Chapter 130 Chapter 130 Hot! Hot!

Jiang Xi squeezed into the crowd. Xie Xiaoju was pleasantly surprised. "Jiang Xi, you're back! So many people have signed up! We can't even send out all the application forms."

Jiang Xi raised the registration form in his hand: "I saw it."

Jiang Xi leaned over to Xie Xiaoju's ear and whispered, "Don't send it to everyone. We'll do a round of screening first. We don't have enough application forms, so we'll have to hand-copy them."

Xie Xiaoju said cautiously, "I know. I'll screen them first, but even if I try to be frugal with these application forms, they won't be enough."

Jiang Xi gave Liu Hongxia a reassuring look, walked up to the counter and asked, "Hongxia, can you write?"

Liu Hongxia nodded and said, "I can write, but my handwriting is not very good."

Now it doesn’t matter whether the handwriting is good or bad. There are not enough registration forms. Anyone who can write has to come and copy them. One more person means one more pair of hands. If Wu Yaqin and Chen Xiu Lian were not old, Jiang Xi would have asked them to copy together.

Niu'er and Ya'er have both returned to school. This suggestion was made by Jiang Xi. Now that Wu Youli and Kunzi are working for Jiang Xi, their financial situation has improved. There is no need to ask the two girls to help with the work. Girls still need to study more.

No one else could be used, and Liu Hongxia was also drafted by Jiang Xi. The two of them copied many more registration forms and finally sent the crowd outside away.

Jiang Xi rubbed his aching neck and said, "Let's write it here today. We'll post the registration form at the door. If anyone else wants to sign up, they can copy it and write it themselves when they get home."

Liu Hongxia always listened to Jiang Xi's words, and she fully agreed with Jiang Xi's suggestion this time. Although she had been to school for a few years, she could not recognize many words. She had spent so much time copying the registration form today that it was even more tiring than selling things.

Xie Xiaoju's voice was a little hoarse from her shouting earlier. She took a sip of water before saying, "There are so many people coming to get the registration forms! I didn't expect so many people. Are there really that many unemployed people in the entire county?"

Jiang Xi sighed. She had expected a lot of people, but the number of people who came was still beyond her expectations.

Jiang Xi just took a quick look at the people who had registered. Many of them met the requirements, but the chicken farm was still very small and only recruited ten people, so many people were destined to be eliminated.

Just then, an old lady with a hunched back came over, her face full of anxiety. The old lady was in poor health and had difficulty walking. She heard from others that Wu Ji Zao Lu was recruiting workers.

"Excuse me, are you hiring here? Can I sign up?"

Jiang Xi saw that the old lady was about sixty years old and could hardly stand. If she came to the chicken farm, he didn't know who would take care of whom. This old lady was definitely not suitable.

But Jiang Xi still said patiently: "Thank you very much for your support, but your age does not meet the standard. We have to do a lot of physical work on the chicken farm, and the work is quite hard. Your current physical condition is not suitable."

The old lady was a little disappointed and said "oh", her weather-beaten face full of melancholy.

Xie Xiaoju leaned close to Jiang Xi's ear and said, "This old lady is very pitiful. She has three sons, but none of them care about her. They even took away her house. Now she lives in a bridge hole, with nothing to eat or drink."

Jiang Xi sighed in his heart. This is the case for many elderly people. They devote their whole lives to their children, but in the end, they are exploited by their children and kicked out.

Jiang Xi called the old lady: "Old lady, please wait a moment."

The old lady turned her head with a numb face: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Xi said, "Although you don't meet our factory's recruitment standards, we raise chickens here and collect grasshoppers, earthworms, and so on. You can go catch some and we'll pay a fee."

The old lady was overjoyed when she heard this: "That's fine. There are lots of grasshoppers in the grass over there. Are dead or alive okay?"

Jiang Xi said, "Anything is fine, even snails are fine."

The old lady nodded and said, "I'll catch it right away. I'll catch it right away."

Jiang Xi hummed, thought for a moment, and then said, "Old man, in your case, you can go to the Women's Federation or the government. Your children have an obligation to support you. If they don't care, you can ask the government to take care of it. Don't worry, the Women's Federation and the county magistrate in our county are good officials who are dedicated to serving the people. They will definitely help you."

The old lady didn't expect Jiang Xi to say this to her. How could she not be sad? She had taken care of her children all her life, but was kicked out in the end. No one helped her. The old lady swallowed all the pain with bitterness.

The old lady half-closed her eyes. Her eyesight was not good and she was afraid of light and wind. This was the only way she felt comfortable: "Thank you, but I don't want to go to this point with my children. They also have to make a living. It's hard for everyone, I understand. I'm also too old, I don't have many years left, so I'll just have to make do with it."

Jiang Xi didn't force her. She had done everything she could. It was up to the old lady to decide what to do.

After the registration is completed, the recruitment examination will be held immediately. The recruitment examination site at the Changfeng County chicken farm is as lively as a market.

Xiufen was stunned. Why were there so many people? Liu Daqiang also opened his mouth. They were only recruiting ten people, so why were there so many people outside now?

Although Jiang Xi already knew that many people had signed up, she was still a little surprised by the number of people who actually showed up. She roughly counted and there were about two to three hundred people outside, and this was the result of only one day of promotion yesterday.

It seems that County Magistrate Zhao’s estimation was correct. The current working situation is very serious, and the future working situation will be even more serious.

Jiang Xi asked, "Have all these people filled out the registration form?"

Liu Daqiang said, "I've filled them all out. I've collected them. It's a thick stack of application forms."

Xiufen was a bit embarrassed: "Some people didn't fill out the application form. First, they didn't receive the application form, and second, they can't write, so they can't fill out the application form. Can these people come for the interview?"

Jiang Xi: "Are there many people in this group?"

Xiufen said, "There were probably about thirty or forty people. When we first submitted the application forms, they came to ask me. I couldn't make up my mind, so I had to ask them to wait. To be honest, it wasn't that I was undecided, but I wanted to give them a chance. However, the standards were set here. If I interviewed them without filling out the application form, it wouldn't be fair to others."

Xiufen felt very sympathetic towards these people because she saw her former self in them. If she had not met Jiang Xi, she would not be able to open a business, let alone sell her chickens.

Now that she had a job opportunity, she no longer had to worry about her livelihood. Seeing these people coming from far away, who knew where they got the news from, and came to fight for the job, she felt very sorry for them, so she wanted to fight for them. However, she still had some rationality and did not give these people special treatment. She still asked Jiang Xi for his opinion as soon as possible.

Jiang Xi lowered his eyes and thought: "Well, the registration form still needs to be filled out, because others have also filled out the registration form. If these people don't fill it out, it won't be fair. As for how to fill it out, let me think about it."

Jiang Xi asked Liu Daqiang: "Do we have any extra registration forms?"

Liu Daqiang said, "I copied about a hundred extra copies last night just in case there weren't enough for today."

Jiang Xi said, "Send these to them. Even if they can't read, you still have to tell them the contents of the registration form. Even if you help them fill it out, the process still has to be followed. Although we will give everyone a chance, we can't break the rules we set, otherwise our words will have no credibility at all."

Liu Daqiang and Xiufen nodded quickly. Xiufen took the stack of copied registration forms and distributed them to those who did not have them, explaining them carefully to them.

Jiang Xi said to Liu Daqiang without delay, "Call the candidates in for interviews in the order in which they submitted their application forms."

Liu Daqiang sighed and shouted to the outside: "Everyone, line up in the order you submitted your registration forms. Whoever I call, come in."

Everyone standing outside was looking forward to it, including several people who came from other counties. They set out before dawn and rushed here. Life was not easy for anyone these days. Most farmers could only make a living by digging in the fields. People who lived in the county also had a hard time if they didn't have factory employees at home. Everyone was scrambling for a job opportunity.

As soon as Liu Daqiang shouted, these people quickly lined up in order, fearing that they would be eliminated due to poor performance.

Liu Daqiang called people one by one in the order in which the registration forms were collected, and those whose names were called went into the office for interviews.

Jiang Xi conducted interviews very quickly, only asking two or three questions before letting people go. The people who left looked nervous, and the people who were waiting were also nervous. No one knew what Jiang Xi's recruitment criteria were. In their opinion, raising chickens was a simple thing, and anyone could do it, but Jiang Xi didn't think so.

In Jiang Xi's opinion, these people who came for the interview, who claimed to know how to raise chickens, actually just raised a few at home as a small-scale activity.

The skills of these people are not up to the requirements of the chicken farm, but the chicken farm has just been established, and those technical experts will definitely not come to the chicken farm to apply for jobs, so the technical skills can be trained later, and everyone has the same starting point in terms of technology.

Therefore, technology is exactly what Jiang Xi considers least. The first thing she looks at when recruiting people is their character. Whether the person has a clear and upright look or not, Jiang Xi will be the first to screen out those who have shifty eyes and a wandering gaze.

Another thing is whether the person is diligent and hardworking. This is not something that can be said. People who work for a long time will develop calluses on their hands, and even the shape will be different. There is a world of difference between people who don't work and those who do.

Jiang Xi quickly narrowed down the 300-plus candidates to 30 based on this set of criteria. Liu Daqiang announced the selected list over a loudspeaker: "Zhao Xiaohua, Zhou Peng..."

Those who were selected for the next round were overjoyed. Some cried with excitement when they heard their names. Those who were not selected were dejected and complained in a low voice. They looked at those who were selected. Some of them were full of envy, while others were questioning and dissatisfied.

Two people who weren't selected angrily yelled at Liu Daqiang, "Are you guys kidding me? We finally got here, and before we could even say a few words, you're telling us we weren't selected!"

Someone questioned this, and several others who were unconvinced echoed, "Exactly. I think the people who were chosen are no different from us. Why were we left out? You must give us an explanation, or we won't leave!"

"What are your criteria for selecting people? If you don't explain why, this matter won't end. I still spent fifty cents on a taxi to get here. I'm not being fooled by you. Pay me for the taxi fare!"

Originally, there were few people selected for the second round, and even more people who were not selected. Everyone's emotions were easily incited. Several people spoke out one after another, and others who originally wanted to leave did not leave, but stood still. They also wanted to know why they were eliminated. Was it really like what those people said just now, that the crowd had already been decided, and letting them come was just to play a trick on them.

Liu Daqiang hadn't expected there to be more trouble. "Our factory is recruiting workers seriously, and we treat everyone fairly. There must be a reason why you didn't get selected. Stop making trouble here and go back quickly."

The person who took the lead in questioning frowned and said, "Why don't you tell us?"

Jiang Xi was in charge of the interviews. Liu Daqiang really didn't know what criteria Jiang Xi used to screen people. Liu Daqiang was speechless for a moment and was about to send these people back when he was stopped by Jiang Xi.

Jiang Xi walked out the door and stared at the two people who were leading the trouble and asked, "Do you two usually work at home?"

The troublemakers looked at Jiang Xi sideways and recognized that she was the person who had just interviewed them. They grimaced and thought that a little girl who knew nothing was interviewing them. This was one of the reasons why they were not convinced. They looked down on Jiang Xi from the bottom of their hearts and thought that Jiang Xi was not capable of taking on the responsibility at all.

When asked this by Jiang Xi, the man replied as a matter of course, "Of course I have to work. Who doesn't work at home these days? You're asking nonsense, aren't you? You didn't say anything to me during the interview just now. So it's because you don't know how to ask questions at all?"

He turned to the interviewer and said, "Listen up, everyone. What's the question? This young woman just interviewed us. Tell me, can she judge people accurately? Is she the right person to lead your factory? Can she last long?"

Some of the people who came for the interview shared the same idea as this man. They also felt that Jiang Xi was too young and had no experience at all. How could he come to interview them? It was because Jiang Xi was incompetent that he eliminated them.

Liu Daqiang was very angry after hearing this. These people knew nothing. No wonder Jiang Xi had just fired them. They didn't know how to work, but they were the best at making trouble. If these people were recruited into the factory, would there be any peace in the factory?

Jiang Xi remained calm. "I forgot to introduce myself to you all. I'm Jiang Xi, the director of the Changfeng County Chicken Farm. I have the right and obligation to run the farm well. You asked me what my selection criteria are, so I'll tell you now."

When they heard that Jiang Xi was the director of the chicken farm, everyone had different expressions. Some were even more contemptuous, while others were glad that they did not join those troublemakers. Otherwise, if they offended the director, would they still be able to enter the chicken farm?

The two men who had led the riot also felt a little regretful. They had originally thought that Jiang Xi was at most a relative, but they had not expected that Jiang Xi was actually the director of the chicken farm. However, at this point, they could not just admit defeat. Instead, they stiffened their necks and said, "Since you say you are the director of the chicken farm, then let us hear what your standards are. But even if you are the director, so what? If the standards cannot convince the public, we will not agree."

But when he spoke now, the number of people who agreed with him was obviously much smaller than before. The man cursed in his heart that they were a bunch of snobs who pushed him out to offend others.

Jiang Xi said to the man who was speaking, "Put out your hand."

The man didn't understand what was going on, but he still stretched out his hand. Jiang Xi pointed at the man's hand and said, "Look at his hand, everyone. Is this the hand of someone who has been working for a long time?"

Everyone looked over and saw that although this person's hands were very thin, there was no callus at all. Moreover, the joints of people who work for a long time will change. Even if they didn't change, it would not be like his.

People who work regularly will immediately understand that this person probably doesn't do any work at home.

"No wonder, you're probably a lazy guy. My daughter's hands can't be as delicate as yours. You're probably lying in bed at home waiting to be fed every day."

"The factory manager already told me there were standards, but you insisted on making a scene. Now look what happened. It's clearly you who didn't work. How could they hire someone like you who doesn't work and just let you eat for free?"

Lazy is not a nice word. In this era where everyone is very hardworking, lazy people will be criticized.

The man who was leading the trouble finally realized that something was wrong and quickly retracted his hand, but it was too late. The man with him took a few steps back, and even the person who had just been talking to him also silently took a few steps back and did not stand with him.

The area around the person who led the trouble suddenly became a vacuum zone. He stood there awkwardly, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Jiang Xi silently observed the expressions of the crowd and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, first of all, thank you for supporting the chicken farm's work. Thank you very much for coming here. Today, anyone who comes from other counties or comes by car will have their travel expenses reimbursed, and we will also provide everyone with a meal."

When these words were spoken, everyone present was surprised. Originally, everyone thought that someone was causing trouble and Jiang Xi was going to curse, but they did not expect that Jiang Xi not only did not curse, but he immediately thought of reimbursing everyone's travel expenses and also provided meals. Even if so many people only provided one meal, the money spent was not small.

Someone quickly reacted and gave a thumbs-up, saying, "The factory manager is very generous. Thank you, factory manager."

Others, feeling guilty for having mistakenly believed the troublemaker's words, hurriedly said, "We came to the interview voluntarily. Even if we weren't selected, we came willingly. No need to reimburse, no need to reimburse."

Apart from a few troublemakers, most of the people are still very simple and honest. Although they are frustrated, they are not unreasonable.

Jiang Xi said, "Thank you for your support. We are fair to everyone and have a set of standards. The Changfeng County Chicken Farm was established thanks to the strong support of the county magistrate. We will gradually expand in the future and will continue to recruit people. This time, because our chicken farm has just been built, we are recruiting fewer people, but we will have many recruitment needs in the future. Therefore, we will register all those who meet the requirements today and notify everyone when we recruit next time."

After Jiang Xi said this, the depressed atmosphere at the scene became lively again, and those who were eliminated rekindled their hope. Since the factory director said so, even if there was no chance this time, there might be a chance next time. At worst, they could just try again next time. Anyway, it was difficult to find a job, and many people were trying their best. They would not be surprised even if they were eliminated.

Jiang Xi continued, "Of course, we will also record those who don't meet the requirements. We will ensure fairness throughout the interview process. We won't change the process just because a few people are causing trouble, or just because there are too many people. We will absolutely not allow connections to happen."

Jiang Xi's previous words were to give people hope, while this paragraph was to warn those troublemakers. The faces of the few people who had just been talking to the troublemakers turned ashen, and they felt extremely regretful. Why couldn't they control their mouths? Could it be that their names were recorded? Would they have another chance in the future?

The more these people thought about it, the angrier they became, but they couldn't just slap themselves. However, they had no place to vent their anger, so they could only glare fiercely at the two men who were leading the trouble. It was all their fault. If it weren't for their nonsense, how could they have offended the factory director?

Faced with the vicious gazes of the crowd, the two men broke out in cold sweats, their legs trembling as they walked away dejectedly.

After the two men left, someone asked expectantly, "Can we participate in the recruitment next time?"

Jiang Xi said: "We will sort out those who meet the requirements. If we recruit more people later, we will notify you. Don't worry."

The person being asked nodded and smiled and said, "We are not in a hurry."

Although they had only had brief contact with Jiang Xi, these people now did not dare to underestimate Jiang Xi. Although Jiang Xi was a young girl, she must be a powerful figure to be able to become the factory director. The two people who made trouble just now were dealt with smoothly.

People don't ask you questions or talk to you because they can see through you with just one or two glances. There's no need to ask questions. Everyone imagines that Jiang Xi is something special.

After dealing with some troublemakers, things went smoothly afterwards.

Xiufen had already filled out the registration forms with the thirty or so illiterate people. "Now they're the only ones left without an interview. Do we need to continue with the interview?"

Jiang Xi took the application form and said, "Go ahead. After we finish interviewing these people, we'll announce the list right away. Otherwise, they'll have to wait."

Although Jiang Xi said that the list would be posted at the entrance of the chicken farm after the interview, everyone can go back first and just look at the list when the time comes.

However, those who came to find a job were already very eager for this opportunity. Even if Jiang Xi said so, they were unwilling to leave and would rather stand and wait. If they didn't see the list first, how could they leave with peace of mind?

Jiang Xi continued the interview. He treated illiterate people with the same standards. He would occasionally ask one or two questions, and most of the time he would just observe. Jiang Xi had an idea in his mind.

"Is Chen Xiaojuan here? Come in for the interview."

Soon it was the last person's turn to be interviewed. The person who was called ran into Jiang Xi's office quickly, fearing that he would miss the chance if he was a second late.

The girl standing in front of Jiang Xi was about twenty years old. Her clothes were all patched, and even her shoes had a hole in them. She hunched her back slightly, and her hands were restlessly fiddling back and forth.