bookbashuk Chapter 374 Zhang's Hometown Plans
Chapter 374 Zhang's Hometown Plans
Another reason is that Xu Sui also misses Wang Yinhua, her younger brother Xu Fei, and her grandmother...
Now, in the blink of an eye, it's almost summer in 66.
The situation was getting increasingly tense, and people on the streets were filled with anxiety. Every now and then, militiamen wearing red armbands would parade through the streets and ransack homes.
When Xu Sui goes to and from get off work, she often hears people quietly discussing this matter. Even primary, middle, and high schools in the county have begun to suspend classes.
This kind of thing can't be said explicitly in a letter or over the phone, and it's not even appropriate to hint at it.
Xu Sui herself was fine, after all, Qin Yunzhou was a military officer, and their family had impeccable political background. As long as she behaved honestly and uprightly, there wouldn't be any problems.
But she still couldn't rest easy about her hometown. Before she left, she had secretly talked to Wang Yinhua about it, but she hadn't explained it very clearly.
Old Mrs. Qin, who was standing to the side, also thought of the recent rumors and couldn't help but worry, unconsciously clenching her fists.
"We should go back and take a good look."
"Your parents-in-law are honest people, your sister-in-law is impulsive, and your brother-in-law is even worse—he has no skills whatsoever."
"Yanzi and Xiaohai are still young, and neither of them is married yet, so they can't take on any responsibilities."
"If something really happens in the future, they'll be in complete chaos. It's better to go back, it's better to go back..."
Although life in the army was good, and she even found a job she liked, as people get older, these things become external and nothing is more important than a living person.
Xu Sui nodded, "Okay, I'll ask someone to book the tickets in the next couple of days."
These days, train tickets are hard to book without connections or skills, especially sleeper tickets. They're usually reserved for employees with letters of introduction from their employers going on business trips, or other people with connections.
As it happened, there was indeed a staff member working at the train station in her little notebook.
Xu Sui had just handed over a batch of goods to the other party, and the train station staff were very satisfied with their machinery factory.
Recently, a train broke down, and the maintenance technicians couldn't fix it no matter what they tried.
The value of a train cannot be measured in money alone; it also includes the various economic losses incurred during these days.
Upon hearing the news, Xu Sui immediately grabbed her toolbox and a few specialized tools, and went to the train station alone to find the leader there.
A train malfunction is a serious matter.
This will affect the travel of many people.
Especially since they are going back to their hometown next month, if the train isn't repaired as soon as possible, she and Qin Yunzhou might not be able to find time when they are both free to go back home.
At first, the other side refused, not believing at all that Xu Sui, a young woman, could fix such a big thing as a train.
After all, even with so many highly qualified, gray-haired engineers at their train station, they still couldn't fix the train.
Xu Sui is usually quite busy, especially recently because of the harvester business, with orders coming in from all over the country.
She didn't have time to waste words with the other party, so she simply revealed that she was the factory manager and technician of a machinery factory, and that she had studied train mechanical manufacturing and design with the head of the college at a university in Beijing.
Based on these identities, the people at the train station were skeptical of her, but after consulting with their superiors, they finally decided to give her a try.
Xu Sui successfully met with the leaders of the train station and spent a day finding out the problem with the train.
He personally carried his toolbox, crawled under the train to repair it, and got himself covered in dust and dirt.
It took another day to solve the problem.
I must say, trains are really different; they're completely different from the agricultural machinery she usually designs.
Fortunately, when Xu Sui was in college, she mainly studied the manufacturing and design of transportation vehicles, including trains, four-wheeled cars, etc., in the department head's laboratory.
At the same time, she also studied related things during her modern years.
Working with agricultural machinery has never been Xu Sui's forte, and she doesn't even know what she's good at. But she can do anything and likes to research and learn everything.
Because Xu Sui fixed the train at the train station, she suddenly became a senior external engineer at the train station.
Of course, this was just the rating and benefits that the train station gave her separately.
It's different from being a national-level engineer. That's nationally recognized, and you need a lot of experience and ability to climb the ranks step by step.
However, Xu Sui is now a senior engineer hired by the railway station. Inside the railway station, she receives the same treatment as a national-level engineer.
You don't need to go to the train station often; you only need to go occasionally when the other party needs help. In addition, you can take on a technician from the train station as an apprentice.
If you can do this, you'll earn over eighty yuan a month, plus generous gifts and benefits during holidays.
Buying sleeper tickets is incredibly convenient; all you have to do is make a phone call, and they'll give you as many as you need.
There's absolutely no need to ask anyone else for help.
The terms offered by the other party were too tempting, and Xu Sui couldn't resist the temptation, so she agreed in one go.
So, she has two jobs: one is an outsourced job, and the other is working as a factory manager in a machinery factory.
The salaries for each position are not low; the external hires earn more than 80 yuan per month, while the factory manager earns more than 60 yuan per month.
It adds up to about 150 yuan, which is double the salary compared to before. Of course, it will also be more tiring.
Qin Yunzhou was also promoted to deputy political commissar at the division level, and his salary and benefits were also increased, with a monthly allowance of 177 yuan.
This doesn't even include other subsidies.
Based on this calculation, the couple earns a total of over 300 yuan per month.
A monthly salary of over 300 yuan is definitely not low these days.
For an average working-class family, it's not always possible to save 100 yuan a year.
In this day and age, as long as you have skills and knowledge, you can change your destiny and secure a stable job. This is absolutely true!
However, the family's monthly expenses are not small, and now they have hired a nanny, of course, under the guise of a distant relative.
My monthly salary is 30 yuan, and I receive some extra gifts during holidays. I also occasionally give people red envelopes.
There's also the need to provide for the entire family's food, clothing, housing, and transportation, all of which are of high quality, resulting in a significant monthly expense.