After I retired, the county military resettlement office assigned me to work in the county steel rolling mill. For some unknown reason, I was made the chief purser, managing the food for thousands of people. Next door to my office is the security department of the factory, so the security department is my neighbor.
The Security Section transferred a new security officer named Wang Yuqing, who is also a veteran. Wang Yuqing came to the factory a year earlier than me. When he first joined the factory, he was assigned to work in the steel rolling workshop. In my impression, Wang Yuqing was a very stable young man. His bulging mouth looked like a thief who loved to eat candied haws. . The first time I met Wang Yuqing was when he came to our cafeteria to eat with a bowl in his hand after get off work. He was wearing a pair of labor cloth overalls, his face was covered with powdery dust, and his whole body was covered with a black iron stench. It can be seen that he is a little hungry, and he came to get food without washing his face.
What surprised me was not his shameless appearance, but the eating basin in his hand. I originally thought he was coming to buy meals for the whole family, but who knew that he wanted one and a half kilograms of red-faced fish and five-cent vegetables, then he squatted there and ate alone, and he was eating three times five divided by two. , I finished half a pound of sorghum noodles in less than ten minutes. Then I bought two cents worth of vegetables, mixed them together with half a basin of boiling water, and started drinking them. The size of Wang Yuqing's belly really surprised me, and I was dumbfounded when I looked at it. I thought to myself, what on earth is this guy’s belly made of? I finished all my food for the day in one meal.
From then on, the impression of Wang Yuqing was deeply rooted in my mind, and I paid more attention to him. I don’t know when he joined the factory, but compared to me, all the workers who appeared in front of me were old factory workers, and they naturally became my senior workers. Therefore, I can only call him Master Wang politely.
The chief of the Security Section is a veteran cadre with an administrative level of 18. It is said that he is also a veteran and was a regiment-level cadre in the army. As someone who has served in the military, I naturally know the power of this hierarchical relationship. When I was in the army, when I saw veterans, I felt as majestic as a general. When I saw officials, I was instinctively afraid, let alone those at the level of regiment commander. Therefore, my affairs office and the security department are like "the sound of chickens and dogs is heard from each other, and the people will not interact with each other until they grow old and die."
Later, for unknown reasons, Wang Yuqing was transferred to the security department. It is said that it was an instruction from his superiors. Enrich security work, and conditionally require veterans and Communist Party members. In this way, Wang Yuqing was promoted from the steel rolling workshop to the security department without any competitors. Since then, there has been a qualitative change in the Security Department and my office. It is like good luck and official travel. "Mountains and rivers are not important, but meeting a close friend is important."
Gradually, I became familiar with Wang Yuqing. Because they are both veterans, they are of the same age. But the sublimation of friendship with Yu Yuqing was due to his father, Mr. Wang Chenghou. I remember that when I first entered the factory, I didn’t have any familiar friends and I felt very lonely. So I always like to pick up the factory phone to chat with my friends, and even those who live far away need to make long distance calls. So, I would often go to the reception room, pick up the phone and chat. After his retirement, Mr. Wang Chenghou was hired to continue working in the factory, and was assigned to the communication room to take charge of reading the phone and collecting newspapers. At that time, you could make casual calls as long as they were local calls, but not long-distance calls. If you wanted to make long-distance calls, you had to give your real name and password. hehe! It really wasn't as advanced as it is now, just a simple pull on the phone. Instead, you need to first call the 116 long-distance call station, tell the operator where you want to go, and tell the password, and then just sit by the phone and wait patiently.
There is only one phone password for each unit and it is confidential because the password is the recognition of long-distance call charges. After the call is completed, it will be automatically recorded into the factory's financial payment account. Except for the factory leader who knows the long-distance password, only Mr. Wang Chenghou knows it. No one else in the factory knows it. Haha, this is the role of financial management.
I don’t know what kind of affection this old Mr. Wang Chenghou has for me. Whenever he sees me standing helplessly by the phone, he always feels pity for me. So, he told me the factory’s long-distance password, which really touched me. Since then, I have become a frequent visitor in the communication room. While I was grateful to Mr. Wang Chenghou, I naturally got acquainted with Wang Yuqing and became close friends until now.
Wang Yuqing is a person who keeps his word, attaches great importance to friendship, but is open-minded and generous. Although there have been immature things in life, how many people have lived a perfect life! Later, Wang Yuqing became the head of the security section through her own efforts. When the newly built buildings were allocated in the factory, she and I were assigned upstairs and downstairs, becoming neighbors in name only.
Along the way, as in a lifetime, friendship is really a cup of mellow wine. Therefore, I sincerely wish Wang Yuqing good luck in life.