In Lin Ying's view, giving this last spot to the military would be better than giving it to anyone else. It's better to have the military remember her contributions than to have others be grateful to her.

Zhang Shanlin truly didn't expect Lin Ying to contact him, let alone that it was for this reason.

Finding jobs for military spouses is Zhang Shanlin's biggest headache, because the place is remote and there are very few jobs available.

If military spouses can be provided with jobs, their food rations can be transferred to their employment.

Take Qin Xueping from the supply and marketing cooperative, for example. Their grain rations and wages are all paid by the supply and marketing cooperative.

Han Xiangxiu, the wife of the regimental instructor, is a teacher, and her grain rations are managed by the Education Bureau.

Those who are unemployed only receive a basic subsidy from the military.

Compared to people who have jobs, this is pitifully little.

Their military unit had tried to contact the factory, hoping to secure some positions. However, the factory didn't have many female employee positions to begin with. Plus, they had a lot of children of factory workers who needed resettlement. Where were they going to find positions to offer to outsiders?

The matter was thus dropped.

As a result, Lin Ying managed to get three job positions that they couldn't even dream of. Although two of them had already been given to Li Yue'e and Gao Chunhua.

But those jobs were given to military spouses; Han Xiangxiu got her job through her own exam. Now that three more can be placed, this is definitely a good thing!

"Comrade Lin Ying, thank you for giving such a precious opportunity to us military spouses. Don't worry, no matter who gets this spot, it's your private matter. The military will act as a go-between, and we won't interfere with how you handle the details of the transaction."

Lin Ying knew what Zhang Shanlin meant; he didn't want her to suffer a loss. She still had a spot worth 300 yuan with Li Yue'e and Gao Chunhua. Why should she just give that spot away for free?

Lin Ying smiled and said, "Since I gave it to the military, I hope you can really give this spot to someone who is truly in need. If someone's family is struggling financially, how can they possibly come up with a few hundred yuan?"

I'm not some selfless person. If I really wanted to sell myself for money, plenty of military wives could afford it. Just consider it me trying to improve the image of our unit.

Zhang Shanlin understood. Lin Ying was indeed very smart, and the military had made the connection, allowing Lin Ying to earn an extra three hundred yuan.

But Lin Ying didn't need those few hundred yuan. What she wanted more than money was the protection of the military.

In fact, Zhang Shanlin really wanted to say that even without this list, she was still a special person in the compound. She was overthinking things.

However, since Lin Ying has said so, he should just follow the normal procedure.

"Since Comrade Lin Ying has said so, then let's follow the procedures. Everything will proceed according to the proper procedures."

Lin Ying nodded: "That's good."

After giving the list to Zhang Shanlin, Lin Ying stopped caring about the matter.

Later, I heard from Zhang Shanlin that the spot was given to a military wife named Wang Zhen.

This Wang Zhen is Zhao Qinghuai's current subordinate, and was one of the few military wives who didn't cause trouble for Lin Ying at the time. The reason was the language barrier.

Many of those who caused trouble for Lin Ying at the time had been brainwashed by enemy agents who had infiltrated the area. Wang Zhen, however, and her husband were both from a small mountain village in the south and didn't speak Mandarin. Therefore, she didn't understand a word they were saying.

In addition, Wang Zhen had a hard life since childhood, and it would be a waste not to bring back all the food on the mountain instead of just chatting there.

So while everyone else was chatting there, she was out on the mountain looking for food.

In rural areas, people marry young, and since she and her husband were betrothed as children, their wedding was held in the village before he joined the army at sixteen. She was pregnant that year.

Later, they had several more children, making their family the largest in the entire compound with four children in total. Three of them were boys. Regardless of the difficulties in their hometown, their own family was already struggling.

Moreover, what's most remarkable is that although Wang Zhen came from a small mountain village, she insisted on sending all four of her children to school. This undoubtedly made the family's burden even heavier.

After learning about Wang Zhen's family situation, Zhang Shanlin, the logistics department, and Deng Li, the women's director, unanimously agreed to give her the spot.

The matter was quickly settled. The three of them happily went to Lin Ying's house to express their gratitude.

They said there are buses from town to the factory. Those working day shifts can take the school bus that takes their children to school to town, and then take a taxi to the factory.

After get off work in the afternoon, they take the bus to the school gate and arrive just in time for school to let out. Moreover, to accommodate their long commute, the factory only assigns them day shifts and doesn't make them work night shifts.

The three of them knew that the reason they weren't allowed to work the night shift was because of Lin Ying.

So on their way back after registering, the three of them went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things. Li Yue'e bought canned goods, Gao Chunhua bought a pound of brown sugar, and Wang Zhen bought sponge cakes.

During her time here, Wang Zhen learned the local language from the children and gradually began to understand some of it. She knew that the other two people had paid money, but her spot was given to her by the military because her family was in financial difficulty.

Minister Zhang explained the details to her. She's not ungrateful; she got this benefit because of the other person's kindness.

Lin Ying then learned that the factory operated on a three-shift system for the sake of efficiency, with each shift lasting eight hours and no overtime.

Everyone gets a fixed salary.

I was happy for them when I heard that they could work during the day and come home in the evening.

This way, even if the elders in the family can't come, they can still take care of the family.

They live their own lives, and even though they are very busy every day, having another source of income for the family is better than anything else.

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