Chapter 187: All Living Things End in Happiness
Chapter 187: All Living Things End in Happiness
Back to the rolling mill.
Lou Zhenhua's visit to inspect the steel rolling mill did not attract much attention. Everyone continued to do as they pleased.
After all, to most workers, Lou Zhenhua is a capitalist.
I am not born to be the same kind of person as these workers.
However, a small number of people were indirectly affected by Lou Zhenhua's inspection.
The first to bear the brunt was Sha Zhu.
"He Yuzhu, this is a notice from above, take a look." Niu Laxi took a notice and handed it to Sha Zhu.
Sha Zhu refused to accept the notice and angrily accused Niu Laxi:
"What are you doing! Niu Laxi, are you going to complain? I just said a few words to you and you complained. What kind of man are you!"
"When we get out of the factory, I'll beat you to death!"
"He Yuzhu, don't accuse me. I am a man after all. I can't do this to sue you!" Niu Laxi retorted.
"Hey, if you don't want to complain, why would you notify me for no reason? It's definitely you who is complaining." Sha Zhu was still furious.
"Sha Zhu, what do you want to do! Don't think I'm afraid of you!" Niu Laxi looked at Sha Zhu who was pressing forward step by step and shouted loudly.
"I have something to do today, so I won't bother with you. You can see for yourself."
After saying that, Niu Laxi threw down the notice, turned around and ran away.
"Hey, grandson, why are you running!" Sha Zhu shouted, looking at Niu Laxi who had disappeared.
Sha Zhu lowered his head and picked up the notice. When he looked down at the notice, his expression instantly became smiling.
"Great! Finally I don't have to stay here anymore! I can finally go back."
The notice only read:
"Comrade He Yuzhu has performed well recently. The leadership has decided that Comrade He Yuzhu's cleaning work will end at the end of the year."
Just a few simple words made Sha Zhu very happy and gave him the energy to work.
"Just bear with it for another three months, and I'll be able to go back. When I get back, Zhao Qiming, just wait and see how I'll deal with you!"
The second is Deng Chaoquan, director of the first workshop.
“What do you want me to say about you? It’s not good to punish you at any time. You can punish me when Director Lou comes.”
Director Lu pointed at Deng Chaoquan and scolded him, his fingers shaking up and down in anger.
"If Yi Zhonghai hadn't considered the overall situation and didn't report it to Director Lou, I would have lost all my face because of you."
Deng Chaoquan, at this moment, looked like a child who had done something wrong, standing in front of Director Lu with his head down, his face full of innocence and humiliation.
"Director, I really didn't expect this to happen. Director Lou doesn't care what the workers do."
"Besides, I was really angry at the time, and I had to punish him!"
Director Lu refused to give in. He glared and shouted:
"Look at you, you are still shirking responsibility. You are a workshop director, what is there to be angry about? You stay in the office all day and you can't even do this little thing!"
Deng Chaoquan could not stand such accusations. He took out a document and handed it to Director Lu:
"Director, take a look at Jia Dongxu's information, and you will understand why I am so angry."
"Angry? I don't believe it. What huge secret is there in this information that I would be angry? Are you kidding me?" Director Lu said.
Director Lu took the information, glanced at it, and then read it carefully.
His expression gradually became serious and his brows were furrowed, obviously shocked by the content of the information.
"My goodness, this Jia Dongxu actually raised the premium rate by himself, and the first-class workpieces he made have such a high scrap rate."
Director Lu was shocked. "There is no welfare for the entire workshop. This is simply lawless!"
Anyone who encounters this situation will be angry. Not only will the workers in the workshop come after him, but he himself will also be punished.
Seeing Director Lu's angry expression, Deng Chaoquan was secretly proud of himself: "Director, look at yourself, aren't you angry too? Can you blame me?"
Director Lu was a little embarrassed when his heart was touched, but he immediately retorted:
"Why are you angry? Am I angry? I just think Jia Dongxu is going too far."
Deng Chaoquan didn't buy it. He looked at Director Lu with contempt and said, "Director, do you think I can believe what you said?"
Director Lu was choked. He was a little angry and said, "Are you the director or am I the director? You can't even tell the difference between such a small matter! Do you want to be punished?"
Chao Quan didn't dare to talk back and whispered, "You are obviously angry, but you still refuse to admit it. If you weren't the leader, I would scold you to death!"
Director Lu had sharp ears and immediately caught Deng Chaoquan's mumbling. He shouted, "Deng Chaoquan, what are you mumbling about?"
Deng Chaoquan was so frightened that he trembled and quickly explained: "No, I didn't mutter anything, Director, whatever you say is what it is!"
Director Lu glared at him and said, "Although you didn't do anything wrong, that's because Yi Zhonghai didn't say it, so you still have to be punished."
"In this case, I will fine you this month's salary as a warning to others!"
"Yes!" Deng Chaoquan said helplessly.
"Okay, go out now. Don't stay in front of me. It's blinding!" Director Lu waved his hand and signaled.
Seeing this, Deng Chaoquan left.
Director Lu looked at the information and knew that Deng Chaoquan did nothing wrong, it was just that he was unlucky to meet Director Lou.
"What does Jia Dongxu do for a living? How can a first-level workpiece make so many mistakes?"
"I thought Yi Zhonghai had a spirit of dedication, but I didn't expect that he was just here to clean up my mess."
When Deng Chaoquan left, his heart was full of dissatisfaction and anger.
He knew the punishment was unfair, but he could not change anything.
He could only transfer his anger to Jia Dongxu, who had put him in trouble.
"Damn it, this Jia Dongxu has cost me my entire month's salary. When he gets a job, I will punish him severely."
Jia Dongxu, who was sleeping soundly at the moment, suddenly sneezed. He muttered in a daze: "Damn it, who is scolding me?"
The happiest people are manual workers like Cui Yuan.
"Xiao Cui, come here!" Ma Qian, the unloading team leader, said to Cui Yuan.
"Coming!" Cui Yuan responded and hurried to Ma Qian.
"Well, take a look." Ma Qian handed over a notice and congratulated:
"Xiao Cui, congratulations! You can become a regular employee after you finish this month. Starting from next month, your salary will be 34 yuan per month."
Cui Yuan looked at the contents of the notice, his face filled with an unconcealable joy.
Because of Lou Zhenhua's inspection, he found that Cui Yuan was working seriously.
Lou Zhenhua praised him and the Labor and Personnel Department asked Cui Yuan's co-workers. Everyone thought he was good, so they gave him the regular position ahead of schedule.
"Okay, okay!" Cui Yuan looked at the content with a smile on his face.
For Cui Yuan, he was an intern before he was hired as a regular employee, earning only 24 yuan a month.
But after becoming a regular employee, the salary was 34 yuan, a full increase of 10 yuan.
If he had worked odd jobs in the street office before, it would take him half a month to earn this 10 yuan.
How important is this extra 10 yuan of income to the Cui family.
In addition to the 34 yuan salary, there is also a 2 yuan subsidy.
Ma Qian patted Cui Yuan on the shoulder and said happily:
"Xiao Cui, starting from next month, you will receive 36 yuan a month. Your family can eat better and have a better future!"
"Yes, Xiao Cui, life will be better in the future. You can find a wife!"
"When you find a wife, don't forget to invite us to your wedding!"
Upon hearing the news, all the loaders and unloaders came over to congratulate Cui Yuan.
Cui Yuan looked at his fellow workers with gratitude:
"Thank you, team leader, and thank you everyone. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be where I am today!" Cui Yuan bowed to everyone with gratitude.
"Okay, Xiao Cui, go home quickly and tell your family the good news. Today won't count as your absence from work. Go back and celebrate with your family!"
Hearing this, Cui Yuan was somewhat tempted, but declined politely: "It's so early in the morning, I just arrived and I have to go back, everyone must be so busy!"
Ma Qian waved his hand and said, "Don't worry. One more or one less person here doesn't make a difference. You should go back and report the good news."
After saying that, Ma Qian turned Cui Yuan around and pushed him out of the warehouse on his back.
"Okay, Xiao Cui, if we tell you to go back, then go back. If you don't want to go back now, you will be too busy to go back later."
Hearing this, Cui Yuan turned around and looked at everyone, and everyone waved at him happily.
Seeing this, Cui Yuan couldn't refuse any more, "Thank you everyone, I'll go back now!"
"Be careful on your way!" everyone said.
Seeing Cui Yuan running away from the warehouse holding the notice, everyone was very happy.
They all came here this way. After all, the job of a loader is not easy. If there really was a way out, they wouldn't stay here for long.
There were several reasons why Ma Qian let Cui Yuan go home.
The first one is naturally the good news, which needs no explanation.
The second, and most important, is that anyone who receives a notice of becoming a regular employee will be happy, and once they are happy they will lose their focus, because they are moving heavy objects.
If you accidentally hurt yourself, a happy event might turn into a sad one. This kind of thing happens quite often, and Ma Qian is also worried about this.
As for why it wasn't given later, there was no need to do so. The news of the regularization would come sooner or later, and there was no point in dragging it out.
Watching Cui Yuan's figure gradually going away, Yigong sighed again: "This kid Cui Yuan, getting a permanent job is a big help to the family."
"Yes, with these 10 yuan, Cui Yuan's family will be much better off."
"Unconsciously, half a year has passed, and good days have finally arrived for Cui Yuan's family."
A group of workers sighed and said that they had been with Cui Yuan for almost half a year, and everyone knew a little about Cui Yuan's family background.
With a grandmother to take care of and a younger brother who is in school, the family does not have much savings. However, after becoming a regular employee, Cui Yuan has undergone tremendous changes, and everyone is sincerely happy for him.
"Okay, everyone has gone far away, it's time to work, don't let anything go wrong today, others Xiao Cui thinks, without him, we will be out."
"Don't let Xiao Cui look down on us!" Ma Qian shouted.
"Don't worry, Team Leader Ma, there will be no mistakes today!" a worker assured.
Others echoed.
Cui Yuan took the notice and ran all the way back to the courtyard.
"Grandma! Grandma!" Cui Yuan shouted as he entered the yard.
The noise immediately attracted the attention of other residents in the courtyard. They all poked their heads out of their rooms and looked over here curiously.
Yan Jiecheng also came out of the house curiously and looked at Cui Yuan, who was in a hurry but had a happy smile on his face.
Just when I was about to ask what was going on, Aunt Cui ran out of the house first.
"Xiao Yuan, what's wrong? Did something happen?" Aunt Cui asked anxiously.
When she heard Cui Yuan's voice, she hurried out of the house with a rag in her hand, obviously doing housework.
Cui Yuan looked at his grandmother's anxious expression, and felt warm in his heart. He quickly handed over the notice and explained with a smile:
"Grandma, don't worry, it's a good thing! I've been converted to a regular employee. Here's the notice. Next month I'll officially become a full-time employee of the steel mill."
Aunt Cui took the notice and looked at the densely packed words on it, but she didn't recognize any of them.
Aunt Cui was illiterate and pointed at the list with a puzzled look on her face: "Xiao Yuan, what does this mean?"
"Pa!" Cui Yuan slapped his forehead and then remembered that his grandmother was illiterate.
Cui Yuan smiled and explained: "Grandma, this notice says that I have been promoted to a regular employee and my salary has increased. Starting next month, I will have a salary of 34 yuan per month."
"Convert to a regular employee? 34 yuan!" Aunt Cui repeated the number in shock, and then a happy smile appeared on her face:
"Okay, okay, Xiao Yuan has been hired as a regular employee, and his salary will increase, okay, okay!"
Aunt Cui was very happy and kept repeating the three words "good, good, good".
Cui Yuan’s previous salary of 24 yuan was enough to cover his family’s expenses, and he could save a little money every month.
Now that my salary has increased by 10 yuan, my family's life will definitely be more affluent and we can save more money.
Saving money is the most important thing for Aunt Cui besides food.
Before Cui Yuan went to work at the steel rolling mill, his family was not well off and Cui Yuan could not even get enough to eat even when he went out to work.
"34 yuan!" Yan Jiecheng, who was standing by, was also shocked when he heard the number.
He is now doing odd jobs in the street office, and it is already very impressive if he can earn 20 yuan a month.
Now Cui Yuan can actually get a salary of 34 yuan.
This contrast made Yan Jiecheng feel a huge gap and blow.
Thinking of the time when he asked Li Kailang for help to go to the steel mill, Yan Jiecheng felt even more complicated.
Looking at Cui Yuan's high-spirited appearance, he couldn't help feeling envious and jealous.
Cui Yuan is now a full-time employee of a steel rolling mill, earning 34 yuan a month.
I do odd jobs in the street office, earning less than 20 yuan a month.
The comparison is a world of difference.
"Grandma, I remember we still have meat tickets at home. Let's eat meat tonight and celebrate!" Cui Yuan suggested.
Aunt Cui nodded happily, "Okay, let's have meat tonight and celebrate!
"I'll go buy it now, Xiaoyuan, you should go to work quickly and don't delay your work!" said Aunt Cui.
Cui Yuan smiled and explained, "Grandma, the factory gave me a day off today, so I went to buy some meat."
Seeing Aunt Cui's unbelieving look, Cui Yuan said, "Grandma, the factory really gave me a holiday, otherwise I wouldn't have come out."
"The factory security guard let me out after seeing this notice."
When she heard that he was let go by the security guard, Aunt Cui believed it.
"Grandma, good days are coming for our family. Next month, we will eat meat every few days!" Cui Yuan said.
"Okay, okay, our Xiao Yuan has made it. Let's eat meat from now on! Eat meat!" Aunt Cui also echoed.
"Okay, grandma, I'll go buy some meat and we'll celebrate at home tonight!" Cui Yuan said.
After saying that, he went into the house, took the meat ticket and money, and went out.
Watching Cui Yuan disappear, a group of women came to Aunt Cui.
"Aunt Cui, congratulations! Good days are coming!"
"Yes, Xiao Yuan has finally made some progress and can make a lot of money. My aunt's family will be able to live a good life in the future."
"Mrs. Cui can rest assured and rest at home from now on."
Watching Cui Yuan's departing back, the women in the courtyard gathered around and congratulated Aunt Cui.
Aunt Cui was surrounded by people and was a little at a loss for a moment, but she was extremely happy in her heart.
The last time she was surrounded was decades ago, when she just got married.
"Thank you, thank you!" Aunt Cui was so excited that she didn't know what to say and could only thank him repeatedly.
Although Cui Yuan is a loader, he is far inferior to the other workers such as fitter and blacksmith in their family.
But after all, it is the Cui family's happy event, and they would not say anything malicious at this time.
The salary increase has invisibly raised the Cui family's status, putting them on the same level as them and allowing them to communicate with them.
This is something that Aunt Cui didn't know, and this is something that Cui Yuan didn't know either.
Aunt Cui was surrounded by people and was extremely happy.
The Cui family was happy the whole day, making the entire courtyard more festive.
Seeing Cui Yuan buying pork, the women became envious and drooled, and they all followed suit and bought pork.
The entire courtyard is immersed in a joyful and peaceful atmosphere.
night.
After Cui Gang came back, the Cui family started eating.
The food on the table seemed particularly rich, with three dishes and one soup emitting an enticing aroma, and also included the rare white flour buns and white rice porridge.
The most eye-catching one is the plate of braised pork.
The most important thing is the meat, Cui Yuan bought half a pound of meat.
Each family now has 3 taels of meat per month, and the extra 2 taels of meat were bought by Cui Yuan with money from the black market.
Aunt Cui looked at the pork on the plate, her eyes full of satisfaction.
The family of three sat around the dining table, enjoying this rare sumptuous dinner.
"Grandma, brother, don't just eat vegetables, eat meat too. From now on, we can eat meat every now and then!"
As he spoke, Cui Jia picked up some meat and gave it to the two of them.
Cui Gang also knew that Cui Yuan had been promoted to a regular employee, and joy was evident on his face.
"Really? Brother, can we all eat meat from now on?"
"Xiaogang, your brother is just joking. Who eats meat every few days?" Aunt Cui couldn't help but say.
"Oh!" Cui Gang said in a low voice.
Cui Gang is now in the period of growth and is greedy. He knows that he is wishful thinking and is only asking out of greed.
"Grandma, I'm telling the truth. From now on, we will eat meat every few days. We don't need to care about how other families eat!" Cui Yuan said.
Aunt Cui looked at Cui Yuan's fanatical look and knew that he had suffered too much following her, and the money had been accumulated when he had no money in the past. Now was the time for a rebound.
"Xiao Yuan, don't talk nonsense. A salary increase is a good thing, but you can't spend money like this. If you have to buy meat every now and then, how can you save money?"
"You are not a child anymore. After you become a regular employee next month, I will ask Matchmaker Wang to find you a wife so that you can continue the family line."
When Cui Yuan heard this, he immediately shifted his attention.
He really had never thought about finding a wife because his family was not well off and he did not have a stable job.
But now it’s different. He will soon be promoted to a regular employee and his salary will increase. It’s time to consider this issue.
Cui Gang looked at his brother and blushed. He shouted, "Grandma, my brother wants a wife. Find one quickly!"
"Xiaogang, eat yours!" Cui Yuan picked up a piece of cabbage with chopsticks and stuffed it into Cui Gang's mouth.
Watching the two of them playing and frolicking, Aunt Cui couldn't help but smile. This family was slowly getting better.
(End of this chapter)