Chapter 64

Stationmaster Lu clarified the details of the work with Qiao Wei.

"The official broadcast will start at 10:05. The machine needs to be preheated. You must come at least ten minutes in advance. You must be on time."

"The afternoon work will start around 3 o'clock. It's fine. You decide for yourself."

The morning broadcast is to broadcast the news and current affairs from the central government broadcasted by the county radio station. The central radio station is punctual, so their end must also turn on the machine on time.

No one is allowed to be late for the morning shift.

The afternoon broadcast is the town's own broadcast content.

It is mainly about learning the spirit of the party and national policies. If there is news in the town, it must be broadcast, but generally there is no news to broadcast in the town. What is broadcast is also trivial, which is considered news.

Because it is independent content, the time is not tight.

Around 3 o'clock, you can broadcast at 3 o'clock or 3:30.

If you broadcast at 4 o'clock, Station Master Lu will probably put down the teacup and newspaper, push up his glasses and look at you. But after all, you still broadcast, so he won't say anything.

Station Master Lu's main job is to sit in the office and read newspapers and drink strong tea for a day.

"When you have something to do, you also need to write articles."

"When you have nothing to do, you can also dig out what current events in our town are worth reporting, digging for shining gold in the ordinary, this is what our radio station should do, after all, we all belong to the Propaganda Department."

Qiao Wei expressed her humility to learn.

The morning broadcast was not long. At 10:05, there was a 20-minute broadcast of news from the Central Broadcasting Station, followed by 15 minutes of news and current affairs in Yongming County.

Qiao Wei went out to handle the transfer of reception, and then came back to listen to the lecture of Station Master Lu. Before he finished speaking, Lu Manman's voice sounded in the loudspeaker: "Xiahekou Town People's Commune Radio Station, this broadcast is over. Goodbye."

Qiao Wei glanced at the wall clock in the office. It was 10:40.

Lu Manman came over quickly, turning a key ring on her finger, and greeted happily: "Qiao Wei, come here, I will teach you how to use the machine."

Qiao Wei did not stand up immediately, but looked at Station Master Lu first.

Stationmaster Lu was very pleased with the new female comrade today. Hearing this, he scolded Lu Manman: "You are so anxious! I am here to report today. You can learn tomorrow."

Lu Manman actually had no ill intentions. She said coquettishly: "Hurry up and learn. I must rest this Sunday! My father went to the provincial capital the day before yesterday and I was delayed. I don't care. I must rest this Sunday."

The broadcaster's working hours are very short every day. It is not even eleven o'clock in the morning. Lu Manman has finished her morning work. Before the afternoon work starts, she can arrange her time as she pleases. She can go home or stay in the office and drink tea leisurely.

The flowers in the row of flower pots on the window sill are well maintained. It can be seen that everyone is very leisurely.

But the broadcasting cannot stop on Sundays, and even because everyone else has a day off on Sundays, the broadcasting must be done even better.

So no matter how many broadcasters are nominally on the payroll, the radio station needs at least two broadcasters who are actually working. These two broadcasters take turns to have Sundays off.

Last week, because the pregnant woman went home to lie down, Lu Manman was supposed to have a day off, but she was forced to work overtime on the weekend and missed the opportunity to go to the provincial capital with her father. She was so angry!

"Don't worry, Qiao is obviously a comrade with strong learning ability, and she will learn it after being taught." Stationmaster Lu promised.

It can be said that Qiao Wei is the one with the highest comprehensive quality among the people sent over from the military region. He was not worried at all.

"Okay..." Lu Manman chuckled and said to Qiao Wei, "Then there's nothing to do today, you can go home."

Qiao Wei smiled and looked at Stationmaster Lu again.

Stationmaster Lu liked her for being so perceptive and following his lead. He nodded and said, "Nothing to do today, Qiao, go back. Tomorrow, remember to arrive at least ten minutes early."

That means the latest check-in time for work every morning is nine fifty-five.

Qiao Wei gets up earlier now, unlike when she first came. On the way back from buying groceries, the supply and marketing cooperatives are open for work, and she can also go shopping.

Since she started her morning run, she can go buy groceries early, and on the way back, the supply and marketing cooperatives are not open yet.

This working time is too ample.

Stationmaster Lu nodded, and Qiao Wei was not hypocritical. She stood up with a smile. After finishing the report today, it was considered off work.

She went with Lu Manman.

Lu Manman saw that she and Hu Sui were not on the same page and seemed to be able to do the work, so she was very happy and took the initiative to tell her: "There is a cafeteria in the town committee courtyard. If you don't want to go home to cook, you can eat here. You can go back after eating, which is convenient. I go home to eat because my grandmother cooks every day, and she will be unhappy if I don't go back to eat."

"That's so convenient." Qiao Wei was overjoyed.

After a calculation, she had to consider Yan Xiang's walking speed. From now on, if she leaves home at 9:20, she will walk to her destination in about 20 minutes. There is no traffic jam when walking to work, so she will never be late.

At noon, she will take Yan Xiang to the cafeteria to eat, saving the trouble of lighting the fire at home. After eating, she will go home for a nap, and when she wakes up, she will be in time for the afternoon class.

What a magical class this is.

When they were about to part at the gate, Lu Manman said, "Come a little earlier tomorrow and I'll teach you how to use the machine."

Qiao Wei agreed happily, "Okay."

Seeing that she was a straightforward person, Lu Manman was also very happy and left humming a song.

Qiao Wei happily left the town committee compound to pick up the shoes she had asked someone to make for her.

There was no need to knock on the third door in the alley. The gate was open and the old lady was sitting on the doorstep doing needlework.

"Auntie, I came to see you." Qiao Wei did not say that she was here to get shoes, so as not to be heard by others.

"Come on, come in and have some water." The old lady led her into the house with a smile and closed the gate.

Qiao Wei got her own cloth sandals. You have to say, her needlework skills are really good.

"Is that so?" the old lady said, "If not, I'll tear it apart and sew it for you again."

"That's the way it is." Qiao Wei was very satisfied. She took out a dried lotus leaf from her military bag and gave it to the old lady.

The old lady opened the lotus leaf and found a white flour bun inside. She was also very satisfied: "If you need needlework in the future, just come to me."

Qiao Wei remembered that the old lady's surname was also Lu. She originally called her Aunt Lu, but the old lady asked her to call her Aunt Baer.

She was moved and asked, "Aunt, there are quite a lot of people with the surname Lu here."

Aunt Baer said proudly, "Of course, in Xiahekou, half of the people are surnamed Lu, half are surnamed Xu, half are surnamed Xie, and the rest are surnamed other."

Qiao Wei didn't bother to argue with her that the three "half" added up to 1.5 times, and exclaimed, "No wonder, it turns out to be a big surname."

"Of course."

"Aunt, what's your maiden name?"

"Xie."

Qiao Wei nodded with a smile, promised to find her if there was such needlework in the future, put the new sandals in her bag and went home.

First go to Captain Zhao's house to pick up Yan Xiang.

Sister Yang came up and asked, "Did you pass the exam?"

She was really confident in her.

Qiao Wei laughed and said, "I passed the exam."

Finally, I have something to do. Since I finished repairing the road and painting the wall, I really feel that even my walking speed has become slow.

Cooking every day has become my spiritual sustenance, but at that time, the various ingredients, seasonings and cooking utensils were not as abundant as in later generations.

In the future, I will have a class for the gods.

Sister Yang pulled her into the house, avoiding Lin Xixi, and asked: "How much is the salary?"

Qiao Wei said: "I'm new to the job, and I'm paid as a handyman, 14 yuan a month. After three months, I'll be a formal clerk, 23 yuan a month."

Sister Yang was so happy that she clapped her hands: "Great!"

She was a person who knew the ins and outs, and then asked: "What about the allowance? Food? What will be given during the New Year and other festivals?"

Qiao Wei sweated slightly.

There was no concept of "privacy" at that time. If you had a good relationship with someone, you could ask about everything except the sex life of the couple.

Yesterday, at the women's tea party, the sisters talked about the financial situation of other families, and they would not even miss the pound of meat and half a pound of oil given during the festival.

Clear door.

It is impossible for you to refuse to be questioned to protect your privacy like in later generations. They cannot understand why income cannot be disclosed to others, and will persist in asking until you confess.

Qiao Wei said: "I haven't figured it out yet. I was too embarrassed to ask on the first day. I just know that eating is the main thing."

"Indeed. You must figure it out in the future, don't let them shortchange you. We are outsiders, and the locals stick together and tell lies to us. You have to be careful." Sister Yang said, "The town committee must have other military families, and you should remember to get closer to them. Remember that we are the family members of cadres, don't be afraid if something happens, the military region will support us."

Qiao Wei was almost cheated by Aunt Baer when she was making shoes, and she felt deeply.

Local protectionism is almost an innate consciousness of the indigenous people in every place. Although the families of the troops were assigned jobs locally, they were outsiders to the aborigines.

In the evening, Yan Lei came back and asked her, "Have you reported?" He

didn't even ask if she had passed the exam.

Qiao Wei told him, "The food relationship has been transferred."

"Who did you meet? How do you feel?" Yan Lei saw that she looked very good, and knew that everything went well today, so he asked with a smile.

Qiao Wei gave a general account of today's situation, and then said, "There are only seven people in the radio station, including me, and three of them are surnamed Lu."

Yan Lei looked at it from another perspective: "Three of the seven people are family members of the troops."

Qiao Wei paused and said, "That's right."

Although the proportion of people surnamed Lu in the radio station is too high, the power of the military region is not small. It can be said that everyone actually has a background. Qiao Wei didn't rely on her surname but on her troops.

In fact, it's the same.

"I heard that the three surnames Lu, Xie, and Xu account for three quarters of the town's population?" she said.

Yan Lei knew better: "The town chief's surname is Xie, and those with the surname Lu are mainly in the supply and marketing cooperative. The chief of the armed forces is Xu."

Qiao Wei calculated: "The stationmaster's surname is Lu, the propaganda chief's surname is Xie, the broadcaster, the lineman, ah, I remember, the big brother in the supply and marketing cooperative is Xu. The aunt Ba'er who makes shoes for me has a maiden name of Xie, and her husband's surname is Lu."

"The main theme is a tangled knot, right?" Qiao Wei was amazed, "The power of the clan is still so strong outside the big cities."

In later generations, the north was slightly better, but the south was even stronger, with ancestral halls everywhere and people with the same surname sticking together. Whether in business or in government, they are all tied together.

You can see a lot of things on the Internet, which seem to be a resurgence.

Yan Lei had never discussed such a specific and practical issue with Qiao Wei before.

"The secretary was transferred from outside, a retired soldier." He told her.

The party leads the country, and the "director" is the second in command, and the "secretary" is the first in command.

"Imperialism is still trying to destroy us, and the remnants of feudalism are always ready to restore. Don't be afraid, the Chairman will lead us to completely break the feudal ideology, liberate women, and eliminate all the remnants of feudalism." "

The Chairman taught us to always carry out the task of educating and transforming ourselves. You have been doing very well all this time."

"Qiao Wei, you must study hard, be vigilant at all times, and keep it up!"

Uh...

Being stared at by such a righteous person with such passionate and expectant eyes, the pressure came over me.

Qiao Wei: "I, uh, I try... well, try!"