Seeing that Sun Zhou was asleep, Gu Zhiyuan took out his ration book and ticket holder from his room and handed them over to Xu Ningyan one by one.
The grain ration book has been collected this month. Every month, I go to the street grain station to collect it. The purpose and usage of all the ration coupons in the coupon holder are clearly explained.
Then he handed over the salary he had just received two days ago to Xu Ningyan: "This is my salary for this month, it's 55 yuan a month. I'll give you all my salaries from now on. You can take care of the household expenses and any new purchases you need!"
Does this mean handing over all wages?
Xu Ningyan stared at the money in utter horror. What a joke! Who would dare to interfere with the big boss's salary?!
He immediately declined, saying, "This, this isn't quite right. Just give me a little allowance each month—"
Gu Zhiyuan pushed the money and food ration book in front of Xu Ningyan: "I will be very busy with work from now on, so everything at home will be in your hands! If you don't have enough money, just tell me. If you don't spend it all, just save it."
Xu Ningyan thought for a moment, then accepted the money. It wasn't worth angering the big boss again over this.
At worst, she can just keep track of the expenses. Then there will be records to check, so there's nothing to worry about.
When Gu Zhiyuan saw Xu Ningyan accept the money, his expression immediately improved.
Xu Ningyan took the money and asked, "Brother Gu, do you eat at home or in the cafeteria for all three meals a day? If you eat in the cafeteria, how much does it cost per month? I need to think about it and give it to you in advance."
Gu Zhiyuan considered it for a moment. Although eating in the cafeteria would save a lot of time, his appetite had been spoiled by Xu Ningyan, and he really didn't want to eat the cafeteria's communal food.
After hesitating for a moment, she tentatively asked, "Can I eat at home all the time?"
She finished speaking with a hint of embarrassment: "I don't like the food in the cafeteria."
It's rare to see an expression other than composure on Gu Zhiyuan's face, which makes him seem more down-to-earth. Especially when he purses his lips and looks embarrassed, he actually looks quite cute.
Xu Ningyan also knew that the food in the cafeteria was all-you-can-eat, but the taste was nothing to write home about.
After thinking for a moment, I said, "When I'm home, you can eat at home whenever you have time to cook. If I have something to do or need to go back to the Tuanjie Brigade, you can eat at the factory canteen."
Gu Zhiyuan nodded repeatedly, "So what are we having for dinner tonight? It's so hot, how about we have cold noodles?"
He looked like he'd been craving it for a long time.
What else could Xu Ningyan do? She could only agree to his request.
After settling in, the next day, Xu Ningyan cooked two large bowls of shredded pork noodles. After breakfast, Gu Zhiyuan rode his slightly worn bicycle to work at the machinery factory.
Xu Ningyan also went to the department store.
Li Jianguo had only been back from his business trip for two days when he heard the news that Gu Zhiyuan had been exonerated and had already started working at the machinery factory.
He was thinking of having someone send a message to Xu Ningyan, asking her to come to the county town.
Upon meeting her, she first mentioned that the supply and marketing system was going to conduct its annual training, and that people would be selected from various supply and marketing cooperatives to undergo training at the county department store.
Finally, a professional competition will be held.
They wanted Xu Ningyan to participate in the training as well. If she could achieve good results in the competition, and with Gu Zhiyuan's background issue resolved, they could try to get her officially recognized as a member of the organization.
Xu Ningyan wanted to refuse, but Li Jianguo said that he had already registered her and that she could come to the training in three days.
Then, she waved to Xu Ningyan, who was still trying to struggle, signaling her to leave quickly.
Xu Ningyan, looking distressed, went to the warehouse to seek comfort from Lin Hong.
Lin Hong thought the same way as Li Jianguo: why not seize this opportunity to become a permanent employee?
Not to mention the higher salary and benefits after becoming a permanent employee, even the household registration has been changed to a commodity grain household registration. Isn't that better than living in the countryside?
Moreover, the number of places to participate in this training is limited, and the supply and marketing cooperatives below are so competitive that they'd practically fight over that one spot.
Li Jianguo must have put in a lot of effort to get this spot.
She actually doesn't want it? Isn't that letting her down?
Xu Ningyan then realized that this spot was actually quite valuable, and it was really hard to refuse. In fact, if she didn't participate in the training properly and achieve good results, she would be letting Li Jianguo down.
Hearing Lin Hong say that the list of participants for the training should have been finalized, I was immediately intrigued and went to the logistics department to inquire. Sure enough, the list was finalized just yesterday.
Xu Ningyan is doing well with several departments now. She said she wanted to see the list, but the logistics department didn't take it seriously. The list had already been finalized and couldn't be changed. It was going to be posted anyway, so it wouldn't hurt to let her see it.
Xu Ningyan glanced at the list and saw that there were forty-five people participating in the training, among whom was a familiar name: Xu Zhenzhu.
As expected, she was there!
After asking another question, I learned that the trainees would likely arrive in the county town in the next few days, and their logistics department had prepared several multi-person dormitories for those who had no place to stay in the county town.
Xu Ningyan never expected that attending this lousy class would lead to a training session with Xu Zhenzhu.
However, it had been a long time since I had seen her. When she was in the Tuanjie Brigade, Xu Zhenzhu rarely went back. Miao Cuihua usually took Er Ya and San Ya to visit her.
Occasionally, I'd hear that Xu Zhenzhu wouldn't return to the Tuanjie Brigade during her rest days; instead, she'd go to the county town to visit her boyfriend.
The news from the Xu family said that Xu Zhenzhu's fiancé has said that he will come to propose marriage once he is done with his work.
Of course, some people say that Xu Zhenzhu and her boyfriend have probably gotten together and she's afraid of being found out if she comes back, which is why she doesn't come back.
Anyway, all sorts of rumors circulated. After hearing these rumors, Miao Cuihua grabbed a cleaver and a cutting board, stood at the entrance of the brigade office with a white towel draped over her head, and started chopping at the cutting board while cursing people. She cursed for three whole days before the rumors finally died down.
For this, they were ridiculed, with people saying that when their family spread rumors about Siya, they never thought their own daughter would have this day.
Xu Ningyan smiled. It had been a long time since they last met, and she was really looking forward to seeing Xu Zhenzhu again.
Xu Zhenzhu, whom Xu Ningyan was looking forward to meeting, was currently at the machinery factory.
During this period, she would come back to the machinery factory to see Lu Kai every day of her rest. The two had a very deep relationship. Every time in Lu Kai's single dormitory, when no one was around, the two would kiss and hug. Except for the last step, which did not go further due to Xu Zhenzhu's insistence, they did everything that couples should and should not do.
Lu Kai had also promised Xu Zhenzhu that once he had a promising project, he would go to the Xu family to propose marriage.
In the past few times, Xu Zhenzhu could clearly sense that Lu Kai was in a bad mood. When asked, he would only mention work-related matters, not wanting her to worry about it.
Xu Zhenzhu had Lu Kai on her mind. She secretly gave a big gift to the director of the supply and marketing cooperative and used the Lu family's influence to secure a spot for this training.
She heard that if she ranked highly in the assessment after this training, she could be transferred to the county.
Xu Zhenzhu thought that if she could be transferred to work in the county, wouldn't she be closer to Lu Kai?
When the two of them get married, they'll go to work together in the morning and come home together in the evening, being all lovey-dovey. Wouldn't their life be sweeter than honey?
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