Chapter 349 Lost my job
It smelled like a handkerchief picked up from a garbage dump. When I opened it, it was full of wrinkled banknotes and notes, emitting the unique stench of used banknotes.
Wu Jianguo was so angry:
"Isn't this bullying? That's it, and you still think he will help us?"
Zhang A'mei gritted her teeth as she held the stack of banknotes.
Wu Jianguo continued:
"Oh, like you said, we have to return the money when we send the wedding gifts. Can you just return it like this? It means they give me small bills and we add some to return a large bill! Otherwise, you can become the deputy director of the factory! Awesome!"
Zhang Amei said angrily:
"Wu Jianguo, shut up! Count!"
She sat on the curb and began to count. It was a big bag, but after counting it over and over again, she found that it was only one dollar and seventy-eight cents.
The two of them just sat on the curb in a daze.
Suddenly, Zhang A-mei felt something falling on her head. She thought it was a leaf, so she used her hand to push it away. Unexpectedly, it was soft when she touched it, so she let out a cry.
"Bug!" Zhang A'mei jumped up and performed a breakdance for Wu Jianguo.
When I looked up, I saw clusters of insects falling from the tree.
The two returned home in a mess.
Zhang Min was waiting at home, and when she saw them coming back, she asked:
"Dad, Mom, where is Deputy Director Li going to put me?"
The two looked at each other, and Zhang Amei said:
"Don't worry about this! You will definitely have to work in the workshop during your internship, or it depends on how the factory arranges it. You have to perform well during this time. Only then will Deputy Director Li arrange an office for you!"
Zhang Min nodded.
She also knew that it was impossible to make special arrangements from the beginning, as that would be too obvious.
So she followed her schoolmates to the cotton mill for internship.
Zhang Min worked in the workshop for a day and cried when she got home from exhaustion.
Although Zhang A-mei felt distressed, she still encouraged her to persevere.
As long as you get into the factory and keep your job, you'll be fine.
The next day, she couldn't do anything and came back saying she didn't want to do it anymore. The mother and daughter had a big fight.
On the third day, Zhang A'mei personally escorted her into the factory.
After a week, I finally got through it.
However, when the internship was about to end, instead of receiving the news of being hired as formal employees, the Wu family received a terrible notice from the factory.
From this year onwards, children can take over after their parents retire, but no vocational school graduates will be admitted, even those within the system.
When Zhang Min got off work that day, she was told that she didn't need to come the next day and that her internship was over. She was asked to report back to school the next day.
When everyone walked to the factory bulletin board, they saw this announcement.
Some of the students who were interning with her sat on the ground and started crying on the spot.
That day, Dongzhe waited until dark but did not see Song Ying come back, and he was a little worried.
He pushed his bicycle and was about to go out.
Aunt Li stopped him and said, "Dongzhe, your mother isn't home yet, why are you eating here with us? Why are you being so polite to me?"
"Aunt, I'll be back to eat in a while. I'm worried about my mom, so go pick her up." Dongzhe had already got on his bicycle.
"Dongzhe, wait a minute, take a steamed bun, or you'll fall down because you're too hungry!" Yang Qiuyan chased out and handed him a big steamed bun.
"Thank you, sister-in-law. I'll go then!" Dongzhe bit the steamed bun in his mouth.
"Go slowly, don't be in a hurry!" Yang Qiuyan instructed again.
"Yeah!" He responded while biting a steamed bun and rode out of the alley.
Dongzhe rode to the union office building and saw that it was surrounded by people.
Some cried, some cursed.
Dongzhe was startled and abandoned his car and ran to the office.
"Make way, make way!"
"Hey, why are you pushing? Everyone is waiting here!"
Everyone turned around and saw that he was also a student, so they said unhappily.
"My relative is in the union. I'll go and get some information for you."
"Ah! Then go quickly!"
"Make way, everyone make way!"
In this way, Dongzhe squeezed to the door and heard a general idea of what was going on during the process.
In the office, everyone surrounded Director Lan and several staff members, including Song Ying, and asked them questions.
Everyone was explaining patiently, but it was obvious that the people asking the questions didn't have much patience.
Song Ying saw Dongzhe and was about to speak when she heard Dongzhe say:
"Why are you still hanging around the union? This problem isn't something the union can solve! They've already gone to the factory to handle it!"
The people in the room looked at each other and suddenly left.
The union comrades slumped in their chairs.
Director Lan clutched his chest and said, "Dongzhe! It's a good thing you came. I could hardly breathe."
"You can breathe now. Uncle Lin is in some trouble." Dongzhe said with a smile.
"He's a bit more skilled than me, and in better health," Director Lan waved her hand. "Hurry up and leave! Don't let him come back again anytime soon. Get some rest tonight, as we'll probably be busy for the next two days."
Everyone jumped up from their chairs, locked the door and left work immediately.
Dongzhe drove Songying home.
On the way, Dongzhe asked about this and Song Ying told him everything.
"Then Sister Min has to wait until Uncle Wu retires before she can take over," Dongzhe said in surprise.
He just heard it and thought that only a part of the people would be accepted, but he didn't expect that no one would be accepted.
"How can we possibly wait? Your Uncle Wu still has more than ten years until retirement, so she can still stay at home for another ten years! We must think of other ways."
As soon as the mother and son entered the yard, Grandpa Li called them:
"Dongzhe, Xiaoting asked you to call back."
"Oh!" Dongzhe responded, "Mom, then you go back first. I'll call Xiaoting back."
As soon as the phone rang, Xiaoting picked it up and asked, "Is my aunt back? Is she okay?"
Dongzhe laughed and said, "I thought you were looking for me, but it turns out you were worried about my mom!"
"Why am I looking for you? Mom said something big happened at the factory. When I heard that, I knew my aunt must be in trouble, so I called to ask." Xiaoting rolled her eyes at Dongzhe over the phone.
"It's okay, it's okay. I just went to pick her up and brought her back. Not a single hair of hers was missing and she was in a very happy mood. I'm just a little hungry." Dongzhe replied quickly.
"Have you eaten yet?"
"I ate a steamed bun before I went to pick her up."
"oh."
Dongzhe felt that Xiaoting's tone was not bad enough, so he added: "Coming back and forth, squeezing among the crowd, it's all digested by now."
“Oh, is there any food at home?”
"Aunt Li left some food for us."
"Then go and eat! Go quickly. Bye." Xiaoting hung up the phone without saying a word.
"Hey..." Dongzhe heard the beeping sound on the phone and said to himself, "If I had known not to say I was hungry, I could have said a few more words..."
After he hung up the phone, he heard Zhang Min crying and Zhang A'mei cursing behind him.
Dongzhe looked back and saw Wu Jianguo following them, apparently having just returned from the factory.
"I'll go see Deputy Director Li tomorrow! He's accepted so many gifts from me, so he should make some arrangements. Even the workshop is fine!" Zhang A'mei said angrily.
"It's okay to go to the workshop, but we have to go into the factory anyway." Zhang Min nodded in agreement.
"I think it's uncertain." Wu Jianguo whispered.
"Can you say something nice?" Zhang A'mei said angrily.
"I've told you all this is unreliable, but you refuse to believe it. This is the policy. Even Director Lin can't do anything about it, let alone the deputy director. There are so many students, many of whom come from better-off families than us. How could it be our turn? Let's think of another way!"
Zhang A'mei didn't believe it, so she went to Deputy Director Li's house early the next morning.
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