Huang Qingning was already hungry, and his mouth was watering as he looked at the hot food on the table.

"Stir-fried bacon with garlic smells so good. I haven't eaten bacon for more than half a year..."

Huang Qingning took a bite of bacon and was so excited that he almost burst into tears.

Huang Zhiqiu picked up two more pieces of bacon and put them in her bowl. "Eat it. I'll give it all to you. Look how greedy you are."

"Aunt, why did you give me all the meat? You can eat it too."

Huang Qingning wanted to put the bacon in his bowl back into Huang Zhiqiu's bowl, but Huang Zhiqiu quickly stopped him, "You eat yours, we've already eaten at home."

Huang Qingning's eyes widened in surprise, "Is the bacon at home already pickled?"

"Well, we cooked half a piece last night and tasted it. It tasted pretty good. It will be even more delicious during the Chinese New Year. You can eat it when you go home for the holidays."

Huang Qingning and Huang Yu couldn't help swallowing.

Although there was a plate of fried bacon in front of me, the taste was far from the bacon at home.

Huang Jianjun was amused by the greed of the two people, "This year, my family has pickled 30 kilograms of bacon, and 6 or 7 cured chickens and ducks, I guarantee you will have enough to eat during the New Year."

"Wow, why are there so many pickles? Did your family make a fortune?"

Huang Jianjun smiled, "Your cousin Momo is going to bring her son-in-law back for the New Year. He has come all the way here, so we have to treat him well."

Huang Qingning suddenly realized, "I was wondering, when will my cousin and her husband come? I'll pick them up at the train station then."

"I'm not sure yet. We have to wait until the winter vacation."

Winter vacation is only for studying. Huang Qingning's face became visibly lonely. He stopped chattering and laughing, but lowered his head to eat.

Huang Jianjun felt a little uncomfortable and quickly put more bacon into his daughter's bowl.

"Qingning, eat more. I see you have lost weight. Are you too tired recently?"

Huang Qingning put away his disappointment and explained with a smile: "It's almost the New Year, there are many orders, and the workload is a bit heavy, but our team leader said that as long as we can successfully complete the production task, everyone can get a subsidy."

"Really? How much subsidy can I get?"

"I am still a temporary worker. The hourly subsidy for regular workers is 0.3 yuan, but I only get 0.1 yuan. At the end of the month, I estimate that I get 5 or 6 yuan."

"Five or six dollars is not a small amount. You can get more when you become a regular employee."

After comforting his daughter, Huang Jianjun asked his son Huang Yu, "Xiaoyu, you and Qingning are both in the same factory, do you get the same subsidies?"

After asking, Huang Jianjun found that his son's face looked a little gloomy.

His son Huang Yu appears to be careless on the surface, but he is actually a sensible and filial child. He always reports good news to his family but never bad news. But now he looks like this, obviously he has encountered difficulties.

"Xiaoyu, were you bullied in the factory?"

Huang Yu remained silent, but Huang Qingning couldn't help but express his grievances and resentment on behalf of his elder brother.

"I've been in the factory for so many years, I should have been promoted to a regular employee long ago, but that wicked workshop director has been suppressing me and not allowing me to be promoted."

"Why? Did Xiaoyu offend him?"

"My brother's workshop director is a greedy person. Anyone under him who has no support or background in the factory must bribe him if they want to become a regular employee. Otherwise, they will never be able to become a regular employee in their lifetime!"

Huang Jianjun and Huang Zhiqiu looked at Huang Yu in surprise.

"Xiaoyu, why didn't you tell us about this?"

Huang Jianjun looked disapproving, "You didn't even say anything, so how do you know your family can't help?"

Huang Zhiqiu also said: "Xiaoyu, if it's about money, you tell me the amount and we can find a way to deal with Ling Qi together."

Huang Qingning couldn't help but interrupt, "I heard from people in our workshop that the few people who were converted to regular employees last year gave 100 yuan to the workshop director each."

"So many?"

Huang Yu's monthly salary is only about 20 yuan, and 100 yuan is almost half a year's salary. No wonder Huang Yu refused.

Huang Jianjun asked hurriedly: "If I give you the money, will you definitely get a permanent job?"

Huang Zhiqiu: "Xiaoyu, how much salary can you get per month after becoming a regular employee?"

Huang Qingning rushed to speak, "In my workshop, the base salary for regular employees is also 20, but every month there are full attendance bonuses, production bonuses, seniority subsidies, and food subsidies. Adding up all the miscellaneous things, it can be more than 10 yuan a month, and it goes up every year. Old employees who have worked for more than ten years can now get at least 40 yuan a month, and they can also receive a pension when they retire."

With this calculation, it is worthwhile to spend 100 to become a regular employee.

Huang Jianjun immediately made the decision: "Xiaoyu, I will discuss it with my family when I get back. We can still afford the 100 yuan."

At this point, Huang Yu finally spoke up, "It's useless. I can't get a permanent job even if I give him money."

"Why? Others can turn, why can't you?"

Huang Qingning couldn't help but mutter, "I heard from an old employee in our workshop that my brother offended the workshop director, and the workshop director said that as long as he was there, he would not let my brother become a regular employee."

Huang Jianjun looked at his son in surprise, "Is there such a thing?"

At this point, Huang Yu no longer concealed the conflict between him and the workshop director.

Huang Yu joined the current winery at the age of 16. As a child from the countryside, he is hardworking and diligent, quick-witted, and works quickly and efficiently. Within a few months of joining the factory, he received unanimous praise from everyone in the workshop, and they all said that he would definitely be converted to a regular employee by the end of the year.

That year, the workshop had a total of two vacancies for regularization.

One was given to an old employee who had been in the factory for more than three years, while the other was given to a new employee who had been in the factory for less than three months.

Not only has the new employee been in the factory for a shorter time than Huang Yu, he is also not good at his job and likes to cut corners and be lazy.

Huang Yu was only 17 years old at the time. As a young and energetic boy, he could not tolerate such grievance and injustice, so he had a quarrel with the workshop director in public.

In the end, the matter was left unresolved, Huang Yu did not get a permanent job, and instead offended the workshop director.

Not only was he often bullied, but he was also assigned to the most tiring and dirtiest job in the workshop.

Later, Huang Yu found out that the person who took his place in the regularization quota was the nephew of the workshop director.

Later, his initial master secretly told Huang Yu that most people who wanted to become regular employees had to give money to the workshop director.

Huang Yu didn't believe it and thought that as long as he worked hard and performed well enough, the factory leaders would definitely see his good qualities.

But year after year, people in the same workshop have been converted to regular employees, except him, who has worked there for four or five years. Even his apprentices have been converted to regular employees, but he is still a temporary worker with only a basic salary.

This is not a solution.

Huang Yu asked his master who had taught him in the past to act as a middleman, organized a dinner party, invited the workshop director to dinner, and took the opportunity to apologize for his youthful recklessness.

The workshop director had his meal and drinks, and ridiculed Huang Yu, but he avoided the question of Huang Yu's regularization.

(End of this chapter)