Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

On the weekend, taking advantage of the time off, Chen Changan came to the home of Director Wang of the Street Office, carrying a lot of things.

As soon as he entered the courtyard of Director Wang's house, Chen Changan was actually quite envious.

Chen Changan's house in the residential area is only about 100 square meters, which is much smaller than this small courtyard.

After moving into a residential area, it would be extremely difficult to live in this courtyard house.

In fact, there are many things in this kind of small courtyard that Chen Changan is not used to.

For example, there is no toilet in the yard, and I don’t want to go to the public toilet late at night.

A urinal had to be prepared in the room, which made Chen Changan, who was used to indoor bathrooms in later generations, feel a little annoyed.

If you want to renovate a small courtyard and build a toilet in it, it is possible in some places.

But most of the houses are located in the area, so you can’t just add on if you want to. There is no place to lay the sewer pipes.

With Chen Changan's current level, it would be no problem for him to live in a small courtyard.

But the three sisters liked living in the building, and asked Chen Changan more than once when they could move into the building.

Then, everyone at the car factory will eventually move into their own residential complex.

Although you are the factory director, Chen Changan feels that it has a bad influence that you live outside in such an independent way.

There will be many opportunities to buy a courtyard house in the future. If you want to live in a small courtyard in the future, you can buy another one.

Director Wang watched Chen Changan bring a lot of things and was quite happy at first.

When I got closer, I saw Yili pastries and chocolates.

There were also a lot of seafood, including prawns, yellow croaker, and a lot of hairtail. Director Wang immediately became unhappy.

"Changan, you are here just because you came. You are not a stranger. Why do you buy such a good thing?

The cakes are fine, but the chocolate is hard to buy. How can you buy it without going to a specialty store?

And this seafood looks fresh, you definitely can’t buy it in the vegetable market.

It's not a holiday, why are there so many things?

It would be great if you could give some to Xiuhua, Xiujuan and the others. I don’t need your little food here.”

"Auntie Wang, isn't this because I haven't come to see you for such a long time?

You also know that our automobile factory didn't have any holidays some time ago.

During the New Year's Day, I also want to set an example and go to the factory to be on duty.

With the arrival of two new batches of workers, the automobile factory was finally able to take normal holidays while working in three shifts.

I just came to see you. This seafood is nothing. It was given to Li Huaide by his comrade.

Li Huaide asked me for help with something, so he gave me a batch of food. The girls at home couldn’t finish it.

This seafood will go bad if left for too long, what a pity, I will bring some to you."

When Director Wang heard that it was Li Huaide who gave it, he said nothing more.

Li Huaide has the channels and means, and Director Wang must know about this.

After putting the things away, Director Wang saw that it was still early, so he pulled Chen Changan to sit down.

"You need me for something? You are a factory manager who is higher in rank than me, how can you need me for something?

Tell me, I want to hear what is going on that is making things so difficult for you."

Chen Changan didn't waste time with Director Wang.

"It's all about my three younger sisters. My oldest sister Xiuying has already graduated from technical secondary school.

He was assigned to the Finance Department of our automobile factory, and that was when we got married.

I help her to check things out, and once she gets married, she won't need me as her big brother anymore.

But the same cannot be said for the two younger ones. I heard that the requirements for educated youth to go to the countryside have become increasingly stringent in the past two years.

The second child is only in junior high school, but his academic performance is very good and he has the potential to be admitted to university.

Although the third child is naughty, I think he should at least have a junior high school education, right?

This is not because they are worried that the two of them will really be arranged to go to the countryside.

I just let these two young girls who had never seen the world go away alone. I was always worried.

So I came here this time to ask you if there is any way to prevent them from going to the countryside. Or maybe you can arrange for them to work nearby.

Director Wang listened to what Chen Changan said, thought for a while and said.

"The Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside Movement has been around for a long time, although the number of people going there has been increasing every year.

But what does this have to do with your sister? You are the director of a car factory.

Even if it's difficult to arrange you to a car factory, wouldn't it be easy to arrange you to other factories?

Putting aside other things, you can just say hello to Li Huaide and arrange Xiuhua and Xiujuan to work at the steel rolling mill. Isn't it just a matter of a word?

Is it necessary for you to come all the way to my place? Did you get any news?"

Director Wang asked this question for a certain reason.

Any resolution is not achieved overnight. It is the result of negotiations among multiple parties.

Although some important resolutions are announced now, it is very likely that the resolutions themselves have been discussed for a long time.

To ordinary people, it seems that this resolution was announced very abruptly. Why was it announced so suddenly?

In fact, this topic has been discussed for a long time, but ordinary people are not aware of it.

Director Wang was aware of the Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside Movement, which was arranged because there were many unemployed young people in the cities.

Although more and more young people have gone to the countryside every year in recent years, who is Chen Changan?

To put it bluntly, with Chen Changan's current status, his sister is willing to work anywhere he wants.

But Chen Changan did not arrange work for his sisters, but came directly to her.

Since his younger sisters got jobs and went to the countryside, it would never be his two younger sisters' turn.

There is no way Chen Changan didn't understand this kind of thing, but he still came to discuss it with her.

There is only one possibility, that Chen Changan learned some information that he does not know yet through certain channels.

This was the only possibility. This also made Director Wang a little worried.

Even someone like Chen Changan is trying to find a way out for his sisters in advance, so you can imagine what other people are doing.

Chen Changan didn't know whether it was right or not to come to Director Wang to discuss this matter.

The main reason is that I was too worried about my sisters going to the countryside.

My parents are gone, and as the eldest brother, I must do everything I can to prevent them from getting hurt.

The main reason is that my sisters are too young. If they were old enough and we arranged jobs for them now, there would be nothing to worry about.

“The matter is actually not as serious as you said. My second sister has already graduated from junior high school.

After she graduates from technical secondary school in three years, I will arrange a job for her.

The main reason is my younger sister, who just started junior high school this year, and I’m afraid to wait until she graduates from junior high school.

I'm afraid that things will escalate and I won't have time to arrange work.

Being assigned to work in the countryside while still in school is really troublesome.

Director Wang felt relieved after hearing what Chen Changan said.

As long as there is no new policy from above, she will not allow such a thing to happen as the director of the subdistrict office.

"I wonder who would dare to arrange for Xiujuan to go to the countryside? As long as I work in this neighborhood office, this kind of thing will not happen."