Chapter 30 Busy
The air suddenly choked.

After a while, Sha Zhu lowered his head and took a few deep puffs of his cigarette, then suddenly raised the wine glass and drank the wine in one gulp.

"Uncle, I'm going to talk to the director about this. Please help me."

At this point, Jia Dongxu raised his wine cup and said to Sha Zhu: "Thank you, Zhuzi, I can't speak. Thank you so much."

Yi Zhonghai then smiled and raised his wine cup: "That's right, we are all from the same courtyard, we should take care of each other."

As he said this, he looked at Yu Zhiyuan.

I thought that Qin Huairu's matter was over, and Yi Zhonghai should talk about Hao Yingjuan's matter.

But no!

"Zhiyuan, I promised Uncle San to help Jie Cheng get a job in the factory. Can you please inform your master and help Jie Cheng?"

"I can't make the decision for Master. He won't tell me what he has planned. But I'll tell Master tomorrow and see how he arranges it."

After hearing what Yu Zhiyuan said, Yi Zhonghai nodded.

The atmosphere is better now.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Yu Zhiyuan ate a steamed bun and said to Yi Zhonghai, "Uncle, it's almost time. Xuemei and Qiaoqiao must be sleepy. I have to go back and take care of them."

Yi Zhonghai nodded.

Sha Zhu and Yu Zhiyuan just came out of Yi Zhonghai's house and walked towards the backyard.

After entering the backyard, Sha Zhu looked back, pulled Yu Zhiyuan against the wall and whispered, "Zhiyuan, how do you think I should tell Yingjuan? What should I do? Give me some advice. Just now, the old man forced me to agree. I have no choice."

Yu Zhiyuan nodded: "There is a way, but I don't know if it will be good for you in the future?"

"Okay, brother, tell me what you want to hear?"

"Director Li needs your skills, so why don't you owe him a favor? There are so many positions in the logistics department, and you can put someone in every position. Don't keep staring at the cafeteria. I've seen the attitude of the old man. If you don't express your opinion, you will have a hard time tonight."

Shazhu nodded.

"You can owe favors to others, but just focus on cooking your own food. Make this clear to Hao Yingjuan. Don't get on board. I feel like Director Li is a little weird."

"You don't know yet, there is a widow named Liu Lan in our kitchen, and I heard she has a relationship with Director Li."

"If that's the case, you have to be careful not to be controlled by her. Go back and think about it carefully." After saying this, Yu Zhiyuan walked towards the old lady's room.

In mid-April, the city began to gradually warm up.

The workers all changed into light clothes, which made Yu Zhiyuan much more skillful at the operating table.

Director Guo came to inform us this morning.

"After get off work in the afternoon, I have to spend half an hour every day cleaning the workshop and the area around it. Before going to work in the morning, I have to study the safety production regulations for half an hour. This requires an exam, and the top scorers will receive a subsidy of 1.5 yuan per month."

After Director Guo finished speaking, he handed each person a safety production manual.

As the Ministry of Metallurgy will soon inspect the steel rolling mills to see if they can expand production, the workers are all dressed much neater and cleaner.

In this era, the spirit of a factory worker can also reflect the combat effectiveness of a factory.

At lunch time, Director Li's secretary found Yu Zhiyuan and said that Director Li wanted to see him about something.

Yu Zhiyuan arrived at Director Li’s office.

Li Liming walked to the sofa and pulled Yu Zhiyuan to sit down.

Gave Yu Zhiyuan a cigarette.

Yu Zhiyuan quickly lit it for Director Li.

"Director, do you have something to talk to me about?"

"First, let's talk about the canteen. The higher-ups will come down to inspect in two days. Our workers are very enthusiastic, so I want to improve the food quality. You can send more fish to the canteen. I've already informed them. For canteen purchases, I'll give you cash directly, so you don't have to go to the finance department."

"Okay, I'll contact them in the next two days. I promise to get the job done."

"Also, I have renovated the guesthouse, and we will host receptions there from now on. The kitchen has also been cleaned up, and He Yuzhu will prepare the reception meal. You can prepare some good things, and Liu Lan will take them over there. You can give the ticket to my secretary, and my secretary will take the money and give it to you. Do a good job for me, I won't treat you unfairly!"

"Okay, Director, I will definitely do my best to complete the task you give me."

Li Limin smiled, patted Yu Zhiyuan's arm, stood up, took out two boxes of Zhonghua cigarettes with filters from the drawer and threw them to Yu Zhiyuan. "Go and get busy. Do the job for me."

Yu Zhiyuan hurried back to the second workshop and quietly gave a box to his master.

While eating, he said to his smoking master, "Master, can I contact my elder brother at the academy?"

"Sure, there's a phone number you can use. If you have any questions, go to the post office and call him. He's usually available between 6 and 9 p.m. What's the matter?"

"I heard that the smoked horse meat and smoked horse sausage there can be kept. I want to ask him to get some for me, and also raisins."

"I'll call you in the evening, go and contact them yourself."

After finishing his meal, he rinsed the lunch box with cold boiled water, drank it in one gulp, and then walked to the cart to find Hu Hanguang.

"Where have you been running lately?"

"My wife is going to give birth in a month, so I'm going to run around the city. Is there any business?"

"Have you been to Qingdao recently?"

"Wait, let me go ask!"

After saying that, Hu Hanguang ran to their captain's office.

"We have a mission to Longkou tonight! We will be back in two days. I have already told them and have made some adjustments."

"Bring back as much good seafood as possible. There will probably be quite a few people coming to inspect the factory, and it will take more than a day or two. Do you have enough money? Otherwise, I can send you some this afternoon."

"That's enough. Don't worry about it. Just pick it up the day after tomorrow night."

Yu Zhiyuan returned to the workshop to work and clean up with peace of mind.

Then he got on his bike and rushed to Fan Changjun's house.

Yu Zhiyuan called Fan Changjun out: "Bring me some beef and mutton. We'll need it in two days, so I can eat more. It's okay to divide it into several times. This time may not be short."

In this way, Yu Zhiyuan lived a busy life delivering goods to the canteen in the morning, to the guesthouse in the evening, and working during the day.

I had just been working at the operating table for less than an hour in the morning when someone called me from behind and followed me to Director Guo's office.

There were seven or eight people sitting inside, all holding notebooks and pens in their hands.

A middle-aged man in his forties wearing glasses said, "Don't be nervous, young man. I just want to ask you a few questions. Sit down and talk."

The middle-aged man said this, pointing to the chair next to him.

Yu Zhiyuan walked over and sat down, then took the cup of tea handed to him by a young man next to him.

Yu Zhiyuan quickly stood up and thanked him.

The middle-aged man patted Yu Zhiyuan's arm.

"What's the boy's name and how old is he?"

"My name is Yu Zhiyuan, and I'm 21 years old."

"How many years have you been in the factory? What level of worker are you now?"

Yu Zhiyuan saw this person asking and that person recording, so he replied
"This is my third year, and I am now a level three fitter."

"Well. Who else is at home? Is the salary enough to support the family?"

"There are only my wife and one daughter at home. But my wife is pregnant again and gave birth around National Day. My salary is 45.5 plus a 3 yuan job subsidy of 48.5. It is enough to support the family. Life is much better than the past two years."

"Congratulations, young man. If I assign you to a new workshop, will you obey?"

"If the factory needs me, I will definitely obey and resolutely complete the tasks assigned by the factory. However, I was promoted to a third-level worker this year, and I still need to learn and strengthen my theory and operation. Now I am learning from my master. I will improve myself as soon as possible and contribute my own strength to national construction."

"Young man, you have a high level of awareness! If the workload increases and you need to work overtime, but the overtime pay is only half or even one-third of your normal salary, can you accept it? Can fellow workers accept it?"

"As long as I can contribute to the factory, I can accept it. I believe our factory workers can also accept it."

"Okay, young man, you are good. Remember to keep it a secret. Go to work. Don't delay the factory's production."

As the middle-aged man spoke, he stood up and shook hands with Yu Zhiyuan.

(End of this chapter)