◎Third update◎
On Monday, Liang Baozhen got up very early. Today she had to report to the National Cotton Mill with Xu Shengjie. After getting the job, she could go back to the village to find the team leader to get a certificate to transfer her residence.
Liang Baozhen was a little dazed as she was suddenly about to become a worker in a state-owned factory.
I wonder how happy my parents will be when I get home later.
The Second National Cotton Mill is located in the west of the city, covers a large area, and has a total of about 3,000 workers. It is smaller than the First National Cotton Mill, mainly because of upgraded equipment and refined technology.
In addition, it is newly built, which makes it look even more grand. A factory is like a society, with workshops, family courtyards, nurseries, and canteens... It can be said that all the food, clothing, housing, and transportation needs of the workers are provided inside.
When Liang Baozhen stepped into the National Cotton Mill for the first time, she first registered with the guard at the gate. The factory did not allow outsiders to enter easily, and a legitimate reason was required.
"Let's go to the factory office first. A publicity officer will talk to you. Once everything is settled, he will take you to get your work clothes."
"What are you talking about?" Liang Baozhen was very curious about everything in the factory and always found it new.
"Just asking you what you know about our factory and your attitude towards work... Mainly to carry out ideological propaganda and education." Xu Shengjie recalled a conversation he had not long ago, but he could no longer remember the specific content. "Are you nervous?"
"No way." Liang Baozhen wasn't really nervous, she was just curious.
Factory office director Xue Lijun was not here today, so Liang Baozhen was received by publicity officer Huang Cui'e, who was specifically responsible for the ideological education of new factory employees.
The two of them stayed alone in an office, while Xu Shengjie was waiting outside. He had taken half a day off today, and would rush to Damian Village after finishing his work in the factory.
The office door was closed and no sound could be heard. Xu Shengjie was sitting outside and saw Chen Siming walking towards this side.
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"Comrade Liang Baozhen, right? Please fill out the employment information form first."
"Okay, Sister Huang."
Huang Cui'e looked at the information and quickly grasped the information: a country person, a high school student, and looking at the person, she was very beautiful.
"You got here by filling the Xu family's job quota, right?" Huang Cui'e had learned about the situation in advance. For a long time, the factory did not recruit workers from outside. Those who were able to come in occasionally were either fill-ins or relatives of the factory leaders.
A few days ago, a countryman came in. It was said that he came through the connections of Chen Siming, the director of the Purchasing Office.
"Yes, it's our family's job." Liang Baozhen answered every question.
"What do you know about the current situation in our factory?"
“What do you think about your future work?”
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Liang Baozhen had heard Xu Shengjie talk about the situation of the National Cotton Mill and was very excited when she started talking about it. Huang Cui'e was just going through the motions and introduced her to the development history of the National Cotton Mill. Not long after, she smiled and congratulated Liang Baozhen on joining the National Cotton Mill. She took out a yellow book from the drawer - a collection of quotations from great leaders and gave it to Liang Baozhen. Then she asked her to go for an induction physical examination.
After finishing all the work, go to the warehouse to get the work clothes, towels and labor protection gloves for the new workers.
The office door opened, and Liang Baozhen saw Xu Shengjie with his back to her, and not far in front of him was Chen Siming's back leaving. She immediately became alert and whispered, "Is he here to cause trouble again?"
"No." Xu Shengjie greeted Huang Cui'e next to him and went to the warehouse with the two of them.
There were two sets of brand new blue work clothes that could be changed, a white towel, white labor protection gloves, an enamel cup and an aluminum lunch box, all neatly stacked together.
Liang Baozhen held it in her arms and felt it was heavy. From now on, she also had a job!
After putting the things in the workshop, the two of them headed straight for Damian Village.
This time they came back so suddenly that the Liang family had no idea that the daughter-in-law and son-in-law would come back. When Liang Zhigao saw Liang Baozhen appear at the gate of the courtyard, he was so excited that he almost stuttered.
"Bao...Baozhen? Why are you back suddenly? Liang Zhigao shouted to Song Chunhua who was washing dishes in the kitchen, "Chunhua, Baozhen is back! And Xiaoxu!"
"What?" Song Chunhua wiped her hands on her apron, trotted out, and really saw the lady walking into the yard. "Hey, why did you come back suddenly?"
Having not seen each other for almost a month, both mother and daughter were quite excited and held hands tightly.
Others who heard the noise also came out. Everyone had just finished lunch, and knowing that the young couple had hurried home and had not yet eaten, Song Chunhua immediately went to the kitchen to cook noodles.
"Mom, we can do it ourselves, you take a rest." Liang Baozhen pulled her busy mother to the kitchen to cook noodles. Xu Shengjie followed her and also wanted to go into the kitchen.
"That's impossible. How can I let my aunt do that?"
"Mom, please don't treat me as an outsider. Baozhen and I are here, you all take a rest."
The two of them each had a bowl of noodles and ate it all up. After finishing the noodles, Xu Shengjie went to wash two bowls and a pot.
Liang Baozhen told her family the purpose of her return.
"You have a job?"
The Liang family was shocked. It was a great joy for Liang Baozhen to marry into the city. She no longer had to work in the fields and expose her butt to the sun. But the Liang family had not expected that she would have a formal job.
"Well, it was a quota left by Sheng Jie's parents back then, and now it's back."
"My daughter is so lucky!" Song Chunhua nudged Liang Zhigao with her elbow, her face full of satisfaction, "It's really the blessing of our ancestors."
"Sister, you will be a city dweller in the future?" Liang Baoling envied her sister. She knew that city dwellers could get food and meat coupons! She wanted this the most!
"No matter where her household registration is, she is your sister."
"Then you should hurry to the brigade headquarters to get a certificate. If it's any later, the brigade commander will have to go home for dinner." Liang Baoying was also happy for her sister. She believed that her sister's life would definitely get better and better in the future.
The girl in her arms, Meng Meng, was so excited that she danced with joy and said in a baby voice, "Auntie San, you can buy me candy in the future."
"You're greedy." Liang Baozhen also thought that when she has a job and a salary, she can buy some things for her family. "No need to wait, you can have candy now."
Of the pound of red shrimp crisps that the Wei family sent a few days ago, Zhou Yun must have asked Liang Baozhen to bring back half a pound.
"Grandma asked me to take it."
"Grandma Xiao Xu is so polite. How could she bring things to our house every time?" Song Chunhua looked at the shampoo and matchboxes, feeling a little guilty and even more worried about her daughter.
Nine out of ten in-laws would have opinions when she brought things back to her parents' home from her husband's family, and she was worried that it would be difficult for her to be a concubine.
"Don't take it anymore in the future. We have plenty of things at home."
"Mom, it was really grandma who insisted that I take it. Don't worry, she is not that kind of person."
"You are so lucky to have met such a good in-law family." Song Chunhua felt that her daughter had made the right choice in marriage.
Before leaving, Liang Baozhen took advantage of the busyness at home and went to her parents' room. Seeing that the wardrobe remained in the same place, as if it had not moved at all, she pushed it with her slender fingers and then left with peace of mind.
She thought about it carefully and decided not to tell anyone about the gold buried underground. Firstly, it would be difficult for her to explain, and secondly, she was worried that her parents would not be able to sleep well in the future, thinking that there was gold hidden underground. They would probably be worried every day and always feel uneasy.
It is best to just bury it quietly underground and take it out when needed in the future.
They had to go back to the factory in the afternoon. Xu Shengjie and Liang Baozhen chatted with the Liang family and then went to the brigade headquarters immediately.
When team leader Wang Dali heard that Liang Baozhen had found a job and wanted to move her household registration to the city, he was very happy.
You know, Dong Jiayan, who married the factory director's son, still has her household registration in the village. It would have been easy for the factory director's son to arrange a job for her and transfer her household registration, but nothing happened.
Instead, Liang Baozhen is about to become a resident of the city.
"Congratulations, Baozhen. You'll be a city dweller from now on." Wang Dali opened the certificate and handed it to her, joking a few words, "After you left, our team had a hard time getting urea bags."
Liang Baozhen smiled and told the captain not to use her. "Captain, go find Director Liu and try to persuade him. You are his real relative."
"Oh, he is so stubborn and it makes me feel uncomfortable!" Although they are relatives, they are not close.
Xu Shengjie recalled the appearance of his old comrade and felt that the two of them were a perfect match. "Captain, Brother Liu likes to smoke dry tobacco, especially the ones he rolls himself. He says they taste good."
"Ah?" Wang Dali didn't expect that the director of a supply and marketing cooperative would not like cigarettes, but actually like dry cigarettes! He smiled and nodded, "I understand, thank you!"
On the way back, Xu Shengjie and Liang Baozhen passed by the gate of Liang's courtyard again. As time was tight, they did not go into the house, but just said goodbye to their family at the door.
I also took the time to quietly ask my eldest sister about the current situation at home, especially what her brother-in-law thought.
"I've told him, but I don't know if he believes it or not. But there's nothing we can do now. It's always good to read more books." Liang Baoying felt that the man Song Jianguo seemed to have calmed down, so she squeezed her sister's hand to reassure her.
"That's good."
"Mom and Dad, elder sister's husband, Mengmeng, let's go back first." Liang Baozhen didn't see her second brother Liang Baojun before, and now even her younger sister Liang Baoling is missing.
"Okay, be careful on the road." Song Chunhua looked outside and whispered, "Your sister said she went to find Baojun. I don't know what the two of them are doing in a mysterious way."
Speak of Cao Cao and he will appear.
Liang Baojun and Liang Baoling came running over, panting heavily. A closer look revealed that they were holding a few things in their hands.
"Sister, are you leaving?" Liang Baoling was a little reluctant. She said a few words to her sister and handed the things in her hand to her, "This is a gift for my brother-in-law's sister."
Xu Shengjie took it, looked at it and raised his eyebrows, thanking Xiaoya on her behalf, "Baoling is really good at giving gifts."
"Brother-in-law, remember to heat it up again. It will definitely get cold on the way."
"OK."
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They took the bus home. Liang Baozhen would officially start work tomorrow and Xu Shengjie had to go back in the afternoon, so the two parted ways at the entrance of the alley.
Liang Baozhen went home with the bag. Zhou Yun was cleaning the cabinets in the house. When he saw his granddaughter-in-law coming back with another bag of things, he hurried over to take it. This time, Song Chunhua asked her to bring back a bag of herbs. In the summer, it was too hot and it was easy to get heatstroke. Especially for Zhou Yun, who was old, it was common for him to feel dizzy. Boiling the herbs could clear away heat. When working in the fields, many people would pick them in the mountains and boil a big pot of them, and everyone would drink a bowl.
In the afternoon, Zhou Yun accompanied Liang Baozhen to the street office with her household registration certificate. When Mr. Wei learned that she had secured a job and was going to transfer her household registration to the city, he was very happy and went with them enthusiastically.
Liang Baozhen watched as her household registration was transferred to the Xu family's household register, and her grain and oil relationship was registered. Liang Baozhen's share was also included in the Xu family's "town resident grain and oil supply certificate."
"The household registration and food and oil relationship was transferred this month, and you can receive food next month."
"Thank you, comrade!" Liang Baozhen put away the things one by one and thanked him sincerely.
From then on, she also had a ration of food.
On the way home, Liang Baozhen felt that her steps were a little light.
By the time Xu Shengjie came back from work, and Xu Shengwei and Xu Shengya came back from school, the herbal medicine had already been boiled on the stove at home. The herbal medicine tasted much better than Chinese medicine, and even had a sweet aftertaste.
"Grandma, this is almost like soda."
"It tastes much better than my Chinese medicine." It was rare for Xu Shengya to drink so refreshingly. The slightly sweet herbal water even tasted a bit like the soda sold outside.
"Would you like to drink something?"
"No, I have to save my stomach for dinner." Xiaoya saw that there was boiled corn in the pot today, and she had to eat that, it was sweeter!
"It's not just about eating." Xu Shengjie rinsed the bowl twice to prepare for dinner, and raised his chin towards Liang Baozhen, "Go ask your sister-in-law for a gift. I have something good for you."
Gift? Xu Shengya blinked her big eyes, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, turned her head and looked at Liang Baozhen, "Sister-in-law, what's the gift?"
Liang Baozhen put down the bowl, walked to the stove, fiddled with it, took out a few strings of things, and handed them to Xu Shengya, "We went home today, and Baoling asked me to bring these back. She said they were gifts for you, to thank you for the candy wrapper you gave her that day. She loved it."
Xu Shengya was a little surprised when she looked at the skewers of food in front of her. There were three skewers of roasted grasshoppers and three skewers of roasted cicadas. The shells were golden and crispy, emitting an alluring aroma.
The author has something to say:
★Congratulations to Ms. Liang Baozhen for getting a job, yeah hahahaha
Liang Baoling: A hardcore gift, you deserve it^O^
The daily gift-giving between two elementary school students has ended
Liang Baozhen: I am just an ordinary messenger⊙▽⊙
See you tomorrow. I'll update twice a day at 12 noon and the third at 21:00.
① The Baozhen onboarding process is based on the documentary "History is a Little Cold" about the onboarding of new employees in a cotton textile factory in the 1970s.
Thanks to the cutie who irrigated the nutrient solution: 1 persimmon mixed with salt; 1 bottle of Gardenia;
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