Perhaps she had not expected that there would be a young person who would echo her words and even openly mock her. After Xu Mian had turned the corner, the lady finally responded.
She stared, "What did she just say?"
The older sister beside her patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't get angry with the younger generation."
The old lady let out a breath but tried to hold it back, curling her lips and saying, "What do you mean her family misses her? I think her sister is looking for a good family in her hometown, and she wants to come to the army to climb up the ladder."
"So that's the idea!" the elder sister beside her echoed her.
Several people gossiped in the office for a while.
As soon as the old lady left, the elder sister winked at her colleague and whispered, "This Song Guoping's mother was sent here because of her son's competition with Xu Bing. Now..."
Xu Sui walked out of the post office and glanced at the position of the sun.
She came out early, and although the journey took two hours and the phone call took some time, it was not yet noon.
The state-owned hotel is far from the post office and has already started business.
However, before noon, the hotel provides stir-fried dishes.
Even if there was cooking, she would have to pay a little with the two cents in her pocket.
Xu Sui handed over four taels of grain coupons and twenty cents and three cents in exchange for a bowl of shredded pork noodles and four deep-fried meat buns.
The buns were intended to be brought to Xu Weiguo, and Zhang Yunxiu gave him three cents to keep them clean.
Xu Sui took a bite of the shredded pork noodles, which had an ordinary home-style flavor.
The advantage is that the quantity is sufficient.
It was really filling, a big bowl of noodles, with shredded pork filling up half of the bowl. Even with her body that was used to farm work and had a big appetite, she could barely finish it all.
Waste is possible, as long as there are slogans on the wall, and the abnormal looks from people around can drown people.
When Xu Sui walked out of the hotel, her stomach still felt a little uncomfortable. She was used to eating until she was 70% full, and this feeling of holding her stomach was quite uncomfortable.
But when she walked from the hotel to the gate of the county furniture factory, that feeling of discomfort finally disappeared.
When Xu Sui arrived, the factory bell at the furniture factory had just rang.
After a while, a large group of workers came out of the production building.
Xu Weiguo once mentioned that their factory's security guard had a particularly powerful ability. There were nearly a thousand employees in the factory, and he remembered all of their faces and names.
If anyone tried to sneak in, he would catch them in the first place.
After Xu Sui talked to the gatekeeper, the fifty-year-old gatekeeper squinted his eyes and stared at the staircase of the east building. After a while, a loud voice rang out, "Comrade Xu Weiguo! Comrade Xu Weiguo!"
A tall, dark-skinned man turned to look over.
"Your family is here to look for you! Come here quickly!" The eldest master only has a pair of sharp eyes, and his voice is not very penetrating.
Xu Weiguo had already seen Sister 껗놅 standing by the guard room. He said something to the worker next to him and ran over.
"Sui Sui, why are you here?"
Big brother Xu Hongjun's facial features are also not good, but it may be affected by his personality. The first impression he gives people is always that of a simple and upright person.
Xu Weiguo looked much more gentle, he inherited Xu Changgen's peach blossom eyes, and he looked quite sunny when he smiled.
But he was only twenty-one years old, two years older than Xu Sui.
"Second brother, this is for you." Xu Sui handed the bun over.
Xu Weiguo took Xu Sui to the open space behind the factory where the ping-pong table was. No one was there at lunch time.
Xu Sui said, "Second brother, I came here to call my eldest sister. I have already told my family that I want to go visit my eldest sister."
"This is something my mother asked me to bring you." Xu Sui put the bag on the table.
"Going to see elder sister?" Xu Weiguo seemed to remember something and asked Xu Sui to wait for a while.
He ran into the dormitory building and came back a few minutes later.
Xu Weiguo held a roll of money in his pocket and said, "Sui Sui, use this money to bring a gift to my elder sister."
Xu Weiguo had wanted to buy a gift for Xu Mian a long time ago. It was Xu Bing who got this temporary job through the help of his comrades.
놙It's a pity that he has the strength to ask for it. 놊He recruits women, but he will definitely give the opportunity to his sister. 놅It's still too hard for girls to do farm work.
"I remember that my elder sister used to like wearing red hairbands, but it's been a long time since we last met." He smiled amiably, "I know too well what you girls like now."
Xu Weiguo was a temporary worker, earning 18 yuan a month. He would spend 15 yuan just on meal tickets and vegetable tickets, and only have one or two yuan left after buying toothpaste and the like.
But this also makes many people jealous.
A strong laborer in Qingshan Brigade could only earn 90 yuan a day. Although the brigade would distribute rations, it was definitely not enough to eat, and he had to use the money to buy food from the brigade.
If a family can save ten yuan every day, it is considered good.
Not to mention that being a worker means having to get up early and work late, and being exposed to the sun, and even if the sky drops the cake, there will definitely be a chance to get a permanent job.
However, Xu Weiguo has good interpersonal relationships and can endure hardships. He is now paid just to occasionally work in the boiler room for others.
Seven dollars in total.
Xu Sui would refuse on behalf of her sister, and after a moment's thought, "The 'O'-shaped leather shoes are very popular now. Pigskin shoes are 6 yuan and 15 cents a pair."
Leather shoes are the dream of girls at this time. The original owner never heard classmates mention it when she was in school, but they all wanted to have a pair when they got married.
This is an idea that only children of workers can have.
Xu Weiguo still stuffed all seven yuan into her pocket and said, "You can buy something you like with the remaining money. The supply and marketing cooperative has some kind of vanishing cream. You are a grown-up girl now."
"I may have a chance to become a regular employee." Xu Weiguo hesitated a little, "The boiler room is short of people, and the squad leader there said he can help me get a regular employee if I go there."
At that time, the boiler technology was relatively backward, and the operation was mostly dependent on manual labor. Although the work intensity was high, the efficiency was still very low due to the lack of equipment.
He worked very hard, enduring the high temperature while constantly adding coal with an iron shovel. When the ash was full, he would throw it out. More than ten truckloads of ash would be pulled out every day.
Xu Weiguo came out from work every day with black water dripping from his body.
Anyone with some connections would try to transfer to another position, and even if he didn't have any, his work enthusiasm was high, which was why the boiler room foreman took a fancy to Xu Weiguo.
Xu Weiguo was not afraid of hardship. With his salary doubled after becoming a regular employee, he could earn a lot of money to provide a good life for his family.
The only hesitation is what kind of skills you can learn in the boiler room. In the production workshop, the old masters are very popular.
Xu Weiguo said with emotion: "It would be great if there were opportunities to become a regular employee in the production workshop as well."
Having said that, he had actually made the decision to go to the boiler room.
Xu Sui leaned against the ping-pong table and said softly, "Second brother, I ran into my deskmate on my way here today. She said that conscription will start in the middle of next month."
The surroundings were deserted, with only a few people returning from the cafeteria to the dormitory building far away.
Xu Weiguo turned his head.
Xu Sui continued, "Her father is in the armed forces, and he told me this in secret."