Lin Yifeng was assigned to Zhaogu No. 2 Mine.

Lin Yifeng knew absolutely nothing about Zhao Gu No. 2 Mine.

But he knew Zhao Gu.

Zhao Gu is not far from the village where they photographed the stone. It is a township under the jurisdiction of Gongcheng. The township is relatively poor, but it has a strong artistic atmosphere and is known as the hometown of calligraphy and painting.

Lin Yifeng's only impression of Zhao Gu was that the place had been flooded.

In the previous life in 2021, a torrential rainstorm hit Zhongyuan Province. While the subway station in the provincial capital Shangdu was flooded, many places in Muye City were also flooded.

Zhaogu was one of the towns that was flooded.

However, since this is a rural town with limited media resources, it's estimated that few people know the area was flooded.

"You've been assigned to Zhao Gu?"

“I was lucky; Zhao Gu isn’t too far from my hometown.”

School assignments were random; most students were assigned to Makino City, but some were assigned to other provinces.

Simply put, among the quotas allocated to students from Hebei Vocational College, there are quotas for students from other provinces. If you are unlucky and don't have any connections, you can only be assigned to a student from another province.

Lin Yifeng remembers the most unfortunate student in the class who was assigned to the three northeastern provinces. Before he even started working there this year, the coal company he worked for went bankrupt, and he lost his secure job.

The luckiest among them were those assigned to northwestern Shanxi.

The coal resources in northwestern Shanxi are far superior to those in the Central Plains. That student developed his career in northwestern Shanxi and did much better than many of his classmates.

Lin Yifeng learned all this information after he returned to China in his later years.

"Zhao Gu No. 2 Mine is not bad, but how should I put it?"

"I still prefer to go back to shooting stones."

"However, coal-producing companies can't be allocated to stone-picking."

Lin Yifeng's hometown is Paishi Village, where there is no coal mine, so students majoring in coal mining would not be assigned to Paishi Village.

Only students from teacher training programs and public health departments can be assigned to smash stones.

However, this was no challenge for Lin Yifeng at all.

after all...

Students are entitled to disobey assignments from their schools or work units.

"In this life, many people can live for themselves."

"Most people have deep concerns."

"If I disobey the school's assignment and go straight back to Paishitou Village, my parents would probably hang me up and beat me!"

What is the purpose of attending a vocational high school?

It's all for the 20 yuan monthly subsidy!

It's all for the sake of being assigned a job by the state after graduation, and thus securing a stable, secure job!

If Lin Yifeng does not comply with the assignment and chooses to return to his hometown,

Hey!

Mixed doubles is considered a light sport.

In a serious case, he'd get his skin pulled up and be beaten up!

"It looks like I'll have to use my connections to get the school to assign me to work on breaking rocks."

"Or we could use the school's name to auction off stones as aid; I don't need the extra salary anyway."

These days, if you're not greedy, a regular, secure job doesn't pay much.

Lin Yifeng gave him a slightly higher estimate, but the maximum he could earn was 120 yuan a month.

This is still considered a very high salary. In fact, most students are doing well if they can earn 100 a month right after graduation.

This is why Wallace's daily wage of 3 yuan was fought over by a group of employees.

Earning 80 or 90 a month in 1992 was quite a lot.

Holding the list, Lin Yifeng did not return to the classroom, but went directly to Wallace's to pick up some things, and then went to the office of Vice Principal Zhang Chengwen.

Lin Yifeng and Zhang Chengwen were quite familiar with each other. Mixue Ice Cream sponsored the Hebei Vocational College Sports Meet, which increased the college's revenue considerably.

This income was compliant and legal. Although it was not much, it marked the beginning of Hebei Vocational University's independent income generation.

For Zhang Chengwen, this was a political achievement.

Therefore, when Lin Yifeng asked which school laboratory in Muye City could test food safety, Zhang Chengwen recommended Muye University to him.

"Good morning, Principal!"

Lin Yifeng stood outside the door and knocked respectfully. After receiving Zhang Chengwen's permission, he entered Zhang Chengwen's office and greeted him with a smile.

"Thanks to you, I was able to get several things done recently."

"But I've been so busy lately. I should have come earlier, but I've been so busy that I only managed to find the time now."

Lin Yifeng placed a wine box he had taken from Wallace in the corner of Zhang Chengwen's office. Inside the box were some of Lin Yifeng's thoughtful gifts. Upon seeing it, Zhang Chengwen exclaimed in surprise:

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"You are a student of my Hebei Vocational University. As a teacher, isn't it my duty to help my students?"

"You're making me seem too cold-hearted."

Lin Yifeng smiled and said, "Principal Zhang, what are you saying? These are some local specialties that I brought for you to try. They're nothing valuable."

Zhang Chengwen had seen Lin Yifeng handle things before, so how could Lin Yifeng possibly bring any local specialties?

However, since Lin Yifeng said that, he went along with it: "This is the last time, this is the last time!"

"I'll accept this local specialty, but you absolutely can't bring it again next time."

Lin Yifeng smiled and agreed. He didn't beat around the bush but directly stated his purpose.

"Principal Zhang, I have two requests to make."

"You see, the cooperation between Mixue Ice Cream and Hebei Vocational University a while ago was very effective. That's what I think."

"I'd like to open a Mixue Ice Cream shop on the campus of Hebei Vocational University. Our school has many unused rooms and classrooms. How about you open one for me?"

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