Zhou Bingkun spent more than a month as a homeless person.
During this period, Zhou Bingkun was not idle. It was the 1960s again, when food and clothing were not guaranteed, so the small world still had to be used.
Ever since I went to the black market for the first time, I have become a regular visitor to the black market.
Collected seeds of corn, wheat, rice, peanuts, soybeans, and various vegetables.
For these seeds, Zhou Bingkun could not save the cash he got from signing in for more than a month.
There are also chickens, ducks and geese that I want to buy, but I don’t have enough money and it’s not time for the farmers to hatch the chicks, so I haven’t bought them yet.
After the young people in the city finished going to the mountains and countryside, the whole city seemed a lot cleaner. You won't see so many idle people when you go out, and the public security has improved a lot.
The work of going to the countryside has basically been completed, and the streets have begun to be busy assigning jobs to the young people who stayed in the city.
There are three factories near the optical lettering film, a tractor factory, a flax factory and a soy sauce factory.
These three factories, in addition to being close to optical lettering films, also have their own benefits.
Tractor is a large state-owned enterprise, with a large factory and good profits. Workers in the factory have many benefits, and large companies have a reputation when talking about it.
The linen factory mainly produces cotton and linen cloth. The cloth that is precious to others is what the linen factory produces, and there is really no shortage of it.
Therefore, the linen factory can issue a new set of work clothes to workers every year. A set of work clothes will last for several years. The new work clothes issued can be changed into other clothes of various styles, which is equivalent to giving out cloth.
The soy sauce factory produces MSG, soy sauce, vinegar and other condiments. The condiments distributed in the factory can be eaten at home and are very affordable.
These three factories are all good to say the least. They are the three good factories that young people near the phototype film industry have the best chance of getting into.
After hearing that the young people staying in the city were about to be assigned jobs, Li Suhua was looking forward to it and very happy: "Bingkun, do you think you will be assigned to the tractor factory, the flax factory, or the soy sauce factory?"
"Mom, don't even think about it. The benefits of these factories are pretty good, so why would it be our turn?"
Although according to the principle of allocating people to the nearest location, these three factories should recruit more unemployed young people who are doing phototypes.
But based on the size of these three factories, the largest tractor factory has just over 2,000 employees, and the remaining two have several hundred employees. Of course, they cannot handle the number of unemployed young people who work alone.
Because of the good working environment, benefits, and remuneration in the factory, some people who live in other places will find connections and be assigned to these three factories.
There are even fewer job places left for young people in these three factories.
Li Suhua frowned, and then suggested: "If you can't be assigned, why don't mom go find Cai Xiaoguang and ask him to help. Mom heard that he was assigned to work in the tractor factory, and he still does publicity in the office."
"Mom, this is unnecessary. His father is now the director of the Provincial Department of Commerce. If he is willing, he will take the initiative to help. If not, we will not come to make people uncomfortable. I have to believe that your family is old, no matter what
No matter which factory you are assigned to, you can do a good job."
Hearing that Li Suhua wanted to ask Cai Xiaoguang for help, Zhou Bingkun quickly refused.
Li Suhua feels that her relationship with Cai Xiaoguang is very good.
It's because in the past few years, Cai Xiaoguang depended on Lao Zhou's family for everything.
Usually he is quite polite at Lao Zhou's house and seems quite friendly.
But that was all because of Zhou Rong. Without Zhou Rong, how could a person like Cai Xiaoguang, whose father was a university professor and now the director of the Provincial Department of Commerce, a provincial top second generation, look down on the old Zhou family?
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Since Zhou Rong left, Cai Xiaoguang, who used to come to Lao Zhou's house almost every day, has not been there for more than a month.
This is obviously Zhou Rong's relationship. He took advantage of Zhou Rong and used Cai Xiaoguang to arrange work. When Zhou Rong comes back, how can Zhou Bingkun deal with Zhou Rong confidently?
"You have no sense and no understanding of the world. How can my mother trust you?"
Although he was being questioned, the tradition of men being the masters of the family in the Northeast also made Li Suhua give up the idea of seeking a relationship with Cai Xiaoguang.
After waiting for a few more days, Zhou Bingkun's work arrangement was finalized and he was assigned to the Red Star Wood Processing Factory.
"Bingkun, look, you didn't let mom find connections, so you were assigned a job so far away from home when assigned by the street." Li Suhua was of course dissatisfied with Zhou Bingkun's job.
There are no benefits in the wood processing factory. Not to mention the manual work, the distance to work is also far away from the optical printing machine.
We have already exited the Gongle District where the light lettering tablets are located. The light lettering tablets are on the edge of the Gongle Zone, and the wood processing factory is on the opposite side.
Commuting to and from get off work every day is equivalent to crossing a district.
"It doesn't matter if it's further away. Now I can take the tram. After I go to work for a while and earn money, I can buy a bicycle. It only takes 20 minutes to ride to and from get off work."
"The wood processing factory is not only far away. Mom heard that the work in this wood processing factory is tiring and dangerous. The old Tu from the Tu family on the street behind him had an accident at the wood processing factory."
"Tu family? Mom, are you talking about Tu Zhiqiang's family?" Zhou Bingkun asked. This surname is still quite rare.
"Yes, it's their home."
"How come his father is gone?"
"It was because the chainsaw shattered and was injured by the flying debris. I heard that he was injured because he was trying to protect his fellow workers. Lao Tu was also posthumously recognized as a martyr."
The most well-informed people are the aunties and aunts on the street who are not working.
Zhou Bingkun also figured out why Tu Zhiqiang, who was being driven to the countryside by his father, would work in a wood processing factory in the future.
"Mom, this was an accident. It doesn't mean that work in a wood processing factory is dangerous. No matter what kind of work you do, there is always the possibility of an accident, so you can't stop working."
"Then you go to the factory, remember to stay away from the chainsaw."
"Okay, I understand." Zhou Bingkun nodded and agreed, "Mom, you can't just compare the jobs assigned by this street with those who do well. You can also compare with those who are assigned worse jobs. My job
It can be said that it is not as good as the previous one, but more than enough than the inferior one." Zhou Bingkun continued to say with relief.
"Who do you want me to compete with?"
"Look at Qiao Chunyan, a big girl, who was assigned to be a pedicurist in the bathhouse. When a girl had to give pedicures to a group of big men, no one said anything."
Qiao Chunyan was the daughter of the aunt Qiao who came to mobilize and sent Zhou Bingkun to the countryside.
There are three daughters in the Qiao family, and the two older ones went to the Construction Corps.
The remaining one, Qiao Chunyan, is the same age as Zhou Bingkun, so they are quite familiar with each other.
Aunt Qiao's family thought that her family performed well in the activities of going to the mountains and countryside, and fully expected Qiao Chunyan to be assigned to the flax factory.
When the job was assigned, there was no need to give gifts to make connections, so Qiao Chunyan was assigned such a job.
"Why didn't you say anything? Uncle Qiao and Aunt Qiao were both crying at home."
"That's it, Mom, when you were sad at home some time ago, Aunt Qiao kept coming to comfort you. Now it's time for them to need your comfort."
Compared with worse jobs, Li Suhua didn't think there was anything unacceptable about Zhou Bingkun's job in the wood processing factory.
When it was time to report, I happily prepared a bag and lunch box for Zhou Bingkun, and let Zhou Bingkun report to the factory by himself.
"Zhou Bingkun, handling team two."
"Sun catches up and transports the second team."
"Xiao Guoqing, handling team two."
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Not surprisingly, the work in the lumber mill is not very technical.
The jobs with the greatest demand are lumber and lumber haulers.
Zhou Bingkun's group of people are assigned some physical labor, and they are basically porters. The work only has some differences between loading and unloading materials.
Some people like Zhou Bingkun and Zhou Bingkun can't do the easy tasks of operating machines and measuring, so they can be passively assigned to them.
After working for a day, Zhou Bingkun also discovered why the job in the wood processing factory was so disliked.
Because wood processing plants are all about rough processing into boards and square lumber.
The work content really has no technical content, and there is no technical level for workers to improve.
If you want to raise your salary, you basically have to rely on seniority. It can be said that there is no future and no development at all.
"Bingkun, how did you get here?" Sun Qianchao asked.
"I came by bus."
"Bingkun, let's go back together after get off work." Xiao Guoqing said to Zhou Bingkun.
On the first day after entering the factory, Zhou Bingkun got into trouble with Xiao Guoqing and Sun Chaochao.
The three of them are not new acquaintances after joining the factory. They all live in Guangzipi, their homes are not far away, and their ages are similar. It can be said that they have been playing together since childhood.
It's just that the previous relationship was not particularly close and could only be regarded as ordinary friends.
Now that we are assigned to the same factory and team, our relationship has suddenly become much closer.
"Okay, let's go back together." Zhou Bingkun responded.
"Bingkun, catch up, have you heard about it?" Among the three of them, Xiao Guoqing liked the excitement the most.
"What did you hear?"
"You all know Tu Zhiqiang, right?"
"His father was from our factory, and he just died, right?"
Even if the news only spread through mouth-to-mouth, all kinds of news spread very quickly, and Sun Qianchao also knew the news.
"It's because his father is dead and he is regarded as a martyr. So the workers in our factory are organizing a petition to ask the government to release Tu Zhiqiang, who is in a labor camp."
"We're all working the same way. Where did you get so much news?" Zhou Bingkun asked.
"They are looking for me. They say that there is strength in numbers, so maybe they will come to you soon."
"Why did Tu Zhiqiang go in? Why didn't I know?"
Xiao Guoqing replied disdainfully: "In the past few years, hasn't he been hanging out with people in society? A group of people don't work, but they still eat and drink hot food all day long. Of course, there must be a way to make money, a group of people
People pickpocket, steal, rob, and cheat. As long as they can get money, they will do anything. If you often walk by the river, your shoes will not get wet. If you are caught, you will be sentenced."
Xiao Guoqing is such an upright and principled person, so it is normal for him to look down on Tu Zhiqiang.
Even Sun Chanchao had a look of disdain on his face after hearing this.
Zhou Bingkun also knew that the reason why he had not seen Tu Zhiqiang in the optical film was two months after he awakened his memory. Maybe Tu Zhiqiang went in before the Spring Festival.
No one would find it strange that Tu Zhiqiang did not go home often and disappeared from the labor camp for two or three months.
After returning home on the first day of work, Li Suhua asked with concern: "Bingkun, how was your first day at work? Are you tired from work?"
"It's okay, it's just moving wood, there's no danger."
The work of moving cannot be said to be easy, but compared to working in the fields in the countryside, it is still easier.
"Bingkun, if you think the job in the wood processing factory is okay and there is no problem. Just write a letter and tell your dad that you have joined the job."
After Zhou Zhigang and Zhou Bingyi left, when nothing happened, Li Suhua said that Zhou Bingkun ghost-wrote letters to two people once a month, plus more when there was something special. So far, only Zhou Rong sneaked in and added one.
seal up.
"There is a problem. The factory is too far away from our home. It is too inconvenient to commute to and from work by tram. Mom, does our family have a bicycle ticket? My father is an eighth-level bricklayer and has worked for so many years. A bicycle ticket
Didn’t you get all the tickets?"
"Your dad did share the bicycle tickets, but our family had to support the three of you in school, so we couldn't afford to buy bicycles, so we gave them in exchange."
"oh."
It's normal when you think about it. Even if Zhou Zhigang's salary of fifty or sixty yuan a month is quite a lot, he has to support five people with one salary.
A person only has a little over ten yuan a month, and he has enough food and clothing, and he doesn't save much, so he can't afford big things, so it's normal for him to redeem his tickets.
"But Bingkun, if you really want to buy a bicycle, there is nothing you can do. Our family still has a lot of industrial coupons. But our family's industrial coupons have been lent to others, so we have to wait for a while before mom can give them to others.
Take it back."
It is quite common for neighbors and co-workers to borrow industrial coupons from each other when they want to buy something big.
It is not easy for ordinary people to save enough money to buy a "three-turn, one-ring" item, so they are not willing to spend money to buy bills and industrial coupons on the black market.
It is better to borrow it from relatives, friends, neighbors, and co-workers, and then pay it back slowly when wages are paid and industrial coupons are paid later.
"Mom, if someone borrows our industrial coupons, you can recycle them. When I save enough money, I will buy a car first."
Zhou Bingkun's current monthly salary is 18 yuan. Now, depending on the brand of bicycle, the price ranges from 150 to 180 yuan. Without spending money on food and drinks, about ten months' salary is enough to buy one.
"Bingkun, if you want to buy it in a hurry, you can use the money your father sent back first. If you don't use it, I will send the money to your sister. I plan to send it to your sister every month.
ten bucks…"
After Zhou Zhigang went to the third line, he sent back thirty yuan every month as living expenses for his family.
Because Li Suhua was diligent and thrifty and would not go to the black market to buy extra bills, ten yuan was enough to buy the rations for the mother and son in the grain and non-staple food books.
With the hard-earned twenty yuan, Li Suhua was ready to fill Zhou Rong's huge hole.
"I'm in a hurry, I need it, I'm in a hurry."
Zhou Bingkun answered cheerfully that instead of giving the money to Zhou Ronghua from Li Suhua, it would be better to give it to Zhou Bingkun, and Zhou Bingkun could save it for Li Suhua.
