There was no conversation that night. Wang Ying and Xu Shuang got up early the next morning and hurriedly washed and ate.
You can't be late on your first day at work.
Both of them brought their own documents, including the letter of introduction from the brigade, the work report card, and other miscellaneous items. Xu Shuang hung a military green kettle on Wang Ying and gave her a handful of candy to put in her bag.
"Let's do this for today. If you need anything tomorrow, bring it with you."
On the first day of work, Xu Shuang had no worries. He was going to be a master chef, and Chen Dong, the invisible boss, was there to help him adapt. Only the people in the restaurant would be so mean to him.
But Wang Ying was different. She was going to the sugar factory, a strange unit and environment. Xu Shuang was really afraid that others would bully his wife.
Chen Dong was waiting for Xu Shuang, preparing to go to work together. Seeing Xu Shuang chattering like an old woman, Chen Dong was speechless.
What's so easy to bully about your wife
Don't think he didn't know. When he came back yesterday, he heard a commotion in the front yard. The Ma family's kids kept crying until he got off work in the evening. He understood after listening to a few words. It must be that the old woman in the Ma family had set her sights on the young couple, but she was rejected in an instant.
On the first day, the Ma family was taken care of. You should be worried about this girl’s colleagues, right
But Xu Shuang didn't think so. Even Wang Ying felt that Xu Shuang looked at her through a filter. Whenever she criticized others, Xu Shuang would always say "my wife is awesome"...
Wang Ying: "Okay, I'm fine, let's go to work."
Xu Shuang wrapped the scarf around her neck and said, "Eat in the cafeteria at noon. If you don't like the food, come back and tell me. I will prepare a lunch box for you tomorrow at noon. Go to the restaurant directly after get off work in the evening and come back after you finish eating."
Chen Dong looked incredulous.
Wang Ying rolled her eyes. "No, you're making me sound hypocritical. It's okay to just have a meal in the cafeteria at noon. Besides, the food in the cafeteria isn't necessarily bad."
The sugar factory is the largest state-owned factory here. The kitchen staff shouldn’t be too bad, right
Even if the difference was outrageous, Wang Ying was going to put up with it. It would be difficult for her to integrate into the new environment if she was treated specially when she first arrived at the new unit.
Before Xu Shuang could say anything else, Chen Dong interrupted him.
"That's enough, let's go!"
Look how much trouble marriage is! That's why he doesn't want to live with anyone!
The three of them walked out together. Xu Shuang was pushing her bicycle and just after taking two steps, she ran into Aunt Xu at the gate.
Aunt Xu's eyes flickered: "Going to work?"
Wang Ying responded.
Aunt Xu: "Xiao Xu is so lucky. Your wife will take you to work. You two are so affectionate."
There was something interesting in these words, so Wang Ying was too lazy to pay attention to them. She just said "hmm" and "ah" twice and went out.
The three of them walked away, and Aunt Xu sighed behind them.
The new daughter-in-law is difficult to control. First, the son-in-law offended people when she came to the house, and then there was a misunderstanding last night. This is really not a good start.
Well, we still have to build relationships. The families in this compound don’t get along very well, which makes life very inconvenient sometimes. If you want to borrow sugar, oil, sauce or noodles, you have to go to the compound next door. It’s too inconvenient.
Although the new couple were born in the countryside, she saw them on the day of moving, and they said that there was still a widowed mother in the countryside. It was good to have a relative in the countryside these days, as it was convenient to have a meal or something.
Hiss, when the young wife comes back later, she has to go and build some relationships.
She is a new head of the family and has no elders around her, so she can be fooled no matter how vigilant she is.
Aunt Xu was thinking about something while pretending to sweep the floor.
It took an hour to sweep such a small area.
Ma Dalian saw Aunt Xu's behavior through the window at home and spat at her: "You are never satisfied with taking advantage of others. You always go after the peasants when you see them!"
Ma Dalian worked while cursing, and her two daughters-in-law were extremely impatient.
The three oldest children in the family went to school, leaving the three youngest children at home, all between one and three years old and in their noisy prime. The two daughters-in-law looked at the children absent-mindedly, doing their work in a haphazard manner.
After a while, the eldest daughter-in-law casually said, "Mom, Goudan's voice is hoarse from crying last night. How about making him some sesame oil stewed eggs for lunch?"
As soon as she said that, the second daughter-in-law was not happy: "Mom, Maodan is also mute, and Miaomiao was burned a few days ago. How about making steamed eggs for all the children?"
Want to leave us alone? No way!
Ma Dalian was so confused by what her two daughters-in-law said: "Eat, eat, eat, all you know is to eat! We have so many eggs at home that you want to waste them? You eat eggs when your throat is hoarse, so how many eggs in our house are enough for them to eat?"
Ma Dalian's cloudy eyes moved around the two daughters-in-law and said, "Don't count on me, I don't have that many eggs to feed you. If you want to eat eggs, you can earn money yourself. You two are just talking about the matchbox paste distributed by the street, why don't you go?"
The younger daughter-in-law pretended to be ashamed and said, "Mom, my child is still breastfeeding. Besides, I am tied down by these two little ones and can't free myself. I wish I could be like my eldest sister-in-law. The older ones can go to school, and I only have one little one around. I have more free time."
The meaning of this was too clear. The eldest daughter-in-law took a deep breath and said, "Mom, it's not that I don't want to go. It's just that Goudan was sick a while ago and he hasn't recovered yet. You can't leave the child behind to go to work, right? If something happens to Goudan, won't Yongjun quarrel with me?"
Bah! Ask her to work alone, she won't do it!
Ma Dalian's headaches have been affecting her younger daughter-in-law lately. As soon as her older daughter-in-law said that, she started to grumble as if she had been shot.
"Who do you think you are? It's been so many days since Goudan fell ill! How can you take a child's fever as a big deal? You have been lazy for long enough. Go! Go to the street to ask for materials now! Start making paper boxes for me today!"
The eldest daughter-in-law glared at her sister-in-law like an enemy, while the younger daughter-in-law smiled and said nothing.
Ma Dalian still thought she had suppressed her eldest daughter-in-law, and went out triumphantly to buy groceries and prepare lunch.
Aunt Xu smiled sarcastically, haha, this old fool, seems to be in charge of everything at home and outside, but in fact, most of the housework is done by her.
It’s different for me. I seem to listen to my daughter-in-law both at home and outside, but isn’t it Zhang Yun who earns money and does the work
Aunt Liu shook her head and said to her daughter-in-law, "After lunch, let's go to the next yard to paste matchboxes, shall we?"
Forget about her own yard, but she was upset just looking at those two families. If she brought the materials back, those two old women would definitely come to her house and fight with her, and she wouldn't be able to get enough money to pay for her anger.
Mrs. Tang responded, "Okay."
They have two children, one is sent to school and the other is in nursery. After busying themselves with housework for a whole morning, they are free again.
However, when she was free, her mother-in-law didn't like to stay in the compound and always took her to visit neighbors next door.
As for Wang Ying, she went to the factory office to complete her own formalities. She originally thought that she could move to the city and keep her rural household registration. Later, she realized that this was just a pipe dream.
Now the household registration systems in cities and rural areas are completely two different systems. Since you have a job in the city, you must transfer your household registration there.
If you are not transferred in, the city will not issue you grain and oil certificates.
Without the grain and oil book, you won’t be able to buy anything with the little money you have every month, because you won’t be given grain coupons or other tickets, and you wouldn’t be able to use them even if you did.
So Wang Ying thought about it and decided to sign a document with the brigade, clearly stating the ownership of her homestead and house.
She didn't want to wait until a few years after she moved to the city for her house and residential land in the countryside to be occupied by others.
That house cost her a lot of savings.
After the work was settled, the factory office called the person in charge of the infirmary.
"Doctor Yang, this is Comrade Wang Ying, who has just been assigned to your medical office. Comrade Wang Ying used to be a barefoot doctor at the commune clinic, and this time she is here to be trained as a doctor."
Doctor Yang is not young, probably in his forties or fifties, with sleek hair combed into a bun at the back of his head. He looks like a serious person.
Wang Ying greeted and introduced herself.
Doctor Yang didn't say anything and took her back to the infirmary.
Or maybe everyone wants to work in the city these days, because the treatment in state-owned factories is good. The factory area is spacious, and there are even several canteens. As the largest state-owned factory in Nanshao County, the sugar factory has thousands of employees and everything in it.
Security department, infirmary, canteen, sales outlet...
Basically, it covers the workers' daily life of birth, aging, illness and death.
Wang Ying followed Doctor Yang all the way. Doctor Yang didn't say much, but he was proud from the bottom of his heart when he talked about what he saw along the way.
"This is our factory's security department. Even though they are called the security department, they are responsible for almost all issues in the factory."
Wang Ying nodded. In his previous life, he had met older people who all knew that the security department of a large state-owned factory sometimes served as a police station. When workers had problems, their first reaction was to go to the factory instead of calling the police.
Although people in later generations often look down on factory security guards, it is still very impressive to work in the security department of a state-owned factory.
Doctor Yang took Wang Ying around for a long time and only took her back to the infirmary after she was familiar with most of the factory.
The sugar factory’s medical clinic is located in a two-story building near the factory office. The second floor is the Propaganda Department, and the first floor is the medical clinic.
The area is about 200 square meters, with several wards, two consultation rooms and a large office.
Doctor Yang took Wang Ying into the office, where eight people were sitting.
Doctor Yang introduced them one by one: "There are three doctors in our factory, plus you, four, two men and two women. We have two female comrades, and two male comrades, Doctor Zhao and Doctor Sun. The nurses over here are Xiao Zhang and Xiao Yang. The others are our cashier Xiao Fei, the purchasing and administration Xiao Zhou, and this is our intern Xiao Jiang."
Wang Ying calculated in her mind that although people’s surnames were difficult to remember, it was not a problem to remember their faces.
The two male doctors were both older, and looked about the same age as Dr. Yang, but there was no difference between them; they both had ordinary looks.
The two nurses were not very old, probably less than 20 years old. The nurse named Xiao Yang looked a bit like Doctor Yang, and it was unclear whether they were related.
The other two non-technical young men were both young men. They didn't look very old. One had a face full of acne, and the other had a handsome appearance but was very short, only about 1.6 meters tall.
Wang Ying was deeply impressed by the last intern, Xiao Jiang. The reason for this was that the moment the doctor saw her, he raised his chin, and it was almost as if the words "I look down on you" were written on his face.
However, Wang Ying soon realized that Dr. Xiao Jiang's family background should not be bad.
He was wearing a watch that looked very expensive, and the clothes that showed through his white coat were also made of red wool.
You have to know that it is very rare to buy raw materials these days. Even cadres' families may not be able to get tickets for good raw materials, let alone such a pure red color.
Wang Ying's mind went through eight hundred twists and turns, and she immediately saw the situation clearly.
As the infirmary of the sugar factory, it is not easy to assign these doctors to technical positions. After all, treating patients is no different from other things. If they can't treat patients well and are assigned to this position, then aren't they just waiting to be reported by the workers
But the nursing and logistics positions below are filled with young people, and I think their families found ways to get them in.
Compared to working hard in a workshop, it is normal for families with some money to want to find a leisurely job for their children that allows them to sit in an office.
Wang Ying greeted everyone with a smile, and except for Dr. Xiao Jiang, everyone else responded to her in a friendly manner.
Wang Ying became a formal employee when she joined the company. What does a formal employee mean
That means that unless there are any accidents, I will work in the factory until I die.
In this case, there is no need to confront each other right away. There is no conflict of interest, so just get along well. After all, we will see each other for decades.
The two nurses were obviously quite happy. The only women in the clinic were Dr. Yang, Dr. Xiao Jiang, and the two of them. Dr. Yang was old, and Dr. Xiao Jiang always looked down on them. Now that a doctor of similar age had come, they could have someone to keep them company.
"Doctor Xiao Wang, please sit here!"
Nurse Xiao Zhang had a round face, the kind of pleasing appearance that elders liked. She made room for Wang Ying, which was next to the window.
Wang Ying thanked her, took off her bag, and put on the white coat she had just been assigned.
After changing into a white coat, Wang Ying casually took out a handful of candies from her pocket and stuffed them into Xiao Zhang's pocket. She then found a piece of white paper and put two handfuls of candies from her pocket on it.
"I just got here, and I'll need your help in the future. Feel free to take this candy and sweeten your mouth."
Wang Ying put the candy directly in the middle. Xiao Zhang had already happily peeled one and started eating it: "Doctor Wang, you bought milk candy. It's really delicious."
She also gave two to the nurse Xiao Yang. With the two of them taking the lead, the other people also came up happily to eat.
Doctor Yang glanced at Wang Ying and also went over to take two pills.
The candies Wang Ying brought were pretty good, all milk candies. Although they were not White Rabbit, they were also rare.
The infirmary was cleared up in a short while, and several experienced doctors were friendly to Wang Ying.
There is only one thing that spoils the fun.
"Flatterer!"
Intern Xiao Jiang rolled his eyes, said something and walked away.
Nurse Xiao Zhang didn't dare to breathe, her cheeks were filled with sugar, bulging like a little squirrel. Nurse Xiao Yang's eyes flashed with a hint of joy, but she remained silent.
Just as Doctor Yang was about to smooth things over, Wang Ying spoke up.
"Who is Doctor Jiang talking about? Why did he suddenly leave after saying something so out of the blue? Is he going to settle accounts with some bootlicker?"
Doctor Yang: …
I don't believe you didn't realize she was scolding you.
Wang Ying looked innocent: "I just got here. Has Doctor Xiao Jiang always been like this?"
She adjusted her words: "It's always like this... The desire to fight is overflowing?"
Doctor Yang: …
Well, here comes another one.