He Hongjuan has been as stingy as a miser for many years, and she has a popular job at the supply and marketing cooperative, so she has saved a lot of money, a total of 860 yuan.
That's more than most families save.
Behind this, in addition to sucking Ning Xi's blood to support her eldest son Lin Zhendong, Lin Yongjun would also ask for help from Director Zhu from time to time, and also receive financial support from several sisters.
Before the incident, the family lived a pretty comfortable life, except for Ning Xi.
Half of the money went to Ning Xi as compensation, and the other half was compensation for the late Mrs. Ning, and according to regulations, it was inherited by Ning Zhisong.
Ning Xi’s small treasury has been expanded again.
Every day she looks at the "Big Black Ten" and rare three-yuan bills stored in her space. When she thinks about selling them for a lot of money in the future, she feels the joy of hoarding money and making a fortune in silence.
As for those ancient prescriptions, I will give them to Uncle Ning when the situation improves. Putting aside their medical value, they should be good to sell as antiques or keep as collections.
Time passed quickly. On August 1st, Ning Xi took the list to report to the Commercial Bureau and successfully got a stable job as a clerk in the purchasing department.
Her job mainly involves integrating the demand lists submitted by her subordinates, collecting, counting and classifying information, and then handing it over to her superiors for processing.
As for what to purchase specifically and how to make a purchasing plan, these were not things that a newcomer like her could handle.
Because I was a newcomer, my salary was not high, only 28.5 yuan a month. However, I received a food allowance, but not money, only food coupons that could be used only in the cafeteria.
"Comrade Xiaoning, just sit here. If you have any questions, ask Comrade Zhang Jingxue. If you can't solve them, come back to me."
Office director Yu Wei took Ning Xi to an empty seat and introduced her to other people in the office.
The person who shares the same desk with Ning Xi is Zhang Jingxue, as the director mentioned. As her name suggests, she looks very quiet and has a scholarly air.
"Hello! I'm Zhang Jingxue. Feel free to ask me if you have any questions~" Zhang Jingxue had a good first impression of her new colleague. She stood up and shook hands with Ning Xi gracefully.
In addition to the director, Zhang Jingxue and Ning Xi, there were four other colleagues in the office, two men and two women. They all looked quite young, around 20 or 30 years old.
"Xiaoxi, hurry up, there are beef vermicelli in the cafeteria today." As soon as it was time for dinner, Zhang Jingxue pulled Ning Xi and another female colleague straight to the cafeteria.
The Commercial Bureau office building has four floors and is very grand. Ning Xi and the others are on the second floor, next to the stairs, which makes it very convenient for them to run.
"Beef vermicelli?" Ning Xi had been here for so long and had eaten meat a few times, but she had never seen beef before. The only place selling meat was pork.
"No matter what it is, as long as it's meat, it tastes good! Do you have any dietary restrictions?" Zhang Jingxue knew that some people didn't eat pork, and some people didn't eat beef or mutton.
"I don't mind what I eat. I'm greedy."
Ning Xi likes to eat lean food, so she definitely won’t miss beef.
"I'll find a seat, you guys go buy food and vegetables. I want a plate of beef vermicelli, a plate of vegetarian dishes, and two taels of steamed buns."
Dai Meng, one of the three, handed all the food coupons and vegetable coupons lunch boxes that he had prepared in advance to Zhang Jingyu, and turned to find a seat at the dining table.
The food tickets in the canteen of the Commercial Bureau have a certain amount on them, so you can buy as much as you want.
Ning Xi had never eaten in the staff cafeteria and didn't know how to use the food coupons, so she followed Zhang Jingxue and prepared to learn and use them immediately.
Zhang Jingxue stood at the window and handed over the bill: "I want a dish for thirty cents, beef vermicelli, two side dishes, and a steamed bun."
The steamed buns here are big and white, with solid ingredients. One costs two taels of food coupons and five cents.
Even though she had lived here for more than a month, Ning Xi couldn't help but sigh at the low prices.
But if you think about it carefully, modern life is still better after conversion.
Because most people nowadays can’t buy 1,000 steamed buns with their monthly salary. After all, there are not many people who can earn 50 yuan a month.
In modern society, a steamed bun costs only about one yuan, so it is very easy to buy 1,000 steamed buns with a monthly salary.
"Sister, I have the same thing as her, thank you!" Ning Xi opened the lunch box and handed the money to the staff who served the lunch.
The wrists of the auntie who serves food here are very healthy and don't shake at all.
The lady serving the food deliberately scooped from the meaty part and asked, "What side dishes would you like?"
She is pretty and polite, unlike some people who are so tactless as to call her auntie.
"Eggplant and green beans."
"Got it~" The elder sister quickly dialed Ning Xi's number.
The lunch box was almost full with one meat dish and two vegetable dishes, so Ning Xi could only hold the steamed bun in her hands.
Zhang Jingxue was particularly experienced. She could hold two lunch boxes in one hand and two steamed buns in the other.
"Can I sit here? There's no room anywhere else." A familiar-looking man walked over with a lunch box.
Ning Xi didn't say anything, but lowered her head and enjoyed her lunch seriously.
You know what, the chef in this cafeteria is really good. The beef is cooked soft and tasty, and the vegetarian dishes are a little lighter but you can still taste the original flavor of the vegetables.
With the help of lunch, she actually developed a sense of belonging to the Commercial Bureau.
"Sit down. This is our company's territory, not ours. How can we stop you?" Dai Meng curled her lips and felt that the food was not so delicious anymore.
This person is also from their office. His name is Wang Chuan. He has a characteristic, which is that he loves to complain.
If anyone complains in the office, they can report it to their boss.
Over time, everyone knew who was behind the trouble. No one in the office liked him, fearing that if they got too close to Wang Chuan, they would be betrayed without knowing when.
"Haha, your name is Ning Xi, right? Can I call you Xiao Xi? That way we can seem closer as colleagues."
Wang Chuan sat opposite Ning Xi, not eating, and stretched his head to talk to her.
"No!" Ning Xi refused without even thinking, "Please call me Ning Xi or Comrade Ning."
What's going on? Even the most outgoing person wouldn't start off by calling you so affectionately, right?
"Oh, okay." Wang Chuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled again: "I see that you seem to like eating beef very much. It just so happens that I don't like it. I'll give you mine."
"I haven't used my chopsticks yet, they're clean." After saying that, Wang Chuan picked out the beef, filled his chopsticks with it, and was about to put it into Ning Xi's bowl.
He just didn't believe that there were people who didn't like to eat meat. This would definitely help to bring them closer.
No one else saw it, but when he went upstairs to deliver some information today, he saw Ning Xi enter Director Ruan's office. The two must have some relationship.
No wonder everything was fine a while ago, but suddenly the bureau wanted to recruit two more people, and the time was so tight. The exam was held the next day after the notice came out.
"!!!" Ning Xi was frightened and leaned back with her lunch box in hand. "Comrade Wang, right? You look so thin and your height is not good. You should eat some meat to make up for it."
"Cough!" Dai Meng almost choked on a mouthful of steamed bun.
Comrade Xiao Ning is really good at speaking. Every word he says seems to hit other people's pain points unintentionally.
Several offices nearby knew that what Wang Chuan cared about most was height. Whenever he saw men who were much taller than him in the bureau, except for his superiors, he would roll his eyes.
Or he would say bad things about you behind your back.
I don’t know how someone like Wang Chuan has survived to this day without having his mouth beaten to pieces.
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