Chapter 24 Half-Household

Mao Afen thought for a moment, then asked with a smile, "I heard that you were recommended by Director Tang to take the recruitment exam. You must be very capable. I really envy you for getting the job. Unlike me, I definitely have no chance. After all, they are only recruiting 12 people this time, and I don't know any leaders."

Seeing the hidden meaning in Mao Afen's words, Lin Yuanshu raised an eyebrow and retorted without hesitation, "Don't worry, the leaders of the chemical plant are very fair and just. They won't choose me just because I know the leaders. After all, there are so many relatives of the leaders. According to your logic, I have no chance. I just know them, but I'm not a relative of the leaders."

Mao Afen smiled awkwardly. It seemed that Lin Yuanshu's personality was not as easy to talk to as Tang Rong's. She had made a mistake. She should have known better than to encourage Tang Rong to become an educated youth. In the end, she had met someone even more difficult to deal with.

After everyone finished their exams, the staff announced the interview time for the afternoon and then told everyone to go to the cafeteria for lunch and rest.

Lin Yuanshu didn't go to eat with Ling Ke and the others. She explained with a smile, "My husband works in the cafeteria. I'm going to find him first. You guys go ahead and eat!"

Ling Ke said in surprise, "You look so young, I didn't expect you to be married."

"I look young, and I am actually quite young," Lin Yuanshu joked with a smile.

As soon as Lin Yuanshu entered the canteen kitchen, Sister-in-law Xue, with a stern face, shoved the lunchbox into Lin Yuanshu's hands and said expressionlessly, "My brother and I are a bit busy at noon and will have to wait a while before we can eat. You can eat first and don't wait for us. I've already prepared your food."

She really couldn't stand how Zhou Xiangyang was so devoted to Lin Yuanshu, specially getting food for Lin Yuanshu in advance, eating vegetarian dishes herself, but spending money to let Lin Yuanshu eat meat dishes. She felt that Lin Yuanshu didn't deserve Zhou Xiangyang being so good to her.

Seeing that Sister-in-law Xue had said so, Lin Yuanshu took her lunchbox and sat down at the table in the canteen to eat. The food in the lunchbox was a little better than what she had at home, and she finally got to eat braised pork with rice.

She knew Zhou Xiangyang made the braised pork as soon as she tasted it. She couldn't quite put her finger on why, but she just knew it was Zhou Xiangyang who made it.

After finishing her meal, Lin Yuanshu took a stroll around the chemical plant. Of course, she didn't go into the workshop; she just walked around outside, listening to revolutionary songs playing through the loudspeakers.

Meanwhile, Wang Gang, the man who had missed the exam, looked at Director Xia with a pleading expression and said with great grievance, "I arrived at the chemical plant early, but the security guard wouldn't let me in no matter what. Even after I showed him my ID and finally begged him to let me in, I didn't expect to miss the exam opportunity. Director Xia, please, help me. It's just a matter of you saying a word if I take the exam alone..."

Director Xia frowned and said bluntly, "What's done is done. There's nothing to say, and I don't want to make an exception for you."

This must have been done by the other two directors. They discovered that he knew Wang Gang's parents and knew that Wang Gang was one of their people, so they deliberately made Wang Gang lose the election. He hates dealing with this kind of troublesome stuff the most.

You can't blame him; blame Wang Gang. He had no sense of vigilance whatsoever. He wanted subordinates who could help him solve problems, not subordinates who needed his help.

Seeing Director Xia's words, Wang Gang could only leave Director Xia's office dejectedly.

Around 1 p.m., the exam results were released, and Lin Yuanshu stood outside the bulletin board looking at the posted results.

She couldn't help but frown. She had a bad feeling because the exam rankings hadn't been posted this time, and no one knew where they were ranked. Only the list of those who could participate in the interview was posted, which was different from the usual practice.

As the saying goes, something unusual is bound to happen, and this recruitment exam may be full of twists and turns.

Lin Yuanshu returned to the small white building, sat in the conference room corridor, and waited for the conference room staff to call his name before he could go in for the interview.

An hour later, the staff called her name. She took a deep breath, held her head high, and walked into the conference room. At that moment, three workshop directors were sitting at the top of the conference room, their expressions very serious.

Director Xia asked some questions about dye intermediates with a smile, such as the main methods used in the production of naphthalene-based intermediates, such as naphthalenesulfonic acid and naphthol.

Lin Yuanshu answered fluently, after all, she hadn't read those books on chemistry for nothing. She also asked Zhou Dafu some questions about chemical plants. While she couldn't say she understood everything about the operation of the Hongguang Dye Chemical Plant's equipment, she had a pretty good grasp of it.

Director Xia nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile, "As expected of someone recommended by Director Tang to take the recruitment exam, your basic knowledge is solid, no one can compare. It's a pity that sometimes it's not just knowledge that's needed, but also background. I heard you're a 'half-household' (meaning you're from a rural area), that's a bit difficult!"

Lin Yuanshu took a deep breath and replied with a smile, "It is true that I am a 'half-household', but that does not affect my background as a child of the 'Five Red Categories'. I am still a 'successor of the revolution'."

The so-called "half-household" refers to rural people who marry into the city. Because of the large gap between urban and rural areas, relevant departments have stipulated that rural people cannot register their household registration if they do not have a job in order to avoid a rush of rural people to marry into the city. If they cannot register their household registration, it means that they cannot enjoy "supply grain" or the like. Therefore, nowadays, urban people do not want to marry rural women.

Director Xia admires Lin Yuanshu quite a bit. She has a solid foundation in chemistry, a very quick mind, and is clearly a clever person. It is precisely because she admires her so much that she cannot let her evolve the factory and give Director Tang more support.

Wang Gang has been ruined by these two, so naturally he won't let the talents they've chosen enter the chemical plant. He's lost his support, and they can't stay either.

After Lin Yuanshu left the meeting room, Director Xia said without hesitation, "Given Comrade Lin Yuanshu's status, I think we cannot choose Comrade Lin Yuanshu. After all, our job positions are not provided for 'half-households,' and it wouldn't sound good if that reputation got out."

Director Tang argued sternly, “What’s the big deal? He’s a ‘half-household’ (a derogatory term for someone from a rural area), not a ‘black five categories’ (a term for individuals from certain ethnic groups). There’s no reason to give up on such a talent because of something so trivial.”

That's shameless. If we can't deal with her, we'll target her favorite subordinates and make sure she doesn't get any advantage in this recruitment exam.

Director Zhou patted his stomach and said with a smile, "Director Xia's words make sense. The national policy itself does not want 'half-households' to be able to settle down. We can't help them, but how can we make things worse?"

Director Tang couldn't argue with the two of them alone, so she had no choice but to give up on Lin Yuanshu. She silently apologized to Lin Yuanshu in her heart. Although Lin Yuanshu couldn't work at the evolution factory, she would introduce him to other suitable jobs.

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