60s: I have a store

Chapter 72: What kind of crappy excuse are you looking for?

For a large company with tens of thousands of employees, expanding recruitment by 500 people is considered a small-scale expansion.

But even so, after the news spread, many people were eager to make a move and started to use all kinds of connections. It is not easy to get a quota for a big factory.

With the increase in workers, the pressure of feeding would also increase, so Director Ding also requested to increase the number of logistics staff, and finally grabbed 30 places for expansion.

Zhou Yimin was not qualified for the internal quota at his level. However, Director Ding still gave him a quota and asked him to bring someone over to complete the entry procedures.

"Thank you, director!"

Director Ding is really good to his people. He fights for the welfare of his subordinates and protects them. From this point of view, he is a good leader.

Zhou Yimin was thinking about who to give this quota to.

Li Youde and Luo Dapeng probably don't like them. Those two guys are living a comfortable life now.

The only people who can be considered are those from Siheyuan and Zhoujiazhuang.

In the courtyard, the only people of similar age to him and with whom he had a particularly good relationship were Li Youde and Luo Dapeng. So Zhou Yimin set his sights on Zhoujiazhuang.

This opportunity to work in a factory is a fatal temptation to rural people.

Chow Tai Fook has always dreamed about how to go to the city to find a job. He was beaten two or three times by his family, but he still didn't give up his dream. He is truly an ambitious young man.

No matter who you give it to, you can't give it away for free. Not to mention the gratitude and grudge, it will also bring big trouble to yourself.

For example, if you give the quota to Chow Tai Fook, other young people in the village will also come to you, what will you do? If you give it to them, there are not enough quotas, and if you don’t give it to them, they will feel uncomfortable.

Let’s go back and discuss it with grandparents!

Zhou Yimin returned to the courtyard, and Master Gu told him that he would probably have to work for another half day tomorrow and it would be almost done. In fact, now was just the finishing touches.

To be honest, they were a little reluctant.

After all, working here allows you to eat sorghum rice, and Zhou Yimin will give everyone cigarettes from time to time.

"Okay! I'll give you the final payment tomorrow. I said before that we'll treat everyone to meat after the work is done. How about this! I'll give each of you a pound of meat and we won't have a banquet. Master Gu, what do you think?"

In fact, Zhou Yimin understands that people nowadays hope that their family can have a bite of meat.

Instead of having a banquet here, it would be better to share the meat with them so that they can take it home and share it with their families.

As expected, Master Gu was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly: "That's great, that's great! Thank you, Master."

Liang Kuan and others were also excited after hearing this.

One pound of meat is enough for their family to eat two meals, so they also agree with this plan.

"By the way, Boss, can you please spare me a moment to talk?"

Zhou Yimin understood immediately.

The two entered the room and closed the door.

"Can the final payment be settled with grain? I know it's difficult..." Master Gu asked cautiously. The main reason is that grain is really hard to buy now. It's not easy to meet an employer who is a buyer, so he has to give it a try.

Zhou Yimin nodded: "Sweet potatoes, potatoes and sorghum, okay?"

Master Gu was stunned. He didn't expect Zhou Yimin to agree so easily.

"Sure, no problem! Sweet potatoes, potatoes, and sorghum are good!"

Zhou Yimin added: "The price will be higher than the market price. Is that acceptable?"

Master Gu was prepared for this and nodded again: "It's acceptable. Food is hard to come by now. Thank you very much."

Yesterday, a distant relative who had fled famine came to his house and said that there was no food in his hometown and that at least one-fifth of the villagers had fled, all in search of a way to make a living.

Master Gu thought, why not help him get some food and let him take it back.

Keeping them in forever is not a solution.

"And the furniture we talked about last time."

Zhou Yimin: "Didn't you say you wouldn't sell it?" Master Gu smiled bitterly: "I think he just wanted to raise the price. Now that you haven't made any moves in the past few days, he got anxious. He came to me this morning and said he could exchange it according to your plan."

Before, Zhou Yimin really didn't want to pay attention to him. The first thing he asked for was hundreds of kilograms of rice, which was like he was being taken advantage of.

It's not like he's the only one with antique furniture.

In this era, as long as Zhou Yimin wants to find it, it is not difficult to find it.

You know, Sijiucheng was the capital of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and there are countless precious old items accumulated there. Ordinary people may have a few valuable items at home.

"Okay, I'll go to his house later to collect it."

"Let me ask him to pull it over!" said Master Gu.

"That's fine, we can put it outside the courtyard and not move it in yet."

After finishing their work, the two of them left the room, and Master Gu took his people back first.

Of the 100 kilograms of pork that had been bought out before, there are now more than 50 kilograms left. Zhou Yimin took out 500 kilograms and bought eggs at the store.

500 eggs may sound like a lot, but in reality it’s only 25 yuan.

50 kilograms of pork, at 1 yuan per kilogram, would cost 50 yuan.

The eggs and pork together cost 75 yuan, which is not much.

As it was his first time doing business with someone from the research institute, Zhou Yimin was cautious and didn't dare to be too exaggerated.

Then, wait for Uncle Zhang to come.

At dusk, Zhang Jianshe came on his bicycle. He had been to this yard before, and the aunt recognized him.

"You've done a great job on this house! Do you have enough money? If not, tell Uncle Zhang."

After Zhang Jianshe entered the house, he observed it for a week and said with satisfaction. When he came in just now, he heard the elder sister say that Yimin renovated the house in preparation for marriage.

This made his future father-in-law very satisfied. At least this guy cared about his daughter and knew how to renovate the house.

"That's enough. My father and the widow left me a lot before they passed away." While Zhou Yimin was speaking, he paid special attention to Zhang Jianshe's expression.

He always felt that his father did not run away with the widow, and Uncle Zhang might know something.

The corners of Zhang Jianshe's mouth twitched inadvertently.

I cursed Lao Zhou in my heart, what kind of crappy excuse did he come up with?

Zhou Yimin caught the subtle changes in Uncle Zhang's expression and figured it out. He was not a fool, so he traveled through time.

"Uncle Zhang, this is all I have for now. Do you think it's enough? If not, we can talk about it next time." Zhou Yimin got to the point and talked about business.

Zhang Jianshe opened the bag and saw that it contained pork. The frame next to it was covered with cloth. When he lifted the cloth, he saw that it was full of eggs.

"50 kilograms of pork and 500 eggs," Zhou Yimin added.

"That's enough! That's a lot. Yimin, I want to thank you on behalf of my colleagues in the laboratory."

In fact, he could have bought more with the money he brought, but he knew that it was already very difficult for Yimin to get so much, so he couldn't ask for more.

Besides, with the Yimin line, it will be easier to get food in the future.

It's a long-lasting stream! Don't be in a hurry.

He gave 80 yuan to Zhou Yimin.

"Uncle Zhang, it's 75..."

Before he could finish, Zhang Jianshe pushed over: "You have to make some money, I can't let you work for nothing. Okay, help me move this box of eggs out."

He felt more at ease when he saw that the eggs in the boxes were protected with straw to prevent them from shock and breakage.

(End of this chapter)