Chapter 275: General Assembly (Part 2)
There were two large tables and several large benches in the yard, and everyone sat around them.
Those who didn't get a seat at the table dragged their little stools to the side and made up the numbers.
It is summer vacation now and all the children in the compound are on vacation. Hu Tou and his younger brothers and sisters set up a small table nearby.
Their children also need to listen.
Orange slid down from his father's legs and went to the child's table.
She held a bottle of Coke in her hands, which her grandfather had just brought her from outside.
Dark, carbonated drinks are especially popular with children.
Guoqing looked at his drool all over the floor and wiped it with his bib.
He rummaged through his pocket and took out a bamboo dragonfly, then handed it to Orange like a treasure.
Orange shook the bottle and looked at it.
Guoqing hurriedly walked home with his short legs and brought back a bowl, pouring some oranges into the bowl.
Last time, her younger brother also gave her some Beibingyang tea. Her mother said that children should also reciprocate.
The two little ones sipped it bit by bit, and it was so delicious that their calves shook in unison.
Hu Tou and Wu Jiabao were also greedy, but the older child didn't want to ask his younger sister for it, so they just looked at their parents.
Wu Shengli met his son's accusing eyes and said loudly:
"Old Xie, you have quite a bit of pocket money. You're willing to buy a 40-cent Coke."
Xie Da Jiao cried out in injustice: "Today the store is having a promotion, buy a bottle and get a balloon or a pair of chopsticks for free."
Qian Baozhu has lost a lot of weight recently. He touched his increasingly deflated belly and said:
"That stuff is dark, I really can't get used to it. It always tastes like Chinese medicine. I still prefer to drink Arctic Ocean."
Gao Xiulan brought out a pot of water from home and poured a bowl of tea for everyone.
Then he sat down next to his open mouth and cleared his throat.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense. We gathered everyone here today to discuss what we should do next.
This steel mill has not had any big orders for several months in recent years, and salaries are only paid once every few months.
Life is almost unbearable, does anyone have any ideas?"
Only then did Lin Xiaotong understand what was going on, but this was indeed a big problem.
You can tell how your life is going by how full your family’s wallet is. Life has been better in recent years than before.
After the purge, the bad guys stepped down, the rules and regulations were abolished, and a series of policies showed that good days were coming for the people.
Now that the free market is popular, their workers are having a hard time.
The factory has no orders, but there are still the same number of workers. Without profits, there is no talk of employee welfare.
If they can't pay wages, they will cause trouble. The factory director has changed several times.
When Xie Da Jiao and the other grown men heard this, they all sighed in unison. They had been idle all day and their skills had become much less skilled.
Lin Xiaotong remained silent. She understood that most factories would be eliminated in the free competition in the market.
Many of the once thriving factories with tens of thousands of employees have run out of options. After a few years of persistence, the 1990s will usher in a large wave of layoffs.
Diao Yulian was the first to shout, "The factory hasn't paid last month's wages again. If this continues, are we all going to starve?"
She was still a little scared. If her Jiabao went to the factory to take over and the factory's benefits were not up to par, wouldn't that be a huge loss?
Wu Shengli slammed the table and said, "You bitch, can you please speak properly? Our factory has been around for decades, and you still can't pay wages? You keep saying such depressing things!"
He was also a little panicked deep down, mainly because he felt that if he left the factory, what else could he do outside?
Jiabao is growing up in the blink of an eye, and it will be a matter of a blink of an eye for him to start a family and build a career.
If I lose my job, I'll be finished.
Gao Xiulan drank the tea in one breath and put the bowl on the table.
"Old Wu, what Yulian said is also true. Every household in our area is a factory worker.
The family's living expenses all come from the factory's salary, but the current situation is not optimistic."
Zhou Jianguo chewed tea leaves in his mouth, saying nothing, feeling the bitterness deep in his heart.
Zhang Dazui is still quick-witted, but he has been so anxious lately that he has a blister at the corner of his mouth.
"I still think we should make plans early. Hey, have you heard?
Xiaohui's mother secretly set up a stall on Xiushui Street to sell eggs! I heard she made quite a bit of money.
Yang Shujuan was still a little worried: "Aren't you afraid of being arrested? This used to be considered speculation."
Gao Xiulan also heard something about it, and Lao Liu went straight to sell eggs with a cart.
Business is booming right now, it would be a lie to say I’m not excited.
“There are still urban management officers, but people can still do it if they are smarter.
Making money is not an easy thing!"
The only way to make a living by setting up a stall is to be diligent, quick-witted and good at talking!
"Setting up a stall would be humiliating. I'm not going. How much money can I make from such a small business?"
Diao Yulian was still not very happy. Since she married into the compound, she had never done any work that required her to be in the spotlight.
She served her husband at home, looked after a few rooms, and calculated her salary, and the family lived an ordinary life.
Jin Qiaofeng moved her butt and started talking:
"The main thing is that the policy is so uncertain. Who knows when it will be relaxed?"
She actually has a job, after all, she is the one who is responsible for all the matchmaking business in this area.
Ever since Ernengzi got married, her career has exploded and become even more prosperous.
She also secretly went to have her fortune told, and the fortune teller said that the problem lies with the new daughter-in-law, which means that He Cuicui brings good luck to her.
Since then, Jin Qiaofeng has been extremely satisfied with her daughter-in-law and has never been displeased with her.
Even when the couple had a son just four or five years after their marriage, she didn't meddle in the matter.
She is busy with her business, how can she have time to take care of her grandson?
Yu Afen nodded, she also had this concern.
Her husband Qian Yu and Donggua from the front yard's Lao Guan family got married this year, and now the couple are assigned to work in the unit.
I went on a business trip out of town recently and couldn't get back today.
Guan Lamei was cracking melon seeds to amuse herself on the side.
She is living a happy life now, eating out every few days, or sometimes just buying some food and eating at her in-laws' house.
She was the only one in the compound who didn't lose weight but gained weight instead. Her physique was almost as strong as Zhou Jianguo, the strongest general in the compound.
"There's no point in discussing this. Even if we want to set up a stall, we have to do it ourselves."
She doesn't have the talent anyway, so being a bodyguard and doing physical work is not bad for her.
After 1978, the market was liberalized all of a sudden. Now there are many more
Gao Xiulan had previously encountered a fight in the alley next door.
"You know what? A lot of educated youth are coming back to the city now, and the streets are in chaos. I feel like something's going to happen!"
Wu Shengli was also very envious. He wished his son could be admitted to university in the future.
"Hey, Xiaotong, Xie Yi, what do you two college students think? Tell us a little bit."
The two people who were named were stunned for a moment. Usually, they were assigned to the children's table by default.
In other words, they have no say.
Xie Yi coughed, received a sharp look from Gao Xiulan, and said a few words to prepare the situation.
"Aunts, I think it's great that the people in our compound have this awareness."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Ernengzi.
"It's different when I get to work. I keep saying the same old things."
Before he could laugh a few times, Jin Qiaofeng twisted his arm suddenly, and he gasped.
"Mom, be gentle, I was wrong, wasn't I just trying to liven up the atmosphere?
Xie Yi, please continue.
After Guoqing finished drinking the Coke, he saw his father like this, giggled and burped.
He quickly covered his mouth, sat obediently aside and listened to the adults talk.
Orange climbed onto her mother's lap again, sat there acting like a good daughter, and let her mother play with her hair.
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