Conquering alien worlds starts from the game

At the end of December in another world time, more than [-] contract workers conducted a thorough cleaning of the sanitation environment in the urban area of ​​Innerdale, and after building a sufficient number of garbage collection stations and simple public toilets, the city hall held an event for these contract workers. An internal job fair.

The purpose of this internal job fair is to recruit workers for the public coal mines, public transportation companies, public metallurgical plants, and Westham Hygienic Products Factory that are under construction in the city of Innatrix.

The public coal mine needs [-] additional workers, and the several loose coal sales points that are scheduled to open in the city need more than [-] salesmen, briquette forming machines, briquette machine operators, and coal delivery workers.

The public transportation company is a unit directly under the Department of Transportation. Its main business scope is the affordable public transportation between more than 20 small towns and more than 400 villages in the whole of Inadili and the main city. There are more than [-] grooms and station maintenance personnel.

The public metallurgical factory does not yet have the conditions to open a furnace to make steel, but anyway, it can import cheap stainless steel plates from the earth... So the current production scope is limited to small coal stoves and coal stove tables for civilian heating and fire, requiring metal cutters, There are about [-] welders and other workers.

As for the branch factory of hygiene products, because the business of toilet paper is exceptionally good, the production capacity of Westem’s main factory cannot keep up, and because of environmental (site/water source) problems, it is impossible to quickly expand production capacity, so we decided to Transfer some of the machines to the city.

The public sector not only has the same benefits as the city hall contract workers, but also provides housing, which is very attractive to contract workers, especially for John, a young man who still lives in a poor area outside the city. So far, I haven't seen any backstage boss in the business place who dares to come forward to ask the city hall for it. It can be used to make the best use of it if it is used as a staff dormitory and allocated.

It's a pity that being recruited to a public sector unit and changing from a contract worker to a regular worker depends on how many words you can know. John, a young man from a slum with no foundation, can't keep up with the evening class for less than a month. Urban youths who had gone through private classrooms competed and were quickly eliminated...

Barton knew that he had failed when he saw John walking out of the recruitment hall in desperation. He took the initiative to hug John's shoulders and comforted the depressed young man, "Don't be discouraged. We all knew that the chances were not great this time, so let's just treat it as a failure." I have gained a lot of experience, and there will be a chance next time."

John nodded grimly.

However, within half a morning, all the required personnel from the four public organizations were recruited, and more than a thousand contract workers successfully became full-time workers. They happily said goodbye to the contract workers.

The newly formed leadership team of the four units took away the newly hired workers and started their own work. The city hall did not have time to spare. It continued to organize the remaining contract workers and busily started the fire prevention and cold protection work in the civilian area.

Why is Zhao Zhenzhen so eager to seize the coal mine and start a metallurgical plant that has nothing?

The reason is simple, the problem of fire prevention in winter is very important.

Due to poor urban public service facilities and almost no livelihood and civil affairs projects, the vast majority of civilians rely on burning fires for heating in winter.

Middle-class households burn carbon, while ordinary households burn everything, including but not limited to coal, firewood, straw, reed stalks, corn cobs, etc.

Most of the civilian houses in the city are buildings made of masonry, wood, and bamboo, which are not as flammable as pure wooden houses, but many people's roofs are paved with flammable straw and reeds, which is very troublesome... …Based on Zhao Zhenzhen’s review of the city hall’s winter firefighting records over the years, a family heating fire would often burn down several houses or even a small half of the street.

After asking the clerk to visit the self-help fire-fighting teams in civilian neighborhoods in Nancheng District and Dongcheng District (the living habits of residents in this world are different from those of Chinese people, and there is a relatively strong community cultural atmosphere, and the community self-service fire-fighting teams are mostly composed of residents spontaneously), Zhao Zhenzhen said Aware of the importance of this issue - only in the market area of ​​the civilian block with the highest population density in Nancheng District, more than ten small and medium-sized fires broke out in just over two months last winter.

It is unreasonable to blindly ask residents not to light fires for heating in winter without providing a solution to the heating problem, and residents will certainly not listen to it; if you want to solve the problem of fire hazards, you must consider the problem from the perspective of residents Basically eliminate hidden dangers.

So, as soon as the metallurgical plant started work, Zhao Zhenzhen arranged for the cadres to bring the contract workers to the grassroots level.

Officer Patton and his two colleagues led the boys straight to the civilian neighborhood of Dongcheng where they had fought for many days.

People in the civilian neighborhoods are not as scared as they were at the city hall when they saw them moving in groups like gang members and roaring back and forth. They would not only greet them with a smile, but also housewives would stand in their windows He waved to the leading operator Patton: "Mr. Patton, remember to let us know when the City Hall will recruit again!"

The young and strong who went to the battlefield in a daze and became contract workers of the city hall. They are the envy of many citizens. Not only do they have a stable salary, but they can also receive clothes, towels, shoes and socks to take home. The city hall will also provide two sumptuous working meals... After careful calculation, this treatment is almost as good as that of the workers in the large factories in the northern city.

It is also because the treatment level of the contract workers has spread, and the citizens know that the workers of the Environmental Sanitation Bureau who were recruited to do dirty and tiring work are also treated well. Those middle-aged and elderly people in the country are not as uncontrollable as young people.

Operator Barton smiled and waved at these enthusiastic neighbors, and responded with a few words from time to time. He enjoyed this feeling of being welcomed, which made him feel that his work was valuable and his efforts were not in vain.

The boys are used to this kind of service work, and when they enter the block, they quickly break up into pieces. In groups of four or five, they go deep into every street and alley, and conduct a fire risk assessment of each house according to Ms. Zhao’s request. .

John knew that he was not a person with a good memory, so he carefully recorded Ms. Zhao’s request in the workbook sent to them by the city hall in words he could write, and carefully compared it according to the dog planing font he wrote. Residents' houses are checked and reminded when they see that there is improper use of fire in some houses.

In addition to reminding residents to be careful with fire, and persuading some residents to move the hoarded firewood from the house to the outside, the contract workers also informed the residents of the new decree of the city hall: from January, residents of each block can go to the window of the Department of Civil Affairs of the city hall Apply for the purchase of cheap coal stoves, coal stove tables and cheap coal.

Residents couldn’t believe it when they heard that a small coal stove surrounded by a good steel skin costs only ten copper coins, and a coal stove table with a table top that can be used as a dining table costs only sixty copper coins. For only one silver coin, the residents' jaws almost fell to the ground.

"How can it be so cheap? Five hundred catties of cinders in the market cost one silver coin?" The housewife who was informed of the information asked in great surprise.

"Ms. Zhao said that this is coal dug in our own coal mine, so it should be cheaper for everyone so that as many people as possible can burn coal for heating." John is very happy that the news he brought can make people happy, Han smiled and said, "But Sister Zhao also said that the purchase of this kind of cheap coal is limited, and a family can only apply for one ton. If it is not enough, you have to go to our coal yard to sell market-priced coal."

"It's enough, it's enough, one ton of coal is enough until spring." The housewife nodded happily, "At that time, our family can go directly to the Department of Civil Affairs of the City Hall to apply, right? What else do we need to bring? ?"

Residents use coal daily, and the household coal stove burns ten kilograms a day, which is enough. If the fire is turned on all day, it consumes at most ten kilograms. Considering that most of the people in this world are big families, one coal stove may not be enough at home. It is necessary to buy one or two more small coal stoves that can be carried around, so Zhao Zhenzhen relaxed the purchase limit to one ton.

"The head of the household needs to apply. If the head of the household is not present, he will not be able to get the code card for queuing up to buy." John solemnly reminded.

Urban residents have to pay taxes. The original city hall is full of hips, but the tax department is very careful in registering and filing residents.

Saying goodbye to the family with the housewife's gratitude, John and his companions went to the next family with their heads held high.

A month ago, John would be treated as a thief if he appeared in this kind of citizen's neighborhood, but now, no matter which house he walks to, he will be treated politely by the host.

This kind of welcoming and courteous working environment dispelled John's depression of not being able to "become a regular" smoothly.

When the black was about to fall, John just finished the assigned area, and hurried to the new wind area with his friends.

The free school opened by the Department of Education in Xinfeng District opened its enrollment half a month ago. John, who had "inside information" early on, sent his younger siblings to enroll in the first batch.

His younger brother was not very willing to go to school. He didn’t put in much effort to study until he knew that if he wanted to be a worker to make money, he had to be able to read and write. However, his younger sister lived up to John’s expectations. She was praised by Ms. Hibel who presided over the Department of Education just a few days after entering school— ——John himself also attends this free school, but like other contract workers, he comes to class at night.

At night, the free school is lit with headlights, the lights are brighter than the street lights on St. Joseph Avenue-after all, this place used to be a high-end club, and the lighting equipment is very complete.

When John arrived, he happened to meet the mother who had rushed to pick up his younger siblings from the laundry.

Seeing John sweating profusely, my mother felt a little distressed, but she didn't say much in front of many outsiders, she just told John to go home early and took his younger siblings away first.

"Wait a minute, Mom!" John called his mother, and said, "Don't go back in a hurry, come to the evening class with us, family members can also attend the class, I asked Miss Clerk."

The mother's face turned red instantly: "What nonsense are you talking about, what's the use of me going to the class, I can't understand it!"

"It's okay, you can understand a sentence or two and write a word or two." John held his mother's arm and pleaded, "I heard that the aunts in the logistics department will go to class after work. Mom, you must also OK."

This time period is the time when the children are out of class during the day and the adults in the evening class rush over to report. People come in and out. The staff comparison made John's mother very ashamed and almost became angry: "Shut up, how can you make me compare with others, I am just a washerwoman, and people will be angry if they hear it!"

"It's okay mom—"

Ms. Siebel, who was having dinner at the deli in the bar area, and her team of clerks chattering over, happened to bump into the mother and son who were stalemate at the school gate.

After asking that the woman who was anxious and anxious was John’s mother, Ms. Hibel smiled and persuaded: “We encourage all family members to study here. Studying with the whole family will help improve the learning atmosphere at home. It is also good for the children, ma'am, if you come along, I believe your children will pay more attention to the class."

It was the first time in John's mother's life that someone called her Mrs. respectfully. The person who called her was a decent lady. She forgot to deny herself for a while, and was dragged into school by her persistent eldest son...

There are far more adult students than children attending daytime classes, and this, combined with the small number of teaching staff, means that evening classes can only be held in the courtyard.

In the courtyard where the surrounding walls were pulled up to block the wind, the landscape was cleared, and the artificial lake was filled. John's mother was dragged to sit with the contractors, holding her second son with her left hand and her youngest daughter with her right hand. He was so nervous that he didn't even dare to look around, and just stared straight ahead.

In front of the contract workers sitting in rows on long wooden benches is a large podium that is one meter high, five meters long, and two meters wide. Pulling a large piece of smooth, cloth-like thing (actually a curtain).

Ms. Siebel, who was in charge of the first evening class, stepped onto the podium, put a small, what looked like an earring on her ear, and began to speak.

Her voice came out of the stereo, startling John's mother, who was listening to the evening class for the first time.

The weird machine in front of the podium projected several huge characters on the screen. Ms. Hiber walked to the screen, pointed to the projected characters and started lecturing to the adult students below the stage: "This word is pronounced as 'finger', everyone Everyone can pronounce this word, right? Everyone has ten fingers. The word finger is written like this... Everyone has learned the word hand, and adding the word behind it is called finger..."

"If we want to distinguish our ten fingers and write them in words, they are 'thumb', 'index finger', 'middle finger'..."

The content of the literacy class is not complicated. It is to establish the awareness for students to connect words to things or things in real life. When they see a certain word, they can think of what this word can correspond to.

The Chinese people on the earth can have the basic ability to connect with reality in the early childhood. They can write their own names and write some simple common characters before going to elementary school.

But this kind of environment that connects words to real life does not exist here in this foreign world... The children here cannot watch TV, play with mobile phones, and be distracted by overwhelming advertisements. Even paper with writing on it is uncommon.

The woman who did not dare to look around because she was afraid of losing face, but stared at the podium nervously, suddenly became dazed after listening to the class for a while.

The washerwoman, who had never attended a private classroom and was never expected to be able to read, was horrified to find that she could understand the "classes" that should be sacred in her cognition and not accessible to people like her. ", Ms. Hiber pointed to the words that were read out, and after repeating them a few times, she could also remember...