Chapter 94 The factory cancels meal tickets

When Jiang Yu saw that his uncle was looking for Shen Qingyue for something serious, he said, "I'll go find Sister Qingyue for you now."

Director Jiang saw her jumping around and scolded her with a smile, "Be more stable."

After a while, Shen Qingyue came out and said, "Director Jiang."

Director Jiang said, "Xiao Shen, I've found the temporary workers you asked me to help you find last time. They're all capable and efficient. Here's the list."

After Shen Qingyue took the list, she saw that it was written in great detail: "Okay, thank you Director Jiang. Please inform them that they will be at work tomorrow!"

We're going to have a barbecue in a few days, so I came here in advance to familiarize myself with it.

"Yeah." Director Jiang felt relieved when he saw that she had no objection to the person he chose.

Being trusted by Shen Qingyue like this, all the hard work was worth it.

The two were talking when the logistics director came over and said, "You're all here! I just held a meeting. The factory decided to cancel the meal ticket system!"

The factory has always been known for its good welfare benefits. It not only has its own staff housing, but also a steel plant primary school.

Now we're planning to build a nursery. I heard the hospital project has also been approved. In the future, food, clothing, housing, and transportation will all be provided by the factory.

For example, meal tickets are subsidized by the factory and are distributed in equal amounts to the salary. The higher the salary, the higher the meal ticket.

But now it has become popular because of its special canteen.

Shen Qingyue's small business cannot keep so much money, so she has to count and exchange it once a day.

And if she makes any big moves, the accountant will have to cooperate with the exchange temporarily.

This added a lot of work for the accountant, and it was inconvenient for Shen Qingyue.

At the meeting, the accountant directly proposed to the factory director to abolish the meal ticket system. He also said that since the national grain and cloth coupons had been abolished, they had to follow suit.

So the leaders in the meeting room passed it unanimously.

The logistics director came specifically to tell Shen Qingyue the good news.

Shen Qingyue said, "That's great." From now on, you can accept cash directly.

She doesn't like to buy on credit. It's much more convenient to have money on hand.

The logistics director said, "However, some people still have unused meal tickets. You can collect these as usual. The month-end settlement will be the same as before."

Director Jiang, who was nearby, overheard this and said, "Everyone in our factory is looking forward to next month's meal tickets. If they're suddenly cancelled, I hope they won't cause any trouble!"

His heart trembled whenever he thought of causing trouble.

The logistics director said, "No. The factory said that the meal ticket portion will be directly converted into wages."

Director Jiang's face lit up when he heard this: "Oh, that means everyone's getting a raise." Giving money is good. You can do more with money.

Shen Qingyue couldn't help but sigh, it was indeed a state-owned factory, it was really wealthy and powerful.

No wonder everyone wants to work in a factory; it’s truly a lifelong, iron rice bowl.

In my memory of my previous life, when the wave of layoffs came in the 1990s, the steel plant, as a national key project, was the only factory in the county that was not disbanded by the wave of layoffs.

Shen Qingyue was also secretly happy for everyone.

Shen Qingyue told the logistics director that she wanted to buy 3,000 deep-concave plastic plates.

The logistics director said, "Just go to the logistics department and check it out. Just give the money to Xiao Li." The things in the state-owned factory's warehouse are as good as those in a store. They have everything you need.

The logistics director had something else to do, so he left immediately.

Shen Qingyue led everyone to work, blanching the seafood.

Like clams, you can just blanch them for three seconds until they open and then fish them out.

Quickly rinse with cold water. Soak the rest of the seafood in the sauce in the same way. Make the seafood sauce.

In addition to these, Shen Qingyue also made two vegetarian dishes, one was potato chips and the other was fried bean curd skin.

This is Shen Qingyue’s secret recipe for spicy stew.

These seafoods are easy to season, just soak them and you can eat them.

Like a snail with its tail removed, you bite the front end and pull it out, letting the hot, spicy marinade sip. It's sweet, spicy, and incredibly satisfying.

Soon, three thousand plates were brought in, each costing twenty cents. The plates alone cost six hundred.

"Why did you buy so much?" Sister Chun Xing said.

Shen Qingyue said, "Be prepared." What she is following now is that it is better to have more than less.

So that you don’t have to grope around when you need it.

At noon, everyone rushed to the special window and immediately saw the word "Spicy Seafood" on the sign.

Seafood costs one yuan per plate, about three taels, and vegetarian dishes cost fifty cents per plate.

Everyone in the factory knows that once something comes out in the special window, it’s a must-buy.

If you don’t buy it before, it will be difficult to buy it when it becomes popular later.

Besides, although there has been no official announcement about the factory cancelling meal tickets and converting all the money into salary subsidies, it has already caused a lot of buzz.

We have to celebrate at least.

"Give me one of each."

"Yes, give me one of these conchs."

"Give me one serving of prawns."

Everyone rushed to buy the small seafood in sauce.

There was also a young apprentice in the kitchen among the crowd. He followed everyone else and bought one of each seafood. He happily carried it back to the kitchen.

I was thinking that after I finish my lunch, I could sit down and enjoy it slowly.

Who knew that just as he brought the seafood back, Chef Li stopped him and said, "Sell it to me." Then he handed him a stack of money.

The apprentice didn't count and gave a few dollars more after a quick look.

Although he made money running errands this time, he was not happy at all.

Before coming back, I took out the meat from a snail and ate it. It was fresh... and tasty. I haven't had enough yet.

I originally wanted to go back to queue, but when I saw the queue at the special window, it was endless.

Based on his experience, if he turned back now, there would definitely be nothing there.

He is so greedy.