Chapter 53: Special Review

The source of workers in the Red Star Rolling Mill was very complex.

There were urban residents and farmers resettled due to land acquisition.

Urban residents all lived in the city, and the later recruited workers all lived in factory dormitories and family areas.

The housing conditions in the factory area were very average, but the greening of the factory area was done well.

Because the Rolling Mill undertook parts design, casting, processing, section steel processing, transportation, and sales, it was in the middle and lower reaches of the steel industry.

The merged Rolling Mill was large in scale, had many personnel, and all functional departments were comprehensive. With so many departments, the functional scope of each department overlapped.

The Security Section had one task, and that was escorting.

There were two ways for parts to leave the factory and be shipped to other places. One was that the factory area had its own railway branch line, connecting to the railway trunk line.

When using railway transportation, three security guards were generally arranged for escort.

Another way was road transportation. The Rolling Mill had a transport fleet with more than 20 trucks. Road transportation existed as a supplementary way to railway transportation and was generally short-distance.

As for why there needed to be a Security Section escort, it was not convenient to say much here.

Li Xuewu had just finished running exercises with the team and returned when he received a call from Dong Wenxue to the guard room, asking him to go to the office to find him.

As soon as Li Xuewu entered the office, he saw Dong Wenxue accompanying two middle-aged cadres in national defense green sitting on the sofa.

As soon as Dong Wenxue saw Li Xuewu enter the room, he beckoned him over and said, "Xuewu, these two are Cadre Liu and Cadre Yu from the Armed Forces Department. They are going to conduct a review of your personal situation. Cooperate and don't have any burden."

Although Li Xuewu didn't know what happened, he could only cooperate honestly now.

Cadre Liu and Cadre Yu stood up and shook hands with Li Xuewu. Cadre Liu exchanged pleasantries: "Comrade Li Xuewu, hello. Don't be nervous. It's just a normal visit."

Li Xuewu nodded calmly and said, "I will definitely cooperate with your work."

After Li Xuewu sat on the sofa, the question and answer of the three began.

Cadre Liu asked, Cadre Yu took notes. They started asking from elementary school, all the way to before joining the army, and then asked from after demobilization to the present.

Li Xuewu didn't know what the situation was, because the questions had no logic, and even asked about three generations of ancestors. Li Xuewu only knew that his great-grandfather was a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, his grandfather was a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and his father was still... a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, but none of them were famous traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.

He was asked about personal emotional issues again. Li Xuewu didn't hide it. This was normal, including joining the army, joining the job, promotion, party organization talks, etc., all would be asked about personal emotional issues. This was an important indicator for testing cadres.

Seeing Li Xuewu frowning from being asked, Cadre Liu asked a few more relaxed topics. It wasn't until he was asked about his views on the current social situation that Li Xuewu felt something was not quite right.

Although he knew the situation of the current society, history had its inevitability and correctness, which was irreversible. Li Xuewu had read many interpretations of this era in his previous life, but he couldn't say it now.

Li Xuewu said with a firm stance, "I used to be a soldier, listening to the Party's words and following the Party. Now I am a security cadre, still listening to the Party's words and following the Party. This is my lifelong pursuit and goal."

Cadre Liu didn't ask anything else, but let Cadre Yu take out a camera to take pictures of Li Xuewu.

This made Li Xuewu a little confused. He hadn't heard that such a review still involved taking pictures.

Sitting posture, standing posture, reading, writing, full-body photo, upper-body photo, close-up of the face...

Was there such a thing as taking art photos for this kind of review?

Although Li Xuewu cooperated, his heart was a little confused. He looked at Dong Wenxue, but this teacher just watched silently without speaking, and didn't even have any expression.

After cooperating with Cadre Yu to finish taking pictures, Dong Wenxue spoke.

"Xuewu, you have a mission tonight. Go to Jilin Province, escort a train to transport a batch of parts, and then escort a batch of steel back."

Only then did Li Xuewu know it was because of the escort, but even if it was a special mission, there was no need for such a strict review... Art photos... What did it have to do with escorting?

He couldn't ask, so he was confused in his heart, but he agreed very simply: "Yes, guarantee to complete the mission."

This matter was originally led by Wang Jindong, but because Wang Jindong suddenly broke down, Li Xuewu was let lead the team to go.

This batch of parts was secretly processed and secretly transported. The railway only undertook the transportation task, and the escort could only be handled by the factory security division.

Li Xuewu's mind suddenly became active. A business trip, huh? Trading north and south, huh? He had to think about how to make money on this trip.

He pondered in the office for a whole morning. In the afternoon, he arranged for 8 guard team members to report to the neighborhood at 7 o'clock in the evening, and then called Dong Wenxue to say that he would go home early to prepare his luggage and then got off work.

Li Xuewu ran home, rode his bicycle, and rushed to Wen San'er's house. When he arrived at the place, he pushed the door and entered the courtyard.

The stove and the big iron pot in the courtyard were still there, but there was no fire. The traces of slaughter had been cleaned up, which could be considered as having some brains.

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As soon as he entered the room, he saw Wen San'er and others sleeping. The sound of Li Xuewu opening the door didn't wake them up.

Li Xuewu patted Wen San'er's head. Seeing him struggle to open his eyes, he said, "Third Uncle, get up. Something's up."

Wen San'er was sleepy and looked at Li Xuewu in a daze before sitting up.

"Xuewu, you scared me. Ah~~~ I didn't sleep all night last night, busy with that pig."

Li Xuewu looked at the yawning Wen San'er, threw a cigarette to him, and sat on the head of Old Biaozi who was still snoring.

"Did you sell it all?"

Wen San'er caught the cigarette and smelled it with his nose.

Damn, this Li Xuewu only smokes good cigarettes. This Da Qianmen belongs to non-high-demand goods in the supply and marketing cooperative. Why? A box is 3 mao 7 fen, and no one can afford to smoke it.

Li Xuewu is a bachelor and doesn't care about this cigarette money. The reason he doesn't smoke Zhonghua is because he doesn't cough when smoking Da Qianmen.

Striking a match, lighting the cigarette, Wen San took a puff to refresh his spirit.

"Didn't we sell it all? Not even the pig's trotters were left. Damn, it was snatched like crazy."

Li Xuewu asked, "How did you sell it? You could sell it all in one night."

Wen San'er laughed and said, "Any ticket will do. Convert it into money, subtract 1 mao, and then convert it into meat tickets plus 1 mao 5 fen. If there is no ticket, you can also use money to buy it. Tickets and money add 3 mao. Even so, they were snatching it. I've recorded a small book of names."

When Li Xuewu heard this, it was earning 2 mao 5 fen more inside and out. Buying with money was earning 3 mao more.

Good heavens, pork is now 7 mao 6 fen a catty, which is considered to be sold for more than 1 yuan and 1 fen.

It can be sold at a high price because pork is easy to store in winter, people dare to buy it. Secondly, because you have to queue up to buy pork now, and you get whatever piece you get, you can't pick. Third, because you need meat tickets. Fourth, because Wen San'er allows other tickets to offset meat tickets, and there is also no ticket, just add money.

Li Xuewu didn't comment after listening. Wen San'er and the others had been taught a lesson doing this and already knew how to handle these things, so there was no need to remind them again.

Wen San'er grinned and laughed, "We also have a benefit, which is that we accept everything. If you have nothing, you can exchange things. Many stalls on the street exchanged objects for pork and went back."

Li Xuewu knew that Wen San'er was showing off his ability, and he was happy to support him, giving the horse some motivation, and said with a smile, "You are an old gun. You are familiar with everything here, and you must be able to master the price."

Wen San'er said proudly, "That's right. Although I can't be Zhou Bapi, it's a fair trade, no deception to young or old. Even if you exchange with objects, there must be an upper and lower space for the valuation. I exchange them at the lowest price minus 2 mao 5 fen."

Li Xuewu complained, "You're stuck on 2 mao 5 fen, aren't you? Why is it this price every time?"

Ps: Temporarily restored to two updates. You have all seen that the author's book has very strict requirements for typos and plot control. It's the sixth draft, so it cannot be updated in large quantities, but I guarantee that the daily update will not be less than 4000 words, and the quality is guaranteed. ===== CHAPTER 54 =====