Chapter 347 Privileges

Chapter 347 Privileges

Chapter 347 Privileges
There are braised chicken, braised duck, pork head, peanuts and so on, and the quantity is quite large, otherwise they would not be put in an extra-large net bag.

As soon as Li Jiayi entered the train station, he saw Lao Li and Lao Zhao.

He ran over quickly.

Of course, Lao Li also saw him and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Hey, Lao Li, you're leaving soon. It would be unreasonable if I didn't come and see you off!"

"You can pull it down!"

"Xiao Li." At this time, Aunt Tian and Aunt Feng came over.

"Auntie Tian."

"Aunt Feng."

"Are you here to see us off?" Aunt Feng asked.

"Yes, and I'll bring you something to eat on the road." Li Jia said as he handed over the net bag.

"so much?"

"There are many of you and the journey is long, so these may not be enough." Li Jiayi scratched his head and said.

"That's true."

"Xiao Li! I don't know when I can come back after I leave this time. If you miss me, an old man, come and find me when you have time." Old Li came over and said.

"No problem! I'll come over when I have time."

There is no problem with Li Jiayi going there, but it is a bit unrealistic to ask Lao Li to come back. He won't be able to come back within seven or eight years at least.

"Yeah! That's it, we should get in the car."

"Okay, Lao Li."

"Goodbye, Xiao Li." Old Zhao also waved to Li Jiayi.

"Goodbye, Lao Zhao."

After seeing off Lao Li and Lao Zhao, Li Jiayi came out of the station and drove his jeep to the woolen mill.

Although it is not the time to deliver supplies, Li Jiayi still likes to stay in the factory if he has nothing to do.

At least that's the case now.

The reason for this is that Li Jiayi knows very well what the wool spinning mill is like. Let's put it this way! Other factories may be in chaos, but the wool spinning mill will not.

This is mainly because woolen mills are basically staffed by women. As for the ratio of female to male workers in woolen mills, let’s put it this way! It may be ten to one.

As far as Li Jiayi knew, only the security department, warehouse, car team and loading and unloading department were staffed by men.

Other departments are basically staffed by female workers. Even if there are male workers in some departments, they are very few.

A factory like this will basically not be in chaos, and Director Qiao has particularly good control over the woolen mill.

During the ten-year period, most factories will be in chaos, but there are still factories that will not be completely free of chaos.

Most of these factories are mainly staffed by female workers.

Because female workers don't have that much to do, they just want to support their families and do their jobs well.

This is also the reason why Li Jiayi has been staying in the factory for some time.

Of course, Li Jiayi still has a certain say in this woolen mill. His eldest brother Li Chengqian is now a squadron leader.

There are three small teams below, managing dozens of people.

Moreover, these people are carefully selected and are basically veterans.

Li Jiayi also gave them enough help, and even if anything happened, they would definitely stand on Li Jiayi's side.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that other people in the Security Department of the Woolen Mill are restless. To be honest, the people in the Security Department of the Woolen Mill are quite well-behaved because they are basically all veterans.

The director of the Security Department is at the deputy-department level and is also affiliated with the Municipal Bureau, but he basically still stays in the woolen mill.

This director is an old subordinate of Director Qiao, and he transferred to the local area together with Director Qiao.

The two deputy directors are also retired military personnel. Although they are not Director Qiao’s old subordinates, they are both veterans.

The Security Department has three sections, namely Security Section One, Section Two and Section Three.

Each department has three battalions, each battalion has three squadrons, and each squadron has three squads.

Each team has eleven people, one team leader and ten team members.

Each squadron has a squadron leader, two deputy squadron leaders, and three teams, totaling thirty-six people.

Each brigade has a brigade commander, two deputy brigade commanders, and three squadrons, totaling 121 people.

Each section has a section chief, two deputy section chiefs, plus three brigades, a total of 366 people.

In other words, the entire Security Department, including the director and two deputy directors, has a total of 1,101 people.

Among these 1,101 people, more than 1,000 were retired soldiers.

This is something that other factories would never dare to think about. To put it bluntly, it is because the First Woolen Textile Factory is special that it has so many retired military personnel.

You have to know that the things produced by the woolen mill are either woolen materials or woolen materials, which can be said to be not suitable for ordinary people to use at all.

Part of the wool and cloth produced by the woolen mill was used by the government and the army, and the rest was exported to earn foreign exchange.

One can imagine how tightly guarded a place like this is, so Li Jiayi is absolutely safe staying in the woolen mill.

Also, there will be some fluctuations at the beginning of the ten-year period, but there will basically be no major problems later.

After arriving at the factory, Li Jiayi went directly to the third purchasing department.

He is a special one in the third purchasing department and has his own independent office.

In terms of administrative level, he is one level higher than the section chief. The section chief is at the deputy division level of administrative level 15, while he is at the deputy division level of administrative level 14.

Of course, in terms of position, he is lower than the section chief. The other person is the section chief, while he only has the title of deputy section chief.

When he arrived at the office, Li Jiayi pretended to pick up the thermos and boil some water.

In fact, he didn't fight at all, he was just pretending. He had already replaced the thermos with boiled spiritual spring water.

Who would drink tap water when we have spiritual spring water?

After fetching the boiling water, Li Jiayi made himself a pot of tea and started drinking it while sitting in the office.

It can be said that he is the most relaxed person in the entire procurement department.

Basically, I am not as busy as others.

Even the section chief has a harder time than him, because he doesn't have to worry about completing his tasks.

The section chief also has to rack his brains over why the buyers below are unable to complete their tasks.

At noon, Li Jiayi came to the cafeteria with his lunch box.

He doesn't need to go to the canteen in front and can go to the kitchen by himself. This is his privilege.

He is the only one who has this privilege.

"Are you here? What do you want to eat?" Seeing him coming, Liao Kai came up and asked.

"What's delicious?" Li Jiayi asked hurriedly.

"Today we have braised pork and stewed chicken."

"Then give me these two, and give me two steamed buns."

"Okay, give me the lunch box."

"Ok!"

Yes, Li Jiayi’s privilege is that he can eat for free. Not only does he not have to spend money, he doesn’t even need a ticket.

Soon Liao Kai helped Li Jiayi pack a box of braised pork and a box of chicken nuggets.

There is no way! After all, these things were sent by Li Jiayi! So no one would say anything.

If you want this privilege, you can! You can also bring these materials to the factory.

You don't need to get as much as Li Jiayi did, one tenth will be enough.

Thanks to Li Jiayi, the woolen mill has no shortage of meat or food.

So Li Jiayi had this privilege, and no one in the entire woolen mill had any objection to it, and some even said they were very supportive.

After getting his meal, Li Jiayi did not stay here, but went straight to the Propaganda Department with his lunch box.

Now my mother and second sister both work here, which is why he comes here every day.

"Hey, isn't this Section Chief Li? Are you here to have dinner with Section Chief Ye?"

As soon as Li Jiayi arrived at the Propaganda Department, a staff member of the Propaganda Department joked with him.

Although most of these employees are clerks, they are very familiar with Ye Xin and have worked with her for a long time.

Of course, I am very familiar with Li Jiayi, and one can even say that I watched Li Jiayi grow up.

Then isn’t it normal for them to tease Li Jiayi?

"Aunt Xue, you are just teasing me! Be careful or I will kidnap Sister Fangfang."

"Oh! That's what I want. I want Chief Li to be my son-in-law."

"Uh!"

Li Jiayi was speechless. Shouldn't this be a cause for concern? Why was he so eager for it?

"Okay, I won't bother you from having dinner with your mom."

There has to be a limit to joking, and the people in the Propaganda Department knew this better than others, so they felt that enough was enough and let him go.

Li Jiayi came to the door of his mother's office and pushed it open.

"My son is here, come and eat with us."

"Okay!"

Not only my mother was in the office, but my second sister and cousin were also there. They had also come back from lunch to eat.

There's no way around it. The cafeteria is so small, and it's normal for workshop workers to stay and eat. People who work in offices basically go back to the office to eat after getting their meals.

"Brother, what did you order?" the second sister asked quickly.

"Nothing much, just a braised pork and a stewed chicken."

"Wow, you got the braised pork? Take it out quickly." The second sister said with her eyes lighting up.

"Here you go." Li Jiayi handed over two lunch boxes.

After the second sister took it, she opened it quickly and said, "This is the best, brother! You don't have to pay for the braised pork, and there is no limit on the amount." The second sister sighed.

She also wants to eat braised pork and stewed chicken, but she can't get that just by having money.

Eating in the factory also costs money, but it is relatively cheaper.

As for meat and vegetables, not only do they cost money, but they are also supplied in certain quantities. There are regulations on how much meat and vegetables each person can get each month.

Not to mention an ordinary cadre like my second sister, even a deputy section chief like my mother Ye Xin only has ten servings of meat and vegetables every month.

Yes, that’s ten servings, not ten meals.

How many dishes are there in ten portions? This is not much, just like the braised pork and stewed chicken that Li Jiayi ordered today.

If it is counted by portion, that would be four portions. Yes, one spoonful is one portion, and Li Jiayi's lunch box has two spoonfuls.

And it's two full spoons. If someone else serves it, they won't serve it slowly for you.

In other words, if my mother followed his instructions, she would only need to eat up her monthly share of meat and vegetables in two and a half meals.

For people like Li Jialin and Li Jiafen, it’s probably not enough for two meals.

"You girl should be content! If he wasn't your brother, you wouldn't even be able to eat these." Ye Xin shook her head helplessly and said.

"It's a pity that my brother can't transfer this privilege." Li Jialin said with a sigh.

The reason she said this was because Li Jiayi did not come to the factory every day. If he did not come here, then this privilege could not be used.

Not even my parents or my second sister can do that, because for this privilege, he must go in person.

"Second sister! How about I ask for a privilege for you?"

"Yeah!"

Li Jiayi curled his lips and said, "Why is your face so big!"

"Uh!"

If Li Jialin still doesn't know that she has been fooled by Li Jiayi at this time, then she is too stupid.

"Come on, girl. Your brother's privilege was decided by the factory. How can we give it to everyone?"

"All right!"

This privilege cannot be given just by asking for it, otherwise Li Jiayi would have asked for it from his parents long ago.

This privilege is unique, even the factory director does not have it. You know, even the factory director has to pay for tickets to eat!
With Li Jiayi joining in, the meal tasted even better. You know, he ordered four servings of meat dishes!
After finishing his meal, Li Jiayi left with his lunch box. He did not wash the lunch box and went straight back to his office.

It is more comfortable to stay in his own office because no one disturbs him and he can do whatever he wants.

At five o'clock in the evening, the factory got off work and Li Jiayi drove his jeep home first.

Since everyone in my family has a bicycle, there is no need to take my family back with me.

After all, he doesn't go to the factory every day.

The next morning, Li Jiayi drove his truck out of the city. Yes, he was going back to Lijia Village today.

More than two hours later, Li Jiayi parked his truck outside the gate of his grandmother's house and walked in.

"Is the eldest grandson here? Come in quickly." Grandma heard the sound of the truck and came out of the house, just in time to run into Li Jiayi who was coming in.

"Grandma, why did you come out? If you don't come out I will come in too." Li Jiayi hurriedly went up to support his grandmother and said.

"Okay, okay, I got it. I won't come out next time."

Unfortunately, Li Jiayi had heard this too many times, but every time he came over, his grandmother would still come to greet him.

"Are you here? Sit down and have some tea." When I came into the room, the old man was pouring tea.

"Thank you, grandpa."

"How is it? You won't be busy after you start working, right?" asked the old man.

"What do I have to do? I just need to complete the task."

"That's good."

I spent the whole morning drinking tea with the old man and chatting with my grandparents.

At noon, my uncle and aunt also came.

This did not require any notification at all. Li Jiayi's truck entered the village. It was such a big thing, how could the villagers not know about it?

After grandma and auntie went to the kitchen to cook, Li Jiayi looked at his uncle and asked, "How is it? Is this team leader doing well?"

"What can I do? I have to deal with this or that every day. I might as well be an ordinary citizen."

"Uncle, just be self-sufficient! I don't know how many people want to do it but can't!"

To be honest, there are really not many people like Li Aiguo who are as inactive as him in the countryside.

For example, if the team leader were to be called out in the village, I wonder how many people would be willing to do it.

And his uncle actually despised it, which made Li Jiayi at a loss for words.

"Uncle! I made you the captain after careful consideration. I guess you will be able to be used soon."

"Uh! Jiayi, tell me the truth, why do you insist on letting me be the captain? And what do you need me to do?" "Uncle, I can't tell you this for now, but don't worry, you will know soon."

"OK then!"

Li Aiguo would still do anything to help Li Jiayi, even if he was not comfortable with the position of team leader.

After lunch, Li Jiayi said goodbye to his grandparents and went to the village.

Li Jiayi saw that some people were moving firewood to several large stoves in the village. Needless to say, this was in preparation for slaughtering pigs every morning.

"Here comes Plus One."

"Yes, Sixth Sister-in-law."

"plus one."

"Fifth brother."

"Oh, our Jiayi is so good-looking and so tall, I wonder who he will marry in the future."

"It's not you anyway."

"Go away, what nonsense are you talking about."

Many of these women are the ones Li Jiayi should call sisters-in-law, and they dare to say anything.

"Little plus one."

"Oh, Fourth Grandpa." Li Jiayi hurried over and held Fourth Grandpa's arm.

This fourth grandfather is over seventy years old and is more than ten years older than his grandfather.

Being over seventy years old is nothing in later generations, but in this era, it is definitely considered old.

You have to know that this fourth grandfather is the oldest living person of his grandfather's generation!

"Fourth Grandpa, why did you come out?" Li Jiayi helped him sit down on a big tree root and asked.

"The weather is warmer now, let's go out for a walk."

"Then you better be careful and don't bump into anything."

"Hahaha, it's okay."

Seeing that Fourth Grandpa was about to take out the pipe from his waist, Li Jiayi quickly took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and said, "Here, have a smoke."

"No, I'm not used to smoking this stuff."

"Add one! Fourth Grandpa thinks yours is boring, why don't you just give it to me?"

"Brother Xingwu, this is for you." Li Jiayi threw the cigarette over directly.

"Are you really giving me this?" Fifth Brother asked as he took the cigarette.

"Brother Wu, it's just a pack of cigarettes, why bother giving it to me?"

"That's right! Plus one and I still need a pack of cigarettes."

Seeing so many people, Li Jiayi took out another bag and threw it to the fifth brother, saying, "Share it with everyone."

"Okay, leave it to me!"

Everyone in this area is from the same sect, so Li Jiayi is not stingy with a pack or two of cigarettes.

"Fifth brother, are you going to slaughter a pig tomorrow morning?" Li Jiayi asked.

"My family won't kill the pig tomorrow. I'm just helping out."

"All right!"

"Add one! You are eighteen this year, right?" asked a sister-in-law.

"Soon, just a few months away."

Li Jiayi’s real birthday is July 2nd, but it’s July 1st on his household registration.

That is to say, in two or three months, he will be eighteen years old, but he is not yet.

"Then you should get married."

"Sister-in-law, the city is different from here. In the city, you have to be 20 years old to get married, so it's too early for me."

"What's so early? We're not getting married now, but we can get engaged first!"

Since more and more villagers are moving to the city now, everyone knows that in the city one has to be 20 years old to get married.

But this does not prevent you from looking first! For example, there are a few people in the village who have moved to the city and have already been engaged at home, and are now waiting to get married when they are old enough.

To be honest, Li Jiayi did not agree with this. You know, after these people in the village move to the city and get regular employment, they will have to eat commercial grain.

At that time, your household registration will be moved to the city. Of course, you don’t have to move it. I guess no one will not move it!

When their household registration is moved to the city, if they marry someone with city household registration, it doesn’t matter, the child will also have city household registration.

But if the wife you marry has a rural household registration, the child you give birth to will also have a rural household registration.

It’s not that Li Jiayi looks down on rural household registration, but it will be very troublesome in the future.

You know, rural residents don’t have a ration in the city! It will be a problem to get food.

Of course, Lijia Village is relatively wealthy and can provide subsidies, but it is so troublesome to transport food back and forth!
You know, it will be the next ten years!
"Sister-in-law, there's no rush for this." Li Jiayi scratched his head and said.

"How about I introduce one to you?"

"I say, old eight's wife, please stop it! We are Jiayi, we are not from the countryside, how can we possibly marry someone from the countryside?"

"What's wrong with the countryside?"

"A rural girl is nice, but no matter how nice she is, Jiayi will never marry her. Jiayi is a cadre, so he will definitely marry a city girl when the time comes."

To be honest, it doesn’t matter to Li Jiayi.

He doesn't care whether they are from the city or the countryside, because he has no shortage of food!

But one thing is that she caught his eye. Li Jiayi is a bit obsessed with appearance, which may be due to family reasons.

Anyway, he won't accept anyone who doesn't meet his eyes, no matter what their status is.

After walking around the village, Li Jiayi saw that it was getting late, so he went back.

When I returned to grandma's house, grandpa was sitting in the yard smoking and grandma was picking vegetables.

Of course, grandpa doesn’t smoke a pipe anymore. He smokes cigarettes now, and the worst cigarettes he smokes are Daqianmen.

There’s nothing I can do about it, since he has a good grandson!
"You're back! How's the village?" grandma asked with a smile.

"The village is doing well. Many people are preparing for slaughtering pigs tomorrow morning."

"That's right, now that you're here, they don't have to prepare."

That night, grandma's house was very lively. Not only did my uncle and aunt come, but even the branch secretary came along.

"Uncle Lao Gen, aunt." The branch secretary came in and said hello first.

"What are you doing..." the old man asked the branch secretary.

"Isn't Jiayi here? I came to take a look and ask a few questions."

"Is that so? Sit down then!"

"Uncle Secretary, what do you want to ask me?" Li Jiayi asked.

"Nothing, I just want to ask, how are the people in our village doing in the city now?"

"Uncle Secretary, I think you want to ask about my niece, right?"

"No, no, how could I not know about your eldest niece's affairs? I really want to ask the children in the village."

"All right!"

Because the branch secretary's granddaughter was a clerk, she was assigned a room not long after entering the factory.

Although it’s just one room, it’s enough. You know, the housing problem in the capital is very serious!

Let me put it this way! If it weren't for Li Jiayi, she might not even get a room.

Because there were many people waiting for a house in front of her, she was already cutting in line.

It has been almost two years since she joined the factory. She has now been promoted from a level 10 clerk to a level 8 clerk, with a monthly salary of 33 yuan.

This is already much better than many people. You know, most of the people who came to the city with her are still apprentices!
It's only my second year as an apprentice and it will be my third year soon.

As an apprentice in the first year of work in the factory, my salary is 18 yuan per month.

The second year's salary was twenty yuan and fifty cents.

By the third year, it was twenty-two dollars and fifty cents per month.

After three years, if you pass the exam, you will be a first-level worker with a monthly salary of thirty-three yuan.

If you fail the test, you will become a formal worker, but your salary will not be that high. The salary of a formal worker is only 27.5 yuan per month.

Of course, if you learn quickly and pass the exam ahead of time, you don’t need to be an apprentice for three years. You can directly become a first-level worker, and the monthly salary is still 33 yuan.

But this is difficult, considering that many people only learn the basics in three years.

If it were that easy, there wouldn't be such a thing as a three-year apprenticeship.

Anyway, so far, no one from the village has passed the exam.

Of course, it is also possible that no one applies for the exam at all.

To be honest, it’s a bit of a pity, because even if I apply now, I probably won’t be able to pass the exam.

By May this year, the grading examination was stopped, which means that all the people I brought from the village were either employed in the factory or formal workers.

As for the rest, they can only wait until the end of three years to become a formal employee, and this time is ten years at once.

The next exam will be ten years later. During these ten years, it will be of no use even if you reach level one, two, or even three.

I can still only receive one formal employee salary every month. This formal employee salary will be transferred when the term expires, so it won't have any impact.

"Uncle Secretary, what do you want to ask?"

"Nothing much, I just wanted to ask, how are they doing in the city?"

"It's pretty good, but no one has passed the exam yet."

"This is normal." The branch secretary nodded.

Although he has never worked in a factory, he is quite familiar with them. Don't forget, his granddaughter works in a woolen mill!

Besides, I have been here for almost two years. How could I not understand some things in the factory?

"Is there anyone who wants to come back?"

"Are you making a fuss about coming back?" Li Jiayi looked at the secretary in confusion.

Are you kidding? How is this possible? You know, everyone was scrambling to go there back then!
Even though many people are still receiving a monthly salary of 18 yuan, they feel that this is much better than living in the village.

Apprentices like them cannot get their own housing, but there are collective dormitories in the factory.

They now live in the dormitory and don't have to pay rent. They just spend a little money on food every month.

In this way, they can save a lot of money every month. The most important thing is that they all want a city hukou.

This is why they came to the city as apprentices.

"I just thought that someone couldn't stand it and wanted to come back to make trouble!"

"Uncle Secretary, is there anyone looking for you?" Li Jiayi asked him.

"Uh!" The secretary touched his nose and said, "Add one! You know, villagers are like this, they all like to compare with each other. Now that someone has moved to the city, others will of course want to go too."

"Uncle Secretary, I know what you are talking about, but there is really nothing we can do now because the expansion has already ended. Don't even think about it for now."

If there were no ten-year period, there would still be hope, but the ten-year period is about to begin, so how could those factories expand?

Therefore, it is basically impossible to move into the city in the future, unless you wait ten years.

But will we still need to move to the city for work in ten years? No, we won’t need to, because the reform and opening up will start in two years, and we can move to the city if we want.

The most important thing is that by then, whether in the city or in the suburbs, everyone will have a household registration in the imperial capital.

By that time, urban household registration was not as popular as suburban household registration, and some city dwellers even wanted to buy houses in the suburbs!
"Is there nothing you can do?"

"Uncle Secretary, it is basically impossible to go to the city for work now, at least for the time being."

"Well then! In this case, there is nothing anyone can do."

"Yes."

"Okay! I understand. I'll go back first."

"It's almost time for dinner, why go back? Stay and have a drink with me." said the old man.

"Okay, I'll drink with you then."

Soon the food was served on the table and my uncle went to get a few glasses of wine.

"I don't understand what these people are thinking. Isn't life in the village good enough now? Why do they always want to go to the city?" said the old man.

In the old man's opinion, the village is no worse than the city now, and every household has surplus food.

The most important thing is that the villagers are rich now. Except that they don’t issue coupons like people in the city, their living conditions are no worse than those in the city.

Nowadays, every household can earn one or two hundred yuan a year, which was simply unimaginable in the past.

With such good conditions, there is no point in trying to move to the city.

This may be because everyone has different ideas! The old man is not willing to go, while others try every means to go.

Maybe because he was with someone, the old man drank a little too much at night.

Not only the old man, but also the branch secretary and uncle drank a lot. Fortunately, they were all able to leave, otherwise it would be very troublesome, and at least Li Jiayi would need to send them back.

"Grandson, keep an eye on your grandfather. I'm going to make the bed."

"Okay grandma."

It's March now! Except when the sun is out during the day, it's still very cold.

Not long after, grandma came out from the inner room and said, "Help your grandpa in. It's time for us to rest."

"Okay grandma."

Grandma's house still had a kang (a bed that can be heated up in the air). Li Jiayi helped his grandfather lie down on the kang, covered him with a quilt, and then lay down beside him.

Although he didn't drink, he ate a lot, so he didn't want to move now.

Grandma took out a quilt from the bedside table and said, "Grandson, I just took it apart and washed it last time you left. You should cover yourself with this today."

"Okay grandma, you should lie down and rest too!"

"Ok!"

Li Jiayi slept in the middle, with his grandfather on the left and his grandmother on the right. Although he was eighteen years old now, he didn't feel anything was wrong.

Being able to sleep with my grandparents at the age of eighteen is also a kind of happiness!

Lying on the bed, Li Jiayi did not fall asleep immediately. Instead, he first used his mind to go through the daily routine in the space before closing his eyes and sleeping.

Silent all night.

The next morning, Li Jiayi was awakened by the sound of pigs being slaughtered. There was nothing he could do, because it was not just one or two pigs, but the sounds of many pigs.

When Li Jiayi opened his eyes, his grandparents had already gotten up, so he quickly stood up and put on his coat.

"Why don't you sleep a little longer?" Li Jiayi just came out of the house and his grandmother asked when she saw him.

"I was woken up. I can't fall asleep at this time."

(End of this chapter)