Chapter 668 Rejection
Tonight, the most talked about topic among the households in the No. 95 courtyard was that Fang Dahu's wife Han Meihua and Jiang family's eldest daughter Jiang Cai'e went to work in the cafeteria of the training base of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Although Fang Dahu had explained to the neighbors who came to inquire about the situation that He Daqing did not take any money at all, almost no one believed him and thought that he was covering up for He Daqing.
Some people envy him, but of course more people are jealous and hate him. Why did He Daqing give the job quota to the Fang family and the Jiang family? Why not give it to his own family?
If He Daqing had an emotion lottery system, he would probably be able to obtain a large amount of emotion points tonight.
In the early morning, with the various noisy sounds from each household, a new day began in Courtyard No. 95.
However, the expressions of the residents who were queuing up to wash at the water pipe in the central courtyard early this morning seemed a little strange. There was no casual jokes as in the past, only simple greetings between each other.
At 7:30 in the morning, Xu Fugui pushed his bicycle out of the courtyard gate on time. Just as he was about to ride to the steel rolling mill to work, he was somewhat surprised to see Hao Aiguo and Yue Xiangqian walking side by side on the road at a leisurely pace.
Xu Fugui greeted them with a smile: "Lao Hao, Lao Yue, what happened to you today? Don't delay work."
You have to know that it takes at least half an hour to walk from the No. 95 courtyard to the Red Star Steel Mill. At the speed these two people are walking, they will most likely be late. Moreover, Hao Aiguo works in a food factory, which is even farther away than the Red Star Steel Mill.
Hearing Xu Fugui's voice, Hao Aiguo and Yue Xiangqian turned to look at him. Yue Xiangqian waved and said, "Old Xu, we are waiting for you. Let's go and talk while we walk."
As the saying goes, no one comes to see you for no reason. Xu Fugui couldn't help but grumble to himself, but he still pushed his bicycle to the side of the two people and asked with a smile, "What do you two want to do?"
Hao Aiguo frowned and said, "Old Xu, you should also know that the old Fang family and the old Jiang family each got a temporary job in the cafeteria of the training base of your Red Star Steel Rolling Mill Security Department, right?"
Xu Fugui did not deny this. He nodded and asked curiously, "I heard about it from my wife when I got home from get off work."
Hao Aiguo continued in a low voice: "Lao Xu, now that the three of us have just become the managers of Courtyard No. 95, I think that simply showing a movie is not enough to make those residents really obey our management."
Compared to these ordinary factory workers, Xu Fugui was well-informed. Hearing what Hao Aiguo said, he couldn't help but sneer inwardly. It was obvious that the other party was calculating the job quota. However, he still pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Old Hao, just tell me, what do you mean?"
Yue Xiangqian said in a low voice, "Lao Xu, Lao Hao and I just discussed this. What do you think about the three of us going to talk to He Daqing and asking him to give out another temporary worker quota for the canteen of the steel mill security department training base? We can ask the families in the courtyard who want it to pay and buy some things for the other families in the No. 95 courtyard to share. What do you think?"
After hearing Yue Xiangqian's words, Xu Fugui looked him up and down, almost cursing in his heart, "Are you two out of your mind?" Let He Daqing take out a temporary worker quota for the canteen of the training base of the steel rolling mill security department for nothing, and they came forward to be good people and sell favors. Not to mention He Daqing, even he felt that these two guys were daydreaming.
So Xu Fugui smiled softly and said, "Old Yue, if you were He Daqing, would you agree?"
Yue Xiangqian's eyes widened. "They say that a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. Since He Daqing has the ability, what's wrong with helping his neighbor? Besides, there are not many people in our courtyard who are willing to pay for a job. When the time comes, you can buy it and let your wife go."
Xu Fugui couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head. It seemed that although Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui were no longer in the No. 95 courtyard, what they advocated over the years really affected many people. Anyone with a clear mind would find that Yi Zhonghai and the others were using other people's things to curry favor in the name of helping their neighbors, but when had they ever seen them spending money and effort to help their neighbors?
Yue Xiangqian and Hao Aiguo both moved into Courtyard No. 95 last year, living in the houses that Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui originally lived in respectively. What Xu Fugui did not expect was that these two guys had only lived in Courtyard No. 95 for less than a year, and they had already learned the tricks of moral blackmail.
Now that he understood the intentions of these two guys, Xu Fugui didn't want to waste words with them anymore, so he said directly: "If you want to ask He Daqing for a job quota, go by yourself, I won't interfere. Besides, even if He Daqing is willing to offer a job quota, how many of the families in our courtyard do you think are qualified to work in the canteen of the training base of the steel rolling mill security department? Let alone other families, our family is not qualified."
Yue Xiangqian and Hao Aiguo looked at each other and quickly asked, "Lao Xu, the three of us are all in charge, so we have to advance and retreat together. What do you mean by this? How can we not be qualified to go to the cafeteria of the Security Department Training Base? Then why can Lao Fang's wife and the eldest daughter of the Jiang family be qualified?"
Xu Fugui stretched out his hand and pointed at the two of them, shaking his head and said, "I say you don't understand anything, you are just daydreaming here and thinking about beautiful things. The current Red Star Steel Rolling Mill Security Department Training Base has a national key project. If you want to work there, you must at least pass the political review. My wife used to be a maid in the home of the big capitalist Lou Bancheng. Just this one reason makes it impossible for her to pass the political review. The young people in the families of other residents performed so badly during the Great Leap Forward in Steel Production organized by the Jiaodaokou Street Office. Do you think the Street Office will agree to let them work in the canteen of the Steel Rolling Mill Security Department Training Base? By the same token, because of the poor performance of these guys, the other people in their families will not be able to pass the political review. As for those old women who only know how to gossip about other people's affairs and their wives, do you think they can pass the political review? Well, our Propaganda Department has a meeting this morning, so I'll leave first." After that, he rode away on his bicycle.
Only Yue Xiangqian and Hao Aiguo were left looking at each other in bewilderment. Then they had no choice but to quicken their pace. If they delayed any further, they would be late for the day.