Gu Jianjun is a member of the Xishan Brigade of Heping Commune, and now works in a food factory in the neighboring Qingshan Commune.

Many people in the brigade envied his job, but when the food factory came to recruit, many people thought it was too far away and refused to go.

Gu Jianjun was the only one who signed up for the Xishan Brigade, and in the end, he was the only one who got the job.

The reason Gu Jianjun signed up for the interview was because his family was really too poor.

His parents are old, and his wife had a difficult childbirth and is in poor health, relying on herbal medicine to keep her alive.

Gu Jianjun works in the fields alone to support his entire family.

There was not only a wife who was taking medicine, but also a young daughter at home.

People advised him to give up the child and lessen his burden.

But Gu Jianjun was not convinced. He had finally had a child, and his wife was determined to give birth to the child even if it meant a difficult labor.

Why should he give up?

Besides, their family's predicament cannot be solved by simply abandoning a girl.

The biggest problem is still not having money!

It's difficult for him to support his family by earning work points in the fields alone, and he also has to pay for his wife's medical treatment and medicine.

Children who are weak need to be fed carefully.

Gu Jianjun wouldn't have agreed to do this job if he hadn't been truly desperate.

It's also their brigade leader's fault for not explaining clearly, only saying that they would select people to work in the neighboring Qingshan Commune.

In everyone's impression, Qingshan Commune was a mountainous area, and the people there were even poorer than them.

They said they were going to work, but everyone suspected they were going to do some kind of hard labor.

Moreover, Qingshan Commune is so far from Heping Commune that if you go there, it will take four or five hours to travel back and forth every day.

Even though the captain told them there would be a salary, they still didn't want to go.

Only Gu Jianjun, in order to earn more money for his family, would do any kind of work, no matter how hard or tiring.

Even if it meant going to such a far place, even if it meant doing hard labor, he was willing.

Most of the people in the group sympathized with him.

Little did they know that Gu Jianjun's spot was secured through the efforts of the secretary of Heping Commune in Qingshan Commune.

Since Qingshan Commune rose to a higher level thanks to the food factory, Secretary Zhang of Heping Commune has been looking for opportunities to cooperate.

When a food factory expands, it will need to hire workers, right?

If there aren't enough local workers, could a few positions be allocated to the Peace Commune?

Secretary Zhang tried to get close to Secretary Lu Yunfeng, and brought up the matter several times they met.

When Lianhua Brigade proposed to the commune that they wanted to recruit workers from other communes, Lu Yunfeng immediately informed Secretary Zhang.

Secretary Zhang secured one hundred slots for his commune, which were then distributed to various production brigades.

Gu Jianjun was among those who were finally selected.

On the way to Qingshan Commune, Gu Jianjun and the other locals learned from them how good the job opportunity was.

"Brother, you've really gotten a great deal. Our whole brigade was fighting tooth and nail for these few spots, and nobody in your brigade wants them?"

Gu Jianjun scratched his head and said, "They all say it's for doing hard labor, and there's not much money to be made."

The commune cadre leading the group shook his head with a smile: "I guess your brigade leader didn't explain it clearly, which caused you all to misunderstand."

Many team leaders nowadays are not well-educated and don't listen attentively during meetings.

It's likely that Captain Gu was misled by the other captains when he waited until after the meeting to ask for their opinions.

As a result, no one in the entire Xishan Brigade was willing to sign up.

In the end, only Gu Jianjun was selected.

The junior clerk introduced the food factory to Gu Jianjun, saying, "I heard that the workers in their local commune earn thirty or forty yuan a month. Our Secretary Zhang is going door to door every day to beg people so that you can also earn some money."

Upon hearing the salary, the people following behind erupted in excitement.

They only knew they would get paid and go to work in the factory, but they didn't know the salary could be this high.

The junior officer, fearing they had too high expectations, said, "That's how it is locally, so maybe what we get won't be that much. Don't be disappointed."

Gu Jianjun blushed and said, "How could that be? Even ten yuan would be fine."

He was so excited he was trembling; who would have thought it would be such a great job?

No one in the entire brigade wanted to go; he felt that as long as he could make money, that was fine.

I never expected that I would be working in a factory and getting a monthly salary!

Hearing him say that, the other workers also said that they would do the job as long as they were paid.

Anyway, the work points they earned in the brigade were only enough to eat.

No matter how much the salary is, it's still a form of income.

They were all very happy to get this job.

No matter what they do, no matter how hard or tiring it is, they are never afraid of hardship.

But when they saw the food factory, they were all stunned.

Gu Jianjun was so excited he almost fainted: "Where, where, where is this?"

The junior staff member said, "This is the food factory where you'll be working."

"But, but, can we go in here?"

He felt his palms sweating profusely, so he wiped them on his thighs, but he didn't dare to take a single step.

This food factory was built entirely of bricks, and its building area was as large as half a brigade.

The workers inside were coming and going, and everything looked clean and tidy.

This made Gu Jianjun wonder if he could stay and work here.

Won't I get kicked out?

"Hello, we are from Heping Commune, looking for a comrade named Zhang Bing."

The junior staff member left them standing there and went to ask an old man at the door for directions.

The old man looked at the group of people, smiled, and said, "You're here to start work, right? I'll take you to Comrade Zhang."

The junior staff member nodded and said, "Yes, thank you for your help."

He called out to the people behind him, "Come on, let's go in."

Gu Jianjun and the others had no choice but to follow him in, feeling completely lost.

Seeing their nervousness, the old man said, "Actually, besides you, people from other communes have also come, but there aren't as many of you."

The junior staff member said with a smile, "That's because our Secretary Zhang went to Secretary Lu and begged him to give us a few more spots."

When Gu Jianjun and the others heard this, they were even more grateful to Secretary Zhang.

If it weren't for him, some of them might not have had the opportunity to work here.

As Gu Jianjun walked, he secretly looked around at the surroundings; the place was very spacious.

The air was filled with a sweet aroma that made your mouth water.

It's strange, these workers don't seem to react at all.

The old man smiled and said, "It smells like fruit. The workers get used to it after a while."

Gu Jianjun then realized that he had inadvertently asked what was on his mind.

The old man noticed his embarrassment and comforted him, "It's alright. When we first started making this, everyone in our brigade was craving it too, but we got used to it after a while."

"You'll get used to it eventually."

Gu Jianjun thought to himself, "I can't get used to it. I salivate as soon as I smell this."