Department stores where there were queues of people waiting to shop in the morning were suddenly deserted in the afternoon.
The people have basically prepared all the things they need to buy. Anyone who is not working now should start preparing the New Year's Eve dinner at home.
The time slowly came to five o'clock. As the sound of firecrackers outside became louder and louder, it was obvious that the employees of the department store couldn't stay still. Those in the warehouse and those in the business hall in front were all welcome.
I have to take a look at the office building to see if any miracle will happen.
"Xiaokun"
"director"
"Go and notify them. Let them remember to follow the requirements in the notice, and they must clean the house and close the doors and windows."
Li Heng also knew that no matter whether they were cadres or employees, every one of them might be unable to sit still for a long time. Guo Xiaokun would come to his office eight times an hour. Anyway, no one came to the business hall to buy anything, so he might as well leave work early.
Bar.
"Hey, I'll go right away." Upon hearing this, Guo Xiaokun almost jumped up, turned around and ran outside the director's office, but when he reached the door, he stopped again: "Director, I almost forgot to wish you a happy new year.
, I wish you a happy new year and a happy family."
"Thank you, and I wish you a happy New Year. Go quickly, those people in front may be impatient to wait."
It’s Chinese New Year!
After Guo Xiaokun went out, Li Heng stood up and stretched, looking out the window. Night had fallen long ago, and the place without lights was already pitch black.
As soon as I walked to the window, I heard bursts of cheers coming from downstairs. Being able to leave work nearly an hour early was already a great happiness for the employees.
He is not in a hurry to leave. Mazi and Zhao Mingxia will also be with him later, and they can get off work a little early here, but the little girl's side certainly can't. The more holidays there are, the busier units like the Public Security Bureau will be, and they need to ensure safety.
The duty during the Chinese New Year period was indispensable, and the little girl also spent a whole day, the third day of the lunar new year, and he would accompany her on that day.
"Brother..." Mazi came over at some point.
"Have you packed it up?"
"It's packed, brother, I didn't take anything."
"Have you given me the steam bowls made in the cafeteria in advance? What else do you need?"
"Don't I think it's weird? I went to your place to celebrate the New Year, but I went there empty-handed. Others saw it and couldn't laugh at me."
"Okay, when did you learn this?"
"Hey, it was Sister Zhao who said that." Mazi scratched his head in embarrassment and said.
Li Heng was slightly startled when he mentioned Sister Zhao. He asked with some uncertainty: "Where is she?"
"Ah? Sister Zhao went home to feed the dog earlier, and then she said there were a few things at home that she had to pick up. She said she was embarrassed to go there empty-handed."
"Hey, this old Zhao told her that she has everything at home, so what are you doing with it?"
After speaking, Li Heng picked up a key on the table and threw it to Mazi: "You go down and heat the car first. When did Old Zhao go back?"
"We've been walking for a long time, so it's probably time to come over."
"Okay, I'll be down right away."
"Why"
…
After thoroughly checking every office in the office building, as well as the warehouse and the front business hall, Li Heng came to the jeep parked in front of the office building. Zhao Mingxia had also come over.
"director"
"Ming... forget it, I'll call you Sister Zhao. You should also call me Er Heng. Let's not use titles in private. It's really awkward." After Zhao Mingxia responded, he continued.
"Sister Zhao, I heard from Mazi that you took something? What did you take? I don't want the bad things." Li Heng joked with a smile.
"I didn't take anything, just two bottles of Fenjiu wine and two firecrackers. I didn't take anything else. It's the first time I'm a guest at your house, and it's such an important day as the Chinese New Year. I can't go there empty-handed. It would be really rude.
"
As soon as she finished her words, Mazi, who came back from the toilet, picked up her words and said: "Sister Zhao, you are not rude. What should I do? When my sister-in-law kicks me out again later, I will hold you."
Come with me, if I can’t eat the New Year’s Eve dinner, don’t eat it either.”
"It's easy. If you are kicked out, go to my sister's house and she will make dumplings for you."
Li Heng's head was full of black lines when he heard the conversation between the two as if no one was watching. He raised his hand and slapped Mazi on the head.
"What you kid is brewing is going to shake things up, right?"
"Uh...hehe, brother, isn't this...isn't this a joke?"
"Okay, get in the car and set off to pick up your sister-in-law."
"Hey, brother, get in the car. Sister Zhao, don't be stunned. Get in the car."
"You drive the car out first, and I'll go over to Lao Zhang's place and take a look."
Although there are many people living in the backyard, and logically there will be no accidents, Li Heng still feels that it is better to be careful. If nothing happens, it is easy to say anything. If something happens because of carelessness, the uncomfortable thing will be
He did.
"Hey, Mazi, was your brother also so verbose when he was in the army?"
"Sister Zhao, do you call this Luo Li Luo Suo?"
Mazi, who had already driven the car to the gate and stopped, turned his head and looked at the back row in surprise after hearing Zhao Mingxia's words.
"It's just a few days off. There are still so many people living in our yard. He still goes out of his way to tell this person what to pay attention to and that thing to pay attention to. Isn't this verbose enough?"
"Okay." Mazi looked at the yard through the rear window: "Maybe I'm used to it. I also think it's better to make adequate arrangements in advance than to be caught blind when something really happens, as my brother likes to say.
In a word, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst.
He is the first person responsible for the department store, no matter how big or small something happens, he can’t escape, so... you can’t be too careful.”
Zhao Mingxia was slightly startled after hearing this. She had always thought that responsibilities should be assigned to people, but she had not thought much about the fact that as long as she was a leader, she had to take management responsibilities.
How should I put it, no one has ever taught her how to be an official, or what she needs to pay attention to. She really doesn’t understand much about this.
At the gate, Li Heng threw down two packs of cigarettes to the guard Lao Zhang, and after giving him some instructions, he helped them close the gate together leaving only the small door. Then he came out, opened the passenger door, and sat in the car.
.
"Huh... let's go, Mazi, to pick up your sister-in-law from get off work."
It's almost six o'clock in the afternoon on New Year's Eve, and there are still people coming and going on the road as usual. The difference is that everyone is immersed in the road and anxious to go home. There is less leisure and more urgency than just getting off work.
It’s the Chinese New Year. This is the most important festival in China. The place that people yearn for the most is home.