The Beginning of Siheyuan: The Pig Killer of Qinjia Village

Chang Wei's solution is the right remedy. He directly borrowed from poems of later generations and turned them into love poems. Isn't that romantic enough?

Wen Li excitedly pressed the letter to her chest, savoring it carefully with an intoxicated look on her face. It was so romantic. How could one person be so outstanding...

"Lili, what did you write?"

"Let's have dinner together tomorrow night. Mom, I'm going back to the room now."

Wen Li said this, then ran into the room with the letter and coffee in her arms, and threw herself on the bed, hugging her pillow, closing her eyes and enjoying herself.

Wen's mother looked at her daughter and smiled like an aunt.

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This is the courtyard

Chang Wei and He Yuzhu returned to the courtyard together. He jumped out of the car at the gate, said hello to Yan Bugui, and went home.

He Yuzhu pushed Chang Wei's bicycle to buy some food. He had to celebrate the completion of the work. The key point was that he had helped so much, so he had to show off his skills to express his gratitude, right?

Seeing that the two of them came back together, Yan Bugui asked curiously, "Zhu Zi, why did you come back together?"

He Yuzhu said in a somewhat nonchalant tone. "I didn't do anything. We can come back together after get off work." He was about to leave. He didn't like Yan Bugui very much. He was too calculating.

Yan Bugui called Sha Zhu and asked immediately, "Zhu Zi, wait a minute, have you found a job?"

His son Yan Jiecheng also doesn't have a job, so how could he not be concerned about finding a job?

He Yuzhu responded impatiently. "Well, Brother Wei helped introduce me to work in his factory."

Yan Bugui's eyes widened as he exclaimed, "Victory Cannery?"

He Yuzhu saw Yan Bugui's surprised expression, and his eyes turned to tease deliberately. "Yes! Hey~ I have learned the skills for so many years and it is not in vain. I was rated as a 7th-level cook, and the monthly salary is yuan.

How come, Third Uncle, your Yan Jiecheng also wants to find a job? That's not easy. First Uncle asked for me, and even if I have a skill, I have to spend 400 to 500 yuan to find a connection and give gifts to the steel mill! Forget about the Shengli Canning Factory.

Your Jie Cheng doesn't have any skills, so I don't know how much it will cost!" After saying that, he grinned and rode away without looking back.

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, Yan Bugui was stunned, as if struck by lightning, and became autistic.

I thought to myself, Shazhu is at the same level 7 as him, and his salary is also yuan a month?

No, Sha Zhu has to spend four or five hundred yuan to enter the steel mill? Then it must be the same to enter the Shengli Canning Factory...

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and pulled his hair in annoyance.

This idiot has a skill, but he still has to spend so much money. If he doesn't know how to solve it, it won't cost thousands? Then, to get into the Shengli Canning Factory, which has the best benefits, it won't cost more than a thousand, right?

It's a death sentence for him to spend so much money to find a job for his son.

As for the fact that Sha Zhu didn't spend a penny to get into the factory, Yan Bugui didn't think much about it. As everyone knows, it's hard to find a job, very hard to find one.

Speaking of Chang Wei's introduction, Yan Bugui understood it as a relationship that he found through Chang Wei's help. After all, it was reasonable for an eighth-level butcher to know some leaders.

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As soon as He Yuzhu rode out of the alley, he ran into the Xu family father and son, and greeted Xu Fugui politely. "Uncle Xu, it's time to get off work!"

Xu Fugui smiled and nodded. "Well! What is Zhuzi doing?"

"Go buy some food." He Yuzhu responded, and then looked at Xu Damao with a smug look. "You idiot, are you still learning how to project movies from Uncle Xu and working as a free laborer? I found a job, a level 7 cook, forty-one yuan a month."

When you meet your archenemy, especially an unpaid apprentice, you have to mock him whenever you get the chance.

When Xu Damao heard this, his face instantly turned ugly and he glared at He Yuzhu fiercely.

"It's just a job, what's the big deal? You're just showing off."

He Yuzhu looked even more proud when he saw this. "I'm telling you, I got a job at the Shengli Canning Factory. Don't be jealous. You can't get in anyway."

Xu Damao snorted coldly and turned away.

Looking at Xu Damao's back, He Yuzhu was overjoyed and grinned. "Uncle Xu, let's go."

He said hello, then rode away on his bike, whistling happily.

Xu Fugui shook his head speechlessly. He was used to the two of them fighting whenever they met, and he didn't take Sha Zhu's words seriously. With Yan Bugui, the gate god and messenger, in the courtyard, the result would definitely not be unexpected.

By the evening, everyone in the courtyard knew that He Yuzhu had found a job, at the Victory Cannery, which had the best benefits in the city.

Liu family’s backyard.

"Dad, Shazhu is so lucky that he got a job at the Victory Cannery." Liu Guangqi said indignantly.

When he graduated from technical secondary school, one of the companies he was assigned to was the Shengli Canning Factory, but the order of selection was determined by overall performance. By the time it was his turn, it was gone, and there was not even a big company with better benefits, because he was the second to last.

To outsiders, he was an enviable cadre. But in fact, he was just like a handyman in the logistics warehouse of the light machinery factory. He not only had to take inventory of the warehouse but also transport materials and parts to the workshop. He was exhausted every day.

"It all cost money. Even if He Daqing runs away, Sha Zhu is his son. How can he just ignore him? Who can I count on to take care of him in his old age?" Liu Haizhong drank his wine leisurely. In his mind, even if Sha Zhu got into a good factory, he could not be compared with his eldest son, who was a cadre.

"Dad, do you think Chang Wei will help us if we ask him for help?" Liu Guangqi asked his father tentatively.

Since he can spend money to get in, and my dad has been counting on me for his retirement, then it should be okay for him to spend some money to get a job at the Victory Cannery, right?

"It's hard to say, it's just the neighbors who are closed, and we don't usually visit each other..." Liu Haizhong answered casually, and then suddenly realized that his eldest son was in trouble, and asked quickly. "Guangqi, why are you asking this?"

Liu Guangqi put down his chopsticks and said bluntly, "Dad, I want to go to the Shengli Canning Factory, too."

Liu Haizhong looked at Haodaer in confusion. "Aren't you doing well in the light machinery factory?"

He felt that it was good for his eldest son to work in a small factory because talent was scarce and young people, who were cadres, could be easily trained and promoted.

Liu Guangqi patiently explained his thoughts to Liu Haizhong. "Dad, it's not easy to get promoted in a small factory. Everyone has their own job and it's already been fixed. Every time you get promoted, you have to wait until the people above you leave. Even if you can get promoted to the position of factory director, you can never get to the level of section chief.

But Shengli Canning Factory is different. The new factory has a lot of room for improvement. It just doubled its capacity last year. How can there not be a shortage of leading cadres? "

He just took advantage of his father's obsession with power. Since he couldn't be an official himself, it would be great if his son could be one. The point is that he also wanted to fight for a good future for himself, and the benefits were just a by-product.

Liu Haizhong's eyes lit up and he said happily. "Not bad, not bad, why didn't I think of that? My Guangqi is a good judge of vision. OK, after dinner I'll go to the Chang family and ask. You have a job and are a cadre, so it shouldn't cost much to transfer to a factory."

He thought, the higher the official position Haodaer held, the better. He himself had not held any official position, but he could be in charge of Haodaer. Wasn't this making him one level higher than Haodaer?

In fact, both the father and son have correct ideas, they just need to choose the right time.

Just like Liang Ladi, why did Chang Wei let her go to the machine repair factory? Wasn't it because it was the early stage of public-private partnership and cadres were scarce and would be valued and trained?

After she successfully obtained her secondary school diploma, she started as the canteen director of the machine repair factory and is now the logistics director. She was also regarded as a role model and was specially promoted to the administrative level 19 clerk, one level higher than Chen Xueru, the secretary of the Shengli Canning Factory.

Liu Guangqi's idea was not bad. Normally, after a factory doubles in size, there would be a shortage of leading cadres.

But he didn't know that the Shengli Cannery doubled its size because the military assigned 500 retired soldiers to work there to find jobs. There was no shortage of junior leaders, and more than half of the workers in the factory had administrative ranks.

This is the information gap and choice is greater than effort.

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Yan Family

"Look at them. Liu Guangqi from the backyard was admitted to a technical secondary school and is now a cadre after graduation. Sha Zhu also found a job today and is working at the Shengli Canning Factory.

Look at you, Yan Jiecheng. You said you couldn't get into technical secondary school, and now you just wander around all day. When you go to the grain station to unload goods, you fish for three days and dry the nets for two days. What else can you do?" Yan Bugui scolded Yan Jiecheng who was eating.

"Dad, I'm not the only one without a job. All the graduates in my class are the same. Shazhu has learned the craft for so many years, and it's inherited from his family..."

Yan Jiecheng replied weakly, and then continued to work hard, eating and drinking at home. He had no confidence to speak without making money. He didn't want to hang around like this, but he was a fresh graduate, how could he work at the grain station unloading goods...

"Just listen to what your father says. Why do you have so much to say? You can't even stop talking when you eat." Third Aunt Yang Ruihua scolded Yan Jiecheng, but in fact she was helping him because she was afraid that Yan Bugui would be angry and beat him up.

"I've decided. I'll go to Chang's house later to see if Chang Wei can let you learn the pig-killing skills from him."

Yan Bugui came up with the shortcut after careful consideration. With the skills, finding a job would be easier.

If I could become Chang Wei's apprentice and learn the skill of slaughtering pigs, I would have to learn it in the slaughterhouse of the Victory Cannery. Then it would be easy to get a job in the factory in the future, and there would be no need to spend so much money.

As long as the skills are learned, the factory will give priority to skilled workers whenever they are recruiting. And with Chang Wei, an eighth-level butcher, as his master, around, they have to consider the Buddha's favor...

The key premise is how to make Chang Wei willing to accept his son Yan Jiecheng as his apprentice.

"Ah? You want me to learn how to kill pigs?" Yan Jiecheng was subconsciously reluctant. In his impression, killing pigs always involves getting dirty...

"Son, it's good to slaughter pigs. People say that cooks will never starve in years of disaster, because they will never lack food. But slaughtering pigs is even better, because there will be no shortage of meat." The third aunt immediately said happily.

I thought that if my son learned the skill of butchering pigs, our family would never lack meat to eat in the future, and our life would be prosperous, wouldn’t it?

"What? Are you still reluctant? Do you think the craft is so easy to learn? How many years has Sha Zhuyou spent learning it from his family? I'm still considering how to get others to accept you." Yan Bugui glared at Yan Jiecheng and said retortively.

In this era, you have to learn a craft from a master. You can't just learn it if you want to. If you learn from a master from a young age and don't like it, you may not learn anything even after ten or eight years.

"Dad, that's not what I meant. What I meant is that if I learn it, can I also stay in the Victory Cannery as a worker?" Yan Jiecheng asked with shining eyes. He also reacted. After all, he graduated from high school and was smart enough to understand his father's purpose.

"That's smart, you know? I specifically asked your uncle about it. Now, to buy an ordinary job, you have to start at 500 yuan and you have to find a seller. I estimate that for Sha Zhu to join the Victory Canning Factory, it would cost at least 1,800 yuan. My family doesn't have that much money to buy you a job, so we can only find another way..." Yan Bugui said calmly.

In his heart, he was anxiously thinking, what should he bring to the Chang family? He had to give gifts when he came to ask for help. Moreover, for such a big event as becoming a disciple, he must give something presentable...

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Xu family

"Dad, I have been learning to show movies for more than a year, and I have mastered it a long time ago." Xu Damao looked at his father Xu Fugui and said.

He was stimulated by Sha Zhu and originally thought that he was being fooled, but it was confirmed by Yan Bugui that it was true.

"Okay, hurry up and eat. I'll go to the factory to resign tomorrow and give you my work position." Xu Fugui waved his hand indifferently. He knew that what Sha Zhu said was true, so he guessed that his son would ask for his work position when he came back.

He also wanted to retire and had already thought of a place to go. It was not difficult to show movies, and since he was teaching his son, how could he not be serious? Even though his son was lazy, he learned everything in less than half a year. He not only knew how to show movies, but also how to repair things.

"I don't want your job. I want to work at the Victory Cannery. Please help me find some connections to get in."

Xu Damao thought, if he went to the steel mill, wouldn't he be worse off than Sha Zhu? The treatment at the steel mill was not as good as that at the Shengli Canning Factory. Moreover, even if he became a regular employee at the steel mill, he would only be an eighth-level projectionist, 35.5 yuan a month plus a two-yuan subsidy. The salary was not as good as Sha Zhu's, and the benefits were not as good as Sha Zhu's.

Look at the way Shazhu was showing off just now. I'm sure we'll tease him every day in the future. At least we should be even.

"This... Where can I find connections for you? I don't even know the leaders over there. They are in charge of military supplies, and I can't get a say with the leaders I know." Xu Fugui looked at his son speechlessly. He immediately knew the reason. He and Sha Zhu were sworn enemies, and they compared everything...

"Didn't Mr. Yan say that Sha Zhu asked Chang Wei to help him find the connection? Anyway, I'm not going to the steel mill." Xu Damao looked like he had to go.

"Brother, you are so shameless. You want Brother Awei to help you, but you are not familiar with him. Why should he help you?" Xu Ling responded and gave Xu Damao a disdainful look.

"Xu Ling, you... I'm not familiar with her, but you are? Children shouldn't interrupt when adults are talking."

"Huh~ Of course I am familiar with him. Brother Awei likes me very much. He always brings me delicious food every time he goes there."

"How dare you say that when you go there to eat and drink for free every day." Xu Damao retorted angrily.

"I'd love to. Brother Awei likes me to go there. Little Tianyou on the small bridge even calls me aunt." Xu Ling was very happy and added in her mind, I'm also planning to marry Brother Awei as his wife in the future.

"You two should be quiet, you keep quarreling all the time." Wu Yanzhi scolded, then looked at Xu Fugui and said, "Old Xu, why don't you go ask around later? The benefits of the Shengli Canning Factory are indeed better than those of the Steel Rolling Mill. If you can get in, spend some money."

"Okay, I'll go ask later. After dinner, take out the pack of Zhonghua cigarettes in the cabinet and I'll take it with me." Xu Fugui smacked his lips.

After thinking about it, he realized that the job he found for the cinema would require connections and gifts, which would also cost a lot of money. Moreover, he would have to show many movies a day, which was not as easy as the steel mill, where he could only show a few movies a week and sit in the propaganda department drinking tea all day.

When I retire, I can get my pension and sell my job, so it doesn't seem like a loss.

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