Chapter 70 Chapter 70 My younger cousin found a job.
Liu Suqin was not troubled by Liu Erge and his friends' request. Instead, it saved her a lot of trouble. Naturally, she met their request unconditionally. The next day, she kept her promise and went to the electronics factory with her eagerly awaited family.
Li Hong was also traveling with them.
Ever since he knew that his wife and mother-in-law wanted to send his brother-in-law to the factory to make screws first, when Lin Nanjiang went to set up a stall in the urban village, he also began to consciously ask old customers about the situation of the surrounding factories.
After asking around for a while, I found out that the company Li Hong worked for before was really good. It paid well, had little work, and was close to home. At least it met both the two criteria of high pay and being close to home.
Don't expect to have less work when you work in a factory. You earn as much as you work. If you don't want to work, just wait to starve to death.
Therefore, the standard for measuring a factory should be that it makes a lot of money and has a lot of work. It requires employees to work continuously, and the boss will give them adequate overtime pay. Li Hong’s former employer is a typical example.
As for the distance, to be honest, if Li Hong didn't work so hard at the factory and had to work half a day before coming to play with her, Liu Suqin wouldn't have to worry about her safety at all. There is a direct bus to their factory, and you can get off near the community. It's a half-hour drive. What is there to worry about?
So when Lin Nanjiang came back with the information he had collected to ask his wife and mother-in-law for their opinions, they both voted for the electronics factory where Li Hong had worked.
With a goal in mind, Liu Suqin took the time to ask Li Hong for more detailed information about the factory, focusing on asking whether her brother had any strict requirements in this regard when recruiting, as he still had more than half a year to go before he became an adult and currently did not have an ID card.
Li Hong said that there should be no problem, but to be on the safe side, she made a special phone call to ask a colleague she used to get along well with. The enthusiastic colleague then helped her find the workshop director who was responsible for this work and asked for the exact answer.
Li Hong was delighted when she received a positive reply on the phone. She immediately agreed to have a get-together in a while. She happened to be accompanying her friend to send her brother to report to the factory, and she wanted to visit her former colleagues and introduce her child to them. Since they were all in the same factory in the future, they could take care of each other.
Colleagues expressed their warm welcome.
This is why Li Hong appeared in the team.
She showed up uninvited early in the morning, and Liu Suqin tried to stop her. "You said you've only been working for half a month. Instead of trying to impress your boss and get a raise or bonus, why are you delaying work for something as trivial as this? It's not worth it. It's still early, you should get back to work."
"How can I delay work?" Li Hong waved her hand nonchalantly. "One day off a month is a promise made by the boss herself. She also let me decide when to take it off, as long as I avoid the busiest days of the week. So, isn't it just right for me to take the day off today? At worst, I can just work hard for the remaining ten days. Yeah, work hard."
Qian Juxiang also came over to smooth things over, and gave Liu Suqin a glare, "Xiaohong didn't even drink a sip of water when she came in. Even if you want to persuade her to go back to work, you should let her eat before leaving."
"I won't leave even after dinner." Li Hong emphasized again, "I've made up my mind to follow you today. I'll take your car back to the factory and catch up with my old colleagues and friends."
Qian Juxiang was naturally happy to see this happen. With her help in introducing a few acquaintances to each other, her younger son and his cousin would be taken care of by the elderly people in the factory and would not be easily bullied.
But her daughter had just stopped her once, so she couldn't openly refute her. She just smiled and asked Li Hong to sit for a while. "We prepared a lot of breakfast today, and it's not all ready yet. Please wait for a while and eat with us later."
"Okay, Aunt Qian, don't worry, I won't be shy with you." Li Hong responded to Qian Juxiang's warm hospitality, but glanced at Liu Suqin from time to time. Her eyes clearly showed that she was not shy, but someone was being shy with her.
Understanding the meaning of her friend's eyes, Liu Suqin felt that it was snowing in June. Who was she doing this for? It was because her friends usually took their work as important as their lives. Besides, it was really no big deal for them to send little brother Liu and his cousin to report. They had already inquired about everything they needed to know. Whether Li Hong was there or not would not affect the overall situation.
However, since her friend insisted, she didn't insist anymore and just denied her previous claim of freeloading. "I'm afraid I'll disappoint you. We're going to take the bus there later. It's a good opportunity to teach these two siblings how to take the bus. When the factory is on vacation, they can come and play and take the bus back by themselves."
"It's quite convenient to take the bus back and forth on weekdays, but what about my younger brother and sister's luggage?" Li Hong asked with concern.
Liu Suqin explained, "After dinner, we'll go report to the factory first to confirm that they'll be accepted, and then come back to get the car to move their luggage. We have plenty of time today anyway, so we're not afraid of making two extra trips."
Qian Juxiang, who came out with a plate of carrot cake, agreed, "It would be better to make a couple more trips so they can get familiar with the route and not get lost in the future."
Li Hong smiled and said, "Okay, let's go wait for the bus together. In fact, with so many of us here, it's so lively and bustling, we won't feel tired even if we walk to the factory."
Seeing the eager look in Father Liu's eyes, Liu Suqin interrupted his thoughts in time, "Walk there, and then walk back. It just so happens that the whole day is spent on the road."
Father Liu was immediately struck by a chill, but he still insisted, "Ximei, didn't you say the bus only takes half an hour to get to the factory? Why does it take half a day to walk?"
"Because the roads in the city are flat and wide, and the buses run fast, a distance that takes half an hour to get there by car would take at least an hour in my hometown. Just imagine, walking from the village to the county town would also take half a day, right?"
Father Liu finally understood and gave up. He smiled awkwardly and said, "It's more convenient to take a bus, but how much does it cost?"
The last question was asked carefully, but the answer was unexpected. "Usually it's fifty cents per person."
Father Liu was instantly upset again. The bus ticket from their village to the county cost several yuan, more than ten yuan for a round trip. He thought that food and accommodation were so expensive in big cities, and taking a bus would definitely cost double. He didn't expect the bus to be so affordable.
Fifty cents per person, which is one dollar for a round trip, so this car is still affordable. I won’t stop my youngest son from coming back to his sister’s house during the holidays to relax and have fun.
Little brother Liu didn't know that he was almost deprived of the happiest time of the month by his own father. At this moment, he was hanging around his mother and Aunt Zhang in the kitchen, clueless.
For the first two days in Shenzhen, his brother-in-law took them out for a stroll. His boss-turned-brother-in-law lived up to his expectations and was incredibly generous, taking them out to eat both morning and lunch. Little Brother Liu had never known how much big-city breakfasts could be indulged, especially the authentic morning tea. From the moment the waiter placed plate after plate of food on their table, his jaw dropped. He'd never seen so many varieties of food in his life, let alone eaten them. In short, Little Brother Liu felt that traveling with his brother-in-law had given him a lot of sights, enough for him to brag about to his friends back in the village for a year.
Later, my brother-in-law went out to do business, and it was my elder sister's turn to take them out to play. They could only eat breakfast at home. Little brother Liu was wailing in his heart, thinking that this was the end. He couldn't even enjoy the meal with his elder sister, so what was the point of playing?
But the reality once again made him drop his jaw. It turned out that even eating at home could be more sumptuous and delicious than in a restaurant.
Just like their breakfast yesterday, a simple pot of seafood porridge, it sounded ordinary, but when little brother Liu served a bowl of porridge, he was stunned. It was full of shrimp, oysters, crab legs and many more seafood that he couldn't name, but there was not a few grains of rice in the whole bowl.
It would be more accurate to call it a seafood stew, as he had never seen anyone cook porridge like this.
Such a pot of porridge with rich ingredients was naturally more delicious than they had imagined. For the first time, little brother Liu found that what his Chinese teacher said, "It's so delicious that you want to swallow your tongue," was not nonsense. He held the bowl of porridge from his elder sister's house, and instead of swallowing his tongue, he couldn't help licking the whole bowl clean, and then he licked the spoon as well. Finally, he put down the bowl and spoon and burped for a long time.
Yes, if he could have another bite, he would not just lick the bowl to satisfy his craving.
After yesterday's experience, Liu Xiaodi was full of anticipation for today's breakfast. As soon as he came, he went into the kitchen and Qian Juxiang couldn't drive him away no matter how hard she tried.
The result did not disappoint him either. Liu Suqin took into consideration that if he and his cousin successfully found a job today, they would have to stay in the factory to work as screws, and his second brother had to catch the train early tomorrow morning and would not have time to have breakfast at home. So today would be the last breakfast she would entertain them, so she specifically asked Aunt Zhang to use her housekeeping skills to prepare fried radish cakes, fried shrimp dates, fried taro, spring rolls, and steamed dumplings. As each delicious dish came out of the oven, the small kitchen was filled with all kinds of aromas.
Before the meal started, Brother Liu and the others were already intoxicated by the aroma.
Little Brother Liu ate heartily again, ate and drank his fill, then held his head high and followed his sister out to look for a job.
This went very smoothly because they had done their homework in advance. Liu Xiaodi and Liu Xiangxiang went to see the workshop director in charge of recruitment separately. The director only asked their names, ages, and where they were from. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the siblings, he readily accepted them. They didn't have to go through any employment procedures. He asked his subordinates to take them to visit the workshop and dormitory, introduce them to the team leader in charge, and tell them to find the team leader if they had any problems.
After settling the luggage, you can go to your respective team leaders to assign work at any time.
The process went so smoothly that it was almost casual. However, Qian Juxiang and the others who were waiting for the results at the factory gate were still full of anticipation. Later, they went to see the crowded and simple dormitory together. No one frowned. After all, it was a free factory dormitory. A bed was enough. Qian Juxiang took one look and started urging them, "Come on, go back and get their luggage. Let's settle down early so they can start working and earn money."
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