The old days(10)

There must be a shortage of people in the cafeteria.

But Lin Yutong didn't plan to work in the cafeteria. Working in the cafeteria is so hard. In the morning, the meal has to be prepared before everyone has breakfast. And in a big factory with so many people, you have to get up at least three or four in the morning. That's it.

The same goes for boiling water. If you don't hurry up early, can you make it over? If you catch up with the night shift, other positions can still work three shifts, but you can try the canteen? You can only take a nap between meals. If

If you are good at craftsmanship and make small dishes for the boss, do you think it is a good job? Not to mention that you can always obey orders. You also have to wait for the leader to drink till midnight. Who can stand it until midnight every day?

Ah. Not to mention that among the four seasons of the year, life in the canteen is better only in winter. At other times, it is really a sweat in exchange for a meal.

Why did she have to think so hard to find a job in the cafeteria?

She didn't come here to compete for a position in the cafeteria, but she simply wanted to talk to these people and establish connections?

Don't underestimate these people in the cafeteria. They are actually the group of people who come into contact with the most people in the factory. And they are accessible to all kinds of people.

Just like now, drop what you are doing and go out and fish.

Is fish so important? Is it so important that it delays so many people’s meals? They even complain about the lack of manpower while pocketing fish. There is definitely a shortage of manpower, but right? The more manpower there is, the less it can come out, right?

But they just came out.

Why?

Can every employee eat fish? No! How much fish can be brought out with just a few hands? This fish must be for entertaining the leaders.

In other words, they spend their energy serving the leader.

They can't talk, but they can eavesdrop on a few words. Therefore, their information must be relatively well-informed.

Originally, I wanted to inquire about the news later, yes! Now I directly yelled this sentence to others.

But don't tell me, ordinary units are still afraid of this kind of willingness to go out and cause trouble.

Lin Yutong was about to speak, but the eldest sister who was talking to her just now, known as Sister Dai, said: "Whose daughter-in-law is this? What are you talking about? We don't know who is a teacher or not."

You said that as a comrade like you, how can you talk so carelessly?"

Guilan turned around very quickly, and said hurriedly: "I have only known her for a few days, how do I know who is a teacher or not? Isn't that what she said?" Then, she pointed to Cheng Meini, "What she said is that they are the same person.

She is from the village and knows everything about the teacher’s daughter, as she just told me..."

Cheng Meini was frightened and was a little at a loss.

Sister Dai looked at each other and Sister Chen who was just talking next to her, and then Sister Chen said: "Listen to what this girl just said, she wants to find a job. That's fine! Our canteen is short of two temporary workers.

, ten yuan a month. If you two do it, then stay."

"Do it, do it!" Guilan said quickly: "I must do it." She looked at Lin Yutong embarrassedly, smiled awkwardly, and then turned her face and said, "Then do you think you still want someone else? This Jin Laosi

My wife is quite capable. She can also weave mats and settle accounts very quickly. She can also pull abacus beads... She helps everyone settle accounts when buying things on a donkey cart..."

After causing trouble, she felt guilty again and wanted to pull Lin Yutong away.

I can't say whether this person is good or bad, he is just someone who doesn't want to suffer.

It would be a shame to argue with her. She has a temper that explodes at the slightest moment.

Sister Dai said: "It only takes two people. If you are willing to do it, it's just you two. Go to the cafeteria immediately. My surname is Dai, so I told you to go there. But we have to get to the end of the conversation. The factory is in a state of chaos right now."

What about more than a thousand people? It is not an easy task to provide hot water for so many people. Then I will assign two laborers to you, a total of four people, to be responsible for everyone's hot water, no problem."

Cheng Meini shook her head: "No problem, no problem, I'll definitely do it well."

Lin Yutong said in her heart, is this leader easy to offend? The workers we are recruiting now are all regular workers. What about temporary workers? That doesn't happen! But now that they have accepted the offer, they have put on the leadership shoes.

There is no telling how long you will be a temporary worker. Not to mention doing the hardest and most tiring work, you will lose half of your salary in one month.

Why do you think this is so difficult?

Lin Yutong didn't want to stay here for too long, and he didn't want to go fishing. He just said: "You two eldest ladies, please be busy. I'll go back first."

If she stays here any longer, what should people say to her?

She obviously wanted to inquire about the background, but asking in person would look bad. So, she avoided it.

But I didn’t really go back, so what were I doing?

She went to the tent set up on the square. Various departments and office spaces were all in the tents set up. She was not looking for the fourth master, but she wanted to get familiar with the environment and see the people delivering goods here.

Whether people are here or not, we need to buy some food, preferably vegetables.

As a result, when Lin Yutong arrived, there were quite a few family members who came over. They were all dissatisfied with the things on the donkey cart. They felt that there was nothing to choose from, so they came down to explore.

There was a big truck pulling potatoes and cabbage, and it was surrounded by people right now.

"This is for the canteen..." I don't know if it was a staff member of the logistics purchasing department, standing on the car and shouting: "Our families should stop crowding here. What is on the car is not for sale, go east and give it to

Everything provided by the family has been unloaded."

Lin Yutong stopped squeezing and hurried over so that he could buy more in the morning.

There were really not many people there when she arrived. She picked out two cabbages and a bag of potatoes in a fish net bag, carried them over and waited for them to be weighed, and then gave her money.

Before anyone arrived, I heard the buyer and seller quarreling.

why?

Because paying the seller a thousand yuan note when buying a house was not enough. The man said: "The person in front bought more than me, so you only took 1.2 cents from him, and I gave 1.2 cents."

Qian, if you don’t give me change, you still say it’s not enough.”

As this happened, a quarrel started.

Lin Yutong laughed, the currency is in chaos now. Some people keep silver coins and copper plates at home, and they were asked to turn them in when the Kuomintang came. Some people hid them secretly. Now when their families go out and take out the money, all the money is gone.

Bring them with you. Some of them came from the border areas and carried border tickets with them. They were not issued in the same place, but you still have to recognize them. If I remember correctly, in December 1948, the first set of RMB

They have been issued, but the denominations are large. The smallest is one yuan, and the largest is 50,000. There are also coins that are issued to workers in the factory and printed by the liberated areas themselves.

It is very difficult to convert each other. Everyone comes from all over the world, and they have all kinds of coins in their hands. Now they come to buy groceries, my God, how do I do it? There is some money that these logistics staff simply don’t have.

I've seen it before, but you still can't deny it.

For example, the person who took out this first edition of RMB, how much is one thousand yuan equivalent to? One hundred can be exchanged for almost one cent, and one thousand yuan is equivalent to ten cents.

Your cabbage is said to be two cents and five pounds. The person buying vegetables over there is a young daughter-in-law from the countryside. She is considered a rich man with a thousand dollars, but people here don't recognize her.

I cannot understand the two sides.

Lin Yutong said: "Hurry up and use the wages from our factory first."

That's right!

The young man immediately yelled: "The one with the money we gave you comes first, otherwise we won't accept it!"

The quarrel was finally over, and many people went back to get their money, but the rest of the process was not necessarily fast.

Those who come to buy vegetables are all family members, and most of those who can come are from the countryside. Most of them are illiterate. Now let's talk about buying vegetables. Cabbage costs two cents for five pounds, and potatoes cost five cents for two pounds.

And among the dishes selected by each restaurant, which one is just right?

At work, people occasionally add a clove of garlic or adjust the scale, but even this person doesn't understand.

Another girl said: "One costs two cents for five catties, and one costs five cents for two catties. Then I'll give you seven cents. Don't worry about what kind of food I put in it. I'll just get seven catties, right?"

The young man selling vegetables was stunned: It sounds reasonable.

He nodded, and the girl left with a sack of potatoes.

Lin Yutong said: "You should hurry up and chase me. You sold seven kilograms of potatoes for seven cents. How are you going to pay the account when you go back?"

The young man slapped his forehead and said, "...a penny for a pound of potatoes? Oops! You got in!" He grabbed the man back and the two began to pull him apart again.

The young man pulled Lin Yutong over and said, "Sister, come here to judge. Is this still unreasonable?"

Lin Yutong sat over and picked up the abacus beads: Huniu herself can also use an abacus. The old man in the family is a craftsman, but he is also a businessman. Don't look at the old lady, the old lady follows the old man, and she can pick up the abacus beads clearly. The old man said

Li: You can be illiterate, but you can't do calculations. Therefore, the children in the family can all use an abacus. Even if they can't calculate quickly, they can definitely do it.

And what about Lin Yutong? Settling accounts is his job, right?

Even if he could pull the abacus beads with one hand, he could calculate faster and more accurately than three or five of them.

She sat there, plucked the money with her hands, and made a calculation. Then she looked at the grocery store expressionlessly and signaled the young man to collect the money according to her calculation.

This move is quite bluffing.

In fact, the uneducated people are a little in awe of the educated and capable people from the bottom of their hearts. With this attitude, let alone saying that they are right, even if they are wrong, they dare not question it.

The sounds of quarreling disappeared.

Obediently picking the dishes and weighing them, Lin Yutong settled the accounts, and the young man put them aside to collect the money. All of a sudden everything was in order.

Looking at the flying hands, many people who had bought groceries were not in a hurry to leave, but just stood aside and watched.

This one said: "It can be calculated faster than even the accountant in our village."

"It's pretty accurate." That one said, "Give me a clove of garlic and I won't suffer any loss."

The vegetables here were sold out in less than two hours.

Lin Yutong paid his money, and the young man left without calling, "Sister, come with me quickly. Our section chief came just now and waved for me to take you over."
To be continued...