In a short while, Xiao Chen hurried out, looking like he was afraid of keeping his leader waiting.
"Let's go!" Director Qu said and stood up, strolling ahead leisurely.
"Take good care of Director Qu! I'll go pay the bill!" Xiao Chen said and quickly walked towards the cashier.
Lu De Min and Director Qu returned to the car shortly after, and Xiao Chen came back after paying the bill, driving back to the Hongxing Military Management Station.
It was lunchtime.
They could rest at the Hongxing Military Management Station or go home to rest.
However, those who didn't have a car usually chose to rest at the station.
It was too time-consuming to walk home from the station.
Lu De Min also decided to rest at the station.
However, before resting, he had to go to the office to find Director Qu.
Lu De Min knocked on the office door.
"Director Qu, it's Lu De Min!"
"Xiao Lu! Come in!"
Director Qu's lazy voice came from inside.
With the leader's permission, Lu De Min pushed the door open and entered.
Director Qu was sitting at the tea table, drinking tea. When she saw Lu De Min enter, she immediately smiled and pointed to the envelope on the desk:
"You just arrived in Beijing, you probably don't have much money on you, and your salary won't be paid until next month. There's some money in this envelope, take it and use it first. When you're financially comfortable, you can pay me back whenever you want!"
Lu De Min was touched. It turned out that Director Qu asked him to come and find her to lend him money.
"Thank you, Director Qu. I'll pay you back when I get my salary!"
Director Qu smiled faintly, "My monthly salary is not bad, and there aren't many mouths to feed at home, so the expenses aren't much. I have enough money. As I said, don't worry about paying me back. Would you like some tea? It's quite good!"
Lu De Min didn't like to drink tea after meals, so he shook his head and said no.
"Then go and rest! I'm going to take a nap too. By the way, it's your first day at work, you can leave early to go to the market and buy some daily necessities you need. Just tell Qian Jian Guo that I said so!"
Lu De Min expressed his gratitude again before leaving Director Qu's office.
Why is Director Qu so warm and friendly to me?
Lu De Min couldn't figure it out.
Forget it!
If I can't figure it out, I won't.
It can't be a bad thing, right?
At most, I'll just dedicate myself to her.
The female leader is so beautiful, too.
Haha!
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Afternoon.
Lu De Min went out on patrol with Qian Jian Guo, getting familiar with the different streets under the jurisdiction of the Hongxing Military Management Station and the daily work.
After all, although he was not a soldier, but only a technician in the car repair department of the Hongxing Military Management Station, he didn't always have cars to repair. When there were no cars to repair, he would do some other work. Captain Qian also promised that if he performed well, he could be enlisted in the army. Lu De Min didn't say anything.
In the afternoon, Qian Jian Guo let Lu De Min off work early.
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Whew!
Finally, off work.
Lu De Min successfully completed his first day of work, and he felt familiar and comfortable, so he was in a good mood.
After leaving the Hongxing Military Management Station, Lu De Min went to buy daily necessities.
The bed was old, but it could still be used for sleeping, and it was a little expensive, so he could temporarily not buy it. He had to buy a mat, as he was currently using someone else's, and he had to return it.
He also had to buy a quilt.
Besides, there were some other daily necessities, like enamel cups, toothbrushes, towels, buckets, basins, etc.
Oh! Most importantly, he also had to buy a coal stove. He couldn't cook without a coal stove.
He didn't need to buy a new one, a second-hand one would do.
This would save him a lot of money.
Right.
He hadn't checked how much money was in the envelope that Director Qu gave him.
Lu De Min immediately opened the envelope.
"There's actually thirty yuan!" Lu De Min was surprised. It was already very good for a female leader he had just met to lend him thirty yuan.
After all, Lu De Min's salary wasn't much, only twenty-three yuan and fifty cents a month.
And Lu De Min spent five yuan a month on food, which was already considered good eating.
Therefore, thirty yuan, if he saved a little, would be enough for him to use generously for one or two months.
Finally, he had money.
No matter what era it was, no money meant no way, no money meant no way to go.
Lu De Min went to the vegetable market, department store, grocery store, and other places, finally buying all the things he needed and tonight's dinner.
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ps: This is 51 years, and the first set of RMB is still in use. One ten thousand yuan is equivalent to one yuan in the second set of RMB. For the convenience of reading, to avoid confusion, from here on, all calculations in this article will be based on the face value of the second set of RMB!