Ye Shuning first kneaded the dough, then took out the wild vegetables, cleaned them, chopped them up and set them aside. She chopped the meat filling and started mixing the dumpling filling.

She added more oil and all the seasonings, and the stuffing she mixed smelled delicious.

Ye Shuning took out the working board and began to knead the dough and roll out the dumpling wrappers, wrapping the dumplings slowly and steadily.

She had prepared quite a bit of food, more than enough for several people. She planned to send a bowl to the Pan family later.

When Li Shaozhong and Yan Jingwen drove to Pan's house, Pan Dongshan happened to be at home and was very happy to see Li Shaozhong.

After the pleasantries, Li Shaozhong directly stated the purpose of his visit. "Uncle Pan, the oil field is recruiting a group of workers and plans to recruit some from the local area. Although the registered permanent residence of the recruited locals will not be transferred for the time being, other benefits will be the same as those of workers. The salary is not low, and various tickets are also issued. The treatment is still very good.

Since our village is close to the oil fields, commuting is very convenient, so I came to ask if anyone in your family wants to work in the oil fields. This is a rare opportunity."

When Pan Dongshan heard this, he slapped his thigh and said, "This is a good thing. Earning a wage as a worker is much better than doing farm work at home. So how many people from our village can go?"

Li Shaozhong said, "This is the first small-scale recruitment, and the number of people is small, so I can only help with three places. But if there are more jobs in the future, other villagers may be able to sign up."

Pan Dongshan said, "Three places are already very good. If you don't want to recruit female workers, you can give Xiao Ning a place."

As soon as Pan Dongshan said this, Li Shaozhong and Yan Jingwen looked at each other.

Li Shaozhong said, "I haven't told Xiaoning about the recruitment yet. I'll ask her later. There are two positions for female workers."

In fact, Li Shaozhong felt that Ye Shuning would not want to work in the oil field. Don’t ask him how he knew, he just had this feeling.

Li Shaozhong added, "Who should we send home? Let's discuss it."

Pan Dongshan said, "Let's discuss this later. You can have lunch here. I'll ask your aunt to cook."

Li Shaozhong quickly said, "No need, Uncle Pan. Xiao Ning asked us to go to her place for dinner. She's probably almost done."

Pan Dongshan didn't try to persuade her to stay after hearing this. "Okay, you can go to Xiao Ning's place. It's a good opportunity to talk to her about the job recruitment."

Pan Yongnian had already arrived at Ye Shuning's house on his bicycle and helped Ye Shuning to light the fire.

Ye Shuning cooked the first pot of dumplings, filled a bowl and asked Pan Yongnian to take it home. She also asked Uncle Pan, Li Shaozhong and Yan Jingwen to come over for dinner.

The youngest son had already eaten at Ye Shuning's house, so Pan Dongshan didn't go. Moreover, Ye Shuning had sent a bowl of dumplings home. It was not easy for anyone to have something delicious these days.

When Li Shaozhong and the others arrived at Ye Shuning's house, the second pot of dumplings was already out of the pot, just in time to eat them.

Ye Shuning set the table and said, "Come and eat, the dumplings are just out of the pot."

Ye Shuning brought some vinegar for everyone to eat.

Looking at the several plates of plump white flour dumplings on the table, Yan Jingwen remembered the dumplings that Li Shaozhong brought back last time. It was great that he could eat the delicious food again this time.

The four of them sat around the table and started eating.

Li Shaozhong had long been familiar with Ye Shuning's cooking skills, and after taking his first bite of dumplings, he quickly started eating. This time, the dumplings were filled with meat, and they were even better than the vegetarian dumplings he had had last time.

Pan Yongnian felt that it was the first time he had eaten such delicious dumplings. They were much better than those made at home, at least they were oily and juicy.

Yan Jingwen was even more surprised. He hadn't eaten meat dumplings in a long time. No one at work knew how to make meat dumplings. He decided that if the company issued meat coupons, he would have Li Shaozhong give them to Ye Shuning. He wouldn't need them anyway.

Ye Shuning was worried that everyone wouldn't have enough to eat, so she cooked a second pot of dumplings and brought it directly to the table in a bowl. Then she urged everyone to eat more. In the end, there was not a single dumpling left, and everyone was very full.

Pan Yongnian rubbed his bloated stomach and said, "Sister Xiaoning, the dumplings you make are so delicious. The ones with meat filling are just better than the ones with vegetarian filling."

Ye Shuning smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true. Vegetarian fillings have their own characteristics. If you like it, I'll make it for you when I buy meat later."

After dinner, Li Shaozhong decided to talk to Ye Shuning about the oil field recruitment. "Xiao Ning, I came to see Uncle Pan this time because of the oil field recruitment. I have three vacancies here. Do you want to work in the oil field?"

Ye Shuning glanced at Yan Jingwen after hearing this, then shook her head and said, "I won't go. I'm fine here working in the fields with the villagers. I have the freedom to grow vegetables and stuff. I really like this rural life. Besides, working in the oil fields isn't for me."

Li Shaozhong knew that Ye Shuning would not go to work in the oil field, she wanted to stay away from Yan Jingwen.

Yan Jingwen raised his head and said seriously, "Ye Shuning, don't reject this job because of me. This opportunity is rare. There are two positions for female workers."

Ye Shuning said, "Since there are so few female workers, they must be very popular. I won't trouble you any more. I've adapted to life here and it feels pretty good this way."

Yan Jingwen wanted to persuade him but was stopped by Li Shaozhong.

Li Shaozhong said, "Since you're not going, I'll let Uncle Pan and the others figure out how to divide the three spots."

Li Shaozhong took out a few meat coupons from his pocket and put them on the table and pushed them to Ye Shuning. "Take these meat coupons. Use them when you go to town to buy meat."

Ye Shuning quickly pushed it back when she saw it, "Brother Li San, I can't take this. The meat this time was bought with the ticket sent by Brother Li Er."

Li Shaozhong said, "I live and eat at work, so I don't need this meat ticket at all. If it expires, it will become invalid if I keep it. I'd like to come to your place occasionally to improve my meals in the future. Be good and put it away."

Li Shaozhong stood up and said, "I still have to discuss the recruitment quota with Uncle Pan, so you have to clean up the dishes by yourself."

Ye Shuning said, "Then you guys go quickly, I can clean up here by myself."

In the end, Li Shaozhong forced the hostage to stay and took Yan Jingwen to the Pan family to tell them Ye Shuning's decision.

Pan Dongshan also knew some of Ye Shuning and Yan Jingwen's past, and he understood why Ye Shuning didn't want to work in the oil field. He thought the girl was very ambitious and knew how to avoid suspicion. So he stopped trying to persuade Ye Shuning.

Pan Dongshan said, "Since our village can be allocated three places, our family will take one and the other two places will be divided among us. Otherwise, not only will you be criticized, but you might also get into trouble."

Li Shaozhong also understood and nodded, saying, "You must carefully consider the two quotas allocated so as not to cause any disputes. You must also consider the feelings of the educated youth."

I think we should give one quota to the educated youth and one to the rest of the village, so that it's balanced. And regardless of the position, everyone needs to have a certain level of education; illiterate people definitely won't be accepted. This way, a lot of people will be eliminated right away."

Pan Dongshan felt that Li Shaozhong had considered everything very carefully. "Your suggestion is good. Let's do it this way."