Uncle Xu nodded and said, "Of course. Come to me the day after tomorrow morning and I'll take you through the employment procedures."
Li Xu was overjoyed and promised repeatedly, "Okay, okay, I will come the day after tomorrow morning. Uncle Xu, you are really my benefactor!"
After getting this job, it will be much easier for Li Xu to produce things in the future, and people will not be as skeptical about his words as they were last night.
Uncle Xu said, "Alright, kid, it's not a big deal, why bother talking about being a benefactor or not."
"Uncle Xu, just wait and see from now on!"
After Li Xu finished speaking, Uncle Xu did not respond. He smiled and started chatting with Li Xu as usual.
Li Xu had a happy expression on his face all day, until the evening when the family was having dinner together. After clapping his hands twice to attract everyone's attention, he said:
"Ahem, I have something important to announce."
Everyone looked curious, but Li Jiakang asked, "What important matter could you have?"
Li Xu ignored him and continued, "I have to go to work the day after tomorrow."
There was a sudden cry of surprise from the table.
Sun Xiu was the first to speak: "Xiao Xu, you are not kidding, are you?"
In fact, everyone's first reaction after the exclamation was to think that Li Xu was joking. After all, everyone knew that Sun Xiu and his wife had been looking for a job for him but couldn't find one, and they knew how difficult it was to find a job nowadays.
"Mom, do I look like I'm kidding?"
After hearing this, everyone nodded in unison, leaving Li Xu speechless.
Li Ping didn't think Li Xu was joking, so he asked, "Xiao Xu, which factory do you work for?"
"Brother, I'm not going to the factory. I'm an apprentice in the car team of the purchasing department of the supply and marketing cooperative."
"Ah?" This was the unanimous voice of everyone.
Li Jiakang said, "How could you get such a good job?"
Li Xu smiled and said, "Of course. I've met a lot of people outside these days, and one of them got me a spot."
Sun Xiu spoke again, "Ah? You haven't been cheated, have you?"
Li Xu said, "How could that be? He's from the purchasing department of the supply and marketing cooperative. He just told me today that I should go to him the day after tomorrow morning and he will take me on."
Sun Xiu finally believed it and said excitedly, "Well, my son is really capable and found a job by himself."
Then Sun Xiu asked, "Xiao Xu, do you want to send something to this person? He has helped so much, our family should at least show our appreciation."
Li Xu said hurriedly, "Mom, you don't have to worry about this. They just introduced me to this job because they thought we were compatible. I don't want anything in return."
"Really don't need to send something?"
"Really."
Sun Xiu finally spoke, "Well, Xiaoxu, you've met an important person this time, you must thank him."
"Don't worry, Mom, I will definitely thank you very much."
In fact, Li Xu didn’t know why Uncle Xu would help him find a job. Could it really be because of what he said about getting along well?
What Li Xu didn't know was that his reason was actually correct.
Later, Li Xu learned that Uncle Xu had only one child in his family, and there were only six people in the family, young and old. The oldest of his two grandchildren was only two years old, and the youngest was only a few months old. Usually, only his wife could talk to him. Even the people in the supply and marketing cooperative could not talk to him much, after all, they all had their own things to do. Only Li Xu, after telling him the truth, would run to chat with him every day. This really touched his heart, made him feel that he had a good relationship with him, and made him want to help him.
After hearing the good news, the people at the table congratulated Li Xu and praised his ability.
Li Xu also responded with a smile. After all, who doesn’t like to be praised by others in life?
Everyone ended the dinner in a joyful atmosphere.
The next day was Mid-Autumn Festival, and the 8 mooncakes he received when he signed in through the system gave him great comfort.
Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult to eat more mooncakes. Mooncakes are now an absolute luxury. Although you have money to buy mooncakes, you don’t have pastry tickets.
Since the famine began, only the elderly and children could get some cake tickets to supplement their nutrition. In Li Xu's family, only Li Ju met the requirements and was given half a pound of cake.
Early in the morning, Li Xu took his money and tickets to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy mooncakes. Although he came early, there were still many people holding money and tickets gathered in front of the pastry counter. Li Xu, who was at the back, could hear the shouts of the supply and marketing staff and the yells of customers from the front from time to time.
After waiting in line for a while, Li Xu finally took out his money and ticket to buy half a pound of mooncakes. In fact, it was just two mooncakes, but they were bigger in size. Nowadays, people basically share mooncakes.
After Li Xu went out, he found a corner and took out the 8 mooncakes he had signed in for. The things he had signed in for were exactly the same as the ones he had bought at the supply and marketing cooperative.
On the first day of signing in, Li Xu discovered that the items he signed in for were the same as those sold now. Otherwise, he would not be able to explain it based on the rice. You know, the rice nowadays is darker in color, and the rice in later generations has a polishing process, so it looks whiter and brighter. Just for this reason, he didn't dare to take it out.
Li Xu took the 10 mooncakes and went to the purchasing department to find Uncle Xu. He took out the 5 wrapped mooncakes and handed them to him.
After opening it, Uncle Xu asked in surprise, "So many mooncakes? Where did you get them?"
Uncle Xu usually chats with Li Xu and knows that his family will not be able to get so many mooncakes.
Li Xu smiled and said: "Uncle Xu, don't worry about this. Anyway, it's all done in a legitimate way. Those mooncakes are given to you by me. Please take them."
Uncle Xu didn't ask where the mooncakes came from, but just said, "My family also got 1 kilogram of tickets, which is enough for a small group of people. I appreciate your kindness, and you can take the mooncakes back." After saying that, he wrapped the mooncakes and handed them over.
Li Xu also picked up the other mooncakes in his hand and said, "Uncle Xu, look, I still have some, enough for my family."
Uncle Xu pondered for a moment before saying, "There are indeed not many people in my family, and we can't finish all this. How about this, I'll take two pieces and you can take the rest back."
Seeing that Li Xu wanted to say something else, he continued, "Okay, if you still don't agree, I don't want it anymore. You can take it all."
Seeing that there was really no other way, Li Xu had to agree. He chatted with Uncle Xu for a while before taking the remaining 8 mooncakes back home.
After returning, he handed the mooncakes to Hu Guilan and said that the extra ones were purchased with tickets exchanged from friends.
Hu Guilan didn't say anything after hearing this. She knew Li Xu had a friend who could help him find a job, so wasn't it normal for him to exchange some mooncake tickets from his friend? She nodded and took the mooncakes into the house, waiting for everyone to come back from work or school in the evening to take them out and enjoy them together.
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