Chapter 107 Pickle Factory Recruitment

The position of vice president of Baihua Commune was vacant again.

The two secretaries Zhou Shoumin and Zhou Jianguo are no longer needed.

Secretary He also talked to the two of them. They were recruited because of Li Dong in the first place, and now they are no longer needed, so they can't just let them go.

He couldn't do such a thing as crossing the river and destroying the bridge.

After asking for their opinions, Zhou Shoumin was transferred to the pickle factory. Since he was so strong, he went into the factory to help move canned pickles and other things.

A recent batch of canned quail eggs is selling particularly well. The taste is comparable to braised eggs, and most importantly, it’s cheaper than braised eggs.

You can heat up the marinade when you want to eat it, it will taste better.

We also make vacuum-packed quail eggs, which also sell quite well.

We originally had to recruit a group of male comrades to do the work, otherwise they would be dissatisfied and would complain every day that it was unfair to them and they also wanted to work in the pickle factory.

Send Zhou Shoumin over first to send a signal to everyone, so that those male comrades will not complain that the commune only cares about female comrades and does not give them opportunities.

As for Zhou Jianguo, Secretary He has observed that he is smart and capable, and is indeed a good candidate for secretary.

However, President Hu made it clear that he did not need a secretary and asked Comrade Zhou Jianguo to go to the pickle factory to help.

Secretary He also understood that President Hu was actually used to doing things himself.

He thought backwards and came up with a good idea: to let Zhou Jianguo be his secretary and promote Zhou Xian to be the vice president.

This not only filled the vacancy at the commune, but also allowed Comrade Zhou Jianguo to remain as secretary.

Moreover, there will be no problem for him and President Hu to decide on the vacancy of the vice president. They can just report it to the county when the time comes. Comrade Zhou Xian is a talented person and there is no need to worry about the county leaders' disagreement.

Unexpectedly, the first person to jump out and oppose was Director Ji of the Women's Federation.

Seeing everyone staring at him, Director Ji blushed, "Well, let me make it clear that I am not against Xiao Zhou being the vice president, but this position..."

Director Ji hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't this position a good one?"

When she said this, everyone reacted immediately.

This position does not seem to be very good. The previous vice president was imprisoned for embezzling public funds, and the previous vice president was also imprisoned for committing a crime. Now he has lost his life.

When Director Ji said this in front of everyone, everyone felt a little uneasy.

Secretary He frowned. He didn't believe in these things at all. They were all feudal superstitions. He felt that the first two were imprisoned because of crimes and had character problems.

But Xiao Zhou is different, she is upright and has a righteous character, so why would she be afraid of this?

Everyone thought about it and felt that it was right.

Since this position is not very good, it needs a righteous person to suppress it.

Although everyone thought so in their hearts, the topic was sensitive and it was difficult to say it out loud, but now Director Ji also agreed.

How could Comrade Xiao Zhou make any mistake? It was just a coincidence that two people with bad character had sat in this position.

After everyone's discussion, Zhou Xian was appointed as the acting vice president by the commune. Once Secretary He reports to the county and the official document comes down, the word "acting" can be removed.

Zhou Xian: “…” I feel like I can almost ward off evil spirits.

But she is now the acting vice president.

Promoted again and again.

When the news got back to Taohua Brigade, everyone was shocked, but not surprised at all.

They even take it for granted.

Everyone felt that Zhou Xian's quick promotion was well deserved, and they didn't even pay attention to the word "acting" and directly treated her as the vice president.

Ge Guifen still wanted to have a good time, but was persuaded to stop. Zhou Xian thought it was better to keep a low profile. If the news got out and the leaders knew about it, they might think that she was getting carried away by being the acting vice president.

After discussion, the commune also announced the news of recruiting for the pickle factory, and this time the conditions were not so strict.

There is not much difference in the preparation of braised eggs and braised quail eggs, and there is nothing wrong with making them together.

At most, a new mushroom sauce production line was added.

Compared with greenhouse vegetables, the team obviously prefers mushrooms. This is something that their team has researched and grown themselves, and they put a different amount of thought into it.

This recruitment is no longer limited to people with culinary skills. There is no limit on the candidates and no academic requirements, but literacy is a requirement.

But I still want to emphasize that the factory will never want those who refuse to repent.

Now all the brigades are very active in organizing literacy classes, and the members are also very active in participating. They do not require academic qualifications and will definitely give priority to members who are literate.

As soon as the recruitment notice came out, everyone signed up enthusiastically.

Seeing that there were no restrictions, the educated youth who saw that they could not get any orders could no longer sit still. If they could not get any orders, they would have to leave the supply and marketing department and go back to the brigade to farm. So they might as well take the exam for the pickle factory. If they were accepted, they could become a worker and get paid.

After everyone thought about it, they realized that there were quite a few people who signed up, but it was impossible for them to recruit all of them into the factory.

The educational level of the educated youth was originally higher than that of the members. Seeing that many of them came to sign up, the commune did not restrict the registration of the educated youth, but still took the exams separately from the members.

There were also two test papers. The one for the educated youth was more difficult, while the one for the members was relatively simpler.

Moreover, the number of places given to the educated youth was not many, at least not much compared to that given to the members of the commune.

However, the number of educated youth who came to take the exam was not as many as the number of members, and they also recruited according to the proportion.

After counting the number of applicants, we notified the commune middle school to prepare the test papers.

We also lent them a classroom from the commune middle school for the exam, which looked quite formal, making everyone a little nervous before the exam.

Zhou Xian also asked comrades from the Women's Federation to invigilate the exam. Naturally, the commune Women's Federation did not have enough staff, so they transferred people from the Women's Federation of the brigade below. Two people were responsible for invigilating one class.

If anyone secretly brings the note, their score will be invalidated if they are caught.

Some people felt that they could not remember what they had learned, so they wrote it on their arms, but they were also caught.

The teacher in charge of supervising the exam collected the test papers on the spot, had them taken out of the classroom, and gathered everyone on the playground.

These people were caught and felt they were in the wrong, so they didn't dare say anything. Director Ji heard the noise and rushed over.

When I heard that he did this because he was afraid of not doing well in the exam, I was a little amused and confused.

Some people were even fooled by others, saying that they would definitely be able to get a job at the pickle factory by doing so.

It can be heard that Director Ji is also very convinced of them.

"Director Ji, can you give us another chance?"

"No." Director Ji refused flatly.

The factory will not hire people with bad brains.

The pickle factory's current production progress is quite tight. After the products are produced, they have to be delivered to those factories immediately. Naturally, the assistance of the county leaders is indispensable, otherwise it would not be delivered so smoothly.

It is because the factory is now stable and has no shortage of orders that we plan to recruit more people this time. The factory is too busy, and we have to let everyone take turns to rest.

These people can think of these methods. What will other comrades think if we really agree to them?

Looking at the pitiful appearance of those who were caught, Director Ji couldn't help but sigh, "I really don't know what to say to you. I won't make a fuss about it this time. It's just this once. If you are caught again next time, I will punish you severely. In the future, you will not be allowed to participate in any recruitment exams in the commune."

This was too serious. Those people quickly assured that they were just confused for a moment and would never dare to do it again next time.

"You should study hard. Our commune has achieved some results now. There will definitely be opportunities in the future. But you must not go astray and ruin your future."

Seeing that those people were sincere in admitting their mistakes, Director Ji did not pursue the matter any further and let them go back first. The exam was about to end, and it would have a bad influence if other people saw them.

Some of them were from the same team and knew each other. They looked at each other and grinned foolishly, but when Director Ji glared at them, they quickly put away their smiles.

After everyone left, the bell for the end of the exam rang.

After the test papers were collected, Zhou Xian was responsible for marking them. This was the task assigned to her by Secretary He. She did not need to trouble the teachers from the middle school to help with marking them. After all, she had experience in marking test papers. She also found a few people to cooperate with her in recording the scores and arranging the rankings, which would then be posted on the notice board.

Everyone is ranked from highest to lowest.

Zhou Xian also saw the names of several educated youth from Taohua Brigade. Guo Jinxing and Yan Qiyuan were the two names he was more familiar with.

Her initial impression of Guo Jinxing was not very good. After Zhou Xiaohua handed the book on planting techniques to him, there seemed to be no further news.

Like her father, Zhou Xian also suspected that someone was trying to steal the brigade's recipe.

Although this is not a secret, it is never a comfortable thing to be remembered by others.

As for Yan Qiyuan, it was indeed a bit surprising.

He hasn't been seen since the last time Zhou Xian pulled him out of the pond.

Instead, he asked Qin Fang, the team leader of the female educated youth, to send her something to thank her.

Qin Fang didn’t know what had happened, she was just delivering the message.

Yan Qiyuan gave her some snacks, but Zhou Xian confiscated them and asked Qin Fang to tell Yan Qiyuan that it was just a small favor and she would help even if it was someone else.

I never saw Yan Qiyuan again after that, even though we were in the same brigade.

Yan Qiyuan's test paper was written in very neat handwriting. When an officer took it, he praised it and said, "This is the test paper of an educated youth. The handwriting is really neat. I think he is a good person."

Picking up Guo Jinxing's test paper, the official frowned and sighed, "This educated youth is very thoughtful."

Zhou Xian, who already had doubts about Guo Jinxing, stopped what he was doing and asked another question after hearing this.

"Nothing, I was just saying it casually." The clerk smiled awkwardly.

On the contrary, the younger staff member next to him gave the old staff a thumbs up and said, "I think you are just being modest. This is the ability to judge people by their writing. If you say you are this capable, who dares not to admit it?"

Zhou Xian also said a few words, but he didn't want to say anything more and continued to mark the test papers.

After finishing all this, I posted the results on the notice board. Everyone had already received the notice and gathered around after the results were posted.

Everyone is watching their own achievements.

Those who are in the same group will squeeze to the front, and after looking at their own pictures, they will help look at others.

There will be a mark behind the name of the admitted students, which is easy to recognize and you will know that you have been admitted at a glance.

"I passed the exam, I'm a worker now, that's great, I'm a worker now."

Some people happily shared the news with others, while others walked out of the crowd disappointed.

Zhou Xian also saw the members of Taohua Brigade and the educated youth comrades.