Chapter 34 Failed the exam.
He Susu was a little surprised when she heard this.
These days, all jobs in supply and marketing cooperatives are good. Not to mention the high-level finance and purchasing positions, just being a counter clerk in a supply and marketing cooperative is enough to be envied.
In addition to stable wages and various tickets, there are also employee internal purchase benefits. Salespeople can purchase some rare items internally in advance. And if the product is defective, the salesperson can also buy it at a cheap price.
Items like defective cloth are extremely rare among outsiders, but when they arrive at the supply and marketing cooperative, the salespersons will first pick them out and then put the rest on sale.
Many rare items are even sold out internally as soon as they arrive at the supply and marketing cooperatives, without ever having the chance to be put on the counter for sale to the public.
Seeing that the third sister-in-law was still panting while standing, she must have ridden her bicycle all the way back. He Susu quickly helped her to sit down in the living room: "Third sister-in-law, sit down and rest for a while, don't tire yourself out. Why is the recruitment notice of the supply and marketing cooperative so urgent? It was posted in the afternoon and the registration is closed."
Su Yu sat down and rested for a while before regaining some normal breath. He explained, "This news was told to me by a very good friend of mine. For a rare job like the supply and marketing cooperative, even if they recruit people, they only recruit the children of internal employees. This has been the case for many years, and this time is no exception."
"But in order to prevent people from gossiping, we will still post the notice, but the registration will end soon. This time we were the only ones who knew the news in advance, so if we waited, we might be able to register."
In fact, this is also the case with many factories recruiting workers these days. Many people who are looking for a job have already recruited people before they even see the recruitment notice.
It’s just that the work of the supply and marketing cooperatives is rare and easily attracts people’s attention, which makes it seem even more unfair.
Su Yu said, "I heard that the salesperson in this supply and marketing cooperative only needs to graduate from junior high school. You definitely meet the requirements, and the recruitment examination should not be a problem. If you have no problem, Susu, come with me to the county town to register this afternoon."
He Susu thought about it and decided that she quite liked the job at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Even though selling things at the counter was not as leisurely as her previous job at the cinema, as long as she became a salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative, she could take some rare things home from the shopping system in the name of internal benefits without having to worry about finding excuses all day long.
She nodded: "If I can pass the exam and get the job of a salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative, I will naturally be willing to do it. Thank you, Third Sister-in-law, for helping me find a job, otherwise I would definitely not know about the recruitment information of the supply and marketing cooperative."
Su Yu smiled and said, "It just so happened that my friend had a relative working in the supply and marketing cooperative, so he knew this inside information. I took an afternoon off and will accompany you to the supply and marketing cooperative to sign up."
He Susu will naturally agree.
When the He family came back from work, they were wondering why Su Yu came back suddenly.
After hearing He Susu say that the third sister-in-law came back to give her job information, He's mother was very happy: "It's really thanks to the third daughter-in-law that Susu was able to catch up with the registration for the supply and marketing cooperative recruitment, otherwise we wouldn't know anything. This supply and marketing cooperative salesperson is a good job."
The more she looked at the third son's wife, the more she liked her.
He's father also encouraged: "The third daughter-in-law did a good job in this matter. Susu, you must prepare well for the exam after you sign up."
He Susu nodded: "Dad and Mom, I know, don't worry."
Brother He and the others were also happy for the younger sister, thinking that she was very lucky. Her first job was as an assistant in a movie theater. If she could pass the exam and get a formal job as a salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative, her life would surely be happy in the future.
After dinner, He's mother urged her daughter and the third son's wife to go back to bed. When it was time to go to work, she couldn't help but go to her daughter's room to wake her up and tell her, "Susu, you have to be careful and don't sleep in until you are late."
He Susu nodded in a daze: "Mom, I understand."
After He's mother left, she fell asleep again.
Fortunately, she was worried about something and did not oversleep. She woke up at the agreed time. She changed into nice clothes and went to the well to get a basin of water to wake herself up.
Su Yu also got up.
The two of them did not delay and set off after drinking a glass of water. Su Yu usually rode her mother's bicycle to and from work. She rode back directly in the morning, and naturally rode back this time.
He Susu also set off on her own bicycle.
When they arrived at the gate of the county supply and marketing cooperative, they parked their bicycles one after another and then waited at the gate.
At this moment, the place where notices were posted at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative only had a red paper announcing the arrival of a sewing machine a few days ago.
The aunt and sister-in-law were not bored either, they chatted about everything.
At about four o'clock, a staff member came with red paper to post the notice. People passing by were very smart and thought that the supply and marketing cooperative had received some rare goods, so they hurried over to take a look.
"Oh, it looks like the supply and marketing cooperative is hiring two sales clerks!"
"You have to be over 16 and under 40 years old, and have graduated from junior high school. My daughter meets these requirements, so I have to go back and tell her!"
"Luckily I passed by, it's only posted now, the registration will close at 5 o'clock!"
He Susu and Su Yu were guarding here. They were the first to read the announcement and immediately went into the personnel office on the second floor of the supply and marketing cooperative to register.
The supply and marketing cooperative usually only had counters on the first floor for selling things, and the second floor was where the director, finance, purchasing, personnel and warehouse offices were located. This was He Susu's first time here.
The two of them went straight to the personnel department office, where a middle-aged woman with long hair sat. He Susu said politely, "Hello, comrade. I'm here to sign up for the supply and marketing cooperative salesperson exam that was just posted."
The middle-aged woman looked at her for a few seconds, frowning slightly, but didn't say much. She took a blank notebook from the side and started writing: "Name, age, education?"
He Susu answered the questions one by one and soon got her registration slip.
The middle-aged woman said coldly, "You must keep this registration slip carefully. Come to take the exam at nine o'clock in the morning three days later with this registration slip."
"Okay, thank you comrade." He Susu ignored her cold face, thanked her with a smile, and then left the office and went downstairs with her third sister-in-law.
Su Yu then spoke: "You don't have to care about their attitude. They probably didn't expect anyone to sign up so soon. Just prepare well for the exam."
He Susu nodded: "Don't worry, Third Sister-in-law, I won't be influenced by them and will prepare well for the exam."
After walking out of the supply and marketing cooperative and waiting for her third sister-in-law to leave on her bicycle, He Susu held her own bicycle and hesitated for a while before parking it again. She secretly exchanged a lipstick from the shopping system, took it in her hand, and re-entered the supply and marketing cooperative.
She had noticed that the salesperson at the bicycle counter was the one she had dealt with before, so she quietly slipped a box of vanishing cream to her and got the news of the arrival of the bicycles from her.
He Susu walked over and greeted her: "Comrade, long time no see."
"Long time no see." The saleswoman said with a smile. She had an impression of this girl. She was smart. She used that box of vanishing cream a lot in the winter. Her face and hands were moisturized. She would be happy to greet her when she saw her on weekdays. "Come and buy something?"
He Susu shook her head: "No, I heard that the supply and marketing cooperative was looking for two salespeople, so I came here to sign up."
After saying that, she quietly approached the counter, and tried to pass the lipstick in her hand to the other party through the counter, and explained her purpose, "I want to ask you, comrade, were the questions in the recruitment exam difficult? What were the questions about?"
The salesperson naturally saw what the girl was holding and thought it looked a bit like a lipstick sold in Shanghai. This thing was very rare and she only recognized it after seeing it once from her cousin.
If she asked about something else, she would just accept the lipstick boldly and do the girl in front of her a favor. But it was hard to say about the recruitment exam.
The salesperson pushed the lipstick the girl handed over back and said, "The test is naturally difficult. It tests some of the content of our daily work in the supply and marketing cooperative. We have regulations that cannot be disclosed to others. Sorry, girl."
Hearing the other party's tone, knowing that there was no lipstick to be inquired, He Susu did not force it anymore, silently put away the lipstick in her hand, and smiled: "So that's the case, thank you comrade."
The salesman sighed silently as he watched the girl leave. The supply and marketing cooperative has always only recruited children of internal employees. It is not so easy for outsiders to pass the exam. Just looking at the exam content, the internal children can review with the exam manual that is not circulated to outsiders, which is already incomparable.
He Susu had no idea what the salesperson was thinking. After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, she suddenly put the lipstick on her hand into the storage compartment. She was not afraid of wasting it. She exchanged for the more popular tea red color, which she could use for herself, give as a gift, or sell again.
She didn't waste any more time and rode her bike home. After parking her bike, the first thing she did was to put the registration slip in her desk drawer so it wouldn't get lost.
It’s a pity that the storage grid can only hold items redeemed from the shopping system, otherwise it would be most appropriate to put the registration form in the storage grid.
As soon as He's mother got home from work, she asked her daughter, "How was it? Did you go to register this afternoon?"
He Susu ignored the staff's cold reception and said, "It went smoothly. My third sister-in-law and I went there and waited for the notice to be posted before going directly to the second floor to register. The supply and marketing cooperative gave me a registration slip and said I could take this registration slip to take the exam three days later."
He's mother heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this: "That's good, you must keep this registration form and prepare well for this exam. I believe you can do it."
Her daughter used to be a good student and often ranked among the top in exams, so He's mother was very confident about this.
For the next three days, He Susu stayed at home and was busy thinking about the exam content.
The salesperson said that day that the test was about what the salespersons in the supply and marketing cooperatives do on a daily basis. So salespeople are nothing more than serving customers and selling things, which involves etiquette when facing customers, being familiar with the products sold at the counter and the corresponding prices, and being skilled in weighing things...
He Susu speculated and reviewed everything she could think of. For some things she couldn't figure out, she rode her bicycle to the supply and marketing cooperative and did nothing but stand in the corner and observe the actions of the salesmen, slowly figuring out the answers.
She attached great importance to this exam and took it very seriously. She even put aside the story that was still being serialized, thinking of continuing to write after the exam.
The house was also very quiet. Mother He repeatedly warned the children not to play around and make noises to disturb Susu. If anyone disobeyed, she would glare at them and they would go out to play.
He Susu felt the care and tolerance of her parents and her family, so she naturally paid more attention to it.
Three days passed in a flash. That morning, after having breakfast and changing into decent clothes, she went back to her room, took out the registration slip from the desk drawer, put it neatly into her clothes pocket, and then rode her bicycle to the supply and marketing cooperative.
The exam was held in the meeting room on the second floor. After entering the supply and marketing cooperative, He Susu went straight to the stairs. When she went up the stairs, she met several men and women of similar age. They were probably also here to take the exam. They were all energetic and confident.
She didn't think much about it. She went to the conference room on the second floor, had her registration slip verified by the staff at the door, then went in with a pen and found a seat to sit down.
People sat down one after another around them. He Susu counted carefully and found that there were fifteen people in total including herself.
At the agreed time, the middle-aged woman who wrote the registration slip that day came in holding a stack of papers and said, "The exam is about to begin. Please answer the questions carefully. If you are found to be cheating, you will be disqualified from the exam."
After saying that, he started distributing the papers.
He Susu took the glossy printed test paper and glanced through it first. She had a general impression of the questions on it and had an idea of what they were.
This has been her examination habit for many years.
The content of the exam was mostly the same as she had expected, involving serving customers, being familiar with counter merchandise and weighing, etc. There were also some things she had never known before, such as the time when the supply and marketing cooperative was established, its parent company, and its connections with supply and marketing cooperatives in surrounding counties.
Fortunately, this part does not contain much content and does not account for a high score.
In addition to multiple-choice questions and true-or-false questions, there are also essay questions. One of the questions is about how to respond when a customer comes back to question whether the goods sold by the supply and marketing cooperative are defective.
He Susu had an idea in mind, so she simply turned to the first page of the paper and started answering the questions.
The one and a half hour exam time passed quickly. He Susu filled up the test paper with answers, checked once more to make sure there were no typos, and then checked to make sure her name was written correctly before she stood up and handed in the paper.
After leaving the examination room and walking all the way to the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative, you can occasionally hear candidates in the same examination room walking together in groups of three or four, discussing the previous questions and talking about how they answered them.
He Susu thought about her answers and felt that they were pretty good. There was no point in thinking about the questions she had passed, so she simply put them out of her mind and rode her bike home.
Of course, before going home, I did not forget to exchange two kilograms of pork from the shopping system to take back.
What He's mother was most concerned about that day was her daughter's exam. She could barely concentrate on her work at work. As soon as she finished and walked home, she saw her daughter and couldn't help asking, "How is Susu? Was the exam difficult?"
Although the other members of the He family were not as concerned as He's mother, they were also concerned about this matter. Upon hearing this, they all looked at He Susu and didn't even care about eating.
He Susu nodded: "The questions are not difficult. I feel I did OK on the test, but it depends on how the supply and marketing cooperative grades the papers."
He's mother was relieved and said happily, "You said the answer was okay, so it must be okay. Next, you just need to have a good rest and wait for the results to be announced."
She still remembers that when her daughter was in school, every time she asked her how she did in the exams, she would say that she felt it was okay, and the final results were not bad.
The other members of the He family were also happy to hear this. They thought that maybe their family would really be lucky enough to produce a salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative.
He Susu was completely relaxed, no longer having to guess the content of the test questions, and even sleeping was easy. The next day, she slept in so late that she didn't even have time to eat breakfast. She could have lunch directly after waking up and washing up.
After being lazy all day, He Susu remembered that the next deadline for submitting the manuscript was not far away, so she forced herself to cheer up and sat down at the desk to write the story.
She had conceived this story well in the early stages, and had thought about the ups and downs of each stage in advance. Now she was just following the original plot and the content that had been conceived long ago, and filling it out with delicate writing.
Five thousand words may not seem like a lot, but He Susu's ideas flowed like a fountain as she wrote, and line after line of words fell on the letter paper, forming a new story.
It took He Susu about two days to finish writing the 5,000-word manuscript. After checking it twice according to the logic, she put it in an envelope and waited to mail it out next time she returned to the county town.
To be honest, she quite likes writing this kind of long story. Except for the hard work of coming up with the overall story outline at the beginning, it is not difficult to write the main body of the story afterwards.
Moreover, the fee per thousand words paid by the magazine is high enough. As long as the story you submit at the beginning is selected by the magazine, it is equivalent to having a stable income. Unless there is strong feedback from readers that the story is not good to be continued, the story can generally be serialized to the end.
Unlike the articles I submitted previously, each time I faced the choice of being selected or eliminated. If I was not careful, all my efforts would be wasted.
Perhaps because she had completed her writing assignment, He Susu was in a good mood. She hummed a popular tune, went to the yard, picked up a broom and swept the floor.
The branches and leaves are lush recently in spring, and the spring breeze blows up a lot of fallen leaves, which are accidentally blown into the yard.
He Susu cleaned the yard in no time and swept all the leaves outside.
When I looked at the shopping system screen and saw that the diligence value had increased by 1 point, I felt even better.
The supply and marketing cooperative examination staff did not say when the recruitment and admission results would be announced, but when He Susu was leaving, she heard from other candidates that the results would be announced in three days.
Judging from her tone, it's probably true.
He Susu didn't tell her parents to avoid worrying them. She had to go to the post office to mail the manuscript anyway, so she simply rode her bicycle to the county town.
The manuscript to be mailed was equivalent to the money that was about to be received, so He Susu rode directly to the post office, mailed the thick envelope, and then rode her bike to the supply and marketing cooperative.
When they arrived at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, they saw that there was a red paper replacing the place where the notice was posted. He Susu guessed that the recruitment results were announced, so she didn't stop the car and pushed her bicycle directly to see the results.
Her eyes fell directly on the names announced: Liu Jianguo and Zhang Yurou.
I didn’t pass the exam.
He Susu couldn't explain how she felt at the moment, she was a little disappointed. She felt pretty good after the test, and was confident about most of the questions on the test paper, except for the questions about the history of the supply and marketing cooperative and the subordinate units, where she chose an answer by chance.
He Susu took a long time to convince herself to accept this result.
There was nothing to do, and she originally wanted to ride her bike home directly. But then she remembered that it was her third sister-in-law who introduced her to the supply and marketing cooperative sales clerk examination. No matter what the result was, it was reasonable for her to tell her in person.
Thinking of this, He Susu simply rode her bike to the radio station.
The radio station is near the county government. The office is located in one building, but there is also a yard and a security guard.
After He Susu explained her purpose, the guard directly called Su Yu on the internal line and said, "Wait, she'll be down soon."
"Thank you, sir."
Su Yu happened to have nothing to do in the office, so she hurried down after receiving the call, guessing that the results of the supply and marketing cooperative's examination were out.
She walked to the door and saw He Susu. From her expression, she guessed that the result might not be satisfactory. "Susu, come here and talk."
He Susu followed the third sister-in-law to the corner of the gate and said, "Third sister-in-law, I just went to the supply and marketing cooperative to look at the recruitment list posted, and my name is not on it. I didn't pass the exam, I'm sorry."
For some reason, after hearing her aunt apologizing to her for the last few words, Su Yu felt a little sad, as if she could sense her sadness.
She patted He Susu's shoulder and said, "It's okay. I told you because I heard about the job offer and wanted you to try. I thought it would be good to have one more choice. If you didn't pass the exam this time, maybe there will be a better job waiting for you in the future."
He Susu smiled and said, "Yeah, I thought so too. Thank you, Third Sister-in-law, for helping me find a job."
Su Yu smiled and shook her head: "I just asked casually. Please take it easy. If there is another suitable job opportunity in the future, I will talk to you again."
He Susu smiled and agreed: "Okay, then thank you in advance, Third Sister-in-law."
Because it was not time for Su Yu to get off work yet, He Susu explained everything to her and then left on her bike.
Su Yu, on the other hand, thought that her sister-in-law had such good grades in school and had prepared seriously for the supply and marketing cooperative's recruitment exam. It was normal that she failed the exam, but it was also a bit abnormal.
She simply waited until after get off work to go find her good friend who had told her about the supply and marketing cooperative's recruitment news, and asked her friend to help her inquire about the results of this recruitment exam.
Her friend was also unsure. Although the exam was fair, the final recruitment process was the responsibility of the Human Resources Department. They could only promise to help ask, but could not change the admission result.
Su Yu just smiled and said, "I also want to know the result, so that my aunt won't be too sad. The recruitment results have been announced and it is impossible to change them. I know that."
Her friend went to ask for help and got a reply the next day. It turned out that among all the test scores, He Susu ranked second. If the two students were admitted according to the normal order of scores, she would definitely be admitted.
However, the third place candidate, Zhang Yurou, was the child of an internal staff member of the supply and marketing cooperative and had just graduated from school. After weighing the pros and cons, the Personnel Department felt that it would be better to admit fresh graduates, so they selected the first and third place candidates for admission.
Her friend winked secretly: "Anyway, there is always a reason for this admission method. The original purpose of recruiting people was to recruit children from within the organization. It can only be said that your sister-in-law was unlucky."
Su Yu smiled and thanked her good friend. This result was similar to what she had guessed. She did not tell the He family about this. After all, it would not change anything. It would only increase He Susu's sadness.
She will try to help find other good jobs later.
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