mu couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Two children around twenty years old are actually discussing buying a motorcycle. Is this matter magical?

Shouldn't this be a big event discussed by the whole family? How come it seems like two hairy children can decide it themselves?

I don't know about others, but Master Mu knows that his family can't scrape together the money to buy a motorcycle. Even if there is a connection to get first-hand goods, it costs more than four thousand.

But what Little Qin said next made Master Mu even more uneasy.

"Tang Guodong, why do you have to buy a motorcycle? My mother said, buying a car is not as good as buying a house. The welfare housing newly built by our unit will be topped out soon.

The money you buy a motorcycle can buy a 60-square-meter two-bedroom, one-living room. With a two-bedroom, one-living room, are you still afraid that Haiyan will run away?"

"..."

Little Tang paused and said very angrily: "Who said Haiyan is going to run away? I'm just a pauper, and she will follow me for a lifetime..."

Little Qin said gloomily: "Then you might as well go and ask Haiyan directly, is she willing to ride a motorcycle with you? Or is she willing to live in a two-bedroom, one-living room with you?

Now Hongxia is arguing every day that she doesn't want to live with her mother-in-law! Your Haiyan is even more fierce than Hongxia, you see for yourself."

"..."

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough~"

Master Mu coughed again.

He is fifty-three this year and has contributed thirty-five years to the unit, yet he hasn't lived in a two-bedroom, one-living room!

A couple enjoying a two-bedroom, one-living room alone—what kind of life should that be!

No matter how loud the wife shouts, the children won't learn bad things, right?

"Little Mu, give me a cigarette."

Master Miao suddenly patted Master Mu on the shoulder and asked him for a cigarette.

Master Mu hurriedly lit one for him, and only after lighting it did he say: "Master Miao, didn't you quit smoking?"

Master Miao puffed a smoke ring and said gloomily: "How much money does smoking cost?" ===== CHAPTER 715 =====

"Xiao Mu, give me a cigarette."

Old Master Miao suddenly patted Master Mu on the shoulder and asked him for a cigarette.

Master Mu hurriedly lit one for him, and only after lighting it did he say: "Master Miao, didn't you quit smoking?"

Master Miao exhaled a ring of smoke and said gloomily: "How much money does smoking actually cost?"