Chapter 18 Borrowing an office shell
"You say." Yang Ruihua looked at Shi Xiaoai.
This time she no longer dared to make promises easily and answered much more cautiously.
"I want to set up a stall selling big bowls of tea at the entrance of our alley, opposite the hospital." Shi Xiaoai said frankly.
"Are you going to engage in speculation?!" Director Yu next to him asked in shock without waiting for Yang Ruihua to react.
She couldn't believe her ears and couldn't help but raise her voice: "Shi Xiaoai, do you know what you said?!"
At this time, Yang Ruihua also put away his warm smile and his expression became very serious.
"Comrade Shi Xiaoai, think carefully before you speak. Even if you've spent a lot of time in the countryside and don't understand the city, you should still know the basics of what you can and can't do.
Don't forget, you are a military family member, you can't do anything illegal or disorderly!"
As the two of them talked, they both became angry, and at the same time, a sense of disappointment arose in their hearts. They felt that they had really misjudged the person just now, and this person was really unreliable!
Seeing that the two were about to get angry, Shi Xiaoai quickly waved her hands: "Director Yu, Director Yang, it's not what you think. Please listen to my explanation first."
"Didn't you say you wanted to set up a stall to sell big bowls of tea?" Yu Xiangxue asked.
"Yes, I want to sell big bowls of tea, but not in my own name. I want our office to set up this tea stall, and then I will work for our office."
"An office running a tea stall? How can an office run a tea stall? No, no!"
Yu Xiangxue shook her head repeatedly: "Our office is an advanced unit in the district. We can't do things that damage society."
"How can it be considered damaging to society?" Shi Xiaoai asked back.
Then, instead of Xiang Xue answering, she spoke first, "Last year, the director of a subdistrict office in Beijing organized unemployed young people in the area to set up a youth teahouse in a scenic area.
They not only solved the problem of having nowhere to rest when visiting scenic spots for the surrounding people, but also provided a new way to find jobs for unemployed young people on the streets.
This matter was reported in the newspaper. I saw it in the countryside!
Being in the newspapers means that their path is correct and that they have state support. How can something supported by the state be said to be destructive to society?
"Is there such a thing?" Yu Xiangxue was a little skeptical.
She didn't believe it because she knew nothing about it and had never heard of it!
But at the same time, she also felt that Shi Xiaoai didn't dare to talk nonsense about what was in the newspaper, because it could be verified.
"Of course it's true. How could I lie to you?" Shi Xiaoai said with a smile.
Seeing Yu Xiangxue remained silent and unconvinced, she took the initiative to say, "It was the Beijing Daily. I can't remember which issue it was, but it must have been in the second half of the year. Because I saw a photo in the newspaper. The people in the photo were wearing short sleeves and sitting under an awning. It must have been after summer."
After hearing her explain the details so clearly, not only Yu Xiangxue but even Yang Ruihua had to believe it.
Yang Ruihua pondered for a moment and said something fair.
"It's not impossible to consider doing this in the name of the sub-district office. After all, the most important matter for your office this year is the placement of unemployed young people.
According to Xiao Ai, the office's operation of setting up a tea stall was essentially providing jobs for unemployed youth. It was essentially no different from offering them jobs like pasting paper boxes or hauling goods on a tricycle.
This is a good thing for the benefit of everyone and has absolutely nothing to do with speculation."
Yu Xiangxue couldn't help but feel a little more cheerful after hearing these words.
She had no interest in a tea stall and didn't think it was a good job.
In her mind, no matter whose name it is, it is just doing business, and doing business means being in the spotlight and being inferior to others!
Anyway, she would never let her children do such a thing.
But Shi Xiaoai's words made her heart beat faster - to provide jobs for unemployed young people.
There are so many unemployed young people now! As the director of the street office, she is under tremendous pressure.
If only there were some jobs available...
No matter what the position is or whether anyone is willing to do it, at least they are trying hard to find a way to provide it.
This more or less represents a positive attitude towards problem solving.
Besides, the city only requires grassroots units to work hard to find jobs for unemployed young people, and it doesn’t specify what kind of jobs they must find!
If a certain number can be provided, the office will definitely be able to retain the district advanced title this year, and even if it cannot be guaranteed to be the city advanced title, it can still be strived for.
You know, their subdistrict office has never won the city's advanced award! If they really win one, her re-election in a year will be 100% guaranteed.
The more Yu Xiangxue thought about it, the more excited she became. Her heart couldn't help but beat wildly as she thought about the future, as if the advanced person was right in front of her.
But she had many years of work experience after all, so even if she had already felt a little loose in her heart, she didn't show it on the surface.
On the contrary, she frowned and said, "This matter cannot be decided casually. I have to report to my superiors and see what they think.
Whether or not it can be done, and how it can be done, is not something a small street office like ours can decide; it depends on the arrangements of the leaders.”
That being said, one could tell from her tone that she had already accepted the matter, and responding to it was just a formality.
It was not until this moment that Shi Xiaoai's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down.
This was the best solution she had come up with after thinking about it all night and going to the site to do some research today.
It was 1980, and individuals were not allowed to run small businesses.
She didn't dare to do it either.
Firstly, she had no capital, and secondly, she had two children to support and didn't dare to take any risks.
If you are arrested and sent to labor camp for secretly doing business, it would be a loss.
But if she doesn't do business and can't find a job, and has no money, how will she and her children live?
What Xiao Ai said just now was not a lie.
After deducting travel expenses, various fees, and buying food and household necessities from the little money she brought from the countryside, there was really nothing left.
Although I won’t be unable to buy food next month, I only have enough money left to buy food, not any more.
Life isn't just about food, there are other necessary expenses, right? Earning money to support the family became a top priority.
Poverty leads to change, and change leads to communication.
Shi Xiaoai was also forced into a corner, and suddenly remembered a report she had read in her previous life, which talked about the history of the first teahouse in the capital.
That teahouse was actually started by a leader of the street office who brought together twenty or so educated youth who had returned to the city. They started by selling large bowls of tea and then gradually expanded it.
At the teahouse, Xiao Ai didn't have the ability to do it at the moment and couldn't do it.
In that case, why not start with the tea stall that sells big bowls of tea?
If private business is not allowed, then we can use the office as a shell.
Others can do it, so she doesn't believe that she, a newcomer standing on the shoulders of generations of pioneers, can't even do such a small thing?
As for her current situation, she was in a book. Did this tea stall exist in the capital city of the book? Was it mentioned in the newspapers?
Of course there must be.
You should know that the story outline also includes details about the heroine's later visit to the teahouse in the capital!
So, she was not worried at all.
Just as Shi Xiaoai was thinking about what to say to urge Director Yu to take action as soon as possible, Director Yu suddenly sighed and said, "There are too few positions available at this tea stall. It's not worth making a special trip to report to the higher-ups."
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