"Okay, thank you, sir."
"You're welcome. You're welcome."
She followed the old man's directions and came to the purchasing office.
There was only a middle-aged man in the office wearing glasses and a Mao suit, sitting at the desk, writing something.
Jiang Ning knocked on the door. "Hello, comrade. My name is Jiang Ning. I'm here to sign up for the canteen chef position. Is this where I sign up?"
"Hello, this is where you register. Come in and talk." The middle-aged man looked up at Jiang Ning and said.
Jiang Ning walked in, but before he could say anything, he heard the middle-aged man say, "Jiang Ning, right? Registration here usually requires a letter of introduction. Do you have one? You can't register without one."
"Yes, yes."
Jiang Ning quickly took out the letter of introduction given to her by Secretary Chen from her pocket, unfolded it and handed it to the middle-aged man.
The man took the letter of introduction and began to read it.
After a moment, the man put down the letter and said, "So Secretary Chen introduced you. Please take a seat."
The man stood up again and made a cup of tea for Jiang Ning, handing it to her: "Have some tea. I'm Su Ming, the buyer here. You can just call me Brother Su."
"Hello, Brother Su. Can I sign up today? Secretary Chen told me today is the last day to sign up. So I rushed over and finally got here."
"Of course, that's no problem. You can still apply now. How can a girl like you learn to be a chef? And you're the first girl to take the exam. It's very tiring. Our entire cafeteria is staffed by men as chefs, and the girls mainly do logistics work and handymen, like washing dishes and vegetables. Are you sure you're here to take the exam to be a chef? We're not just looking for chefs, we're also short of handymen! For handymen, there's no exam, just a letter of introduction."
"Also, if you don't pass the chef exam, you can't work in our company. Although the salary of a laborer is not as high as that of a chef, it's only 35 yuan a month, but it's very stable."
Jiang Ning understood the implication that she could consider doing logistics work, but Jiang Ning only wanted to be a chef. She liked cooking, and she felt very happy watching others eat her food.
"Brother Su, I learned this in the countryside, so I wanted to try it."
Seeing Jiang Ning's firm attitude, Su Ming stopped trying to persuade her. Although she was recommended by Secretary Chen, he had made it clear to her that if she didn't want to, there was nothing he could do.
"There are three other people who signed up with you. I heard one of them used to work at the Zhouyi Tavern. Including you, there are four of us now. The exam will be at 8:00 AM on the 24th, which is next Thursday."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Su. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first. See you on the 24th."
"good."
Jiang Ning left happily. Seeing that it was still early, only four o'clock, and Chen Yan and the others hadn't set up their stall yet, she initially wanted to go help, but then she changed her mind and realized that with Jiang Weimin and Jiang Xiaomei around, Chen Yan could handle it. And since she was out anyway, why not buy some daily necessities for Jiang Weimin and Jiang Xiaomei? They must have been exhausted after a long day, so she could just do it herself.
She went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a lot of daily necessities for them. Then she remembered that she had run out of toothpaste and needed to buy some too. It was almost half past five when she finished buying all these.
Before Jiang Ning got home, the system that had been offline for a long time suddenly spoke. She hadn't looked for it yet, but it had looked for her first.
"Jiang Ning, you're doing great. I haven't contacted you for a few days. You're now able to go to work in the government."
"I haven't even started yet. I still have to take the test. I won't know until after the test."
"By the way, what happened with the last system reform? You went offline before I could even ask clearly?"
The system knew there was no way to escape this matter: "Didn't I tell you about the rules and regulations? You're applying them quite well now, isn't that good? The rules are constantly being improved. Look, you're using the rewards the system gives you quite well, aren't you?"
"That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the time issue. How come I only have eight and a half years? You didn't stipulate a time limit at the beginning, so how come you subtracted a year and a half from me as soon as the system went online? This is unreasonable. I want to appeal."
"Dear, we don't have an appeal feature, and the system rules are like this. The time starts from the time you entered the book, and it can't be changed. In eight and a half years, you can do a lot of things. Look, someone made a million dollars in just one year, right? So, you can do it too. You still have eight and a half years."
Jiang Ning thought again and realized that someone had indeed made a million, and although he was labeled as "speculating and profiteering", he was still successful. As a new person in the 21st century, she would definitely be able to do it.
"Okay, that's fine, but how do I get on with my job?"
"The college entrance exam is about to be resumed, and reform and opening up are almost here. Are you still worried that you won't be able to make money?"
"That's right. As long as the policy changes, I still have a chance."
"Okay, is everything okay? I'm going to work part-time. If you have any questions, just call me."
"Alright, alright, go ahead."
When Jiang Ning returned home alone carrying large and small bags of daily necessities, Chen Yan and his group had already gone to Laicheng to set up a stall, and Uncle Zhou and Aunt Pei had not returned yet.
After she put her things down, she rested for a while and then prepared to cook for them.
But before Jiang Ning started cooking, Uncle Zhou and Aunt Pei came back.
"Is that Miss Ning back?" Aunt Pei heard the noise in the kitchen and thought that Chen Yan had gone to set up the stall, so it might be Jiang Ning who came back.
"Uncle Zhou, Aunt Pei, I'm back. I just arrived this afternoon and you were not at home at that time." Jiang Ning walked out of the kitchen, looked at them and said with a smile.
"So are Chen Yan and Zhifang the only ones going to set up the stall today?" Uncle Zhou asked.
Because Wan Zhifang came to Jiang Ning every morning to get breakfast and sell it at the school gate, they became familiar with Wan Zhifang over time.
After Jiang Ning returned to the countryside this time, Wan Zhifang saw that Chen Yan was too busy, so she came to help Chen Yan after selling breakfast. Chen Yan told her all this after returning today, so she knew about it.
"No, my second brother and my sister also came to the city. They and Chen Yan went to set up a stall today."
Aunt Pei: "Your second brother and your sister?"
"Yes, Chen Yan and I were thinking about learning the knowledge in the textbook with you. I was afraid that I would be too busy, so I specially called my second brother to help look after the braised food stall."
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