nycdaug Chapter 131 Moving to the Cultural Center Dormitory
Chapter 131 Moving to the Cultural Center Dormitory
Tong Sihe was on a mission from the machine tool factory when the accident happened on his way to study outside. Regardless of whether Tong Simin planned and participated in it or not, his case falls into the category of sacrifice in the line of duty.
After the accident, the factory gave him funeral expenses equivalent to six months' salary.
His salary during his lifetime was divided into three parts. Forty percent was given to Qin Hanyi, and the payment would not stop until she remarried. If she did not remarry, the money would be given to Qin Hanyi for life; thirty percent was given to Tong Jia, until she reached the age of eighteen; and the remaining thirty percent was given to Mrs. Tong, until she died.
Apart from the share that Mrs. Tong received which was paid monthly by the factory through the post office, Tong Jia's share was directly handed over to Qin Hanyi together with Qin Hanyi's before the tenth of every month.
Tong Sihe is the top technician in the factory. His original salary plus bonus was two to three hundred yuan a month, but now his salary alone is one hundred and twenty-three yuan.
Qin Hanyi is an officer of the cultural center. Although he is a cadre and a college graduate, he works in an office after all. His salary is much lower than Tong Sihe's, which is only 56 yuan a month.
Adding the pension belonging to her and Tong Jia, she can earn one hundred and forty-two yuan and ten cents per month.
This does not include other money and tickets, which were all stolen from the house. No one dared to think about the specific number and amount.
This is also the real reason why Secretary Li was so furious.
Furniture and other things, if they are gone, they are gone. The logistics department still has a lot of them.
But the money and tickets are gone...
It is a huge sum of money. If it is not handled properly, and Qin Hanyi and her daughter continue to insist on it, the factory will have to pay an unknown number of employees, which will affect the production progress of the factory.
Yes, Secretary Li tacitly acknowledged that it was all eight households in that yard who took the money.
After all, the furniture, clothes and daily necessities that were missing from the Tong family were almost evenly distributed among the other eight households.
The money and tickets are probably about the same...
Secretary Li was in a difficult situation. If he asked them to hand it over, it would mean that these eight families were thieves.
If the superiors find out, it can only be attributed to his poor management, and he will have to bear joint responsibility.
Moreover, whether the police are reported or not, it is not a good thing for the machine tool factory.
But if we don't let them hand it over, it would be unfair to Qin Hanyi and Tong Jia.
After venting his anger, Secretary Li quickly analyzed the pros and cons, then asked Section Chief Chen to stay in the yard and not allow anyone in the yard to go out. He then returned to the factory as quickly as possible.
He stopped Director Wang who was about to enter the conference room to hold a meeting with employee representatives, pulled him into his office, and told Director Wang about the current difficulties. The two of them didn't even have time to eat, and they discussed the matter in the office for the whole afternoon.
After much discussion, they all felt that whether this matter could be settled would ultimately depend on Qin Hanyi's attitude.
So the two of them took Accountant Yang from the factory and went to the guesthouse of the machine tool factory.
When someone knocked on the door, Qin Hanyi let Tong Jia continue to lie on the bed and sleep.
Tong Jia was helpless, but there was nothing she could do, so she had to lie down on the bed. Qin Hanyi went to open the door and welcome the leader outside in.
As soon as Secretary Li entered the room, he apologized: "Comrade Qin, I'm so sorry.
It’s all because we haven’t done enough to educate our employees and their families, that’s why…”
Qin Hanyi smiled bitterly, waved his hand, and said, "Secretary Li, this...how should I put it?
I have thought about this carefully while sitting in the guest house this afternoon.
The furniture originally belonged to the logistics department of our factory. It was because of Sihe that I used it for many years and developed an attachment to it.
Actually, I was about to move out, and those furniture were not mine. They were to be distributed to other comrades by the logistics department.
However, there are still some clothes of our family of three in the closet, especially Sihe’s. Now that he is gone, I want to keep a few of his clothes as a remembrance.
As for the money and tickets... I had been away for several days, and no one could be sure that they were taken by the neighbors in the yard.
So, forget about the money, I just consider myself unlucky.
But, could you please, Secretary Li, help me get a few Sihe clothes back? Just Sihe clothes, for my mother and me. I can make more later when I save up some cloth and cotton coupons."
The tone was gentle and steady throughout, but it was sad to hear.
Secretary Li and Director Wang, who had come to talk to Qin Hanyi about the matter and wanted her to give up pursuing the matter, and even Accountant Yang, who learned about the whole process on the way, didn't know how to start the conversation after hearing what she said.
They have given up, their goal has been achieved.
But standing up and leaving would seem too inhumane.
Why not offer to pay? The factory is indeed still struggling. Accountant Yang calculated Tong Sihe's salary and bonuses over the past few years, and the total amount is over ten thousand. With this money, he could pay the salaries of many ordinary employees in the factory.
He couldn't bring himself to offer to pay the compensation on behalf of the factory, but he also couldn't let the orphan and widow suffer.
After thinking for a while, Secretary Li said, "Comrade Qin, no matter what, this incident was caused by the inadequate security measures of our machine tool factory. Please give us a specific number for the losses.
The factory is having some difficulties right now. Even if we can't make up for it all right away, we'll write you an IOU. As long as I'm still in this position, I won't default on the debt within five years!"
Qin Hanyi shook his head and said, "Secretary Li, when our Jia Sihe was alive, he always told me that you and other leaders in the factory took special care of him.
Without your cultivation and attention, he would not have developed so well in the factory.
If you write an IOU, you have to take responsibility.
Things in the world are unpredictable, just like the changing clouds and the changing dogs. You have good intentions, but if others find out and make a big deal out of it, it will be bad for you and other leaders in the factory.
If he were still alive, he would definitely agree with me and we really won't pursue this matter anymore.
I have my own salary, and the factory gives me and Jiajia a pension, which is enough for us to live on.
It's just a little stressful this month, but who isn't stressed out these days? It will pass if we just persevere."
These words brought tears to Accountant Yang's eyes.
Qin Hanyi has expressed his position repeatedly. If Secretary Li talks about compensation again, it would be a bit ungrateful, but if he just leaves, it would be too snobbish.
So, the topic of several people shifted from compensation to Tong Jia.
Qin Hanyi said: "The doctor said that Jiajia's body needs time to recover. After taking the medicine I brought back, she should be able to recover.
It mainly depends on daily care and careful attention. They also said... well... she needs to breathe fresh air frequently, but not too tired.
I don’t know if she can adapt to the dormitory I live in at the cultural center.
The space inside the house is not small, and it is definitely more than enough for the two of us, mother and daughter. The only problem is that the window is a little small and is close to the roof. I am thinking of finding a few workers to help build a loft for Jiajia to sleep in. This way, she can have her own room and can open the window often to breathe fresh air.
I hope it helps her health.”
Secretary Li asked, "Comrade Qin, Director Liu is still the director of our cultural center, right?"
Qin nodded meaningfully.
Secretary Li said, "Lao Wang, let's go find Director Liu later and ask about Comrade Qin's dormitory allocation.
Once it's confirmed, you can go and take a look and find a few skilled workers in the factory to help build the attic. If you are short of furniture, you can directly get it from our factory's logistics department.
Comrade Qin, you can stay in the guesthouse without worry until Lao Wang finishes building the attic.
By the way, this is the pension and receipt for you and your child this month, this..."
"I'll keep the pension and the receipts. Secretary Li, you can take the rest.
We are an orphan and a widow, and we have too much money on us, so we might lose things again.
The good thing about this misfortune was that no one was at home when the things were lost.
If there were someone at home, I…ah…” Qin Hanyi rejected the other compensations offered by Secretary Li and stated the reason for his refusal.
Secretary Li and Director Wang exchanged a glance, then said to Accountant Yang, "Xiao Yang, come with us to the Cultural Center and get to know Comrade Qin's dormitory.
From now on, don't let her come to the factory to collect money for her and her child. You should deliver it to their door before the 10th of every month."
Accountant Yang nodded, and Secretary Li and Director Wang chatted with Qin Hanyi for a few minutes before leaving the guesthouse.
As soon as they left, Tong Jia immediately got up from the bed, but she didn't say anything. Even when Qin Hanyi wanted to speak, she stopped him.
She had been listening to the noise outside with her ears tilted. After hearing a few people coming down the stairs and the sound of bicycle bells, she asked, "Mom, you deliberately hid the money on me, did you want everyone to think that our family has no money?"
Qin Hanyi smiled bitterly and said, "My salary at the Cultural Center is no secret, and your father's salary at the Machine Tool Factory is no secret either.
As long as you are not stupid, you can roughly calculate how much money my mother and I have.
It may not have been a big deal in the past, as everyone’s life was not easy, but they were all manageable.
But looking at the situation this year, it’s hard to say what will happen in the future.
Fortunately, now we can't buy things even if we have money but no tickets. Everyone knows that we have lost our previous money and tickets. From now on, we will only have the fixed ration for my mother and me as shown in the food book. Then fewer people will target us.
Jia Jia, Mom, I hope you can remember.
It is wrong to lie, but in life, it is inevitable to encounter some unexpected difficulties and dangers.
If at this time, a small lie can help us escape from danger and avoid further losses, then on the premise of self-protection, we can appropriately tell a white lie without bringing substantial negative impact to others.
A big tree attracts the wind. It is not the lack of resources that is worrying, but the inequality.
My mother and I can't fight against everyone, so we can only show weakness first.
If showing weakness doesn't work, and we can't keep being bullied, then we need to resist with a strong attitude."
Tong Jia nodded. She was very satisfied with Qin Hanyi's attitude towards life as a mother, which was in line with her ideas.
Show weakness first, and then overcome hardness with softness.
There is no point in showing weakness. If the other party bullies the weak and fears the strong, there is no need to be polite. Just confront them head-on.
In today's society, there is still a legal system.
Knowing that Qin Hanyi had her own plans, Tong Jia did not interfere with the implementation of her plans.
Except for the first day, when she fell asleep, whether really or fakely, she played an assisting role in the smooth implementation of Qin Hanyi's plan during the three days she stayed in the machine tool factory guesthouse.
When Section Chief Chen and his wife came to give her the money and tickets, she repeated Qin Hanyi's words, emphasizing them clearly: "Thank you, uncle and auntie. I am small and can't eat much, so I can't spend much money.
When mom gets her salary, she will pay you back.
If you repay what you borrow, it will be easy to borrow again."
Section Chief Chen also knew that Secretary Li had sent money to Qin Hanyi, and he came with the money and tickets only because he had promised to do so before, and it would be inappropriate not to come.
Not only did Qin Hanyi not keep his money, he also returned all the money and tickets he had borrowed from him the day before.
The speed was so fast that Section Chief Chen felt that she was of no help.
In order to better help Qin Hanyi and her mother, he and Director Wang took turns to check the construction of the dormitory attic, so that the construction work that originally took a week was completed in just two days.
Not only was a loft built, but the furniture was also actually brought over from the logistics department of the machine tool factory.
Not only furniture, but also household items like pots, pans, kettles, brooms, dustpans, and coal stoves were all prepared. Qin Hanyi was very satisfied with the renovation of the second-story loft built on the first floor of the dormitory. What made her even happier was that after Secretary Li's coordination, she was able to move to a new dormitory.
The house originally allocated to her was only about five square meters. In addition to a door, the entire house only had a window closest to the roof.
Although this room now only has one room, it is much larger. It is about ten square meters, twice as large as before, and there are more windows, not only near the roof, but also on the first floor.
In addition, Director Wang and Section Chief Chen both brought over some good furniture, so at first glance, one would have thought they were getting married.
Qin Hanyi didn't want to take advantage of the machine tool factory, nor did she want other people in the cultural center to target her and her daughter.
So, when Secretary Li, Section Chief Chen and Director Wang came with Director Liu of the Cultural Center, bringing clothes they had searched from their former neighbor's house, she accepted the clothes with tears in her eyes, and then firmly stated that she would definitely repay the money for the furniture.
She said, "Secretary Li, I will take out one-third of my salary every month to repay the furniture and the money for building the loft. Don't worry, I will definitely not default on my debt."
Director Wang wanted to say something but was stopped by Secretary Li.
He smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Don't worry about the money for now. You can give it to me when you and your mother are more comfortable."
"Secretary Qin's monthly salary is more than 50 yuan. With so much money, his life is still not comfortable." Before Qin Hanyi could say anything, a bystander who came to watch the move said sourly.
Director Li still smiled and said, "If the child doesn't need to take medicine, I will accept it if you give me one-third of your salary every month.
But now the child still needs medicine, and the medicine is not cheap. Even if you add the pension, the money left in your hands is not enough to live on.
Your child’s health is important, so don’t be so stubborn.
As long as the child takes medicine, you can give the factory five yuan a month. When the doctor says the child no longer needs to take medicine and is completely well, you can give one-third of the salary. Is that okay?"
These words were originally discussed with Secretary Li by Qin Hanyi at Tong Jia's reminder before coming here.
Qin Hanyi naturally agreed.
This also lays the groundwork for Accountant Yang to come every month in the future.
At this point, Qin Hanyi and Tong Jia had completely moved.