When it was almost time to get off work that day, Zheng Dayong gathered everyone together for a meeting.
Zheng Dayong said with a smile: "I have good news to tell you that will make you rich and bring honor to your family."
Jiang Shushu and the others were all confused and curious, so they exchanged glances, hoping to learn something from some well-informed big shot. Unfortunately, everyone looked confused and had no idea about this great thing.
Jiang Shushu: "..." Why are you trying to keep me on suspense? You only tell me half the story and leave the other half unsaid. It's driving me crazy.
Zhang Yao spoke frankly, "Manager, are you going to give all of us employees a raise and better benefits? If so, that would be great."
"Chef Zhang, that's a nice thought, but I'm sorry, you're wrong." If it were this news, I would have jumped up and down. "My good news isn't relevant to us older people, but the younger ones all meet the requirements."
Zhang Yao: "Ah...Manager, please tell me quickly. I'm so curious."
Others: “…” Yes, just say it quickly, don’t keep us in suspense.
"Look at how anxious you are. This is not a good habit and you have to change it. I've told you that although we are under the government's management, we are outside staff and basically will not go to the city government building. To be honest with you, outside staff like us usually stay in the position for a lifetime. To put it bluntly, according to the current situation, it may be several lifetimes. If you want to move up, it is basically impossible because there is no room for you to be promoted." Even in my position as a manager, unless my successor is really terrible, the director will not replace him.
Jiang Shushu: From what the manager said, is there a chance for those of us under 35 to work in the city government building? The city government is recruiting people, and they are selecting from external staff. If we pass the exam, it will really be a matter of honor for our family.
Others: "..." What does the manager mean by that? Is that... what we think it means? That's impossible! I've never heard of that before.
Zheng Dayong looked at everyone's faces, all of them wanting to guess but not believe it, and continued, "I believe you have guessed it in your hearts. Yes, it is just as you guessed. Yesterday afternoon, Director Qian told us that the city government is short of staff (a while ago, many people were transferred for various reasons). A total of 12 people are needed, so they are recruiting from external staff with great fanfare. To be honest, I have been working here for so many years, and this is the first time I have encountered such a thing. You can see how lucky you are to have encountered it. If I were a few years younger, I would have gone to try. All external staff under the age of 35 who have graduated from junior high school in the city are eligible to take the exam. As long as they pass, they can go to work in the city government building.
I'm not going to lie. As long as you pass the exam and have the ability, you can move up. As for how high you can go? That depends on your own ability. And there's good news: if you pass, your current job will still be yours, and you have the right to decide who gets it. If you don't pass, you can just go back to work."
Upon hearing this, those who hadn't reacted much earlier immediately brightened up, including Jiang Shushu: "..." The manager was indeed a sincere man, his words were not empty. This was truly news of getting rich and bringing honor to the family. As long as he passed the exam, he would immediately have money and fame.
Zheng Dayong was very satisfied with the reactions of these young people: This is the right expression. I was so excited even though I couldn't take the exam. It would be unreasonable for you who can take the exam not to be excited. As long as you pass the exam, you will have one foot in the ranks of successful people.
"Except for us old ones, all of you young people meet the requirements. Do you want to participate? You decide for yourself. Before the end of get off work tomorrow, if you want to sign up, feel free to come to me and get the registration form. I'll submit it the day after tomorrow."
Zheng Dayong handed the notice to Zheng Juanjuan, the oldest person eligible to take the exam. "Here are the positions and numbers that the municipal government has vacant. See if there are any that interest you? There are only two days to apply, so hurry up. Take turns reading this notice. Adjourn."
Jiang Shushu and Qian Xiaoni both looked at Zheng Juanjuan, and the three of them looked at the notice together. In short, the city government building is currently short of talent, with 4 people missing in the personnel department, 2 people in the information room, 4 people in the external editing department, and 2 people in the secretariat.
All non-staff members in the city who are under 35 years old and have graduated from junior high school can register for the exam from September 6 to September 8, 1974, and officially take the exam on September 12.
Jiang Shushu immediately fell in love with the work in the library. He knew this job because his neighbor downstairs at the city government office did it. He'd heard that once he became proficient in this position, it would be incredibly free, with so much free time at work that he'd have more sweaters than he could wear. It was definitely a great job for retirement.
Jiang Shushu and the other two wrote down the key points, and then Zheng Juanjuan gave the notice to Zhang Zhian and asked him to look at it with Han Ri.
Zheng Juanjuan: "Everyone, please don't express your opinions yet. Go home and think about it first, and then discuss it with your family. What's the matter? We can talk about it tomorrow morning. Opportunities are often accompanied by competition, and where there is competition, there are risks. Everyone, go back and think about it carefully." Although the city government building can be raised, the competition is also fierce. It won't be as harmonious as here. If you are not careful, you won't know what happened to you. So if you don't have any brains, it will be difficult to survive in there. Otherwise, how could so many people be missing all of a sudden?
Everyone understood what Zheng Juanjuan meant, and no one said anything else. After greeting each other, they went home.
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When Jiang Shushu returned home, Yang Xiaobei was playing with the two children, making them laugh and dance.
As soon as Yang Xiaobei saw Jiang Shushu, he immediately said to the two children, "Look who's back? It's your beautiful, pretty and generous mother. Let's say hello to her and welcome her home from get off work." Yang Xiaobei took the hands of the two cute kids and shook them.
“Ahhhhh…”
Jiang Shushu stepped forward with a smile: "Hello, babies! Hello, daddy..."
Jiang Shushu played with the children for a while and then went to take a bath. After taking a bath, Jiang Shushu played with the children for a while. After feeding them, Jiang Shushu and his wife each coaxed one child. After the two little kids fell asleep, they handed them over to Jiang He and his wife.
Because Jiang Shushu and Yang Xiaobei still had to go to work and maintain a high spirit, they adjusted the issue of taking care of the children again and again, and finally adjusted it to a state where no one was so tired.
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