Once the shouts subsided, Factory Manager Yang continued, "This time, the generous welfare benefits apply to everyone, including apprentices. Each apprentice will receive an extra dollar in their monthly salary!"
"Permanent employees will receive an extra 1.5 yuan per month!"
"Team leader, give us an extra two yuan a month!"
"Director, Deputy Director, your salaries will be increased by three yuan per month!"
"Those at the director level and above will receive an additional ten yuan per month!"
"In addition to raising wages, the leaders also rewarded our steel rolling mill with five big fat pigs, each weighing about 300 jin!"
These five large, fat pigs weighed over 1,700 jin (approximately 850 kg) in total. Even with so many workers in the steel mill, each person could get some meat.
Although there isn't much meat, it's free, and no one would say that five big, fat pigs are too few.
Even if we don't get any meat, some pig's blood or pig bones would be nice!
"Wow, they've given us a raise and meat too! Our factory is amazing!"
"That's right. Our factory's wages are higher than other factories. My brother-in-law works in a machinery factory, and his salary is two yuan less than mine. Plus, their canteen is nowhere near as good as ours."
"Oh dear, I can't let my wife know about this. I have to secretly hide that extra dollar."
"Hey, you little rascal, you've been hiding money from the sun!"
Shh, let's go for a drink later!
The workers were excitedly discussing it, and some even wanted to secretly hide their wage increase.
In those days, it was perfectly normal for workers to hand over their wages.
Because of the different division of labor, the man earns money to support the family, while the woman is responsible for managing all the household affairs. Only by working together can the couple live a prosperous life.
There is no high or low status, only different division of labor.
The reason why men are willing to hand over their wages is that most men in this era belong to factory units, their living resources are provided by the system, their houses are allocated by their factory units, and their medical expenses are reimbursed.
This is why men are responsible for working at their workplaces and getting promoted, while women are responsible for managing the household finances, using their fixed monthly salaries to cover their respective living expenses.
In this environment, handing over one's salary is considered an honor, similar to being a hands-off manager.
Men think that managing money is just about managing accounts and trivial matters in life, and that men disdain doing such things.
But this is only true for this era; after a few more decades of development, these ideas will change.
While the workers were discussing it, the five large, fat pigs had already been carried up.
Good heavens!
As expected, Director Yang was not lying. These five big, fat pigs were all round and plump, and their weight definitely exceeded 300 jin (150 kg).
These large, fat pigs are not commonly seen in the market.
Normally, the pigs sold in the market weigh around 200 jin (100 catties), and those with 300 jin (150 catties) or more fat are even more. Even if they are available, they are quickly snapped up.
"Factory manager, how do we divide these big, fat pigs?"
"The distribution of pork is the responsibility of Director Chen of the canteen. Just wait for further notice." Factory Director Yang pointed in Chen Jun's direction.
Cutting pork is actually a skill; if you don't do it well, you'll easily get scolded.
Even if Director Yang himself were to cut the pork, there would still be complaints.
But once this task was handed over to Chen Jun, everything became simple.
Because all the workers in the steel rolling mill deeply respected this man who single-handedly ensured that everyone in the factory was well-fed.
He's the most suitable person to divide it up, and Chen Jun is also the best butcher in the entire steel rolling mill.
The workers all turned to look at Chen Jun.
"If Director Chen wants to distribute it, then I have no objection."
"I have no objection either. Director Chen would never do anything like that."
"Hey, I think it's fine if we don't divide this meat. Let the cafeteria make braised pork for us, hahaha!"
"Hey, you're pretty smart, but with so much braised pork, aren't you afraid of tiring out Director Chen?"
"If we can't finish it in one meal, we can cook it for several meals, hahaha!"
The atmosphere at the scene became even more enthusiastic.
Some have even started fantasizing about these fat pigs being taken away by the canteen staff to be made into braised pork, and then the whole steel rolling mill would probably smell like braised pork.
If people from other factories knew, they'd be green with envy!
Chen Jun frowned slightly.
Dividing all the workers in the factory among five large, fat pigs is indeed quite a challenge.
Or, as they suggested, we could just bring them all to the cafeteria and cook them as is?
No, we can't do it this way.
These people only make up a portion of the group; the majority simply want to bring meat home.
Since that's the case, we need to further divide the meat into different categories: fat, pork belly, lean meat, ribs, etc. Pig's blood, on the other hand, can be made into a dish.
Moreover, depending on their rank, the amount of pork allocated to the factory manager and the apprentice would certainly be different.
Forget it, let's hand this problem over to Sha Zhu and the other two canteen supervisors first, and then I'll refine their plan a bit.
After discussing wages and the large fat pig, Director Yang moved on to the next step.
The meeting ended, and it was time to leave work. The matter of slaughtering the pig and dividing the meat was postponed until tomorrow.
After getting off work, Chen Jun had just returned to the courtyard house when Liu Haizhong came over with a cheerful smile.
"Chen Jun, are we starting to distribute the pork tomorrow?"
"Um, could you spare some of the fat for me, your second uncle? Nobody in my family likes lean meat, everyone likes fatty meat!"
Does nobody like to eat lean meat?
Chen Jun almost burst out laughing at Liu Haizhong's words.
A piece of lean meat was tossed onto the Liu family's dining table; let's see if the three Liu brothers would fight over it.
Saying that is simply a way to gain some advantage.
First, fatty meat is lighter than lean meat. Second, fatty meat can be rendered into oil first, and the remaining oil can be deep-fried or used for stir-frying and stewing.
These two are not the same price.
In the market, the price of pork fat is almost 1.5 times that of lean meat.
"Ha, lean meat or fatty meat, I, Xu Damao, don't care!" Xu Damao glanced disdainfully at Liu Haizhong, then turned to Chen Jun and said, "Um, can I just have the pig intestines?"
Xu Damao has been craving stir-fried pork intestines lately, so he wants to replace his portion of meat with pork intestines.
That's no problem.
Since large intestines were cheaper than meat, Chen Jun readily agreed.
Hearing this, Jia Zhangshi, who was squatting at home waiting for dinner, became excited.
Is a steel rolling mill distributing pork?
And everyone in the factory gets a share!
Does that rounding up mean their family can also receive it?
"Qin Huairu, you will go with them to the factory to collect the pork tomorrow," Jia Zhangshi instructed.
Since she regained control of the family finances, she has become more assertive, while Qin Huairu has softened her stance considerably.
There was nothing we could do; all the money had been taken by Jia Zhangshi, and we'd have to be mindful of her attitude from now on.
"Mom, what pork?"
Qin Huairu, who was cooking, was unaware of the pork being divided.
"The factory has brought in five big fat pigs. Everyone can go and collect meat. You should go tomorrow too, and remember to take some fat home."
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