Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

In the evening, Chen Changan returned to the courtyard and called Yan Jiefang after dinner.

"Get up early tomorrow morning and go to work with me." Chen Changan said.

After hearing this, Yan Jiefang immediately said happily, "Brother Changan, can I go to work too?"

Chen Changan smiled and said, "He's just a temporary worker, and a coal carrier. Are you so happy?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Jiefang said, "Temporary work is also a job. It is more stable than odd jobs. There is also a company and a chance to become a regular employee. For example, temporary workers in a steel mill can make a lot of money even if they don't go there themselves."

It was only at this time that Chen Changan reacted. Wu Haiyan and Lao Lu were so happy when they heard that they could be assigned three temporary positions.

In the past, Chen Changan only knew that jobs could be sold for money and could be used to fill other people's shoes. He never thought that temporary workers could also be sold for money.

Then I thought that they were big factories like steel mills, but my processing plant was just an old, dilapidated one. I didn't know when it would disappear, and the temporary workers in this factory were not worth much.

After explaining a few things, Chen Changan went to bed early.

The next morning, Yan Fugui came with Yan Jiefang.

As soon as he saw Chen Changan, Third Uncle Yan Fugui said, "Changan, Jiefang told me everything yesterday. Third Uncle, thank you."

Chen Changan looked at the third uncle Yan Fugui and thought, why don't you just not come? If you come, just thank me verbally? Nothing else, a cigarette will be ok, right?

It's no wonder Yan Fugui has never accomplished anything in his life. He doesn't know how to behave. He is stingy with his family, with outsiders, and with his work.

He waved his hand and left with Yan Jiefang. He really didn't want to say anything to Yan Fugui.

Yan Jiefang was also a little embarrassed, and said to Chen Changan, "Brother Changan, don't mind. My father has been deducting money all his life, and it's become a habit. When I get my salary, I will treat you to a meal."

Chen Changan shook his head and said nothing more. Is this about eating?

I took Yan Jiefang to the processing plant. Because Yan Fugui and Chen Changan came earlier, no one else had arrived yet, only Old Lutou had arrived. We gave him cigarettes and chatted for a while.

Instruct Old Lu to see the visitor and go to the conference room for a meeting this morning.

After that, Chen Changan stood outside the door. As Chen Changan expected, Director Wang arrived with a group of people soon, and left after saying a few words to Chen Changan.

Among the group of people there was a cook, two stove operators, and the rest were temporary workers.

Chen Changan took people to the conference room.

After a brief meeting, the cook and Wu Haiyan went to buy groceries. The rest of the people did the general cleaning.

Starting from the office, to the factory, and then to the warehouse. Just after the cleaning, the coal from the district arrived.

Without further ado, grab the tools and start unloading.

The materials from the steel mill arrived later. It was another busy period.

The food at noon was average because there was no preparation in advance, at least that’s what Chen Changan thought.

Seeing the others wolfing down their food, Chen Changan did not dare to mention improving the food. Forget it, he would go home and improve it himself.

On the first day, we didn't even finish cleaning. We were just busy unloading the goods.

The next day, Chen Changan arranged two furnace builders to take out various furnaces custom-made from the steel mill. He explained the various specifications and precautions. He also arranged for Yan Jiefang and another young man who looked more clever to start building the furnace.

The rest of the people waved their hands and went to pull out the weeds.

I have to say that these people's work attitude is beyond reproach. If this happened in later generations, I guess only those born in the 1980s would do it, and young people would just take advantage of it.

In the following days, the workers worked hard, and Chen Changan felt like he was in control. Finally, the factory became what Chen Changan wanted. The furnace was finally built. At noon, we had a meal of meat in the cafeteria. In the afternoon, Chen Changan began to allocate manpower to organize the production of honeycomb coal.

Crush the coal, add yellow mud in proportion, add water, and use the mold that Chen Changan brought back from the steel mill. Start working directly. Try the effect.

The furnaces were also made by furnace lining workers, the simplest iron furnaces. Later on, the ones with chimneys were built.

After the first batch of stoves and honeycomb coals were made, Chen Changan began to experiment, first placing them with the security guard Lao Lutou.

Boil water.

Workers in the factory can go to fetch water. After a few days of verification, it is indeed much more durable than coal briquettes.

Chen Changan asked someone to find a cart, took the stove and honeycomb coal, and went to the street office to find Director Wang.

As soon as he entered the street office, he saw Director Wang chatting with a group of middle-aged women in the big office. Chen Changan went straight over and said with a smile, "Auntie Wang, I'm here to see you."

Director Wang was also surprised to see Chen Changan coming. He came to see her after only a few days. He quickly asked, "What's wrong? What happened at the factory?"

"It's okay. The stove and honeycomb coal are made. I'll bring one over for you to try and see if it works." Chen Changan said.

Director Wang immediately said, "Then why am I here? Can't I just try it in your factory?"

Chen Changan smiled and said, "Auntie Wang, you can't decide whether the stove is good or not. Someone has to use it and test it to see if there are any problems. There are so many people in your street office. You can use a stove to boil some water. Can't you all have some hot water to drink?"

When they heard that hot water was always available, the eyes of the group of middle-aged women nearby lit up. Looking at these colleagues around him, Director Wang was also somewhat moved.

The street office is mostly populated by female comrades. Sometimes when they feel unwell, they really need to drink some hot water.

Director Wang agreed to this. Chen Changan asked someone to put the stove at the door, and the two people who came with Chen Changan placed the honeycomb coal in the corner and went back.

Chen Changan stayed to explain to the aunts the techniques of lighting the stove.

After boiling a pot of water and changing the coal, Chen Changan also proposed the need to add temporary workers. After receiving the support of Director Wang, Chen Changan returned to the factory amid a round of praise.

Winter is coming soon. Considering the usage rate of iron stoves and the difficulty of making cast iron stoves, Yan Jiefang and another apprentice will slowly make an iron stove.

Two furnace masters led two workers and began to build a furnace with a chimney.

As time went by, the number of employees continued to increase. The yard of the processing plant was filled with honeycomb coal being dried in the sun.

In order to ensure that they would not get wet in the rain, Chen Changan could not find the rain cloth he had expected. He could only arrange a warehouse to store the dried honeycomb coal.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner. The weather was getting colder day by day, and Chen Changan even used the few cotton coupons he had to make a new cotton coat for himself and his sisters.

These cotton tickets were earned by Chen Changan when he went fishing in the summer. Thinking of fishing, Chen Changan suddenly missed his old life.