Women's Federation Office.
The Women's Federation of the military compound is a non-governmental organization formed by a group of women who joined together spontaneously. The implementation of the work was originally the job of the street office, but it was inconvenient for the street office to enter and leave the family compound, so the Women's Federation of the compound took on this task.
Su Ye remembered what Grandma Zhou said and introduced herself: "I am Su Ye from the Guangming Brigade in Hongguang County, T City, Y Province, and my husband is Gu Xiangqian from the Special Brigade of XX Company."
Early in the morning, three female comrades came to work in the office. One was cleaning, one was reading a newspaper, and the other was organizing documents.
After hearing this, the female comrade in charge of arranging work for Su Ye folded the newspaper, took out a form from the drawer and handed it to Su Ye to fill out.
The form contained the latest recruitment information of government agencies and factories. It filled up a whole page, but unfortunately most of the information was crossed out. The crossed-out information was no longer available. Su Ye took a closer look and suddenly felt dizzy.
The subdistrict office is a very good government agency, but it lacks cleaners;
Textile factories are also a rare golden rice bowl, but they only recruit inspectors for night shifts;
Railway maintenance workers in the Railway Bureau, coal miners in the Coal Mine Bureau, circuit repairmen in the electromechanical plant, these are positions that are obviously not suitable for female comrades.
The remaining grain and oil and non-staple food store buyers, photo studio apprentices, cinema ticket sellers... these leisurely and respectable jobs were all coldly crossed out with a line of ink.
Su Ye immediately understood why the original owner had not found a job after a month's delay.
It turns out that it’s not that the original owner is too lazy, but that there is no good job at all.
Su Ye said, "Are there only a few street sweeping and night shift jobs left in this city? Although I don't have a high level of education, I have also received education. It shouldn't be harder for me to find a job than someone who hasn't received education, right?"
She ran her thumb over the job openings on the paper, and the remaining ones either offered very poor treatment or very harsh conditions.
Su Ye didn't believe that with so many talented people in this entire compound, those intellectuals who graduated from technical secondary schools and universities would have to divide up these insignificant jobs
The female comrade flipped through another page of the newspaper idly. "How come you don't like any of these jobs? Isn't working in the Coal Mine Bureau good? Working in the Electromechanical Plant and the Railway Bureau are both good jobs. Comrade Su Ye, you are not afraid of hardship."
Su Ye threw the list on the table with a loud "bang" sound.
If the best doesn't show its power, there will really be people who don't regard the best as the best.
Su Ye narrowed her eyes and said, "Yes, I can't do any of these. I'm going to complain to your leader about you. I want to ask why you're making things difficult for me. Why have I come to look for a job again and again, and I still can't get a job after a month? My husband is working hard on the front line, and you treat his wife like this?"
"Li Hongli, what's wrong with you?" another female comrade asked seriously.
The Women's Federation cannot afford to be accused of deliberately making things difficult for military wives.
Li Hongli said to Su Ye in a bad mood: "Comrade, please don't talk nonsense. I am not making things difficult for you. It is really difficult for you to find a job with your conditions.
You just came to the city, right? You don't know a lot of things. Do you know how difficult it is to find a job in the city? Can you get a stable job just by wanting it? You don't even have a chance to get into those companies that only require technical secondary school or college graduates. How can you get someone to introduce you to a job?"
This time, Su Ye got a table, and the variety of jobs on it was so varied that it made him drool.
Government agencies, factory engineers, technicians, accountants, salespersons at supply and marketing cooperatives, chefs at state-owned restaurants... any one of them is an enviable job that brings pride to the whole family.
Su Ye looked away. These jobs all required education. Su Ye, who only had primary school education, could not even reach the threshold even if he had wings.
Su Ye was very calm after reading it. She put down the worksheet and said, "Don't think you can scare me with this. I don't have high standards, and I will naturally do the work I am capable of.
You're not giving it to me yet, which means you have something against me. I asked around before coming here, and other sisters-in-law can be teachers in schools, work in canteens, or even sell tickets in cinemas. Why do I have to sweep the streets when it's my turn?"
Su Ye stretched out her voice coldly, "My husband—"
Li Hongli was in a state of being squeezed, but she was afraid that Su Ye would make a scene and report her, so she was provoked to use her hidden trick.
She said, "Wait, I have some gossip here that I heard from my relatives. Some units require exams. Take a look at these. If there is no problem, I will help you sign up."
She handed Su Ye a piece of paper.
Su Ye saw a school recruitment advertisement on it, recruiting several primary and secondary school teachers, as well as high-tech positions such as factory chief engineer, mechanical designer, and engineer.
At least she still has a conscience.
These recruitment information will not appear in the office list, usually the unit factory directly asks the school for graduates. Although they do not set a threshold, it is obvious that "you can't get the job without the right tools".
You can't teach middle school students without a high school education, right? The chief technical engineer, designer, and engineer in the factory can't get by without a technical secondary school degree or above, right
The original owner would have applied in vain. But Su Ye was not the original owner. She was a highly complex talent with lofty ideals and ambitions cultivated by the quality education in the 21st century. She decisively filled out the application form and applied for the recruitment of primary and secondary school teachers.
Su Ye left the office satisfied.
The live broadcast room was filled with comments: It was really not easy to find a job at that time.
Hahahaha, I can see that this anchor is a bit shameless.
The anchor is so narcissistic.
Very narcissistic +1
Ding—The anchor successfully signed up for the job and was rewarded with a pound of egg noodles
Signing up and getting a reward? This was a pleasant surprise. Su Ye ran back home when he heard about the reward.
Two bunches of egg noodles were neatly placed on the table. They were bright yellow, as thin as cotton thread, with a uniform texture and a fresh wheat smell.
Su Ye tried to swallow her saliva. It had been a long time since she had eaten a meal of fine grains. Before coming here, Su Ye had never realized that she loved fine grains so deeply and passionately. She looked at these noodles and suddenly had an idea.
I saw her carefully wrap the noodles in clean paper and put it in her backpack.
The other side.
As soon as Su Ye left, the office was filled with gossip, "It turns out that this comrade is the lover of Comrade Gu Xiangqian..."
This is a meaningful sound.
An honest comrade got angry and said, "Li Hongli, what do you want to do? She is Captain Xu's revolutionary comrade after all. Are you trying to fool her with those crappy jobs?"
Li Hongli let out a light click of the tongue and started cracking some melon seeds which were rarely available on the market.
"How am I kidding? Didn't I try my best to introduce her to a job as an elementary school teacher? Thirty kilograms of food and twenty yuan a month, what a good treatment."
"You didn't even tell her that there were five technical secondary school students competing for that job. What's the difference between introducing her and not introducing her? You should quickly secure a job for Su Ye! Didn't the subdistrict office need an office clerk a few days ago? The city park is looking for ticket sellers, and the textile factory is looking for female workers. You can obviously introduce all of these to her."
The only sound coming from Li Hongli's side was the crisp sound of cracking melon seeds.
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Su Ye was very happy that she had solved her work problem and got a pound of noodles as reward. She walked out of the military compound with a pound of egg noodles in her pocket.
Suye was running out of food. Fine grains were delicious but not durable. They were eaten in two or three meals. It was a pleasure to eat instant noodles, but it was uncomfortable to run out of food after eating them.
It can also provide greater value.
Su Ye went to the black market. The black market was a product of the planned economy era, and people often exchanged some food in the black market. Su Ye carried a pound of egg noodles and asked for a long time before wandering to the vicinity of the black market.
She tightened her cotton coat and looked at the passers-by on the street, trying to find a buyer for herself.
Most of the passers-by on the street were pale and thin. Su Ye looked for a long time but didn't see a fat person. It was not like in later times when you could see a lot of fat people walking on the street, and five out of ten people claimed that they needed to lose weight.
Su Ye simply passed by the child and the old man, one of whom had no money to buy, and the other who was thrifty and loved to bargain. After a while, Su Ye's eyes suddenly lit up.
At this time, a woman came towards her. She was in her thirties, meticulously dressed in a Zhongshan suit and a white cotton scarf. She looked like a middle-class family, well-off, with a decent job and good benefits, and she paid great attention to her image.
Su Ye had prepared herself mentally before coming here. Fortunately, she was thick-skinned and bold enough to dream of selling grain on the black market. With her identity, it would be a great disgrace if she was caught selling grain on the black market.
Su Ye carefully passed by the female comrade, pretending to casually reveal the fine grains in his backpack, and gave her a sharp look.
The second time I accidentally passed her by.
When he appeared in front of the woman for the third time, the woman took the initiative to grab Su Ye and dragged her to an inconspicuous alley nearby.
"How much noodles do you have in your bag? Do you want to sell them?" she asked in a low voice, swallowing her saliva after she finished speaking.
Su Ye nodded, "It's only one jin. If you give me five yuan and bring two jins of food coupons, I will buy it for you."
The woman's eyes widened. "Five dollars, are you robbing me?"
She wanted to buy fine grains in order to feed her sick child better and supplement his nutrition. Normally, she would not be willing to eat such high-quality grains.
The price of grain on the black market was high, and the woman thought Su Ye's offer was extremely high. Not only did he want money, he also wanted two kilograms of grain coupons.
However, refined grains are in short supply in the market and cannot be bought even if one has money, so Su Ye's offer is still reasonable.
Because grain production has dropped sharply in the past two years and the supply of fine grain has been severely cut off, the price of grain on the black market has remained correspondingly high. When the famine was at its worst, grain could not be bought even if the price increased more than ten times.
A bag of food can save a life, which refers to this famine period.
Su Ye took out some noodles and showed them to the woman. "Mine are different. Mine are egg noodles. They are made with eggs and flour and are nutritious. Eating them can enhance immunity. They have a good texture and taste. Also, don't rip me off just because I'm not a local. Five yuan is the market price. If you don't want them, I can keep them for myself."
"Egg noodles are rich in nutrients" and "helps to enhance immunity" hit the woman's heart directly, as if there was no fine grain in the world that was more suitable and cost-effective than the egg noodles in Su Ye's hand. The woman's eyes were already shining like a wolf when she heard it.
Su Ye said this and turned to leave.
"Hey - don't go, wait." The woman chased after him and tried desperately to stop Su Ye, "I'll buy it! Can't I buy it?"
She quickly took out five dollars and two food coupons and stuffed them into Su Ye's hand, as if she was afraid that Su Ye would change his mind if she was late.
She carefully unfolded the packaging paper and tested the egg noodles. Each noodle was evenly textured and flexible, exuding a fresh fragrance. They smelled very fresh. They were not the expired noodles that would break at the slightest touch. She breathed a sigh of relief, stuffed the noodles into her bag with satisfaction and left.
Exciting! The anchor will have money soon!
User "Patriot" gave a reward of 10g of pork belly and left a message: So this is a black market transaction, so fresh.
The comments in the live broadcast room are flying: Welcome to the local tyrants
10 planes are approximately equal to 10g of meat. My god, treating the anchor to a meal of meat would cost you a fortune.
Su Ye pursed her lips and smiled. It was an unexpected reward to get a reward. Although the meat was small, it was delicious when fried with oil, which could ensure her daily calorie intake.
Su Ye took two kilograms of food coupons to the supply and marketing cooperative's store and exchanged them for one kilogram of cornmeal and three kilograms of dried sweet potatoes.
Sweet potatoes are plentiful and cheap, and are one of the main sources of food for people to fill their stomachs. Three kilograms of dried sweet potatoes will deduct one kilogram of food coupons.
Combining the experience of buying cornmeal yesterday, Su Ye probably had a vague formula in his mind: one pound of food coupons can be exchanged for one pound of fine grain, two pounds of coarse grain, and three pounds of dried sweet potatoes (rough grain). Because fine grain is hard to come by, people line up for a day and a night to buy Fuqiang flour.
In addition to cornmeal and dried sweet potatoes, Su Ye also spent 3.7 yuan to buy a stove, a clay pot, and two pounds of coal. The two pounds of coal tickets were bought on the black market for 50 cents.
With these things, Su Ye will no longer have to go through the trouble of borrowing cooking utensils from other people's homes.
Human potential needs to be stimulated. Su Ye, who was too lazy to even screw on a mineral water bottle cap in later generations, can now carry coal briquettes in one hand and grain in the other, and hold the stove and pot in his arms.
Although his legs were shaky when he walked, Su Ye was extremely happy.
After getting off the bus, Su Ye carefully carried a bunch of things back home to the family building.
Although it was already deep winter and the cold wind was blowing, it still couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of the children. They chased each other on the playground with a broken football.
A loud and vigorous voice came from a distance, "Tan Mingming, come back for dinner! You're going to die, stop sitting on the ground all the time, if you ruin your clothes, I'll make you spend the New Year naked! Watch the road, the ground is icy and slippery, be careful."
As soon as he finished speaking, the child fell flat on his face. Su Ye was not paying attention and his floating foot missed a step and he fell as well, falling down the stairs.
In a flash, two green pine branch shadows came running up.
One of them supported Su Ye who had fallen, and like a magic trick, he hooked the wire handle of the stove with one foot and caught the food with one hand. The coal balls that were not caught rolled out and scattered all over the ground.
What a great skill! Even though Su Ye was so frightened that his face turned pale, he still watched with great interest.
"Thanks to you, comrade!" Su Ye looked up at her savior and said, her voice suddenly stopped and she was stunned.
The man in front of him was extremely handsome, with dark and shiny eyes, a high nose and eyebrows that looked as if they were carefully carved. His heroic look was mixed with a hint of refinement, while his taut jawline revealed his firmness and bloodiness.
"You're welcome. I'm serving the people." He glanced at Su Ye and asked, "Can we go?"
Su Ye replied without hesitation, "Of course not."
Su Ye spoke too quickly and blurted out his words, almost forgetting that he was married. In this era, close contact between men and women could be fatal.
"I mean, my foot is twisted and I can't lift anything, but I can walk by myself."
The other man who had been silent from the beginning glanced at the time and said, "Captain, please send her home. There are still ten minutes to go. I'll wait for you here."
After he said that, he bent down and helped Su Ye pick up the coal briquettes on the ground.
The soldier took all the items without saying a word and sent Su Ye home.
He was tall and big, with a pair of straight long legs wrapped in pine green military pants, and the shadow cast by his body could completely cover the Su Ye. The heavy coal stove was as light as a hair to him, and he could lift it with one finger.
Staring at his back, Su Ye couldn't help but sigh: He is handsome, strong, and has a great figure. It turns out that all the good men are handed over to the country.
However, Su Ye only enjoyed the sight and looked away politely after appreciating it.
Finally arriving at the door of his home, Su Ye took out the key from his pocket and opened the door, and said politely to the soldier: "Comrade, you can put it wherever you like."
The soldier seemed to be here for the first time. He curiously looked around Su Ye's house: the quilt on the bed was not folded, half of a book was turned upside down on the table, and there were two cold steamed buns in the food box on the dining table.
Su Ye thought: This guy is too ungentlemanly. How can he just look into a married woman's room
She thought for a moment and took out a package from her pocket and stuffed it into the man's hand to show her gratitude. The oil paper contained Su Ye's food rations and a few slices of dried braised pork. When Su Ye was hungry, she would eat a piece to replenish her energy.
The soldier frowned and a strange expression appeared on his face.
Su Ye pointed at the package of meat and said gratefully, "Thank you, goodbye."
Su Ye did not ask the soldier's name, and then she closed the door.