Chapter 69: New Job, Do you still want to stay in that crappy factory?
After eating the cake and the banquet, the family returned to Xu Heye’s small rental house, and everyone had something on their mind.
Xu Hui carefully read the two newspapers Xu Heye had handed over, then asked, "Heye, do you really think the factory where your uncle Lian works has a good future?"
Factories in big cities are closing down and employees are being laid off, not to mention their small town. Lately, the couple has seen layoffs around them. Dong Taohua has also mediated several family conflicts stemming from layoffs.
Xu Heye nodded.
She said seriously, "Mom, Dad, Aunt, Uncle, this is a serious matter. I definitely won't say anything careless."
"I just explained the reason at the dinner table. The localization of auto parts is indeed a very promising prospect. But as Uncle Lian said, this is just the beginning, so it will definitely be difficult. Even whether it can be successfully developed is still unknown. So whether you want to accept Uncle Lian's opportunity is up to you, Aunt and Uncle."
Xu Heye said this, leaving the decision to her aunt and uncle. She had been impulsive at the banquet just now. After all, the job was her uncle's, and he should be the one to decide how to do it.
"Of course we have to take such a good opportunity," Dong Xinghua said immediately.
She didn't have much education and wasn't very smart, but she knew that she should follow the smart people when doing things.
Dong Xinghua glanced at the newspaper in her brother-in-law's hand. If even a big shot like the Executive Deputy Director of the State Economic Commission thought it was something very important, then it must be correct.
"Brother-in-law, what do you think?" Dong Taohua looked at Pang Li who had been silent.
Pang Li didn't say anything.
Dong Xinghua pushed her husband's arm and said, "Are you mute? Why aren't you talking?"
Dong Xinghua looked at her husband, feeling a little angry and a little distressed.
"Tell me, why didn't you tell me about such a big thing happening in your factory?"
Pang Li wiped his slightly red face from drinking and said dejectedly, "How can I tell you?" He said that everyone in the factory wanted him laid off? "If I told you, wouldn't you get anxious and angry too?"
"Then there's someone to share the burden with you!" Dong Xinghua couldn't stand her husband's listless look the most.
Pang Li smiled bitterly. "I've worked in the factory for eighteen years, diligently, and even won several awards for model worker. One year, the factory was robbed, and the thief couldn't be found. It was me, along with my master, who kept watch for three days and three nights before we caught him. I've given so much to the factory, and now that it's in trouble, the first thing the foremen want to do is lay me off..."
It sounds good, and workers with good family conditions and dual-income couples are laid off first. But aren't they still laid off? Aren't they still being abandoned?
"I've paid so much, and now they want to get rid of me with just 20,000 yuan. I won't accept that."
Pang Li couldn't tell whether he refused to be laid off because he was angry that the factory had thrown him away like garbage when it encountered difficulties, or because he was reluctant to leave the factory to which he had devoted most of his life.
"You—why are you so stubborn?" Dong Xinghua said anxiously, "Do you really want to stay in that shabby factory until the end?"
"You have no orders, no future, and your salary has been delayed for two or three months. Now even your boss wants you to leave. You still stay there and get looked down upon. Do you have any shame left - Xinghua!" Dong Taohua hurriedly stopped Dong Xinghua before she could say anything more hurtful.
"Xinghua, stop talking." Dong Taohua held her sister and shook her head, signaling her to give Pang Li some time to think about it carefully.
Pang Li was just unwilling for a moment.
When he came to his senses, he would naturally know what to do.
Dong Xinghua took a deep breath and looked at Xu Heye, "Heye, thank you, auntie. You always think of me when it comes to good things." If it weren't for Xu Heye, they would never have met Lian's father, nor would they have had the chance to get this job opportunity.
If there is no new job, perhaps as Lao Pang said, she will only be anxious and angry when she finds out, and will be unable to do anything except get blisters at the corners of her mouth.
"Aunt, you are too polite. I just shared with you the information I saw in the newspaper." Moreover, if it were not for their care and concern for her, Xu Heye would not have had the chance to discover this opportunity.
Dong Xinghua: "You can see it and share it with us, that's what we should be grateful for!"
After Dong Xinghua finished speaking, she looked at her daughter Pang Qiao and said, "Pang Qiao, learn more from your cousin. Why is it that your cousin can get useful information from old newspapers from three years ago, but you know nothing at all?"
Pang Qiao: “…”
Here it comes again, here it comes again. After the children from the neighbors, now it’s the children from the relatives’ families!
Pang Qiao: "Mom, if I didn't have a good relationship with my cousin, I would have broken up with her sooner or later just because of your big mouth!" She pouted, stood up, and was ready to run away at any time.
Dong Xinghua: “…”
Dong Xinghua said unhappily, "Alright, sit down. I won't hit you."
Only then did Pang Qiao sit back in her seat.
On the other side, Lian's father was also talking about this with his eldest son, and he praised Xu Heye highly.
"Yushu, you should learn more from the Xu family's daughter. Don't just study hard. From now on, read the newspaper more often and pay more attention to social news. These news may contain opportunities that neither you nor I know about."
If before he had been uncertain about what the factory was doing, now he was 100 percent certain they would succeed.
As Xu Heye said, they are in a good time. They have national support, financial support, and technical guidance from foreign experts. With so many favorable conditions, why shouldn't they succeed?
Pang Li quickly figured it out.
"Wife, I will go to the factory tomorrow to complete the layoff procedures, and then go to work at Brother Lian's factory."
The bicycle factory was obviously on the decline, and the factory no longer needed old employees like him to work with it. He Ye had finally helped him find a new way out, so he took the compensation and pursued his new way out.
"That's right!" Dong Xinghua patted her husband's arm happily. "I thought you were stubborn and insisted on staying in that shabby factory of yours!"
"I'm not stupid." Pang Li glanced at her, and in his heart he had another thought, "This job has good prospects. At least there's no risk of being laid off in the short term."
Pang Li paused, then said, "How about letting Fuyun go? He's already grown up, and it would be easier for him to find a wife if he had a formal job."
My brother-in-law is a good person. A few years ago, when my wife gave birth to our second child and there was no one at home to take care of him, my brother-in-law came to our house to help take care of Pang Wei for a long time.
He was twenty-six years old this year. If he didn't consider the important things in life, it would be too late. If he couldn't rely on his father-in-law and brother-in-law, he would have to rely on his sisters and brothers-in-law.
Dong Fuyun didn't expect that he had his own business to do here.
He quickly refused: "No, brother-in-law, I won't go."
"I am doing well at my stall now, but I am not used to working in a factory from nine to five every day. Secondly, they are willing to sell lotus leaves to me because of you, my brother-in-law.
"In case something changes over time, you should go and complete the layoff procedures and report to Brother Lian's factory tomorrow morning."
Although your jobs are somewhat different, they both have something to do with cars. Besides, from what He Ye said, what they're doing must be very complicated and detailed, and it requires someone like you who's patient and focused.
I can't do it. I'm used to being lazy, and even if I get this opportunity, I won't be able to do it for long. If you give it to me, it will be wasted!"
Dong Taohua looked at her brother-in-law, then at her younger brother, and made the final decision: "Pang Li, you go. This job is for you, and we can't trade it back and forth."
"I'm afraid things might change over time. You should go and complete the layoff procedures and report to Brother Lian's factory tomorrow morning."
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