Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

"Vegetables, just right. We've been eating meat these days. Let's take turns eating. Hey, is it Chef Sun today? The vegetables he cooks are delicious."

"Ah? Today is Master Sun's day, why didn't you tell me earlier!"

"It's okay, this new comrade, oh, by the way, comrade, what's your name? We can't keep calling you the new comrade."

"Yang Li, introduce yourself." Qin Jingru called out.

"Oh, oh, my name is Yang Li, I'm 16..."

There is no such thing as child labor these days. Anyone who can work is a worker.

"Yang Li, my name is He Hui..."

"My name is Liu Qian..."

"Boss, it's ready." He Hui handed the menu to Qin Jingru.

Qin Jingru answered the phone, took a look, picked up the phone on the table, and called: "Hello, Liu Lan, give me some green vegetables, stir-fried meat, and three fresh vegetables... There's one more person today, so don't forget to give me an extra portion of staple food. Okay. He Hui, while we're on break, talk to Yang Li about the rules here, and take her downstairs to get her work uniform."

"Well, you want a little rest time too."

"Go quickly, I'm so tired."

"Well, Comrade Yang Li, let's go."

"Well, okay..."

He Hui led Yang Li down the corridor, introducing her as they walked: "Our daily work is basically this. Oh, we also need to hand it over to the government. I should be able to teach you this later. Generally speaking, this is how it works."

"Do we have to calculate like this every day?" Yang Li was a little horrified.

"Yes, I have to do this every day. Are you tired?"

"A little bit." Yang Li wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"It's tiring, but the salary is really high." He Hui sighed, "Here, the lowest salary is 80, and it goes up a bit every year. Moreover, we get two meals a day, and the food is pretty good. You know what? The dishes we eat are all made by chefs, and each one costs a lot of money when we actually eat it. I secretly calculated that our daily meal standard is at least this amount."

He Hui held up two fingers.

"Two dollars?"

"Yeah, almost."

"hiss……"

Two yuan is quite outrageous. These days, the prices of most dishes are calculated in gross terms.

For example, Wudaokou, which is relatively famous in the old city, most dishes are only 1 cent, and pure meat dishes are more expensive but no more than 50 cents.

"That would be delicious."

"In a while, you'll know after you eat." He Hui smiled, and then said, "We go to work at eight o'clock every morning and get off work at five o'clock normally. However, if you want to have dinner, you have to go back at six o'clock. Oh, this delay time is counted as one hour of overtime, and there is an extra salary. It is calculated at 1.5 times the usual salary."

"Of course we will add it." Yang Li said without hesitation.

"That's what I mean." He Hui turned around and led her to the logistics department.

He knocked on the door and took her inside.

"Director Wei, come and get your clothes."

Wei Wei said without even looking up: "Code number."

"What size do you wear?"

Yang Li held a size.

"Second column, third row, take two sets for yourself. That shelf, oh, by the way, where do you live?"

"No. XX, Nanluoguxiang." Yang Li reported it foolishly.

"Okay, got it, take it and go out."

After coming out, Yang Li finally reacted: "Why did Director Wei ask me where I live?"

"Oh, I heard from Mr. Cao that our Samadhi Tower seems to have been targeted because everyone's salary is quite high, so they asked us to go home together every day. We are lucky that we go home at six o'clock, which is not too late. Their kitchen staff and waiters have to work until eight or nine o'clock, which is late. If you live in Nanluoguxiang, come in with me, and then we can go together. Don't worry."

"Oh. Then Sister Hui, am I qualified?"

"If you don't meet the requirements, we won't bring you here to get your uniform. Our internship period is usually half a month. This half month is not for anything else, but to see if you can hold on. If you can, you can be converted to a regular employee, and then you will sign another contract. After you are converted to a regular employee, you can get 80 yuan a month, plus overtime pay. Generally speaking, you can get more than 100 yuan a month."

"so much."

"Of course not. Although it's tiring, this money is really a lot. I'm thinking of saving it up and buying a new house."

I'm thinking about changing houses here.

Over there, Cao Wei was sitting upright in the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

He was also unlucky. Today he wanted to go to Jing Yu's house to ask her whether the land he wanted had been finalized. However, he was caught by his leader as soon as he arrived.

The leader looked at him and he looked forward.

Dare not move, dare not move...

"I heard that you are planning to get a piece of land?"

"Correct."

"What are you going to use it for?"

“Building a building.”

"Build a building? I heard you were planning to provide housing for your employees?"

"That's the plan, and that's not the plan." Cao Wei always says what he thinks.

"Oh? Tell me in detail."

"That's right, leader. The salary in our Samadhi Building is a bit high." Cao Wei said with a little modesty.

"Then it's not just a little high, it's quite high," the leader added.

In fact, this is the real problem that is giving him a headache.

Let me put it this way. Since 55, the salaries of those in the system have not increased. Thirty years, no salary increase. What does that mean? Those who understand will understand.

Originally, this problem was barely so under the existing price system, but with the deepening of opening up, many people in the south have begun to get upset. My goodness, when others go out, that meal is equivalent to their annual salary. Who can bear this, and who can keep it? Coincidentally, he encountered this matter of Cao Wei, and he wanted to see if Cao Wei could give him some ideas.

Unfortunately, Cao Wei had no way to provide him with any ideas.

The so-called problems within the system are more of a problem for the national economy. How can we pay salaries without money?

There was inflation waiting in 85, and then there were the national problems that followed one after another.

There is still a lot of trouble to go through.

"That's what I mean. So, I was afraid that our people would be targeted. So I thought, why not just build some houses."

"What are you going to do with these houses?" The leader immediately grasped the key point of the problem.

Building houses is not free of cost. Would Cao Wei give them to workers for free? That's too absurd.

When dealing with Cao Wei, the leader knows very well that this guy likes to say one thing and leave three things behind. As for what these three things are, it all depends on personal understanding.