九月二十五日车间主任荣平安退休了。他从一九五六年起当三车间主任,一直当到今天退休为止。他的“官龄”和我的年龄差不多。如果国务院规定工人年满一百岁退休,那么他还能连任四十年。他是个好人,大伙儿都这么说。我同他相处五年,深感他为人忠厚善良,的的确确是个好人。他每天早晨七点钟上班,晚上七点钟下班,似乎他遵守的是十二小时 On September 25, director of the workshop, Ping Ping-rean, retired. He was the third workshop director from 1956 until his retirement today. His “official age” is about the same as my age. If the State Council stipulates that workers must retire at the age of one hundred, then he can serve another 40 years. He is a good man, everybody says so. I have lived with him for five years and deeply feel that he is a kind and loyal man and indeed a good man. He goes to work every day at seven o’clock in the morning, seven o’clock at night, as if he is obeying twelve hours