novellhall Chapter 75 Why Should We Call This Useless?
Chapter 75 Why Should We Call This Useless?
"Pah! Has Huo Jiyu even finished high school? He still has the nerve to want to work in a machine tool factory?"
"He helps with the accounting in the brigade, and he gets it wrong eight out of ten times. Someone like him who can't do anything right shouldn't go to the machine tool factory and embarrass Lianchi Village."
Aunt Liu stood in front of Qiao An, like a mother hen protecting her chicks.
"And your Huo family, you really can't say anything nice. Everyone has seen how much grievance Qiao An has suffered in your family these past four years! You've taken away the young couple's money, you don't treat your daughter-in-law like a human being, and now you want to steal Qiao An's job."
"If God had eyes, He should strike you, you despicable beasts of the Huo family, dead right now!"
Aunt Liu wasn't satisfied with her rant, so she turned to Zhao Zhengang and said, "Leader Zhao, I'm not saying this to be mean, but apart from the second wife, the entire Huo family are shameless scoundrels. Not a single one of them is a good person, especially this Huo Jiyu. He's full of bad ideas. If he goes to the machine tool factory, who knows what kind of petty theft he'll be up to."
"Aunt Liu, what...what nonsense are you talking about?"
Huo Jiyu got anxious and took two steps forward, but Tian Yongfu immediately blocked his way, his eyes wide like copper bells.
"What do you think you're doing, kid? Trying to beat up my wife?"
"I wouldn't dare, how could I dare?"
Zhao Zhengang never expected that Qiao An's situation in Lianchi Village would be so difficult.
I have even greater respect for this woman.
"Huo Jiyu, right? Who told you Qiao An was coming to work at our machine tool factory?"
Huo Jiyu was taken aback. "That's what everyone's saying."
"Comrade, do you know how to fix machines?"
"Won't.."
"Can you calculate grinding machine data?"
Huo Jiyu didn't even know what a grinding machine was.
"Won't.."
Do you know any foreign languages?
"I don't know him..."
Zhao Zhengang held a grudge, "Then what makes you think we'd want a good-for-nothing who can't do anything?"
Huo Jiyu blushed deeply and looked at Qiao An, "Does she already know how to do that?"
Zhao Zhengang laughed, "You're right, she really does know how. Yesterday, in front of all of us, she helped us find the fault in the imported production line and even guided us through the installation. Comrade Qiao An doesn't work at our machine tool factory; she's our specially appointed expert. We only call on her when the machine tool factory encounters problems that we can't solve."
Everyone was shocked to hear Zhao Zhengang's words.
How is that possible?
Do you think they don't know Qiao An's true worth?
At this moment, Aunt Liu also stood up and said, "I saw it yesterday too. Qiao An is amazing. She can figure out the problems that the seventh and eighth grade workers in the factory can't solve just by listening to them."
"Let me tell you, Joanne has finally seen the light; even God is on her side."
The Huo family made a fool of themselves and even mistook the machine tool factory's leaders for adulterers.
At this moment, countless people will point fingers and laugh at them, making them look foolish.
"Hurry up and leave. Aren't you ashamed to be standing here?"
"You shamelessly come to my door and steal my job, I'm ashamed for you."
"The big boss of that machine tool factory doesn't stoop to your level. If it were me, I'd beat him to death."
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The three members of the Huo family slunk away.
The crowd didn't disperse; everyone still wanted to see the cars.
Qiao An waved, and Huo Chen and Huo Ning ran over.
"Chief Engineer Zhao, I'm so sorry for making you suffer so much today. Next week I'll go to the machine tool factory to deliver food and cook you something nice to eat, as an apology."
Zhao Zhengang was indeed angry at first, but his expression immediately improved when he heard that he could eat something delicious. "Okay, you can't go back on your word."
"I guarantee you'll be satisfied with your meal."
Once the jeep left, the onlookers dispersed.
Qiao An invited Aunt Liu and the others into the house.
"Aunt Liu, Party Secretary Tian, thank you for today."
Aunt Liu stayed by Qiao An's side for the entire day. Qiao An was a truly capable person, and besides, she had brought her so many meat dishes; she was more than grateful.
"It's no big deal," Aunt Liu waved her hand.
"Wait for me a moment."
After saying that, Qiao An ran to the kitchen and took out two buckets of malted milk powder, a Daqianmen brand shirt, and a thick piece of polyester fabric from her spatial storage.
She didn't sell all the supplies; she kept some for herself, intending to use them for social obligations, and now they've come in handy.
Inside the main room, Tian Yongfu and Aunt Liu were so frightened when they saw that she had taken so many things that they waved their hands repeatedly.
"We only helped babysit the kids for one day, we can't possibly take so much!"
"Secretary Tian, this is a small token of my appreciation. The New Year is just around the corner, so I'm making a nice outfit for the family."
"There's something else I'd like to discuss with you."
Qiao An pressed Tian Yongfu down to sit, and let the three children go to the side room to play by themselves.
When the story of making steamed buns, dumplings, and pies came up, Tian Yongfu was tempted, but he was also afraid of making a mistake.
"My cousin often says that the policies in major southern cities have long been relaxed, and self-employed individuals can operate as long as they do not employ more than seven people, but that doesn't work here."
"Secretary Tian..." Qiao An's eyes darted around, and she changed her way of addressing him.
"Uncle Tian, let's not talk about employment."
"Aunt Liu and Dongmei come to work for me every day. I give each of them two steamed buns and two meat pies, and 10 yuan per person per month."
Before Tian Yongfu could speak, she continued, "But to outsiders, we'll say we're here to help exchange for food."
"The policy only says you can't have a job, it doesn't say you can't switch to other forms of food, right?"
After Qiao An finished speaking, Aunt Liu's chest bounced up and down as she tugged at Tian Yongfu's sleeve.
"Dad, Dongmei and I only earn twenty a month, which is equivalent to the work points earned by two men in the family. Besides, we also get steamed buns and meat pies..."
Qiao An reassured Tian Yongfu, "Director Geng knows about supplying food to the machine tool factory and even approved it. Chief Engineer Zhao and the others also support it."
Tian Yongfu slapped his thigh and said, "Okay! Let's do it your way."
"Your Aunt Liu isn't in good health and can't work in the fields during the winter. Dongmei can't earn many work points a day either, so it's better for them to come and help out here."
"Don't worry, they're both tight-lipped and will definitely not talk about wages to anyone."
Joanne chuckled and pushed the things on the table forward. "Then it's settled."
After Tian Yongfu and Aunt Liu left, Qiao An made formula for the baby and changed Huo Fang's dressing.
It was already 8 p.m. when I finished.
After putting the child to sleep, Joan entered the space.
She harvested all the vegetables last time, and less than a week later, red and green shoots have sprouted again in the garden.
The crops in the space grew very quickly.
If you're making steamed buns, pies, or dumplings, then you'll need filling.
Joan stared at the vegetables in the wooden house for a long time, and tentatively decided on mushroom and minced meat buns, chive and egg pancakes, and pork and scallion dumplings.
The filling can be changed once a week.
The filling can be made by Aunt Liu and Dongmei, but she has to make the seasonings herself because it's hard for her to get her seasonings through legitimate channels, and many of them aren't even available here.
While Qiao An was busy in the space, in the dormitory of the secretary of Jinshui Town Commune.
Hao Renming rolled over and lay down, with a sticky woman beside him.
Mu Yu's eyes showed little emotion, as if she had already gotten used to it.
"I haven't seen you in a few days, and you've learned quite a few tricks. So this is how capitalist heiresses play?" Hao Renming pinched Mu Yu's chin.
Mu Yu suppressed the disgust in her eyes and forced a smile, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have learned these things."
"You've become quite sweet-talking now; weren't you used to be quite stubborn?"
Hao Renming tightened his grip, causing Mu Yu to wince in pain. "Secretary Hao, please don't do this."