Chapter 431 Funeral Expenses and Replacement
When He Yuzhu asked them when they would return,
Xu Damao and his colleagues in the Propaganda Department still have their salaries paid, so they have to wait until the afternoon to get off work before they can go home.

Li Qingshan is a practical technician and is not busy at work on weekdays, so he chose to go back with He Yuzhu.

The three of them walked out of the workshop and were about to go their separate ways when Li Huaide caught up with them from behind.

"Captain He, Captain He, I just happened to be going to your courtyard to deliver the pension to Comrade Jia Dongxu. Let's go together."

Hearing that Li Huaide, the deputy factory director in charge of logistics, was going to the courtyard, Xu Damao regretted a little why he didn't say that he would go back with He Yuzhu and the others.
But it's too late to say anything now.

If Deputy Director Li went back on his word because he was going to Siheyuan, He Yuzhu would definitely laugh at him to death.

After Li Huaide and the others had gone far away, Xu Damao slapped himself twice.
"I told you not to go back and help, I told you not to go back and help!"

Of course, He Yuzhu and Li Huaide were unaware of Xu Damao's reaction. They chatted while riding their bicycles and soon arrived at the courtyard.

Inside the courtyard, Jia Zhang burst into tears upon hearing the tragic news of her son's death.

At this moment, I was sitting on the ground, without any strength left.

Qin Huairu, who was more than three months pregnant, fainted after hearing the bad news.

The two adults in the Jia family were not helpful, so it was the neighbors like Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong who helped to bury Jia Dongxu and arrange various matters.

Seeing He Yuzhu and the others coming back, Yi Zhonghai did not have the time to ask him why he had been delayed for so long, but instead greeted Jia Zhang.
"Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Zhang,

Stop crying, Deputy Director Li from the Steel Mill is here, probably to give you funeral expenses and pensions."

When Jia Zhang heard Yi Zhonghai talking about funeral expenses and pensions, she stopped crying, wiped her tears and stood up.

It's not that in Jia Zhang's heart, her son is not as important as money.
Mainly as a person who lost her father in her youth, her husband in her middle age, and her son in her old age,

Jia Zhang knew very well that now that their only son was dead, their eldest grandson was still young and useless, and they didn't know when their daughter-in-law would run away. If they had no money, their Jia family would have to wait for extinction!

She can still tell what is important and what is not.

So when she saw the stranger following He Yuzhu, Jia Zhang rushed over immediately.

"Hello, leader. You are here to give us funeral expenses, right? Can you give us a little more? We are an orphan and a widow, and we really can't do without money."

Li Huaide came to send warmth at this time.

Hearing Jia Zhang's request, she naturally spoke of the new policy in a friendly manner.

"Don't worry, Aunt Jia, things are different now. We are implementing our own rules. The leader said that the workers are now the masters of the factory.
Although Comrade Jia Dongxu has left, his job quota is still there.

You and your wife can take over. With a job, you can get a salary. With a salary, you don't have to live off your savings!"

Hearing that she and Qin Huairu could take over her son's job at the steel mill, Jia Zhang's joy was beyond words.
Just as Li Huaide said, as long as they have a job, God will not let them starve to death, and their precious grandson will be able to grow up safely.

But then, Jia Zhang asked greedily, "Leader, if my wife and I go to work at the steel mill, will we still receive the same salary as Dongxu?"

Hearing what Jia Zhang said, not only Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, the two senior fitters, but even Liu Guangqi who came back to help, twitched their lips.
I thought to myself that your Jia Dongxu is a level 4 fitter, earning 56 yuan.

What can you and Qin Huairu do at the steel mill? Clean the toilet or pick vegetables in the kitchen. How can you have the nerve to ask for the same salary as Jia Dongxu did before he died?

Fortunately, Li Huaide understands the policy.
It was impossible to agree to such an impolite request from Jia Zhang.
"Aunt Jia, listen to me, our Daxia is currently implementing an 8-level wage system.

The salary for each job and each position is different.
Comrade Jia Dongxu is a level 4 fitter, and you or your daughter-in-law will have to re-learn according to the specific position when you go to the factory, and get the corresponding salary according to your level.

By the way, in the case of your family taking over the job, you can receive a salary every month.
That's about it. "

Li Huaide's words somewhat disappointed Jia Zhang.
But she also knew that this was the best situation for the Jia family.

At least it is much better than before. There was no such thing as replacement before. These are new regulations that came out after the recent factory reform.

Seeing that the plan to get more salary was out of the question, Jia Zhangshi stopped pestering.

For her, the most important thing now is to grab her son's pension while Qin Huairu is unconscious. With money in hand, she will not be worried.

Otherwise, the money would be in the hands of her daughter-in-law. If she ran away with the money one day, she would be helpless.

So Jia Zhang adjusted her mood and continued to ask,
"Leader, can I ask how much the funeral expenses and pension for our Dongxu are? When can we go to the factory to take over the job and get paid?"

"Auntie Jia, according to Article 14 of the Labor Insurance Regulations,

When an employee dies due to work, the enterprise shall pay funeral expenses equal to the average salary of all employees of the enterprise for three months.
The average salary of our steel rolling mill workers is 30 yuan per month, so according to regulations, the funeral expenses of Comrade Jia Dongxu is 90 yuan.

As for the pension that Comrade Yi Zhonghai just mentioned,

Before the reform, there was a subsidy of 25% to 50% of the wages of workers who died in the workplace.

But now that we are in reform, this worker's pension has become the job I just told you about. After all, it is better to teach a man how to fish than to give him a fish. A dozen or twenty yuan a month is not enough to support a family, don't you agree?"

Seeing that not only did his family lose Jia Dongxu's previous high salary, but now they don't even have a pension,
Jia Zhang was very dissatisfied. She turned around and looked at He Yuzhu and asked,
"Zhu Zi, tell Aunt Zhang if the above regulations are as the leader said. I hope he didn't fool an old lady like me!"

Hearing Jia Zhang's brainless words, He Yuzhu suddenly felt a headache. He had seen brainless people before, but he had never seen someone so brainless. Asking in front of Li Huaide, isn't he afraid that he will make things difficult for Qin Huairu in the future?

"Aunt Zhang, what Director Li said is true.

How could he, the director of the steel mill who is in charge of logistics, fool you for such a small matter?
Don't think too much.

Hurry up and settle the funeral expenses. You still have to follow the regulations and take the death certificate of Jia Dongxu issued by the steel mill to the street office for filing!"

(End of this chapter)