Rebooting the Peak Years of 1985

Chapter 63 A day in the life of Hao Jianguo

In the North District of Nanming City, there is a tree-lined path near the courtyard affiliated with the 115th Military Factory.

"Damn it, when will this end? I can't get paid this month. If this continues, I will burn down the factory and everyone will die."

A 25-year-old young man grumbled and complained, pushing a [-]-year-old shoulder with one hand and carrying a wine bottle with the other.

The wine is Hengshui Laobaigan. It has the highest alcohol content among the bulk wines on the market these days. It is cheap and has high alcohol content, so it is very popular among some workers.

His name is Hao Jianguo, a worker at the 115th Military Factory. Today is the pay day. He originally went to the factory to collect the money full of expectations, but he returned disappointed.

Due to the poor performance of the factory, production has been suspended for almost a year, and I have not received wages for half a year.

Many employees of Factory 115 are doing odd jobs during this period, making some things to sell in the market to support their families.Hao Jianguo felt embarrassed. He was a college graduate and a sixth-level technician. Of course, he couldn't be like those general workers.And he believes that the factory will get better. Military factories are different from other factories. It is impossible for the country to have no money to pay them wages.

In this way, he did nothing for half a year, sitting on his hands and feet, making his life more and more difficult, and he developed a habit of drinking.

Gululu, Hao Jianguo took a big gulp of wine. Thinking of his wife and two-year-old son at home, Hao Jianguo became more and more miserable as he thought about how he was going to live this life.

If I can no longer receive my salary, my family will really have no rice to cook. The arrogance in my heart is also crushed to the ground at this moment. I have already thought about whether to go to the countryside to collect some agricultural products and sell them.

"Brother Jianguo, this way, come quickly!"

Suddenly, a voice at the door of the family courtyard aroused Hao Jianguo's attention.

Hao Jianguo looked over and saw a group of people standing under the banyan tree at the entrance of the family courtyard. They were all young men in their early 20s.

Those people also looked at him one after another, as if they were very disdainful.

If it were before, Hao Jianguo would never go there, and would rather go around the back door to go home than pass by them.

Because these were all general workers, either elementary school graduates or technical secondary school graduates, the arrogance in his heart made him somewhat look down on them.

He looks down on others, and others naturally dislike him.

But the person who waved to him was Hao Jianguo's friend, a fat man named Hao Qiang who graduated from a technical secondary school.

First, Hao Qiang's academic qualifications are slightly higher, which makes Hao Jianguo look up to him.

The second is that Hao Qiang knows how to behave. Brother Jianguo is older than brother Jianguo, so Hao Jianguo likes it better.

The other party was also Hao Jianguo's only friend in the factory, and the arrogance in his heart was almost tortured. Today, Hao Jianguo pushed his bicycle over by mistake.

"Hey, why did Jianguo come here today?"

"I thought Jianguo was going to turn around and leave. I didn't expect that this top student would also play with us ordinary workers."

"Isn't that right? I used to look down on this and look down on that, but why don't we look down on you?"

When everyone saw Hao Jianguo coming over, they all looked at him and said, somewhat strangely.

"Okay, let's stop talking. We are both from the military factory, brothers from the same factory."

"Everyone has suffered, so stop worrying about the trivial things in the past."

Hao Qiang was a man who knew how to solve problems. He spoke in a smooth manner, mentioned everyone's situation, and immediately resolved the grievances between each other.

"What's the matter? Did you get your salary?" Hao Jianguo put down his bicycle, glanced at the banknotes in Hao Qiang's hand, and asked in shock.

Hao Qiang had a large stack of money in his hand, all of which were ten yuan, five yuan, and one yuan, not even one dime and a half, let alone Kang Ge Zi.

Kanggezi is the dialect of Nanming City, which means a dime and a half coin.

"Oh shit, don't you know if the factory can pay wages?"

"This is money to support the venue. There are people negotiating at Longshou Mountain in the evening, and someone needs to build up their momentum."

"Two yuan per person, a pack of Asma cigarettes. Do you want to do it?"

Hao Qiang shook the money in his hand, looked at Hao Jianguo and asked.

In fact, he didn't have much confidence, knowing that Hao Jianguo was arrogant and concerned about face.

But who made the two friends? At this moment, he also knew the difficulties Hao Jianguo was going through, so he called each other before.

"Are you supporting the show?"

Hao Jianguo thought for a while, he knew that things would not be that simple, and the so-called support might turn into a fight.

"Yes." Hao Qiang nodded.

"Hao Jianguo, isn't it just to help others stand in line? It's easy to get two yuan."

"No, you can leave if you are afraid of losing face."

"These two yuan are equivalent to two days of income from running a stall. Anyway, I joined."

Everyone looked at Hao Jianguo and started talking at random.

"Dry."

After some hesitation, Hao Jianguo nodded and stretched out his hand.

A penny drives a heroic man to death. He just thought of home, his wife and son.

In this way, Hao Qiang handed two yuan and a pack of cigarettes to Hao Jianguo. Hao Jianguo took the money but did not ask for cigarettes. Instead, he gave the cigarettes to Hao Qiang, a non-smoker.

In this way, Hao Qiang took a list and placed it in front of Hao Jianguo, letting him read it with interest.

This is clearly a temporary employment letter, which states the matters between the two parties today. However, the matter is not about supporting negotiations, but about afforestation in Longshou Mountain.

The employer column contained Chen Huajiang's name, which made Hao Jianguo confused.He never expected that someone would write such a document to support the negotiation, and it would be so solemn.

As for afforestation, of course he didn't believe it, and no one took it seriously.

"Who is this Chen Huajiang?"

While signing his name, Hao Jianguo asked curiously.

"Who knows?"

"It is said that he is a businessman from Hong Kong."

"Who knows? I've never heard of this name before, but he must be a rich man."

For a moment, all the workers shook their heads and said.

Obviously, everyone, like Hao Jianguo, memorized the name Chen Huajiang.

In this way, Chen Huajiang "hired" part of the staff of the 115th Military Factory by paying two yuan per person for a pack of cigarettes, and at the same time, he also advertised for himself.

Hao Jianguo pushed his bicycle into the family courtyard, and suddenly he thought of a possibility, since this place needs manpower to support the venue, what about other places?

What if it appears multiple times?
He would never have done such a shameful thing before, but now he still pedaled his bicycle and rode out again.

Sure enough, a group of people gathered at the gate of the flour mill's courtyard across the street.

"This flour mill doesn't pay wages. How can we live our lives? I'll join one."

Because he was a stranger, Hao Jianguo felt somewhat decent and forced his way in.

"Hey, it's two yuan a bag, and I signed my name."

The leader here was a carefree man. He directly handed the money and cigarettes to Hao Jianguo, and then asked him to sign the employment document.

Hao Jianguo scrawled a name at random, then pushed his bicycle away quickly with his head down.

(End of this chapter)