Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Wang Dong did not hide his inner thoughts and directly admitted: "Uncle..."

"I do have the idea of ​​becoming a cadre..."

"We are ordinary people. No matter how much money we earn, we can only get two taels of oil coupons and two taels of meat coupons every month. It is difficult to get food coupons or something like that in a year."

"Because I don't have a meat coupon, I can't buy pork at the supply and marketing cooperative or the vegetable market."

"Even if we have bacon hidden at home, we usually only dare to eat it secretly, for fear that the neighbors in the yard will report us to the street and accuse us of speculation."

“It’s different now that I have the status of a cadre.”

"Every month we can get two kilograms of meat coupons and two kilograms of oil coupons... From now on, we don't have to be sneaky when we eat meat at home, and we don't have to worry about people suing us."

"And today I'm taking Jun Jie and Xiao Mei to buy bicycles."

"Because what we were wearing wasn't particularly nice, the salesperson came up and started to mock us..."

Wang Dong quickly told Chen Dehui what happened in the supply and marketing cooperative that morning.

After buying bicycles at the supply and marketing cooperative, the three people started queuing up to buy oil and candy.

The New Year is approaching, and there are too many people coming to buy oil and candy. In order to prevent the oil and candy in the supply and marketing cooperative from being sold out and unable to buy them, several people lined up in several queues. Wang Dong was in one of the queues.

While waiting in line, the director of the supply and marketing cooperative, whom I had met once before, suddenly rushed out in a hurry. A few minutes later, he was seen walking into the supply and marketing cooperative with a middle-aged woman.

Wang Dong happened to go to the home of this leader's wife last month to host a banquet. He heard that her husband was a cadre in the supply and marketing cooperative.

Seeing the director of the supply and marketing cooperative walking beside the woman with a fawning look on his face, no matter how stupid Wang Dong was, he knew that the woman's husband's status in the supply and marketing cooperative was far higher than that of the director.

Out of politeness, Wang Dong took the initiative to step forward and greet the two people when they walked by: "Mrs. Zhou... are you also here to buy something at the supply and marketing cooperative?"

"Comrade Wang Dong..." Seeing Wang Dong, the leader's wife was very excited and quickly took over the conversation.

"You're also here to buy things at the supply and marketing cooperative? That's great..."

"I was just about to ask someone to look for you at the steel mill, but I didn't expect to run into you here."

"My elders really like the dishes you cook. They mentioned you several times during meals, especially the bacon and chicken you made for them..."

"I was thinking of asking you to come home and prepare a banquet before the New Year to satisfy the elders' cravings..."

"I wonder if you have time..."

"Don't worry about Director Li. I'll ask my old man to say hello to him."

Someone invited him to host a banquet. The other party was the leader of a supply and marketing cooperative and was very generous. He could also sell him some expensive bacon. Of course, Wang Dong would not refuse.

Nodded immediately.

Mrs. Zhou is also a wonderful person. Seeing Wang Dong and his family queuing up at the supply and marketing cooperative, she immediately reminded the director of the supply and marketing cooperative next to her.

"Director Li..."

"Comrade Wang Dong is no ordinary person. Even though he is just a cook, he has a great influence."

"The reason why my husband was promoted to director is also due to Comrade Wang Dong's contribution..."

"I also heard that he knows a lot of big leaders and often goes to their homes to cook. You have to treat him well."

Director Li had met Wang Dong once before because of the bicycle matter. He originally thought that Wang Dong was just a lucky worker who got a bicycle ticket by chance. He didn't expect that Wang Dong was actually related to his boss and was his boss's benefactor.

As he took a breath, his gaze towards Wang Dong changed from arrogance at the beginning to fawning.

Looking at Wang Dong with an apologetic look, he said, "Comrade Wang Dong..."

"I didn't expect you to know Mrs. Zhou. I'm sorry for being so blind. I'm sorry for letting you down." "What else do you want to buy?"

If you have connections, you don't have to be a fool. Wang Dong immediately responded: "Director Li, you handled it fairly and justly. I didn't suffer any injustice."

"It is a blessing for us ordinary people that the supply and marketing cooperative has a director like you."

"The New Year is coming soon. Deputy Director Li of the steel mill rewarded me with some oil coupons, candy coupons, and non-staple food coupons..."

"I want to exchange all of them for food so that my family can have a good New Year..."

Director Li was in a very happy mood.

Not only did Wang Dong not say anything bad about himself in front of his leader's wife, but he also said a lot of good things about himself.

If the leader's wife relayed these words to the leader, it would definitely be of great help to her promotion.

As the saying goes, one should return a favor by doing it again and again. Faced with Wang Dong's good intentions, and considering that he was his leader's benefactor, Director Li decided to help him get through the back door.

He immediately said: "Comrade Wang Dong..."

"Since you know our leader, don't queue up here."

"Give me your oil coupons, candy coupons, and non-staple food coupons, and give me the money for shopping. I'll deliver the goods to you in a while."

In less than ten minutes, five kilograms of vegetable oil, five kilograms of candy, and five kilograms of non-staple food were delivered to Wang Dong by Director Li of the supply and marketing cooperative.

You know, the receipts he gave to Director Li were only enough to buy four kilograms of vegetable oil, four kilograms of candy, and four kilograms of non-staple food.

Now they all have an extra pound. On the one hand, it is to make up for the grievances I suffered when I bought bicycles with my family. On the other hand, it is the other party’s reward for me saying good things in front of the leader’s wife.

Of course, some people might say that all supplies at that time were supplied with tickets, and the vegetable oil, candy... in the supply and marketing cooperatives were all limited in quantity, and it was impossible to give more.

actually not.

Whether in that era or now, bulk vegetable oil, candy, and non-staple food...are all consumed during the transportation and sales process.

Director Li can give Wang Dong an extra pound of vegetable oil, which can then be reported as loss.

There was no cost, but it brought me closer to Wang Dong.

Walking out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Wang Dong’s first feeling was that no matter what era it is, privileges and relationships are inevitable.

If you have a status, not only will others give you face, but you can also enjoy privileges that others cannot enjoy.

When you go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things, you not only have to queue up, but also have to pay attention to the salesperson to prevent yourself from being shortchanged when weighing.

When the leader’s wife goes shopping, not only does she not have to queue up, the supply and marketing cooperative will also find ways to give her more, for fear that she will suffer a loss.

Faced with the different situations faced by the two types of people, Wang Dong, who had been living a day-to-day life before, suddenly changed his mind and decided not to continue living in the steel mill.

In order to give my family a better life, I must find ways to climb up as much as possible at work in the future so that I can have a higher social status.

After listening to Wang Dong’s introduction, Chen Dehui fell silent.

As a veteran, to be honest, he particularly resents this kind of privilege.

But he is just a small veteran, and nothing Intel can change that.

If you want to live a good life in this society, the only thing you can do is to find ways to adapt to it, rather than changing it.

After a long sigh, he replied: "I respect your decision..."

"But you must remember that after becoming a cadre, you must never do anything illegal or disorderly. Otherwise, I will never let a gentleman marry you." (End of this chapter)