Chapter 13 Work
These two union secretaries are both field workers, and their job is to solve problems for front-line workers and their families.
When the two old employees sat for a while and were about to leave, Wang Juan asked them to take us new employees to solve the problem.
Ye Qian and Jiang Xia were in one group, Pan Huiyu and Chen Xiaoling were in another group, and then they went out separately.
There is no need to leave the grain factory to solve the problem, because everyone lives in the factory. Those of us who are single live in single dormitories, and the other side of the factory is the family dormitory.
It is provided for employees with families. Otherwise, it would not look good for everyone to live together.
The four people in the office are out four out of six days a week, and these family members will come to the union for any small matter.
It can be as small as your clothes being hung on my rope to dry, or why your water is being pumped onto our land, things like that.
You have to solve the problem because the union was established to solve problems for workers and their families.
After working busy for half a month, her small body, which was not fat to begin with, became even thinner.
Ye Qian hasn't seen her roommates in the dormitory for the past half month. She is naturally very happy living alone and doesn't have to worry about conflicts with her roommates.
With the New Year holiday just around the corner, the union president, a man named Feng Dacheng, called a meeting early in the morning. He said solemnly, "This is the last large-scale meeting our union will hold before the New Year. Everyone must do their job well, don't be late or leave early, don't waste food, and maintain good hygiene." After a lot of nonsense, he said, "The New Year's benefit is that each worker will receive an extra five kilograms of food. Don't give more or withhold food just because you have personal connections or grudges against others. If you are caught, you will be dealt with seriously."
After that, he handed the task to the team leader, Wang Juan, and asked her to arrange it. "I will now assign everyone's work. Jiang Xia, Chen Xiaoling, you are older and have worked longer hours, so you will be in charge of distributing the food. Ye Qian, Pan Huiyu, you two will be in charge of registration."
Jiang Xia and Chen Xiaoling placed the large bags of grain on the aisle scale in advance to confirm whether the numbers sent were correct.
After the preparations are done, you can start directly tomorrow.
The first day of food distribution was the busiest time. Everyone wanted to get the food as soon as possible, so the line was very long. People in the queue were talking to each other and chattering non-stop.
Jiang Xia and Chen Xiaoling had previous experience, so when they saw the workers coming, they directly asked the workers to split into two teams. Jiang Xia and Chen Xiaoling were responsible for packing and weighing, while Ye Qian and Pan Huiyu were responsible for moving the grain and keeping records.
It wasn't until almost dinner time that everyone dispersed.
The four members of the union returned to the office to check today's records, then weighed the remaining grain. After confirming that the number was correct, Wang Juan asked everyone to go back and rest and continue tomorrow.
After washing up in the evening, Ye Qian lay on the bed and slowly felt the soreness in her muscles.
When distributing food on the second day, although there were still a lot of people, it was not as busy as the first day.
The next day after the food was distributed was a rest day, and Ye Qian slept soundly in the dormitory for the whole day before she came to her senses.
But my muscles are still very sore. This body is lazy to begin with. I sit in the office by myself. Although I run outside every day, I don’t do any lifting.
I've been really exhausted these past two days.
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When we returned to work, the leader said that the workers in our union had worked hard this time and that he would give us some appreciation. In addition to the previous five kilograms of food, he would also give us an extra two kilograms of cotton.
What can you do with these 2 kilograms of cotton? You can’t even make a piece of clothing with it. But it is also a reward from the leaders to the workers.
It's the end of the year and the weather is getting colder. There were no down jackets in those days, and the clothes I wore were very thin, so it was very difficult to go out every time.
But she only had two sets of clothes to change into. The other set was made by a tailor after Ye Qian started working at the grain factory and took the cloth to an outside shop. The cloth was the leftover cloth from sewing clothes. It was the same army green top and black pants, and the appearance was not much different, but it looked better when she wore it because it was made by a tailor outside.
Ye Qian decided to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. She didn't have any cotton coupons, as you need coupons to buy cotton, and she didn't have many cloth coupons either, but she still decided to go and look at the ready-made clothes.
After get off work, Ye Qian said something to her boss and left. Recently, Ye Qian and Pan Huiyu have had little contact. After all, their work has been completely separated.
After leaving the grain factory, I walked to the bus stop outside and waited for a while before the bus arrived. It was actually not far, just two stops, but I was too tired recently and didn’t want to walk.
After getting off the bus, she went to the state-owned restaurant first. The food in the cafeteria was bland, and since she lived in the dormitory, she had to go eat.
Although Ye Qian took out food from the space from time to time to satisfy her hunger, she still felt hungry.
The dishes in the state-owned restaurant are still the same, all braised.
Ye Qian ordered a plate of braised pork and a steamed bun, paid the bill and ticket, and found a place to sit down.
Before the dishes were served, a soldier wearing a military coat came into the state-owned restaurant.
Ye Qian was stunned when she looked at the military coat. She remembered that military coats were particularly popular one year later, so she followed the trend and bought one. It was the same style as Andy Lau's, and there were many of them on Taobao. Ye Qian remembered that she only wore this coat once.
This dress looks good on Andy Lau, but I don’t have the temperament for it, so it looks ugly no matter how I wear it, so I just threw it aside.
As Ye Qian was thinking, she heard the sound of the food being ready.
After the dishes were served, Ye Qian ate the braised pork while searching for the image of the military coat in her mind.
She didn't find it until she was full. At this time, Ye Qian was very excited. She packed up the remaining dishes and turned to walk out.
I found a place where no one was around and took out my military coat to try it on.
This body is the same height as my future self, so the size is perfect.
After putting on the military coat, Ye Qian didn't want to take it off. It was so warm. Why didn't she think of this coat earlier? She was freezing for the past half month. It was so uncomfortable.
After putting on her coat, Ye Qian did not forget to go to the supply and marketing cooperative for a stroll. She was out, but she didn't come out just to eat.
Ye Qian went to the cloth counter and saw a new style of beige tweed fabric. She directly bought 5 feet of it and used up all the cloth coupons she had.
Then I bought some White Rabbit milk candies. The candies from that era were more delicious than those from later generations, and had a particularly strong milk flavor.
After shopping, Ye Qian went to the tailor shop and gave the beige tweed and the dark red plaid tweed she bought last time to the tailor to be made into ready-made clothes. The cost of two pieces was 10 yuan, and Ye Qian drew the design on the spot.
I paid the money directly, got a receipt, and came back to pick up the clothes 3 days later.
(End of this chapter)
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