Jiang Shushu had to eat three slices of bacon to go with a bowl of rice, which shows how salty the bacon was.
Seeing that Jiang Shushu didn't eat much, Jiang Xiaoan said, "Don't be polite, little aunt, eat more. This bacon goes really well with rice."
Jiang Shushu: "..." It's so salty, I want to eat more, but how much can I eat? I can only eat two more slices and drink water when I get home.
Jiang Shushu just picked up another piece for the sake of politeness.
The next day, the village was bustling with activity, harvesting rice. Jiang Shushu brought lunch to Jiang He and his wife while they ate. He held the sickle in his right hand and the rice seedlings in his left, slowly cutting the rice. After only ten minutes, Jiang Shushu felt an itch on his hands, neck, and face—every exposed area of skin. When Xu Hehua called out, he immediately stopped and returned the sickle to her.
After Jiang Shushu arrived at the edge of the field, he was washing the mud off his feet. When he washed his right calf, he felt a foreign object on his calf. He turned his leg over and almost screamed.
Jiang Shushu only saw a brown thing lying on his calf, and he didn't feel anything. When he took a closer look, he found that it was the legendary leech, which specializes in sucking human blood.
"Leech." Jiang Shushu immediately reached out and picked up a small stick from the ground, trying to scrape the leech off, but the stick broke and the leech was still firmly clinging to his leg.
Jiang Shushu quickly suppressed his nausea and grabbed the leech's tail with his index and middle fingers. It felt soft and sticky. He pulled back, and the leech, originally only two centimeters long, stretched out to over ten centimeters. But it refused to let go. Jiang Shushu watched the leech grow thinner and thinner, afraid of breaking it and leaving that section inside his body, so he didn't dare to kill it.
When Jiang Shushu was about to ask Xu Hehua what to do, he suddenly remembered that he had seen on TV before, saying that leeches were afraid of salt. Jiang Shushu immediately put on his shoes and walked to the grass not far away. Using the grass as a cover, he secretly took out some salt from the small space and sprinkled it on the leeches.
Jiang Shushu watched the leech's body twisting 360 degrees, and then fell off his leg two minutes later. Jiang Shushu was so angry that he took out a handful of salt from the small space and buried the leech with the salt, making sure it would not have a chance to survive.
Jiang Shushu looked at the bloody hole on his calf, and quickly reached out and squeezed his calf to let the dirty blood flow out of the wound. Then he took out alcohol from the supply space and disinfected his wound and hands.
It's so scary! Leeches are so scary. What if one gets inside me without me noticing? What if it gives birth inside me? I'll never go into the paddy fields again, even if it's to dig.
Early the next morning, Jiang Shushu set out for the city with his three sets of clothes and two big ripe papayas.
Jiang Shushu first went to the new house to put down the clothes, and then went to the east of the state-owned restaurant with the papaya.
After everyone had cleaned up, Jiang Shushu brought the papayas to the kitchen and handed them to Zhang Zhian. "The papayas at home are ripe this morning. I brought them here for everyone to try. Brother Zhang, please help cut them."
"No problem, I'll take care of it. Thank you, Xiao Jiang."
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When he got off work in the evening, Jiang Shushu took out all the things he had received in the small space last time, and then took out shampoo, soap, towels, paper towels, and skin care products from the material space.
After Jiang Shushu packed up everything, he looked around with satisfaction.
"This is a bit like life. The only thing missing is an electric fan. I'll try my best to find a ticket. I must get an electric fan next summer."
The days passed one by one, and the biggest event that happened was the sending of educated youth to the countryside. The state issued a decree that all young people over the age of 16 who were unemployed and not studying had to go to the countryside.
As soon as the news came out, families with children who met the requirements were excited, and there was an immediate job-hunting frenzy. Temporary jobs that usually paid three or four hundred yuan rose to six or seven hundred yuan, and people were still scrambling to get them. It made people deeply realize what it meant that scarcity makes things valuable.
Some were even crazier, running out to the streets and shouting, asking if anyone was willing to transfer their job.
Jiang Shushu went to work happily that day, but as soon as he entered the state-owned restaurant, he immediately felt that the atmosphere was not right. Everyone was worried and listless.
Jiang Shushu quickly found Qian Xiaoni, his best friend, and asked, "Sister Xiaoni, what happened? Everyone seems so worried."
"Something big has happened. Our state-owned restaurant may have to close down. We don't know what the higher-ups will do. What if they ask us to go home? Going to the countryside is a big deal now. I'm really afraid of losing my job." Qian Xiaoni wanted to cry as she spoke.
Jiang Shushu's eyes widened instantly, his face full of disbelief.
No, how can there still be unemployment these days? Isn't it true that jobs last, but people change? Aren't they all supported by the government? How can there still be bankruptcies? Oh my god, everything was fine yesterday, how could it be so different today?
"Sister Xiaoni, don't scare me. I'm timid. What's going on? Can you tell me?"
"I heard it from Sister Juanjuan. We don't know the specific situation. The manager is in a meeting now. We won't know until he comes back."
Now Jiang Shushu also became worried.
Oh my god, you can't play tricks on me like this! I've only been working for a little over a month, and already I have to pack up and go back home? Others have had their iron rice bowls passed down generation after generation, but when it comes to me, I just want to work for ten or eight years. Why is it so hard?
In the office on the other side, several managers were arguing loudly, the noises were getting louder and louder, no one was willing to give in, no one was willing to submit to the other, only Zheng Dayong was sitting quietly, wondering what he was thinking?
Zhao Jun: "Among all the state-owned restaurants in China, ours has the highest customer traffic and the best performance. If they want to close any other one, they can't close mine."
Zheng Fei: "Although my performance ranks second, my reputation is excellent and they can't shut me down."
Sun Shi: "I'm ranked third in sales. My chef is a great chef and has won many awards. Many people come here to visit me. If I close my shop, many people will cry."
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As they were talking, the three of them looked at Zheng Dayong and Li Erzhu in unison. Needless to say, everyone understood what they meant.
Your two businesses have the worst performance, so if we have to close down, let these two be.
Li Erzhu was almost driven crazy by these three shameless people, but he also understood that he could not compete with them in terms of performance, eloquence, or brainpower, so he turned his attention to the old fox Zheng Dayong, hoping that he could fight for the interests of his two families.
Qian Aibing, who was sitting upstairs and was annoyed by the noise, also looked at Zheng Dayong, and then five pairs of eyes stared at Zheng Dayong, waiting for his next words.
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