After a while, Wang Jun came back and gathered everyone together. He said, "The higher-ups have assigned us a team leader, who is..."
He turned around and saw Du Ruo squatting in the corner. He pointed behind him and said, "That's Comrade Du Ruo."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Including Wang Jun, there were seven people in the workshop, most of whom were here to avoid being idle. They were all a little surprised to see that their superiors had sent a female comrade over.
Du Ruo stood up, walked in front of everyone, and said, "I am Du Ruo. From now on, let's help each other and make progress together."
Wang Jun winked at everyone and everyone applauded to express their welcome.
Wang Jun said, "The room in front is the team leader's office. Shall I take you there?"
Du Ruo walked into the office and saw that it was very simple, with a table, a chair, and a single bed in the corner.
It's clean inside, there's nothing inside.
Wang Jun said, "Master Wu just retired last month and went home to retire. He packed up his things and took them with him. Now this place is yours. We're all out here. If you have any questions, just tell me."
Du Ruo asked, "Is there any work for us?"
Wang Jun laughed: "What kind of work is there? Really good things wouldn't be sent here as waste.
All they can deliver are scraps and defective mass-produced goods. They told us to pick again, but what is there to choose from?"
Du Ruo asked, "What should we do if the waste keeps piling up?"
Wang Jun smiled and said, "If it's discarded scraps, just throw them into the warehouse. If it's discarded raw materials, throw them all into the waste rock yard. A truck will come to pick them up in a few days."
Du Ruo asked doubtfully, "A waste rock field?"
Wang Jun smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, it's behind the warehouse.
We can just throw it there and leave it alone. There are special transporters at the waste rock dump, so there is no need for us to do anything.
Keep it for paving roads, building walls, and sending it to construction sites for foundations. Just take the stones wherever they are needed."
Du Ruo nodded, so that's how it is.
Wang Jun said: "We don't have much to do today, we go to work on time and leave on time.
When waste comes, we scoop it up and push it to the waste rock dump at the back with a cart.
We have two days off a week, one more day off than other workshops, and there’s nothing to do anyway.”
There is no such thing as a two-day weekend now. You either work in three shifts in the workshop or take a Sunday off. Here you can have two days off, which is really quite relaxing.
Du Ruo smiled and said, "It's quite leisurely. There aren't many of us here."
Zhang Junshai said with a smile: "We have less work and less money here, while other workshops have performance-based wages, overtime, and various subsidies.
We have nothing here, just a fixed salary. Everyone works to earn money, so who would come here?"
Du Ruo nodded. Indeed, there are mostly male workers in the jade factory. Everyone has to support their families, and the one that earns more money is the good place. They are not in their seventies or eighties, so who would go to a retirement home for no reason?
Wang Jun asked Du Ruo, "Team Leader, what can I do for you? No, I'm out."
He said quietly, "I lost today. I have to play a few more games to make up for it."
Du Ruo said, "Don't worry about me. I'll just take a stroll. I don't have anything to do. What did you do before? What are you doing now?"
Wang Jun went out with a smile.
Du Ruo hung his coat behind the door and glanced at the office. It was really empty, without even a water cup.
If there is no room, then there is no room. Anyway, she has found a room first and she can see about the others later.
Du Ruo sat on the chair and looked back through the office window. Behind him was a waste rock dump.
There are no large stones, basically they are cut into small pieces the size of a fist or a football. Generally speaking, if there is no sign of green after cutting at this time, it means that it is completely useless.
They are a jade processing factory, not a quarry, so there are not many discarded stones.
Two workers were driving a horse-drawn carriage, throwing small pieces of stones into the carriage one by one. They were chatting leisurely while working and did not seem to be in a hurry.
Du Ruo sat by the window basking in the sun, watching the two men work. It was a rare leisurely life for him as he lived in retirement.
Suddenly, Du Ruo sat up straight. The two people who were chatting were talking about something. The stone stopped in their hands and they burst into laughter.
The young man in the blue shirt on the left, the red line on his head suddenly swelled up. Doesn’t this rhythm look familiar?
Du Ruo immediately stood up and walked out.
After leaving the office, go out the corner door next to it and you will reach the waste rock dump.
When Du Ruo arrived, the stone had already been thrown into the car.
She thought for a moment and said, "Where should we send the stones in this cart?"
The two men stopped what they were doing, and the guy in the blue shirt said, "Comrade, what can I do for you?"
Du Ruo's eyes twinkled as he said, "I'm the newly transferred leader of Group 5. I'm here to take a look around."
"Boss?" The young man rubbed his hands on his clothes and said to Du Ruo, "My name is Zhang Li, you can call me Dali. Boss, if you need any help, just let me know. I don't have anything else, but I have a lot of strength."
Xiao Zhao next to him also said, "Yes, yes, yes, leader, you have to speak up."
Du Ruo circled the car twice and said with a smile, "You know there's not much work to do here. I want to practice with stones so I don't get rusty after working with them for a long time. Pick me two pieces."
As she spoke, she pointed to a stone in the carriage and said, "How about that one?"
Dali followed his finger and picked up the stone. Du Ruo shook his head: "Almost, what about that one?"
Dali would help her get the piece she pointed to. It didn't take them long to load the car. Du Ruo came out very quickly, and in a short while, Dali's hand was on a stone the size of a football.
The red line on his head suddenly grew a lot longer. Du Ruo was delighted, thinking that it seemed to be it.
She said, "Just this one piece. I'll take it back myself."
Seeing this, Dali hurriedly handed the stone to her. Du Ruo took a look and the red line on his head disappeared.
Carrying the stone back to the office, Du Ruo was a little confused. He couldn't cut the stone here. What should he do?
Zhang Jun pushed the door open and came in, holding a stack of payroll sheets in his hand. He said to Du Ruo, "Here are this month's attendance and payroll sheets. I brought them to you."
He saw a large stone on Du Ruo's desk and said with a smile, "You carving masters are really busy all the time.
Master Wu is the same. He practices with scrap materials when he has nothing to do. If there is no suitable scrap material, he will look for waste stones. You just came here and you are already moving stones."
Du Ruo smiled and said, "I have no choice. My hands have become numb after not moving them for a long time. No matter what I carve, I have to move my wrists."
Zhang Jun smiled and pointed to the next room, saying, "That room is Master Wu's workshop. He built it himself. He moved a sander and a cutting machine from another workshop and just sat there when he had nothing to do. Now, you can continue using it."
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