Chapter 52

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The house was quiet outside. In order to celebrate the first day of staying in the new house, Xu Nannan bought some Lo-mei and cut the pork back for a delicious meal.

Now she lives outside with Xiaoman, and she has a source of salary. If she want to buy something in the future, she doesn’t have to worry about outsiders or worry about Xiaoman’s side. As for more precautions, Xu Nannan ignored them. If it is not to be suspected, she will be cautious at all times, and she will be too aggrieved.

After a good meal, the two sisters laid on the soft bed and they sighed comfortably.

Xu Xiaoman said, “Sister, is it really okay to live in this house? I don’t think Sister Wu Qing is very happy.”

“Regardless if people are happy or not, we don’t care. The important thing is that we live comfortably. As long as we haven’t done anything harmful, we have a clear conscience.”

Xu Nannan would not listen to Wu Qing’s words at all. She knew that in this era, some activists sacrificed their own personal interests to obtain honors. For example, Xu Jiansheng had a couple, he did not raise children, but raised his nephews and nieces so well. Isn’t it also for a little fame? But Xu Nannan felt that she couldn’t really do it.

From scratch, she earned a little bit of it. Maybe her luck was in it, and she also struggled for it. If others want it, they should fight for it on their own, and it doesn’t make sense to let her give in vain. For example, Wu Qing said, let her live in a single dormitory and let her give out parts of the house. She would only do this kind of thing when her mind was squeezed by the door.

“Nannan, I heard that you have a house, is that true?”

The next day, as soon as Xu Nannan arrived at the mining committee, someone approached her and asked.

“What are you asking? I have something to say to Nannan.” Zhu Fang walked over, stopped the people, and took Xu Nannan outside to whisper.

Once outside, Zhu Fang frowned. “You were not in the dormitory last night. Jiang Lili didn’t ask when you came back, but she was very happy. Then she didn’t know what was wrong with Wu Qing so she suddenly asked about you. She said ‘let’s take a look at home and say that you have a house, then we will have a place to move around during our holidays.’ I made a compelling hint to her, but she just didn’t see it. Then, Jiang Lili went to the Mining Committee early in the morning to talk about it, and the leader told me to divide your house.”

When Zhu Fang talked about Wu Qing, she was very angry. When Xu Nannan was eating yesterday, she told her not to advertise in the mine. They are not ignorant people, although this house is Nannan’s property, they can’t resist the jealousy of some people. When the time comes, it is disgusting to say something bad and do something embarrassing. As a result, Wu Qing even said it in person. If Jiang Lili was not in the dormitory, she would have had better thoughts. The two were happy in private and didn’t get in the way. But she knew what Jiang Lili was, and she had always had an opinion about Nannan, so she said in front of her. Didn’t this intentionally embarrass Nannan?

“Let me tell you, I have already applied to change the dormitory. I’m not living with them, it’s hateful, really hateful.” Zhu Fang felt angry too.

Xu Nannan’s heart sank when she heard these things, but it didn’t have much impact. It’s just that Wu Qing has been completely classified as a correspondent.

“I also looked away. She usually looks honest and shy, and she is often bullied by Jiang Lili. I thought she was a very simple person, but I didn’t expect this to happen. I want to say that she didn’t mean it. I really don’t believe it. During the day, she said that my house shouldn’t be kept, and at night she said that she would play with me during the holiday. Now that I think about it, it seems that it was her, too, last time. I just thought of the wrong person at that time.”

Zhu Fang widened her eyes and asked, “What’s the matter?”

“Last time I took the exam. I entered the exam room and found out that my pen was broken. If I hadn’t had spare parts, I wouldn’t be able to take the exam. I thought it was Jiang Lili who did it, so I didn’t want to make trouble with her. I didn’t mention it because it didn’t seem like a new thing, but now it seems that Jiang Lili is not alone as the problem.”

Xu Nannan couldn’t help but sigh, she still underestimated human nature. Especially human nature at this time. She came to this era and encountered many bad people. For example, the Old Xu family didn’t have a good thing. But there are many good people. Whether it’s the people in Xujiacun Village who helped her, or the two elders in the Yu family, and even Uncle Wei, Director Zhu, and Fang Zhu. Regardless of who she is, they were still willing to help her. So she still had more thoughts in her heart. She felt that although there were some distortions in human nature in this era, there were still more good people.

Unexpectedly, today, she found out that it’s all gone.

“This couldn’t be true.. Can Wu Qing even do this thing?” Zhu Fang heard it, and thought it was weird. It used to be Jiang Lili and Nannnan. She also felt that Jiang Lili had a bad temper, and couldn’t tolerate people, so she didn’t get along well with Nannan. Now when Xu Nannan talked about what Wu Qing did, she suddenly felt goose bumps. In a dormitory, she didn’t realize that this room was hiding traitors. “No, I have to move as soon as possible. But it would be as you said, I will have to pay the number of people if I am sold out.”

Zhu Fang finished in a heartbeat, and then said, “Then what are you going to do about this matter? Now the mining committee has spread it.”

Xu Nannan’s expression remained as usual, “I will do what I should do. Even if they try to grab it, I will definitely not let go.” She was really not afraid of this. Robbery is impossible, especially not when it comes to a house property. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, many public properties were confiscated, but now, that time has passed and it was different now. Unless the country’s government come forward to take it back by force, the mine has no right to let her give up the house.

“It is impossible to rob, and the leaders of the Mining Committee are not concerned. Your house is not originally owned by the mine. If you don’t take it out, the mine cannot be robbed. That is illegal and infringes on the interests of the people. But this one is different, this is the matter of the social bureaucratic landlord. But there still would be someone in the mine who will embarrass you.” Zhu Fang reminded.

In the morning, the Mining Committee held a meeting with several new employees and asked about their recent work. As Zhu Fang said, none of the leaders of the mining committee approached Xu Nannan to ask about the house, and it seemed that they didn’t intend to take care of it.

The Mine Manager Gao Yanshan listened to the report and was quite satisfied. The quality of this group of new workers was still very high. Some are able to speak well, some are practical and willing to work, and some have a relatively good pen.

“You have been here for a while, what do you think about it?”

Wu Jian stood up immediately with a solemn expression, “I have an idea.”

Seeing someone speaking, the senior mine manager was very happy and asked him to speak.

Wu Jian glanced at Xu Nannan, “As a member of the Trade Union, we must ensure the interests of the workers. Comrade Jiang Lili, a worker in the cafeteria came to us this morning and gave us a feedback.”

When other people heard him, their expressions changed slightly. Xu Nannan frowned and looked at Wu Jian who has a nervous look on his face.

“Comrade Jiang Lili said that the housing in the mine is now difficult. She and her partner are still not married because of the house. She was worried about the difficulties in the mine, so she didn’t mention it. But she found out yesterday that someone was alone in a huge house while they live in a small room. Comrades, we are all simple people in the mine. How many people worry about the house, and they can’t even get married? Several generations are crowded in one room. So many people worry about the house, but some people live without concern for the others. What kind of mentality would you have to live in such a good house with peace of mind?”

Everyone heard Wu Jian’s words, but before they heard the end, they laughed first when they heard about the beginning. That Jiang Lili didn’t mention the house because she was worried about the difficulties in the mine. She wanted to live in the mining committee and ask for a house. If it weren’t for the high mine leader who got angry, this meeting would have to come every day. Seeing that there was nothing going on in the mine, she called on Comrade Zhang Liang’s house and tried to drive the sister-in-law out of the house so that she could get married.

Mr. Gao was also expressionless when he heard it. Then looked at Wu Jian, “What is Comrade Wu Jian’s thoughts?”

“Manager Gao, I want to ask Comrade Xu Nannan, how she can still live in this house. Seeing so many single young people in the mine worry about the house, she just can’t live in peace.”

By naming names like this, he directly directed everyone’s eyes on Xu Nannan.

Zhu Fang couldn’t wait to stare at this little white face with her eyes.

She looked at Xu Nannan, a little worried.

Xu Nannan looked dignified and stood up, “Comrade Wu Jian asked this very well. Well now I have to say, I really live in An Sheng street. Why do I live in An Sheng street? I came out of the single dormitory in the mine last night. As soon as the house was cleaned up, I moved out. I did it to make room for so many single young people in the mine. Although it was only a bed, they could house a single comrade anyway. To solve the housing problem, I will never take up a single bit of resources in the mine. This is the principle I set for myself after becoming a member of the Nanjiang City Iron Mine.”

“Xu Nannan is right.” Zhu Fang applauded very cooperatively. When other people saw her applauding, they also echoed their applause. Although they felt that Xu Nannan was avoiding Wu Jian’s topic and did not answer the question, but what she said was pretty good and they were convinced enough. If you can solve it by yourself, you won’t bother the mine. After all, it doesn’t directly affect the mine.

When Wu Jian saw this, his face suddenly turned into a pig liver color, “Comrade Xu Nannan, you didn’t answer my question head-on. You and your sister shouldn’t live in such a big house at all, and you should let the other mine workers to meet their other needs. People live. This is what an Nanjiang City Iron Mine worker should do.”

Xu Nannan held back her eyes without rolling her eyes, and solemnly looked at Mr. Gao. “Manager Gao, I think it is necessary to correct Comrade Wu Jian’s thoughts.”

Mr. Gao, didn’t say a word a while ago, and he left the two young people to speak. But now that Xu Nannan asked him to talk to freely on him, he nodded, “You can speak freely on this matter.”

Xu Nannan looked at everyone and said, “I think Comrade Wu Jian’s thoughts are not good, and it is easy to make the mine workers feel dependent. Our mine is here to take care of the workers in the mine, but there are so many workers in the mine, and everyone could not just wrong someone for living a good life. Go, wait for the mine to make arrangements. How heavy of a burden does it put on the mine? Just like we used to work in the village to earn work points, we also pay attention to personal six labor for four person ration and four labor for three person ration, which is to encourage everyone to rely on their own labor to support themselves. Otherwise, everyone will be dependent. If you don’t work, and you’re just waiting for the village to distribute food, who farms? According to Comrade Wu Jian’s idea, people who work should still support people who don’t work. The same goes for whoever works in this house in the future. I found the house by myself, regardless of how it came, it was earned by myself. As a result, I still have to dedicate it to the mine myself, so in the future, will I just wait for the house to be distributed by the mine? Other people see me like this. In the end, do you have to wait for the mine to be allocated? For the sake of a house, the enthusiasm of the workers in the mine to work hard and build society is obliterated. I think this is a sin that everyone wants us to be born with.”

“Xu Nannan, you are arrogant.” Wu Jian’s face blush was thick red and his neck was thick red, so he didn’t add another word. He felt that he couldn’t keep up with what was said by this woman. As a Trade Union member, it was too embarrassing.

“I think that Comrade Xu Nannan’s words are still very reasonable.” Manager Gao said.

The others looked at the Manager Gao.

In fact, Xu Nannan has a house, and some people are envious and jealous, but if someone really wants to take it out, it hasn’t got the share yet.

They are all literate people, they are not so shameless to just want to take out other people’s things.

If Xu Nannan’s house was allocated to the mine, they would demolish the mining committee and ask for the house to be released. But this house is not owned by a mine, so who can go and grab it?

If you want it, you may as well work hard to earn this for your own family. There is no need to offend people for this matter.

As soon as Wu Jian heard that the mine manager was on Xu Nannan’s side, his forehead went black.

Gao the Mining Manager is about to retire. He has lived for so many years. From before the founding of the People’s Republic of China to after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, he has seen a lot of things. Can you still not know what Wu Jian thought?

This is a typical example of not eating grapes and saying that the grape is sour.

“Comrade Wu Jian’s thinking is still correct. He is selfless and is dedicated to our Nanjiang City Iron Mine. This is a noble sentiment and a spirit worthy of everyone’s learning. Let’s applaud him first.”

Then came a burst of loud applause.

After Wu Jian heard these applauses, he finally felt relieved, his face was still blushing, and no matter what, he finally caught the eye of the mine manager.

After the applause was over, Mr. Gao looked at Xu Nannan again, “Comrade Xu Nannan’s ideas are also worthy of recognition. We must work hard to solve our own problems and not add burden to the mine. This is a spirit of self-reliance and hard work . It is our Nanjiang City Iron Mine. The spirit that all workers possess. If all Iron Mine workers can solve their personal problems by themselves, our mining committee will have nothing to worry about.”

The comrades of the mining committee nodded one after another. Indeed. Every day, a bunch of people complain about how difficult the family is, how many children can’t eat enough to raise, and they don’t have a house to live in, but they need to solve it in the mine. With so many people and so many problems, how would a single organization solve it? After solving something, someone is just about to make trouble again.

In other words, they can’t solve everything on their own.

Mr. Gao said, “So the spirits of the two comrades today are worthy of our study and promotion. I suggest that today’s speech be compiled into a draft and put on the bulletin board for everyone to learn. Officer Zhu is responsible in this matter.”

“Yes!” Zhu Fang said in a loud voice, and her double chins came out.

“Okay, this is the end of today’s study. Let’s all go back and work hard.” Mr. Gao said and left immediately.

Wu Jian looked at this situation and was confused again. What does the mine manager mean? Was Xu Nannan supposed to hand over the house or not to hand over the house?

He didn’t know, but everyone else had a bright eye, and the mine manager clearly didn’t care about it. That’s right, people’s mine managers have to do a lot of things every day. Is it interesting for you to concern yourself with things such as a house ownership? Even if you can get a house, how many people can you solve it for? If you have the ability, you need to get the house yourself, and you can just report it to the mine manager. Maybe they can send you a certificate or something.

Everyone glanced at him, shook their heads and sighed. This is a good comrade, a trade union comrade who really considers workers. Fortunately, it is not their mining committee.

After Wu Jian had gone through this incident, the Mining Committee didn’t have anyone discussing it anymore.

After all, the mine manager didn’t say anything, so what should their little officers worry about? After finishing the manuscript, Zhu Fang read it in front of everyone. It emphasized Comrade Wu Jian’s unselfishness and dedication to the workers. It encourages Trade Union comrades to learn like Comrade Wu Jian.

Yes, it is to encourage Trade Union comrades. Who made the Trade Union have such a representative figure? Everyone has to look at it.

The comrades of the Mining Committee applauded again, all smiling.

As for Xu Nannan’s affairs, it was done in one stroke, leaving nothing to be noticed.

Workers can also know the situation in the mine through the bulletin board every day. After work, everyone has to go to the cafeteria and take a subconscious glance, and oh, something new is coming out.

Standing and watching for a while, they all nodded when they saw the content above.

This Trade Union officer is really good. With such a good spirit, they can go to the Trade Union to solve their problems in the future.

Xu Meizi also saw the news on the bulletin board. Seeing Wu Jian being promoted, she felt like she had drunk honey.

She is fifteen years old, at a sensible age. She often stayed with Xu Hong, and she understood feelings at an earlier age. Although she had promised her mother Liu Qiao that she would consider personal issues after the university entrance examination, but now that she has no hope of the university entrance examination, she naturally has to prepare herself early.

This Wu Jian has a good head, has an education, and is still registered in the city. She heard that he is the only son at home, and everything will be his from now on.

Xu Meizi knows her own situation and knows that can’t take the university entrance examination. She is at most a girl with a rural household registration, and she is also an apprentice in a mine. Without a registered permanent residence, not a formal worker, and with a junior high school education, it is already the limit to be able to find a Wu Jian.

She didn’t learn Xu Hong’s high-eyes and low-handedness, her mother said, she needs a lot of ability to do so. So she thinks Wu Jian is the most suitable.

And Wu Jian seemed to mean something to her. When the two met recently, they could also say a few words.

When she is a little older in two years and becomes a full woman, she will be able to get married at that time.

Now seeing Wu Jian so prosperous, she couldn’t help feeling proud.

She did not go home for lunch at noon, instead, she went to the cafeteria to find Wu Jian. Still in the old position, she saw Wu Jian sitting there eating one meat and one vegetable with rice. At first glance, it seems like his family can afford food.

Several young female workers already looked at him.

Xu Meizi also went and cooked a dish for Wu Jian. Holding her chest up, she walked up to him with a rice bowl.

TL Note: That end of chapter 52

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