Chapter 26 Job Hunting Troubles Resurface
Chapter 26 Job Hunting Troubles Resurface
Li Kailang returned home, thinking about Cui Yuan.
Next year will be the beginning of famine. By then, food will become extremely precious, and both factories and street offices will begin to stagnate.
Everyone's food rations will also be reduced. Cui Yuan makes a living by doing odd jobs and engaging in physical labor, so he has a large demand for food.
But in times like these, with food supplies scarce, he would likely not be able to maintain a basic life.
Li Kailang thought hard for a long time, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.
"Maybe we can arrange for Brother Cui to work in the loading and unloading department."
In the steel rolling mill, the loading and unloading department has long faced a shortage of manpower because many workers cannot bear the high intensity of the work.
However, the treatment in the loading and unloading department is not bad, at least better than doing odd jobs outside, and there is also food subsidy.
At the same time, it is also the easiest to get a full-time job in all departments. As long as you can hold on for half a year, you can get a full-time job. If you can hold on for a year, you can transfer to another department and go to the workshop.
But it is difficult for more people to last more than a year. After all, carrying heavy objects for half a year is too much for the body to bear.
However, Cui Yuan had also moved heavy objects outside, so he was obviously familiar with moving goods. He just changed the environment.
Li Kailang has a spiritual spring. He would find an opportunity and let Cui Yuan drink a sip from time to time to restore his body, so that he could hold on.
Most importantly, Li Kailang remembered that during the famine, many factories stopped production.
As a large factory, the steel rolling mill will naturally not stop production, but it will not work as normally as before. The amount of cargo will also decrease, but the amount of cargo that the loading and unloading workers have to carry will also be much less.
There are still eight months until 1959. As long as I perform well in the next two months, it should not be a problem to introduce Cui Yuanjin to the loading and unloading department.
Although the loading and unloading department of the steel rolling mill has been short of staff for a long time, not everyone can get in.
The first thing is to have an introduction from someone inside the steel mill as a guarantee. After all, the things in the warehouse are relatively valuable, and if you sell them outside you can at least make a few cents.
Steel mills will only recruit externally when they are really short of staff.
Find some time to discuss with Cui Yuan, and then go to the person in charge of the loading and unloading department to talk about the situation.
If possible, Li Kailang still hopes to help Cui Yuan.
Li Kailang had thought about asking Aunt Cui to stockpile grain, but it was still early and the food shortage would not start to show up until summer and autumn. Besides, the Cui family was not wealthy to begin with, so hoarding grain too early would not be good for them.
After thinking about this, Li Kailang took out the canned roast duck and beef so that he could taste them.
In the middle courtyard, the Yi family.
"This kid from the Li family is becoming more and more lawless. Now he even dares to call me by my name and doesn't take me seriously!" Yi Zhonghai said angrily and slapped the table with a "pa".
His palm turned red instantly, and he felt pain in his hand. A wooden splinter appeared on the edge of his palm. Yi Zhonghai took a breath of cold air but did not dare to cry out in pain.
"Damn, why am I so unlucky!" Yi Zhonghai swore rarely and pulled out the wooden splinter.
"Old Yi, calm down and eat." An old lady came out with food.
"Eat, eat, eat, what the hell!" Yi Zhonghai was still angry.
"Okay, don't be angry. It's not good for your health if you get angry. Besides, what Jia Zhang did was wrong in the first place." The aunt comforted.
"Who are you speaking for?" Yi Zhonghai asked suspiciously.
"Am I not speaking up for you? Jia Zhang was wrong in the first place. She wanted to snatch someone else's meat when she saw it. How can she be united with her neighbors? It's good enough that she doesn't destroy the unity of the neighbors!" said the aunt bluntly.
"Okay, okay, stop talking about them and let's eat." The aunt ended the topic.
She knew Yi Zhonghai's character, and if she continued, Yi Zhonghai would get angry.
"Okay, let's eat!" Yi Zhonghai picked up the bowl and chopsticks and was about to pick up some food when he suddenly thought, "Where's Shazhu? Why can't I see him?"
As Sha Zhu is his new retirement object, he still has some concern for him.
"Hey, if you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that Shazhu would have come back at this time normally." The aunt was also very puzzled, "Is there some kind of reception task at the factory?"
Although Sha Zhu is only a level nine chef now, his cooking skills have already reached the level of a level six chef.
If it weren't for Shazhu's bad breath, he would have been able to reach level eight, if not level seven.
"Factory. Task punishment!" Yi Zhonghai suddenly remembered that when he was off work, the steel rolling mill broadcast the punishment of Sha Zhu.
"Sha Zhu was punished by the factory in the afternoon. They said he had a conflict with the workers in the transportation department." Yi Zhonghai explained.
"Why did Shazhu have a conflict with the transportation department? Doesn't she work in the canteen?" an old lady asked in confusion. "The canteen. Transporting pork!" Yi Zhonghai suddenly remembered that the canteen cooked pork at noon. No wonder they suddenly had pork at noon, and no wonder the workshop director left with his lunch box before the time came.
Only when the Transportation Department transports pigs to the canteen will there be a possibility of conflict between the Transportation Department and the canteen.
"I'll go ask!" Yi Zhonghai said, and hurried out to find someone to ask.
As soon as he stepped out of the door, he suddenly stopped. Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but wonder: Even he didn't know, how did the people in the yard know?
"What's wrong with Old Yi?" an old lady asked as she saw Yi Zhonghai standing there motionless.
"Even I don't know what's going on, how would other people in the hospital know?" Yi Zhonghai said bluntly.
"If you don't know, why don't others know? Just go and ask and you'll find out." said an old lady.
Because Yi Zhonghai was too concerned about Sha Zhu's retirement, his brain was unable to react and his intelligence declined.
"Yeah, let me think who to ask?" Yi Zhonghai lowered his head and thought, "Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, Jia Dongxu, Xu Damao, yes, Xu Damao!"
"Oh, Xu Damao is from the Propaganda Department, he should know!" Yi Zhonghai suddenly realized and was about to look for Xu Damao when an auntie suddenly said, "Xu Damao came back at noon and went out with the projector in the afternoon, saying he was going to the countryside to show movies."
When Xu Damao went to the countryside, he definitely didn’t know anything about the canteen.
Yi Zhonghai kept muttering to himself, but he couldn't think of anyone else who knew.
"Isn't there still the boy from the Li family? Why not just ask him and find out?" The aunt thought of Li Kailang.
"No, you're not trying to make me angry. Li Kailang just made me angry, and now you want me to go find him." Yi Zhonghai said bluntly.
"I just spoke too quickly. Didn't you think of that? But, doesn't this kid from the Li family work in the Transportation Department?" said an aunt aggrievedly.
"Yes, why didn't I think of it? Li Kailang has been working in the transportation department. He must know!" Yi Zhonghai suddenly realized and walked towards Li Kailang's house.
"I'll go with you." suggested the aunt.
Hearing this, Yi Zhonghai nodded.
The two went to the front yard together.
Jia family.
Jia Dongxu was eating when he saw an old man and an old woman walking out together, and his curiosity suddenly piqued.
Except during the Chinese New Year, people rarely see the two traveling together.
Jia Dongxu watched them walk towards the front yard with confusion in his mind, and all sorts of random thoughts began to run through his mind.
"Could it be that Yi Zhonghai is so angry that he wants to avenge me?" Jia Dongxu muttered to himself, completely forgetting to continue eating.
"Son, why don't you eat? Are you sick?" Jia Zhang asked with concern as she looked at her son Jia Dongxu's abnormal behavior.
"Mom, I'm not sick, I just have something to do. You guys eat first, I'll go out and take a look." Jia Dongxu said and hurriedly left home.
"What could be more important than eating?" Jia Zhang was puzzled. She lowered her head and took a bite of the steamed bun and then drank a mouthful of porridge.
But as she watched Jia Dongxu's departing back, she felt uneasy.
"No! I won't feel at ease unless I see it clearly. Qin Huairu, you stay at home and watch over Banggeng. I'll go out and take a look." Having said that, Jia Zhang also got up and left.
Qin Huairu watched her mother-in-law and husband leave, and Banggeng seemed very curious after they left.
So she decided to take Banggen with her to see what happens.
This move quickly attracted the attention of the entire Intermediate Court.
The actions of the six people seemed to have set off a trend, and everyone was drawn into the excitement in the front yard.
"Come on, there's something interesting to watch!" someone shouted excitedly.
"What are you looking at? You don't want to eat!" his family complained.
"What are you eating? It doesn't matter. There's something exciting to watch. If you go too late, you won't be able to see it!" The man said anxiously, "Hurry up, do you want to watch it?"
"Okay, let's take a look!" his family replied helplessly.
Afterwards, all the residents of the middle courtyard marched toward the front yard again in a mighty procession.
(End of this chapter)