On Friday afternoon, Su Wen and his party came to Sijiucheng. They went to a small public-private restaurant near the steel rolling mill. Su Wen ordered a bowl of noodles for each of them, paying 8 cents, and asked them to eat slowly. Waiting here, Su Wen rode his bicycle back to the steel rolling mill.
Su Wen successfully found the logistics director Li Huaide. Li Huaide saw that his hands were empty and his expression was not very good. "Director Li, I got the stuff, but."
"Where are the things? Li Huaide asked hurriedly, interrupting Su Wen's unfinished words.
"Outside, I haven't bought it yet. They are all worried about whether the work position you promised is real." As he spoke, Su Wen took out the 500 yuan of purchase money that Li Huaide gave him and wanted to return it to Li Huaide. "
"Them? Please tell me the specific situation, and you can keep the money first."
"I told my dad after I went back. After discussing with the village chief, my dad organized a collective hunting. I was lucky and got some results. Only one villager accidentally got injured and broke his leg." These meat-eating villages need to get supplies and sales. The community exchanged food for food, so the village chief paid for the food and exchanged it for some meat. My dad found other hunters and got a lot of bacon. "
"Didn't I give you money? Why don't you come back in exchange for meat?"
"Director, even if I have money, I can't buy food from the supply and marketing cooperative. I want to get food back to the village after taking the meat, but I don't have food."
"Take me to see the meat. If there's no problem, I'll get them hired. You can join the factory today."
"Director, my dad doesn't agree to let my eldest brother join the steel rolling mill. He wants to keep him by his side to support him in his old age. He requested that my eldest sister-in-law be placed in the supply and marketing cooperative in our commune."
"Xiao Su, I can understand why you want your elder sister to take care of her in old age, but why do you want your elder sister-in-law to eat at the public house?"
"My brother has three children. After my sister-in-law changed to a non-agricultural household registration, the children will have food rations."
"Your dad is really calculating. As long as there is meat, it will be no problem."
Su Wen took Li Huaide to the small restaurant. The public manager knew Li Huaide and greeted him warmly. "Director Li, you are here. What do you want to eat today?"
"I have something to do with them. Manager Wang, please go ahead."
Arriving at the dining table where Su Wu and the others were sitting, Su Wen introduced: "This is Comrade Li Huaide, the logistics director of the steel rolling mill." The village chief and the elder brother didn't know how to greet Li Huaide, so they just kept giggling.
"Director Li, this is Su Changqing Park, the village chief of Sujiazhuang, and this is my eldest brother Su Wu."
After introducing a few people to each other, Su Wen opened the sacks covering the bamboo baskets, one basket of fresh meat and one basket of bacon.
Li Huaide was very satisfied and said, "Bring your things and come with me to the factory."
The village chief looked at Su Wen.
"Village chief, let's go. You carry the meat on your back. First go and get Xiaodong a job, and then you can sell the meat to the steel rolling mill. So you can rest assured, right?"
"Okay, Xiaowen, I believe you."
Arriving at Li Huaide's office, his secretary took Xiaodong to go through the entry procedures.
It didn't take long for Xiaodong to come back wearing a steel rolling mill uniform, and everyone looked very energetic.
Xiaodong ran to the village chief very excitedly, "Grandpa, I am a worker. Now I am a fitter apprentice. The factory has also arranged a dormitory for me."
The village chief was very excited and kept saying: "Okay, okay."
While waiting, Li Huaide made two phone calls, and his sister-in-law's entry into the supply and marketing cooperative was settled. He wrote a letter of introduction for Su Wu to give to the director of the supply and marketing cooperative in Cuizhuang Commune.
Su Wu didn't know what to say and kept winking at Su Wen. "Brother, don't worry. What level of cadre is Director Li? He won't lie to us on such a trivial matter."
Li Huaide called Lu Wenxiu to come over to weigh it and put it into storage. There were 69 kilograms of fresh meat, and twenty kilograms were the Su family's share. How Su's father talked with the village chief, he didn't know. The eldest brother brought 62 pounds of bacon. There are 131 kilograms in total. Fresh meat costs two yuan per kilogram and bacon three yuan per kilogram. This is the highest purchase price that the steel rolling mill can offer now. The normal price of meat after a natural disaster is sixty-seven cents per pound.
Su Wen took 324 yuan from Lu Wenxiu, counted out 100 yuan and handed it to the village chief, took out another 24 yuan and put it into his pocket, and gave the remaining 200 yuan to his elder brother. Su Wu did not want it.
"Brother, we have separated our families. We have settled the accounts with our brothers. You can take the money back or give it to dad. Anyway, he will live with you from now on."
After Li Huaide sent a few people away, he eagerly went to Factory Director Yang to report his work.
When Director Yang heard Li Huaide say that he had purchased another 69 kilograms of fresh meat and 62 kilograms of bacon, he was so excited that he held Li Huaide's hand and was speechless for a long time.
Director Yang calmed down his mood. "Xiao Li made you laugh. You don't know how uncomfortable I feel every time I receive a report that workers in the workshop are fainting from hunger. I ask them to do such heavy work and still can't keep them fed. I'm incompetent. I I am ashamed of the nearly 10,000 workers in the steel rolling mill. Where did you buy this meat?"
"The little Orion Su Wen that Liu Dashan recruited last time from the Purchasing Section 3 bought it."
"I paid the purchase price according to the highest standards of the steel rolling mill. I also compensated two factory quotas myself."
"One of the fitter apprentices has completed the entry procedures, and the remaining one does not want to join the steel rolling mill. I used my personal connections to arrange for him to join the Changping Cuizhuang Supply and Marketing Cooperative."
"Why are there still people who don't want to join the steel rolling mill?"
"Su Wen's eldest brother, their father does not agree with the eldest son going to the city, and he wants to stay with him to provide for himself in his old age."
"It makes sense. After today's production tasks are completed, I will submit an application to recommend you as the deputy director of our factory. Later, you can go to the Publicity Department and ask them to write a few broadcast scripts to boost the morale of the workers."
"Thank you, Director Yang, for ensuring that the task is completed."
"There's no need to thank me. With your father-in-law's relationship, it's only a matter of time before you become the deputy director. My letter of recommendation is just the icing on the cake."
Su Wen and his party left the steel rolling mill and waited at the bus stop for the bus back to Changping.
"Xiaowen, is this reliable? It's just a letter." The eldest brother said with some worry, holding an envelope made of brown paper. His sister-in-law stood beside him and held him, not letting him say more. "Daughter-in-law, Xiaowen and I are brothers. There is nothing we can't say on the table."
"Brother, don't worry, there will definitely be no problem. When you get back, hurry up and take your sister-in-law to get started. If you have any questions, come to me at the steel rolling mill." Su Wen in his previous life had watched the original drama and knew that Li Huaide would not care about such a trivial matter. Lie to them. He didn't plan to join Li Huaide, he just planned to keep a low profile until the reform was completed. He was now twenty years old, and after the reform he was just 40 years old, so he still had a lot of time.
After sending several people on the bus to leave, Su Wen got on his bicycle and returned to the courtyard.
