Chapter 413 Bonuses and Benefits
What is the specific account balance?
In fact, Lao Hu could understand it at a glance, but he just liked to stretch out his fingers and count them one by one.
He didn't care that the accountant, Deputy Director Huang, Sister Qiao, Sister Hua and Lu Qiaoge were looking at him with a teasing smile.
He repeated it over and over again, counting three times.
In 1975, no, to be precise, it was before the Spring Festival of 1976 - the Street Office actually had 118,000 yuan at its disposal as the director!
Oh my God, this is unimaginable, it’s so rich.
It was probably from this moment that Lao Hu, including the cadres of the street office, and even the employees of the military factory, truly felt the benefits that the affiliated enterprises Xiangyang Food Factory and Xiangyang Handicraft Factory brought to the factory, as well as the tangible benefits they brought to their lives.
Of course, it took a few days for me to fully perceive this change.
At present, the street office will first distribute bonuses and benefits to the workers, cadres, and the elderly people who work hard in the neighborhood committees.
New Year's Day is in two days.
The street office will also hold a meeting first to review the work of the whole year, look forward to the prospects for next year, summarize and improve the shortcomings in the work, and then commend outstanding workers, cadres and neighborhood committee leaders.
Aunt Wang put on her cotton jacket and scarf at home, and even applied some cold cream on her face.
The old man next to her took off his reading glasses, glanced at her, curled his lips and said, "Oh, if I didn't know, I would have thought you were going on a blind date!"
"Bah! You can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth!"
"Honestly, you haven't been this dressed up in years. Why are you so serious today?"
The old man wiped his reading glasses while looking at Aunt Wang.
This old lady is becoming more and more serious and responsible every day.
She organizes snow removal, corridor cleaning, and area hygiene, and is always promoting this and that. If you don't know her, you would think she is a high-ranking official.
"What do you know? The subdistrict office is holding a general staff meeting today, and our neighborhood committee leaders have to attend. Qiao Ge said it, and he even gave us bonuses!"
As for the specifics of the other benefits, Aunt Wang didn't know and didn't elaborate. If they only gave her a towel, her old man would definitely not appreciate it, which would be ironic.
"Can you still get a bonus? With your monthly allowance of a few dollars, how much can you get?"
"It doesn't matter how much it is, even if it's only one dollar, I'll be happy!"
Aunt Wang was too lazy to pay attention to her husband. She pushed the door open with a proud and confident look, walked downstairs, and strode towards the street office.
Several other neighborhood committee leaders shared the same sentiment as Aunt Wang, including Aunt Wu, whom Lu Qiage had first come into contact with.
The meeting took place in the neighborhood office's conference room. On the wall was a square of red paper with the inscription: "Hard work, self-reliance, all the employees of the 516 Military Factory welcome the New Year!"
The conference room was decorated in a particularly festive manner.
Aunt Wang was sharp-eyed. As soon as she entered the meeting room, she noticed a huge pile of things in the corner, packed in boxes and sacks.
Her eyes lit up, and she tugged at Aunt Wu beside her, lowering her voice and saying, "Look, there are so many things. Aren't they welfare benefits for us?"
Aunt Wu nodded. "I guess so. I don't know what it is. Last year, everyone was given a towel."
Aunt Wang said, "Oh." It wasn't that she looked down on towels, but towels were part of the labor protection supplies, and the families of the military factory's family compound really didn't lack them.
However, the street office now occasionally organizes barter activities. At the big market organized by Lu Qiaoge in the summer, their accumulated enamel pots and white towels were exchanged for a lot of fresh vegetables, eggs and dried vegetables.
Anyway, I am happy with whatever I post.
I'd be happy even if you didn't give me anything.
Aunt Wang said cheerfully, "I feel like I've been working really hard these last six months. I feel really motivated. It's like no matter what I do, I have someone backing me up."
That is to say, your efforts are seen by others.
Aunt Wu also felt the same way: "Yes, just like what happened with Fan Xiaoyu, when faced with a problem, Comrade Xiao Lu really dared to step up!"
"Yes, I didn't know about it at the time. Zhao Xiulian's family kept it a secret. If Li Cuizhi hadn't gone to the security department to complain, we would still be in the dark. If Comrade Xiao Lu had been like some people, trying to smooth things over and muddle through, and had let that vicious family trick Xiaoyu back home, Xiaoyu might have become a mother of two children by now. Just thinking about that life is terrifying."
Aunt Wu agreed with this.
Now Fan Xiaoyu is the deputy director of a handicraft factory. How great is that? Who wouldn’t envy him?
As they spoke, the conference room was already full. Old Hu presided over the meeting, with Deputy Director Huang, Sister Qiao, and Lu Qiaoge sitting next to him.
Lu Qiaoge presided over the meeting with a clear and loud voice, and the audience was delighted and excited.
Then, she said with a smile, "Now, please invite Director Hu from our Subdistrict Office to give you a New Year's speech!"
Old Hu laughed and said, "Just speak, and give a speech..."
He cleared his throat, signaled everyone to be quiet and pay attention to the meeting discipline, and then began to summarize the work of the year.
In the past, this kind of speech always made people drowsy, but today everyone listened with particular interest.
Before we knew it, Lao Hu had been speaking for more than an hour, but no one got tired of listening.
It turns out that Xiangyang Subdistrict Office has done so many things this year!
When Lao Hu finished his speech, warm applause broke out in the conference room.
Many people looked at Lu Qiaoge with shining eyes.
It was this mediator Lu who organized the establishment of two street-run factories and solved the employment problems of thousands of unemployed young people and returned urban youth.
Not only that, they also develop new products and go abroad to exchange for a large amount of foreign exchange. You know, this foreign exchange is very important and can be exchanged for a lot of technical information and equipment for the country.
The most important thing is that at the end of his speech, Lao Hu announced to everyone: this year’s benefits are different from last year’s.
Old Hu pointed to the pile of things in sacks and wooden boxes, then pointed outside the door. Only then did everyone notice what looked like a small mountain of stuff piled outside. Someone with a keen eye couldn't help but exclaim, "Oh my! Why do they look like pig legs? Is there pork in the welfare package this year?"
"Oh my god! That's so fun!"
Sister Hua assisted the finance department in completing the statistics long ago.
Deputy Director Huang smiled and said, "Okay, I won't waste any more time. From now on, the Finance Office will start distributing bonuses. Lu Qiaoge, Lao Qiao, and Shao Le, you will be responsible for distributing the benefits."
Whether workers or cadres in the street office, each person received ten pounds of pork, a frozen fish, ten salted duck eggs, five bags of instant noodles, one pound of crispy cakes, three pounds of plain sunflower seeds, and ten pounds of snow-white rice.
Only then did everyone realize that the pile of items actually contained these good things, not the enamel pots and white towels they had guessed.
Lu Qiaoge particularly emphasized that neighborhood committee leaders and street office staff enjoy equal treatment.
Aunt Wang was so happy that she slapped her thigh. She pulled Aunt Wu's hand hard and said, "Oh, there are so many things. How can we take them back? I should have asked my old man to come with us!"
Aunt Wu's eyes widened and her heart pounded. She hadn't expected the benefits to be so generous, and she was so happy that her face was as bright as a flower...
(End of this chapter)
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