Now that the top priority of money was resolved, Jiang Shushu felt a little relieved. He went to a state-owned restaurant and spent 30 cents to buy two meat buns and a bowl of tofu and egg soup.
Jiang Shushu's face was filled with happiness, his eyes narrowed with joy. He took a bite of bun and a sip of soup, feeling extremely happy.
This is what people eat. I ate sweet potatoes left and right a few days ago, and my farts all smelled like sweet potatoes. It makes my butt hurt just thinking about it.
Alas, the past is really too painful to recall.
After Jiang Shushu solved his internal problems, he decided to achieve his great goal and find a stable job in the city.
Where can I find a job? The easiest place, of course, is in a factory. City Q has seven factories: a food factory, a machinery factory, a textile factory, a steel factory, a garment factory, a hardware factory, and a plastics factory. The closest ones are the food factory and the textile factory. I'll try those two today. If I can't find a job today, I'll try another one tomorrow.
Jiang Shushu did what he said. He first took the bus to the food factory, looked at the factory gate, and found that there was no recruitment notice. He turned to look at the old man guarding the gate, trying to get some information from him.
"You, that is you, that little girl, what are you doing? Looking around at the factory gate." The security guard became alert as soon as he saw a stranger approaching the factory gate. When he saw the little girl looking at him, he spoke before her.
Jiang Shushu raised her round face, showing 100% sincerity, and said a little naively: "Hello, Grandpa. I heard from my second uncle's cousin's uncle that our food factory is hiring, so I came to the food factory to take a look." Whether there are jobs or not, she will say yes. Then she can find out from the security guard whether there are jobs or not. Generally speaking, if someone can get a security position at such an old age, his family must be very powerful and well-informed.
The factory does have internal recruitment, and the recruits are children of cadres. Only cadres know this news. If my son was not the director of the sales department, I would not know it. If this girl knew about it, her relatives must be cadres. I have to be polite and not cause trouble for my son.
"Your relatives are so kind to you. Each cadre only has one position, and your relatives didn't give it to you. You're so lucky, little kid. The exam will be in two days, so do your best then." The old man said with a smile on his face. But in his heart, he cursed, "I don't know which cadre is so stupid. He gave the job opportunity to his relatives instead of his own family. He must be crazy."
It turns out they're recruiting children of cadres. As someone from the countryside, there's no chance for me. I'm not even eligible to apply, so why am I taking the exam? No, I need to ask if the food factory has any other job openings.
"My cousin heard that I was taking the exam and she wanted to take it too, but as you know, Grandpa, there is only one spot and we really can't give her more. Grandpa, is our food factory recruiting other workers? Or are we recruiting workers recently? I want to go back and tell my cousin. My cousin is so sad that she hasn't eaten for the whole day. Seeing my cousin like this, I feel bad too." Jiang Shushu's eyes became red as he spoke.
It turned out that the two sisters were competing for the same position, no wonder she was the only one asking for recruitment. Although the girl was quite sad, she still had to say what she had to say.
"There are no other job openings, and the factory isn't planning to hire any workers recently. If your cousin wants to find a job, she should ask somewhere else."
"Thank you, Grandpa. I will. Goodbye, Grandpa."
"Well, bye." The security guard thought for a moment and said, "You're still young. Your cousin has her parents to worry about. Do your best on your exam."
"I understand. Thank you, Grandpa."
Jiang Shushu went to the textile factory again and used the same trick on the security guard at the gate: "Hello uncle, I heard from my second uncle's cousin's second uncle that our textile factory is hiring, so I came to the textile factory to take a look."
When security guard Li Zhongjun heard this, he thought, "Isn't this nonsense? How could the textile factory be hiring?" "No, our textile factory is not hiring. I guess your relative made a mistake. Go back and ask him."
"No recruitment? No recruitment recently?" Jiang Shushu was a little bit unbelievable.
"No, we just recruited two months ago. How could we recruit again?"
"Thank you, uncle. Sorry to bother you. I heard about this from my relatives, so I came here from the village early this morning. I thought I could sign up, haha. Then I'll go look at other factories." Jiang Shushu saw that the security guard was quite easy to talk to, so he mentioned his rural household registration, hoping to see if the textile factory would have a good chance of recruiting people with rural household registration.
"You have a rural household registration?" Li Zhongjun frowned. This little girl was pretty and fair-skinned. He had thought she was from Chengli. He had never expected that he had been wrong.
"Yes! Uncle, can't people with rural household registration participate in job recruitment?"
"It's difficult. Unless you're a skilled worker, people with urban household registration will be given priority. Many children of our textile factory workers still don't have jobs."
"Uncle, is it the same in other factories?"
When Jiang Shushu asked this question, Li Zhongjun glanced at her. Alas, I was wrong again. I thought she was a simple and honest girl, but she was playing the pig and eating the tiger with me.
I, Old Li, have seen everything. These little tricks won't fool me. It's not that easy to get me to talk. Without paying a price, Old Li, I'll never speak.
"It's basically the same. I have relatives in every factory in Q City, so I know a little more." Then Li Zhongjun fell silent and leisurely took a sip of tea. This little girl scammer seemed quite smart and must know what to do next.
As expected, those who can work as security guards are all important people. They have relatives in various factories and they have connections everywhere.
Jiang Shushu reached into his backpack and put the boiled water Xu Hehua had prepared for him into his small space. Then he pulled out the paper-wrapped plums from the small space. He had tasted these plums the last time and found them very sweet. He had picked a few more from the mountain and put them in his space so he could take a few out whenever he wanted. He hadn't expected them to come in handy today.
"Uncle, you are such a nice person. Thank you for telling me this. These are plums grown by my family. They are so sweet. Please try them." Jiang Shushu placed the plums on the window of the security guard.
The security guard saw the large, red plums and estimated they weighed about two kilograms. His smile grew a bit more sincere, but he still pretended to refuse, saying, "How can I accept your things? I was just telling you that the textile factory isn't hiring. This is all part of my job. Take it back quickly! If anyone sees it, it will have a bad impact."
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