Chapter 028: Keep a Low Profile, Keep a Low Profile

Seeing that it was still early, Tian Xiang went to the troupe to practice and did not return until noon.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I smelled the aroma of stewed meat.

Hey, someone’s having a big meal today.

Tian Xiang took a quick glance and saw Tian Chuying standing in front of the coal stove, putting salt into the pot.

Obviously, the smell of meat came from over there.

Pan Yuzhen approached Tian Xiang like a ghost and whispered to her, "He came back after eleven this morning and bought some pork ribs and kidney beans at the market. It looked like he was going to send them to Lufeng."

The compound is small and each house does not have a separate kitchen or toilet.

The toilet is right next to the water pipe, there is one toilet in each alley, and it is shared by about twenty households.

The stove is the two coal stoves under the eaves, one for cooking and the other for frying vegetables. It is easy to see what each family usually eats.

Didn’t Tian Chuying go home last night?

Tian Xiang really didn't know about this.

Pan Yuzhen: "Tsk tsk tsk, he's already dating a widow, how can she have the nerve to get close to him? She even made him a tonic soup. I don't know what to say about your cousin. She's such a disgrace to your Tian family."

Who says it isn’t?

Tian Xiang: "Let her do it."

She can't control other people's affairs.

Tian Xiang went to park the car.

Pan Yuzhen soon started chatting with others.

Soon, the whole compound knew that Tian Chuying did not return home at night and was competing with the widow for a man.

At noon, Tian Xiang was slurping noodles when she heard a quarrel next door.

It looks like He Cuifen is back.

Tian Xiang ignored her, cleaned up the dishes, took a nap, and then went back to the theater.

In the afternoon, seeing that it was almost time, she went to the market to buy vegetables for dinner. When she was carrying them into the yard, she happened to run into Tian Chuying.

The latter was also pushing a bicycle, but he didn't look well. There were wounds on his face, as if he had been caught. He lowered his head and didn't dare to see anyone.

At first, Tian Xiang didn't notice her, and Tian Chuying let her hair down to cover up her embarrassment.

When she entered the compound later, the lunch bag hanging on the handlebars fell off. She bent down to pick it up and Tian Xiang recognized it.

This is a fight with Widow Jiang!

You deserve it.

Tian Xiang walked straight forward, passed her and entered the yard.

Behind him, Pan Yuzhen, who always noticed something strange at the first moment, exclaimed, "Oh my God, Tian Chuying, who did you fight with?"

Tian Chuying was too embarrassed to say anything, so she covered her face and ran home and closed the door.

Soon, word spread throughout the compound that Tian Chuying had fought with a widow for a man and almost got disfigured.

Hu Honglian also heard about this after get off work and laughed while humming a song.

But when she heard that her daughter's job required a trial period, her good mood was half gone.

"Why do you need a trial job?"

Tian Xiang told her about the overcrowding.

Just recruit two people?

Everyone knows about this kind of position and it is all internally appointed, so how come it is still overstaffed?

Hu Honglian had a hunch that something was wrong.

Tian Xiang: "Maybe someone is targeting Chairman Jiang."

She thought about this matter seriously and this was probably the reason. It was not difficult for anyone to guess.

Hu Honglian was a little worried, "Then once you go in, they will start targeting you!"

Tian Xiang: "Mom, if you are upright, you have nothing to fear. If I do my job well, how can others find fault with me?"

That's the reason.

But……

Hu Honglian knew that the workplace was not easy, so she asked her husband to come over and cook noodles, and took her daughter back to the room, where she carefully taught her a hundred key points on how to get along with leaders, how to deal with emergencies at work, and how to fight back against colleagues who were rude or stabbed in the back...

The next day.

Tian Xiang carried her big lunch box, a teacup with a red peony flower pattern, a small notebook, a large notebook for recording her work, a fountain pen, ink, a small piece of tea cake, and the boiled eggs that Hu Honglian had specially prepared for her daughter, and set out to go to work.

She pushed the bicycle in front and Hu Honglian followed behind.

When Pan Yuzhen saw that Tian Xiang’s cloth bag was bulging, she asked her where she was going today.

Hu Honglian smiled sheepishly and said, "I'm trying out for a job. I found a job on Hongwu Street."

"The post on Hongwu Street! Which factory?"

"Oh, the machinery factory."

"Oh my god, that's the first place among the five major factories! How come Xiangxiang is so capable? She will be a member of Red Fifth Street in the future!"

Nowadays, we emphasize gender equality, and female employees are also eligible for separate housing after they get married.

Hu Honglian: "Keep a low profile, this is just a trial position, whether you can get the job is another matter..."

Although she was not sure whether she could get in, Hu Honglian couldn't help but want to show off.

She used to want to marry her daughter to Hongwu Street and then find a job for her.

Now, my daughter has her own connections and no longer has to rely on marriage to climb up the social ladder. This is a qualitative leap.

Although it was just a trial position, the news that Tian Xiang went to work at the machinery factory spread in Sanli Lane in the time it took to buy some vegetables.

The pair of cousins ​​from Lao Tian’s family, the elder sister has gone to work on Hongwu Street, but the younger sister is still competing with a widow for a man. Why is there such a big difference?

The other side.

Tian Xiang hung up her temporary work permit when she approached the factory gate.

During working hours, there is a constant stream of bicycles on Hongwu Street.

Now, I am one of them.

Tian Xiang was so excited that she greeted the security guard when she entered the door.

The security guard laughed.

Young people, full of energy.

Tian Xiang came early today, and when she arrived at the office, only Director Li was there.

Li Huai arranged a seat for her.

After Tian Xiang had put everything in place, Tao Huilan and Chen Yong arrived.

Tao Huilan was still as arrogant as she was yesterday, and she looked at Tian Xiang with squinted eyes.

But I don’t know what happened to her face, there was a bloodstain, which matched Tian Chuying’s face yesterday.

Chen Yong hit an iron gate yesterday and was sent to the hospital. Today he seems to be fine, except for a bruise on his nose.

It seems that he is afraid of blood.

When everyone arrived, the three of them completed the entry procedures. Then Jiang Qin arrived and brought Li Huai and two comrades from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to hold a simple welcome party, where everyone introduced themselves to each other and then talked about work.

Jiang Qin briefly introduced the situation of the labor union of Lixin Machinery Factory.

Lixin Machinery has more than 4,800 employees and is the largest factory in the city.

The factory was established after the liberation. There are more than 16,000 retirees, employees' families and children. The family quarters occupy one-third of the residential area, which is the largest among the five major factories.

Their factory union has a total of four departments: the General Affairs Department, which is mainly responsible for management and personnel, the Internal Affairs Department, which is mainly responsible for clerical affairs and workers' lives, the Organization Department, which coordinates production and safety, and the Propaganda Department, which is mainly responsible for culture, sports, and various contact arrangements.

There are currently eighteen employees in the four departments, excluding the nominal positions of the factory committee leaders and the spontaneous interest groups of the cultural and sports group.

The new clerical team set up by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is mainly to cope with the increasing demand for clerical work, organize and guide retirees and housewives to learn and improve, and coordinate work with the streets and community committees.

When Director Li introduced the job yesterday, the three of them felt like they were just doing odd jobs.

Now that Chairman Jiang spoke, Tian Xiang instantly felt that she had transformed from a handyman to a factory employee, and had the consciousness and foundation to do things.