Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

The morning sun shone through the window into the room, and Chen Changan was still immersed in a sweet dream. Suddenly, a small hand gently pushed his shoulder, waking him up from his dream. He slowly opened his eyes and saw his sister Xiuying standing by the bed.

"Brother, wake up!" Xiuying shouted anxiously.

Chen Changan rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

"Brother, the fish head left over from last night is gone!" Xiuying's voice was filled with a hint of fear.

Chen Changan was startled and sat up quickly. Their family did eat fish last night, and the remaining fish head was placed on a plate, ready to be eaten the next day. But now, even the plate and the fish head are gone!

"Are you sure you didn't remember the wrong place?" Chen Changan tried to find a reasonable explanation.

Xiuying shook her head, tears welling up in her eyes. "I remember it very clearly. It was in the kitchen cupboard. And I searched the whole house just now, but couldn't find it."

Chen Changan frowned and began to think about possible situations.

Chen Changan's first reaction was that the fish had been stolen. Seeing Xiuying crying in anger, he had to comfort his sister and asked her to cook first and heat up the remaining fish pieces so that they could eat them in the morning to avoid any trouble when he was not at home during the day.

I got up, put on my clothes, and started to wash up. I happened to see Yan Jiefang, the second child of Yan Fugui's family across the street. Yan Jiefang was several years older than Banggeng and was about to go to junior high school. When he saw Chen Changan waving at him, he ran over happily. He asked, "Brother Changan, what's the matter?"

Looking at Yan Jiefang's flattering smile, Chen Changan took out fifty cents and handed it to Yan Jiefang, saying, "Jiefang, I'll give you fifty cents. Later, help me find out in the yard who came to my kitchen to steal things last night."

Seeing the fifty cents, Yan Jiefang was so excited. This was fifty cents. His father, Lao Kou, had never given him fifty cents at a time. He took the money and assured Chen Changan, "Brother Changan, don't worry. I will take care of this. I will find out everything for you before I get off work, or before lunch at the latest."

Chen Changan didn't care too much about it, it was just a matter of a few cents, just a casual move, but he still reminded, "Don't let your dad know, otherwise your money..."

Hearing this, Yan Jiefang quickly hid the money. Brother Changan was right. His father, knowing that he got 50 cents, could leave him one cent, which was considered generous. He hurried away to inquire about the news.

Xiuying was still a little depressed during the meal, and Chen Changan was still trying to comfort her, saying that the food he cooked was too spicy, and if she ate too much, she would have diarrhea, and he had been planning to throw it away this morning. This made Xiuying look better. As for Xiuhua and Xiujuan, since they recovered from their illness, they no longer cared about the family affairs, but only cared about whether the food was good and where to go to play.

After breakfast in the morning, people who worked in the yard started to go out one after another. Today was Chen Changan's first day at work. When he put on his work clothes from the steel mill and walked into the yard, he attracted strange looks. After all, not many people knew that Chen Changan worked at the steel mill.

Several gossiping aunties were about to ask Chen Changan how he got to work at the steel mill, when they saw Jia Zhang from the middle courtyard, holding a urinal, running out of the courtyard and heading for the public toilet, followed by Bang Geng. The crowd stared at Chen Changan in amazement, and then there was a foul smell.

Chen Changan covered his mouth and nose tightly and quickly ran out of the yard. He waited until he was far away and was sure that he could no longer smell the smell, then he opened his mouth and nose and exhaled deeply.

I looked at the public toilet from a distance, thinking deeply. But it was almost time to go to work, so I had no choice but to report to the factory on my first day of work.

When I arrived at the third purchasing department, I found that the section chief was not there, except for four unfamiliar colleagues. After passing cigarettes and getting to know each other, I realized that every Monday morning, the section chiefs and leaders above them have to hold a meeting. First, the general meeting is held, and the factory leaders have to convey the guidance of the Metallurgical Department. Then the various supervisors hold small meetings, and then the section chiefs return to their departments to convey the spirit of the factory leaders. This Monday morning is basically over.

The four colleagues in the department all claimed to be lazy people who only completed necessary tasks every month and never stayed in the factory for the rest of the time.

Chen Changan also did not expect that in this age of dedication, which produced model workers like Iron Man Wang Jinxi, it was no coincidence that these eccentrics could gather in one department.

The time of chatting and gossiping passed quickly, and the section chief came back from the meeting.

Looking at Chen Changan and the other four people, the section chief said, "It's nothing, just go do what you need to do." Then he went back to his office.

Seeing a few people sitting there quietly, Chen Changan asked around and found out that they were waiting to go back after having lunch in the cafeteria. After chatting for a few words, they went to the section chief's office.

Knock on the door

Please come in

As soon as Chen Changan opened the door, Section Chief Yang said, "I knew it was you. Those four people wouldn't give me face like that. They would just push the door open when they have something to do." He handed Chen Changan two cigarettes and asked, "What do you want from me?"

After lighting a cigarette for the section chief, Chen Changan said, "Tou'er Yang, this is what happened. I caught a lot of live fish by the river yesterday. Now I'm keeping them in a water tank at home. They weigh about 100 to 200 kilograms. It's not easy for me to get them to the factory by myself. Can you arrange a car for me? Even a three-wheeled one will do. It will be convenient for me to get them to the factory."

After listening to this, Section Chief Yang thought for a moment and said, "There are some in the tricycle factory, but the driver team has a mission today, so there is probably no driver."

"Tou'er Yang, I can drive myself. I can drive home in less than an hour."

Section Chief Yang looked at his watch. It was half past ten, so he agreed with Chen Changan. He would be back in an hour, which would not delay his lunch, and would not delay his departure after lunch.

He nodded in agreement, issued a ticket to Chen Changan, who took it and went out.

As soon as I walked out of the section chief's office, I was surrounded by four colleagues. They learned that Chen Changan had caught 100 to 200 kilograms of fish, all of which were large fish weighing more than 10 kilograms. They all shouted that they would not eat lunch and would wait at the factory gate to buy a fish from Chen Changan.

At the urging of four colleagues, he took the tricycle and went home to get the fish.

In less than twenty minutes, I rode back to the factory on a three-wheeled vehicle and saw these four guys waiting at the factory gate. When they saw Chen Changan coming back, they surrounded him directly. Each of them picked a fish, threw five yuan to Chen Changan, and then went home.

In the cafeteria, he handed over the scale to the cafeteria director, and it was 220 kilograms, 220 cents a kilogram. He wrote Chen Changan a bill for the fish, cents a kilogram, totaling yuan, and two fish tanks, yuan each, for a total of yuan.

It was just past eleven o'clock when Chen Changan came out of the finance office after paying the money and returned to the department.

Section Chief Yang saw him come back and asked, "Have you completed all the formalities?" Chen Changan nodded and continued, "Today is the 20th. You have completed your tasks for this month. In fact, you have also completed the tasks for next month and the month after next. Just one purchase does not mean anything. Your regularization will still be calculated based on three months. But if you make another purchase like this within this month, you will basically be a regular employee starting from the next month when you start selling. Your salary will also be higher. But it depends on your own ideas. Okay, that's all. Let's go eat."

Chen Changan thought that today was the 20th, and there were still about ten days left, so he would have the chance to go fishing again. It would also be good to get a regular job early and get more salary.