Siheyuan: Starting from the Pig Killer

Chapter 60 The driver?

Wednesday.

Xiang Yunduan came home from get off work and walked to the gate. He happened to meet his younger brother who had returned from the vegetable market, and the two of them entered the courtyard together.

"How's it going? Have you completed all the procedures?"

After entering the room, Xiang Yunduan asked impatiently.

On Monday night, he specially took his younger brother to visit Cui Mingliang's home. Cui Mingliang did not break his promise. He only said that he would go to work the next day to find his secretary.

These two days were the time when the transportation team started to recruit workers. Xiang Yunlong's joining did not cause any disturbance, and the entry procedures were completed smoothly.

"It's all done, the household registration is in Jiaodaokou Street, and the grain book and other things have been settled." Xiang Yunlong said, looking a little excited.

From today on, he is also a member of the workers’ army.

"That's good, where is the house? Where is it allocated? Is it far from here?" Xiang Yunduan asked again.

Having solved his brother's work problem at this time, he felt a lot more relaxed.

That is to say, the management is not too strict now, and it is easier to transfer the household registration.

If some time passes, even if you can find a job in the city, you may not be able to transfer your hukou.

After all, if you want to change your registered permanent residence, you must obtain the consent of the place where your original registered permanent residence is located.

"There are no divided houses!" Xiang Yunlong shook his head and said.

"Huh? Do you have to queue up? Do you know when I can get a house?" Xiang Yunduan asked with a frown.

But if you think about it, you can understand that this time the slaughterhouse has expanded its scale and hired a lot of people. Not to mention temporary workers and apprentices, there are also dozens of regular workers. It is normal for there to be not so many houses for a while.

"I don't have a house. Aren't only regular workers eligible to be allocated a house?" Xiang Yunlong looked at his elder brother with a strange expression, as if what he just said was a bit redundant.

"What? Aren't you a regular worker?"

When Xiang Yunduan heard this, he stood up as soon as he sat down to take a drink of water, his eyes shining with disbelief.

"No, am I not an apprentice? Brother, what's wrong with you?" Xiang Yunlong felt a little confused.

"Snapped!"

Xiang Yunduan slapped the table next to him with a loud bang, causing the enamel cups on the table to jump.

"Cui Mingliang!" Xiang Yunduan said with gritted teeth.

"Brother, what's wrong? Deputy Factory Manager Cui is very nice. His secretary helped me a lot today!" Xiang Yunlong said.

"What a fart! This old guy actually did this to me!"

Xiang Yunduan looked at his younger brother and asked, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

But after saying this, his face sank again. What if he knew it earlier? Is it possible to fall out with Cui Mingliang?

If this matter gets too big, let alone his younger brother's job, I'm afraid he won't end up well. After all, if the matter of giving gifts to Cui Mingliang is exposed, Cui Mingliang will certainly not end well, but he himself He can't escape, he will definitely be arrested.

"Could it be that Cui Mingliang encountered some difficulties?"

After calming down, Xiang Yunduan still felt a little strange. There was no reason for Cui Mingliang to act like this. Is he really not afraid of death?
  Doesn't he know that sometimes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes?

"Brother, didn't you know from the beginning that the job you gave me was an apprenticeship?"

No matter how slow his reaction was, Xiang Yunlong still noticed something was wrong and asked strangely.

"Of course I don't know. I have always told Cui Mingliang that he is a regular worker. If he is an apprentice, why would I bother so much!"

At this moment, Xiang Yunduan thought that he had found someone to customize a gold lock and silver bracelet for Cui Mingliang's child. It was a waste of effort. He was so stupid!
  "Brother, are you confused? If you can become a formal worker, you can kill pigs yourself and be qualified for the job of a slaughterer.

But I don’t know how to drive. Today is the first time I’ve seen such a big car. Let alone driving it, I’ve never even touched it. How could I become a formal employee directly?
  If Vice Factory Manager Cui lets me, a person who has never even touched a car, become the official driver, then even a fool will know that there is something wrong! "

Xiang Yunlong felt that his elder brother was a little crazy. Why did he dare to think about anything? Still officially working? You think too highly of your younger brother!
  "What did you say? Driving? Driver?"

Xiang Yunduan was suddenly startled when he heard his brother's words, as if something went wrong!

"Yes, I'm just learning to drive. Today, Deputy Factory Director Cui's secretary told me to study hard. After I officially go to work, I will fawn over the master who taught me how to drive. If everything goes well, I will be able to drive in about two years. It’s time to start training!”

Xiang Yunlong said: "Brother, why don't you seem to know anything? Then what did you and Deputy Director Cui discuss?"

"Cui Mingliang and I were talking about the stevedores!" Xiang Yunduan blurted out.

But now it sounds like my brother is going to be a driver apprentice?
  But after thinking about it, it seems that there is no problem. After all, the transportation team is recruiting workers. It makes sense to recruit some drivers and apprentices!
  "Ah? Loaders? When I went through the formalities, I did see people recruiting stevedores, and they were assessed on the spot, and those who were in poor health were eliminated.

But I didn't go for the assessment. The secretary of Deputy Factory Director Cui led me to another place. The recruiter looked at me, then said that I had the talent of a driver, and asked me to go through the procedures! "Xiang Yunlong was also confused now.

What driver's talent? Is that visible?
  It must have been arranged by Cui Mingliang a long time ago!

Xiang Yunduan's face became excited again at this moment.

No matter how you look at it, this driver is much better than the stevedore.

Although driving now, especially driving a large car, is not only a technical job, but also a physical job, but compared to the fatigue of loaders, the driver is much more relaxed.

Moreover, the social status of drivers is not comparable to that of loaders. Although they are all workers, there are differences between high and low.

The driver is one of the "eight great members" and is definitely an enviable job.

Drivers these days are very arrogant. Even if they were to be replaced by clerks or section members, it is estimated that not many would be willing to do so.

If any girl can find a husband who is a driver, she will wake up laughing even in her dreams at night.

The only drawback is that apprenticeships are not divided into rooms.

If you are a formal loader, you will most likely be assigned a house.

But in this matter, we should still take a longer-term view. Compared with the driver's future, the benefits of the loader seem to be not worth mentioning at the moment.

"Okay, okay, it seems that I wrongly blamed Deputy Director Cui. Deputy Director Cui is still a loyal person!"

Xiang Yunduan seemed to have forgotten how he greeted Cui Mingliang just now, and now he was only grateful to Cui Mingliang.

It’s true that he put in all the effort to customize a gold lock and silver bracelet for Cui Mingliang’s child. Sure enough, isn’t this reward coming? You have spent time on others, and they have also spent time on you. It goes without saying.

"In this way, when I'm done with this period of time, I'll go into the mountains again and give Deputy Director Cui something to eat!"

Xiang Yunduan looked at his younger brother and said: "Also, after I enter the factory and meet your master, I will treat him to a good meal. I think it will be Fujude. By the way, I will also let you try the famous roast duck." What does it feel like!”

"Ah? Eat roast duck? Brother, do you still have money? You buy bicycles and watches. Where did you get so much money?"

Not to mention that Yi Zhonghai suspected Xiang Yunduan a few days ago, now even Xiang Yunlong, his younger brother, began to doubt him.

"I heard that Fujude Roast Duck is quite famous. It's considered a high-end restaurant. How much does a meal cost?" Xiang Yunlong asked.

Hearing his brother's words, Xiang Yunduan was also stunned. Then he touched his pocket and took out a handful of dimes. The big black ten was gone. After counting, the total was only five yuan and sixty cents.

"It's okay, my salary will be paid soon. Your brother and I are thirty-five yuan a month. This half month is only seventeen or eight yuan. It doesn't cost much for three people to have a meal at Fujude.

Don't worry, this money must be spent. If your master is happy, he will be more attentive when teaching you. The sooner you learn to drive and become a formal driver, the sooner you can enjoy the benefits of a formal worker.

Compared to that, spending this little money now is nothing! Xiang Yunduan said.

Although he didn't have much money left in his pocket, Xiang Yunduan was not panicked at all. The factory pays wages for the month on the 28th of every month. Today is already the 26th, and you can get your wages in two days.

Compared with some companies in later generations that waited for half a month to pay wages, today's companies are more conscientious. Not only do they pay wages before the end of the month, but they can also withdraw wages in advance when there is an emergency. The social status of the owner is not Whatever you say.

However, when it came to money, Xiang Yunduan felt that he needed to go to the black market. He really needed to make some money.

It was not for enjoyment. He just bought a bicycle and a watch before, and he was soon suspected of being an enemy agent. Even without Yi Zhonghai, there was no guarantee that others would not report him.

Therefore, you still need to pay attention to it in daily life.

He wanted to make money in order to prepare for a rainy day and stock up on grain, meat, oil, and cloth.

The next three years will indeed be difficult, so we need to make more plans.

And to hoard these things, you definitely need money.

Although there is space, it is impossible to directly use the space to steal it. It is safer to spend money to purchase it from the pigeon market.

Since he got the gold bars in his hand, he has been inquiring about the black market during this period, and is preparing to sell some gold bars and exchange them for money.

The black market and the pigeon market are not the same thing. The pigeon market exists tacitly and by default.

Among other things, the pigeon market is held every weekend, and it is located right under the city wall. There are several spots, especially the pigeon market outside Guangqumen and Guangningmen, which is quite large.

If the higher-ups really want to crack down on a place that ordinary people know about, why don't they catch it right away?

The reason why it is allowed to exist is that on the one hand, the common people do have the need to exchange what they need and need such a place. On the other hand, the things on the Pigeon Market are not harmful and are just ordinary things that are needed for daily use.

But the black market is different.

Everything traded on the black market is basically illegal.

For example, Xiang Yunduan wants to sell the gold bars.

Private circulation of gold and silver is not allowed. If anyone has gold or silver, the government encourages them to go to a bank to exchange it.

But the problem is that the exchange price in the bank is too different from that on the black market. The difference is almost double.

Therefore, generally those who have gold and silver in their hands and want to sell it are willing to exchange it on the black market.

In addition to these, guns, tobacco cream, etc. can also be bought on the black market. In addition, many enemy spies are also active, exchanging information and some contraband, such as radio accessories, lethal drugs, etc.

It can be said that the black market is the place where illegal crimes are most rampant, and it is also the target of severe crackdowns from the above.

Because of this, it is difficult to find out information about the black market.

Xiang Yunduan wanted to sell gold bars. If it was just because of the price, even if the difference was twice as high, he would be willing to go to the bank to exchange it. But there was another reason more important than the price that made him have to go to the black market to exchange it, that is, he couldn't explain it. The source of the gold bars in my hand.

If he goes to the bank to exchange gold bars, he will probably be targeted, especially since the amount he wants to exchange is quite large.

Among other things, if he wants to buy food from the pigeon market, he will need a lot of money.

Nowadays, a pound of flour is 11 cents, and rice is 12 cents, but these are the prices with food stamps. If there are no food stamps, the pound will be sold for at least 30 cents. In this way, it will cost 30 cents to store a thousand catties. One hundred dollars.

And Xiang Yunduan is not the only one. There are seven people in the family. If they don't stock up on food, they feel really uneasy.

If you add in meat, oil, cloth and other odds and ends, even more money is needed.

If you exchange a small yellow croaker at a bank, you can probably get about 130 yuan. If you exchange it on the black market, you can probably get more than 200 or nearly 300 yuan.

Considering that there may be other places to spend money in the future, you will have to find more money.

The black market must be visited.

But the problem now is that he has not yet found out the specific information about the black market, and there is no way to enter it.

After thinking about it carefully, Xiang Yunduan felt that if anyone he knew knew about the black market, it might be Lao Zhou who had customized gold locks and silver bracelets before. In addition, it might be the old man Dong who commissioned the store in Dongdan.

If you still can't find a way out after a few days, you may have no choice but to try it out with these two people.

"Now that I have become an apprentice driver, there is no hope of sharing a house for a while. It's not a problem for you to lay the floor like this. My house is not big. It is too crowded for two people. I think I'll give you another one. Let’s rent a house!”

While tinkering with dinner, Xiang Yunduan said to his younger brother.

Wanting to become a driver in this era is different from that in later generations. First of all, in terms of operational difficulty, it is definitely much more difficult than learning to get a driver's license in later generations. Secondly, if you want to become a driver, you don't just need to be able to drive. You also need to be able to repair a car. Especially to drive a big car, you need to learn how to repair a car.

In later generations, when a car broke down, a casual call for help would solve the problem, but now, when the car breaks down halfway, the driver has to repair it himself.

The key is that the current road conditions are very bad, and the quality of the car is even more incomparable to that of later generations. Once you run a long distance, it is very likely that something will happen to the car on the road.

And if the car breaks down in the wilderness, if you don't know how to repair it, you can imagine how much trouble there will be.

Precisely because of this, it is definitely not an easy task for a driver apprentice to officially start his apprenticeship. It is just ordinary for a few years.

That's why Xiang Yunduan thought of renting another house for his brother to live in.

　It was written earlier that the main hall living in the main hall was thirty to forty square meters. After being reminded by book friends, I realized that it was a bit exaggerated, so I changed it to twenty square meters.

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