Chapter 153 Welcome to Purchase
"We will be diverted out. If we are lucky, we will fill the vacancies in the same system. If there are none, we may change the type of work or even be demoted to fill the vacancies. As an apprentice, I may become a temporary worker," An Zhiqiu sighed, "It seems that sometimes idling around doesn't work."
An Zhixia nodded in agreement and talked to her brother. More questions about state-owned restaurants appeared in her notebook.
The chef's cooking skills are mediocre, hygiene is not up to standard, ingredients are incomplete and not fresh, and the staff have a bad attitude, are impatient and want to make some money, so they will reduce the amount of food provided to diners, thus falling into a complicated and difficult dilemma.
When it was time for Mo Ji to go to work, even though the distance was so close, An Zhiqiu still sent the girl to the door and gave her a few more words of advice.
Mao Xiaohuan propped up her chin in envy, her face flushed, "I'm so envious of you for having such a handsome and caring brother. Alas, what a pity, if he wasn't your brother but your boyfriend, it would be great. Your love story would definitely be even more beautiful and sweet than what's shown on TV!"
"The stuff on TV is all deceiving, it only shows what you like to watch. Don't the heroes and heroines eat, sleep, go to work or go to the toilet? These daily necessities are no different from ours, they just extract the happiest moments of our daily lives.
Besides, why do TV dramas always show the hero and heroine going through hardships and finally being together? Because after getting married, the character of the two people is completely exposed to each other, grinding teeth, burping and farting, how can there be any beauty? The three-year itch, seven-year pain and ten-year numbness will come one after another, maybe they are not as comfortable as us ordinary people.
You know, the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment! "
After An Zhixia finished talking, not to mention Mao Xiaohuan, even the several older sisters who liked to go to the neighbors' houses to watch TV started wailing.
"How old are you, girl? Why are you like my mother? Can't you make me have a more positive outlook on life?" Mao Xiaohuan pouted.
"It's over, it's over. All that's left in my mind now is what Zhixia said about the hero and heroine going to the toilet, grinding their teeth and hiccups," an older sister slapped her head and screamed, "I'm going to watch TV tonight, I'm sure I'll laugh out loud..."
Everyone was in a mess, but thinking about it, what An Zhixia said was particularly correct. Even in a wealthy family, there will be all kinds of trivial matters. When two people stay together for a long time, love turns into family affection. How can the feeling be the same?
"Alright, alright, everyone, be quiet for a moment," Director Huang walked in from the back door of the store and clapped his hands, "Today is February 1st, and it is also the 29th day of the lunar calendar..."
Before he could finish, everyone shouted happily: "Are we going to get our salaries and benefits? It's the New Year, so shouldn't our benefits be doubled?"
Director Huang smiled and nodded, then he raised his hand in the air. Everyone stopped talking and looked at him expectantly.
"Yes, the leader said that we have worked hard for a year, and today is the perfect time to pay our salaries and benefits, so that everyone has one more day to buy New Year's goods and have a good New Year. You will take turns to collect your salaries and benefits, stand guard for the last day and a half of this year, and then you can take turns to rest for the New Year!"
The big guy shouted excitedly twice again.
An Zhixia looked at them with curved eyebrows, thinking that it had nothing to do with her. After all, she reported yesterday on the last day of the month. But Director Huang waved at her and said, "Come here, Xiao An. I want to tell you something."
So she followed the first three-person team to the director's office. The room, which was clean and empty yesterday, was already piled with a lot of boxes and baskets, which made everyone's eyes light up.
The two warehouse managers assisted the director in distributing wages and benefits. Each person received a five-jin bag of flour, a one-liter bucket of vegetable oil, a box of apples, three kilograms of sausages and five kilograms of hairtail!
An Zhixia thought to herself that although everyone's living conditions were not rich, the benefits for office workers with stable jobs were really good.
After a few people left and called the next batch, Director Huang looked down at the form and said, "If it's a proper apprentice, it will take three years before you can be considered for regular employment. But Xiao An, your situation is special, so you will directly receive the third-year apprentice salary of 22 yuan. However, the welfare benefits are still the same."
An Zhixia pointed at herself and said, "Me? Can I get it now? Director, I'm only working half a day."
"Didn't you report in yesterday? That also counts as one month," the director nodded and asked the boys to help An Zhixia move her things.
She put the twenty-two dollars in her pocket, holding the benefits she had just received, and she also felt the uneasiness of her brother's words of taking advantage. When she put the things under the counter, no one else was curious at all, as if this was normal and they had experienced it before.
Business at the supply and marketing cooperative was even more sluggish in the afternoon, but everyone sat still, discussing how to take turns to rest during the Chinese New Year. An Zhixia listened and checked the electronic library with doubts. It turned out that in the past ten years, not to mention the Spring Festival, there was not even a weekend off. There was only one day off a week. Everyone took advantage of this day to wash clothes, purchase goods, visit relatives, and do business, which was almost more tiring than going to work. How could they travel everywhere by plane or high-speed rail like people in later generations?
People's understanding of the world comes from newspapers, loudspeakers, the tape recorder next door, and the television. There is a real idiot living in everyone's heart.
"Zhixia, when are you going to take a break for two days?"
"Ah, I don't mind, you guys pick first," An Zhixia came back to her senses and said with a smile. In the end, she was scheduled to rest on the 12th and 13th of the lunar month.
Once the enthusiasm for salaries, benefits and holidays passed, everyone felt sour as if they had swallowed a lemon when they heard the warehouse manager Xiao Cha say that the salesmen at Zhenghao Supply and Marketing Cooperative had better benefits than them, and that their salaries included several dollars in sales commission.
An Zhixia suddenly smiled and clapped her hands: "Brothers and sisters, let's get busy and sell all the goods on the counter, then buy new styles and strive to make a good start in the new year!"
Everyone smiled and continued to ask sarcastically how much better the welfare of Zhenghao Supply and Marketing Cooperative was than theirs.
An Zhixia went directly to the counter, picked out a brush, soaked it in warm water, opened a box of ink, spread red paper on the newspaper, and began to write.
Everyone was stunned and couldn't help but gather around. After taking the first look, they gasped and praised repeatedly: "I didn't expect that our comrade Xiao An can write beautiful calligraphy!"
Then they all read out loud in a low voice: "Announcement: The New Year is coming soon. In order to give back to new and old customers, Dongfeng Shili Supply and Marketing Cooperative is launching a special activity of buying things and giving away Spring Festival couplets to welcome the Year of the Ox! All customers who enter the store will also receive a pair of beautiful and exquisite window decorations or New Year paintings worth one cent! The quantity is limited, welcome to buy!"
"Zhixia, our Spring Festival couplets are sold for five cents a set, and window decorations and New Year pictures are sold for three or four cents a pair. Even Director Huang doesn't dare to say they're free!"
(End of this chapter)
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